twinking

One poster mentioned guild twinking, which is a common practice, and that is very prejudicial to the casual player that doesn't have a guild to give them equipment, power level them, or all the other perks of having level 70 friends with 100K pp at their disposal.

SonyBay 2005

In other words, it's not the action of twinking which is bad but rather the motivation.

Attitudes to RMT 2007

In other words, it's not the action of twinking which is bad but rather the motivation.

Attitudes to RMT 2007

I think this is also borne out by the graph which seems to suggest the 19, 29 and 39 pauses are most significant, since this seems to be the most commonly chosen levels for the "twinking" subculture, where people work to create overpowered characters for the level decade they're playing in.

Games and Culture Special Issue on WoW 2006

Besides currency, what about utilizing social capital "twinking" to bypass the game designer's intentions?

Accelerating Change 2004 2004

If you want, you can join a friend's game and give him a fully upgraded rifle from the getgo, almost like "twinking" someone in an MMO.

UGO.com - UnderGroundOnline 2009

For example, if a certain class is tweaked to be harder to play because many/most of the RMT'ers are twinking that class and it seems to the devs that the class is too strong and/or easy... that will have a negative effect on development.

The Point of No Return 2008

An unambitious but clear start. this provides a way forward for a lot more work in the field without having to rely on explicit comparisons to time spent (where normal behavior may or may not apply) or reliance on repugnant transactions (RMT, twinking, etc).

Arden: Final Results 2008

Command us what thou wilt, and we will do it for thee in less than the twinking of an eye.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Sure, people say that this will give way to twinking, but you can choose not to group like that.

REVIEW: World of Warcraft Peter 2005