grinding

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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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4刷(任务、经验)
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刷(任务、经验)


Definition from gamerboom:
什么是“刷任务”

我在以前的一篇文章中指出,“刷任务”的核心特征就是“重复性”。但是,正如我在那篇文章中所说的,所有游戏都具有重复性。当你完全掌握游戏的模式,那么你在游戏中所做的一切就只是执行已知的计划,这时候,你就是在“刷任务”。特别是当你只想完成目标且知道如何完成时,你在这几小时的活动中所做的一切都是“刷任务”。

Example sentence(s):
  • 我们常常听到“刷经验”,“刷副本”,“刷boss”这些词,那么“刷”这个词对应的英文是什么呢?是简单粗暴的“Refresh”吗? …… 那英文中有没有完全对应这个解释的呢?有的,就是“Grind”和“Farm”,这两个词在这种情况下不是磨刀霍霍和种田的意思。 - douban  
  • 大多数玩家都知道何谓“刷”,比如“刷”怪、“刷”副本、“刷”任务等等,但基本上可以这么定义:当玩家出于某些目的必须重复地、不断地、一次又一次地做同样的事,这就是“刷”(游戏邦注:《Dragon Quest》貌似就是一款“刷”出来的经典RPG)。在游戏中,如果突然蹦出个15级的玩家才能放倒的某怪,可是此时玩家只有12级。怎办?好吧,拉回去再练练——砍同级怪一直砍到15级。 - gamerboom  
Frank Feng
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