"My Pokemon Died!" ....No you moron, he FAINTED

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Just a small question on terminology you guys use. When your Pokemon hits zero health points, do you consider him "fainted" or "dead", or something else? I've seen people use both. Is there any particular reason as to why you say what you say?

I say fainted or he is out. Cause if you are ever out of your pokemon it says something like you "whited out" or you "blacked out". I would say the Pokemon died if it was like Cubone mother. Then again if a Ghost faints then they are already dead so how could they die? Even though Ghosts hatch from Eggs and what not(guess that would be for a different topic).

When I'm typing, I usually say "X defeated Y, X beat Y, or usually:

X used Thunderbolt
Y used Splash
X used Thunderbolt (KO)

If it's a Nuzlocke, I'll call it dead, cause for all intents and purposes it is dead.
If not... Then it's fainted.

Everyone dies in video games.

I use "fainted" and "died" interchangably. I usually use "fainted" if I've only recently read it and "dead" if I'm telling someone about a battle. It's a force of habit more than anything.

Fainted is the correct term and I use it when recalling a time when my Pokemon has gone down, on the internet. I tend to say "died" more often, irl.

I say "knocked out" when typing it out or when I'm trying to speak carefully, but I do have a tendency to say that they're "dead" if I'm speaking without thinking.

I never use the term "fainted" as it implies that my pokemon just hyperventilated as opposed to simply being down and unable to fight ("knocked out" as used in boxing or wrestling).

I say that they died. I even say I died if I lose a battle, haha.

If I'm nuzlocking I'll say dead, but otherwise I usually say "taken out" or "fainted."

Generally I say "down" or "out". Fainted is long and seems kind of odd to me.

I have a pretty bad temperament so whenever the game makes me mad(usually through being immobilized from infatuation or confused) I refer to "making the pokemon faint" as killing them. So yeah, I usually say faint unless I'm mad at the game.

I only say "died" when playing either a hack (where in the story a Pokemon dies) or when reffering to the Marrowak.

I'd say my Pokemon 'died', because everytime i play a game and lose, I'd say... Oh wait.

Toujours said:

I say that they died. I even say I died if I lose a battle, haha.

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^This. I even say I 'died' in Tetris or Mario.

I usually use out, or I might also say:

- dead
- got owned
- beat
- annihilated

you know, just doing some vocab exercises xP

It's all lingo, I say that they fainted but when someone says died I don't mind. In games where there are hordes of enemies (be it monsters or humans) I refer to them as duded.

"Whoa! There are so many dudes in this level"