09-14-2003, 10:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-14-2003, 11:04 PM by LemmingofGlory.)
Quote:OK, so we have next difference in playing D1 in different countries
In Poland we used to call "PK's" players who kill others. No matter if they do it in duels, or they PK others in the original meaning of this word.
The "You're a PK if you kill anybody" definition of "PK" is much more common among newer players, younger players, and those on public Bnet. To this group, if you kill someone for being a jackass you're a "PK." If you regularly go out and butcher people just for fun, you're a "PK." If you duel, you're a "PK." Some even take it so far to brand people "PK" if they kill someone who attacks them. The term is very vague and doesn't differentiate the types of killing.
But vague terms aren't useful. So, they're replaced with more specific terms.
Among more veteran players, the term "Player Killer" carries a much more specific meaning, usually referring to the serial-killer personality type. To them, a dueler is a dueler. Killing someone who attacks you carries no stigma. Killing someone for being a jackass tells others you don't abide whatever behavior the jackass was engaged in. People who routinely: kill other players using a trainer's autokill are Autokillers (AK); use monsters to entrap players and make them lose their items are Monster Killers (MK); do it the old fashioned way, without an agreement to duel, are just PKs.
In sum, as players become more experienced with the game they develop specific jargon for different game elements. As such, I believe your group's use of "PK" in the sense of the first paragraph is more due to a large crowd of new players than due to them being Polish. Though, to some extent, who you interact with influences what your jargon is. The more you interact with us, the more you may find yourself using more "international" Diablo jargon -- we've certainly had plenty of time to come up with names for things.
As I said before in this thread: Anywhere around the globe, it's all the same game. It's the known information that varies.
[o: *LEMMING* :o]