So to answer your question about why it's called crowd control it all comes back from the days of EverQuest and RuneScape It's also where the term DPS originates So when constructing a five-man group in EverQuest the roles that needed to be filled to have a successful group where tank healer DPS crowd control and Mana regen And in general titles have held true in almost every game that's come out since and have become just a part of gaming vernacular
So to answer your question about why it's called crowd control it all comes back from the days of EverQuest and RuneScape
It's also where the term DPS originates
So when constructing a five-man group in EverQuest the roles that needed to be filled to have a successful group where tank healer DPS crowd control and Mana regen
And in general titles have held true in almost every game that's come out since and have become just a part of gaming vernacular