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Xenon

Origin of OOPArts skill name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact

OOPArts = out-of-place artifact, aka an artifact found to be too advanced to be understandably matched with the time period its supposed to originate from, aka an anachronistic object.

An example of an OOPArt would be a machine gun that is found to have originated 1 million years ago even though the human species has emerged 195,000 years ago (this is a fictitious example, of course).

August 23, 2013

23 Comments • Newest first

issacrandom

[quote=EmpireSun]Thank you, this thread was really necessary.[/quote]

As if any thread was actually necessary?

Reply August 23, 2013
EmpireSun

@Sungoon: A whole other side of this game? Wow..lol.

Reply August 23, 2013
Momijii

[quote=BimmieMcGee]Goodie for you. Don't be such a pedant. Others might not know this information. Or have you not considered that because it's below you or something?

Considering how many people who seemed unaware of the background of this skill, I'd say that this terminology is not really common knowledge.
So the thread maker is just trying to feed those of us who weren't aware of this information a little tidbit about a class.

I'd much rather learn this quick, interesting background fact than read more imploring questions about how to increase one's range or where to train or those numerous troll threads.[/quote]
Read more then. It expands your vocabulary.

Reply August 23, 2013 - edited
BimmieMcGee

[quote=Momijii]Or you find it unnecessary because you knew what OOPart stood for eons before this thread was made or even Xenon was made.[/quote]
Goodie for you. Don't be such a pedant. Others might not know this information. Or have you not considered that because it's below you or something?

Considering how many people who seemed unaware of the background of this skill, I'd say that this terminology is not really common knowledge.
So the thread maker is just trying to feed those of us who weren't aware of this information a little tidbit about a class.

I'd much rather learn this quick, interesting background fact than read more imploring questions about how to increase one's range or where to train or those numerous troll threads.

Reply August 23, 2013 - edited
Momijii

[quote=Sungoon]There's a whole other side to this game that you don't see because you think like this.[/quote]
Or you find it unnecessary because you knew what OOPart stood for eons before this thread was made or even Xenon was made.

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Sungoon

[quote=EmpireSun]Thank you, this thread was really necessary.[/quote]

There's a whole other side to this game that you don't see because you think like this.

Reply August 23, 2013 - edited
KaiKyuubi

First time I heard the term was in a Megaman Starforce game I think it was in the second game

Either way it's always nice to see interesting stuff like this, never thought to look into rl OOParts wow

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tenseiga1

I can't believe it, a good thread on basil. I don't think I'll ever see this again on basil though.

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Snowbunnix3

Sounds very interesting and makes a lot of sense now =o Especially since Xenon originated in the mines of Edelstein. I mean, why wouldn't they be able to find an "OOPart"?
Reminds me of those little Incan "Airplane" artifacts xD [url=http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/e9b90af394db.jpg](...)[/url]

Reply August 23, 2013 - edited
GotchaWings

artificial turtles. - ooparts

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PenguinMoral

o This is interesting.

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shadowkid21

[quote=hyhfct]I learned something new today. I guess that's why when you use the skill, Xenon says,"I wonder what this will do to me?"[/quote]

^ This sums up my reaction.

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Star909

Thank you for throwing something informational to the community, whether they like it or think it's a waste of time. I had learned the term two years before so I thought it was pretty interesting when I saw it in maple. a different idea for them that's for sure.

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cris1000

o[b]OP[/b] arts

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Lohd

I learned something new today. I guess that's why when you use the skill, Xenon says,"I wonder what this will do to me?"

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iPROLE

wow this is interesting haha i can guess you love your xenon too much, and to those guys that said this thread was a waste : suck it up

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Brawlrulez

tbh I thought it mean op part as in over powered part

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Rayquaza

I always wondered what it stood for, and I was always too lazy to search it up. Thanks for explaining it.

Reply August 23, 2013 - edited
Constellar

Oopart = Chronomaly OCG name.

Reply August 23, 2013 - edited
reedpipes

@EmpireSun
@djhfreak

I thought we could all use a little break from all the threads on where to train and the complaints for all the numerous glitches f3.

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Avatar

forget those guys I thought this was interesting. I would rather have threads like this than what people do in the chat section

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djhfreak

Yes, @reedpipes, this was not a waste of forum bandwidth. Yes indeed.

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EmpireSun

Thank you, this thread was really necessary.

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