ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone remember Xfire?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1767arrow-down131
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minus-squareDran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·1 year agoX fire, but in my defense I was eleven
minus-squareTestuserplsignore@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoSorry, why would it be called crossfire?
minus-squarePuzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·1 year agoA lot of, generally Japanese, media uses “x” as shorthand for “cross” A friend always called it “christfire” because it pissed EVERYONE off
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoLet them know I’m taking that for my new band name.
minus-squareLennethAegis@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoI remember in Paper Mario: TTYD one of the late game tattle entries on a X-naut enemy clarifies that its pronounced “cross”-nauts. This game had me mispronouncing the villain team’s name the entire time until the end.
minus-squarefull_on_rapist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoHence the cross button on PS controllers.
minus-squaresecret301@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoX usually stands for cross. Some road sign will say train xing or deer xing
minus-squareSquare Singer@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoSometimes X is also used to abbreviate Crossmas.
minus-squareNAM@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoChristfire would’ve gone hard.
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoMore recently X also represents a heap of shit.
minus-squarevlad@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoEnglish is my 2nd language, so I always read it as “X” Fire. That;s funny, I never though about it.
X fire, but in my defense I was eleven
Sorry, why would it be called crossfire?
A lot of, generally Japanese, media uses “x” as shorthand for “cross”
A friend always called it “christfire” because it pissed EVERYONE off
Let them know I’m taking that for my new band name.
I remember in Paper Mario: TTYD one of the late game tattle entries on a X-naut enemy clarifies that its pronounced “cross”-nauts. This game had me mispronouncing the villain team’s name the entire time until the end.
Hence the cross button on PS controllers.
X usually stands for cross. Some road sign will say train xing or deer xing
Sometimes X is also used to abbreviate Crossmas.
Christfire would’ve gone hard.
More recently X also represents a heap of shit.
English is my 2nd language, so I always read it as “X” Fire. That;s funny, I never though about it.