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162 terms

World of Warcraft terms

  1. Ping Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network.
  2. PK Player Kill or Player Killer.
  3. POP Contraction of "Repopulation", often used as a shortened term for the re-spawn of monsters.
  4. Proc Activate. Example: A weapon with a special effect will "proc" every so often.
  5. PST Please Send Tell. Indicates that the person speaking wants to receive communication via a /t(ell) or /w(hisper) command.
  6. Pull Selectively start combat with a Mob, usually with a ranged attack, and then leading this Mob back to a safer area in order to separate them from other…
  7. Puller Person who pulls monsters for the party.
  8. Pulling One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters.
  9. PvE Player vs. Environment. Combat between players and computer controlled opponents.
  10. PvP Player vs. Player. This means for one player to attack another player.
  11. queue A system where if a realm is overloaded, subsequent players trying to log on will be queued up in a first come first serve basis and allowed to log on…
  12. RAID A raid is a large-scale attack on an area by a group of players.
  13. RE reexamination
  14. realm A server(s) that hosts a copy of the game. Each and every realm is distinct and seperate from all others and there are completely no interactions between…
  15. Regen Regenerate. To obtain HP and mana back via food and drink.
  16. Repop (POP) Repopulation. Refers to the re-spawn of monsters.
  17. Res A thing; the subject matter.
  18. Rest (state) An indicator of how tired a character is, which affects how much experience is gained from killing monsters.
  19. Rez Resurrect
  20. RFD Razorfen Downs
  21. Ritual (RIH-chuh-wul) In medicine, a repeated action (such as hand washing) done to relieve feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness.
  22. Roll This means that you should roll a random number to determine who has the right to get an item. For example: /random 1-100
  23. root To trap a target in place/stuck using a "root" type spell such as Entangling Roots.
  24. RP Role Playing; Role Player; Role Play. To act, behave and talk in a way as though you are the character you are controlling.
  25. RPG Role Playing Game. A game where players are able to Role Play the character that they are controlling.
  26. RR Redridge Mountains
  27. Rushing Being dragged through a part of the game by someone of much higher level than you with the specific purpose of exploiting xp reward loopholes.
  28. Shard Soul Shard. An item gained by the Warlock through Soul Draining, used to cast several spells such as Ritual of Summoning and to conjure Soulstones.
  29. Small Pets An animal following the player around. While this does not directly influence the player or monsters, it is cool to have around, especially the rare ones.
  30. Snare Refers to spells and abilities that slow down or completely stop a target's movement.
  31. Spam Unelicited emails in large quantities; rapidly repeated scrolling text.
  32. Spawn The location or process of monsters (or items) appearing when they are created in the world.
  33. Spawns The location or process of monsters appearing when they are created in the world.
  34. SPI Spirit
  35. SS Southshore
  36. STA Stamina
  37. Stack A group of 20 roulette chips.
  38. STR Strength
  39. STV Stranglethorn Vale
  40. SW Stormwind
  41. Tank A melee character that can take a lot of damage like a Warrior.
  42. Tap To do damage to a monster, making it "your" kill. Once you have damaged the monster, you are the only one able to get experience and loot from it.
  43. Taunt Related to Aggro. An ability that allows a player to pull the attention of a monster off of another player and onto him- or herself.
  44. Threat Related to Aggro. This is what a character "gives off" to generate or draw monster aggro.
  45. Ticket A text message that is submitted to the GMs via the in-game system and is waiting for GM response.
  46. Train To lead monsters into another player. This is not a desired behavior.
  47. Troll The act of using words or posts designed to attract predictable responses or flames; also used as a noun to refer to a person that trolls.
  48. Twink A low level character who has been made more powerful by higher level characters, usually by getting stronger armor and weapons than the character would…
  49. Uber German slang for 'super', originally meaning 'over'; exceptionally powerful
  50. UC Undercity
  51. UI User interface. Refers to the controls, buttons and on-screen elements by which the player interacts with the game world.
  52. Vendor Trash An item that only a vendor/merchant would buy
  53. WC Wailing Caverns instance
  54. WF Westfall
  55. Wimpy A behaviour describing a monster that runs away when it is low on health.
  56. WoW World of Warcraft
  57. WTB Wanting to buy
  58. WTS Wanting to sell
  59. XP or Exp Experience Points
  60. Zerg From StarCraft, to attack something with a lot of players/units.
  61. ZF Zul'Farrak
  62. ZG Zul'Gurub

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