grinding

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00:54 Sep 11, 2020
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English term or phrase: grinding
Definition from Techopedia:
Grinding refers to the playing time spent doing repetitive tasks within a game to unlock a particular game item or to build the experience needed to progress smoothly through the game. Grinding most commonly involves killing the same set of opponents over and over in order to gain experience points or gold. Although other game genres require some grinding, role-playing games (RPG) – specifically massively multiplayer online role-playing games – are the most notorious for requiring this type of time investment from players.

Example sentence(s):
  • Grinding slowly became a fundamental aspect of single-players RPGs even though its repetitive nature has been said to be a result of poor game design, but the rise of the internet and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) like World of Warcraft added new competitive and social variables that made grinding even more tantalizing. Inverse
  • There are some gamers that say they do not want grinding in games, but what they really mean is that they hate spending a great deal of time having to grind. Every game has some form of grinding, as every game has repeated actions required to move forward. The key is that players need to feel they are moving forward to the next stage or story chapter, or the grind becomes filler and without purpose. Seasoned Gaming
  • However, one must admit that grinding in video games has a necessity, especially when it is devoid of game developers’ monetary-hunger. BangoGames
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5grind
Olga Fišnerová
5grindování
Iva Vavrova


  

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grind


Definition from own experience or research:
Grinding je pojem používaný mezi hráči (MMO) videoher a představuje proces, kdy k dosažení kýžených výsledků (např. postavení nové zbraně, postoupení na vyšší úroveň apod.) je třeba obětovat spoustu času hraním často repetitivního obsahu (např. k nashromáždění určitého množství surovin, které mohou mít nízkou šanci na vypadnutí z nepřátel).

Example sentence(s):
  • MMORPG kvůli tomu vnesly do hráčského slovníku termín grind – repetitivní herní úkony nejsou ale výsadou pouze online her, najdeme je i v žánrech pro jednoho hráče. - Games.cz  

Explanation:
I think the term "grinding" is so widely used among players from all around the world that it already has an established meaning even in other languages than English, so a possible translation would be awkward.
Olga Fišnerová
Czech Republic
Local time: 00:11
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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grindování


Definition from Android Tip:
Grindováním se v RPG hrách označuje nutnost opakovat stále ty samé úkoly, nebo plnit banální questy výměnou za zkušenosti, které potřebujete kvůli vylepšení vaší postavy.

Example sentence(s):
  • Například recenzenti zde velmi zavrhují stereotyp v hrách – přitom je známé, že leckteré hry nás nutí opakovat mechanicky určité činnosti, vedou například k tzv. grindování, přičemž se zdá, že i takovéto stereotypní herní mechanismy některé hráče vlastně baví. - Game Art  
  • Trochu zamrzí tradiční nešvar korejských MMO her, tedy nutnost grindování(tady aspoň questového grindování). - Stahnu.cz  
  • Největším nedostatkem trápícím Rainbow Skies je pomalu se plížící stereotyp v opakujících se soubojích. Olej do ohně ještě přilévá nutnost otravného grindování. - Alza.cz  

Explanation:
V herní češtině to funguje jako plně ohebné slovo - běžně se používá i sloveso ("grindovat") nebo dokonce adjektivní forma "grindovací".
Iva Vavrova
Czech Republic
Local time: 00:11
Native speaker of: Czech
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