Talk:Twinking

message: "Twinking is a type of behavior in role-playing games. A player who engages in such behavior is known as a twink." Ummm, okay. This is akin to saying "Running is something that runners do." Really, could the author of the article not do any better than this? 174.99.62.107 (talk) 06:16, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: quality of article

message: Who suggested the merge from godmodding into twinking?  As I understand it, Godmodding is an exploit of some kind.  Twinking (at least in MMORPGs) is not an exploit, but a mechanism enabled by the game itself.  I fail to see the need to merge, from an MMORPG sense.  Maybe tabletops are different. --DDG 17:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On something like a MUSH, Twink is a catch-all term for any kind of a cheater or undesireable player. Someone who powerposes or 'godmods' often would be commonly called a twink. Ehheh 15:01, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: I've always seen Twink as Synonymous with Munchkin.  Mathiastck 14:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non Electronic Gaming 

message: I removed the line reading "Contrary to popular belief, twinking is a form of cheating."  This is pure POV.  The line itself says that some people do not think it's cheating.  Zurqoxn 06:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On that note, I removed the paragraph about PvP and twinking.  Methinks someone was bitter when adding that. Djseifer 10:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You might want to look over the section again, someone is STILL bitter about twinking apparently. I don't even play MMO's and I can tell when someone is being rash. There is a line that I noticed. It goes along the lines of "Twinking is used by players in stay at the top of a level bracket in PvP, which is often due to a lack of PvP skill."  That's POV.71.238.205.137 (talk) 11:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Looks like 24.176.28.106 really doesn't like twinks in PvP. I've reverted the page. (S)He appears to have been given a final warning over a month ago, but has still been editing the post with similar - almost identical - POV info. Leaving a warning on their user page is probably redundant. Should we see about just getting the IP blocked? CaptF (talk) 00:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV line 

message: All right, Koster states "Twinking has come to mean a different thing in massively multiplayer games than it did on text muds. Whereas in MUDs and MUSHes, a "twink" was what is now variously called anything from a "n00b" to a "grief player," and then on EverQuest in particular twinking came to mean was used to be called "powerlevelling" or "levelling someone," most specifically by giving them equipment they could never have earned on their own. In what's below, I am using the MMO definition. Koster then goes on to write three paragraphs about the "MMO definition" of a higher-level player helping a lower level player rather than the lower level player doing everything themselves". Also note that Koster makes reference to high level equipment, "most specifically". This is the basis of why I modified the prose. Secondly I must point out that a (slightly) different definition isn't a valid reason to remove the definition by EuroGamer (a notable, reliable source), per WP:UNDUE. More than one opinion is allowable. bridies (talk) 03:07, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: To pre-empt any complaints that the EuroGamer source discusses "twinking" in the context of WOW: I fail to see how twinking in WOW, the most popular MMO, will be any different to other MMOs. If it is indeed different, then as the most popular MMO its definition needs to be covered in equal proportion to Everquest which is what Koster mainly makes reference to. I am fine with a caveat "in World of Warcraft" being added to the sentence however. Furthermore there is little point in adding it to the "WOW section" because that section should not even be there, for the reasons discussed above. This article is unlikely to ever consist of more than a few sentences of verifiable content so it's rather futile to move anything into the article body as it were. bridies (talk) 03:27, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

text: I agree. bridies (talk) 09:46, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

text: How about you just read through Wikipedia's basic policies: WP:V, WP:RS and WP:OR. bridies (talk) 14:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead 

message: Is this related to Smurfing (online gaming)? 2fort5r (talk) 17:46, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not intrinsically.  In some contexts twinking could be used to aid smurfing, but in lots of others (RTS ladders for example) smurfing is possible but twinking isn't. —chaos5023 (talk) 17:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Article gone. Should it be redirected here, and a note added to the article? 2fort5r (talk) 05:32, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smurfing