servermate

English edit

Etymology edit

From server +‎ -mate.

Noun edit

servermate (plural servermates)

(computing) One who is in the same server.
- 2000 February 3, The Shortest Barbarian On the Block, “Justice! - GM Approved”, in alt.games.everquest‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-03-07:
  You, Sir, are a dink. Thank you for posting your character name so your servermates may all avoid you and petition you at the first possible oppportunity.^[sic]
- 2003 November 3, -=Be4U=-, “OT: The keylogger”, in alt.hackers.malicious‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-03-07:
  > I'm using the same / > server and the same account I used to post here with. […] > Your old / > servermate thought I was SK in that post!
- 2004 June, “Lost in convention: What happens when thousands of EverQuest fans meet in Las Vegas? We find out…”, in Edge, number 137, Bath, Somerset: Future Publishing Ltd, →ISSN, page 092, column 1:
  Returning to the convention area later we find EQ and its players have reclaimed the PCs, presenting a row of T-shirt prints ranging from gangsta rap to Ghost In The Shell. Some play side by side, some frantically text distant servermates; others are powerlevelling with near-catatonic detachment.
- 2006, T. L. Taylor, “Finding New Worlds”, in Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture, Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 4:
  My servermates turn out to be incredibly nice people and, for those of us who have never met before (in-game or offline), we begin to exchange information.
- 2008 March 28, Elizabeth Wachowski, “Around Azeroth: The long wait”, in Yahoo! News‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-03-07:
  Patch days are usually wild, crazy things, full of massive world PvP and competing for quest kills and standing on top of mailboxes on a new mount. Which is why it's somewhat disturbing to see a screenshot of a brand-new area looking like The Birds. Jilira, of Perenolde's Black Dragon Clan, suggests that her servermates are waiting for 100% completion of the Sunwell opening.
- 2020 February 4, Taylor Lyles, “How to connect your Spotify account to Discord, so everyone can see what music you’re listening to”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.:
  You can connect your Spotify account to Discord, in order to show your friends and servermates what music you’re streaming.
- 2022 October 18, Clyde, “A Beginner’s Guide to using Discord Apps”, in Discord Blog‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-10-18:
  If you’re in a server that already has apps, usually there are already tons of people already interacting with it — ask your servermates what the Slash Commands do, or watch a friend use them if you’re too shy to try ‘em yourself.