Srs question, when did people start calling a single, individual monster a "mob"?

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Mark_GGG wrote:

I remember some conversations around the office about referring to an individual monster as a "gang", just for the hell of it, and whether that could catch on.

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Mark_GGG wrote:

Yeah, "mob" for an individual entity, from shortening "mobile" is quite old. That doesn't stop it sounding silly, given the word is far more commonly known as a plural (but then, sounding silly doesn't necessarily make it bad terminology, either).
I remember some conversations around the office about referring to an individual monster as a "gang", just for the hell of it, and whether that could catch on.

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ExiledRenor wrote:

I have another example of idiotic misuse of game slang. It apears in german, so I dont know exactly if people use it in english, however it goes like this:

When you kill a monster, it might drop an item, and translated, german people will often say:

"Yea, I dropped item X"
It sounds so dumb, please dont say this!

Correct:
"Yea, finally item X dropped!"

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Kwonryu wrote:

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ivkoto77777 wrote:

Newbie = Someone who is new to the game.
Noob = Someone who is not new to the game, but is still bad at it.

P.S just rough definitions; don't go all nazi on me(unless I've been mistaken for this long)

Newbie, Newb and Noob is the same.

Newbie, newb, noob, n00b, noobie, n00bie, nooblet, or nub is a slang term for a novice or newcomer, or somebody inexperienced in any profession or activity.

Contemporary use can particularly refer to a beginner or new user of computers, often concerning Internet activity, such as online gaming or Linux use.