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href="#cite_note-shahromine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-netgames_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netgames-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ywwr_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ywwr-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a computer-controlled <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player character</a> (NPC) in a <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> such as an <a href="/wiki/MMORPG" class="mw-redirect" title="MMORPG">MMORPG</a><sup id="cite_ref-wi-mob_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wi-mob-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Multi-user_dungeon" title="Multi-user dungeon">MUD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bartle-origin_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-origin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-netgames_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netgames-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Depending on context, every and any such character in a game may be considered to be a "mob",<sup id="cite_ref-shahromine_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shahromine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bartle-origin_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-origin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or usage of the term may be limited to hostile NPCs and/or NPCs vulnerable to attack.<sup id="cite_ref-wi-mob_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wi-mob-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In most modern graphical games, "mob" may be used to specifically refer to generic monstrous NPCs that the player is expected to hunt and kill, excluding NPCs that engage in dialog, sell items, or NPCs which cannot be attacked.<sup id="cite_ref-wi-mob_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wi-mob-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Named mobs" are distinguished by having a <a href="/wiki/Proper_noun" title="Proper noun">proper name</a> rather than being referred to by a general type ("a goblin", "a citizen", etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-wi-named_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wi-named-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most mobs are those capable of no complex behaviors beyond generic programming of attacking or moving around. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose_of_mobs">Purpose of mobs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mob_(video_games)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Purpose of mobs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Defeating mobs may be required to gather <a href="/wiki/Experience_point" title="Experience point">experience points</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-carton_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> money,<sup id="cite_ref-bartle-money_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-money-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> items,<sup id="cite_ref-busey_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-busey-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or to complete <a href="/wiki/Quest_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quest (gaming)">quests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bartle-quests_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-quests-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Combat between <a href="/wiki/Player_character" title="Player character">player characters</a> (PCs) and mobs is called <a href="/wiki/Player_versus_environment" title="Player versus environment">player versus environment</a> (PvE).<sup id="cite_ref-bartle-pve_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-pve-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PCs may also attack mobs because they aggressively attack PCs.<sup id="cite_ref-shahromine_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shahromine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Monster versus monster (MvM) battles also take place in some games.<sup id="cite_ref-bartle-mvm_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-mvm-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A game world might contain hundreds of different kinds of mobs, but if players spend a certain amount of time playing, they might become well aware of the characteristics presented by each kind and its related hazard. This knowledge might dull the game to some extent.<sup id="cite_ref-GOLEM_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOLEM-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mob_(video_games)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "mobile object" <sup id="cite_ref-bartle-origin_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-origin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shahromine_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shahromine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-netgames_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netgames-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ywwr_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ywwr-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was used by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartle" title="Richard Bartle">Richard Bartle</a> for objects that were self-mobile in <i><a href="/wiki/MUD1" title="MUD1">MUD1</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bartle-origin_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-origin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> in <a href="/wiki/DikuMUD" title="DikuMUD">DikuMUD</a> used the term "mobile" to refer to a generic NPC, shortened further to "mob" in <a href="/wiki/Identifier_(computer_languages)" title="Identifier (computer languages)">identifiers</a>. DikuMUD was a heavy influence on <i><a href="/wiki/EverQuest" title="EverQuest">EverQuest</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-diku-mobact_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diku-mobact-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bartle-eq_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-eq-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the term as it exists in MMORPGs is derived from the MUD usage.<sup id="cite_ref-wi-mob_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wi-mob-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bartle-origin_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bartle-origin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term is properly an abbreviation rather than an acronym. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mob_(video_games)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBartle2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartle" title="Richard Bartle">Bartle, Richard</a> (2003). <i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Virtual_Worlds" title="Designing Virtual Worlds">Designing Virtual Worlds</a></i>. New Riders. p. 102. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7"><bdi>0-13-101816-7</bdi></a>. <q>What's more of an issue is the presence in the virtual world of virtual creatures. These are commonly known as <i>mobiles</i><sup>30</sup> (<i>mobs</i> for short), and they represent the monsters and non-player characters who inhabit the virtual world. [...] <sup>30</sup>From <i>MUD1</i>, "mobile objects". I called them that because creatures moving in a controlled but unpredictable way are like the kind of "mobiles" that hang from ceilings. Well, I was in kind of a hurry...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Designing+Virtual+Worlds&rft.pages=102&rft.pub=New+Riders&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-13-101816-7&rft.aulast=Bartle&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-shahromine-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-shahromine_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-shahromine_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-shahromine_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-shahromine_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShahRomine1995" class="citation book cs1">Shah, Rawn; Romine, James (1995). <i>Playing MUDs on the Internet</i>. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 93–94. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-11633-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-11633-5"><bdi>0-471-11633-5</bdi></a>. <q>One of the major types of objects that you will encounter on a Mud is the <i>mobile</i>. A <i>mob</i> (pronounced MOHb, not MAWb), or mobile, is a computer controlled creature. [...] If a mob is not friendly, it is known as an <i>agg</i> or <i>aggressive</i> mobile. It will hit you at the first opportunity, even the instant you walk into a room. A majority of Muds have <i>dumb</i> mobs. A dumb mob will fight you until you kill it or flee from it.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Playing+MUDs+on+the+Internet&rft.pages=93-94&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-471-11633-5&rft.aulast=Shah&rft.aufirst=Rawn&rft.au=Romine%2C+James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-netgames-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-netgames_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-netgames_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-netgames_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaloniBakerWice1994" class="citation book cs1">Maloni, Kelly; Baker, Derek; Wice, Nathaniel (1994). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/netgamesyourguid00malo/page/213"><i>Net Games</i></a></span>. Random House / Michael Wolff & Company, Inc. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/netgamesyourguid00malo/page/213">213</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-75592-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-75592-6"><bdi>0-679-75592-6</bdi></a>. <q><b>mob or mobile</b> ..... a monster in the game</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Net+Games&rft.pages=213&rft.pub=Random+House+%2F+Michael+Wolff+%26+Company%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-679-75592-6&rft.aulast=Maloni&rft.aufirst=Kelly&rft.au=Baker%2C+Derek&rft.au=Wice%2C+Nathaniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnetgamesyourguid00malo%2Fpage%2F213&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ywwr-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ywwr_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ywwr_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTowersBadertscherCunninghamBuskirk1996" class="citation book cs1">Towers, J. Tarin; Badertscher, Ken; Cunningham, Wayne; Buskirk, Laura (1996). <i>Yahoo! Wild Web Rides</i>. IDG Books Worldwide Inc. p. 140. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7645-7003-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7645-7003-X"><bdi>0-7645-7003-X</bdi></a>. <q><b>mob</b> = mobile (this is jargon for a monster or creature).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Yahoo%21+Wild+Web+Rides&rft.pages=140&rft.pub=IDG+Books+Worldwide+Inc.&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-7645-7003-X&rft.aulast=Towers&rft.aufirst=J.+Tarin&rft.au=Badertscher%2C+Ken&rft.au=Cunningham%2C+Wayne&rft.au=Buskirk%2C+Laura&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wi-mob-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wi-mob_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wi-mob_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wi-mob_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wi-mob_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHecht2007" class="citation web cs1">Hecht, Eliah (2007-02-20). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090831112100/http://www.wow.com/2007/02/20/the-compleat-wow-abbreviations">"The compleat WoW abbreviations"</a>. <i>WoW Insider</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wow.com/2007/02/20/the-compleat-wow-abbreviations/">the original</a> on 2009-08-31<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-03-25</span></span>. <q>Mob: Short for "mobile" (derived from MUDs, where any NPC was either a stationary shopkeeper or mobile; see WoWWiki), this refers in WoW to NPCs, primarily NPCs that are meant to be killed.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=WoW+Insider&rft.atitle=The+compleat+WoW+abbreviations&rft.date=2007-02-20&rft.aulast=Hecht&rft.aufirst=Eliah&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wow.com%2F2007%2F02%2F20%2Fthe-compleat-wow-abbreviations%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wi-named-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wi-named_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPoisso2009" class="citation web cs1">Poisso, Lisa (2009-06-08). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090718144405/http://www.wow.com//2009//07//08//wow-rookie-rares-elites-and-nameds//">"WoW Rookie: Rares, elites and nameds"</a>. <i>WoW Insider</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wow.com/2009/07/08/wow-rookie-rares-elites-and-nameds/">the original</a> on 2009-07-18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-03-25</span></span>. <q>Named mobs are just that: monsters that have names.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=WoW+Insider&rft.atitle=WoW+Rookie%3A+Rares%2C+elites+and+nameds&rft.date=2009-06-08&rft.aulast=Poisso&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wow.com%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Fwow-rookie-rares-elites-and-nameds%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-carton-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-carton_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarton1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Carton" title="Sean Carton">Carton, Sean</a> (1995). <i>Internet Virtual Worlds Quick Tour</i>. Ventana Press. p. 175. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56604-222-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-56604-222-4"><bdi>1-56604-222-4</bdi></a>. <q><b>Mob</b> A slang term for "mobiles" or monsters on a virtual world. Monsters are non-player characters who roam the world. Often, players reach a higher level by fighting and killing monsters.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Internet+Virtual+Worlds+Quick+Tour&rft.pages=175&rft.pub=Ventana+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-56604-222-4&rft.aulast=Carton&rft.aufirst=Sean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bartle-money-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bartle-money_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBartle2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartle" title="Richard Bartle">Bartle, Richard</a> (2003). <i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Virtual_Worlds" title="Designing Virtual Worlds">Designing Virtual Worlds</a></i>. New Riders. p. 301. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7"><bdi>0-13-101816-7</bdi></a>. <q>One consequence of this is that quest rewards and mobile drops should be variable, too. Who'd want to risk life and limb for 20,000 UOC if it wasn't enough to buy an arrow? Yet how do designers make these price rises occur rationally in such a way that unscrupulous players can't screw over the system?</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Designing+Virtual+Worlds&rft.pages=301&rft.pub=New+Riders&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-13-101816-7&rft.aulast=Bartle&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-busey-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-busey_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBusey1995" class="citation book cs1">Busey, Andrew (1995). <i>Secrets of the MUD Wizards</i>. <a href="/wiki/SAMS_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="SAMS Publishing">SAMS Publishing</a>. p. 295. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-672-30723-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-672-30723-5"><bdi>0-672-30723-5</bdi></a>. <q>Monsters keep players on the go for experience and weapons.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Secrets+of+the+MUD+Wizards&rft.pages=295&rft.pub=SAMS+Publishing&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-672-30723-5&rft.aulast=Busey&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bartle-quests-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bartle-quests_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBartle2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartle" title="Richard Bartle">Bartle, Richard</a> (2003). <i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Virtual_Worlds" title="Designing Virtual Worlds">Designing Virtual Worlds</a></i>. New Riders. p. 649. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7"><bdi>0-13-101816-7</bdi></a>. <q>In the big city, you're asked to deliver bread; in the frontier town, you're asked to kill bandits. Can you stand the heat, or do you get out of the kitchen? By giving players harder quests in rougher areas, designers inform them that these <i>are</i> tougher areas.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Designing+Virtual+Worlds&rft.pages=649&rft.pub=New+Riders&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-13-101816-7&rft.aulast=Bartle&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bartle-pve-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bartle-pve_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBartle2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartle" title="Richard Bartle">Bartle, Richard</a> (2003). <i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Virtual_Worlds" title="Designing Virtual Worlds">Designing Virtual Worlds</a></i>. New Riders. p. 406. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7"><bdi>0-13-101816-7</bdi></a>. <q><i>Player versus Environment</i> (PvE). Players are opposed by the environment – that is, the virtual world. In a combat situation, this means player characters (PCs) fight monsters.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Designing+Virtual+Worlds&rft.pages=406&rft.pub=New+Riders&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-13-101816-7&rft.aulast=Bartle&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bartle-mvm-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bartle-mvm_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBartle2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartle" title="Richard Bartle">Bartle, Richard</a> (2003). <i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Virtual_Worlds" title="Designing Virtual Worlds">Designing Virtual Worlds</a></i>. New Riders. p. 103. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7"><bdi>0-13-101816-7</bdi></a>. <q>Consider a second goblin raiding party. It emerges from its camp, kills some villagers' sheep, and then returns home with the spoils. The villagers get angry and offer to pay players to kill the goblins.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Designing+Virtual+Worlds&rft.pages=103&rft.pub=New+Riders&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-13-101816-7&rft.aulast=Bartle&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GOLEM-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GOLEM_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuarneriMaggioriniRipamontiTrubian2013" class="citation book cs1">Guarneri, Andrea; Maggiorini, Dario; Ripamonti, Laura A.; Trubian, Marco (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306075522/https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/ecal13/978-0-262-31709-2-ch084.pdf"><i>GOLEM: Generator Of Life Embedded into MMOs</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Università di Milano. p. 585. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/ecal13/978-0-262-31709-2-ch084.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2016-03-06<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-05-30</span></span>. <q>In spite of the fact that a game world can contain hundreds of different species of monsters, after spending a certain amount of time playing, players become well aware of the characteristics presented by each specie and its related hazard. In the long run, this knowledge has the drawback of generating a certain amount of boredom in players, which lose the thrill of braving unfamiliar dangers (Koster, 2004).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=GOLEM%3A+Generator+Of+Life+Embedded+into+MMOs&rft.pages=585&rft.pub=Universit%C3%A0+di+Milano&rft.date=2013&rft.aulast=Guarneri&rft.aufirst=Andrea&rft.au=Maggiorini%2C+Dario&rft.au=Ripamonti%2C+Laura+A.&rft.au=Trubian%2C+Marco&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmitpress.mit.edu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ftitles%2Fcontent%2Fecal13%2F978-0-262-31709-2-ch084.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-diku-mobact-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-diku-mobact_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110718173843/http://www.mudbytes.net/index.php?a=files&s=displayfile&fid=732&d=dm-dist%2F&f=dm-dist%2Fmobact.c">"mobact.c, Mobile action module"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/DikuMUD" title="DikuMUD">DikuMUD Alfa</a></i>. MUDBytes. 1991. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mudbytes.net/index.php?a=files&s=displayfile&fid=732&d=dm-dist/&f=dm-dist/mobact.c">the original</a> on 2011-07-18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-11-30</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DikuMUD+Alfa&rft.atitle=mobact.c%2C+Mobile+action+module&rft.date=1991&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mudbytes.net%2Findex.php%3Fa%3Dfiles%26s%3Ddisplayfile%26fid%3D732%26d%3Ddm-dist%2F%26f%3Ddm-dist%2Fmobact.c&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bartle-eq-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bartle-eq_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBartle2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartle" title="Richard Bartle">Bartle, Richard</a> (2003). <i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Virtual_Worlds" title="Designing Virtual Worlds">Designing Virtual Worlds</a></i>. New Riders. p. 25. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-101816-7"><bdi>0-13-101816-7</bdi></a>. <q>If ever there was a case of being in the right place at the right time, <i>EverQuest (EQ)</i> is it. It was basically a DikuMUD with a graphical client bolted on – the similarities are so close that under legal threat its server programmers were forced to sign sworn statements to the effect that they didn't use any actual <i>DikuMUD</i> code in <i>EverQuest</i>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Designing+Virtual+Worlds&rft.pages=25&rft.pub=New+Riders&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-13-101816-7&rft.aulast=Bartle&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMob+%28video+games%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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