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| Fenris' Lair - Gaming Abbrevations |
| Newcomers to the
MMORPG scene can often sit at their computers totally baffled
by what they are reading on screen. The conversations people
around them are having, just make no sense at all.
Gamers create their own abbreviations to help save time when typing, more games mean more abbreviations, and the whole thing can get very confusing. Here is a list of general gaming abbreviations to try and help you figure things out. |
| Abbreviation | Description |
| AC | Asheron's Call |
| AFAIK | As far as I know |
| AFK | Away from keyboard |
| Aggro | To gain aggro means get the monsters attention, and damage is all aimed at you |
| Alt | Alternate character |
| AO | Anarchy Online - A popular Sci-fi themed MMORPG |
| AoE | Area of Effect - A type of attack that damages multiple monsters at once (i.e. Fireball) |
| ASL | Age, Sex, Location |
| BBL | Be back later |
| BF | Boyfriend |
| Bio Break | Bathroom break |
| BRB | Be right back |
| BRT | Be right there |
| BTW | By the way |
| Buff | A spell or power in one form or another that increases the abilities of a character |
| Carebear | Derogatory term for people who don't like PvP |
| CC | Crowd control (immobilizing, holding, sleeping extra enemies) |
| CoH | City of Heroes - A Hero themed MMORPG |
| CoV | City of Villains - A Villain themed MMORPG |
| CTD | Crash to Desktop |
| DAoC | Dark Age of Camelot - A medieval themed MMORPG |
| Debuff | A spell or power in one form or another that decreases the abilities of an opponent |
| Ding | (Mostly from EQ players) Indicates that a character has leveled |
| DoT | Damage over Time - A type of attack that damages an opponent constantly over a period of time |
| DPS | Damage per second |
| EQ | EverQuest - A typical Dungeons & Dragons type MMORPG |
| Exp or Xp | Experience |
| FFS | For f**k’s sake (not all gamers are polite) |
| Flame | To insult or ridicule someone in a harsh manner |
| Fotm | Flavour of the month (a popular character build) |
| FPS | First Person Shooter |
| G2G or GTG | Good to go |
| GDC | Game Developers Conference |
| GF | Girlfriend |
| Grats or Gratz | Congratulations (usually on leveling) |
| Griefer | A player who seems to derive enjoyment from lowering the enjoyment of others |
| GTT | Going to train - Going to level your character up |
| H8 | Hate |
| Hold aggro | Keeping the focus of an opponent on yourself and away from your teammates |
| HUD | Heads up display |
| IDK | I don’t know |
| IIRC | If I recall correctly |
| IMHO | In my humble (or honest) opinion |
| IMO | In my opinion |
| Inc | Incoming monsters |
| INV | A request, meaning, “Please invite me to join your team” |
| IYKWIM | If you know what I mean |
| JOO | Pronounced “Jew”, but not meant as a racial slur or derogatory comment; commonly used in place of “you.” |
| Kill Steal | To defeat an opponent that was engaged by another player, without first obtaining that player’s permission |
| Kite | To run around holding the attention of a mob by staying out of melee range and using ranged attacks |
| KK | Ok or Okie Dokie |
| L33T | The common term for the abbreviation and butchering of the English language by a number of on-line gamers (who knows why). l33t uses many numbers and symbols in it and commonly replaces the letter s with the letter z |
| LFT or LFG | Looking for team (group) |
| LMAO | Laughing my ass off. |
| LOL | Laughing out loud |
| Loot | In game items that are considered nice |
| LVL | Level |
| Main | A player's primary character; that is, the character the player plays most of the time. Almost always the highest level character on an account |
| MMORPG | Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game |
| Mob | An in game, computer controlled character, short for "mobile object". Usualy a monster |
| MOTD | Message of the Day |
| N00B | A derogatory term for a player new to a game |
| Ne1 | Anyone |
| Newbie or Newb | Someone new to the game |
| NFI | No f**king idea |
| NP | No problem |
| NPC | Non Player Character - An in game, computer controlled character, usualy a helpful character |
| Nuke | Damage ability or powerful main attack |
| OMG | Oh my god |
| OMW | On my way |
| OOE | Out of Endurance |
| OP | Original Poster, a term used in forums. |
| Own | To lay waste to an enemy or having your butt kicked |
| PBAoE | Point blank area of effect |
| PC | Player Character or Personal Computer |
| Perma | Permanent |
| PK | Player Killer |
| PL | Power Level. To level as quickly as possible, with outside assistance |
| PLZ | Please |
| PPL | People |
| PuG | Pick up Group (A group of strangers that get thrown together to complete a mission or quest). |
| Pull | To hit a specific opponent, in order to begin combat with either just it, or it and a group of opponents near it |
| PvE | Player versus Environment (Computer controlled opponents) |
| PvP | Player versus Player |
| QTF | Quoted for truth. |
| Rez | To resurrect or revive a player |
| RL | Real life, as in, the life you live in the real world |
| ROFL | Rolling on the floor laughing |
| ROFLMAO | Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off |
| RPG | Role Playing Game |
| SWG | Star Wars Galaxies - You don't even need to ask about this one. |
| UO | Ultima Online - the first MMORPG. |
| WoW | World of Warcraft |
| WTF | What the f***. |
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