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[–] Imotali 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Both. The WoW term (which is actually from Ultima Online originally) comes from the queer term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

wikipedia appears to say twinks are only accidentally privileged

[–] Imotali 1 points 2 months ago

Most people in WoW and Souls games use it to mean someone who purposely remains lower level but gets better gear.

Ie. Staying under a soul level to PvP with a certain level of player using late game gear. (PvP in Souls games is based on soul level brackets)

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