I know there are those who'd scoff at such an assertion but the ostracization of the mobile player was a very real thing. I suppose you could draw the conclusion that when BG was first launched a lot of distinction was made by players in-game between those who could play GvG (browser) vs those who couldn't (mobile-only) or wouldn't (mobile-primary). The final result of the process can be either /b/ → or /v/ →. "In historical linguistics, betacism (UK: /ˈbiːtəsɪzəm/, US: /ˈbeɪ-/) is a sound change in which (the voiced bilabial plosive, as in bane) and (the voiced labiodental fricative, as in vane) are confused. Likewise GB (Guild Battlegrounds) was quickly discarded for obvious reasons! I guess GBG was something of a compromise between the players between the two 'extremes' and also to avoid the inevitable problems with those using voice-to-text as follows: BG was in/out as a favorite due to confusion with the Blue Galaxy (turned out to be no real reason to discard). I seem to remember that there was an awful lot of discussion amongst players as to what they should call it in terms of thread titles and so on. Click to expand.I've referred to it as BG since it was first announced that the feature was being launched in Beta and we were told that the working title was Battlegrounds, not Guild Battlegrounds, as did most of my 'mates on 2 worlds I was in Diamond League in.
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