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Forgive if this post existed long ago and I am reviving it. I didn't know if we could have a thread that explained some of the abbreviations I see in the posts. Didn't know if other new members could also benefit from it. :)
I know:
CoH - City of Heroes
SG - Super group
But there are others I see I don't know yet. Like CoT, etc. Any input would be great!
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that is a great idea!
CoT - circle of thorns
aoe- area of effect (like flamethrower effects multiple foes)
IP - Independance Port
TI- talos island
freaks - freakshow
screen- screenshot (also can be pic)
um... i'll post more later tonight (just woke up and brain isn't functioning fully quite yet) if you see any more you want to know, list them
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Heres a few..
AV = Arch Villian
PbAoe = Point blank area of affect
Fotm = Flavor of the month
De = Devouring Earth
Clocks = Clockwork
PL = Power level
Inf = Influence
Npc = Non player character
Pc = Player Character (also can mean personal computer)
PvP = Player versus player
PvE = Player versus everyone
Omg = Oh my goodness or Oh my god
Woot! = Wow omg omg terrific! (to me atleast)
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Some more:
SK: Sidekick (also SK'd for sidekicked)
xmp: exemplar (reverse sidekicking)
mish: mission (kinda obvious)
infl: influence (also obv)
end: endurance
insp: inspirations
enh: enhancements
SO: Single Origin enhancement
DO: Double Origin enhancement
tp: teleport
RA: Recovery Aura (group buff)
AM: Accelerate metabolism (group buff)
RoF: rain of fire
You'll find alot of powers shortened in this manned, too many to list
All zones are normally abbreviated into initials:
IP: independance port (sometimes just "indy")
SC: Steel Canyon
Sky: Skyway City
KR: Kings ROw
TI: Talos Island
PI: Peregrine Isle
FBZ: Firebase Zulu
etc :)
probably many more that i can't remember lol: (duh)
I guess I'm back then... :)
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one that you'll hear if you team with controllers...
PA... pahantom army
RA... recovery aura (think this one was covered)
fort... fortitude
invis... invisible (clearly)
HA.. healing aura (not as common... usually they throw RA and HA at the same time
pets.... any phantom, jack frost, imp, or animated stone
TF... task force
SS... super speed
SJ super jump
fast tracking.... that's where in TF's you have someone with ss and invis go through the mission and find the glowies so that you can move on... will be suggested in long missions early in the am. :)
I can't think of anymore at the moment... I'll see what I can find. :)
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more:
LFT: looking for team
LFG: looking for group
LFTF: looking for task force
I guess I'm back then... :)
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| 12/02/04 18:36 |
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And then if you regularly group with the same people, maybe members of the same SG (supergroup), they may refer to each other by initials. Most superheroes have multi-word names. If you read our SG threads, you might see us talk about HH (Healing Hands) or NC (Night Claw). Also SGs have initials. The one made of people from this website is called HoGA (Heroes of GameAmp).
A couple more:
- CoV - City of Villians
- baddie - villian of any level
- MMORPG - Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
- CK - Clockwork King (frequently used on MMORadio)
As mentioned before, a lot of powers are abbreviated. Power types are also abbreviated. My fire/fire blaster might be introducted as an f/f blaster. A/R is automatic rifle. Dev is devices. Rad is radiation. Etc.
Some other unfamiliar words might be blapper and crapper. A blaster or controller who acts like a scrapper. If you aren't sure of some kind of jargon that we're using, add a post asking us. We're nice people and won't talk about you behind your back...much ;)
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LOL!! I've been wondering why I hear people calling my Blaster a Blapper!! Ah, they know me too well!
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And bio means potty!
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| 12/02/04 23:38 |
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| QUOTE | | If you aren't sure of some kind of jargon that we're using, add a post asking us. We're nice people and won't talk about you behind your back...much ;) |
actually if you've ever been on the offical forum (from the offical coh site) you may have noticed most of the posts there end up in flames... here we do NOT flame someone, even if they ask a question that has been asked b/f... so don't be afraid to ask, we are here to help and we can't do that if you don't tell us what you need help w/.
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| 12/03/04 00:03 |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | If you aren't sure of some kind of jargon that we're using, add a post asking us. We're nice people and won't talk about you behind your back...much ;) |
actually if you've ever been on the offical forum (from the offical coh site) you may have noticed most of the posts there end up in flames... here we do NOT flame someone, even if they ask a question that has been asked b/f... so don't be afraid to ask, we are here to help and we can't do that if you don't tell us what you need help w/. |
Thanks! :) *remembers to never turn back* heh heh
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you know the bio things took me till I hit about 32 to figure out.. people kept saying 'Bio break' and I honestly figured they were editing their bio's... cause I'm dumb. :)
most people in game are really nice too... someone said something the other day I'd never heard and I dumbly asked what it was... he told me... no jokes made... mospt people are really nice.
Anyway when I was gaming I thought of a few more....
Nems... nemisis
DE... devouring earth
oh..... and "Gather"...seems obvious... but most people will just say this when they cast RA, invis and HA... you might adk the first time they say gather what they're casting... cause some scrappers ahve gotten VERY mad at me for casting invis on them.... so...
I'm sure I'll come up with more... and while I'm thinking of it the names... you'll probalby only ever be called your full name by NPC's... I'm usually Sapph, or gypsy... or even SG... so... it irked me at first but now not so much... cause it's hard to type Sapphire Gypsy if you can't type a mile a min. like I do :)
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as i was posting in another thread i thought of another one:
dev- devlopers (the guys in charge of the game who make the changes and what not)
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Anyone else thought of any great abbreviations that we use in the game? I have found myself coming to this thread a few times now to understand what people are talking about! :) Thanks to everyone who has added to it. It has made this newbie's exp. of the game a lot better. :)
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lieu or lew - lieutenant bad guy
mob - one of the bad guys or a group of bad guys
tp - teleport (not toilet paper *grin*)
lol or laf - laugh (of course i haven't seen anyone else use laf other than me, but i use it a lot)
bubs, blocks, bubbles - the xp bar on the upper right hand screen that has how far you have progressed and is divided up in blocks or bubs, or bubbles, usually used like, "how many bubs do you have to level"
um..... i'm sure i'll think of more....
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zoning - changing city zones by tram, highway tunnel, or mission door
I overheard my husband using this word to talk about losing a power when he switched zones. I've also heard it used when talking about people who have a lot of lag, which becomes more obvious to team members while switching zones.
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| QUOTE | I know what it means but where in the world did it come from??!!
kk...........I know it means ok but why type kk when just a key up and over you could hit the o?? |
i know some people in real life who say KK instead of ok, but i'm not sure if that is where it comes from....
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Silly little tidbit
Mob is short for Mobile Object. Which is what the computer considers baddies.
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| 12/13/04 01:22 |
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GM... game god... stuck in a wall petition a gm. :)
The kk always cracks me up... I usually just use k or acutally type ok.... do you reammy need 2 k's???
this one will come in hand when dealing with Paragon protectors... MOG... Moment of Glory... mog is BAD... you try to kill all pp's before they cast mog... most newbies don't know that one about pp's... so it'll help you out later.
cm - clear mind.
zzz - stunned, held... PLEASE use clear mind ;) a scrapper friend of mine's bc (battle cry) is "stunned again"
toon/char - player character
g2g - I use it for good to go... some use it for got to go...
buff - increases the abilities of a pc
debuff - decreases the abilities of a mob
root - controllers job, ;) locking down mobs
ks - kill steal... sure you've heard that one
cc - rooting... corwd control... controllers speciality
rez - rezurrect
"Buff up" - my blaster bf is known for saying this one before a fight... meaning cast whatever buffs you have, and let's rock... :)
and my personal favorite...
wwwwwwwwwwwwwdaaaaaaaaadddddddddddssssssssswwwwwwww.... trying to run in chat mode :)
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FoP what is that?
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Fellowship of Paragon was an awesome supergroup founded by Moncro who held a large collection of player guides and other CoH content on their website. However Moncro joined another supergroup called The Elementals and FoP is now Safe Harbor
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What do most people call those instanced outdoor missions that you get into by taking the train? The only thing I've heard them called in-game are "train missions". Is this the common term? And the abbrev would be TM then? So I could broadcast: "30scrapper need help with TM" and peeps would know what I was talking about? or is the abbrev "train mission?" and I would have to say "30 scrapper need help with train mission?"
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I stick with train mission, or tram mish, too many abbreviations get confusing...
"AIOTPCOH! L!"
see?
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i would say tram mish also.... or outdoor mish.... haven't really heard them called anything else
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sorry to bump a year old post, but cud some1 tell me what PI and bridging means? ty
o and ty = thank you
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Hi Anax, welcome to GameAmp. The place with all the answers.
IP = Independance Port.
PI = Peregrine Island. The zone where the highest level players hang out. And where the term bridging is used a lot.
bridge/bridging is a term used for a player that is 2 - 8 levels lower then a power level/herding guru. The bridge will sidekick a low level player. By SK-ing to the bridge he gets more xp then being SK-ed to the main herder. And if you have 3 bridges, you can power level 3 players at the time.
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| QUOTE | | fast tracking.... that's where in TF's you have someone with ss and invis go through the mission and find the glowies so that you can move on... will be suggested in long missions early in the am. :) |
I have also referred to this practice as "ghosting". Useful not only for glowie hunts, but for finding the boss and tp'ing the rest of the group to the end.
Also, as CoH is my first MMORPG, there are a few general acronyms I learned such as...
"afk".........Away From Keyboard
"bio".........Going to the bathroom, be right back
"brb".........Be right back
"mt"..........mis-tell, for when you send a tell to the wrong person, or use the wrong channel
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These are a few that took me a looooooong time to figure out, now I use them all the time.
pst - please send tell, used when forming teams generally
omw - on my way....i actually thought they were saying "oh my word" so it didn't really make sense to me
squid/sushi/octo - all used to refer to Luska, the octopus in Independance Port
squishy - this one i'm still not entirely sure on, i believe it is referring to peacebringers (PBs) or warshades in squid form, or just any toon who is very susceptible to damage such as controllers and blasters
I've also heard people looking for help with "raids" and I can only assume this is referring to a Hami Raid...
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I was in a group once where the leader kept referring to the Controller as a CONK I assume that is a controller that acts as at tank. This one was using his pets to hold Aggro. Did anyone define Aggro yet?
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| QUOTE | squishy - this one i'm still not entirely sure on, i believe it is referring to peacebringers (PBs) or warshades in squid form, or just any toon who is very susceptible to damage such as controllers and blasters
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yes... a squishy is one of the more fragile AT's...blasters are very, very squishy
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