I'm gonna bring up something old.. Localized names?

Psytrac - Dreamweaver
Psytrac - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,488 Arc User
edited July 2013 in General Discussion
old topic, but I still wanna know:

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=531642


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  • Shayd - Raging Tide
    Shayd - Raging Tide Posts: 475 Arc User
    edited July 2013
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  • MetzliDemon - Harshlands
    MetzliDemon - Harshlands Posts: 354 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Looks like GM's initially didn't want the "First Boss quest" to be called First Boss or even FB, they wanted people to call it by the name of the cave :s
    Example: FB59 --> Valley of Disaster (but we players like more to say FB and the number of the lvl we do the FB than writing all the cave name)
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  • PotatoHeadQR - Dreamweaver
    PotatoHeadQR - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,507 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    first time i hear the first boss theory. usually newbies say first battle xD
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  • Ambiguity - Raging Tide
    Ambiguity - Raging Tide Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    At least from what I got out of it, they don't call the instance itself 'fb', just like we don't call valley of disaster an 'fb' but rather "59" or "bh 59" or "fb59" depending on the reason for going in there.
    so.....they use the localized name to refer to the instance itself? whereas fb refers to the quest done in the instance o.o

    my guess at least xD
  • Yorlck - Archosaur
    Yorlck - Archosaur Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    FB = Fu Beng (correct me if I'm wrong on the spelling) it means 'instance' and it is used to refer to what we know as Call of Duty: Xenobeast etc.
  • Miugre - Heavens Tear
    Miugre - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Yorlck - Archosaur wrote: »
    FB = Fu Beng (correct me if I'm wrong on the spelling) it means 'instance' and it is used to refer to what we know as Call of Duty: Xenobeast etc.
    This.

    "FB" or Fu Ben is a holdover from older versions of the game (e.g. PW-MY) and refers specifically to the chinese term for dungeon. It probably stuck with us because it's clearer to say "fb29" than it is to say "Hall of Deception" or whatever it's called, and because FB specifically refers to the Call to Duty system.

    Then we all started associating those numbers with the dungeons (e.g. 29 = Hall of Deception, 59 = Valley of Disaster, etc.), leading to the somewhat-paradoxical situation in which we use those same numbers for BHs. Why do we call it BH79 if no one at Lv79 will have a Bounty Hunter for Linus? Well, because people associate the number 79 with Hallucinatory Trench now, and that's because that instance is called fb79. :P
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  • ovenusarmanio
    ovenusarmanio Posts: 6,695 Community Moderator
    edited July 2013
    Miugre - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    This.

    "FB" or Fu Ben is a holdover from older versions of the game (e.g. PW-MY) and refers specifically to the chinese term for dungeon. It probably stuck with us because it's clearer to say "fb29" than it is to say "Hall of Deception" or whatever it's called, and because FB specifically refers to the Call to Duty system.

    Then we all started associating those numbers with the dungeons (e.g. 29 = Hall of Deception, 59 = Valley of Disaster, etc.), leading to the somewhat-paradoxical situation in which we use those same numbers for BHs. Why do we call it BH79 if no one at Lv79 will have a Bounty Hunter for Linus? Well, because people associate the number 79 with Hallucinatory Trench now, and that's because that instance is called fb79. :P

    This. And I think it stuck more along all the servers, unlike other MY hold overs because Call to Duty kind of sounds like you're talking about another game or something. Since it's associated more mentally with that game, I don't think it caught on as a name for the system. Whereas as FB for most people, at least gaming wise, mostly brings into mind the quests in question. That's just my theory on why nobody ever called it CTD or CD, even on servers that came later. Whereas they did switch from HH to TT on the younger servers. Or Delta instead of GV, even though GV is lees to type.

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  • Brillance - Raging Tide
    Brillance - Raging Tide Posts: 1,643 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I blame the wiki's tbh. f:strive

    NONE of them refer to the instances as CTD or CD, nor do they seem to be updated with any dependable regularity, especially when older content is revamped. They all explain what FB is. A grid is actually set up to let new players know what the heck everyone is talking about. b:chuckle

    If the wiki's had been set for new players (2 or 3 years ago), they would probably be calling the instances by their proper names all along. But, I guess since those older players that switched over to other servers brought the FB system with them (why wouldn't they?) it has stuck with the game through to new servers.

    I could easily be wrong in my theory. But, it makes sense to me, since when I first encountered the concepts of FB and BH in the game, I was referred to the wiki's. b:surrender
  • ovenusarmanio
    ovenusarmanio Posts: 6,695 Community Moderator
    edited July 2013
    Brillance - Raging Tide wrote: »
    I blame the wiki's tbh. f:strive

    NONE of them refer to the instances as CTD or CD, nor do they seem to be updated with any dependable regularity, especially when older content is revamped. They all explain what FB is. A grid is actually set up to let new players know what the heck everyone is talking about. b:chuckle

    If the wiki's had been set for new players (2 or 3 years ago), they would probably be calling the instances by their proper names all along. But, I guess since those older players that switched over to other servers brought the FB system with them (why wouldn't they?) it has stuck with the game through to new servers.

    I could easily be wrong in my theory. But, it makes sense to me, since when I first encountered the concepts of FB and BH in the game, I was referred to the wiki's. b:surrender

    That's probably a part of it as well, although the wikis are edited and maintained by the players. Anyone can make changes to the wiki. I just added BQ, NW, JJ and Morai into the abbreviations and terms page the other night for example. Although I don't have any special permissions on the wiki.

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