I seen over my playing time of Guild Wars, when if your ready, everyone puts up a "1". I've just followed the trend and just put a 1 when I'm ready.
I was just kind of curious, is from Age of Empires(a popular RTS game)? I know when you type "1" a midi sound plays and says "yes" and when you type 2 then it says "no" and there a bunch of different saying for each number.
Just curious.
What does "1" mean?
own age myname
End
Your pretty much right
(note pretty much put in for that annoying 12 char minimum if I can answer a question in less then 12 whats the problem)
(note pretty much put in for that annoying 12 char minimum if I can answer a question in less then 12 whats the problem)
Covah
Originally it was "type your number if you are ready (party list number)" but everyone just does "1" for "ready".
Atro
Basically a shorter way of saying ready
padme naberrie
I have always thought it was coming as a habit from 80s and 90s softwares.
Usually it would ask you to type 1 for yes, and 2 for no.
At later stages it was [y]es/[[n]o, etc.
you know the drill.
Usually it would ask you to type 1 for yes, and 2 for no.
At later stages it was [y]es/[[n]o, etc.
you know the drill.
Evil Eye
it was 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 for your party number if you were ready but everyone just does 1 now
jonnieboi05
Yep. What everyone else has said. "Are you ready?" "1."
Although... I personally never say "1". I think it's rather stupid. I am one of those grammar nazi guys who hate/see "u", "ur", ect; I like to apply my 'wasted' 17 years of life in school with everything I do and show I haz erned mi edu-ma-cation.
Although... I personally never say "1". I think it's rather stupid. I am one of those grammar nazi guys who hate/see "u", "ur", ect; I like to apply my 'wasted' 17 years of life in school with everything I do and show I haz erned mi edu-ma-cation.
~LeNa~
stanzhao
yeah, as said above. it pretty much used to mean if you were ready, you would hit your number in your party order.
so if you were number 3 in the party list, youd just hit 3 when ready. but now days its hard to stretch across the keyboard over a subway sandwich, so you just hit 1
so if you were number 3 in the party list, youd just hit 3 when ready. but now days its hard to stretch across the keyboard over a subway sandwich, so you just hit 1
Eragon Zarroc
just means rdy, no origin interpretations needed ;-)
Kook~NBK~
"1" in the case of party forming means "I have set my skill bar and attributes appropriately for the upcoming mission, I have finished all business with the various NPCs here in town, I have all of the equipment needed, and I've done my homework, chores, and any other RL duties that may pull me away from the mission/quest/whatever." 
russiansteven
I am ready is basically what 1 means
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Originally Posted by Kook~NBK~
"1" in the case of party forming means "I have set my skill bar and attributes appropriately for the upcoming mission, I have finished all business with the various NPCs here in town, I have all of the equipment needed, and I've done my homework, chores, and any other RL duties that may pull me away from the mission/quest/whatever."
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Btw. I always thought Guild Wars has a special way of saying rdy, because i rarely see "1" in other mmos.
Shayne Hawke
The meaning and origin is exactly as you guessed, OP.
I personally never use it, except at the end of my part of the MQSC run. Every other time, I say, "Ready," or, "/ready," because I think using such unnecessary abbreviations is... unnecessary.
I personally never use it, except at the end of my part of the MQSC run. Every other time, I say, "Ready," or, "/ready," because I think using such unnecessary abbreviations is... unnecessary.
Icy The Mage
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Zebideedee
1 means rdy, the only conclusion I can come up with is hideous laziness that led to a single key press rather that type "Ready!" or "Rdy" (caps lock optional ) but seems to have caught on nevertheless 
) but seems to have caught on nevertheless
sonofthort
I find it very lazy that people say 1, I usually say "one".
Sinister Thirteen
I've used '1' without really considering the history. I had always considered that in computer programming, 1 is true and 0 is false, so never had an issue answering '1' for ready. Pretty sure I will continue to use 1, if only to aggravate everyone who thinks it's lazy. 
Enar.
+1 as ready
or you reply or agree what person before you said.
or you reply or agree what person before you said.
Dobermann
done/ready...
The Scorpion Knight
done/ready...
Quaker
"1" represents ready in GW. I'm not sure if people would take "2" as being "not ready" though.