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Please Stop Using the Word "Critter"

colonelchenchuancolonelchenchuan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited November 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Am I the only one who cringes when I see some text in game referring to critters or some Dev talking about critters? Its like we are on the Beverly Hillbillies or something.
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  • pyromaddnesspyromaddness Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    maybe they refer to cricket`s or any other type of bug since they cant fix a damn shiet since delta quadrant is on:cool:
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  • sicjebsicjeb Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    The word has different connotations for me:
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Some people do not like the word "toon" when referring to a characters. Others do not like the term "roll" a new character, as you are not actually rolling anything to make a new character. In the grand scheme of things it is just a short-hand word that has become part of the gaming linguistic cycle.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    colonelchenchuan wrote: »
    Am I the only one who cringes when I see some text in game referring to critters or some Dev talking about critters? Its like we are on the Beverly Hillbillies or something.

    I don't even know what critters are supposed to be. :) NPC's? I know what pets are, of course (I'm not a complete moonbrain :D). But 'critters'? I think I saw a dev use the word today, actually.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Critter is a word that they use for their own internal development. I've seen other devs on other games use the same word, so it's not just a Cryptic thing either. It seems to be just a general dev term. Nothing to get all upset about.
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  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Just be glad we don't occasionally step in critter clutter with all them roaming around the social zones.
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  • cmdrscarletcmdrscarlet Member Posts: 5,137 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Of all the things going on ... c'mon, man, show some restraint.
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  • abrahamjohnson83abrahamjohnson83 Member Posts: 72 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Game dev term for creature, could be all like a person, pet, npc, etc… A 'living' creature in game.
  • kavasekavase Member Posts: 771 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    So you're not happy with the use of the word 'critter'.

    Fine. Then come up with some alternatives then, I'll start.

    Baddies. I will also accept bad dudes and BDs as the acronym.
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  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    abrahamjohnson83 wrote: »
    Game dev term for creature, could be all like a person, pet, npc, etc… A 'living' creature in game.

    Ah. :) Thx.

    'Critter' sound a bit childish to me. But, as someone else already said, this game has FAR greater issues than the internal designation for animated objects.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    kavase wrote: »
    So you're not happy with the use of the word 'critter'.

    Fine. Then come up with some alternatives then, I'll start.

    Baddies. I will also accept bad dudes and BDs as the acronym.

    Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?
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  • colonelchenchuancolonelchenchuan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    kavase wrote: »
    So you're not happy with the use of the word 'critter'.

    Fine. Then come up with some alternatives then, I'll start.

    Baddies. I will also accept bad dudes and BDs as the acronym.

    at least baddie makes it obvious that its a MOB and not some epoh.

    Really, its like them calling something thingies.
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  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    colonelchenchuan wrote: »
    Really, its like them calling something thingies.

    My vote goes to 'thingies' :) It's cute. 'Critters' just sounds like creepy small creatures, crawling all over you.
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  • kavasekavase Member Posts: 771 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    meimeitoo wrote: »
    My vote goes to 'thingies' :) It's cute. 'Critters' just sounds like creepy small creatures, crawling all over you.

    I like thingies too. A good alternative for sure.
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    My Grandma use to call anything that dug up her garden a "critter".

    It was usually preceded by the word "Damn".

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  • mirrorterranmirrorterran Member Posts: 423 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    lan451 wrote: »
    Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?

    Snake Plissken: The president of what?
  • knuhteb5knuhteb5 Member Posts: 1,831 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Op, add the following childish terms to your list:

    Klink
    Toon

    These are on the same linguistic level of ignorance as Imma is to I'm going to. Shorthand is fine but only to a point. When the adopted terminology is born out of laziness and unwillingness to spell things in an intelligible form, nobody takes you seriously and you come off looking like a teenager who can't properly conjugate simple verbs. In addition, terms like toon trivialize the importance of our avatars as being characters that are part of a long tale of exploration in the Star Trek Universe. Even if by toon they mean character, toon carries certain connotations to it that make it inappropriate for properly describing what our characters are.
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  • norobladnoroblad Member Posts: 2,624 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    lan451 wrote: »
    Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?

    I suppose a hypothetical one since political discussions are not allowed. So, say the president of the United fed of planets :)

    Rescue him from what, anyway, debt collectors?
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    knuhteb5 wrote: »
    Op, add the following childish terms to your list:

    Klink
    Toon

    These are on the same linguistic level of ignorance as Imma is to I'm going to. Shorthand is fine but only to a point. When the adopted terminology is born out of laziness and unwillingness to spell things in an intelligible form, nobody takes you seriously and you come off looking like a teenager who can't properly conjugate simple verbs. In addition, terms like toon trivialize the importance of our avatars as being characters that are part of a long tale of exploration in the Star Trek Universe. Even if by toon they mean character, toon carries certain connotations to it that make it inappropriate for properly describing what our characters are.


    I'm not gonna lie: I kinda like these shorthand terms. :p But 'Imma'?! Gimme a break! Never used that one. :)

    'Klink' is meant to be derogatory, though, I think (like 'Cardie').
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  • varekraithvarekraith Member Posts: 198 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    colonelchenchuan wrote: »
    Am I the only one who cringes when I see some text in game referring to critters or some Dev talking about critters? Its like we are on the Beverly Hillbillies or something.

    You'll get that when the community stops using the word 'toon'.

    I loathe that term for characters.

    :P
  • wudwaenwudwaen Member Posts: 72 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    colonelchenchuan wrote: »
    Am I the only one who cringes when I see some text in game referring to critters or some Dev talking about critters? Its like we are on the Beverly Hillbillies or something.

    What's wrong with saying "Critter"? Sounds to me like you full o' Balderdash! Why I bet you don't even know your grammar rights! Sample, If I invite "you" to dinner then it means only you and none else. If I invite "y'all" to dinner then it means you had best bring all of your relations or I will be insulted!

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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    varekraith wrote: »
    You'll get that when the community stops using the word 'toon'.

    I loathe that term for characters.

    :P

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  • trygvar13trygvar13 Member Posts: 697 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I thought critters were people who were doing a lot of Critical Hits...:)
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  • damainxdamainx Member Posts: 90 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I like critters!
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    wudwaen wrote: »
    Sample, If I invite "you" to dinner then it means only you and none else. If I invite "y'all" to dinner then it means you had best bring all of your relations or I will be insulted!

    Wrong! Contrary to what people often think, despite being a contraction of 'you all,' "y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural.
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  • lawstanzlawstanz Member Posts: 70 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    "critter" is not an STO specific usage. It's used by game devs all over the place.
  • betayuyabetayuya Member Posts: 1,059 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    The scary thing is, I actually have a ship named "Loot Critter" ... lol
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Don't forget the 'Loot Critter' that was always looking for someone to talk to.
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  • hipachilleshipachilles Member Posts: 195 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    I agree with you whole-heartedly. I know a lot of players have been in on MMOs for years and have developed their own terminology for things. I get it, but when the game itself has its own vocabulary, I think maybe that is what should be used.

    For other players like myself who had to learn the lingo, relative to STO, here is what I have learned:
    • Aggro - threat; how much an NPC will want to attack you (or another player)
    • Alt - alternate character; not the character you primarily play as or devote your time/resources on
    • Class - career; Science, Tactical, or Engineering captain career
    • Critter - NPC; non-playable character, or an AI-controlled enemy that will attack you
    • Farm - performing a mission over and over for the same reward; can also mean doing different missions that grant the same reward
    • GCD - group cooldown, or global cooldown; cooldown timer on abilities that are the same or in the same "group" as other abilities which have just been activated. Also refers to the mandatory time between torpedo launches (any launch or launches in the same group).
    • Gear - equipment; anything that is equippable on your captain or your ship
    • Loot - mission rewards; usually refers to equipment or devices, anything that goes in inventory
    • Mob - see critter; maybe also be a group of them
    • Nerf - to make an item or ability weaker
    • Pet - also pet in STO, but poor term for space; ship separation, summoned allies, or hangar fighers/frigates. I get why they are called pets on the ground, but I think it takes a perverted captain to think of his fleet of shuttles as personal "pets". Probably the same type of captain who thinks of a pet Sehla cat as an Admiral named Bobo.
    • PUG - pick-up-group; running an STF or similar missions using the public queue instead of a pre-made team. Despised by some players, but the only source of teaming for others. To complete an Elite mission as a PUG is rare and one of the highest challenges STO has to offer.
    • Quest - mission
    • Raid - STF or other PVE queue mission requiring a team of players to complete
    • RP - roleplaying; keeping completely in-character while in game, even when discussing the game itself; taking this to extremes will attract the attention of Starfleet's finest oral health professionals (don't ask), especially with respect to ERP (REALLY don't ask) .
    • Spam - anything you activate that either calls a "pet" or adds visual graphics to the screen. A pejorative term, since it can cause graphical hiccups or lag, especially in PVP
    • Spell - ability; instead of "casting a spell" in STO, we activate abilities
    • Toon - character; In STO these are called characters or captains.
    • XP(experience) - skill points; may also refer to expertise or specialization points. But mostly they refer to skill points required to reach next level
  • betayuyabetayuya Member Posts: 1,059 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    ltminns wrote: »
    Don't forget the 'Loot Critter' that was always looking for someone to talk to.

    We need an official "We Love Loot Critter" thread lol :D
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