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The computer game he jargon supplements the usual vocabulary of the net jargon around computer game-specific expressions. It developed particularly by Internet and is coined/shaped of Anglizismen.
Many on-line plays offer Chatfunktionen, in order to communicate with the fellow players. Since one must at short notice deliver in addition the concentration and control of the play, in the course of the time a quantity of abbreviations developed, which are generally understood and used about experienced players.
From play to play there are different abbreviations, which refer particularly to the respective play.
See also: Net jargon, list of abbreviations net jargon jargon file, Leetspeak, MMORPG jargon
Terms
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A
Aimbot
- Cheat program, which takes goals automatically with Ego Shootern in the visor, so that these cannot be missed.
ally
- English abbreviation for an alliance between players, similarly as a clan, however prefers finding in Browserspielen, in which it is strategically meaningful not to play alone.
- In the play World OF Warcraft an abbreviation for players of the other parliamentary group, those, frequently used by horde/hurdle players, the alliance.
aoe, ae
- (English: AREA OF Effect). In MMORPGs and real time strategy plays term used of the effects with surface effect describes.
apm
- (English: Act ion by minute). With special programs the actions in a play, transacted by a player per minute, can be measured. In strategy plays such as Broodwar and Warcraft 3 one uses predominantly.
acre
- (English: all random) meaning see "rndm"
AS
- "Airstrike" an artillery fire or a "air impact". Often in connection with the target area and time. Example: "AS, enemy cousin in 30". Air impact on the hostile basis in 30 seconds.
atten
- (Denglisch of English: ton attack) is used frequently in Browserspielen and means the same as the English word: Attack.
aybabtu
- "Universe your cousin of acres belong tons of US ", literally: "All your base are belong to us "(the wrong grammar is intended), very freely translated about: "You lost "; However only AYB is mostly written.
B
bath man-talk
- English for bad Umgangsformen. Players, who are noticeable with on-line plays by bad behavior (force expressions, etc.), tituliert as bath man-talk. They are not much like and destroy for some players the fun at the play.
ban
- English for avoid/banish. A player mostly durably close, so that it cannot log in (for example with its IP address or its user name) no more on a certain server, in order to play there. Serves to exclude disturbing players. If the blockage does not take place durably, also of tempban (temporary ban) or timeban one speaks, thus a temporary banishing. With a durable blockage also the designation is used permban (permanently ban).
Cousin camper
- A cousin camper is a subspecies Spawn campers, here waits he in or in that the proximity of the opposing or own basis (English cousin) where usually the Spawnpunkte is (predominantly with play modes such as Capture the flag or like). This reluctantly seen behavior mostly serves the out maltreating of time, and/or for the short term blockade of the opposing team.
Cousin Raper
- Other name for cousin campers, who wait in the proximity of the opposing basis. If the cousin Raping with bombers is accomplished, then one speaks also of a cousin bomber. The terms are used frequently in the plays of the Battlefield row.
bashen
- The opponent defeat, finish, destroying strike. Also: the opponent continuous attack, in order to minimize it in such a way "", at the structure of play to thus obstruct (particularly in strategy plays, also "harassen "[derived from English "tons the harass "- trouble] mentioned).
bg
- English: "Bath game ", dt.: "Bad play ", in the sense of "bad portion ". The moreover it knows the abbreviation for "battleground", too German: "Battleground" its.
b00n, boon
- Modification of the way of writing of n00b/noob, which has however the same meaning. The origin lies in the mirror-wrong read reading from n00b/noob. See Newbie.
- With Diablo the term is used "boon "as synonym for the character class of the barbarian, who has in the meantime however likewise a devaluing Unterton. (Normally "barb ")
Boomen
- Term from real time strategy plays: The player concentrates at first on the economic aspect of the play and neglects strongly the military one in order to be able to set up a large army later. In some plays also Techen one calls.
Offered
- Computer-controlled player. Bots occur mainly in Ego Shootern (e.g. Counterstrike). In the range of the MMORPGS illegally Bots are used, in order to have to implement monotonous activities, like a collecting of experience or articles, not even.
bratzen
- Verb, which describes several opponents in Ego Shootern sustained fire on or usually. One does not go with the usual means before particulars to deliver purposeful salvos or balls but fires nearly the entire ammunition, which is present in the magazine, in order as high a damage as possible to perform. Experienced players can adjust thereby by movement of the hair cross downward and mostly also to the side arising forgiven/Recoil of the weapon. Very common in the Counter Strike scene.
buff, tons buff
- A term used in games of roles, which describes a temporary increase of the characteristic values of a character. More typically buff e.g. strengthens by using an article or working a charm the arms protection of a player.
Nose User/Bugger, nose more abuser
- A player, who uses consciously nose for its advantage.
bunny hopping
- The player constantly jumps and tries by good Timing not one step to run. Thus rate of motion continues to rise always. This kind of progressive movement functioned in principle in all Quake 3-engine based plays and is an essential factor of Q3. Also into Counter strike this kind of progressive movement functions, however it became some heavy starting from version 1.3 around. In RTCW and/or ET. functions bunny hopping only, if one jumps on diagonally sloping surfaces and/or when simultaneous using the Sprinttaste.