macroer

English

Etymology

From macro +‎ -er.

Noun

macroer (plural macroers)

1. (computing, informal) One who uses a macro.
   • 1999 February 18, GHQOKC, “Macroing? I love to find macroers... And kill them!”, in rec.games.computer.ultima.online‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

     Then we just sit back and watch the macroer die. After he goes to bones we calmly loot the body. It's amazing how many regs we can get this way! Macroers are sure to have several hundred of the reg they are using to macro and more often than not are holding some other equipment as well.

   • 2002 January 20, Wrath of Styx, “Pillar warning, its about time, MACRO anti comment.”, in microsoft.public.games.zone.asherons_call‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

     I think if there's a content rich area that is also good experience the content will be taken away whether its^[sic] from hunters or macroers.

   • 2002 February 16, gil, “What is a macroer?”, in rec.games.computer.ultima.online‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

     Macroing is seen as "bad" by OSI because it uses bandwidth, allows folks to "bypass" several game "requirements" (such as allowing macroers to work off murder counts while the player is "offline" sleeping or at school/work), and gives macroers an advantage in gaining skills/etc. over non-macroers.