respawn
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌriːˈspɔːn/
- Jargon
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reaparición
- This is the fourth expansion, the eighth year this game has been around, and they still design expansions where the second or third quest has five spawns that thousands of people are supposed to share, and it's on a long (like 4-5 minute) respawn timer.
Examples
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After a quick pause, the character's respawn allowed me to continue my adventure in the game.
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The respawn system seems to work exactly the same, with the exception of giving a different reason every time as to why you ended up at a respawn camp.
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The mobs have a ridiculously high respawn rate and a pretty decent chance of dropping motes.
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Constant competition with other players for resources (mainly kills) and the hurry-up-and-wait (for respawns) roadblock it puts in questing.
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The player was excited to see their favorite character's respawn after being eliminated in battle.
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In this game, a respawn means you can rejoin your friends after you are defeated by an enemy.
Synonyms
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3.7
The time when someone or something comes back into sight after being away
4
5.5
Something that comes back after being absent or inactive
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Respawn comes from the parts re- 'again' and spawn 'to produce', like when fish lay eggs. So a respawn is the event when a player, character, or item appears again in a game.