Comment on Anyone remember Xfire?

ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  X fire, but in my defense I was eleven

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  • Testuserplsignore@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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    • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      A lot of, generally Japanese, media uses “x” as shorthand for “cross”

      A friend always called it “christfire” because it pissed EVERYONE off

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      • all-knight-party@kbin.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Let them know I'm taking that for my new band name.

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      • full_on_rapist@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Hence the cross button on PS controllers.

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      • LennethAegis@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        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.

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    • secret301@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      X usually stands for cross. Some road sign will say train xing or deer xing

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      • squaresinger@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Sometimes X is also used to abbreviate Crossmas.

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      • Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        More recently X also represents a heap of shit.

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    • vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      English is my 2nd language, so I always read it as “X” Fire. That;s funny, I never though about it.

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• thrasherv3@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I never even considered it might be pronounced crossfire…I am stupid.

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• tifa0080@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I think I remember an official statement saying “X-Fire” was correct, and “crossfire” was wrong.

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• HotboxedSubmersible@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  youtu.be/rCwn1NTK-50?si=P_IWEi6GnL_ziDVQ

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  • SilverFlame@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I dont even need to watch this video, I can hear the thumbnail. Don’t get caught in the CROSSFIREEEE!

    I actually convinced my parents to buy this for me, played it once.

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    • HotboxedSubmersible@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I cannot read the word crossfire without that song latching onto my brain.

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      • SilverFlame@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        The commercial is a masterpiece of 90’s child-centric advertising

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• TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  “Ex-fire”. “Crossfire” was an AMD thing.

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• MrGerrit@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Do you call the button on a controller X or cross?

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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I could be wrong but I call it the D pad

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    • MrGerrit@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I mean this button.

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