n00b question

[Smoke]

ok i was just wondering what MOD stands for,

ive just never ever been bothered to find out before,



mods pls delete this after i find out

 

[Jesus Lincoln]

Mod=modification

It can mean a small modification to change all the combines to chickens or a totally differant game (called a total conversion) that changes weapons, models, maps etc

 

[Mouldy Punk]

A MOD is just modifying the original game, it can be something as small as changing someone's eye colour to completely changing all maps and everything.

 

[Smoke]

ok thanks, justwondering what the term meant, even though i have MANY MODS!

 

[Ennui]

yeah, technically changing a sprite or a sound is a mod, but generally when we think of mods we think of large conversion projects to add significant new features or styles of gameplay to the game.

 

[Zet]

You used the word "mod" twice in your original post.

ok i was just wondering what MOD stands for,
ive just never ever been bothered to find out before,

"Mod" as in modification.

mods pls delete this after i find out

"Mods" as in moderators

 

[noQ]

..or mod as a moderator of a site.

 

[Smoke]

You used the word "mod" twice in your original post.



"Mod" as in modification.



"Mods" as in moderators

mod isnt a word....................its a term.

 

[Zet]

mod isnt a word....................its a term.

Of course it's a word. Sure it's a shortened word and part of a specific jargon, but it's still a word. Would you say "lab" is not a word but just a "term" for the word "laboratory"?

 

[Dasparov]

or mad, short for maddie ; )

 

[Smoke]

in fact, yes! yes i would!

 

[Zet]

well then, smoke, why don't you tell me what you think is needed for a sequence of phonemes to make it a word? being listed in a dictionary? well, let's see

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

lab
n : a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {laboratory},
{research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science
laboratory}]

Apparently, it's also a verb

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

Lab \Lab\, v. i. [Cf. OD. labben to babble.]
To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

 

[Zet]

Oh yeah, there are certainly more abbreviations. The English language loves abbreviations. How about "butt" for "buttocks"? Is that not a word?

"Vet" for "veterinarian" or "veteran"?
"Coke" for the globally known beverage (or the white powder)?

 

[Smoke]

zet...............go................away...........