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[SgtMcFarty]

I see forum references and people in chat talking about "Duo", but when you search the forums or do a google search, you either find people talking about it with no explanation to what means or you find links to system specs (i.e. Core 2 Duo), but I can't find a single thing giving the definition or meaning of "Duo"

[jss78]

Core 2 Duo is a family of CPU's in the Core series by Intel. "Duo" refers to the fact that those models had two CPU cores. There was also a four-core Core 2 Quad.

They are somewhat older CPU's, later replaced by Core i3, i5, and i7.

[S 0 L E N Y A]

It means its time to upgrade

[SgtMcFarty]

No, I don't think they are talking about system specs.
For example, here is a post about duo: http://mwomercs.com/...-mechs-for-duo/
And another one: http://mwomercs.com/...-duo-in-solo-q/
And another one: http://mwomercs.com/...laying-soloduo/
And another one: http://mwomercs.com/...led-mwo-for-me/
Here is a YouTube video about an assassination duo:
And here is a video about a duo drop:

[Modo44]

I will assume you are 12 or younger. Have you tried using an online dictionary? Here is the definition of "duo".

[Rogue Jedi]

duo means 2 working together

[SgtMcFarty]

Modo44, on 21 December 2015 - 11:06 PM, said:

I will assume you are 12 or younger. Have you tried using an online dictionary? Here is the definition of "duo".

No, I'm not 12, but I have never heard anyone, in any game, refer to working together as "duo", have you? I've heard teammate, friend, partner, squadmate, partner, ally, buddy, etc., but never duo. Am I crazy? Have you heard people in Battlefield, CoD, or some other game saying duo when talking about a partner? It seems to me that this is a MechWarrior specific term, so it shouldn't be so crazy that I havent heard it, but maybe it's because I'm not 12, I'm not up to date on the latest video game terms.

[Morggo]

MMO/MMORPG term in my experience. Used very often (I play LoTRO, SWtOR, DDO personally) in them, not sure if FPS games do though but I can confirm most definitely "Duo" is used to refer to two people running quest and missions together instead of the normal full party (typically 4 or 6 characters in a group). "Duo-ing" a quest at or above level is often viewed as elite since you are shorthanded against a quest designed for a full group.

/end geek time

[Not A Real RAbbi]

Thanks for the explanation, all. I've been wondering about this, not because I've seen or heard it mentioned in game, but because I've seen the topic up here for a day or two.

Only 'duo' I know of is THE Dynamic Duo. Oh, and Ace & Gary, the A. G. Duo...

[M0rdresh]

Hmm I have not heard 'duo' used in an English conversation, so the OP has a point.
In my native language, flemish, it is used all the time to represent two persons doing something together.

[Rogue Jedi]

I have heard and used it many times, but it is not commonly used conversational English, and it is possible I just have a wider vocabulary than some

[Anachronda]

M0rdresh, on 23 December 2015 - 03:27 PM, said:

Hmm I have not heard 'duo' used in an English conversation, so the OP has a point.
In my native language, flemish, it is used all the time to represent two persons doing something together.

Not a Batman and Robin fan, eh? They have been referred to as "the dynamic duo" a few times, at least in the old series. I'm teasing of course, but the word "duet" has the same root, as does the French for "two."

Wiktionary confirms my suspicion that it came to French through Latin and to English from French. It managed to get into a bunch of languages.

Now back to the subject at hand. OP didn't, as far as I noticed, show context for this. And I have played a lot of games without noticing it being used but I can see what some of the answerers were saying about it referring to a group of two. I wouldn't be surprised if it is used as a verb just as "solo[ing]" is. I would refer to a group of two as a duo, because that is what it is, but I was unsure of that applying here simply because you can't have 2 versus however many in anything but private matches on MWO. You can, however, create a group of two and drop the group queue (been there, done that), so maybe that is how it would be applied.

[The Basilisk]

Maybe the term "duo" is outdated or even ancient in conversational english.
Btw its frequently used in german.
Maybe its some kind of carry over ?
Or its used because the users are no nativ english speakers ?
The Word itself means simply two or a pair.

[TWIAFU]

Duo is twice as many as uno.

[mailin]

Usually when talking about two people one would say "duet" such as in music, however duo is equally valid and not a term that is specific to MWO or even online games for that matter.