Citations:highbie
English citations of highbie
Noun: "(gaming) a high-level character in an MMORPG"
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- 1999 July 6, trescami [username], “Re: http://retromud.org - Critical Mass?”, in alt.mud[7] (Usenet):
- Highbies may be in the middle of something and thus not able to help even though they are newbie helpers.
- 2001 May 1, Richard Burge, “Re: Money making with tailoring”, in alt.games.everquest[8] (Usenet):
- Backpacks go to high levels who want to replace their crappy 6 and 8 slot containers - if you are too low level to auction where they hunt, try somewhere like EC tunnel where many highbies stop by to off load their wares.
- 2011 — Lauren McLaughlin, Scored, Random House Children's Books (2011), →ISBN, page 3:
- The score was "the great equalizer," and Imani knew that as a "highbie" she was poised to benefit at the highest level.