[Ads-l] broken = overpowered

[Barretts Mail]

1. "Smash tourney but every character is BROKEN”
TCNick3
7 Jul 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5F-l6KjOoQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5F-l6KjOoQ>

4:46
Anyway, I was gonna say that my favorite thing about this mod [modifying module] is the fact that it’s not only like stupid broken with the moves but it’s also turbo mode…

8:49
Dude, that’s so cheating, the needles are broken.

[I imagine this means the needle on some imagined meter has gone beyond the max, breaking the needle. This metaphor might be the origin of this meaning, but I am just speculating.]

2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/broken <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/broken>
(sports and gaming, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.

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3. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Broken <https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Broken>
Ba Rum Ba Dum Dum
20 Sep 2011

1. Characterizing game mechanics or objects that are so powerful that they trivialize game content or become the only desirable items or mechanics for a player to use. 
2. Describing any combination of character class mechanics and equipment which is too difficult or impossible for skilled players to reliably counter in player vs player combat.
Rogue stunlock chains were broken so Blizzard changed the mechanics.

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Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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