# Can we rant about the idiots on public game servers?

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**Created:** [December 10, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-rant-about-the-idiots-on-public-game-servers/476534 "2008-12-10T08:30:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-rant-about-the-idiots-on-public-game-servers/476534/101 "2009-01-12T02:19:09Z")

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> [@Robin\_Goodfellow](#):
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> I don’t want to step on your toes, here, but just for the sake of fighting ignorance, the “Timmy” quote from WoTC came about during the development of the Tempest set, which puts it [pre-1997](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2270217).
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> They’re basically different terms, anyway, but in that case it’s probably better that no one mixes their origins and thus their meanings. 🙂

That’s cool. Also, the second point is correct.

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