Sunday, October 26, 2014

TF2 Vocabulary

In my ongoing description of Team Fortress 2 culture, I'd like to explain some common TF2 vocabulary for those of us who have never been 360-MLG-noscoped. These are my understandings of words and phrases central to TF2 conversation:

crocket: an elision of 'critical rocket'; refers to a glowing rocket fired from a soldier's rocket launcher
     that will deal extra damage and pretty much kill any player it hits.
     In a sentence: *sigh* "just got hit by a crocket."
F2P: stands for 'free to play'; used to refer to players that have not spent any real money on TF2.
gibus [class]: a derogatory term used to describe players wearing the gibus hat; in TF2, skill is often
     judged by what hats a player wears, and the 'Ghostly Gibus' is one of the easiest hats to gain and is
     thus seen as an indication of a lack of skill.
     In a sentence: "Look at all those gibus snipers."
git gud: slang for 'get good'; a response to any complaint, implying that the complainer is unskilled.
     Player 1: "Stop spawn camping"
     Player 2: "git gud"
gg: stands for 'good game'; is usually said at the end of a game by good-willed players.
m8: slang for 'mate'; a standard term of address
noscope: to noscope is to shoot someone with a sniper rifle without using the sniper rifle's scope.
     Noscoping is a sign of skill.
op: stands for 'overpowered'; refers to weapons and tactics that are considered too powerful.                      Antonym is 'up'.
     In a sentence: "Sticky spam is so op"
P2P: stands for 'pay to play'; used to refer to players that have spent real money on TF2.
Rage [class]: TF2 is a class-based game, and when a player is getting defeated as one class, they may
     switch to another class in great anger. For example, a player constantly getting backstabbed by
     spies may 'go rage pyro' (the pyro class is good against spies).
     In a sentence: "Lol, that guy just went rage demo."
rekt: slang for 'wrecked'; to be rekt is to be fantastically killed or defeated by another
     player.
     In a sentence: "Get rekt, m8."
spam: firing an excessive amount of projectiles, e.g. sticky spam or pistol spam
spawn camping: the act of standing outside a team's base and killing players as soon as they come out      the door.
sticky: slang for the sticky bombs launched by the demoman's secondary weapon.

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