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Jargon
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This page hopes to clarify some common jargon, acronyms and slang used by many players in game. They can be useful to know, especially in team situations, as other players will assume that you know what they are talking about.
Many players use map "landmarks," like "mid tower" or "@ R jump," to signify places on the map, so it's a good idea to learn your maps as well as the jargon.
Acronyms
CTF | Capture the Flag |
FFA | Free For All |
RH | Rabbit Hunt |
KOTH | King of the Hill |
R | (Team's) Right |
L | (Team's) Left |
RF | Red flag |
GF | Green flag |
BF | Blue flag |
PF | Purple flag |
HF | Have fun |
GJ | Good Job. Often said to the team when a teammate has just captured the opposing team's flag |
GL | Good Luck |
GS | Good shot. Generally used when a particularly difficult shot kills you |
GG | Good game |
G1 | Good One (shot) |
NP | No Problem - mostly used as a response if you're teamkilled |
NS | Nice Shot |
N1 | Nice One (shot) |
SRY | Sorry |
THX | Thank You |
TK | Team Kill, to kill one's own team. |
TY | Thank You |
WTF? | Something's not quite right..... (Vulgar) |
WTH? | Similar to WTF - cleaner version |
Jargon
Base | Usually referring to your own base. (eg: ST base! "There's someone with stealth in/at/near our base") |
Bots | Non-human-player tanks. |
Camping | Staying in one place with the same flag for a long time. If you do this you are a camper. |
Capping | Capturing the other teams flag, verb to cap. |
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. |
Flag Shopping | Rapidly picking up and dropping flags, in order to find a particularly powerful or useful one. Also known as flag farming. |
Geno | Genocide Flag, usually when seen it chat by itself it warns that an opposing team player has the flag so be careful. |
In | Inside the base (if applicable) |
Jump/Jumper/Launcher | Either a world object that launches a tank in the air, or a tank that has used said world object. |
Lang | Language, Watch your language. (Please don't respond with the language you speak.) |
Laser Spamming | Uselessly, blindly, rapidly shooting with the laser flag, often resulting in team kills. |
N, S, E, W | North, South, East, West. Compass points relative to the map. (eg: "Where the rabbit?" "N inside hut" or "SE corner") |
Out | Directly outside the base (if applicable) |
Mid | Middle of the map |
Pass | Send the flag to the middle, or to a safe zone. See this article. |
Pyr | Pyramid |
Spamming | Filling the chat box with meaningless text. |
Spawn camping | Sitting near a team's spawn site waiting to kill them when they respawn after their flag is captured. |
Spawn killing | Killing someone as soon as they spawn. |
Tele | Teleporter |
Theirs | Attack the other team's flag, or used to signify the other team's base. |
Ours | Protect your team flag, or used to signify your team's base. |
Watch! | Watch out! or Guard! (eg: Watch ours!) |