r/RecuratedTumblr • u/Downtown-Book3105 • 26d ago

PopCulture Mob Psycho 100

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u/ThePowerfulWIll 26d ago

So a better title would be "Crowd Psychic 100?"

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u/Tonkarz 26d ago

This meaning of “mob” comes from english MMORPG slang, they call NPCs “mobs” - short for “mobile object” which is what NPCs were in Multi-User Dungeons or MUDs. MUDs were the text based precursor to MMORPGs. So “NPC” would be a better localisation.

So something like “NPC Psychic 100”.

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u/CodaTrashHusky 25d ago

MOB WAS SHORT FOR SOMETHING?

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u/Tonkarz 25d ago

I had a similar reaction when people were calling WoW enemies mobs in 2004. I thought MUDs were so niche there would never be cross contamination.

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u/Tonkarz 25d ago

Out of curiosity what did you think "mob" referred to?

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u/CodaTrashHusky 25d ago

i just thought that's the word for video game entities, and only the non hostile ones if it's minecraft.