By improving the performance of a Nerf gun, you "buff" it, which is ironic

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• imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The term nerf in respect to video games was actually derived from Nerf guns. Because Nerf guns are basically just normal guns that have been heavily nerfed 😅

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  • NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think the direct implication is that the bullets are padded with foam. Softened.

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    • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, it comes from debuffs, which was applied to early FPS games when a gun was debuffed, which made the bullets hit less like bullets and more like nerf darts.

      This gun used to take a guy out in 2 body shots and now its 5, like I’m shooting with a nerf gun!

      Then the term spread around to non FPS games.

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• PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is that ironic?

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  • illi@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Nerf” is an opposite to a “buff” in videogame context.

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    • PrimeErective@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I get that. Where is the irony? I think to be ironic there needs to be some air of unexpectedness. I certainly think it’s amusing to say that you were buffing a nerf gun, but maybe not unexpected

      But I think Alanis Morissette would be on board

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s not ironic in the slightest. Take a pellet gun. Buff it, it’s a real gun. Nerf it, it’s a BB gun, or a Nerf gun.

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