There's already a thread for it. You don't need to make a thread to end a thread. To end a thread, either a mod will lock it, or the thread will die out on it's own.
P.S. It's pronounced mawb because if you say it like mobe you sound like a person with a mental disorder.
Mob is short for mobile. An enemy capable of movement. It was probably coined by some lazy guy who plays too many MMORPGS and types things like "hey sup, ya Im gud 2. Wut u doin?". This is because they are too lazy to type the entire word correctly, even if it's a whole letter.
Which brings me to wonder why a lazy word like this needs to be clarified how it should be pronounced. I would say Mawb, as in... a mob of angry people. Spelled the same and lots of baddies can be a mob right? Or you could say Moe-b because you're to lazy to say i-L. A lazy mans homograph for a lazy word.
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you took this to a poll? I didn't mean to start a forestfire. Polls won't help necessarily, as even if the majority of people say it one way, it may be wrong. Only Notch himself can decide how it's said if you ask me. Also, saying "it sounds bad" or "sounds like you have a mental disorder" is not an argument, and therefore has no weight. Just sayin....
I've heard the origin is based on the fact that they are Mobile, so they're called Mob like that. But, everyone I've ever played an MMO game with calls it a Mob like Mawb. I always figured they were called mobs because they mob on you. Like, they group up like a mob and attack you. Made sense to me like that.
you took this to a poll? I didn't mean to start a forestfire. Polls won't help necessarily, as even if the majority of people say it one way, it may be wrong. Only Notch himself can decide how it's said if you ask me. Also, saying "it sounds bad" or "sounds like you have a mental disorder" is not an argument, and therefore has no weight. Just sayin....
Well, you did start a forest fire. And now Smokey hates you.
Think about the CHILDREN.
Most of the search results for 'game mob pronunciation' (no quotes) are people arguing about what the pronunciation actually is. The majority of people say mawb, but mohb was the original pronunciation and many people say it that way too. Y'know, words are ALLOWED to have multiple pronunciations, people...
How is Mob really, truly pronounced? We may never know.
However, let's see how the general community sees it - that way the other side can whimper in loneliness and exile from pronuncing it wrong.
Mwaha.
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It's mobe. All you Mawb people go to Egypt. I'm sure they'd love to have you.
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You may as well just have gone to minepedia, clicked "edit", created that line then made a post here - it's possible.
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P.S. It's pronounced mawb because if you say it like mobe you sound like a person with a mental disorder.
Say Mop. Now put a b there.
Mawb is the pronounciation.
Moebe. It just sounds terrible.
...but I'll always pronounce it "mawb" anyhow. Even when I was playing all those MUDs and MUCKs and--you get the picture--I pronounced it that way.
Although, you're completely free to pronounce it as you wish, I'm not about to suppress anyone's free rights.
Which brings me to wonder why a lazy word like this needs to be clarified how it should be pronounced. I would say Mawb, as in... a mob of angry people. Spelled the same and lots of baddies can be a mob right? Or you could say Moe-b because you're to lazy to say i-L. A lazy mans homograph for a lazy word.
He would be able to if it was his word, but it's not. :smile.gif:
No, it isn't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_(computer_gaming)
Well, you did start a forest fire. And now Smokey hates you.
Think about the CHILDREN.