Why "vanilla"?

[Linus Hyper]

Whenever we speaking about something unmodified or untouched, we call it "vanilla".
Why exactly? There's a source port project for Doom, called Chocolate Doom because it's a slightly modified version of Doom to work on newer systems.

[Duck]

Because vanilla > all except caramel

And because vanilla icecream is bare-bones and standard ice cream

[X.IV-DAWN-]

What else are you going to call man on woman "stuff" Normal? Original? It's just so weird sounding.

OH! You meant in gaming. I mean, in the example you provided. Wouldn't the term be OG? Since it's a port. Not really a mod persay.

[Xautos]

just a nickname to describe a completely unmodified original game.

[gock respecter]

Vanilla's better.

[chiefputsa☒lag]

because 'vanila' is the default standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_software

[Danksama]

Because vanilla is a byword for basic, normal, default, ordinary

[тише не ори]

весело

[Chemistara]

Vanilla best girl!

oh wait not that vanilla...

well, i dont know?
probably because Vanilla is colored white, which is pure/untouched.

[Danger]

cuz vanilla is standard and unmodified ice cream just plain simple vanilla ice cream

[Danger]

Originally posted by Danksama:

Because vanilla is a byword for basic, normal, default, ordinary

basically what im trying to say

[chiefputsilao]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

the standard rap song....

[Mikasa Ackerman]

i at first thought it had something to do with vanilla dome in super mario world since i often heard the word vanilla with smw hacks

[Indiana Georg]

Have you seen vanilla ? kinda pure isn’t it ?

[Sawmp monster]

Vanilla is considerably the simplest form of ice cream due to the fact it requires the least ingredients & how almost everyone can create it.

In video games, Vanilla is carried out in the same way, where it's basically the smallest amounts of "ingredients", where mods would add things like caramel, chocolate, etc. into the mix, making it more complex than what was before.

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originally posted by Glorified Toaster with Legs:

Vanilla is considerably the simplest form of ice cream due to the fact it requires the least ingredients & how almost everyone can create it.

In video games, Vanilla is carried out in the same way, where it's basically the smallest amounts of "ingredients", where mods would add things like caramel, chocolate, etc. into the mix, making it more complex than what was before.

never thought about it that way , true