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Alright, I've been playing WoW for about a year now...and some of the acronyms or whatever the people I play with use have been baffling me. I get them after a while, but usually when I first see them, I'm all like "huh?" o_O Anyone have the same experience? It dosen't even have to be WoW, I'm just wondering if people have had the same reaction i did.
Come on, share the funnies! :D
lolomgwtgdairyqueenbbq.
I wanna know how 'plox' became the place of please?
I actually hate all these weird gaming acronyms that seem to float around message boards. Main reason why I avoid large gaming sites like Gamespot and IGN. Fortunately this filthy rash hasnt spread to EOFF. Yet anyway.
Having played alot of online games and met alot of people online its rare that I dont know what they mean when they use stupid gaming lingo. I will always observe but never become them.
1337-speak stupidity.
I've never had a "O_o huh" reaction to any sort of gaming acronym. Usually it is rather easy to figure them out depending on the context in which they are used.
plz ok thx = ploxQuote:
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
Sometimes I've picked up on them pretty quick, but others (especially in WoW) just confused me. Nicknames for locations and character builds usually get me the worst.
"WoW"? :confused:
I thought the origin of this term came from the distance between the Z and the X key. If it is typed incorrectly, "plz" becomes "plx".Quote:
Originally Posted by Hsuplz ok thx = ploxQuote:
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
Sometimes I've picked up on them pretty quick, but others (especially in WoW) just confused me. Nicknames for locations and character builds usually get me the worst.
What I really want to know is when 'owned' came into play.
That was my understanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoogleI thought the origin of this term came from the distance between the Z and the X key. If it is typed incorrectly, "plz" becomes "plx".Quote:
Originally Posted by Hsuplz ok thx = ploxQuote:
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
Sometimes I've picked up on them pretty quick, but others (especially in WoW) just confused me. Nicknames for locations and character builds usually get me the worst.
Language elitists amuse me, because so few actually understand how language works, but they think they're all that. Those of us who do understand how it works can sit back and enjoy using the language in all its forms. :cool:
I never had it really explained to me, I just sort of assumed. I still like my rationale better :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFThat was my understanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoogleI thought the origin of this term came from the distance between the Z and the X key. If it is typed incorrectly, "plz" becomes "plx".Quote:
Originally Posted by Hsuplz ok thx = ploxQuote:
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
Sometimes I've picked up on them pretty quick, but others (especially in WoW) just confused me. Nicknames for locations and character builds usually get me the worst.
All I need to know is BBQ. All I can think of is 'be back quick', but then it would be redundant because of BRB.
BBQ=barbecue. It's only used (e.g. "OMGWTFBBQ") because more acronyms = more cool, using the same kind of Zim logic which declares that having more organs makes you more human.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru
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They explain all of the commonly used WoW acronyms in the back of the instruction booklet.
wtb mana pot injector scheme in org, 300G, pst.
Get used to it, each game has its own lingo. I've been playing Final Fantasy XI for 4 years and I can't understand the people who immigrate from WoW. I shake my head every time someone says "taunt" when they mean "voke" or "DPS" when they mean "DD."
FFXI's lingo is extra cryptic, though, due to the multilingual nature of the game. Things like G1 are counterintuitive to most English players because the G stands for a Japanese word ("genkai," meaning "limit"; it refers to 5 quests in the game where you raise your character's maximum level). Likewise with D2 (Easier to type than "Warp 2," and it has caught on amongst speakers of every language in the game--it originates because "Warp" is "Dezone" in the Japanese client)
I'm sure you can figure out "WTB" (Want to Buy) or WTS (Want to Sell) because they're in English, but start adding in Japanese and things get a whole lot hairier.
Oh my god, it took me FOREVER to figure out why the hell D2 stood for a Warp 2. Confused the hell outta me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys
Also, the whole "w" as "lol" thing. That's just weird. People would start and end their sentences with "w" so for a time, i thought it was some sort of odd Japanese punctuation mark.
There was this one guy in the game who would keep typing orz and I'd be like, "wtf is orz???" Turns out it's supposed to be a little text figure guy bowing down or something.
Internet/gaming lingo came be very strange at times.
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Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys
I'm being this person right now. FFXI is blowing my poor little former-WoW-playing mind. I'll probably continue to use some of the ones that aren't game specific (obviously "taunt" and "voke" need to stick to their respective games) but eh.
Personally, I have to keep up the FFXIclopedia dictionary when I'm playing. Seriously guys, do you really have to shorten party to pt? SRSLY?
As far as strange WoW lingo goes, the most confusing has to be place names (BRD vs BFD, ULDA vs UBRS vs LBRS, RFD vs RFK) not to mention all the VC vs DM debates (and DM will always stand for Dire Maul, noobs). I did get confused with omw. I think that was it for any slang one could actually use for anywhere that isn't Azeroth.
I did once say "Come on guys, let's hearth" in real life, that got me some odd looks.
I do have to say, the best thing about game lingo is once I start talking with someone who plays the same MMO, we can successfully alienate anyone else from the conversation in a way almost nothing else but speaking another language can.
AH-HA! I never knew that but I always wondered~! orz orz orz wwwwwwQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys
wtb mats for goblin rocket launcher at org bank, pst!
"PST" is my favorite. I remember when Eric first played WoW he was all "amg I thought 'PST' was like psst" lolno "please send tell" har har har noob. n________n
I get on with it myself and use a lot of the acronyms myself. It's just a good way of communicating because it allows you to make a quick request that everyone can understand without going into deep verbatim on the subject. On the whole however I tend to type in full sentences wherever possible, because it's a really good way of increasing your typing speed while you play. Right now I can type 80+WPM all thanks to playing online games. :cool:
Sorry, the dungeon isn't called Van Cleef. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Kes
"EoFF"? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying Mullet
QFT, and it's always smurfing 19 rogue twinkzzzszss that wanna run "VC" for "lol phat lewt".Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFSorry, the dungeon isn't called Van Cleef. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Kes
Then call it DMS. It's VC otherwise. Pathetic little dungeons do not deserve to be singled out by their titles. They get called by their boss name.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFSorry, the dungeon isn't called Van Cleef. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Kes
Sometimes, when I'm talking to my guildies in vent, I accidentally use the wrong...erm..code for whatever. Like, We've been raiding Zul'Aman, and I've called it ZF before. I've been playing less that a year, so that could be a plausible excuse....
Ok, so if shortening things is supposed to make it easier, why do people tack stuff on the end? Lollerskates? Roflcopter? What gives? o_O
I always though DM=Dead Mines.
No.
VC- Deadmines
DM-Dire Maul
those ones are easy. it's the other ones that suck. lol
wtb 1 x [Rectal Stick Remover]Quote:
Originally Posted by BunnyThen call it DMS. It's VC otherwise. Pathetic little dungeons do not deserve to be singled out by their titles. They get called by their boss name.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFSorry, the dungeon isn't called Van Cleef. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Kes
I can't find that on wowhead, where does it drop?
Regardless of what the WoW folks would have you believe, DM = Divine Might. Always has and always will.
On a related note, EDM = Eskimo Deathmatch. The WoW folks can't take that one away either.
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Originally Posted by BunnyThen call it DMS. It's VC otherwise. Pathetic little dungeons do not deserve to be singled out by their titles. They get called by their boss name.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFSorry, the dungeon isn't called Van Cleef. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Kes
I don't play alliance so like.. the 2 times we got bored enough to want to go over there we'd just be all "DEAD MINES. >=O"
The only one that really got me confused was "Slabs" which is Shadow Labyrinth. Usually most of them are either abbreviations or the first so many letters of on the of the words, slabs is just a combo word. Whic... there's not even an "s" at the end. ; ;
LOL this is indeed true
I guess Slabs sounds better than Slab?
I believe it is mostly to ease confusion when abbreviating things. SL is usually the designation for Soul Link Warlocks. Slabs/Slab sounds a bit better than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarice-nessQuote:
Originally Posted by BunnyThen call it DMS. It's VC otherwise. Pathetic little dungeons do not deserve to be singled out by their titles. They get called by their boss name.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFSorry, the dungeon isn't called Van Cleef. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Kes
I don't play alliance so like.. the 2 times we got bored enough to want to go over there we'd just be all "DEAD MINES. >=O"
The only one that really got me confused was "Slabs" which is Shadow Labyrinth. Usually most of them are either abbreviations or the first so many letters of on the of the words, slabs is just a combo word. Whic... there's not even an "s" at the end. ; ;
ps deadmines is one word :x
On Thottbot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
DM = Dire Maul. EDM = whatever, because it's called Dire Maul East, and thus DM East. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys
Thottbot is full of fail and AIDs. Also keyloggers.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFOn Thottbot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
I said 'Shatt' on Wow because it stands for Shattrah and this guy was all like "Dang, no need to swear man."
Classic.
Cases like "WTB run thru sfk, 10g," "LF good tank heroics. Don't suck," or "WTB [Mongoose] 600g, my mats and tips" are common in the Trade Chat. If you don't understand the Lingo, you will not survive.
わらい means laughter. The part that annoys me is that North Americans cannot duplicate the script that they type "W" in without special assistance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
I remember once a guy in our guild was spamming trade to sell something, i dont remember what, and he said at the end of his spam 'pst plz'. The entire guild made fun of him for like 2 weeks. lol
"DM" is Deadmines.
"LOCK EPIC MOUNT QUEST LF HEALS" is Dire Maul.