Haste is a well-known buff in Lineage 2, the fantasy MMORPG from NCsoft that built a large international player base after its early 2000s release. The spell temporarily increases a character's attack and movement speed, making it a staple for fighters, archers and party buffers in both player-versus-environment and player-versus-player combat. Because the effect is cast so often, its short sound became instantly recognisable to veteran players. Today it is reused in montages, streams and memes as a shorthand for sudden speed, even by viewers who never played the original game.