Noobers Guide to CoH Abbreviation and Jargon

[TyrantMikey]

This post started elsewhere (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=300311&page=0&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1&vc=1), and the content was too good to leave unorganized. So I gathered it, sorted it, and am presenting it here for your enjoyment. (This is all your work, anyway!)

My intention is to keep this first post sorted as you guys submit more stuff. I apologize for starting a seemingly duplicate thread, but it seemed the best way to keep the sorted list at the top.

Enjoy!

<ul type="square"> &lt;3 – Represents a heart; love
2 – To
4 – For
5th – 5th Column
AFAIK – As far as I know
AFK – Away from keyboard
Aggro – Aggressive or aggression
Alt – Alternate character
AO - Anarchy Online, a MMORPG
AoE – Area of Effect
AP – Atlas Park
Aqua – Awaken inspirations
Assist – To attack the target of a specific teammate.
BBL – Be back later
BF - Boyfriend
Bio Break – Bathroom break
Blue - An NPC lower in level than you; rarely, refers to a Catch a Breath inspiration.
Boom – Boomtown
BOOM! – Baumtown
BRB – Be right back
Brick – Brickstown
BRT – Be right there
BTW – By the way
Buff – a power, inspiration, or enhancement that increases the abilities of a hero
Burn – To dump a lot of damage into an opponent in order to defeat it quickly
Cab – Catch a Breath inspiration
CC – Crowd control (immobilizing, holding, sleeping extra enemies)
CF - Crey's Folly
Clock – Clockwork
CoH – City of Heroes
Con – To consider
Cons – To consider
CoT – Circle of Thorns
CoV – City of Villains
Crey/Creys/Folly – Crey’s Folly
Criminal – Generic term for NPCs that appear on the streats and in early missions that are members of a particular gang.
DA – Dark Astoria
DAoC - Dark Age of Camelot, a MMORPG
Debuff – A power, inspiration, or enhancement that decreases the abilities of an opponent.
Dev/DE – Devouring Earth
Ding – (Mostly from EQ players) Indicates that a character has leveled
Disc – A request, meaning, “Was disconnected, please invite to team again”
DO – Dual origin enhancement
Door – Mission or waypoint
DoT – Damage over time
DPS – Damage per second; may refer to players with that as their primary ability (blasters, scrappers)
End – Endurance
End Break - A call for a period of rest to regain endurance
EQ – EverQuest, a MMORPG
Exp – Experience
Fault – Faultline
FF – Founder’s Fall
FFS – For f**k’s sake
Flame – To insult someone in a harsh manner
Freak(s) – Freakshow
G2G – Good to go
Ganger – See Criminal.
Gangster – See Criminal.
Gather – A command from a PC indicating that teammates should gather near to receive a buff (healing, accuracy, defense, etc.)
GC – Galaxy City
GF – Girlfriend
GM – Game Master
Grats – Congratulations (usually on leveling)
Gratz – Congratulations (usually on leveling)
Green – An NPC reasonably lower in level than you; rarely, refers to a Respite inspiration
Griefer – A player who seems to derive enjoyment from lowering the enjoyment of others.
GTG – Good to go
GTT – Going to Trainer
H8 – Hate
H9 – Uncommon; used to represent a stronger form of hatred than that represented by h8.
HDMALITD – How does my a$$ look in this dress?
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
Illinois Nazis – 5th Column
IMHO – In my humble opinion
IMO – In my opinion
Inc! – Incoming monsters
Insp – Inspiration
INV – A request, meaning, “Please invite me to join your team”
IP – Independence Port
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
IYKWIMAITYD - If you know what I mean, and I think you do
J00 – 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
KR – King’s Row
L33T – The common term for the abbreviation and butchering of the English language by a vast majority of on-line gamers. l33t uses many numbers and symbols in it and commonly replaces the letter s with the letter z.
Lewtz – Loot or in game items that are considered nice.
LFT – Looking for team
LIFC – Like I f**king care
Lock – Any action that prevents an NPC from being able to do anything, including attack.
Lock Down – See Lock.
LOL – Laughing out loud
Lt – Lieutenant
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.
Mish – Mission
MMORPG – Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game)
Mob – An NPC, short for “mobile object”
N00B – Someone who is annoying, stupid, or refuses to learn
Newb – Same as n00b
Newbie – Someone new to the game
NFI – No f**king idea
NP – No problem
NPC – Nonplayer character
Nuke – Damage ability
OMG - Oh my god
OMW – On my way
OOE – Out of Endurance
OOR - Out of Range
OTW - On the way
Own – To lay waste to an enemy or having your butt kicked.
PBAE – Point blank area effect
PBAoE – Point blank area of effect
PC – Player character
Ph4t – phat, a commonly used term in hip-hop meaning nice.
Phuque – Sexual intercourse
PK – Player killer
PL – Power Level. To level as quickly as possible, with outside assistance.
Plz – Please
PP – Perez Park; also, Power Pool
PPL – People
Pull – To hit a specific opponent, in order to begin combat with either just it, or it and a group of opponents near it.
Purps – Luck inspirations
PvE – Player versus environment (NPC)
PvP – Player versus player
Pwn – To own strongly (see own)
RAWR – Look at me/us kick a$$
Red - An NPC higher than you; more rarely, used to refer to an enrage inspiration.
Resp – Respite inspiration
Rez – To resurrect or revive a player
rgr – Roger
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$$ off
ROFLMAOWCSFMN = rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off with coke spewing from my nose
ROFLMFAO = rolling on the floor laughing my f**king a$$ off
Root – To immobilize an opponent
RTFM - Read the f**king manual
RTM - Read the manual
Runner – An NPC that (for whatever reason) bolts from the group; runners tend to fetch help.
SC – Steel Canyon
SK – Sidekick
Sky – skyraiders
Sky – Skyway City
Snare – To lower the run speed of an opponent
SnD – Seek &amp; destroy; for those missions where the PC must find and defeat x of a specific type of NPC.
SO – Single origin enhancement
SoL – Sh*t out of luck
STFU – Shut the phuque up
SWG - Star Wars Galaxies, a MMORPG
Talos – Talos Island
Tank – To engage in hand-to-hand combat in a manner designed to keep the attention of the enemies on yourself, rather than on weaker teammates.
Taxi – A request, meaning “I need a teleport to your location”
THX – Thanks
TI – Talos Island
Toon – PC character
TP – Teleport
Train – A group of NPCs in pursuit of a single PC.
Tram – The tram/railway/line station
TV – Terra Volta
Twink – An alternate character, particularly one given assistance from a higher level friend.
TXS – Thanks
TY – Thank you
UO - Ultima Online, a MMORPG
Vahz – Vahzilok
w00t – Cool
woot – Cool
WTF – What the f**k?
WTG – Way to go!
XP – Experience
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
Yellows – Insight inspirations
Zone – A specific area within the game
Zone line – Area where you exit the current part of town to enter another
Zone! – Yelling this during combat means to flee to the nearest zone line or, in the case of indoor missions, to run out the door.
Zoning – The process of moving from one zone to another[/list]

[Ex_Libris]

Here are three others:
otw - on the way
omg - oh my God
oor - Out of range (used if trying to heal someone, and they are out of range :))

Just saw another one:
wth - what the hell?

[TyrantMikey]

Added! :)

Thanks!!

[WingedKagouti_NA]

Red, Blue and Green can also refer to the con of an encountered mob, infact I've never encountered anyone using it to talk about inspirations.

PP is also used when talking about power pools, this is rare however.

Main, the character most commonly played by a player. Almost always the highest level character on an account but some people max a character and then stow them away to play another aka Switching Main.

BF - boyfriend.

CF is another name for Crey's Folly.

[Ex_Libris]

Great job, I was about to do this myself but was too tired last night so was going to do it today or tomorrow.

Now it is something I don't have too :)

Ahhh the joys of being lazy :)

[Ex_Libris]

I notice you have EQ

What about
AO: Anarchy Online
UO: Ultima Online
DAoC: Dark Ages of Camelot

Those are just the ones I hear most in gameplay, I know there's a lot more.

[Ex_Libris]

RTFM - Read The Fekking Manual

[TyrantMikey]

All the above changes have been made. :)

Keep 'em coming!!

[TyrantMikey]

/shameless_bump

[Jasra]

g2g and gtg are sometimes used as "Got to go", ie "I have to log"

[Amber_Darksun]

I don't know how common it is, but a few of us (especially those who used to/currently play Champions as well), tend to refer to Tanks as "Bricks". You may want to throw that it, also.

[Ex_Libris]

- greys, greens, blues, whites, yellows, oranges, reds and purples.. collective names for mobs that con in that particular color.

ie. "let's go hunt some reds, these yellows arent good enough xp"

- PP = can be either Prometheus Park or Perez Park (usually the latter)

- Mez ( mesmerizing ) using a power that stops the enemies in place but they are freed as soon as they are hit by an attack

- Stun, immobilizes enemies, they stay immobile even while being beaten up.

- Root, immobilizes enemies but they are able to fight back

- Snare, reduces enemy movement but doesn't root, otherwise the same.

[Ex_Libris]

Here's my thing, what the hell is the different between PBAE and PBAoE?

[Clicky]

LD - Linkdead - abrupt/unexpected connection loss of a player causing them to become disconnected from the game and log out spontaneously. They usually come back in a few minutes unless it was the spouse pulling the plug and smashing the PC to bits.

[Clicky]

IRL - In Real Life *see RL*

[Clicky]

LFG - Looking for group - see LFT (LFG - mostly EQ players)

[Kerberos]

Why exactly are the 5th column known as Illinois Nazi's? I've NEVER seen that before ^_^!

[UncleChernobyl]

I was kind of hoping people would use D/O and S/O instead of 'DO and SO'

I never know if to read 'DO enhancers really work' as a question or a statement.

[DarkOtter]

KIT = Kill in transit

[Ex_Libris]

Perps = Perpetrators aka CoH villains aka bad-guys

[Ex_Libris]

[ QUOTE ]
- greys, greens, blues, whites, yellows, oranges, reds and purples.. collective names for mobs that con in that particular color.

ie. "let's go hunt some reds, these yellows arent good enough xp"



[/ QUOTE ]

Also there are the abreviations for the colors:

OJ = Orange
Purp / Grape = Purple


Blue

[Pitbull_1973]

[ QUOTE ]
Why exactly are the 5th column known as Illinois Nazi's? I've NEVER seen that before ^_^!

[/ QUOTE ]

Its a reference to the classic movie The Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi which is set in Illinois (because of the Chicago brand of blues music the band plays). In the movie they are stuck in traffic because a group of Nazis are demonstrating and holding up traffic. The classic line from the movie... "Illinois Nazis. I hate Illinois Nazis".

[Ex_Libris]

How about a definition for an "Add".

[Ex_Libris]

I hear a lot of people talking (mostly in context of PvP discussions) about nerfing or powers being nerfed. I get the impression that this means that they've been powered down somehow, maybe to try to even the playing field. I think it might be a good thing to add to this list.

[Pitbull_1973]

This thread should probably be "stickied" at the top to make it easy for people to find. Some really useful info in here that I think a lot of people could find quite handy.

Thanks for the list and I hope you guys keep it updated.

[Obstruction]

K10 = Defeat 10 mission

"I just got a K10 Vahz mission."

[The_Jester]

*bump*

[Ex_Libris]

enh/enhas - enhancements (one sec, doing enhas)
slowbie - someone who slows the group down because they don't have a spiffy transport power, yet.
KAPOW! - what to tell your group when you level (as opposed to 'ding!')

[Ex_Libris]

Can you grab some stuff from this FAQ:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Board=faq&amp;Number=301422&amp;fpart=1&amp; PHPSESSID=

Btw, "assist" has a more specific denotation: not just killing the same mob as someone else, but actually targeting your friend and firing. Technically, you don't even know who you are shooting.

This matters greatly. If the puller says "I'm pulling, please assist" and you think "Okay, I will shoot someone, too" that's a big problem.

[Ex_Libris]

How about AT= Arch Type

[Ex_Libris]

Dunno if these have been mentioned by let's not forget:

farm - High level char power leveling lower level char
invis - Invisible/Invisibility
AM - Accelerated Metabolism
pet - A player summoned entity
S&amp;D - Search &amp; Destroy
TP - Teleport / Toilet Paper
port - Teleport
SUBAR - Screwed Up Beyond All Recognition (politer version of another abbreviation)
GL HF - Good Luck Have Fun
BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
IGI - I'm Going In
yvwh - you're very welcome hun (used only by females/wannabe females)
SG - Super Group
Port B**ch - A group member that ferries the rest of the group using Recall Friend
SS - Super Speed
BBIAB - be back in a bit
LCTMS - lost connection to map server, a common game error
FYI - for your info
oic - oh, i see
PITA - Pain In The Poonanny
TMI - too much info
uber - powerful
enh - enhancements

[TyrantMikey]

I have recompiled the list and reposted it here (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Number=458648&amp;page=0&amp;view=collap sed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=7&amp;fpart=1). Please post further additions there.

Thanks!! :cool:

[Ex_Libris]

[ QUOTE ]
I hear a lot of people talking (mostly in context of PvP discussions) about nerfing or powers being nerfed. I get the impression that this means that they've been powered down somehow, maybe to try to even the playing field. I think it might be a good thing to add to this list.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes, nerfing is the process of taking a formally overpowered (or easily explotible) part of the game and weakening so much that it becomes almost useless (or at least, useless in the eyes of the people who used to use it).

[Danya_NA]

[ QUOTE ]
Here's my thing, what the hell is the different between PBAE and PBAoE?

[/ QUOTE ]
Nothing.

Dark_shield, your new link appears to be dead.

One I use, this may just be me though:
GTAE - ground targetted area effect (i.e. one you click a location for on the ground and it stays around that area, rather than being targetted on a mob or player).

[DeMoN_X]

Don't forget:

AO = Anarchy Online
AC = Asheron's Call
AC2 = Asheron's Call 2
PvM = Player vs. Mobs (or monster)
Anchor = Mob that has an AoE debuff cast on it which is effecting other Mobs.
AM = Accelerated Metabolism

[SandTiger_NA]

Ok here are a few more I see used in groups or on the channels:

Huby - Husband
Wify - Wife
Char - Character
DL - Dead link
SS - Super Speed
SJ - Super Jump
CJ - Combat Jump
FF - Force Feild (FF defender looking for group)
Emp - Empathy
Rad - Radiation
Eng - Energey
Reg - Regeneration

[Ex_Libris]

[ QUOTE ]
How about a definition for an "Add".

[/ QUOTE ]

Add or adds or add(#) = when 1 or more mob(s) start attacking your group thus adding to the number of things that need to be killed, controlled, or taunted. Its a nice warning to alert everyone's attention to the new mobs rushing the team.


[ QUOTE ]
L33T – The common term for the abbreviation and butchering of the English language by a vast majority of on-line gamers. l33t uses many numbers and symbols in it and commonly replaces the letter s with the letter z.

[/ QUOTE ]


l33t = leet which = elite

the typing with numbers and symbols is hacker//script kiddie lingo which the exploiters and hackers in games are normally the elite that used it, and it came to be known as leet speach in mmogs. So watch out for those l334 DooD3z! Other then that everyone else just makes fun of it and has fun with the artistic value of typing it. Ownd - became pwnd due to fast typing and hitting the p on accident which became cool somehow. :p

[ QUOTE ]
RAWR – Look at me/us kick a$$

[/ QUOTE ]

RAWR - roar emote

KS = kill steal
KS'er = you when u kill steal!
leach = someone that hits your mobs just to get a few exp points then runs off to the next person to leach off of. Lesser form of KSing.

ofc = of Fing course
IW2FUlaa = I want to F you like an animal

then there is the rule of 8 - ate

h8 = hate
l8 = late
l8r = later
m8 = mate

~Xpuls3
emp/dark defender

[Ex_Libris]

Took me a while to get here &lt;walks in months later&gt;

But to have saved you a whole lot of time figuring out and posting the definitions. If people actually spoke what they meant without abbreviations, we'd not need to worry about it :)

Please excuse my belated pet peeve.

[Ex_Libris]

well u can type out all the full meanings of whatever u want but i like to use shorthand when i can.

[Erikb]

on some sites, a n00b and a newb(ie) are different

a newb or newbie is somone who is just new to the game

a n00b is a person who has been playing the game for quite a while, but is actling like a newb :p

[Ed_White]

"Illinois Nazis" is a reference to the Blues Brothers movie.

When I read that one, I was ROTFLMAO.

[FuzzyRawks]

Great list! Thanks

[AOL_Eats_Babies]

Can someone tell me what "FOTM" is. I have gathered its meaning but I dont know what it really abreviates.

Thanks

[theHasbeen]

[ QUOTE ]
Can someone tell me what "FOTM" is. I have gathered its meaning but I dont know what it really abreviates.

Thanks

[/ QUOTE ]

Flavor Of The Month

[Mechagumby]

Could somebody very specifically define "magnitude?" It seems to be something more complicated than "it's harder to use powers against higher-level mobs."

[Fred_Savage]

This is a good thread. A lot of good information in here. Thanks.

[Geoff_NA]

Magnitude or MAG -

The power of a hold or other control power.

A typical hold has magnitude 3 hold power, but you can sometimes get a critical hit of MAG 4. If you do, it will hold a boss with 1 hold. Bosses need a combined hold of 4 or more mag to be held, which is why 1 doesn't usually do it but two always do (if they both hit of course).

[Twinlights]

Dev or Devs: the COH develepers or development team
Bubble or bar: one unit on the experience meter

[corinna]

LFTF = Looking For Task Force
PST = Please Send Tell
RA=Recovery Aura
Hugs=Gather near caster for buffs

[Raiya]

We came up with a new one last night (new for our team that is)

TFY = Alternative to RDY (Ready) when typing really fast. Pronounced "Tiffy"

Now when our team asks if everyone's ready we respond with TFY.

[low_drag]

I usually see PP referring to Paragon Protectors (PP in there).

Con: v. Determine (consider) the game's reported difficulty of an enemy (Let me con those guys... looks like yellows).
n. The difficulty the game has reported for an enemy (group of blue cons over there)

pills: Inspirations (got any purple pills?)

AV: Arch Villian.

CF: Crey's Folley

PI: Peregrine Island

Portal: A passage that can be used by enemies or players that either summons more enemies, or allows players to pass to another zone or mission

Inf: Influence

Nuke: A type of attack that does devestating AoE damage, but drains the player of all endurance when used

KS: Killsteal

Spam: 1) to use a click power rapidly and continuously (spamming holds).
2) excessive chatter, especially on broadcast or request channels.

wipeout: When an entire team of players is defeated.

YW: You're Welcome

blapper: A blaster that spends more time than the average blaster within melee range of mobs.

troll: A poster or player who attempts to incite others into arguing about some subject.

troller: A controller

WoW: World of Warcraft

Log: logoff from the server (gotta log, see ya tomorrow)

And there's a zillion ones for powers, but that would almost need a seperate thread.

[SilverAgeFogey]

[ QUOTE ]
We came up with a new one last night (new for our team that is)

TFY = Alternative to RDY (Ready) when typing really fast. Pronounced "Tiffy"

Now when our team asks if everyone's ready we respond with TFY.

[/ QUOTE ]

Without trying to sound cocky... hitting the F7 key is even faster. :)

[MeKrong]

You forgot Blind Invite.

[Raiya]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
We came up with a new one last night (new for our team that is)

TFY = Alternative to RDY (Ready) when typing really fast. Pronounced "Tiffy"

Now when our team asks if everyone's ready we respond with TFY.

[/ QUOTE ]

Without trying to sound cocky... hitting the F7 key is even faster. :)

[/ QUOTE ]

True. It would be if everyone remembered all of the F-key settings.

[Chuckers]

What about the word "con" as in "a mob 'cons' blue to me"
I understand the reference, but what is 'con' short for? Or is it not an abbreviation at all?

[Screwloose]

Con is shortened from Consider, which was a term used in a lot of text muds for the process of working out how tough a mob was in relation to your character.

This often wasn't an automatic process, but a skill that you had to use on each mob and not always possessed by all character classes.

regards, Screwloose.
"I am not young enough to know everything."

[Chuckers]

[ QUOTE ]

Con is shortened from Consider, which was a term used in a lot of text muds for the process of working out how tough a mob was in relation to your character.

This often wasn't an automatic process, but a skill that you had to use on each mob and not always possessed by all character classes.

regards, Screwloose.
"I am not young enough to know everything."

[/ QUOTE ]

Thank you very much for that quick response. Not being a gamer, I would never have come up with that. The closest I got was Concept. But it didn't make much sense.

[Lucifyr]

Fantastic post.. thank you very much... now if someone could just tell me what "six slotting" a power means... I think I know... but I hate to assume

[Romani]

Oftentimes I see the phrase min/max, and to be honest with you, I still don't know what it means (specifically) or where it came from.

Perhaps that could be added?

[Screwloose]

six slotting means ... putting 6 slots into a power. Basically since 6 slots is the most you can put in a power it means putting as much Enhancement into a power as you can.

You will want to do this with powers that you find particularly effective for your playstyle.

Powergamers use it as a short hand which roughly translates as "this power is the uberest".

Min / Max is the philosophy of Minimum investment for Maximum gain.

Basically it assumes that all abilities have some sort of break even point at which they produce the maximum effect for the investment made to get there and above which you get less return for your investment.

For individual powers this is not hard to work out, but sometimes combinations of powers give additional effects by synergy and start to generate enormous mathematical proofs that doing thing in X fashion produces 2% more efficiency that doing it Y way.

People who need to know that their character is absolutely as powerful as it is possible to be often get involved in this sort of shenanigans.

regards, Screwloose.
"I am not young enough to know everything."

[Daemonite_NA]

I cry every time someone says gtg to mean "good to go." It has always (and will always, to me) mean "got to go." The confusion that has resulted in people trying to use it with this new meaning drives me insane.

[Advent]

Being new to the game Ive found this post/guide very useful so thank you to all who have helped. I do have one question, what is H/O (HO)? I assume it's similar to S/O (SO) or D/O (DO)s. :confused:

[Snaps]

[ QUOTE ]
Being new to the game Ive found this post/guide very useful so thank you to all who have helped. I do have one question, what is H/O (HO)? I assume it's similar to S/O (SO) or D/O (DO)s. :confused:

[/ QUOTE ]

Since no one has answered this yet I'll give it a shot. Maybe wrong but someone can post the corrections if I am.

It's a Hamidon enhancement. sometimes called a Hammi-o. You get them from random drops in Hamidon battle. I understand they give a bigger boost to powers and usually (always?) work on two aspects like damage and accuracy. So they are more effective per slot. I haven't done any Hamidon Raids yet. My highest is only 26th level kin nrg defender. Maybe I'll put aside my alt-itis and level one up to experience a raid first hand.

[absinthe182]

R U HEALR =&gt; when said to a Defender, guarantees instantly being added to their /ignore list

[Mass_Hysteria]

[ QUOTE ]
farm - High level char power leveling lower level char

[/ QUOTE ]
'Farm' - Actually this means repeating a particular portion of a mission or process to horde its rewards BUT NOT completing it to its entirety. An example would be the Sewer Trial. Though now corrected, a team could take on the Sewer Trial and arrest only the Kraken. At the time, Kraken were avg 60k-70k a pop. Once all the Kraken were arrested the team would exit and fail the trial on purpose only to respawn it again and repeat the process.

Though not always negative, 'farming' could also mean a state of play. " I need to spend tonite farming influence so I can make that costume change I have been aching to do."

[Locustx78]

Nice Post i finally got around to reading it IYKWIM.

[Quality_Control]

New to CoH, love it btw.... good write up on the acronyms.

However I have a correction, its a historical lesson to some as it is not so well known anymore.

w00t – Cool
woot – Cool

Either w00t is actually an acronym for "We Own (the) Other Team". Earliest representation I recall was during some 2am.com games back in the mid to late 90's.
It represents winners or super accomplishments in gaming.

Also represented by its stick figure form \o/ (a little man with arms raised in victory.

I would also like to add \o or lo, which both are double edged. 1 correct asumption is a little man waving to you as a greeting, another correct way is to see it as the letter "L" and "O" which combined quickly say "Hello".

Informative for some perhaps... game one :) \o_

[Undead_Assassin]

[ QUOTE ]
R U HEALR =&gt; when said to a Defender, guarantees instantly being added to their /ignore list

[/ QUOTE ]
And when said to a non-Defender, guarantees instantly being made fun of for several minutes over the broadcast channel.
lmao

PS: Someone asked me, as a Fire Tank, if I was a healer once because he noticed I had a power called "Healing Flames"... lmao

[FourSpeed]

Good Thread -- a few more I've seen...

anchor - a mob that is debuffed (usually by Defenders) which also affects
other nearby mobs and lasts till cancelled, caster runs out of end, or a
n00b kills it - usually, really irritating your Defender... :)

camp - hanging around a specific spot waiting for a particular mob spawn ie.
'Let's camp Royal Refinery for the Paladin'.

dc'd - disconnected
Dirt Nap - a player who got killed by a mob
Dwarf - one of the forms a Kheldian can use.

faces - Banished Pantheon Spirit Masks (they're a badge) ie. 'Let's go
kill some faces at the DA gate'

gtg - Got to Go (no question)
gd2g - Good to Go

herd - tactic used to gather large groups of villains for nukes.

Kheld - a Kheldian AT (Peacebringer or Warshade)

Lobster - slang for Dwarf (sometimes you'll see Crab instead).

Mort - A Vahzilok Mortificator

Ock, Octo - Lusca the (monster) Octopus in IP

pl - Power Level
pl'r - a player who power levels

squid - another Kheldian form, or slang for the AT in general
squishy - a player with very weak defense - ie. 'Don't let anyone melee
our Blaster -- he's squishy'
SWC - Skyway City

tank - The archtype, or as a verb 'to obtain mob aggro, and/or herd mobs"

And last, one of my own ;)

biff - to de-buff a mob (the opposite of buffing a hero). ie. 'I'll biff
the Mort, you guys hit the Eidolan - kill the Mort anchor last' :)

Regards,
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[Brazen_Prime]

Thanks Quality_Control! I knew that couldn't have meant Cool...Now I know what means when I use it! :D

[bamaHulkers]

I don't know if this has been answered (too lazy too look all through the thread) but "Illinois Nazis" was used in the film The Blues Brothers (a group of Nazis were chasing them) The 5th Collumn are Naziesque, hence the comparison

[williamstome]

w00t is usually used in CoH to mean "awesome" or sweet.

like "w00t! i got a badge!" would be sweet! i got... not cool! i got!
it isn't merely interesting, it makes you full of joy.

[Gammos]

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Being new to the game Ive found this post/guide very useful so thank you to all who have helped. I do have one question, what is H/O (HO)? I assume it's similar to S/O (SO) or D/O (DO)s. :confused:

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gee i thought that h/o meant hold on?!?!

[Gammos]

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farm - High level char power leveling lower level char

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........no one will miss you when u die......

[Charles_Prime]

Here's one you forgot .

BOHICA - (bo - heek' - ah) - Acronym. Stands for "Bend Over Here It Comes Again". Example of Usage: "Hey everyone, it's patch day. BOHICA!"

[Pongo]

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Either w00t is actually an acronym for "We Own (the) Other Team". Earliest representation I recall was during some 2am.com games back in the mid to late 90's.
It represents winners or super accomplishments in gaming.


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The Origins of W00t are disputed. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot) The farthest back sighting I can remember of it was back in the BBS days, early 90's or even slightly earlier, as an early 1337 way of expressing "ROOT!" i.e., "I have achieved ROOT access to a Linux box, thus proving my leet hacker skillz."

Either definition's equally amusing, but the actual origin of the term has never been proven or verified.

For the longest time I thought it was an onomatopoetic term describing the sound of the bells that go off on a game show (i.e., The Price Is Right) when someone wins $10,000 on the Big Wheel.

[Nishnig_Jones]

Personally, I always assumed woot was derived from Woo as in short for woo-hoo!

[Karallen]

BIOYA - Blow it out your ... you know the rest.

[Jostler]

I believe "bio break" or bio brk means not only for going to the rest room but for anything related to human body, also refers to as biological break. It can mean you need to drinkl or get some food or whatever it means. Some people thought that it means to write something on the "bio"section of the ID.

SB= Speed Boost
ID= Increase Density

[Death_and_Taxes]

Here's one i made up:

ROTFLMAOFTPC- rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off face turning purple :choke:

:p

[Muffins]

Ninjamonkeyts84=debt magnet for the unprepared pugs

[Mightyclaw]

OK, I've searched the web, I've searched this forum, I've read the manual, it's included in menus within the game itself, and STILL I can't find out: What is "SF" (As in "Looking for SF")????

[Molneeya]

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What is "SF" (As in "Looking for SF")????

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Strike Force is the Villain equivalent of a Task Force.

[Mightyclaw]

Thanks, this was driving me utterly crazy.

[Pounamu]

One I've seen in several games

IONO = I don't know. Try saying it like a teenager i.e. unable to pronounce consonents (he he he).


On a related note, one of my pet hates is "z" for "s". I can understand "pls" for "please", especially in the heat of battle, but I hate "plz". One of the posters at the WOW board obviously hates it as well since their signature is 'if anyone asks for something from me and uses "plz" because it is shorter than "please" then I answer "no" because it is shorter than "yes".'

Cheers
Craig

[ZillahRook]

Also, I didn't notice "nrg" on the list or the pages I got through. This one boggled my mind but it means "energy" as in Energy Manipulation type powers.

I agree with this sentiment:
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Nope, sorry..99% of people i've seen in game use

SC: Steel Canyon
Sky : Skyway City

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SC has always been Steel Canyon.

Possible additions:
RA - Recovery Aura, a short term buff for those nearby the player casting it which increases the speed of your endurance recovery.
Regen - Regeneration Scrapper or Regeneration Aura; the aura is like the RA aura only it recovers your green bar instead your blue bar.
OMGLFG1009!!1JPOUIOSJEGZZIE!!! - people who like to exaggerate the popular "OMG" may go a little insane and just add a bunch of characters; they are especially fond of the "!"; also used by those making fun of such people.
Gank - (I learned this the hard way) - term refers to being in a PvP zone where one character gets trounced by others; one tactic is for an opponent to use a combo of invisibility to sneak up - stun/mez - nuke; another is for one player to engage the opponent then have a large group of teammates join in and pound the player to a pulp within 1 or 2 seconds. This often happens repeatedly as the "gankers" will wait by the hospital or gate for player to return.

[Kederren]

Gank - (I learned this the hard way) - term refers to being in a PvP zone where one character gets trounced by others; one tactic is for an opponent to use a combo of invisibility to sneak up - stun/mez - nuke; another is for one player to engage the opponent then have a large group of teammates join in and pound the player to a pulp within 1 or 2 seconds. This often happens repeatedly as the "gankers" will wait by the hospital or gate for player to return.

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In my opinion, invisibilty/sneaking and teawork are part of the game.

GANKing specifically refers to the camping out around gates, hospitals, respawns, etc for the purpose of repeatedly killing the same opponent. Usually done for the purpose of stroking an unstable or weak ego.

[ZillahRook]

That's what I said.