Post by Sektor on Aug 28, 2003 10:20:24 GMT -5
Welcome to the PC Realm!
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FAQ
Q: What program was this board designed with?
A: Adobe Photoshop 7.0, go to www.adobe.com for a free trial. If you need help, PM me and I can help you with what I know. I can also direct you to some cool tutorials.
Q: What is flash animation?
A: Macromedia flash is a program used to create cartoon style movies on your computer. So a flash animation is a movie created on flash. go to www.newgrounds.com for many of those movies. VIEWER DISGRETION: There are many inappropriate animations on this site, I recommend this site to teenagers but if you want to see some G-rated animations, please message me.
Q: What's the difference between a GIF and a JPEG image file?
A: Well, a GIF is a 256 color image which has the capabilty of animation. Here is an example of a GIF:
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A JPEG is a full color solid image capable of holding millions of colors.
Q: I keep seeing various abbreviations and dont know what they mean, please help me!
A: ABBREVIATIONS:
AFK: Away From Keybord
A/S/L: Age/Sex/Location
BRB: Be Right Back
FYI: For Your Information
GJ: Good Job
g2g: Got to Go
HO, H/O: Hold on
IMO: In My Opinion
JW: Just wondering
JK: Just kidding
JP: Just playing
LOL: laugh-out-loud
NM: Nothing Much
NVM: Nevermind
OMG: Oh My God
OMFG: Oh My Fu**ing God
POS: Piece of Sh**
ROTFLMAO: rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-my-ass-off, you will also see rotfl and lmao by themselves
STFU: Shut The F*ck Up
SOS: Same old Sh*t
WB: Welcome Back
WTF: What the f**k?
WTH: What the hell?
WTG: Way to go!
TTYL: Talk To You Later
GAME TERMS
NEWB/NEWBIE: This refers to a person who recently began playing the game
N00B: This refers to a player who simply sucks in the game. Its also used as an insult if you do something stupid in-game.
AT: Attack (damage)
DEF: Defense
GG: Good Game
GL: Good Luck
HF: Have Fun
HP: Hit Points
KS: Kill Steal. Commonly seen in MMORPGs
KSer: A kill stealer
TVB: Usually used in online strategy games. This means TOP VS BOTTOM, players who first join against players who later joined
FFA: Free For All
CTF: Capture the Flag
EXP: Experience
NG: New Game
PK: Player Killer
PK'd: Killed by a Player Killer
PKK: Player Killer Killer (sometimes referred as Bounty Hunter)
LVL'd: Just gained a level (RPGs)
NPC: Non Playable Character
PP: Party Please
PU: Party Up
THX: Thanks
TY: Thank You
RUSH: This means attacking the opposing force as fast as possible. This term is often used in build-and-conquer strategy games
RTS: Real Time Strategy game
MMORPG: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
First Person Shooter terms (Thanks Sokar):
HS: Abbrev. for "head shot"
NS: Abbrev. for "nice shot"
FF: Abbrev. for "friendly fire"
TK: Abbrev. for "team kill" (also: TK'er)
Frag: To be kill another player
Gib: To kill a player in a manner that results in their body being blasted into pieces, usually from an explosion
Gimp: To injure an opponent in a way that negatively affects their movement speed, such as an injured leg; most games do not utilize gimping
Camp: To assume a defensive style of play where a player waits in hiding and kill opponents that come to them
Spawn Camp: A particular form of camping where one positions himself outside an enemy spawn point, allowing the player to pin down respawning opponents; considered cheating
Spray and pray: To open fire with an automatic weapon in hope that you will hit the enemy
Spam: To constantly restock on items while continuously using those items; for example, throwing grenades while constantly resupplying yourself with more grenades; sometimes considered cheating
Cook: To "prime" a grenade by holding it while the time fuse ticks, allowing the grenade to explode prematurely when released; some games do not utilize grenade cooking
Whore: Common term to refer to players who take superfluous items or power-ups that are meant to be shared with the team; also can refer to players who abuse a particular aspect of the game (such as a particular weapon)
Bunny Hopping: In some games, a player can perform repeated jumps in a certain pattern to gain additional speed; considered cheating
Worming: In some games, a player can switch from prone position to standing position repeatedly in a certain pattern to gain additional speed; considered cheating
Stacking: A technique where one player crouches to allow another player to jump on top of him, giving the top player extra height; generally not considered cheating
Rocket jump: A technique in which a player uses an explosive weapon to gain extra height at the cost of health; some games do not utilize rocket jumping
Q: What's the difference between a normal RPG and a MMORPG?
A: An RPG is a story-driven game where you play as a character(s) and go through their Journey. These games allow you to "level up" after killing a number of monsters. This means that your character literally becomes stronger, not the player getting better. You communicate with other characters in the game to further continue your character's story. You can also buy items at shopsellers.
An MMORPG is basically the same thing except it can only be played online and the majority of the time they have no story. These type of games make you interact with other players instead of game sprites. Also, in these games, you will find "trade skills" which are there purely for competing to get to the "highest level", getting rich by selling items to other players, and to be able to do something other than killing monsters all the time. Some examples of "trade skills" include Mining, Smithing, Fishing, Cooking, Crafting, Fletching, etc. If you would like to try an MMORPG, go here for a free game with a lot of trade skills.
More coming on the way! Please PM me if I missed any abbreviations, made any errors, and/or have a question
-Sektor
Please, when posting on this board, do not do any of the following:
Spam: Make irrelevant posts constantly
Flame: Insult others
Double Post: Please do not double post and "bump" any threads. If a thread hasnt been posted on for a while, that means no more members want to post on it. I assure you that it has been noticed. If you had an important question, please PM either of the administrators (Knight_Of_Lodis and Crono[you need to type in admin under name when pming him]. If its PC related, feel free to PM me. If you accidently hit enter twice and your same message appeared twice, please delete one.
Arguing is permitted to a certain extent. You can debate, but once it gets into anger and people start flaming, then it can lead to some negative circumstances such as a temporary or even permanent banning from this forum by an administrator.
If you have questions on how to fully use the board (tags, smilies, quoting, pms, etc.) please click here.
FAQ
Q: What program was this board designed with?
A: Adobe Photoshop 7.0, go to www.adobe.com for a free trial. If you need help, PM me and I can help you with what I know. I can also direct you to some cool tutorials.
Q: What is flash animation?
A: Macromedia flash is a program used to create cartoon style movies on your computer. So a flash animation is a movie created on flash. go to www.newgrounds.com for many of those movies. VIEWER DISGRETION: There are many inappropriate animations on this site, I recommend this site to teenagers but if you want to see some G-rated animations, please message me.
Q: What's the difference between a GIF and a JPEG image file?
A: Well, a GIF is a 256 color image which has the capabilty of animation. Here is an example of a GIF:
.A JPEG is a full color solid image capable of holding millions of colors.
Q: I keep seeing various abbreviations and dont know what they mean, please help me!
A: ABBREVIATIONS:
AFK: Away From Keybord
A/S/L: Age/Sex/Location
BRB: Be Right Back
FYI: For Your Information
GJ: Good Job
g2g: Got to Go
HO, H/O: Hold on
IMO: In My Opinion
JW: Just wondering
JK: Just kidding
JP: Just playing
LOL: laugh-out-loud
NM: Nothing Much
NVM: Nevermind
OMG: Oh My God
OMFG: Oh My Fu**ing God
POS: Piece of Sh**
ROTFLMAO: rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-my-ass-off, you will also see rotfl and lmao by themselves
STFU: Shut The F*ck Up
SOS: Same old Sh*t
WB: Welcome Back
WTF: What the f**k?
WTH: What the hell?
WTG: Way to go!
TTYL: Talk To You Later
GAME TERMS
NEWB/NEWBIE: This refers to a person who recently began playing the game
N00B: This refers to a player who simply sucks in the game. Its also used as an insult if you do something stupid in-game.
AT: Attack (damage)
DEF: Defense
GG: Good Game
GL: Good Luck
HF: Have Fun
HP: Hit Points
KS: Kill Steal. Commonly seen in MMORPGs
KSer: A kill stealer
TVB: Usually used in online strategy games. This means TOP VS BOTTOM, players who first join against players who later joined
FFA: Free For All
CTF: Capture the Flag
EXP: Experience
NG: New Game
PK: Player Killer
PK'd: Killed by a Player Killer
PKK: Player Killer Killer (sometimes referred as Bounty Hunter)
LVL'd: Just gained a level (RPGs)
NPC: Non Playable Character
PP: Party Please
PU: Party Up
THX: Thanks
TY: Thank You
RUSH: This means attacking the opposing force as fast as possible. This term is often used in build-and-conquer strategy games
RTS: Real Time Strategy game
MMORPG: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
First Person Shooter terms (Thanks Sokar):
HS: Abbrev. for "head shot"
NS: Abbrev. for "nice shot"
FF: Abbrev. for "friendly fire"
TK: Abbrev. for "team kill" (also: TK'er)
Frag: To be kill another player
Gib: To kill a player in a manner that results in their body being blasted into pieces, usually from an explosion
Gimp: To injure an opponent in a way that negatively affects their movement speed, such as an injured leg; most games do not utilize gimping
Camp: To assume a defensive style of play where a player waits in hiding and kill opponents that come to them
Spawn Camp: A particular form of camping where one positions himself outside an enemy spawn point, allowing the player to pin down respawning opponents; considered cheating
Spray and pray: To open fire with an automatic weapon in hope that you will hit the enemy
Spam: To constantly restock on items while continuously using those items; for example, throwing grenades while constantly resupplying yourself with more grenades; sometimes considered cheating
Cook: To "prime" a grenade by holding it while the time fuse ticks, allowing the grenade to explode prematurely when released; some games do not utilize grenade cooking
Whore: Common term to refer to players who take superfluous items or power-ups that are meant to be shared with the team; also can refer to players who abuse a particular aspect of the game (such as a particular weapon)
Bunny Hopping: In some games, a player can perform repeated jumps in a certain pattern to gain additional speed; considered cheating
Worming: In some games, a player can switch from prone position to standing position repeatedly in a certain pattern to gain additional speed; considered cheating
Stacking: A technique where one player crouches to allow another player to jump on top of him, giving the top player extra height; generally not considered cheating
Rocket jump: A technique in which a player uses an explosive weapon to gain extra height at the cost of health; some games do not utilize rocket jumping
Q: What's the difference between a normal RPG and a MMORPG?
A: An RPG is a story-driven game where you play as a character(s) and go through their Journey. These games allow you to "level up" after killing a number of monsters. This means that your character literally becomes stronger, not the player getting better. You communicate with other characters in the game to further continue your character's story. You can also buy items at shopsellers.
An MMORPG is basically the same thing except it can only be played online and the majority of the time they have no story. These type of games make you interact with other players instead of game sprites. Also, in these games, you will find "trade skills" which are there purely for competing to get to the "highest level", getting rich by selling items to other players, and to be able to do something other than killing monsters all the time. Some examples of "trade skills" include Mining, Smithing, Fishing, Cooking, Crafting, Fletching, etc. If you would like to try an MMORPG, go here for a free game with a lot of trade skills.
More coming on the way! Please PM me if I missed any abbreviations, made any errors, and/or have a question
-Sektor
Thanks Oldy!