Dang its been a while since i've used this blog thingy ... and leveled up.

Its been over four years since i last got a computer. Until about a few weeks ago I had been using an eMac i got back in '04. I still use that mac because it still has a lot of my files on it. In time this new computer will be my main work station. I got a new computer because I needed a computer that would be able to handle the tasks I would throw at it (and not just gaming) while staying within my budget.

HP Computer

• AMD Phenom™ X4 quad-core processor 9550*
• 5GB RAM
• Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe direct-disc labelin (why i would need Lightscribe...idk it just came with it)
• AMD LIVE!
• 2MB L2 + 2MB L3 cache memory
• 750GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GE graphics, 256MB
• HDMI 22in widescreen monitor

This computer runs very quickly and smoothly compared to my old eMac. The HD screen is beautiful no dead pixels that i have seen yet (crosses fingers). I know its not the best thing out there but this computer should do me just fine for some time.

Well thier not new games they have been out for some time now but i just didnt want to pay full price for them when they came out because they have short story modes. I got God of War II, Shadow of the Colossus, and GTA III. I had played GTA III a while back but i never owned it just barrowd it from a friend, and since it was there in the store for next to nothing i thought "Hey' why not". The gameplay is not as good as the new GTA games but I love the mob story in GTA III.

God of war II, just like God of War I, great gameplay and good story that keeps your intreset. The updates that they added to the game fit it well and doesnt feel odd or out of place.

Shadow of the Colossus is an amazingly fun game no other game out there like it and thats a big plus in my book. I only wish that there were more games out there that push new gameplay and story much like how this game has.

Over the years the gaming community grew developing its own unique culture and along with that its very own language. A few years back when I finally got a decent enough web connection giving me the ability to play my games online, I immediately took the plunge into the world of online gaming. I would soon find myself lost and confused because I could not understand what the other players were telling me, and it was a little nerve-racking. However as I played more and after finding some fellow players who were kind enough to inform me about the terminology I started to feel less and less confused about what was going on and I was able to function better in my online groups.

This is a list of gamer lingo that I had compiled not only from what I have picked up but also from other sites and people from around the net as well to help out not only the new but also for people like me who may get a little rusty on some of the terminology, after all there is a lot to remember. If there are other terms i may have forgotten (Which i bet i have) please feel free to post them in the comments. Thank you. :)

Last Updated: 5.10.08

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360: Xbox 360

2h, 2-h: two handed weapon

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AI: Artificial Intelligence

AFK: "Away From Keyboard"

AA: "alternate abilities"

AE, aoe, ae: "area-of-effect"

Aura: An aoe effect that usually stays active.

Agro, aggro: when a player has the attention of, and is being attacked by an NPC.

Ah: "auction house"

APM: "actions per minute"

AF: "autofollow"

Alpha: Early phase of testing the game software.

Alt: "Alternate character". Characters created in addition to a players main character.

Avatar: The game characters model or picture used to represent each player.

ADD: another NPC who comes to fight the player(s).

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BIO: "restroom break"

BAF: "brought a friend" or "bring a friend"

BO: "build order"

Bot: A players character being controlled by an external program.

Buffs: Spells that enhance strength, power, or other abilities.

Beta: Second phase of testing the game prior to its release.

- Open beta: open for anyone to test.
- Closed beta: available only to the selected few to test.

Bug: Faults in the programming causing unintended effects.

BOP: "Binds on pick up"

BOE: "Binds when equipped"

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Crash: When a console/computer stops responding.

CTF: "Capture the flag"

CC: "crowd control"

Cap it: that act of capturing the enemy's flag

Camping: Killing a target repeatedly every time it reappears at the respawn point.

coop, co-op: Cooperative play, where two or more players can work together through a games story mode, missions, etc...

Creeping: In RTS's, its the act of taking out computer-controlled opponents to level up ones own units.

CD: "Cool-down(s)"

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Ding!: leveled up

DD: "damage-dealer"

DC: "disconnected from server"

Dood, d00d: "dude"

DS: Nintendo Dual Screen

DDR: Dance Dance Revolution

DPS: "Damage per second"

DOT: "Damage over time"

Debuff: A spell that debuffs

DT: "Downtime"

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E3: Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Exp: "experience points"

EFC: Enemy Flag Carrier

Expansion Pack: Additional content for a game created by the developer.

Expansion: In RTS games, its the building of new smaller base build elsewhere on the map, often use to gather more resource or control over a section of the playing field.

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FTW: "For the win"

FTL: "For the lose"

FvF: Faction versus Faction

FC: "Flag carrier"

FH: "Flag holder"

Farming: Doing the something over and over again to achieve a goal.

FF# (EX: FFII, FFIII, FFX, FFX-2, etc...): a game from the Final Fantasy series

FOV: "field of view"

Frag: Kill

FPS: First person shooter (game genre). or "Frames-per-second".

FFA: "free-for-all"

Frag'n'Tag, Frag Tag: (PG version) A saying in Gears of War when a player places a grenade on an opponent and hops away.

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GG: "good game"

GJ: "good job"

GL: "Good luck"

GT: "ground target"

gibbing: a term used in reference to making certain someone cannot be revived by pumping their remains full of lead. This is only used in FPS games where people can actually be revived by other players.

gibs: a term used in reference to... gore present after killing someone (flying body parts).

Gank: To be ganked is to have your character killed by way higher level player.

GBA: GameBoy Advance

GDC: Game Developers Conference

Gold, Gone gold: (General software term) The final version of software has been sent to the manufacturers for printing and publishing, which usually means it will be released soon. All future updates will be made though patches.

GTA, GTA:VC and GTA:SA: Grand Theft Auto, GTA:Vice City and GTA:San Andreas

Grind: Performing mindlessly repetitive tasks in order to level up or proceed in the game.

GTG: "good to go" or "Got to go"

GvG: guild versus guild

GRAW: Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

GOW: God of War, or Gears of War

GeOW: Gears of War

GM: "Game Master" or "Guild Master"

GL: "Guild Leader"

Gimp: A character that is very weak/useless, either because of the player, or game company has screwed up the game balance.

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HL/HL2: Half-Life / Half-Life 2.

HP: Hit points

HUD: Heads-up display

hitscan: refers to a specific type of aiming with weaponry that has no delay. This means said weapon is not projectile-based, but impacts instantly upon it's target, such as most sniper rifles in FPS games.

HS: "headshot"

Harassing: in an RTS, refers to the act of disrupting the opponents play by taking small amounts of units in to attack their supply lines and/or damage their base.

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IRL: "In Real Life"

INC: "incoming"

IAMF: "It's all my fault"

instanced: A zone that is created by the server specifically for a single player or group of players, or for a limited number of players.

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joo, j00: "you"

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KS: "kill-stealing"

KOS: "Kill on sight" or "Kill on spot"

kite: a particular combat technique, attacking then running away, repeat untilenemy isdead.

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Lag: Time delay between sending a command to the game and your character actually performing the action. Frequently cursed when the time delay is longer than expected.

Lagger: Someone with a slow connection, or who is late to react.

lvl: "Level"

LAN: local area network

Leet, 1337, l33t, 31337, 133+: "Elite"

LFG: "Looking for group"

LFP: "Looking for party/person/player"

LFS: "looking for a squad"

LFT: "looking for a team"

L2P, LTP: "learn to play"

LoD: "Level of Detail"

l00t, lewt, loot: treasure often found in chests or that a monster drops

LM: "loot master"

LoS: "Line of sight"

LOP: "low on power"

LOM: "low on mana"

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Mana, MP: Mana or Magic Points. Spells often have an MP cost with higher spells costing more points. Commonly used in RPGs.

MMO: Massively Multiplayer Online (game genre)

MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (game genre)

Mob: NPC enemy

Mod: File modifications/patches. or Moderator.

Main: Your most played, highest level, or first created character.

Micro: refers to the act of swiftly commanding all your forces at all times.

macro: refers to the overall game plan, including economy.

MUD: Multi-User Dungeon

MT: "Mistell" or "Main tank"

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Noob, n00b, nub: Newbie, new person, inexperienced person (often derogatory).

NPC: Non-player characters, AI-controlled characters.

Ninja Looting: grabbing loot from a slain monster, chest, etc., that you don't have a right to grab, or that you didn't earn, or that you don't need.

nade: "grenade"

N64: Nintendo 64

NES: Nintendo Entertainment System

NS: "nice shot"

Nerf: when the game maker reduces the relative power of a given character

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Owned, OWN, OWND: Lost the game by a large margin.

OOM: "out of mana"

OTW: "on the way"

OMW: "on my way"

OOE: "out of endurance"

OOC: "out of concentration"

OOP: "out of power"

OOC: "out of character"

OTM: "on the move"

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PUG: "Pick-Up Group"

Patch: (General software term) Files distributed by the developer after a product is released that will change the software when they are installed. These are usually used to fix bugs and security issues but can be used to add functionality.

PvM: Player versus Monster

PvE: Player versus Environment/enemy

pulling: refers to the act of trying to single out a monster by attracting it using long-ranged attacks.

p2p: "Pay to Play"

PL: "power level"

PC: "Player Character" or "Personal Computer"

Platform: Console type required to play the game.

PK, PKer: "Player Killer"

PvP: Player versus Player

PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP: PlayStation One, Two, Three, Portable.

Pwn: Win

PCW: "practice clan war", which refers to a match played between two clans that does not count for any competitions, but is solely intended for practice purposes.

Pot: "potion"

Port: "teleportation"

PST: "please send tell"

pbae, pbaoe, PBAE: "person-based area of effect"

proc: the chance that an effect will activate.

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QFT: "quoted for truth"

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RvR: Realm versus Realm

RL: "Real life"

RTFM: "Read the Freak'n Manual" (PG version)

RTG: "ready to go"

Rmt: "real money trading"

Rush: a term used in reference to players who attack very early in the game to try and kill the opponent before the game has even begun.

RPG: Role-playing game (game genre)

RTS: Real-time strategy (game genre)

ROG: "random object generator"

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Sandbox Game: player is free to go wherever they like within the game environment. These games are also referred to as free roam games.

Sens: sensitivity, referring to mouse sensitivity settings.

spam: to repeat something over and over again rapidly.

spray and pray: another means of referring to spam which is specific to weapons that are easily used to spray bullets in quick succession, such as machine guns.

Spree: refers to killing several opponents in a row.

Shard: (Relates to MMORPGs) Server-clusters running isolated copies of the game. The game world is the same on each shard but player accounts on one shard can only meet up with player accounts on the same shard. Find out what shard your mates are using before you create your account, if youre planning on playing with/against them.

Sim: Simulation (game genre). Also refers to any character in The Sims franchise.

SP: Gameboy advance SP, or "Single player"

Spawn: A place where an NPC or MOB appears in the game world

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Twink: A low-level character wearing gear that is far superior to what they could normally obtain on their own.

Toon: "Cartoon", an online game character.

TBS: Turn-Based Strategy (game genre)

TPS: Third-person shooter (game genre)

TS: "Teamspeak", a downloadable voice communication software.

TK: "teamkill"

Teching: In RTS games, the act of building minor forces in the beginning, and researching lots of advancements in order to make superior units.

Turtle: A strategy using massive defense at a base.

TOS: "Terms of Service"

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UI: "User Interface"

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Vent: "Ventrilo", a downloadable voice communication software.

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WTG: "way to go!"

WTS: "Want to Sell"

WTT: "Want to Trade"

WTB: "Want to Buy"

WoW: World of Warcraft

WRU: "Where are you?"

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XP: "Experience Points"

XBL: "Xbox Live"

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YT: "You there?"

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Zerg: No tactics, just pure overwhelming of the opponents with numbers.

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Woot a new emblem!

Brain Bust II was a lot of fun and im glad i was able to participate in this event... also i had surprised myself as to how much GTA knowledge i have. :)

"From Liberty City to San Andreas, this user competed in GameSpot's GTA-themed trivia tournament. If you think you know GTA, chances are, this person knows it better than you do . . . or lives in the right place to participate."

Woot! im so happy i just got a new entertainment center for my room from ikea. All of my games before were kept in many diferent draws around my room and my TV and game systems were on a tin card table that now has been bent from thier weight being on top of it for the past six years. Now all of my Videogames are in one nice organized location in my room :)

Now all that i need is a new TV :)

This may have been posted on fools day but its no jk.

heres the url to an image of it (i havent done any html coding for about 2 months i forgot how to hyper link,... i know sad :( )

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40105707

I was so surprised to see this emblem on my account, i had almost completely forgotten that i had participated in that event... wow talk about a late emblem because that was back in sep of '07. Better late then never i guess, im happy to see it :)

Heres what it says:

What does this button do?
Bearers of this emblem managed to complete the Scavenator session of September '07 with some impressive times. Live long and scavenate!

I was going through my screenshots that i took from back when i would play World of warcraft. I came upon a bunch of pics of a conversation. A player from the opposing side made a character on my server just to talk to me and to tell me how great of a pvp player i am at CTF.

Heres some Highlights of what he said to me:

"Always a pain in the --- to bring you down though when you run the flag. Normally have to use every trick in my book"

"Though when I see you normally in the WSG, first thought is "Well… might as well call this one a loss…" since normally I end up having to try to take you on alone which doesn't work out well for me most of the time"

"I always like chatting a bit with the people who stand out in the bracket whom I go against, makes it seem more fun when I lose at least. Lol."

"You and Trimack are the best flag runners in the bracket from my witnessing. Both very good players."

I remember that day, and what that player told me that day made the gamer inside of me overwhelm with joy. :)

Thank you, whoever you are :D

Note: My character is a mage