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If you're willing to write it I'm willing to read it.

I just want a more substantial explaination than: "Because they are Bosses."

Why The word "Boss" specifically ?

Unfortunately im not because this is just a silly question

Becoz its wierd if its called "President fight."
LUL...

@Bacaww
So... you don't know...

The recursive logic in here. xD

"Why is it called a Boss Battle?"
"Because you fight a boss character."
"Bruh..."

It sounds like you're interested in the etymology. https://ask.metafilter.com/167223/In-video-games-where-did-the-term-Boss-come-from

The important, dramatic battles in early video games were against characters that held authority over the other characters. Several examples are mentioned in the discussion in the link, but think like King Koopa, classic example of a "boss", he ruled over all the enemies you face in the original Super Mario Bros.

Outside of the video game context, boss, is common parlance which refers to your superiors. Your manager at the grocery store you work at, for example.

Basically, an early video game tradition that stuck. Even if the main enemy in a game doesn't hold a "boss" occupation, it's still referred to as such.

The fact that you had to explain a word that explains itself is giving me funnies.

We forget sometimes. It happens to the best of us.

Hell, this topic reminded me that I forgot why it's called a "boss battle" as well. No worries.

@illninofan
Thanks... I appreciate the effort you put into this. :)

As for the rest of you... SHAME !!!.... For Shame !!!

Shame on us for not explaining the obvious? No. Shame on you for lacking any capacity for inductive reasoning.

My inuductive reasoning was what prompted me to ask in the first place... after all.... in the games I'm familiar with the "Bosses" weren't anyones employers.

Its really that simple.

Even if that wasn't case... shame on you for making me feel bad for asking...

Perhaps if you were nicer to people you thought were idiots they might learn something.

If your inductive reasoning was working competently, you would have figured that the name likely originated in the way described, and if still unsatisfied, googled the result. That's how simple it is.

Idiots are incapable of learning reasonably by definition. That's what makes them idiots in the first place.

Google is so impersonal... I prefer to ask here.

And like I said... the games I'm familar with didn't give me that conclusive answer.

Again... its that simple... what you basically did was shame blind dude for having no concept of what colour is.

But you can't present color to a blind person. You were just presented the answer to your question. Terrible analogy. A better one would be: "I shamed someone for repeatedly asking for the name of a museum exhibit, despite the name of the exhibit being clearly printed on a placard two feet in front of them."

LoL... if you asked me what time is it and I responded: "The time is right now."

Would you consider that answer ?

Thats you... thats what you did.

If I was wearing a perfectly functional watch when I asked the question? Yes, I would consider that a reasonable answer.

Good now you the difference between me and you... I wasn't wearing the perfectly functional watch...

In the this case the perfectly functional watch would be the Gaming History that definitively states what Bosses are.