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MMORPG Glossary: MMORPG Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.	AO Anarchy Online	AC Asheron's Call.Armour Class. This is how much armour a character has. Armour helps to reduce the amount of damage taken.
GG GF GJ Good Game, Good Fight, Good Job.	AFK AFK - Away from keyboard. Usually followed by a reson; drink, food, bio-break (bathroom), phone.	AI Artificial Intelligence. Refers to the "intelligence" programmed into a game that controls the actions and reactions of NPCs, simulating independent intelligence.Alien Invasion - Anarchy Online game expansion.
Avatar The graphical representation of a player in a game.	B/F Boyfriend.	BBIAB Be Back in a Bit.
BH Bounty Hunter.	BRB Be right Back.	BRT Be Right There.
BTW By the Way.	Buffing Buff Refer to preparatory actions taken prior to combat, usually involving the casting of spells.	Camping Camp Lying in wait in order to ambush a player or group. Can also mean to hunt in a location awaiting a rare spawn or rare drop. A stationary location where a player or group continuously fight respawning mobs. Also a term used for logging off.
Con Consider. Command used to assess the strength of an opponent.	CYA CU CUSee you later.	DoT Damage Over Time. Refers to effects that, when placed on a target, cause continuous damage over a limited period of time.
MUD Multi User Domains / Dungeons. A Digital Realm where contains multiple players / people.	Alts Alters Characters controlled by a player, but are not the player’s main character. Only possible in Multi Character Servers.	Add Term to describe additional monsters that attack you while you are already engaged in battle.
AOE AE Area of Effect / Area effect. This term is used for spells/abilities that work in a certain range, rather then on a single mob/player.	AE Area effect damage.	DD Direct Damage.
MEZ Area effect mesmerize. Any mob in the area of effect can be mesmerized.	Aggro General term used for the way mobs react to players, i.e. aggresive. PLayers getting "aggro" did something to anger the mob that will start attacking them. There are several ways to "draw" aggro: coming into a certain radius of the mob, or initiating combat with them yourself.	Aggro Radius The radius around the monsters where they will "wake up" and attack you.
AGI Agility	Carebear Player that prefers to help other players attack monsters rather than attack other players in player vs. player combat.	Caster A character that stays on the back row to heal or cast spells on the enemy, such as a Mage.
Cheese To exploit an imbalance in the game.	Pets Pet A NPC controlled by a player, aiding that player and his teammates in fights.	CR Corpse Retrevial
Creep Monster	Critters Monsters that don't attack back, like a bunny or deer.	DMG Damage.
DOT Damage over time	DPS Damage per second	De-Buff Debuff A negative spell cast on a unit that makes it less powerful.
FH Full Health.	FM Full Mana.	Gank Player vs. Player: To attack another player while they're trying to fight a monster.
GM Game Master. Someone to assist and help players.	Griefer A person who purposely tries to annoy or anger other players.	Grinding Staying in the same area fighting the same types of monsters for a very long time.
Hate Similar to threat.	HP Hit points or Health.	Incoming INC This means an attack is coming.
Instancing Instance This is a dungeon where you will load into your OWN copy of the dungeon with your group. Only you and your group will be in your copy of the dungeon. Another group that enters the same area will enter their own copy of the dungeon.	INT Intelligence.	Kiting A style of combat in which a player continually stays out of combat range of an enemy usually by running from it, while simultaneously causing damage to it.
KOS Killed on Sight. If an Orc approaches a Human Guard, the Guard would try to kill on sight (aggro).	KS Kill Steal. Try to steal another person's kill.	LFG Looking for a group.
LFM Looking for more.	Log When you log off. Disconnect from the game.	LOL Lots of Laugh or Laughing Out Loud. This abbreviation indicates something is really funny.
LOM Low on Mana.	LOS Line of Sight.	LOOT To take the treasure from a monster that has been killed or from a chest.
LVL Level.	MMO Massively Multiplayer Online.	MMOG Massively Multiplayer Online Game.
MOB MOB is an old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game. You should likely use some other term such as monster, creep, or bad guy.	Named A special monster that is usually stronger than surrounding monsters with possibile special abilities and item drops.	Nerf To downgrade, to be made softer, or make less effective.
Newbie Newb A term that sometimes means new player. Newbie is also used to suggest that a player is not very good.	N00b Noob Uncool way to say newb. Avoid to use it.	NPC This is a non player-controlled character. The characters are controlled by the server. A "computer" character.
OOM Out of Mana. People say this to let their party know they are out of mana and can't cast any spells, especially healing.	PC Player controlled character.	PK Player Kill or Player Killer.
POP Contraction of "Repopulation", often used as a shortened term for the re-spawn of monsters.	PST Please Send Tell. Indicates that the person speaking wants to receive communication via a tell.	Puller Person who pulls monsters for the party.
Pulling Pull One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters. The idea is to prevent too many monsters from attacking at once.	PvE Player vs. Environment. Combat between players and computer controlled opponents.	PvP Player vs. Player. This means for one player to attack another player.
Raid A raid is a large-scale attack on an area by a group of players.	Res Rez Short for resurrect	Re-Spawn A monster that has been killed has spawned (been created) again.
Root To trap a target in place/stuck using a "root" type spell.	Spawns The location or process of monsters appearing when they are created in the world.	SPI Spirit
STA Stamina.	Stack A number of identical items placed in a single inventory slot, to conserve space. Only certain items can be stacked.	STR Strength
Tank A melee character that can take a lot of damage like a Warrior.	Taunt Related to Aggro. An ability that allows a player to pull the attention of a monster off of another player and onto him- or herself.	Threat Related to Aggro. This is what a character "gives off" to generate or draw monster aggro.
Train To lead monsters into another player.	Twink A low level character who has been made more powerful by higher level characters, usually by getting stronger armor and weapons than the character would normally have at such a low level.	Uber German slang for 'super', originally meaning 'over'. Exceptionally powerful.
WoW World of Warcraft	WTB Wanting to buy.	WTS Wanting to sell.
XP Exp Experience Points.	AFAIK As far as I know.	ASAP As soon as possible.
BRT Be Right There.	Disc. Discon. LD An involuntary disconnection from a game server.	Dorf Short for dwarf.
FWIW For what it's worth.	Gimp A character who doesnt live up to his full potensial, often using low level equipment or focusing on poor skill combinations.	GL Good Luck. Also Group Leader, Guild Leader.
Gratz Grats Short for "Congratulations".	GTG Good to go or alternatively got to go.	HF Have Fun.
Hume Short for human.	IMO IMHO In my opinion / In my humble opinion.	IRL In Real Life.
J/K JK Just Kidding.	K Okay.	LAG Latency; connection to server.
Lamer Someone who does something wich disrupts someone elses gaming experience, usually to gain something (Like exp).	Leveling Fighting monsters with the purpose of gaining a level.	Leech Stealing XP from some other person's/people's work without self effort, usually without consent.
Med Medding Meditate Resting to get your mana back.	Mule A character made solely for storing items or to gain profiency in crafting skills to "backup" the players main character.	Newbie Zone Area around starting cities where newbies first start killing mobs.
No prob NP No Problem.	Nuke To shower a target with damage spells.	Nuker Spellcaster who throws a lot of damage spells on a target.
NM Not much or Never mind.	NVM Never mind.	OMG "Oh my god!" term used to express suprise about something.
OMW OOW On my way / on our way.	Ping Response time from client to server; measured in milliseconds.	PL Powerleveling Having a player kill an enemy much much too high for them while a high level character keeps them alive, to quickly gain levels.
PP Perfect play.	PPL People.	Owned Own Pwned Pwns To totally dominate another player in a PvP battle.
QL Quality Level. Higher quality level means the items is more powerful.	RDY Short for "ready".	Relog To log off then log back in, often done to fix bugs.
Release Usually referred to when a player goes back to the Graveyard instead of waiting around for a Rez, however, the player can still be ressurected after a release.	RFP Ready for pull	ROFL "Rolling on the floor laughing", stronger version of lol.
SP Skill points.	STFU Used in the same manner as "Shut Up", when someone is very annoyed and wants someone to keep silent.	Sup? Short for "What's up?" often used in the beginning of a conversation.
TBA To be announced.	TBD To be determined.	Thx TY Thanks or Thank You.
U You.	Ur Your.	WTT Want to trade.
WTG Way to go!	WTH An expression of high shock or disbelief.	WTF An expression of extreme shock or disbelief.
WB Welcome back.	TPW Total Party Whipeout.	Toon Some people refer to their character as their toon.
Support class A class that cant really fight on his own, mainly used to assist groups.	Social Referring to an enemy that brings allies when you attack it.	Rox RoXXor This rocks ! Used when something is good.
RL Raid Leader.	Rebuff Rebuff Re-cast positive player buffs.	Peeps People.
Park To cause a monster to be immobile.	MHIL My health is low.	Mana sink Someone who requires undue amounts of healing.
Main Your primary character of all the characters you play.	IC I see.	Hybrid Fighter / Caster mixed class.
FYI For your information.	Farming Farm Farming Staying at a specific location in hope for a specific monster to spawn and drop an item that the player is looking for.	EQ Everquest.
EnB Earth and Beyond.	Dupe Illegal copies of a particular items obtained while using an exploit or bug.	Duel When two players agree to fight together.
Bot A second character on another account brought along merely to buff or heal.	Bind Action of getting linked with a bindstone, where you respawn after death.	Bank Sitter Someone that stays near highly populated areas (like bank, vault keeper) to show off his good equipment.
Bait A person who gets out of the group to pull a monster.	1337 leet A numerical translation for "elite" pronounced "leet".	Attribute e.g. Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence, etc.
AKA Also known as.	AP Attack Power.	AR Attack Rating.
B Buying.	Bodycount Type of quest where you have to kill X monsters.	Bug Technical game error or glitch.
Calm Calming The act of "calming" a mob so that it doesn't attack.	Charm Charming The act turning a mob into a pet to help fight on your side.	Class A specific type of character, signifying a role or profession (ie. medic, paladin, mage, warrior...).
Corpse Camping Not so nice tactic used by PCs in PvP to kill a player as they respawn from death.	Corpse Run Running back to your corpse after you die.	Crit Critical hit.
Crowd Control CC Methods used to control crowds of mobs like calming, charming, and rooting.	DnD Do Not Disturb.	Emotes Way of expressing how you feel in the game thru commands that create text or animated reactions from your character.
Exploit Taking advantage of a glitch or game mechanic to gain an advantage that is not allowed per the terms of use of the game.	FFA Free For All. A loot option that allows any party member to loot.	Guild Clan An organization of players. Guilds are supported by in-game systems that allow for sharing of resources, experiences, and information with other members.
HoT Heal Over Time.	Link To link an item in a channel allowing others to see it's stats. Can be used in trade, party, guild, or tell channels.	LMAO Laughing My Arse Off.
Lure Pulling a caster then running beyond party members to draw caster closer.	Mats Materials.	Ninja To loot something very quickly before anyone else can take it.
OTOH On The Other Hand.	Proc Process on action. An item that has proc will perform some extra ability randomly.	Prolly Probably.
Roam Roamer Mobs or NPCs that move around from once place or zone to the next.	Roll A random number generated for some purpose.	RP Role-Playing.
S > Selling.	Static Something that doesn't move or a mob that stands still until provoked. Opposite of roam.	T > Trading.
w00t woot Exclamation of joy.	Wipe The situation where everyone in a party is killed by mobs, often in an instance.	Zone A portion of the game/reaml/world.
< 3 Much Love.	DAOC Dark Ages of Camelot.	RvR Realm versus Realm combat.
E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo.	EQ2 Everquest II.	EQOA Everquest Online Adventures.
L2 Lineage II.	PS Planetside.	SOE Sony Online Entertainment.
SWG Star Wars Galaxies.	UO Ultima Online.	MMOFPS Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter.
MMORTS Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy.	COH City of Heroes.	Crafting Craft A general category of skills that allows players to manufacture objects from raw resources.
Dirt Nap Slang for dead. Most corpses lie on the ground when killed.	DKP Dragon kill points.	Druid Hybrid class, part healer, part support, part fighter.
Eating Grass Slang for dead. Most corpses lie on the ground when killed face down.	FTW For the win.	LFT Looking for team.
LFS Looking for squad.	Macro Programming term applied to user-made macros, or scripts that can automatically send messages, cast spells, and a variety of other functions. Mainly used to automate things that are repeatedly done to expediate gameplay.	Medding Resting in order to gain back mana.
Min-Maxing When players attempt to create their characters as powerful as they can be by crunching statistics, planning their future routes, and any other methods in order to make their characters the statistically best character possible. Optimization.	MOO MUD Object Oriented.	MT Mistells occur frequently because of typing in the wrong name before sending a message. Also Main Tank.
PB Point blank. Used to refer to a class of spells that originates in a radius around the caster.	Port Short for teleport.	Respec At certain high levels in some games, you are given the chance to “respec” your character. When you respec, you recreate your character from level 1 until the present level in terms of skills/powers/abilities/etc.
Shard Synonymous with server.	Solo The act of playing alone, hunting mobs alone.	Spec Short for specification.
Stun A typical form of crowd control ability that immobilizes an enemy.	MxO Matrix Online.	FFXI Final Fantasy XI.
OOR Out of range Usually used to inform others that a PC or NPC is not within the designated range of a spell.	MA Main Assist.	SA Secondary Assist.
TA Third Assist.	RTFM RTM Read the F'n Manual or Read the Manual respectively.	Gate Usually a term for a self only teleport back to ones Bind Point.
DT Death Touch.	LOC Short term for "location", which will usually be represented in the game as an X,Y,Z coordinate for the area you are in, or as a Dot on a map. It usually is used to tell where you, yourself are, but can also be used in order to find a specific place.	TP Tele-Port, an ability that can send yourself or others to another specified point, short or long ranged.
Team Killer TK A player that kills people on his own team, whether for fun or out of malice.	CS Counter Strike. Customer Service.	HTH Hope that Helps.
M59 Meridian 59.	MMOFG Massive Multiplayer Online Fantasy Game.	No Drop Describes a quality of certain objects that prevent characters from dropping or trading them after they have picked them up.
NWW Newbie Welcome Wagon.	OIC Oh, I see.	OMFG Oh My ****** God! Also OMG.
PD Perma D Permanent Death. In gaming, when a player's character dies and does not return to life or respawn at a designated location.	Plz Please.	POV Point of View.
RAOTFL Roll About On The Floor Laughing.	Roxxors An expletive meaning, "It rocks!".	Suxxors An expletive meaning, "It sucks!".
AA Alternate Abilities.	ATK Attack Power.	CH Complete Heal.
CHA Charisma.	Chanter Enchanter	Cheal Complete Heal.
Ding Announcement of gaining a level. It refers to the loud gong sound players hear when they gain a new level. "Ding 15!"	Donation A small, usually optional payment given in exchange for services.	Drop Treasure, money or items carried by NPCs. Players can take these items when those NPCs are killed.
LFA Looking for Adventure.	Pal Paladin Paladin.	Cooldown The waiting time before a spell, item or ability can be used again.
Patch A downloadable update that fixes bugs, improves stability and introduces new features to a program.	Quest An adventure requiring cunning, discipline and bravery to succeed, but invariably undertaken with idiocy, disorder and cowardice. Reward is always inversely proportional to the effort and risk involved.	BYOG Bring Your Own Group. Sometimes used when describing something that will likely require you to come to a place with an already formed group (party) of players, as opposed to expecting to find co-adventurers directly in the area of action.
Epic Describing the extreme rarity of a piece of equipment ("epic shield", "epic armor"), or the extreme difficulty of an encounter or quest.	Faction Many games represent how groups of Mobs and NPCs feel about your character through a value representing your "faction standing" with that group. There are often ways to alter your faction standing either positively (such as completing quests for members of that faction or killing members of opposing factions) or negatively (such as killing members of the faction or completing quests for opposing factions).	MPK Mass Player Kill. To intentionally kill a large number of player controlled characters, usually by training several mobs and running to the players' position.
Party A group of players fighting together.	Rollback The full state of the game world is usually not saved permanently on the game servers continously, but is done at intervals. To fix a big problem with a gaming world, the game may be rolled back to a previous state. Players possessions, their whereabouts, their state, etc. will all be rolled back and appear to be in the same state as they were on that point in time.	Skills Various abilities the character is capable of using, such as wielding specific types of weapons, wearing specific types of armor, casting specific types of spells, or even creating specific types of items
TNL To next level, how many experience points are needed for a player to reach the next level.
ZF Zul'Farrak, a high 40s instance in NW Tanaris.	XR The Crossroads is a major flight hub for the Horde in Central Kalimdor in the Barrens, and also serves as a major quest hub for level 15-20 Horde players.	WF Westfall.
TP Talent points.	SM Scarlet Monestary, a mid-level dungeon found in Tirisfal Glades.	BRD BRS Blackrock Depths/Spire, high-level instanced dungeons in The Burning Steppes.
Bind Point Area where you will return to if you use your hearthstone. You will need to speak to an innkeeper to bind in a different location.	BFD Black Fathom Deeps; an mid-level instanced dungeon in North-Western Ashenvale Forest.	Auc Short for auctioning.
WC Wailing Caverns instance.	UC Undercity.	SW Stormwind.
STV Stranglethorn Vale.	SS Southshore.	Shard Soul Shard. An item gained by the Warlock through Soul Draining, used to cast several spells such as Ritual of Summoning and to conjure Soulstones.
RR Redridge Mountains.	NBG Need Before Greed, only people that need an item will roll dice (in case there are more than one player in the team that needs the item).	IF Ironforge.
GS Goldshire.	CTF Warsong Gulch Battleground.	BRD Blackrock Deeps.
AV Alterac Valley Battleground.	AH Auction House.	rg Orgrimmar
TB Thunder Bluff	1 term IF = Ironforge	DN Darnassus
BB Booty Bay	GG Grom'gol Base Camp	HF Hammerfall
LHC Light Hope Chapel	RH Razor Hill	RP Refuge Pointe
TM Tarren Mill	AZ Azshara	BL Blasted Lands (not Badlands)
EPL Eastern Plaguelands	SF Shimmering Flats	SoS Swamp of Sorrows
TN Thousand Needles	WPL Western Plaguelands	BRS Blackrock Spire
DM Dire Maul	RFC Ragefire Chasm	RFD Razorfen Downs
RFK Razorfen Kraul	SFK Shadowfang Keep	ST The Sunken Temple
VC Van Cleef (Deadmines)	BS Beaststalker	LF Lightforge
SC Shadowcraft	WH Wildheart	Battleground An instanced battlefield where players from different factions can fight with each other fairly.
DR Diminishing Returns. Used to describe something that reduces slowly over time on consecutive repetitions of the same action.	Hearthstone An item that can be used once per hour to teleport you to your Home point.	Home The location tied to your Hearthstone, changable only by talking to an innkeeper.
Queue A system where if a realm is overloaded, subsequent players trying to log on will be queued up in a first come first serve basis and allowed to log on only when existing players log out.	Realm A server(s) that hosts a copy of the game. Each and every realm is distinct and seperate from all others and there are completely no interactions between them.	Ritual A spell or event that requires multiple players to cast/activate.
Rushing Being dragged through a part of the game by someone of much higher level than you with the specific purpose of exploiting xp reward loopholes.	Snare Refers to spells and abilities that slow down or completely stop a target's movement.	Small Pets NonCombat Pets. An animal following the player around that does not doing anything else.
UI User interface. Refers to the controls, buttons and onscreen elements by which the player interacts with the game world.	BoE Bind-on-equip.	BoU Bind-on-use.
BoP Bind-on-pickup.

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