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= Acronyms = | = Acronyms = | ||
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| − | + | CTF=[[Capture the Flag]] | |
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| − | + | FFA=[[Free For All]] | |
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| − | + | OFFA=Open Free For All (Everyone may kill each other regardless of team color) | |
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| − | + | RH=[[Rabbit Hunt]] | |
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| − | + | KOTH=King of the Hill | |
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| − | + | R=(Team's) Right | |
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| − | + | L=(Team's) Left | |
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| − | + | RF=Red flag | |
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| − | + | GF=Green flag | |
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| − | + | BF=Blue flag | |
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| − | + | PF=Purple flag | |
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| − | + | HF=Have fun | |
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| − | + | GC=Good Cap. - Used when your team caps an opposing teams flag | |
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| − | + | GJ=Good Job. Often said to the team when a teammate has just captured the opposing team's flag | |
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| − | + | GL=Good Luck | |
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| − | + | GS=Good shot. Generally used when a particularly difficult shot kills you | |
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| − | + | GG=Good game | |
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| − | + | G1=Good One (shot) | |
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| − | + | NP=No Problem - mostly used as a response if you're teamkilled | |
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| − | + | NR=Not Responding - as seen on the scoreboard, indicating a problem with a player's connection to the server | |
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| − | + | NS=Nice Shot | |
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| − | + | N1=Nice One (shot) | |
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| − | + | SRY=Sorry | |
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| − | + | THX=Thank You | |
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| − | + | TK=Team Kill, to kill one's own team. | |
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| − | + | TY=Thank You | |
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| − | + | WTF?=Something's not quite right..... (Vulgar) | |
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| − | + | WTH?=Similar to WTF - cleaner version | |
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| − | + | PC=Pass Camp: Stand on the enemies base waiting for a teammate to capture the flag. Then, after the cap immediately grab the enemies flag and pass it to the center of the map | |
| − | + | or to its map specific save-point. Saying this could either mean, that your own team is getting "passcamped" or that there is a chance to passcamp for the own team's score. | |
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| − | or to its map specific save-point. Saying this could either mean, that your own team is getting "passcamped" or that there is a chance to passcamp for the own team's score. | + | |
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= Jargon = | = Jargon = | ||
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| − | + | Base=Usually referring to your own base. (eg: ST base! "There's someone with stealth in/at/near our base") | |
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| − | + | Boom=Players of a team about to be capped will all explode. Thus a "boom" is appropriate. | |
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| − | + | Bots=Non-human-player tanks. | |
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| − | + | Camping=Staying in one place with the same flag for a long time. If you do this you are ''a camper''. | |
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| − | + | Capping=Capturing the other teams flag, verb ''to cap''. | |
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| − | + | Flag Running=Working against your own team, taking your team's flag towards the other team's base. If you do this you are a ''flag runner''. | |
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| − | + | Flag Shopping=Rapidly picking up and dropping flags, in order to find a particularly powerful or useful one. Also known as ''flag farming''. | |
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| − | + | Geno, G, or GGG =Genocide Flag, usually when seen it chat by itself it warns that an opposing team player has the flag so be careful. | |
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| − | + | In=Inside the base (if applicable) | |
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| − | + | J/Jump/Jumper/Launcher=Either a world object that launches a tank in the air, or a tank that has used said world object. "st j r" means stealth jumper right. | |
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| − | + | Lang=Language, Watch your language. (Please don't respond with the language you speak.) | |
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| − | + | Laser Spamming=Uselessly, blindly, rapidly shooting with the laser flag, often resulting in team kills. | |
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| − | + | N, S, E, W=North, South, East, West. Compass points relative to the map. (eg: "Where the rabbit?" "N inside hut" or "SE corner") | |
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| − | + | Out=Directly outside the base (if applicable) | |
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| − | + | Mid, or Ctr=Middle of the map | |
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| − | + | Pass=Send the flag to the middle, or to a safe zone. See [[Jumping#Dropping_Flags|this article]]. | |
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| − | + | Pyr/Pyra=Pyramid | |
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| − | + | Runner=Usually means "flag runner", above as in "we have a runner" but may also mean teammate carrying enemy flag as in "cover our runner." | |
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| − | + | Spamming=Filling the chat box with meaningless text. | |
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| − | + | Spawn camping=Sitting near a team's spawn site waiting to kill them when they respawn after their flag is captured. | |
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| − | + | Spawn killing=Killing someone as soon as they spawn. | |
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| − | + | Tele=Teleporter | |
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| − | + | Theirs=Attack the other team's flag, or used to signify the other team's base. | |
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| − | + | Twr=Tower, as in "ST on the right GM Twr" | |
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| − | + | Ours=Protect your team flag, or used to signify your team's base. | |
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| − | + | Watch!=Watch out! or Guard! (eg: Watch ours!) | |
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| − | + | Win=Kill everyone on the map. At the same time. | |
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= See Also = | = See Also = | ||
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* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang Common Internet Slang] | * [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang Common Internet Slang] | ||
[[Category:Gameplay]] | [[Category:Gameplay]] | ||
