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^ Jump up to: a b Desbrough, James; Mortimer, Steve (1999-12-01). The Munchkin's Guide to Power Gaming . Steve Jackson Games . p. 127. ISBN 1-55634-347-7 .

^ Jump up to: a b Koster, Raph . "Twinking" . Raph Koster's Website . Retrieved 2010-04-30 .

^ Bartle, Richard (2003). Designing Virtual Worlds . New Riders. p. 428. ISBN 0-13-101816-7 . Formally, twinked characters 81 are ones that have acquired equipment that they couldn't ever have obtained through the normal channels; in EQ 's case, this means killing monsters and trading with other characters. [...] 81 Or twinks .

^ Carless, Simon (2004). Gaming Hacks . O'Reilly Media . p. 115. ISBN 0-596-00714-0 . Twink A character outfitted with equipment, spells, or assistance beyond her normal level. A 5th-level character possessing a sword appropriate to a 25th-level characters [ sic ] is Twinked. Twinking is the act of outfitting a character in this manner.

^ Jump up to: a b Welsh, Oli (2008-10-14). "WOW to introduce PVP levelling?" . Eurogamer . Retrieved 2009-08-15 .

^ Jump up to: a b Welsh, Oli (2009-06-19). "WOW: PVP levelling in next patch" . Eurogamer . Retrieved 2009-08-15 .

^ "What Is a Smurf in Gaming?" . MakeUseOf . April 20, 2021 . Retrieved October 5, 2022 .

^ Paez, Danny (June 7, 2020). "How an annoying video game strategy became a viral internet meme" . Inverse . Retrieved October 5, 2022 .

^ Lopez, Jalen (May 8, 2021). "What is smurfing in gaming?" . Dot Esports . Retrieved October 5, 2022 .

^ Prima Development (2001-10-09). Everquest Player's Guide: Prima's Official Strategy Guide . Prima Games. p. 77. ISBN 0-7615-3762-7 . If you twink, expect to get flak from people who don't agree with twinking [...]

^ "World of Warcraft Client Patch 3.2.0" . wowhead . 2009-08-04 . Retrieved 2011-01-10 .

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Twinking is a type of behavior in role-playing games that is disapproved of by other players. A player who engages in such behavior is known as a twink . The precise definition of twinking varies depending on the variety of role-playing game:

A related term, smurfing also exists. [7] Often used in video gaming, smurfing describes a situation in which "a highly-skilled player creates a secondary account as a disguise to play against less proficient opponents." [8] The term originates from two Warcraft II players employing the strategy under the names " Papa Smurf " and " Smurfette ". [9]

In role-playing video games , particularly MMORPGs , twinking refers to outfitting a new character or player with items or other resources that are not normally available to new or low-level characters. A twink in this usage is a type of powergamer and munchkin . The term can also refer to the twinked character itself (e.g., "My twink has all the best gear."). In its most basic definition, a twink is a character with better gear than one could have easily acquired on one's own.

Twinking is typically done by transferring higher-end equipment from the player's (or their friend's) more experienced characters (who often have excess gear that would be much more useful to the lower-level character). It can also be done by equipping the character with the best possible gear for their level range, and filling them with end-game enchantments.

Many new players dislike twinking of others' characters, since it gives a big advantage to established players starting a new character. [10] Some new players do not like to have their own characters twinked, as they prefer to earn the equipment for themselves.

It is common for twinking items to be traded at good values due to persistent demand. Sometimes, this will go so far as to inflate twink equipment prices, as high-level players are willing to pay more than a newbie would be able to.

Twinking can happen whenever players can interact and trade with each other, regardless of how present other players can be in the game itself; the handheld roleplaying game Pokémon , as an example, allows players to trade their Pokémon with each other.

Twinking was once very common in the CORPG Guild Wars , when players would have their low-level characters taken by high-level characters to end-game areas to obtain the best armor, weapons, and skills available (different terms are used to describe this action: being "carried through", "Pushed through", "boosted", "getting a boost"), as Guild Wars does not have a level limit on such things. These twinked characters would then return to low-level PvP areas to fight significantly disadvantaged opponents. This practice became so proliferate that the Guild Wars development team introduced a patch prohibiting characters with high-level armor entering beginner arenas.

World of Warcraft includes items that are specifically intended to make twinking more viable but less disruptive. These items belong to the "Heirloom" rarity class and have a number of unique characteristics. Their most unusual attribute is that they bind to a player's account rather than the character, allowing them to be handed down from higher-level characters to lower-level ones but prohibiting them from being transferred from veteran players to new players. Thus, the twinking player is still required to earn these items, even if the twinked character does not. The other distinguishing characteristics of Heirlooms are that they have no real level requirement and their properties scale with character level, making them usable by and useful to all characters equally regardless of level.

In addition to heirlooms, World of Warcraft also includes an option whereby a character may pay 10 gold to disable experience-gain and thereby maintain a specific level. This enables the twink to more easily farm for Honor Points (the in-game currency used to purchase weapons and armour for PvP combat) in player versus player battlegrounds by permanently remaining at the highest playable level for their battleground bracket (e.g. level 19 for the 15–19 battleground bracket, level 74 for the 70–74 battleground bracket, etc.). The character can also attempt to obtain the best possible item per equipment slot available to that specific level. The character may attempt this solo, in groups, or with the help from high-level characters. By competing at the highest level allowed in the battleground bracket, and equipped with the best possible gear, twinks played with a significant advantage over regular players. New players as well as low-level players in the battleground bracket were often at a severe disadvantage in games that fielded numerous twinks. Because of the gear and/or experience advantage, twinks often easily overpowered new and low-level players, quickly eliminating them from play. Consequently, these players experienced little of the actual gameplay. Battlegrounds often had twinks playing for both factions, Horde and Alliance , leveling the playing field to an extent, but winning and losing could be grossly influenced by which faction fielded fewer twinks. However, because of the large twink communities, especially at lower level brackets, battlegrounds were often filled with organized teams of twinks competing against each other.

Another example of twinking can be found in the MMORPG Anarchy Online , where twinking is performed by buffing base stats using items (stat buffing weapons, armour) and laddering implants (laddering is a method by which the character equips higher implants by climbing quality levels one by one as one does, a ladder). Once a high-stat buffing item is equipped, it stays equipped even if the stats required to initially equip it decline or wear off, though a penalty can be applied if the base stats fall too far below the equipping requirements. Twinking is an essential component to this game in both PvP and in soloing Instances within the game. Whereas twinking is seen in negative light in other MMORPGS, it is seen positively in Anarchy Online .

In other online RPGs, such as Dark Souls , twinking can be done through a few methods, including gaining the help of other players who are at a higher level in order to have them clear content before it should be accessible, memorizing the locations of particular powerful items, and utilizing very specific strategies to advance further in the storyline than should otherwise be possible. This has a more direct effect on game play, especially in any game which involves online player-versus-player (PvP) combat such as Dark Souls , as the result can be two players who appear to be evenly matched on the surface being vastly unbalanced in terms of items or weaponry available to them. While a game's developers may not consider these tactics to be outright exploitation of the underlying game engine, often these tactics are ' nerfed ' in some way in order to discourage twinking, such as removing, repositioning, or reducing the effectiveness of certain items within the game to make the progression more linear between players.

Some games such as Borderlands 2 feature an in-game method of transferring items between characters on the same account. This is done in Borderlands through a storage container located in the game's central hub, allowing up to four items to be stored and retrieved by any of the player's characters.

In online role-playing games , twinking may include, but is not limited to

There are several possible etymologies for the word. It may not have been derived from a single source, instead evolving from multiple convergent usages. Its exact origin is unclear.

The gay-slang usage of "twink" has been suggested as a likely origin. [1] One of the connotations of this usage is "a young/inexperienced person who can outfit himself fashionably because of financial benefits from an older/experienced sugar daddy ." This parallels MMORPGs, where in-game money is a strong limiting factor in the virtual economy and gear is usually in the form of clothing and jewelry.

The word "twink" appeared in the Ultima Online: Renaissance playguide in the glossary of terms (copyrighted in 2000). It was asserted to have a meaning similar to its current one, but also included powerlevelling .

On the MUD Sojourn , which several creators of EverQuest played, "twink" was alternately used to refer to powerleveling and metagaming . As MUDs date to 1978, this use of the term may possibly predate later uses.

The term twink and twinking predated MMOs and was prevalent in many MUDs. The term came from flags on much of the high-end gear that cause gear to be displayed as (twinkling) . It was not an alternate name for powerleveling, but could be used as a method of powerleveling.

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In this thread lets post all the best tips for getting the strongest twink possible. From has tried to make the game casual and stop new players from facing any challenge with their new system of invasions, but true darkwraiths always find a way hopefully. With the new weapon level invasion system, you can only invade people around your same level of weapon I believe? Lets find ways to still do what we love to do. TWINK tips Toxic cloud - using it on new players before they find the antidotes to save themselves. NEVER UPGRADE YOUR WEAPONS - it will prevent you from being able to invade new players and give them a taste of pain. It goes by the highest weapon level you have ever had. Twink Builds legend of the Rakuyo Twink build (thanks kylekillgannon) Dancer's enchanted blades Tarkus' shield breaker ring chloranthy ring pontiff's right eye ring farron ring carthus beacon What are some good weapons for twinks? Good Areas to invade? Good Builds? What are great ways to get advantages over weak noobs to dominate and frustrate them? Is soul level still important? Or only weapon level? Griefers, twinkers, and all fun lovers lets come together and think of the best ways to kill the casuals, and get plenty of hatemail. Dont let the weaklings take over dark souls.
rbfloat05 posted... In this thread lets post all the best tips for getting the strongest twink possible. From has tried to make the game casual and stop new players from facing any challenge with their new system of invasions, but true darkwraiths always find a way hopefully. With the new weapon level invasion system, you can only invade people around your same level of weapon I believe? Lets find ways to still do what we love to do. TWINK tips Toxic cloud - using it on new players before they find the antidotes to save themselves. NEVER UPGRADE YOUR WEAPONS - it will prevent you from being able to invade new players and give them a taste of pain. It goes by the highest weapon level you have ever had. What are some good weapons for twinks? Good Areas to invade? Good Builds? What are great ways to get advantages over weak noobs to dominate and frustrate them? Is soul level still important? Or only weapon level? Griefers, twinkers, and all fun lovers lets come together and think of the best ways to kill the casuals, and get plenty of hatemail. Dont let the weaklings take over dark souls. Your daddy telling you he hates you isn't enough?
Dancer's enchanted blades, Tarkus' shield breaker ring, chloranthy ring, pontiff's right eye ring, and the farron ring along with carthus beacon. Bring the legend of the Rakuyo back to life.
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Wouldn't one be better off with +3 weapons and a couple extra levels, then catching people in the 2nd and 3rd zones?
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Trading a +3 lightning longsword and lightning clutch ring to a lvl 20 cleric with 30 faith. Basically gonna be able to low level slay with lightning weapon trade from my Japanese progress over to the US version. Since private passwords can summon without level restriction, I'm using my free time to craft twink faith Weapons and trade all the gear to my main also.
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Why Dancer's blades? They seem pretty lackluster to me. I think a basic lightning weapon would be best (most beginning armor has ass lightning defense.)
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Hey there. Noob twink here with simple-minded questions. I'm just wondering, for Rogue are the Blackstorm Leggings from Elemental Leatherworking not a good option?
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