...seems to have taken a bump...

[kq76]

Doh! This sucks. Can we please get the wording changed to something clearer? I too always thought it meant an increase. I started to wonder when I kept getting messages that player X "lost some movement" but also took a "bump" to control.

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by Henry

It's a language variation between American and German. The terms used are "increase" (obvious) and "bump" = decrease. Think of "bump" as follows....

Synonyms DEGRADE 1, break, bust, declass, demerit, demote, disgrade, disrate, downgrade, reduce

call me crazy but i think the answer is right here in what you said Henry..."increase" (obvious) and "decrease" (obvious)

[Splitter24]

I was confused with this at first. But then I noticed that just about anything positive that happened to a player's ratings seems to be followed by an exclamation point (i.e., Brien Taylor has taken his game to the next level! or Gary Scott has improved his hitting skills resulting in more contact!) as opposed to the negatice stuff which usually ends in a period or "..." (i.e., Rick Ankiel's control seems to have taken a bump...)

[Splitter24]

Actually, maybe it was supposed to read "dump" instead of "bump."

"Steve Dalkowski's control has taken a dump..." is not only pretty straight-forward, but is rather entertaining as well.

[phenom]

a speed bump is raised up from the ground, so I thought it meant in increase as well.

I've never seen a bump that went downward. That's called a hole.

[Henry]

<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Verb</TD><TD vAlign=top>1.</TD><TD>bump - knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" knock
collide with, impinge on, strike, hit, run into - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

bump into, jar against, knock against, run into, butt against - collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"
<TD></TD><TR><TD vAlign=top></TD><TD vAlign=top>2.</TD><TD>bump - come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" find, encounter, chance, happen
<TD></TD><TR><TD vAlign=top></TD><TD vAlign=top>3.</TD><TD>bump - dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind" trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"
<TD></TD><TR><TD vAlign=top></TD><TD vAlign=top>4.</TD><TD>bump - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant" demote, kick downstairs, relegate, break
assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"

bump off, murder, slay, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
<TD></TD><TR><TD vAlign=top></TD><TD vAlign=top>5.</TD><TD>bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" dislodge, displace
eject, turf out, expel, boot out, chuck out, kick out, throw out, exclude, turn out - put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

throw - cause to fall off; "The horse threw its unexperienced rider"
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[kq76]

Yes Henry. We know it can be taken the other way, but surely you recognize that it is more commonly regarded as an increase, at least in the English language. It would just be nice to clear up the ambiguity.

[Henry]

Originally Posted by kq76

Yes Henry. We know it can be taken the other way, but surely you recognize that it is more commonly regarded as an increase, at least in the English language. It would just be nice to clear up the ambiguity.

What's really interesting though is that Webster is the only resource that even suggests it can be used as an increase. Take a look, I found about a dozen definitions and all but Webster were similar to the above

The phase "bump up" seems to be the accepted use of that idea.

[kq76]

Originally Posted by Henry

What's really interesting though is that Webster is the only resource that even suggests it can be used as an increase. Take a look, I found about a dozen definitions and all but Webster were similar to the above

The phase "bump up" seems to be the accepted use of that idea.

To me in general, it more means to displace or to move, which does not necessarily mean up or down, but maybe sideways. However, I also got it in my head from "bumping" in volleyball that it is an increase as you are hitting the ball upward. I'm sure the bumping of message board threads for most of us contributes more to the idea of bumping something up though.

[Henry]

It's curious... the more I look into it, it seems to be that the American use of the word is, in this sense, the exact opposite of the global use of the world - not that that should be too surprising LOL

[reds1]

My assumptions of this game seems to have taken a bump.

[Henry]

Originally Posted by reds1

My assumptions of this game seems to have taken a bump.

Threadkill

[disposableheros]

Originally Posted by disposableheros

call me crazy but i think the answer is right here in what you said Henry..."increase" (obvious) and "decrease" (obvious)

again in case it was missed

[Ktulu]

"Steve Dalkowski's control has taken a dump..." is not only pretty straight-forward, but is rather entertaining as well.

Well we may as well take it a step further.... "Steve Dalkoski's control seems to have gone down the sh..."

Seriously though, I always interperated it as a decrease, but I can see how you would interpret it the other way.

[Henry]

Well, bottom line this is up to Markus.