grinding

German translation: grinden

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00:55 Sep 11, 2020
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English term or phrase: grinding
Definition from Techopedia:
Grinding refers to the playing time spent doing repetitive tasks within a game to unlock a particular game item or to build the experience needed to progress smoothly through the game. Grinding most commonly involves killing the same set of opponents over and over in order to gain experience points or gold. Although other game genres require some grinding, role-playing games (RPG) – specifically massively multiplayer online role-playing games – are the most notorious for requiring this type of time investment from players.

Example sentence(s):
  • Grinding slowly became a fundamental aspect of single-players RPGs even though its repetitive nature has been said to be a result of poor game design, but the rise of the internet and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) like World of Warcraft added new competitive and social variables that made grinding even more tantalizing. Inverse
  • There are some gamers that say they do not want grinding in games, but what they really mean is that they hate spending a great deal of time having to grind. Every game has some form of grinding, as every game has repeated actions required to move forward. The key is that players need to feel they are moving forward to the next stage or story chapter, or the grind becomes filler and without purpose. Seasoned Gaming
  • However, one must admit that grinding in video games has a necessity, especially when it is devoid of game developers’ monetary-hunger. BangoGames
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German translation:grinden
Definition:
Das „Grinden“ (oder der Grind) bezeichnet immer eine mühselige, geistlose Tätigkeit, die einem bestimmten Ziel gelten soll. Wenn man Level grindet, dann erschlägt man die immer gleichen Mobs, ohne Quests zu erledigen oder sich auf andere Weise dynamisch zu betätigen.
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Definition from MeinMMO:
Das „Grinden“ (oder der Grind) bezeichnet immer eine mühselige, geistlose Tätigkeit, die einem bestimmten Ziel gelten soll. Wenn man Level grindet, dann erschlägt man die immer gleichen Mobs, ohne Quests zu erledigen oder sich auf andere Weise dynamisch zu betätigen.

Example sentence(s):
  • Jemand „grindet“ z.B. um ein bestimmtes Level zu erhalten, damit ein neuer Quest angenommen werden kann oder um stark genug zu sein, um gegen einen Boss anzutreten. Jemand kann auch „grinden“ bis ein Mob einen bestimmten Gegenstand droppt. - Bedeutung Online  
  • Endlich 🤩 jetzt erstmal 2 Tage Pokemon grinden und dann 2 Wochen für die Abschlussprüfung grinden 😅😂 - GIGA  
  • Denn wer an einer Stelle nicht weiterkommt, kann sich einfach bis zum nächsten Levelaufstieg grinden und pro Level je zwei Attributspunkte auf die Werte Gesundheit, Ausdauer und Energie (Akkukapazität) verteilen. Dadurch dürfen wir solange grinden, bis wir unsere Gegner locker aus den Latschen hauen – und weil sich die Levelaufstiege wirklich motivierend anfühlen, macht der Grind auch noch Spaß. - Inside Games  
Susanne Gläsel
Germany
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Yes  Kay-Viktor Stegemann: siehe auch https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamersprache#G
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Yes  Stephanie Gorfer
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