History Quotes / LevelGrinding

-->-- ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' (English dub)

-->-- ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesForThreeHundredYearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' (English dub)

-->--'''Boy''' after getting 2 EXP from kicking a bunny to death, ''[[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/jrpg Boy and Robot: Epic jRPG Quest]]''

->"Well, when I gain a level, that makes me happy. But then I see that the bar is empty, and that makes me sad. It's okay though, because if I keep playing I can fill them up again and again!"
-->--'''[[Webcomic/PennyArcade Gabe]]''', ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/3/12/ Penny Arcade]]''

->'''Fang:''' They used to say the Arks had a more practical purpose. Yeah, to force l'Cie to master their shiny new powers.
->'''Lightning:''' Okay, so, I get it. [[BigBad Dysley's]] goal is to forge us into stronger weapons. Right.
->'''Hope:''' Think of it as training for the fight ahead.
->''' The Spoony One:''' Okay, come here, listen. This is what just happened: The writing in this game is so bad that the ''characters'' just flat out told you that the purpose of the next five to seven hours is to grind levels.
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One's]]''' review of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''

->''Six long months I spent in Dublin,''
->''Six long months doing nothing at all,''
->''Six long months I spent in Dublin,''
->''Learning to dance for Lanigan's ball.''
->''I stepped out: I stepped in again:''
->''I stepped out: I stepped in again:''
->''I stepped out: I stepped in again,''
->''Learning to dance for Lanigan's ball.''
-->-- "Lanigan's Ball", old Irish song

->''You’ve got so much XP to earn\\
(So get your ass out there and grind)''
-->-- '''{{Music/Brentalfloss}}''', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestI Dragon Warrior]] WithLyrics''

-->-- '''Ardam''', ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' (first strip)

->'''Anais:''' Wait! We Can't go Yet! We don't have enough XP's(sic:HP'S) to fight the boss
->'''Gumball:''' Then We'll do the thing that makes up most [=RPGs=] -- grind!
->'''Anais:''' What's that?
->'''Gumball:''' Fighting menial enemies until we're stacked.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', "The Console"

-->--Boy after getting 2 EXP from kicking a bunny to death, [[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/jrpg Boy and Robot: Epic jRPG Quest]]

-->--'''[[Webcomic/PennyArcade Gabe]]''', [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/3/12/ Penny Arcade]]

->'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]:''' Okay, come here, listen. This is what just happened: The writing in this game is so bad that the ''characters'' just flat out told you that the purpose of the next five to seven hours is to grind levels.
-->-- ''The Spoony One's review of VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''

-->-- WebVideo/ScottTheWoz, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNqzl92f5FY "You're Not An RPG Guy"]]

-->--"Lanigan's Ball", old Irish song

->'''Anieas:''' Wait! We Can't go Yet! We don't have enough XP's(sic:HP'S) to fight the boss
->'''Gumball:''' Then We'll do the thing that makes up most [=RPGs=]---Grind!
->'''Anieas:''' What's that?
->'''Gumball:''' Fighting menial enemies until we're stacked
-->-- WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Episode The Console

-->Boy after getting 2 EXP from kicking a bunny to death, [[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/jrpg Boy and Robot: Epic jRPG Quest]]

-->'''[[Webcomic/PennyArcade Gabe]]''', [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/3/12/ Penny Arcade]]

->'''Gumball:''' Then We'll do the thing that makes up most RPGs---Grind!

->'''[[TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]:''' Okay, come here, listen. This is what just happened: The writing in this game is so bad that the ''characters'' just flat out told you that the purpose of the next five to seven hours is to grind levels.

->"Robot, I have a feeling this going to take a while..."

-->Gabe, [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/3/12/ Penny Arcade]]

-->-- ''The Spoony One's review of FinalFantasy XIII''

->''"Talking about removing grind from [=MMOs=] is all very well until you think about it, because grind is the only thing that keeps people playing [=MMOs=] for so long, and removing it would be like removing the crazy from Richard Gariott. Besides, every [=MMO=] so far has grind right up the bum and it doesn't seem to stop people playing them. Some people just like that sort of thing, I guess."''
-->-- ''Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, reviewing'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/9-Tabula-Rasa Tabula Rasa]]