Gamer language

The gamer language supplements the usual vocabulary of internet jargon with expressions specific to computer games and has been a term in German linguistics since 2013 . The gamer language has developed primarily through communication in online games and is characterized by Anglicisms .

Function, unique linguistic features and application

Many online games offer chat functions to communicate with other players. Since concentration and control of the game have to be relinquished in the short term in text-based communication, a number of abbreviations have emerged over time that are generally understood and used by experienced players. It is also helpful in voice chats to be able to communicate quickly with team members, for which a special vocabulary is required. From game to game there are different words and abbreviations that refer specifically to the game in question, but there are also many general expressions.
It should also be noted that the upper and lower case of the abbreviations listed here are irrelevant in almost all cases. Since most abbreviations come from the English language and are often communicated with people from different countries in online games, it makes sense to write everything in lower case. It also takes less time, making it more practical. Using upper and lower case in the chat of a game - if it is a German player community - may U. appear alienating and / or hyped on fellow players. Grammar and spelling are not always important.
Should you encounter unknown abbreviations, it is worth either asking in the chat or searching for them via Google or looking directly in the Urban Dictionary . It lists the latest buzzwords in the English language and internet slang.

Terms and abbreviations

0-9

-

Analogous to + means - the exact opposite. So it expresses aversion or is used as a negation. Generally rarely used.

+

Can be agreement or affirmation of a previously made opinion or question.

Example: Person A : "I don't like cheese." Person B : "+"
Example: Person A : "Have you already eaten today?" Person B : "+"

Example 1 shows how + is used to agree or confirm a statement. Example 2 shows how + is used as an affirmation. Example 2 is more common. In general, however, everyone knows what is meant when it comes to the use of the + as in Example 1.

+ n

(n = any number) Specification of the number of players still required to start a game.

Example: "+1" describes that another player has to join before the game can begin.

Explicitly, however, “+1” can also stand for approval, in the sense of “another person with the same opinion”.

Example: Person A : "I love pizza." Person B : "+1"

n vs. n - n v n - n on n: (n = any number) Ratio of the number of players from two opposing teams.; Example: 1v1 stands for 1 versus 1, i.e. one against one. In first-person shooters, the term is usually understood as a request for a fight in which only two players take part.

A.

Dusting: A dust extractor kills an opponent who has previously been weakened by a fight with another player and has not yet had time to recover.
Ace: When a player eliminates all players on the opposing team, this is known as an ace.
add: (from English to add "to add") Sometimes used to ask someone to add them as a friend ("to add someone").
adds: (from English to add “to add” or additional “to add”) Is used when, for example, additional computer-controlled characters are added to the game. In role-playing games, it also refers to situations in which additional groups of opponents unintentionally intervene in the fighting or rioters in general (opposite: boss ). Can also be used as a monosyllabic warning call.
adl - goadl: (English abbreviation of after download “after downloading” or go after download “start after downloading”) An online strategy game (for example StarCraft ) can only begin when all players have saved the map on their computer. If the players do not already have it, this will be downloaded from the host . If the host now writes "goadl", this means that the game will start immediately after all the maps have been downloaded.
aggro: (of "aggressiveness") A mostly in MMORPGs used variable that indicates how NPCs classify the threat by attacking players. Tanks try to use attacks and skills to keep the value assigned to them higher than that of the rest of the group ("aggro to pull / pull ") so that they can attack undisturbed.
aimbot: (from English to aim "aim" and bot ) Describes a cheat program that automatically targets shooters so that they cannot be missed. In most cases, the Aimbot is programmed to aim at the head, i.e. it automatically distributes headshots .
All-in: In real-time strategy games, refers to an attack that leaves its own base completely unguarded and usually also collapses the economy. The aim of the attack is to wipe out the enemy by pooling all forces in order to win the game. If such an attack fails, in most cases it means the attacker's defeat.
The term has its origins in poker , with an all-in a player wagers all of his remaining playing capital. If his hand then loses, he is eliminated from the game entirely.
ally: (from English ally "ally") The ally can, for example, be a player or, in real-time strategy games, often a faction. Occasionally an allied clan is also called that.
AoE - AE: (English abbreviation of area of effect “effect / effect area”) in role-playing games and real-time strategy games denotes attacks or spells with area effects or their area of effect. See also splash damage . AoE can also, depending on the context, stand for the real-time strategy game Age of Empires .
apm: (English abbreviation of actions per minute "actions per minute") Describes the game speed of the player by measuring his (meaningful) actions (clicks, keystrokes etc.) per minute, mostly with special programs. These are mainly used in real-time strategy games such as StarCraft and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos .
atten: (from English to attack “to attack”) Synonym for “to attack”.

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b: A simple "b" written in chat is often used in strategy games such as Warcraft . The "b" stands for back .; The player wants to signal to his teammates that he should withdraw with his units, for example from a fight with one or the opposing team, otherwise his units will be lost, which would result in a possible defeat.; Also in games like Counter-Strike , the term is used by both A and B to signal which bomb location the bomb is / is being placed.
Backseat gaming: (from English backseat "back seat") Describes the unsolicited expression of your own opinion on how best to play a video game. Within the gaming community, it is a frowned upon trait that is often labeled as a know-it-all.
bg: Short form of bad game (English "bad game") or as an abbreviation for "see you soon". In World of Warcraft PvP this abbreviation is also Battlefields (English battleground used).
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C.

camper: Disparaging for players who wait almost motionless and for a long time in certain places for potential victims, often hidden behind obstacles. They are viewed as inhibiting the flow of the game and are frowned upon, as the long game of hide and seek is unnecessarily drawn out. This type of play is particularly undesirable in first-person shooters, as there are long, difficult-to-see corridors in many levels that can easily be dominated by a camper. Sometimes camping is excused with the term tactical waiting .
Capture and Hold: Game mode in which player teams fight to occupy the opposing base without being occupied themselves.
Capture the flag: Game mode in which teams of players fight each other to steal your flag and transport it to your own base.
carebear: (English for Glücksbärchi ) to a pejorative for a player who prefers against computer-controlled opponents than against human plays, on the other hand, a player who cares about other players (eg. because these are inexperienced) but it even less or not active play along .
Carry: (English to carry "to carry") Player character who has to be "carried" by the team at the beginning of a round in mostly DotA-like games ( MOBA games) in order to achieve its full potential in the course of the game. As soon as it is equipped with the appropriate core build , the carry can ideally keep the opposing team at bay alone and “carry” its team until victory. Also used in first-person shooters when one person “carries” an entire team to victory.
char: Abbreviation for character or character, is meant the player character .
chatkill - typekill: Name for a question in which the victim was busy composing a chat message and was therefore unable to act. In some games, for example, the writing of in-game messages is indicated with small speech bubbles, so that it can be seen immediately that the target is currently not a threat.
cheater

D.

Damagedealer - dd: (English damage "damage" and in the card game dealer "giver", analogously for "damage distributor") Describes chars that are primarily focused on causing the highest possible damage . Extreme damage dealers , who could only survive a few hits, rely on the help of tanks .
Deathmatch - DM: (English death "death" and match "game round") A game mode in first-person shooters in which players are revived immediately after their death and do not have to wait for the end of a round to be able to participate in the game again. See also: Team Deathmatch
debuff: A term used in role-playing games to describe a temporary decrease in a character's trait values. A debuff arises from the use of items or the casting of spells by opposing players or non-player characters on the player. See also: Buff
Default Win - defwin - default: (English to default “not compete” and win “victory”) A term from e-sports and describes the victory of a clan that came about without the actual fight and as a result ended up being X: 0 (where x is a placeholder for the actually to be played Rounding is).
deffen - Deffer: (from English to defend "to defend") This term covers numerous different types of defending in games. In turn-based and real-time strategy games , this is the name given to the practice of investing your expenses primarily in systems and units for defense. In three-dimensional worlds, as they occur in first and third person shooters and role-playing games , one refers to the active defense of a certain virtual area or object.; Deffer refers to a player who specializes in defensive skills or abilities . In raids , these players are important because they “hide” the damage of the strong monster while others attack safely. This usually requires a certain item or uses certain skills that ensure that the monsters attack the one who is a Deffer, because in many games monsters that are aggro attack the one who does the most damage. In some games, they attack the first one who attacks them. In (ego) shooters this usually means that the Deffer forms a last row before the enemy conquers the base or (for example in Crossfire, Escape Mode) takes the emergency exit and thus wins the round .; "Deff" in particular is also used for cover in first-person shooters, usually with the intention that a teammate will seek it out.
deleted: (English for "deleted") This is to be equated with the word rect , because it says that a player had to take a lot of damage in a very short time and in the end died from it.
disconnect - disco - dc / DC: (English for “disconnect” or “disconnect”) Describes the unintentional disconnection of the network connection, for example due to a transmission error in the network protocol ( packet loss ) or the manual accidental or deliberate disconnection.; The deliberate disconnection of the network connection is referred to as ragequit (from rage “anger” and quit “to leave”) and is mainly used to avoid imminent defeat. To prevent this behavior, the "rage quince" is punished with deduction of points in many games.
ditched: (from English castle ditch "moat") Means that someone no longer has a chance of victory and is only trying to delay defeat by entrenching. Generally regarded as a lame (spoiler).
dive: (English to dive to German "eintauchen") This is a process that is only possible in games similar to dotA. Here you try to kill your opponent, who seeks protection under facilities or structures, such as a tower, despite his supposed defensive position. Usually you only initiate such a command if you are sure that this action will be successful.
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Early - early game: (English for "initial game phase") Describes, especially in real-time strategy games, the initial game phase directly after the start of the game, in which the players can build up and expand their bases and raw material production and create simple units. This phase of the game has a decisive influence on the later competitiveness of a player, accordingly many game strategies focus on it. The subsequent game phase is called the mid or mid game .
Economy - Eco: (English for "economy") describes in real-time strategy games the extraction of resources, which forms the basis for the construction of buildings or units. Depending on the game, resources are represented by minerals, gas or ores, which usually have to be mined by unarmed workers. Resource deposits are also exhausted, so that the player has to look for more deposits on the map during the course of the game and if necessary build new bases ("exen"). If a player's economy is damaged (for example through the loss of workers or buildings needed to reduce resources), his ability to produce new units and buildings is restricted.
Economy Round - Eco Round - Eco: (English for "economic round") Is a tactical element, for example a game round, in which savings are made in order to procure more expensive equipment in the next round. In games in which weapons, equipment, etc. can be bought at the beginning of each round, this is often used when there is little money available or in order to be able to collectively buy much better weapons and items in the next game round. This is especially important when items can be stolen from the opposing team; you either equip the whole team well or nobody - in the latter case there isn't much for your opponent to steal. In addition, this also prevents the case that only part of the team can equip in the next round, which increases the chances of victory.
Final boss - boss: A final boss is a particularly strong and resilient opponent that the player has to defeat at the end of a game segment.; Mainly in World of Warcraft also (Boss) Encounter (English encounter "encounter / battle").
ep - exp - xp: (English abbreviation of experience or experience points for "experience" or "experience points") Mainly in role-playing games to more clearly delimit the current development of the character between individual levels of experience. See also: leveling
Equip, EQ: (English abbreviation for equipment "equipment") Describes the entire equipment of a player, for example weapons, ammunition, armor, magical objects or other combat-relevant objects ("items").
exe - exen: (English abbreviation expansion "Expansion") Is mainly used in real-time strategy games and describes the securing of additional resources through secondary bases or outposts in order to gain an economic advantage in the long term. If this happens very early after the start of the game, it is called a fast expansion (especially in StarCraft II ). The most quickly accessible and logical first extension point is called a natural .
extend: (English for "expand") Increasing the time limit of a level in order to be able to play it even longer.
EZ: EZ or izi are abbreviations of the English word easy , in German "simple". EZ is often used in game chat to express how easy it was to defeat opponents. Therefore, EZ can also be seen as an insult. EZ is also used in usernames because it is meant to mean that the game is easy to find.

F.

facial: (English for "in the face") Synonym for an accurate headshot, so a particularly good hit. Even a humorous allusion to the porn industry in the common phrase .
farm: Farming, preferably in role-playing games, is the constant, routine and monotonous activity of collecting and searching for certain objects, money or experience .; In PvP games, this term also describes situations in which one player can defeat another without significant resistance.; In browser games, one speaks of farming when a player regularly attacks and robs another player over a long period of time.; The term comes from the agricultural sector in which the farmer “gathers and seeks” (his cultivation or his cattle). The term first appeared in its current meaning in newsgroups on rogue-likes , where it mainly referred to the permanent killing of reproducing monsters. See also gold farmers .
feed: (English from to feed “feed”) In strategy games, it refers to paying “tributes” to an allied player in order to give him the opportunity to quickly develop and build better technologies and units in order to gain an advantage over the opponent (see also pushing ).; Also called feeding is the bad game of team members, which favors the progress of the opposing team, for example unnecessary loss of units, which gives the opponents experience points and gold.
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G

Game Admin - GA | Game Master - GM: (English for "game administrator" | "game master") Designates an administrator in the game, also called op (operator).
gh: (English for good half "good half") Is often used in shooters, such as Counter-Strike, to praise or congratulate the other players or the opponents for the "good half" at halftime.
gg: (English abbreviation of good game “good game”) Represents praise or congratulations to the other players. Usually gg is written as a symbolic handshake at the end of an online match. The abbreviation gga means good game all and expressly includes the performance of the opposing player or team, especially in the event of a defeat. He thereby expresses the recognition of his defeat. First pronounced by the favorite before the end of the game, it often means an invitation to surrender and is thus understood as an insult.

H

harass - harass

I.

ig: (Engl. abbr. of in-game "in the game") stands among others for ignoring , dividing his teammates mostly with / ig with that one ignores him.
ign: (English abbreviation of ingame name "name in the game") Stands, as the meaning already reveals, for the username in the game itself.
imba: (English abbreviation of imbalanced "unbalanced / unbalanced") Stands for an unbalanced game. Either it means that the teams are very one-sided, or it means that the game was badly balanced by its developers, if, for example, in a strategy game one faction is significantly stronger than all other factions overall, it is considered imba .

J

Jitter: (English for "trembling") Describes a click technique in which the hand is cramped.

K

Kappa: This designation stands for an emoticon on the Twitch streaming platform and the pictorial or literal representation distinguishes the previous sentence as “sarcastic”. Accordingly, the abbreviation Kappa means not to take a saying too seriously.
KD: The KD, also called kills deaths, is in games such as "Call of Duty" the display for the number of kills and deaths or the ratio of kills and deaths. It is calculated by dividing the kills by the deaths: 10/5 = 2 . In the example, the cut would be 2 kills, 1 death. This display is often given as a percentage: 10/5 = 200% . However, this type of calculation fails due to the fact that you can complete a game without deaths, but x / 0 cannot be calculated.
kick: (English for “kick”) Expulsion from the server, mostly due to unfair play, insulting other players or similar violations; a virtual dismissal, so to speak .
kickban

L.

l2p: (English abbreviation of learn to play "learn to play") Describes a derogatory attitude towards the gaming behavior of the person written to.
laddern: (derived from English ladder "ranking list") Term for working up in a league.

M.

Macro management: “Management on a large scale”, mainly in strategy games . A player with good macromanagement knows how to keep an overview and control of their actions despite a large number of their own units, which can often be distributed over large parts of the playing field, to coordinate them optimally and above all not to manage resources to neglect. The counterpart to macromanagement is micromanagement .
Map: (English map "Landkarte") Describes a delimited part of the game world with all associated things (3D objects, textures, background noise, etc.). In principle, a map describes the same thing as a level , but shooters usually use the term "maps". See also: card (computer game)
Maphack: As Maphack programs are called, which are normally hidden map of a game (especially real-time strategy reveal). Since you get an unfair advantage by using them, they are classified as cheats .
knives: Sometimes sliced or wegmessern. Describes the turning off of a player (in a first person shooter ) with the help of a knife. This is perceived as a special achievement because the attacker is at the mercy of the opponent's firearm in a knife attack. Due to the popularity of the game Counter-Strike , in which every player receives a knife as standard equipment, the term is often used as a synonym for questioning with melee weapons.
Meta: An economic or military alliance between several alliances or clans . Mostly represented in online games in order to be able to assert oneself against dominant alliances or to form such.

Is also mostly understood in MOBAs as an abbreviation for Most effective tactic available, i.e. the best combination of characters and their skills as well as the style of play. Most of the time it is necessary to play the META, as this strategy dominates all others.
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N

n1: Abbreviation for nice one (English "beautiful thing"). Expression of admiration for the actions of fellow players.
Nader - Nadespammer: What is meant is a player who shoots or throws grenades around himself with grenades, Nades (abbreviated from English grenade "grenade").
Nap: In general, Nap is derived from Newbie and the backronym of “not a pro” or in first-person shooters also “not aiming person” or “no aim player”.; In browser games but common abbreviation for N maybe a ngriffs p act .
Natural - nat: The term comes in strategy games for use and titled the first secondary base that "of course" ( English natural built) at the nearest resource point. It is often used in combination with the abbreviation "exe" ( English expansion ). The term was coined by the games StarCraft and Warcraft .
Nerf: Attenuation of a certain skill or unit by the computer game developer in order to correct an existing imbalance and restore equal opportunities - the opposite of this is buff . The term probably goes back to the American brand name NERF , which is known for child-safe foam weapons and sports equipment.
Newbie: Term for a newcomer or an inexperienced player. In contrast to noob, is neutral or indicates that the player may be inexperienced, but at least shows a willingness to learn.
Ninja looter: A player who does not keep group or raid agreements when looting, but simply picks up the loot and then quickly disappears from the group. The addition “ninja” is intended to indicate a skill that is often attributed to them in stories and films: after the task has been completed, the ninja ignites a smoke bomb and disappears silently. Also as a verb "ninjalooten". See also: Looter
Noob: A derogatory term for a novice who is unwilling to learn or who is ignorant, but is also used as an insult to experienced players who display the behavior of a novice or simply make beginner mistakes. The term is not necessarily replaceable by newbie .
Nicer Dicer - ND: One of Minecraft - YouTubers coined term that is used in connection to a good successful game as a compliment to the players and opponents. It has its origin in the kitchen appliance of the same name, which is used to quickly dice various foods.
Noob tube: (English for "noob tube") denotes grenade launchers used in first- person shooters , which allow even inexperienced players to easily eliminate opponents. See also: tube and imba
no-scope: (English for "without telescopic sight / magnification") describes in first-person shooters shooting with a sniper rifle without activating the telescopic sight. Since in many games there are no crosshairs when the “scope” is not activated, hitting opponents is much more difficult. Often players only use a "no-scope" in dangerous situations, e.g. B. If a player with a sniper weapon gets into close combat and hardly has time to switch to his secondary weapon. Sometimes, however, players intentionally try to shoot without the telescopic sight in order to achieve a “trick shot” and to impress allies and opponents. See also: hard-scope and quick-scope
np: (English abbreviation of no problem "no problem") Is used in response to an apology.
NPC: (English abbreviation of Non Player Character "non-player figure") A game figure controlled by artificial intelligence that is supposed to increase the degree of immersion in the game. See also: bot and non-player character
ns: Abbreviation of nice shot! (English "nice / good shot!").; Also in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive “nice shot” is used as a voice line.
nt: Abbreviation of nice time! (English "nice time!") or nice try! (English "good attempt!").; Mainly used in the online racing game TrackMania , which is supposed to express admiration for an opponent for the time he has driven. It is only used for fellow players or opponents and not in relation to one's own performance.
nvm: (English abbreviation of never mind “half as wild”, also: “don't care”, “what the hell”) Can be used as an answer to another player's apology (synonym for np ). Or to dismiss what you have said yourself as unimportant, e.g. B. due to a misunderstanding. Example: "Oh, I thought tomorrow would be Sunday, nvm." In this context it has been used as a synonym for "doesn't matter".

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panic knife: (English for "panic knife") In first-person shooters (especially Call of Duty ), this describes a reflex reaction to an opponent in close combat, in which a player does not shoot but stabs with the knife.
panic shots: (English for "panic shots") Are usually quickly fired shots, which are fired reflexively without precise aiming in the direction of an opponent.
packet loss: (English for "packet loss") Describes the incorrect transmission of data over a network. The short-term impaired synchronization with the game server has negative effects for the affected player, especially in fast games such as first-person shooters. See also: packet loss
pay-to-win - ptw - p2w: (English pay to win "pay in order to win") Describes derogatory games that, for a fee, provide elements that are otherwise unusable or difficult to obtain and offer a clear advantage over f2p players. The term is based on free-to-play and is often, but not exclusively, used for free-to-play games with corresponding mechanisms.
pG - pro

Q

qs - quick-scope

R.

rage quit - rage plug

S.

S&D - S&Z: (Abbreviation from English Search and Destroy or Seek and Destroy and German Search and Destroy ) Game mode in which you have to destroy the enemy base or protect your own.
Salty: (English salty) Describes a player who z. B. is annoyed or angry through unfair gaming behavior of other players or through poor RNG from the game itself - or because he is simply salty.
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T

T4T: (English abbreviation of thanks for trade "Thank you for trading") Is mostly used in MMORPGs after a trade has been concluded.; (English abbreviation of Thanks for Train "Thanks for the training") Often used after a training / practice match. Sometimes also meant derogatory after a very easy win.
Tank - refuel: (English for " Panzer " or "Tank") A character in a role or MMORPG game who has an extremely large amount of armor, life or life regeneration and directs enemy damage so that the remaining players can attack undisturbed. This tactic is also known as refueling .
tb - teambash: Often used in first person shooters. Means that a player single-handedly "questions" the entire opposing team. Is perceived as an extraordinary achievement. Often referred to as "Ace" in role play.
TD - TDM: (English abbreviation of Team Deathmatch ) Game mode in first-person shooters in which cooperating teams compete against each other. See also: Deathmatch
Tea bag: This term is most commonly used in FPS games, when a player on the corpse of the completed player crouches over again and gets up to suggest a sexual act, like the dunking a tea bag (English teabag ).
Team bag: Similar to the T-bag, except that the quick crouch and stand up is performed on a dead teammate. This is mostly used to mock or laugh at, for example after an embarrassing death, and is very reluctant to see.
teaming: (English for "to form a team", also Germanized to team ) If several players do not attack each other in an ffa mode and thus form an unofficial and possibly also forbidden team. A team is usually superior to a single player. Players who "team" without permission are also referred to as teamers . Cross -teaming means teaming with a partner from a foreign team. If, for example, one player dies in two teams with two players each and the two survivors join together to form a new team, this is known as “cross-teaming”.
teamkill - teamattack: (English for “team attack”) An intentional or unintentional shooting down of one's own team member (often also abbreviated as “TK / TA”). In the case of noticeably frequent teamkills / attacks , the player is often frowned upon as a “team killer / attacker”. Some games punish the player by deducting points or allow the killed team partner to cause the "team killer" damage or other difficulties. Some game mechanics allow team kills to be deactivated or give the person concerned the option of forgiving the team killer .
teams: This exclamation is used during play when the teams are unbalanced (e.g. 7 against 4 players) and one team has an advantage as a result. This notice is intended to encourage players to even out the unfair team distribution.
Tech Tree - Tech tree: A classic term from computer strategy games and building simulations. In many of these games, basic skills can be expanded by building buildings or researching technologies. The technology tree gives an overview of the entire researchable technology and its bonuses, as well as the requirements for achieving it.
Telefrag: Portmanteau from " Teleportation " and " Frag ". Usually only one character can be in a certain place at the same time, the physical limits of the characters are determined by " hit boxes ". If these overlap, either intentionally or unintentionally, one (or both) characters will be killed. This can, for example, the spawn of a player pass / Respawn if there is already another player at the same position is random (this happened especially on small maps with many players very often when the spawn point will not leave fast enough). In all cases, however, the player who first stayed at a corresponding position is virtually killed.

Time-To-Kill (TTK): Average amount of time it takes to eliminate an enemy in a firefight.
Tower defense: (English for "tower defense") A type of RTS game where the aim is to use defensive systems (towers) to prevent units that keep walking a certain path from reaching their destination. Only a certain number of these "runners" are allowed to reach their goal per round. The player receives resources for building towers per round or for each unit killed. The level of difficulty increases with each new round (different, stronger or more units).
Towers: (from English tower " tower ") Describes the strategy in RTS games to use gun turrets offensively and in the vicinity of enemy bases, as these are usually superior to mobile units in attack and defense.
Towerrush: Towers at the beginning of a round with the aim of keeping the enemy in his base and thus denying access to further resources.
Toxic: (English for poisonous) Is used as a term for player communities which are interspersed with smurfs , flamers , hackers , kiddies and the like. In Counter-Strike - Community the joke of it has arisen weapon skins named "Toxic" with a nametag to: rename as these many compared to the past is considered unpleasant "CS GO Community".
TP: Abbreviation for Hit Points , Town Portal and Teleport; Hit points are usually referred to as HP (health points), while TP stands for Town Portal or Transport. They offer players or their units the possibility to travel directly back to the city or to a base. The application is often provided with a cooldown (cooldown time). TPs offer strong tactical advantages due to the reduced travel times.
trade: In dotA-like games, an expression for equal damage exchange between two warring players. Seen in this way, neither of the two came out victorious in the fight, since in the best case both died at the same time, which would be a perfect trade .
Train: Used in shooters as an abbreviation for "training".; In role-playing games it is usually written in capital letters and with lots of exclamation marks (“TRAIN!”) As a warning that a move is made by a large number of opponents. Inexperienced players often take on opponents who are too strong and therefore flee in a panic. Opponents can then pursue this player for a long time and on his escape route other players can easily be overwhelmed by the enemy crowd.
Trial - Trial Member: (English Trial "Trial") Describes players who, after being accepted into a clan or a guild, must first prove their human and playful worth. Before the clan or guild management makes a final judgment about the admission or rejection of a trial player, a period of a few weeks is usually set in which the new member can prove himself. Only after the end of this period will a decision on the player's whereabouts be made in consultation with the previous permanent members.
Tryhard: Insult to players who take the game very seriously and do everything possible to win the game. For example, campers can be referred to as Tryhards.
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V

votekick - voteban

W.

Wallfrag - Wallkill - Wallbang: (English wall "wall") Describes the successful attempt in a first person shooter to kill an opponent through the wall without seeing him, but only guessing or hearing.
Wallhack: (English wall "wall") Describes a cheat that allows the player to see or shoot through walls.
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Z

zerzieren: A derogatory word about an attack, usually by several superior opponents, on a teammate without a chance or overrun of a heavy opponent with a superior force of bad or mediocre units. This approach is particularly reluctant to see in real-time strategy games, because the artificial intelligence of the opponent is usually bypassed or blocked.; The term "Zerg" comes from the strategy game StarCraft , in which the extraterrestrial Zergrasse has many cheap, quick-to-produce units at their disposal, which is why they usually attack with a large number of units. The possibility of "dismantling" is not necessarily due to a lack of balance in the game mechanics.
gamble: Colloquial term for "to play". The associated noun Agentis is "Zocker". It is a term used for both gamblers and computer gamers who play a game intensely.

Web links

Understanding video games . game-research.com

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Halter: I'll be afklo then . In: Badische Zeitung , August 24, 2013. (Behind a paywall .)

↑ Urban Dictionary ( English ) Urban Dictionary. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

↑ Wladislav Sidorov: CS: GO - The Ace of the Year has just happened. Playnation.de, September 20, 2015, accessed on August 3, 2018 .

↑ Online language: Backseat Gaming. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .

^ Langenscheidt's large school dictionary English-German. Revised 1988, 5th edition. Langenscheidt, Berlin / Munich 1992, ISBN 3-468-07122-1 , p. 894.

↑ Art with the Doom Engine . Mirror online

↑ Time play . Mirror online

↑ Jargon file entry about Glitch ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)

^ Martin Maciej: kys: Meaning of the abbreviation in chat and LoL. Giga.de , September 5, 2017, accessed September 4, 2018 .

↑ Leeroy Jenkins , knowyourmeme.com

↑ free2play-games.de ( memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Detailed explanation of MOBA terms

↑ What actually is Pay2Win ( memento of the original from June 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Rage Quit on urbandictionary.com (English)
↑ Rage quit on wikibin.org (English)
↑ Abbreviations and slang in the lexicon on GWCom
↑ Urban Dictionary: TTK. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .

[Martin_Halter-1] Martin Halter: I'll be afklo then . In: Badische Zeitung , August 24, 2013. (Behind a paywall .)

[2] Urban Dictionary ( English ) Urban Dictionary. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

[3] Wladislav Sidorov: CS: GO - The Ace of the Year has just happened. Playnation.de, September 20, 2015, accessed on August 3, 2018 .

[4] Online language: Backseat Gaming. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .

[Langenscheidt_e-d-5] Langenscheidt's large school dictionary English-German. Revised 1988, 5th edition. Langenscheidt, Berlin / Munich 1992, ISBN 3-468-07122-1 , p. 894.

[spiegel_1-6] Art with the Doom Engine . Mirror online

[spiegel_2-7] Time play . Mirror online

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