Gameplay lingo....

[Joe-Azlin]

There are some gameplay lings I dont get like ZERGing. I think thats what its called, but im not sure. Everytime someone says it I think of StarCraft. There are other, but I cant remember there names so if you feel like it can you post them. THX

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by Joe-Azlin
There are some gameplay lings I dont get like ZERGing. I think thats what its called, but im not sure. Everytime someone says it I think of StarCraft. There are other, but I cant remember there names so if you feel like it can you post them. THX

I believe "Zerging" (Follow the Zerg) is indeed a reference to Starcraft, but basically means follow the mass of people to assist in taking the next base. It's a reference to the masses. Is this correct peeps? If I am wrong then correct me please.

[Nixon]

Yeah, a "Zerg Rush" or "Zerging" is basically when 100+ people just move around in large groups, swarming bases in shear numbers rather then through tactics. Sometimes, continents can be locked and you'll find every possible person your empire can fit just swarming one base. Some of the larger outfits out there tend to move around in this fashion... you know which ones. They have 200-1000 members.

For those who never played Starcraft, the Zerg were one of three races you got to chose. Unlike the others, the Zerg units were cheap and sometimes constructed two at a time, allowing you to overwhelm your opponent in shear numbers rather then through using unique units.

[Eliaas_Demens]

^ What he said.

[Revolver]

http://www.boomspeed.com/l337revolver/zerg3.gif

[Intruder]

Some other In-Game Terms: (some are not dependant on PS but with online games)


Discalimer - I am in no way implying that you or anyone else does not know these terms, I am instead responding to the original post.


LFS - Looking For Squad
rgr - roger, got ya, 10/4
n00b - begginer, someone who does not know what they are doing
RTFM - Read The F... Manual
Barney - another name for the Vanu
Elmo - another name for the TR
Smurf - another name for the NC
toh - Time On Hack (how long till a hack goes thru)
Gal - Galaxy
Skeet - Mosquito
N00b Cannon - Jackhammer also JH



Im sure there are more, just cant think atm at work :(

[Jaged]

Sometimes a basalisk is called a bassy.

[ZionsFire]

really?

[Daeda1us]

Sunderer = Party Bus

at least to me :)

[Nixon]

Sunderer = Bang Bus in my outfit.

They cheer everytime we ram something and roll back onto our wheels, and it's not uncommon to see some groups park this thing in front of bases to block of sections and just have engineers behind it while the gunners spam the area.

Still, don't see enough of them around...

[Happy lil Elf]

Sunderer: Party bus, Big bus

Deliverer: Short bus, "Special" bus

Jackhammer: Noobhammer, Faghammer, Shithammer, basically whatever "clever" new word any idiot wants to stick in front of hammer basically.

Magrider: Lawnmower, Meatgrinder, Purple People Eater

Pounder MAX: Oh shit!

[Chinchilla]

Short Bus = Sunderer
Jimmy = Deliverer

[Vis Armata]

Vanny = Vanguard.

[Kikinchikin]

n00bsher= lasher

[opchu]

jh as jackhamma as well

[1024]

van=vangaurd

smelly=hamma

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by Jaged
Sometimes a basalisk is called a bassy.

I have also heard (read) people refer to it as a "lisk" or a "Bas"

[NCG JMan]

Originally posted by Happy lil' Elf
Sunderer: Party bus, Big bus

Deliverer: Short bus, "Special" bus

Jackhammer: Noobhammer, Faghammer, Shithammer, basically whatever "clever" new word any idiot wants to stick in front of hammer basically.

Magrider: Lawnmower, Meatgrinder, Purple People Eater

Pounder MAX: Oh shit!

I have also heard the Magrider called a MagMower. Kind of a hybrid of the Magrider and Lawnmower names.

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Nixon
Yeah, a "Zerg Rush" or "Zerging" is basically when 100+ people just move around in large groups, swarming bases in shear numbers rather then through tactics. Sometimes, continents can be locked and you'll find every possible person your empire can fit just swarming one base. Some of the larger outfits out there tend to move around in this fashion... you know which ones. They have 200-1000 members.

For those who never played Starcraft, the Zerg were one of three races you got to chose. Unlike the others, the Zerg units were cheap and sometimes constructed two at a time, allowing you to overwhelm your opponent in shear numbers rather then through using unique units.

You saying that the outfits with 200+ members are Zerg? Not quite my friend. My outfit has about 200 members but there's only about 25 or so on-line at the most. Now I know of a Vanu outift with 1000 member's. Damn.

[Nixon]

Well, it's all very relative... I'm refering more towards outfits that actually have 150+ people online and moving together. As outfits go, some are full with people who play 8 hours a day, while others have plenty who can only squeeze in a couple of hours a day. It's a general, blanket statement and obviously I'm not going to list every exception.

Still, various outfits earn a reputation as being part of the Zerg. On Johari, when we're losing a fight, we sometimes joke and say "Somebody contact Phoenix Legion and tell them to bring the Zerg!" That's not to say they're a mindless group of drooling people controlled by a hive mind... many of them are actually very likable guys.

Zerg battles are more fun when they're roughly evenly matched... but it's a shame you don't see much armor on the battle field. AV, as well as sheer numbers of other weapons, tend to chew right through 'em and most people aren't willing to drive all the way back over. Then again, you also get those 56kers that lag their way across the battle field and magically kill ya. 56k Reaver pilots... now that's everyone's worst nightmare. They stand still enough to fire off their salvo, and then lag through the skies and you can't hit them with anything.

[Diddy Mao]

Lash-hammer = Lasher <--Due to Recent Patch
Toh = Can reffer to Hart or the Hack on a Facilities
Charlie = Less common term for the TR
Big Bird or Banana's = High BR Ranked NC's
Ram Rider = Magrider
Teh Ultimate Ghey = Pounder Max

and my own personal Contribution to the Online Community of Planetside "p00n"... Another refference to a n00b

[Maverick Knight]

Overmind = Anyone who appears to be directing a Zerg

Mystic-ninja-kill-from-the-shadows = Someone's reference to the impression lots of people seem to have of snipers

Mystic-ninja-kill-from-the-shadows = Cloakers

Noobhammer = the Jackhammer

Nooblasher = the new Lasher

Mystery Machine, VW Bus, truck, Hippiemobile = Sunderer

Havoc = Galaxy (have to have played Tribes 2)

Shrike = Mosquito (again, have to have played Tribes 2)

The Hand of God = the Phoenix (personal opinions)

Bumpercar = Magrider

Boomstick = Sweeper

Sir = a CR5

[Sleepwalker]

DL = darklight (i know this one all too well)
SL = squad leader
CY = courtyard
BD = back door
CC = control console
bloods = TR
crips = new conglomerate
traitor = fucktard who went to vanu post-patch
(incoherent chain of swearing) = any infiltrator on the business end of the new lasher.

[Streamline]

Originally posted by Nixon
Yeah, a "Zerg Rush" or "Zerging" is basically when 100+ people just move around in large groups, swarming bases in shear numbers rather then through tactics. Sometimes, continents can be locked and you'll find every possible person your empire can fit just swarming one base. Some of the larger outfits out there tend to move around in this fashion... you know which ones. They have 200-1000 members.

For those who never played Starcraft, the Zerg were one of three races you got to chose. Unlike the others, the Zerg units were cheap and sometimes constructed two at a time, allowing you to overwhelm your opponent in shear numbers rather then through using unique units.
Originally posted by Lonehunter187
You saying that the outfits with 200+ members are Zerg? Not quite my friend. My outfit has about 200 members but there's only about 25 or so on-line at the most. Now I know of a Vanu outift with 1000 member's. Damn.
I too must concede. It wouldn't suprise me if BA was the most organized and unified of all the outfits on all servers. Hardly zerging.
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Lasher = HackJammer ;)

[Streamline]

I think i heard thresher being called a mini-mag.