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====Real Money Trading====
 
====Real Money Trading====
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 hacking, and give some players an unfair advantage.
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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====
 
====Rolling====
Refers to either the initial creation of a character (from table-top RPGs, where you'd determine a chracters stats by rolling dice), or 'rolling' for loot.  Need/Greed will do this automatically, but there is also a /roll [number] slash command for players to use, where a different loot system has been selected before a dungeon starts.
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# The initial creation of a character. Originally from table-top RPGs, where you'd determine a characters starting characteristics by rolling dice.
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# 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====
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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

  1. The initial creation of a character. Originally from table-top RPGs, where you'd determine a characters starting characteristics by rolling dice.
  2. 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.