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The developers of several games, including World of Warcraft. | The developers of several games, including World of Warcraft. | ||
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| − | Trading in game items to players for real world currencies. This is usually against a game's Terms of Use, as it can negatively affect the game's own economy, expose players to account | + | |
| + | ====Real Money Trading==== | ||
| + | Trading in game items or currencies to players for real world currencies. This is usually against a game's Terms of Use, as it can negatively affect the game's own economy, expose players to account theft, and gives some players an unfair advantage. | ||
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| + | ====Rolling==== | ||
| + | # The initial creation of a character. Originally from table-top RPGs, where you'd determine a characters starting characteristics by rolling dice. | ||
| + | # A simulated dice roll to determine who gets loot drops. Need/Greed looting will do this automatically, but there is also a '''/roll [number]''' slash command for players to use, when a different loot system has been selected before a dungeon starts. | ||
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| + | ====Veteran Edition==== | ||
| + | An account that has returned to [[Glossary#Starter_Edition | Starter Edition]] limitations due to expiration of paid game time. Veterans can retain access to certain traded items/enhancements otherwise unavailable to non-upgraded Starter Edition accounts. 'Veteran Edition' is not an officially used Blizzard term, as they consider all accounts that aren't on paid game-time to be Starter Edition. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:53, 15 July 2015
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Blizzard
The developers of several games, including World of Warcraft.
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Real Money Trading
Trading in game items or currencies to players for real world currencies. This is usually against a game's Terms of Use, as it can negatively affect the game's own economy, expose players to account theft, and gives some players an unfair advantage.
Rolling
- The initial creation of a character. Originally from table-top RPGs, where you'd determine a characters starting characteristics by rolling dice.
- A simulated dice roll to determine who gets loot drops. Need/Greed looting will do this automatically, but there is also a /roll [number] slash command for players to use, when a different loot system has been selected before a dungeon starts.
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Veteran Edition
An account that has returned to Starter Edition limitations due to expiration of paid game time. Veterans can retain access to certain traded items/enhancements otherwise unavailable to non-upgraded Starter Edition accounts. 'Veteran Edition' is not an officially used Blizzard term, as they consider all accounts that aren't on paid game-time to be Starter Edition.
