100 video games related words

Players or gamers have their own language, their own vocabulary. Do you want to learn what many of those words mean? Read below.

Animality

It consists of the winning character turning into an animal to kill his opponent.

Babality

It consists of turning the rival into a baby in diapers or a miniature version of the character once he has been defeated and his energy has been exhausted. To do this, it is necessary to have defeated the rival according to a series of conditions.

Babysitting

Take care of weaker players in the early stages so that you can quickly get the gold and experience you need to become powerful.

Back Door

Strategy in which one or more high-level players attack the structures of the enemy team (such as turrets, inhibitors, etc.) without the support of their minors. In other words, sneak up on the enemy base without pushing the line first.

Backtracking

Going backwards in a game , usually happens in adventure or exploration games, and consists of returning to lower levels, already played, with the intention of collecting or accessing areas or objects that were previously not accessible.

Bait

In competitive video games, a bait is a player who, with a weak and / or apparently lonely character, lures the opposing team into an area to act as a trap and ambush with the rest of the team.

Bind

In Spanish that term could be translated as link. It may have to do with an ability the player achieves that is permanently attached to the character and cannot be removed. Or a spell that links a player’s character to a place, so when he dies he will return to that place. Associate an ability to a keyboard key.

Body block

Action of chasing and blocking the path of another player to prevent their advance, attack or in general prevent or hinder all their actions in the game.

Breach and clear

Strategy used in some games that consists of throwing a smoke or light grenade in a space with many enemies and taking advantage of the enemies’ stun to kill them or incapacitate them.

Carve

Cut parts of a dead monster (such as scales, bones, poison sacks, etc.) and then take advantage of them to use them as weapons or armor.

Chase

Chase a player.

Cheeze

Attack technique, risky and unexpected, so its execution is an all or nothing bet.

Circle Strafing

Circular strafing is the technique of moving around a target in a circle while facing it. Circular strafing allows a player to continuously fire at an opponent while dodging counterattacks. By quickly circling the opponent, the player evades the opponent’s sight.

Clutch

Said of a play, action, movement, etc, it means that it has been done at the right time and that therefore it has been an important advantage for the player or his team.

Combo

It refers to a sequence of simple actions, which must be carried out in a limited time and which cause a greater effect than those carried out separately. Especially a compound attack move in a fighting game.

Counter peeking

It is the action of leaning out trying to have a quick view, at an angle or corner without exposing oneself to the rival.

Crafting

Crafting or crafting items from existing items or basic collectible items in a game. It is a very common skill in role-playing games.

Crowd control

Ability that allows you to limit the number of enemies that can attack the player or his team, or prevent them from using any of their skills or actions. It also refers to any skill or action that interferes with the movement of the enemy, and that is useful to handle combat against large groups of enemies.

Danger Action Speed ​​Heroes – Dash

Fast and powerful character movement, with various functions and effects depending on the game, often to quickly approach or directly charge an enemy.

Dive

It comes from the English verb Dive, which means to dive. It indicates the technique of launching to attack a tower even if you are taking damage from it, something like getting underneath.

Drafting

Used in real life by pilots or cyclists and consists of standing just behind the rival to gain speed by taking advantage of the wind tunnel that is generated when the vehicle in front cuts through the air.

Drifting

It is a motoring technique that consists of intentionally skidding a vehicle around an axle while maintaining control of it.

Drop

Drop or get rid of objects , or items, because they are no longer needed or to make room for other more valuable objects.

Duel

Make a duel , combat or fight between two people or two groups.

Duping / Dupear

In the world of games, this term refers to the act of manipulating a game by duplicating elements. It involves the use of an error or glitch to obtain successive duplicates or clones of an item. That way, the player can enjoy an advantage over other players. Duping is a way of cheating

Farm

It consists of collecting objects, experience points, money or any other advantage for our character and thus obtain benefits to overcome challenges or battles. It involves gathering resources (experience, weapons, gold, armor) and thus being able to improve or buy the items that one owns.

Fatality

Distinctive final or special move, which can cause death or destruction of the opponent .

Flood

The flood or flood is, in a generic way, repeatedly performing any action, without rest . It can be both a movement in the game and writing in a chat, etc.

Focus

Focus the attack on a specific target or enemy.

Frag / fragging / fragmentation grenade

It consists of deliberately killing a member of your own squad or manipulating another member to do it for you. It can also refer to killing an enemy with such a grenade.

Feedear

Repeated death at the hands of opposing players, usually on purpose, in order to serve as a source of experience or other advantages.

Flame

Berating or insulting other players in an exaggerated way and without rational motivation, with the sole purpose of causing a hostile situation.

Framear / from English frames

Colloquial way of indicating that a game suffers from noticeable drops in its frame rate per second, or FPS (Frames per Second).

Ganking / Gang Killing

Although it may seem very violent, it refers to group killing , a group of players move through the game world to eliminate other solitary players, usually from other factions or guilds. It can also refer to when a high-level solo player eliminates other players of a much lower level than theirs.

Ghostear – from English ghost

In online multiplayer video games, it refers to the practice of watching the opposing team’s game at the same time it is played, gaining an advantage by knowing the opponent’s actions. It can be a reason for disqualification in different competitions.

Grinding / from English grinding

Killing enemies repeatedly in order to obtain and accumulate rewards , such as experience to level up or objects a character or some equipment or materials.

Hitmarker / from the English hitmaker

Make a shot that hits the enemy but does not kill him in some cases making it necessary to shoot repeatedly.

Hold / from English hold

It can refer to moving forward with a character, without being seen or heard . Or maintain the position in a specific place, to spy or camp.

Instalock / from English instant lock

It refers to an instant block of a character and therefore does not allow other players to select that character if for some reason it is recommended (by team strategy or by ability).

Jungling, Jungle

It is the action of killing neutral enemies , which are creatures located within the space known as jungle League of Legends online video game, in order to quickly obtain money.

Kiting, Kitear from English kit

The name derives from the movements of a kite in the air , also known as a moving attack, similar to those performed with a character or unit in this technique. It refers to keeping an enemy chasing you and at the same time keeping it at a range where it cannot attack you.

Last hit

It literally means last hit . When used by a player, it refers to the last hit that must be made to a minion to kill it. In many games, the player who makes the last hit is the one who takes the loot or loot of the enemy, hence its relevance.

Levear / English level

Action carried out with the sole purpose of leveling up with a certain character, generally with the intention of reaching a certain level that allows facing new missions, enemies or areas with greater guarantees of victory.

Mark

Locate an enemy and make it visible to the rest.

Main

It refers to the main character of the game . However, when it refers to the Mainear action, it indicates the continued use of a specific player, having a champion or main character to play a certain video game, so you already know and master all its characteristics.

Meta Gameplay, Metagaming

You can refer to any action, strategy, movement, etc . which is done thanks to an external knowledge of the rules or operation of a game . Therefore, it uses external factors to affect the game or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment established by the game.

Min-maxing

It is the strategy of building the character optimizing a skill or other desirable power, essential for the success of that character in a specific role and environment and minimizing everything else, seen as undesirable. Rather than distributing skill points more evenly across attributes.

No scope

Take a shot with a sniper rifle or other sight weapon without aiming through it.

Overfarming / from English overfarming

Farming (explained above) in excess. It is sometimes considered bad practice because it may be more advantageous to spend the time on another action, or to hand that action over to a teammate; although, on the other hand, having such an evolved character can become a strategically useful factor of imbalance.

Parry

It consists of counterattacking the enemies when they are attacking you in order to counter the opponent’s attacks. Leaving it in a staggering state that allows you to attack it with more force.

Peekear / from the English peak

In first-person shooter games, it refers to the action of leaning out to seek vision of the opponent at a crossfire angle. Kind of like taking a peek or a look.

Pentakill

In multiplayer video games where teams of 5 players compete, when a single player kills all 5 players of the rival team.

Pixel hunt

Scroll slowly and carefully across the screen to find an object to interact with.

Pokear / from English poke

Perform low power ranged attacks (taps), from a safe position, to weaken the opponent.

Power Gaming

When in a role-playing action it goes beyond the limits of reality or the natural capacities of the character.

Pre-fire

Open fire ahead of time, without actually aiming or visualizing the enemy.

Pull

Attracting the attention of an enemy away from his location , usually to separate groups of enemies and facilitate the task of eliminating them.

Push

Get minions to advance towards a tower to force defense or to facilitate the destruction of the towers. Pushear is the character or player who performs the action.

Quick Scope

The act of rapidly aiming a sniper rifle to kill an opponent.

Quick Time Event

It is a game method in which the player has a time limit to press a certain button or perform certain actions, shortly after the appearance of an instruction or message on the screen. In some cases it may be necessary to get all these actions right in order to continue or simply to be an advantage.

Rampage

That one player kills all the members of the opposing team by himself.

Respawn

It means to reappear. It refers to the place within the map, where once the player is eliminated, they reappear.

Roll

Play according to the rules and characteristics of an RPG or simply play an RPG.

Run

Refers to any organized attempt to complete a raid or dungeon.

Rush

Launch a very fast attack against the enemy, taking advantage of the element of surprise to catch him off guard and therefore without enough army or resources to defend himself. Common tactic especially in strategy games and tactical shooting games. Rushear is often used, which means to rush.

Skillshot

A skill that requires the proper aim and timing to hit an enemy . Allows a character to launch a projectile from a distance, which instead of automatically hitting the enemy, calculates its speed and distance, thus creating an effect when it hits.

Smurf

It is a term used to designate a player with a high rank , but another account has been created to play with lower ranks. Many players do this to help their lower ranked friends level up.

Split push

It’s when you move and push a line on your own, separate from the rest of your team.

Stall

It means stop or delay . Situation in which the team that is clearly going to win the game slows down the pace so that it does not end and thus humiliate the opposing team. The strategy usually ends in beating the opponent by attrition

Strafing

It is the act of moving sideways in a video game, either in relation to an enemy or to the game camera, this allows the player to keep the camera focused on a target, such as an enemy, while moving in a different direction.

Straferunning

Technique that consists of the combination of lateral movement (strafing) with normal forward movement, which allows the player to move his character at a higher speed than using just one of the movements. It is only possible in certain games.

Stream sniping

It is an opportunistic tactic in online games when a viewer exploits information by watching the live feed of someone they are playing against. Synonym of ghosting .

Stun

Refers to a temporary loss of control or temporary deactivation of a character . Many moves in many games will stun or incapacitate enemies to prevent the opponent from moving, attacking, or using any spell techniques. The character is temporarily unconscious, usually after an action by the rival.

Support / from English support

Act as a support class in a game. Character whose importance lies in the utility it provides, whether to protect, decant combat, heal, mitigate, weaken, etc.

Taunt

Taunt move , very common in fighting games, to draw the attention of opponents to the player character, saving other more fragile characters from their attacks so that they can perform specialized roles. It serves to provoke the opponent and try to make him make an attack movement.

Tea bagging

The term comes from English in reference to the action of introducing a tea bag in water. Action that consists of repeatedly crouching over another player on the head of an enemy lying on the ground in order to humiliate him.

Trickshot

Trick shot . Death that is carried out with a shot accompanied by some special action or significant ability such as a jump, a turn, a quick aim, etc., so that the repetition of the death is more attractive.

Trickstab

Death that occurs when a character stabs someone from the side .

Tryhard

He is a person who tries too hard to win a game ; you’re trying too hard. People often play games for fun. Tryhardear someone who acts like one.

Ukear

Frequent action in the world of video games, but it is not very accepted since it has negative connotations. Occurs when a player is harassing or attacking another user in a game .

Ultimate

It is your ultimate ability. It is usually the final blow or attack of a character , the one that causes the most damage, often becoming deadly to the opponent. The ults are like very strong Heroic Talents that can turn the tide of any battle on their own.

Wallear

Shoot down enemies or players through walls or walls. In certain video games it is a possible action, in others it is an indication of the use of cheats.

Zerg

A common strategy in which a player uses a large number of small or simple units to accomplish a task that could be accomplished by fewer larger or advanced units.

Zoning

Perform ranged attacks on the opponent to keep him away in the area, to prevent the opponent from getting any type of resource such as gold, experience or simply advancing through that area.