MMO

[ em-em-oh ]

abbreviation for

, Digital Technology.

1. massively multiplayer online game: any online video game in which a player interacts with a large number of other players.

Word History and Origins

Origin of MMO¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Millions of people play "massively multiplayer online" or MMO games, in which they play together in a virtual world.

From Science Daily

"Our study extends the understanding of nonwork-to-work enrichment to the MMO gaming context and reveals how a hobby, as an understudied subdomain of life, could benefit work," said Shirmohammadi.

From Science Daily

"The purpose of the present study was to examine hobby -- an understudied but prevalent part of the nonwork domain -- to understand if and how MMO gaming positively enriches employees' work domain," said Shirmohammadi.

From Science Daily

Shirmohammadi's team conducted a qualitative study among 23 employed MMO gamers who had an average of 20 years of video gaming experience and had played MMO games for at least 10 years.

From Science Daily

But the decision to make this pivot was divisive within the studio, which employed a lot of "old-school MMO developers", according to Matt.

From BBC

About This Word

What is MMO-Champion?

MMO-Champion is a popular internet forum where fans of the online game World of Warcraft share tips, news, and previews.

Where did MMO-Champion come from?

The name of the website MMO-Champion.com comes from the abbreviation MMO(RPG), which stands for massively multiplayer online (role-playing games) like World of Warcraft, and champion, a “winner” or “victor” in a contest.

MMO-Champion started in March 2007. It’s managed by Boubouille, the username of a French writer and World of Warcraft gamer who launched the site in 2007, along with a handful of forum moderators and special project developers working for Major League Gaming.

As with most fan-forum websites, its mission is to provide a place for gamers to connect online about their favorite hobby—and for some, profession.

How to use the term MMO-Champion

MMO-Champion has a reputation for being on top of the latest buzz about online games such as World of Warcraft.

https://twitter.com/toxicpopsicle/status/927240206016708608

It’s most common to find the website in the news when someone on the forums leaks a major feature, release date, or hack about a popular game.

Early on, MMO-Champion gained a bit of a reputation for overwhelming other websites with traffic. It wasn’t uncommon for a gaming website to get MMO-Champ’t, crashed by a sudden high volume of gamers responding to a post about the website. It just goes to show how many people follow the MMO-Champion forums. World of Warcraft itself has had over five-million subscribers across the globe during the 2010s.

MMO-Champion forums have also expanded to cover politics and other non-gaming topics. Most of the threads on these off-topic forums tend to get a little controversial.

https://twitter.com/Zython86/status/895447564794855424

More examples of MMO-Champion:

“According to datamined changes found by MMO-Champion, Arcane Torrent has undergone a transformation, and it’s not for the better. Now, instead of a silence, Arcane Torrent will dispel one beneficial buff from all enemies within 8 yards, while still restoring some resource.”
—Patrick Ross, Adventures in Poor Taste!, April 2018

Note

This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term’s history, meaning, and usage.