05-09-2003, 11:20 AM
Hail Fragbait,
Uber was not coined by Blizzard: it was taken by Americans (and mistranslated) from the German language many years ago; it was around before I started using the Internet at least (and, now I think about it, even that was prettly long ago - I was only a little kid at the time!). It is used online (without the umlaut) to represent "super", "ultra", "mega", "butt kicking", ... you get the idea ;)
In Diablo, an Uber-item is basically the most overpowered POS around; an uberbuild is the ultimate cookie cutter build of the moment. Also taking from the German, Sirian (I believe) coined unterrare - Rare items that only gave you three mods.
As for hackers... what do hackers have to do with this? ;) There are many, many hackers in Germany, but there are everywhere. The first? I'd imagine America, but I've never really researched that one.
Uber was not coined by Blizzard: it was taken by Americans (and mistranslated) from the German language many years ago; it was around before I started using the Internet at least (and, now I think about it, even that was prettly long ago - I was only a little kid at the time!). It is used online (without the umlaut) to represent "super", "ultra", "mega", "butt kicking", ... you get the idea ;)
In Diablo, an Uber-item is basically the most overpowered POS around; an uberbuild is the ultimate cookie cutter build of the moment. Also taking from the German, Sirian (I believe) coined unterrare - Rare items that only gave you three mods.
As for hackers... what do hackers have to do with this? ;) There are many, many hackers in Germany, but there are everywhere. The first? I'd imagine America, but I've never really researched that one.
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.