Poll: Gimped or nerfed?

[Geekosaurus]

Pretty simple question really - what do you believe is the correct term to describe something that has been made worse?

I've always used the word 'nerfed' but recently everybody seems to be saying 'gimped.' Believe me; that's not what a gimp is.

 

[General BrEeZy]

strange that i dont know either term...oh well.

 

[Yureina]

Nerfed. I don't like the connotations behind "gimped" very much, much in the same way that I don't like the use of "retarded" or other words like it to describe mediocrity. It seems very rude to me.

 

[Hollock]

I think gimp is a little offensive (not that I'm offended). Nerf is fine, I think it works and it sounds good.

I always use "nerf", since "gimp" always brings to mind this image for me:

Cookie for the movie (it's an easy one).

PULP FICTION! NAH NAAAA NA NA NA NAAAANAANANA NAAAAAAAAH NANANANANA NANANA NAAAA NEY NAAAAAAAA!

 

[Alexnader]

Yeah.... definitely nerfed.

 

[RatRace123]

I like Nerfed better.

 

[hittite]

nerfed. it's such a fun word.

 

[Phoenixlight]

You're misunderstanding the difference between the two words. Nerfed if when something is made slightly worse in an attempt to balance it, gimped is where something is made almost useless to the point where there's little or no reason to use it at all.

 

[Admiral Stukov]

I tend to use "nerf" for a minor change for the worse and "gimped" for a major one.

 

[Kevmcl1]

In my opinion a nerf is when they decrease the effectiveness of something that legitimately needed fixing.

Gimp on the other hand refers to a situation where a perfectly legitimate style of game play is broken down or completely removed because of whiners.

 

[Nouw]

I always use "nerf", since "gimp" always brings to mind this image for me:

Cookie for the movie (it's an easy one).

Damn it someone ninja'd me! Well I might as well say Pulp Fiction.

I think are both perfectly acceptable, and can also tell you what kind of games a person enjoys.
In my experience, people who say "Gimped" are primarily FPS players who don't branch out much, and people who say "Nerfed" have a greater variety of games they enjoy.

Pretty much this, 'gimped' is more for the Shooter game players and 'nerfed' is for basically everything else.

 

[Something Amyss]

Depends on how it's made worse. Did they break the game or an element, or just make it weaker?

 

[AvsJoe]

Nerfed.

As in: the pistol was severely Nerfed in Halo 2.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I always use "nerf", since "gimp" always brings to mind this image for me:

Cookie for the movie (it's an easy one).

(Christ that's scary.)
I was going to say the exact same thing as you did.

 

[Ashcrexl]

i always think of that kickass plastic light machine gun with an actual feeder belt all loaded up with adorably soft sucker-tipped hollow foam bullets when i hear "nerfed" so that will always be the term i use.

 

[Kaymish]

both words have their uses yes they are used for similar situations but the the difference is scale and ultimate need or lack of

 

[The_Echo]

I use neither. In general, if something gets worse, I usually use some sort of expletive.

Ex: *Playing God of War: Ghost of Sparta*
*Low on health, last remaining enemies almost gone*
*Those flipping armored cyclopes come into play, trollfaces and all*
"FUCK MY EAR." (Or something equally obscene or odd.)

I've never used "nerf" or "gimp." Nerf just reminds me of the toy, and gimp just reminds me of the software.

 

[Eumersian]

?but recently everybody seems to be saying 'gimped.' Believe me; that's not what a gimp is.

Actually, I heard the term "gimp" thrown around by a group of friends in my high school as the name that they called the girl with the crutches. It's possible that it's gained another meaning. Doesn't matter to me though. I use "nerf" all the time.

 

[clockout]

Gimped makes it sound like you crippled something. Nerf makes it sound it's been pussified.

 

[zehydra]

I never use either term. I just say "it's worse now."
(This is partially because I've never been a part of a game community where this has been an issue [nerfing, that is])