My name is NOT Attila!

So stop calling me Hun ingame

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_the_Hun
from JoeUser Forums
As I am grinding my way through levels in Everquest 2 I have experienced a phenomenon I believe is almost exclusive to that "genre" {Everquest|Everquest2|SWG} and that is the (ab)use of the short-word "hun". I have seen it used so many times during the past week I am wishing for unrestricted UO style PvP so I can In Por Ylem, Kal Vas Flam, Corp Por, Corp Por, Corp Por the damn person using it. before I loot their corpse and carve it.

I dont know when this 'word' got introduced into gaming, but I have *ONLY* seen it used in the SOE games. What is it about Everquest 1 and 2 that attracts people who use this word, or is it a racial treat.. maybe I am just (un)lucky and people use it in other MMORPGS as well [although I have not noticed]. Do you use Hun, and if so, why?

To me it seems to be a short for "honey", and i'm not talking about the sweet thing you can put on bread that Winnie The Poh likes to eat so much of. I am not that persons Honey, Sweet Bread or Ancient Eastern Warlord who razes their village.. so why do I suddenly get called 'hun' when I help somebody out ingame, or even just casually talking with someone, they might end with "see you later hun".. *Argh!*

I must have a perfect life to be able to get irritated so much by this.. Tell me I'm not alone in this, please! :-)

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
People use odd wordage on the internet. Count your blessing, at least they arn't calling you h0n3y
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
I've a friend who gradually talked himself into an internet "love affair" with an American lady. They met through an AOL chat room and ended up making all sorts of plans to meet etc. (we're in Ireland). Now, I thought this was pretty sad at the time but it continued his trend for "dating" older women with kids so whatever.... each to his own. Now, I didn't mind when she started phoning me to find out where he was, why he wasn't answering his phone etc etc but what I did object to was listening to him on the phone to her and his newfound insistence on calling every female friend or acquaintance, "hun". So you are not alone.

Huns do have their place though. In a Rome: Total War expansion.
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Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
It is a female thing, I think. I am female and played a female character. Everyone, especially other women, called me hun. Annoying!
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Fright; Nah, I never play female. If I want something for free I roleplay a beggar. "Hail! Couldst thou aid me in my quest, I seem to have misplaced my pants and am In dire need of some new ones, perchance thou coulds share thine wealth with one such as me?" .. Some friends of mine play female avatars because they are usually treated nicer.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
People use odd wordage on the internet. Count your blessing, at least they arn't calling you h0n3y


Haha.. I cant wait for that..
That was what was good in UO.. if someone flipped you or called you anything, you could always treat them to a nice Halberd of Vanquishing or similar.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ok, hun, youre not alone in this, lol
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*unsheates longsword* "#"&"/"#!ยง!! =)

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
I played a neutral dark elf female in EQ (can't remember which god I had to pray to) specifically to do the Stein Of Moggok quest. Most of the time I ran everywhere with nothing in my inventory, including clothes. Worked wonders for getting help.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ah, remember a friend of mine did that quest pretty quickly.. Well, he did everything pretty quickly in EQ. [And when you camp a dungeon alone for more than 100 hours.. you need help]. You were a necromancer? ONly had a poor lil' ol' rouge in EQ... never made it past level 27.

Good news; Have not heard "Hun" at all today in EQ2.