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FFer
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English
Etymology
From en FF<t:Final Fantasy> er<id:occupation>.
Noun
en rare A player of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games.
en 3 October 1997 Unright 40 Things I didn't like about FF7 (long) alt.games.final-fantasy https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.final-fantasy/c/m9_E5Ksqs2s/m/Qp744GgHkJAJ You remind me of this guy I knew that would absolutely hate anything simply because it was popular or "mainstream". If FFVII came out with no hype and only die hard FFers knew of it's existence and you were lucky enough to pick up a copy, I think I'd probably see a different post coming from you.
en 13 November 1999 Arb Ngzn Jrncba God damn... alt.games.final-fantasy https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.final-fantasy/c/WQdrmKcoFeU/m/QR2dXynNpmMJ Most FFers learn to press a against everything.
en 25 July 2000 Eyeglazer RPGamer has two seperate messageboards for Final Fantasy alt.games.final-fantasy https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.final-fantasy/c/afTnK7u1irw/m/_0FNiLBWu-wJ My guess would be it's a polite and subtle way of separating old-school FFers from the mainstreamers that only arrived with FFVII, and see the games in a totally different fasion.
Related terms
en AGFFer
en Video games Fans (people)