Twinking

One poster mentioned guild twinking, which is a common practice, and that is very prejudicial to the casual player that doesn't have a guild to give them equipment, power level them, or all the other perks of having level 70 friends with 100K pp at their disposal. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In other words, it's not the action of twinking which is bad but rather the motivation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I think this is also borne out by the graph which seems to suggest the 19, 29 and 39 pauses are most significant, since this seems to be the most commonly chosen levels for the "twinking" subculture, where people work to create overpowered characters for the level decade they're playing in. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Besides currency, what about utilizing social capital "twinking" to bypass the game designer's intentions? ❋ Unknown (2004)

If you want, you can join a friend's game and give him a fully upgraded rifle from the getgo, almost like "twinking" someone in an MMO. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, if a certain class is tweaked to be harder to play because many/most of the RMT'ers are twinking that class and it seems to the devs that the class is too strong and/or easy... that will have a negative effect on development. ❋ Unknown (2008)

An unambitious but clear start. this provides a way forward for a lot more work in the field without having to rely on explicit comparisons to time spent (where normal behavior may or may not apply) or reliance on repugnant transactions (RMT, twinking, etc). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Command us what thou wilt, and we will do it for thee in less than the twinking of an eye. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In other words, if I get 1000 gold from a friend for twinking purposes that's fine but if I purchase 1000 gold from a farmer it's not? ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the RP style I favor twinking and RMT would be vastly different. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As you point out, twinking and RMT have a lot in common. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In EQ RMT was literally unthinkable and twinking was rare, only grudgingly allowed if the player came up with in-game justifications. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sure, people say that this will give way to twinking, but you can choose not to group like that. ❋ Peter (2005)

There are people who don't like RMT but who don't mind twinking - the two aren't always equated. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I'm sure many players of MUDs have experienced that they as newbies have been "taught lessons", ganking, humiliating teasing, followed up with twinking and friendlieness. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Yes, I used gold I hadn't earned through loot or craft... but I'd earned it through in-game relationship building; call it twinking if you like, but at least you have to earn it by not being a dick. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Like RMT, twinking is driven by the “comparative advantage” of high level earning power vs. low level earning power. ❋ Unknown (2007)

By the time WoW came out twinking was unremarked and RMT was "don't ask, don't tell". ❋ Unknown (2007)

I [twinked] out [my level] one [Sorceress] with Tarnhelm, the Eye of Etlich, and two SOJs. ❋ Rast (2004)

"Dude I heard you went twinking last night, how was it?" "You should have been there. He [picked] it up and looked around for like [five minutes] before going back inside. [Priceless]!" ❋ Twinkersferdayz (2012)

"[Kate], [you and me] are twinking [today]!" ❋ Little Rabbit (2007)

“omg [look at] [Noah Miller] he is [totally] a twink!” ❋ Mx16 (2021)

[I don't like] going to that club because [it's nothing] but a bunch of [twinks]. ❋ DocLightning (2004)

[Look at] the [twink], he's so [Louis Tomlinson] ! ❋ MissingRey (2018)

“he was too much of a twink to [come to] [shiratorizawa]” - [ushijima wakatoshi] ❋ Samlol (2020)

❋ Sooper! (2002)

"Wow, [Adi's] totally [a bottom]! [The man] is the perfect twink!" ❋ VPF (2023)

That [twink] is [young, dumb and full of cum]...and [I want] him NOW! ❋ Mike (2003)