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Genre Terms
FPS: First Person Shooter – directly from the perspective of the soldier. (Doom, Battlefield) and also Frames per second. It means how much frames the system can handle per second.
CPS: Clicks per second.
RTS: Real Time Strategy – complete top-down unit control. (Warcraft, Command and Conquer)
MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game – huge online adventure games with many players. (Everquest, EVE Online)
MOBA: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena – similar to MMORPG’s but based on arena fighting. (League of Legends, Dota)
SIM: Simulation – games that simulate life and jobs. (The Sims, Railroad Tycoon)
Sandbox: Explore and have some fun – games that give you freedom to walk around and create whatever you want. (Grand Theft Auto, Minecraft)
Cheating Terms
Aimbot: A cheat that locks onto a player before a shooting, usually with headshots. (Someone with four headshots in five seconds is probably using Aimbot.) But in Minecraft, it's with the hits.
Exploit: Spots on a map where someone can see through a wall, stand on a light post, or have some other unfair advantage (i.e., using glitches to their advantage)
Hacks/haxz/Haxz0r: Surprisingly, this is usually called out when someone is killed. If you have a great internet connection and a fast video card, you will be called this on occasion. Usually said by players who got rekt or are salty.
Killaura: Kill aura is a hack that allows you to hit players faster. And with Kill aura, you don't miss even a single hit. You could even hit from the back with kill aura.
Playing Terms
Bots: Computer-controlled players often found in FPS or battle arena games.
Camper/Camping: When a player who found a nice place on the map sits and waits to kill people. This can be aggravating to those who are watching since they have to wait until one side is dead before starting a new match.
DLC: Downloadable content. This is where you buy the rest of the game.
Frag: Classic term for killing and mostly tied to FPS games.
Grinding: When a game makes you drag on time by completing useless tasks like making clay pots or scanning a planet. These take a lot of time and usually get counted into the game’s “8 hours of gameplay.” Developers love it; gamers hate it.
Lag: Lag is the most common reason why people die in games; it’s also the first thing gamers blame when they lose.
Level Up: Most games have some form of level system. Sometimes you need to grind before you reach a level.
Nerf/Nerfed: When a player feels a particular weapon is too overpowered and wants to balance the game. Suddenly your favorite weapon in the game inflicts the same damage as a foam dart.
No Scope: When you right-click while using a sniper weapon to get a closer scope sight. No-scoping is what happens when someone kills you without zoom. (FPS Games)
NPC: Non-player characters that are the storytellers of the game and often found in RPG’s giving quests. Sometimes they don't do anything at all. Lol.
Ping/Latency: Ping is the measurement of time from server to player. In some cases, this can be a simple graphic bar similar to the one on your cellphone. Other times it can be numbers. Generally, lower numbers are better. So if your ping is 100 and your friend’s have 25; you’re going to have a bad day. In FPS games, you might think you’re running for the goal-line while everyone’s watching you run at a wall. Easy pickings for snipers!
Port: A last ditch effort to make more money. Sometimes, game companies port a game to PC without acknowledging controls or even quality settings. These are the games I hate the most.
In minecraft, it is the number used to get on a server. For example, BrokenLens' lobby's port is 2000. Yeah, that's it.
IP - Intellectual property. In Minecraft, it is the address of a server. It is on top of the port. For example, BrokenLens' IP is Play.brlns.net
To be honest, I don't understand how a Minecraft player doesn't know the meaning of IP and/or Port.
PvP: Player versus player.
PWNED: You just lost, and badly at that.
Rage-quit: When someone has had a bad day of gaming and throws their device down in disgust.
Rubberbanding: Common in games like Battlefield when lag causes your character or vehicle to spring back and forth when syncing with the server. Think of it like Daylight Savings Time mid-match.
N00b/Newbie: If the words on this list are new to you, then you might be a N00b – but that’s okay. Once you memorize these at least you won’t sound like one.
GG: Good game. It is said by players after a match, but some salty kids don't say it.
GG10: It is used to annoy minecraft fanboys when killing them without receiving a single bit of damage.
GJ: Good job.
(Extra) GF: In gaming terms, it means good fight. It's the same as GG, but GF is said after a fight.
Rekt: Is a slang version of "wrecked" that is sometimes used in multiplayer gaming. It refers to one player or team getting severely beaten by an opponent. It may describe a match that wasn't even close or an attack in which one side got demolished by the other.
GLHF: Good luck have fun.
Kill streak: A kill streak is the number of kills a player is able to get without dying.
Dungeon: In RPG terminology, a closed environment, usually full of enemies and loot. Caves and ruins are among the most common forms.
Achievements: Achievements in games mean certain goals that you've to accomplish and you will get points for it.
Assist kill: AK is a type of kill where you help another player kill the other player. It mean helping the player kill someone else.
Avatar: An avatar is an icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game.
Buff: The opposite of nerf is buff. It describes the increasement of power of a certain weapon or thing in a game. Antonym of buff is debuff.
Critical hit (Crits): a critical hit (or crit) is a successful attack that deals more damage than a normal blow.
Demo: A game demo is a freely distributed piece of an upcoming game or an update which is unstable but it is released so that the players could play the game and report the bugs, glitches, etc. It is a version of the game before the game is released.
Easter Egg: An Easter egg is a hidden video game feature or surprise.
FOV: FOV refers to what you can see at any point in the gameplay.
Griefing: It is the act of irritating and angering people in video games through the use of destruction, construction, or social engineering.
Head shot/headshot: Shooting someone right in the head (in a game. Maybe IRL too)
Mana: mana is an attribute assigned to characters within a role-playing or video game that indicates their power to use special abilities or "spells". Magic is usually measured in magic points or mana points, shortened as MP.
OP: Overpowered
PvE: Player Versus Environment
Respawn: Respawn is a gaming term used to describe the action of a computer player or human player coming back to life after being killed.
Strafe: In video games, strafing is the technique of moving the player's character from side to side, rather than forward or backward.
Tryhard: In online video games, it is that guy who is giving it 110% all the time because winning and/or having a high kill/death ratio is more important than just having fun.
CPS
I know I probably missed a few terms, so let me know and I’ll add it to the list!
FPS: First Person Shooter – directly from the perspective of the soldier. (Doom, Battlefield) and also Frames per second. It means how much frames the system can handle per second.
CPS: Clicks per second.
RTS: Real Time Strategy – complete top-down unit control. (Warcraft, Command and Conquer)
MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game – huge online adventure games with many players. (Everquest, EVE Online)
MOBA: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena – similar to MMORPG’s but based on arena fighting. (League of Legends, Dota)
SIM: Simulation – games that simulate life and jobs. (The Sims, Railroad Tycoon)
Sandbox: Explore and have some fun – games that give you freedom to walk around and create whatever you want. (Grand Theft Auto, Minecraft)
Cheating Terms
Aimbot: A cheat that locks onto a player before a shooting, usually with headshots. (Someone with four headshots in five seconds is probably using Aimbot.) But in Minecraft, it's with the hits.
Exploit: Spots on a map where someone can see through a wall, stand on a light post, or have some other unfair advantage (i.e., using glitches to their advantage)
Hacks/haxz/Haxz0r: Surprisingly, this is usually called out when someone is killed. If you have a great internet connection and a fast video card, you will be called this on occasion. Usually said by players who got rekt or are salty.
Killaura: Kill aura is a hack that allows you to hit players faster. And with Kill aura, you don't miss even a single hit. You could even hit from the back with kill aura.
Playing Terms
Bots: Computer-controlled players often found in FPS or battle arena games.
Camper/Camping: When a player who found a nice place on the map sits and waits to kill people. This can be aggravating to those who are watching since they have to wait until one side is dead before starting a new match.
DLC: Downloadable content. This is where you buy the rest of the game.
Frag: Classic term for killing and mostly tied to FPS games.
Grinding: When a game makes you drag on time by completing useless tasks like making clay pots or scanning a planet. These take a lot of time and usually get counted into the game’s “8 hours of gameplay.” Developers love it; gamers hate it.
Lag: Lag is the most common reason why people die in games; it’s also the first thing gamers blame when they lose.
Level Up: Most games have some form of level system. Sometimes you need to grind before you reach a level.
Nerf/Nerfed: When a player feels a particular weapon is too overpowered and wants to balance the game. Suddenly your favorite weapon in the game inflicts the same damage as a foam dart.
No Scope: When you right-click while using a sniper weapon to get a closer scope sight. No-scoping is what happens when someone kills you without zoom. (FPS Games)
NPC: Non-player characters that are the storytellers of the game and often found in RPG’s giving quests. Sometimes they don't do anything at all. Lol.
Ping/Latency: Ping is the measurement of time from server to player. In some cases, this can be a simple graphic bar similar to the one on your cellphone. Other times it can be numbers. Generally, lower numbers are better. So if your ping is 100 and your friend’s have 25; you’re going to have a bad day. In FPS games, you might think you’re running for the goal-line while everyone’s watching you run at a wall. Easy pickings for snipers!
Port: A last ditch effort to make more money. Sometimes, game companies port a game to PC without acknowledging controls or even quality settings. These are the games I hate the most.
In minecraft, it is the number used to get on a server. For example, BrokenLens' lobby's port is 2000. Yeah, that's it.
IP - Intellectual property. In Minecraft, it is the address of a server. It is on top of the port. For example, BrokenLens' IP is Play.brlns.net
To be honest, I don't understand how a Minecraft player doesn't know the meaning of IP and/or Port.
PvP: Player versus player.
PWNED: You just lost, and badly at that.
Rage-quit: When someone has had a bad day of gaming and throws their device down in disgust.
Rubberbanding: Common in games like Battlefield when lag causes your character or vehicle to spring back and forth when syncing with the server. Think of it like Daylight Savings Time mid-match.
N00b/Newbie: If the words on this list are new to you, then you might be a N00b – but that’s okay. Once you memorize these at least you won’t sound like one.
GG: Good game. It is said by players after a match, but some salty kids don't say it.
GG10: It is used to annoy minecraft fanboys when killing them without receiving a single bit of damage.
GJ: Good job.
(Extra) GF: In gaming terms, it means good fight. It's the same as GG, but GF is said after a fight.
Rekt: Is a slang version of "wrecked" that is sometimes used in multiplayer gaming. It refers to one player or team getting severely beaten by an opponent. It may describe a match that wasn't even close or an attack in which one side got demolished by the other.
GLHF: Good luck have fun.
Kill streak: A kill streak is the number of kills a player is able to get without dying.
Dungeon: In RPG terminology, a closed environment, usually full of enemies and loot. Caves and ruins are among the most common forms.
Achievements: Achievements in games mean certain goals that you've to accomplish and you will get points for it.
Assist kill: AK is a type of kill where you help another player kill the other player. It mean helping the player kill someone else.
Avatar: An avatar is an icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game.
Buff: The opposite of nerf is buff. It describes the increasement of power of a certain weapon or thing in a game. Antonym of buff is debuff.
Critical hit (Crits): a critical hit (or crit) is a successful attack that deals more damage than a normal blow.
Demo: A game demo is a freely distributed piece of an upcoming game or an update which is unstable but it is released so that the players could play the game and report the bugs, glitches, etc. It is a version of the game before the game is released.
Easter Egg: An Easter egg is a hidden video game feature or surprise.
FOV: FOV refers to what you can see at any point in the gameplay.
Griefing: It is the act of irritating and angering people in video games through the use of destruction, construction, or social engineering.
Head shot/headshot: Shooting someone right in the head (in a game. Maybe IRL too)
Mana: mana is an attribute assigned to characters within a role-playing or video game that indicates their power to use special abilities or "spells". Magic is usually measured in magic points or mana points, shortened as MP.
OP: Overpowered
PvE: Player Versus Environment
Respawn: Respawn is a gaming term used to describe the action of a computer player or human player coming back to life after being killed.
Strafe: In video games, strafing is the technique of moving the player's character from side to side, rather than forward or backward.
Tryhard: In online video games, it is that guy who is giving it 110% all the time because winning and/or having a high kill/death ratio is more important than just having fun.
CPS
I know I probably missed a few terms, so let me know and I’ll add it to the list!
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