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[Ramenman]

Its a Quick Time Event now, deal with it. Are you next going to try and convince me I should pronounce Gif like Jiff?

Yeah pretty much.

 

[cantona222]

I am more of a "Quick Time Event" guy

 

[Danthrax]

I was under the impression that Resident Evil 4 popularized QTEs, while you could say that Shenmue invented them. And I believe RE4 called them Quick Time Events, which is why everyone calls them as such now.

 

[Krejlooc]

Shenmue didn't invent qte, there were tons of games with qte prior. Even getting into the modern stuff (so like no dragon's lair or games built entirely around qte) you have stuff like die hard arcade, which used qte the same way shenmue did.

 

[Version 3.0]

If even Kotaku can admit they are wrong about this, then surely you can too.

OK, fair enough. In Shenmue, they're Quick Timer Events. That's the brand name. The generic name for everyone else is Quick Time Event.

 

[Vlade]

It's quick time event, I don't care what Shenmue says. The creator of gif also thinks it's pronounced "jif", and well he's wrong.

an acronym is a word created in a certain way, and in english, gi is "ji"
the only exception is gir.

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

"Quick time event" is one of those weird contortions of the language specific to the video game space, like "score attack" and "bravely default", that communicates nothing to those who aren't already versed in the lingo. You can't even reverse-engineer what it means; it doesn't parse. At best it reeks of mistranslation.

If anything, it should be "quick timed event".

 

[Creaking]

Quit Time Event

 

[Kayant]

TIME!!!

Spoiler

I know it was a glitch also what I know is time so it's time to me

 

[Krejlooc]

"Quick time event" is one of those weird contortions of the language specific to the video game space, like "score attack" and "bravely default", that communicates nothing to those who aren't already versed in the lingo. You can't even reverse-engineer what it means; it doesn't parse. At best it reeks of mistranslation.

If anything, it should be "quick timed event".

Depends on how you're reading quick and "time". Are quick and time adjectives? As in the event was quick and timed? Or is quick and adjective to the word "timer" which itself is a noun as adjective to event? Or is "quick-time" a hyphenated word as a single noun as adjective for the type of event it is?

Depending on how you read it, "Quick-time event," "Quick, timed event" or "Quick timer Event" would all be acceptable.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

an acronym is a word created in a certain way, and in english, gi is "ji"
the only exception is gir.

And gift and git and gill.

Oh, and Gif.

 

[tensuke]

an acronym is a word created in a certain way, and in english, gi is "ji"
the only exception is gir.

jpej

 

[Version 3.0]

an acronym is a word created in a certain way, and in english, gi is "ji"
the only exception is gir.

Uh...gift, give, gig, gigawatt (hee hee), girl, gimp, giddy, girth, gimmick...

Whether it's "giff" or "jiff",

Spoiler

(it's "giff")

there are plenty of precedents or "exceptions".

 

[Junior Mint]

I love it when threads backfire

 

[Anteo]

Call them A to Awesome like no one does

 

[akira28]

QTEs are still all shit either way.

 

[MrJoe]

Questionable Trash Excrement

 

[Threefingered]

QTE is and always will be "Quick Time Event"...it was anointed by the gaming gods aeons ago.


...Also, I hate Quicktime. It's a delivery format here at work and it is terrible. It is archaic too so there is no chance of Apple making it cool again.

 

[Andronicus]

slow week huh?

 

[Aokage]

Thank you so much.

They are not "Quick Time Events" (クイックタイムイベン&#12488.

As established in Shenmue, they are "Quick Timer Events" (クイックタイマーイベン&#12488.

And that's just the way it is, y'all.

I was under the impression that Resident Evil 4 popularized QTEs, while you could say that Shenmue invented them. And I believe RE4 called them Quick Time Events, which is why everyone calls them as such now.

I don't believe RE4 had any specific term for them.

 

[AlwaysPlaying]

Always been Quick Time Event for me.

This

 

[L Thammy]

Shed-jewel.

 

[PFD]

A quick timer event (QTE) is a method of context-sensitive gameplay in which the player performs actions on the controller shortly after the appearance of an on-screen prompt. While this game design element did previously exist in titles like Dragon’s Lair, Yu Suzuki popularized its use in his game Shenmue and coined the term. The term (which appears in promotional videos for the game, the manual, and the game proper) succinctly describes an event where the player has to quickly respond to a prompt before a short timer expires.

QuickTime™ is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc. that is capable of handling digital videos. This software was widely used when Shenmue released, causing the term to be conflated by forum goers and video game podcasts for the next 15 years when discussing games like Resident Evil 4 and God of War.

No

 

[Adnor]

Your crusade to have us use "Quick Timer Event" is a failure.
Like Shenmue.

Spoiler

Joking please don't kill me

 

[TetraGenesis]

And "the proof is in the pudding" started as "the proof of the pudding is in the eating," but it doesn't mean that's how it's said today.

The original source of the term QTE doesn't matter, modern vernacular dictates that it's "Quick Time Event".

 

[Krejlooc]

And "the proof is in the pudding" started as "the proof of the pudding is in the eating," but it doesn't mean that's how it's said today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription

vs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_linguistics

 

[TetraGenesis]

an acronym is a word created in a certain way, and in english, gi is "ji"
the only exception is gir.

Gill, give, gimp, git, gift. That's all off the top of my head without looking at a dictionary. Your logic is flawed.

 

[AutumnAve]

huh. I guess because of Shenmue, I call it quick timer events, too.

 

[MrJoe]

huh. I guess because of Shenmue, I call it quick timer events, too.

was Shenmue the first game to use QTEs? I just want to make sure my hatred is directed at the proper source.

 

[RiggyRob]

Shed-jewel.

I'm not going to lie, it annoys me when people pronounce 'schedule' as shed-jewel, but don't pronounce 'school' as 'shool'.

 

[AkuMifune]

Calling it a 'Quick Timer Event' is an easy way to get yourself beaten up.

 

[AutumnAve]

was Shenmue the first game to use QTEs? I just want to make sure my hatred is directed at the proper source.

Excusing games like Dragon's Lair and Time Gal and the like, Shenmue was the first game to use it, that I'm aware of, in the context we're discussing.

 

[NTIETS13A_Superiority]

JIF not GIF

No, it is written gif.

Edit: and it is quick time event.

 

[MrJoe]

Excusing games like Dragon's Lair and Time Gal and the like, Shenmue was the first game to use it, that I'm aware of, in the context we're discussing.

I see. I guess modern developers owe Sega a debt of gratitude for inventing the most terrible yet widely used gameplay mechanic ever. if they had the foresight to patent the QTE Sega would be rolling in cash right now.

 

[GavinGT]

In all the media I read in the lead up to Shenmue's release back in the day they were always referred to as Quick Time Events. I'm going to guess that the screenshot in this trailer just had a bad translation from Japanese.

That screenshot is the anomaly. I seriously read every single tidbit I could find on the internet about Shenmue before it was released.

Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment and Quick Time Event.

Same.

 

[MrCuddle]

Excusing games like Dragon's Lair and Time Gal and the like, Shenmue was the first game to use it, that I'm aware of, in the context we're discussing.

Dynamite Deka (a k a Die Hard Arcade) included QTEs one generation prior to Shenmue. But I think it was Yu Suzuki who coined the term.

 

[iNvid02]

COOTYEE

kewtee

cuty

qteerrgghghhh

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Quick timer event.

Ghiff.

 

[213372bu]

You're right OP, Shenmue's first Quick Timer Event is set in stone and everytime someone says QTE, they are referencing Shenmue's original idea of pressing a button to do something, not using an acronym to refer to their own meaning. Devs even call it "quick time events" so that acronym is referring to that use of "quick time events" not Shenmue's original QTE.

Same thing goes for BF, it could be 'boyfriend' or 'best friend', just because somebody said an acronym means something first, it doesn't dictate an acronym's meaning for the rest of eternity.

Also time to take off my academia cap:

Spoiler

it's gif not jif.

 

[AutumnAve]

Dynamite Deka (a k a Die Hard Arcade) included QTEs one generation prior to Shenmue. But I think it was Yu Suzuki who coined the term.

The ones in Die Hard Arcade almost feel like a prototype QTE, in my opinion.

 

[MarionCB]

Yeah.... ok, let's all insert an extra awkward syllable into a well-established term so as not to vaguely infringe on some Apple trademark for multimedia software or a random Shenmue mistranslation.

 

[Graphics Horse]

From the Shenmue Manual

Spoiler

It's quick time event

'exe c u ted'?

 

[MrBS]

was Shenmue the first game to use QTEs? I just want to make sure my hatred is directed at the proper source.

Dino Crisis had button mashing 'danger events' earlier the same year.

See you're all wrong people. It's danger events!

Spoiler

Quick time event

 

[Brakke]

It's called The Facebook.

 

[clem84]

Quick Time Event

I vote for quick time event too.

 

[MHWilliams]

If even Kotaku can admit they are wrong about this, then surely you can too.

Yu Suzuki was overruled long ago. That's a beautiful dream, but it's now "Quick Time Event."

 

[natsuyasumi]

I've (sadly) always held a torch for Quick Timer Event, since it was the japlish that began it all in Shenmue. It's been misunderstood as Quick Time Event forever now, but I'm still surprised it's so relatively unheard of on a hardcore gaming forum.

 

[Freshmaker]

Nobody ever wants to think about Apple's QuickTime.

QTE's are a lesser evil.

 

[Regiruler]

I wish I had enough fame on gaf to make joke threads and not get ignored.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Floppy-ish thread tbh... But it's an easy mistake to make

Spoiler

It's probably already been linked but... Quick Time Event