hobbitshd · Dec 03, 2005, 07:06 PM // 19:06

OK, what the hell is...

1337?

go red engine gored...etc?

and any other witty little saying that i see all day in chat???

i know what noob is, but feel free to throw in any other sayings that you see or here on GW.

Goolick · Dec 03, 2005, 07:19 PM // 19:19

1337 = "leet" = good
Go Red Engine = Filter on GWGuru for Swears

These two are the ones i didnt know for a while:

FTW - For The Win
FOTM - Flavor of the Month

Kinroan · Dec 04, 2005, 12:38 AM // 00:38

lol...FTW confused me 4 a while

Ray · Dec 04, 2005, 12:42 AM // 00:42

1337 = leet ~ elite

hobbitshd · Dec 05, 2005, 01:38 AM // 01:38

1337
that is soooo f'ing funny = elite

anyways, thanks

bilbo

keep them coming

Fear The Destroyer · Dec 05, 2005, 03:34 AM // 03:34

FTL = For The Loss

Former Ruling · Dec 05, 2005, 04:36 AM // 04:36

the capped GO RED ENGINE is just this forum's excuse for a kiddy filter.

DeanBB · Dec 05, 2005, 03:23 PM // 15:23

I copied this a long time ago and added to it some...credit goes to whoever/wherever I stole it from!

adrenaline: a warrior exclusive feature used for some of their skills. Is built up by hitting foes and can be lost over time if you dont take action

AFK: Away From Keyboard

aggro: refers to aggresive mobs that will attack if you get close enough, also used as the action of mobs attacking

AL: Armor Level

all call: the name of the testing events run by ArenaNet for the alpha/beta players

alphas: the players in the closed test of Guild Wars

AOE(AE): Area of Effect(Area Effect)

Anet: shortned verion of ArenaNet

Arena: The Gladiator's Arena

Asc City: Ascalon City

atts: attributes

avatar: the character, or toon that the player uses in the game

beta: the stage of development after the alpha portion of the game

BiP: Blood is Power. One of the most popular skills in the game, belongs to Necromancers

brb: Be Right Back (ie, going away for a very short period of time)

caller(target caller): the person in the group who selects targets

cap: refers to the level cap of 20 in the game. Also used to tell a teammate to capture the relic on a PvP map

cape: players participating in PvP will have these on. If that player is in a guild their guild colors and logo will be part of the cape(tabard)

chat channels: refers to the areas of the UI used to communicate with other players. It's seperated into Local, Guild, Team, Trade, and Whisper chat channels (each can be filtered out).

CC: Crowd Control

Crafter: NPCs that make weapons, armor, or charms in the game

CTF: Capture The Flag

Collector: NPC that collects items in trade for something else

dd: direct damage

DF: Divine Favor. The primary attribute for a Monk

dias: the small platform on some PvP maps where you must escort the ghostly hero

district: The instanced area of the game world where people are. For example, there may be a person in Lion's Arc European District 1 and another in Lion's Arc European District 2 (often short-handed to LA EU#1 and LA EU#2)

dmg: Damage

DOT: Damage Over Time

downtime: the amount of time when a skill cannot be fully used. In most cases it is the addition of the recharge time of the skill and the casting time. For example, the Mesmer's Diversion skill has a 2 second casting time and a 5 second recharge time. It has a 7 second downtime till its in play

DP: Death Penalty. The opposite of morale. A loss in HP and Energy. There are two ways to gain DP. Rangers that use nature rituals will obtain 5%DP. Dying in PvP or PvE missions give you a 15%DP. The maximum DP you can have is 60%. Killing players in PvP or monsters in PvE will lower your DP. Morale boosts also will lower it

DPS: Damage Per Second

EA: Explorable Area. The areas outside of the main cities and mission outposts

elite skills: skills in the game that have this tag can be the only one of this kind in your skill bar. Basically you can't have more than one elite skill in your skill bar at a time, even if they are from different classes. For example, the Monk spells Healing Hands and Aura of Faith both can't be on your skill bar. Likewise Healing Hands and Throw Dirt, a Ranger skill, both cant coexist on your skill bar

energy: the resource used to cast spells and use skills by all classes in the game (sometimes called mana in other RPGs). It can be regenerated

EoE: Edge of Extinction, a Ranger's nature ritual. Got its own spot here since you will hear people complain about it alot in PvP

ES: Energy Storage

exhaustion: a self-inflicted condition on some of the Elementalist's spells. It lowers their maximum energy supply by 10. It is a temporary status and 1 point of maximum energy is regenerated every 3 seconds

fame: points given to players for winning battles in the Tombs. There are also fame ranks for whenever your character hits a certain number of fame points. The staff they are wielding in the outpost of the tombs will change appearance

FC: Fast Cast

flag runner: the person on the team designated to carry the flag on King of the Hill type maps

focus: equipment that grants the user extra energy to their maximum energy pool

FS: For Sale

FT: For Trade

ganking: (priest)-killing of the enemy teams' priest. also called ninjaing, or to ninja a priest

gimp: classes or class combination that is weak in some way and is hard to play effectively

gpu: Gold Per Unit

grip: the part you hold of a bow

GUI: Graphical User Interface. Basically the interface that the player uses to get things done in the game

GvG: Guild vs Guild

GW: Guild Wars

h5: Hang Five (wait 5 seconds)

haft: handle for an axe

hex: a skill or spell that causes negative status

HH: Healing Hands, a popular Monk spell

HoH: Hall of Heroes

HOT: Health Over Time

HP: Health Points

instance: refers to the area of the game where only you and a group of people are seperate from others

interrupt: using spells or skills to stop an enemies action

irc: Internet Relay Chat. Fansites and guilds use this for communication among members. Alot of guilds and players hang out on irc

kiting: the art of avoiding damage by manually dodging, while still attack your enemy

KoTH: King of the Hill

LA: Lions Arc. One of the major cities in Guild Wars

ladder: refers to the GvG ladder in the game and on the Guildwars.com website

lfg: Looking For Group

LIFO: stands for Last In, First Out. Usually used in reference to how enchantment removal targets a player with mulitiple enchantments running

LoS: Line of Sight

mob: a group of monsters

morale: a boost to hp and energy. Acquired in various ways such as rifting or having your Ghostly Hero hold the dias for a preset amount of time. You can lose morale by dying and getting DP

nerf: the action of weakening a something in the game

np: No Problem

npc: Non Player Character

nuke: the action of unloading alot spells causing high damage to a target

outpost: the places where players will meet to form groups for missions or PvP competition

patrol(mob): that starts to attack you while you're already in a fight.

PBAoE(PBAE): Player Based Area of Effect (Area Effect). Sometimes also called Point Blank Area of Effect

pips: these are the arrows on your health and energy bar. They can be positive(>>>) or negative(<<<), and a maximum of 10 arrows either way

pommel: the handle for a sword

prep: preperation

PvE: Player vs Environment

PvM: Player vs Monster (see PvE)

PvP: Player vs Player

PUG: Pick Up Group. A group of players who've formed a team without knowing each other beforehand or a team that includes such players

pull: the action of drawing attention from a monster towards a character. Used to weaken mobs by attracting individual monsters and killing them

r?: inquiring if everyone (in team) is ready to go

r: replying to a 'r?' prompt, meaning ready to go

recharge(cooldown): the amount of time until a skill can be casted

regen: refers to getting back energy or HP over time

rez: resurrect

rifting: refers to hunting Rift Wardens on the first map of the Tomb of Kings

rituals: short for nature rituals that the Ranger uses

rof: Rate of Fire

snare: a skill or spell that slows the movement of an enemy

spam: casting the same spell over and over. Usually spells that have low cooldown are spammed

SR: Soul Reaping

tank: the character that will be absorbing damage for your team. Will usually aggro also

tombs: short for the Tomb of Kings

train: the act of aggravating too many monsters and then running into the path of other players hoping they will get attacked also

TS: TeamSpeak

twink: outfitting a new character in top notch gear

WaW: Worlds at War. A system where different worlds need to earn access to certain bonus content in-game and are, therefore, in competition with each other.

wtb: Willing To Buy

wts: Willing To Sell

Vent: Ventrillo

Boubou · Dec 05, 2005, 03:49 PM // 15:49

If you go into Temple of ages... you'll see a lot of those:

SS = Necro with Spiteful spirit
SV = Sympathetic Visage (Mesmer skill)

SB = Spell breaker (Monk skill)

castanaveras · Dec 05, 2005, 09:06 PM // 21:06

what about 'rolf"??
what does it mean?

legendel · Dec 05, 2005, 09:14 PM // 21:14

roll on floor laughing!!

Kyle · Dec 06, 2005, 03:32 AM // 03:32

or what i use sometimes.

lawl is the pronunciation of lol = laugh out loud
omg = oh my god

and i think thats it everything else should be covered

hobbitshd · Dec 06, 2005, 05:07 PM // 17:07

lmao
laugh my ass off

Volarian · Dec 06, 2005, 05:52 PM // 17:52

expanding on some of these for what they really mean:

omg - Who is the dipshizzle who agro'd that second mob?!?

rofl/roflmao - You're a noob, you didn't know Vengeful Aatxe are invulnerable!?!

wtf - Why does this staff have 3 class requirements on it?

noob/newb/nub - Players spam shouting "WTS Godly offhand w/ +27E +30Hp -1 E regen 15k"<--collector items that are available to all players.

Dec 03, 2005, 07:06 PM // 19:06	#1
hobbitshd Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida Guild: Vandal Hearts [VH] Profession: R/Mo	1337 go red .... etc ?'s on stuff i see OK, what the hell is... 1337? go red engine gored...etc? and any other witty little saying that i see all day in chat??? i know what noob is, but feel free to throw in any other sayings that you see or here on GW. Last edited by hobbitshd; Dec 03, 2005 at 07:09 PM // 19:09..

Dec 03, 2005, 07:19 PM // 19:19	#2
Goolick Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: I need a good pvp guild	1337 = "leet" = good Go Red Engine = Filter on GWGuru for Swears These two are the ones i didnt know for a while: FTW - For The Win FOTM - Flavor of the Month

Dec 04, 2005, 12:38 AM // 00:38	#3
Kinroan Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, NC USA Guild: ANT Profession: N/Me	lol...FTW confused me 4 a while

Dec 04, 2005, 12:42 AM // 00:42	#4
Ray Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denmark	1337 = leet ~ elite

Dec 05, 2005, 01:38 AM // 01:38	#5
hobbitshd Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida Guild: Vandal Hearts [VH] Profession: R/Mo	1337 that is soooo f'ing funny = elite anyways, thanks bilbo keep them coming

Dec 05, 2005, 03:34 AM // 03:34	#6
Fear The Destroyer Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2005	FTL = For The Loss

Dec 05, 2005, 04:36 AM // 04:36	#7
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	the capped GO RED ENGINE is just this forum's excuse for a kiddy filter.

Dec 05, 2005, 03:23 PM // 15:23	#8
DeanBB Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arizona Guild: Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com	I copied this a long time ago and added to it some...credit goes to whoever/wherever I stole it from! adrenaline: a warrior exclusive feature used for some of their skills. Is built up by hitting foes and can be lost over time if you dont take action AFK: Away From Keyboard aggro: refers to aggresive mobs that will attack if you get close enough, also used as the action of mobs attacking AL: Armor Level all call: the name of the testing events run by ArenaNet for the alpha/beta players alphas: the players in the closed test of Guild Wars AOE(AE): Area of Effect(Area Effect) Anet: shortned verion of ArenaNet Arena: The Gladiator's Arena Asc City: Ascalon City atts: attributes avatar: the character, or toon that the player uses in the game beta: the stage of development after the alpha portion of the game BiP: Blood is Power. One of the most popular skills in the game, belongs to Necromancers brb: Be Right Back (ie, going away for a very short period of time) caller(target caller): the person in the group who selects targets cap: refers to the level cap of 20 in the game. Also used to tell a teammate to capture the relic on a PvP map cape: players participating in PvP will have these on. If that player is in a guild their guild colors and logo will be part of the cape(tabard) chat channels: refers to the areas of the UI used to communicate with other players. It's seperated into Local, Guild, Team, Trade, and Whisper chat channels (each can be filtered out). CC: Crowd Control Crafter: NPCs that make weapons, armor, or charms in the game CTF: Capture The Flag Collector: NPC that collects items in trade for something else dd: direct damage DF: Divine Favor. The primary attribute for a Monk dias: the small platform on some PvP maps where you must escort the ghostly hero district: The instanced area of the game world where people are. For example, there may be a person in Lion's Arc European District 1 and another in Lion's Arc European District 2 (often short-handed to LA EU#1 and LA EU#2) dmg: Damage DOT: Damage Over Time downtime: the amount of time when a skill cannot be fully used. In most cases it is the addition of the recharge time of the skill and the casting time. For example, the Mesmer's Diversion skill has a 2 second casting time and a 5 second recharge time. It has a 7 second downtime till its in play DP: Death Penalty. The opposite of morale. A loss in HP and Energy. There are two ways to gain DP. Rangers that use nature rituals will obtain 5%DP. Dying in PvP or PvE missions give you a 15%DP. The maximum DP you can have is 60%. Killing players in PvP or monsters in PvE will lower your DP. Morale boosts also will lower it DPS: Damage Per Second EA: Explorable Area. The areas outside of the main cities and mission outposts elite skills: skills in the game that have this tag can be the only one of this kind in your skill bar. Basically you can't have more than one elite skill in your skill bar at a time, even if they are from different classes. For example, the Monk spells Healing Hands and Aura of Faith both can't be on your skill bar. Likewise Healing Hands and Throw Dirt, a Ranger skill, both cant coexist on your skill bar energy: the resource used to cast spells and use skills by all classes in the game (sometimes called mana in other RPGs). It can be regenerated EoE: Edge of Extinction, a Ranger's nature ritual. Got its own spot here since you will hear people complain about it alot in PvP ES: Energy Storage exhaustion: a self-inflicted condition on some of the Elementalist's spells. It lowers their maximum energy supply by 10. It is a temporary status and 1 point of maximum energy is regenerated every 3 seconds fame: points given to players for winning battles in the Tombs. There are also fame ranks for whenever your character hits a certain number of fame points. The staff they are wielding in the outpost of the tombs will change appearance FC: Fast Cast flag runner: the person on the team designated to carry the flag on King of the Hill type maps focus: equipment that grants the user extra energy to their maximum energy pool FS: For Sale FT: For Trade ganking: (priest)-killing of the enemy teams' priest. also called ninjaing, or to ninja a priest gimp: classes or class combination that is weak in some way and is hard to play effectively gpu: Gold Per Unit grip: the part you hold of a bow GUI: Graphical User Interface. Basically the interface that the player uses to get things done in the game GvG: Guild vs Guild GW: Guild Wars h5: Hang Five (wait 5 seconds) haft: handle for an axe hex: a skill or spell that causes negative status HH: Healing Hands, a popular Monk spell HoH: Hall of Heroes HOT: Health Over Time HP: Health Points instance: refers to the area of the game where only you and a group of people are seperate from others interrupt: using spells or skills to stop an enemies action irc: Internet Relay Chat. Fansites and guilds use this for communication among members. Alot of guilds and players hang out on irc kiting: the art of avoiding damage by manually dodging, while still attack your enemy KoTH: King of the Hill LA: Lions Arc. One of the major cities in Guild Wars ladder: refers to the GvG ladder in the game and on the Guildwars.com website lfg: Looking For Group LIFO: stands for Last In, First Out. Usually used in reference to how enchantment removal targets a player with mulitiple enchantments running LoS: Line of Sight mob: a group of monsters morale: a boost to hp and energy. Acquired in various ways such as rifting or having your Ghostly Hero hold the dias for a preset amount of time. You can lose morale by dying and getting DP nerf: the action of weakening a something in the game np: No Problem npc: Non Player Character nuke: the action of unloading alot spells causing high damage to a target outpost: the places where players will meet to form groups for missions or PvP competition patrol(mob): that starts to attack you while you're already in a fight. PBAoE(PBAE): Player Based Area of Effect (Area Effect). Sometimes also called Point Blank Area of Effect pips: these are the arrows on your health and energy bar. They can be positive(>>>) or negative(<<<), and a maximum of 10 arrows either way pommel: the handle for a sword prep: preperation PvE: Player vs Environment PvM: Player vs Monster (see PvE) PvP: Player vs Player PUG: Pick Up Group. A group of players who've formed a team without knowing each other beforehand or a team that includes such players pull: the action of drawing attention from a monster towards a character. Used to weaken mobs by attracting individual monsters and killing them r?: inquiring if everyone (in team) is ready to go r: replying to a 'r?' prompt, meaning ready to go recharge(cooldown): the amount of time until a skill can be casted regen: refers to getting back energy or HP over time rez: resurrect rifting: refers to hunting Rift Wardens on the first map of the Tomb of Kings rituals: short for nature rituals that the Ranger uses rof: Rate of Fire snare: a skill or spell that slows the movement of an enemy spam: casting the same spell over and over. Usually spells that have low cooldown are spammed SR: Soul Reaping tank: the character that will be absorbing damage for your team. Will usually aggro also tombs: short for the Tomb of Kings train: the act of aggravating too many monsters and then running into the path of other players hoping they will get attacked also TS: TeamSpeak twink: outfitting a new character in top notch gear WaW: Worlds at War. A system where different worlds need to earn access to certain bonus content in-game and are, therefore, in competition with each other. wtb: Willing To Buy wts: Willing To Sell Vent: Ventrillo

Dec 05, 2005, 03:49 PM // 15:49	#9
Boubou Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Quebec, Canada Guild: L'ordre [LO] Profession: Mo/W	If you go into Temple of ages... you'll see a lot of those: SS = Necro with Spiteful spirit SV = Sympathetic Visage (Mesmer skill) SB = Spell breaker (Monk skill)

Dec 05, 2005, 09:06 PM // 21:06	#10
castanaveras Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005	what about 'rolf"?? what does it mean?

Dec 05, 2005, 09:14 PM // 21:14	#11
legendel Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Guild: League of Friends (LOF) Profession: R/	roll on floor laughing!!

Dec 06, 2005, 03:32 AM // 03:32	#12
Kyle Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Legends Of Teh Industry [XXX]	or what i use sometimes. lawl is the pronunciation of lol = laugh out loud omg = oh my god and i think thats it everything else should be covered

Dec 06, 2005, 05:07 PM // 17:07	#13
hobbitshd Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida Guild: Vandal Hearts [VH] Profession: R/Mo	lmao laugh my ass off

Dec 06, 2005, 05:52 PM // 17:52	#14
Volarian Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Guild: NOT-Nomads Of Turmoil	expanding on some of these for what they really mean: omg - Who is the dipshizzle who agro'd that second mob?!? rofl/roflmao - You're a noob, you didn't know Vengeful Aatxe are invulnerable!?! wtf - Why does this staff have 3 class requirements on it? noob/newb/nub - Players spam shouting "WTS Godly offhand w/ +27E +30Hp -1 E regen 15k"<--collector items that are available to all players.