TyrantMikey

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Too bad, you guys dont have a web-based City of Heroes client. I don't mind looking at cheezy graphics.. just give me a way to sign in and get some xp.

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Oooooohhhhhhh.....


Now THERE's a thought!

*cough* DO IT! *cough*

*sigh*

I wish they'd do a crouch emote. You know,

/em crouch

Kinda like you're waiting for some poor loo-hoo-za-herr to get dumb enough to stumble across your path. Coiled, ready to spring. (Picture Batman crouching on a gargoyle, or Spidey on top of a building. THAT kind of crouch.)

When I have to go AFK for a few, I'd like to perch my character on a building corner and crouch. Sit just doesn't look real good.

*sigh*

I have recompiled the list and reposted it here. Please post further additions there.

Thanks!!

Thank YOU!

I will probably let this sit for another week, and then post a revised version that has all the additional stuff posted by users included in it.

Glad the thing could be of use to you!

In the event that I hadn't made it clear before, NONE OF THIS is my work. It started as another thread, and someone had asked the original poster to keep the list current. Nothing seemed to be happening with it, so I recompiled the thread in MS Word (read: copied and pasted), sorted it, and reposted it.

When the FAQ/User Guides forum opened up, I moved the stuff here.

Again, this is all you guys at work here. I'm just a glorified compiler, but I'm willing to keep doing it as long as everyone thinks it's a useful thing.

I am always looking for additions to the guide. Unfortunately, I can't edit the top post, so I will have to revise the list to include all of your great submissions, and then post a new thread ("Guide to Jargon & Abbreviations, v1.5").

Thanks all for your comments and input!!

<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 & 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

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All the above changes have been made.

Keep 'em coming!!

Added!

Thanks!!

This post started elsewhere, 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]