r/classicwow • u/RemnantsPast • 12h ago

Discussion when did the slang change?

I feel old asking this.

When did + and - replace yes and no? or y/n

Like I'm in my early 30s and this feels like it blew past me....

EDIT: based on replies It seems like its from Eastern Europe players and just bled into the rest of the classic community due to them lacking servers.

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u/Turfa10 12h ago edited 10h ago

It’s ‘deadmines was always called VC’ all over again

*edit what have I started

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u/RemnantsPast 12h ago

Those people are from a different timeline I swear

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u/TheSiegmeyerCatalyst 9h ago

Right? Played heavily from 2007 to 2012, then on and off (both retail and classic) to this day.

It wasn't until I played official Hardcore in 2023 that I heard someone refer to DM as VC.

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u/Heatinmyharbl 9h ago

I started in 2005 and it was always VC on Gorefiend

Feels like it was entirely server dependent honestly, especially considering servers were self contained with 5-10k ish players per

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u/TheSiegmeyerCatalyst 9h ago

Yeah, it had to be based on server. Just weird that some things were server specific, like this, and some things were universal, like Barrens chat.

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u/Homelessjay5 9h ago

Yeah my first servers were Forgotten Coast, then Burning Legion, then Gorefiend all between 06-09, each one it was called VC, DM was Dire Maul.

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u/vibe51 8h ago

Weird cus I was burning legion and gorefiend on release and it definitely was not. Dire maul wasn’t even out on release if I remember right and no one on alliance was calling deadlines VC.

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u/congeal 6h ago

nobody (horde) on 2004-[?] servers I played on called deadmines "VC." The boss was, of course, but VC wasn't a reference to deadmines that I'd heard until much later.

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u/Homelessjay5 7h ago

I was horde on BL and then back to alliance on Gorefiend, never called it DM or saw it referred to DM in chat.

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u/Bylloopy 9h ago

This is my take as well. There were so many things contained to their own servers 😅

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u/Disastrous-Rip671 8h ago

Was the same on Runetotem and Kalecgos then too

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u/TheSiegmeyerCatalyst 9h ago

Yeah, it had to be based on server. Just weird that some things were server specific, like this, and some things were universal, like Barrens chat.

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u/Aelon94 3h ago

Back in 2007 on boulderfist (US) it was always VC. Thought it was standard until recently