Glossary:

Nerf – To make something less powerful or less significant in a game because it usually causes an unbalance in the gameplay affecting the community or the game difficulty itself.

End Game – Things that you get in a game when you are almost done, or done with the game to squeeze out as much as you can to be as powerful as you can.

The Meta – This is considered a term to use when something has already been studied enough in a game that it’s established to be one or the best option to reach the highest limiters of a game.

Noob – Is a term that comes from the word Newbie and it basically means you’re considered beginner in the game. People tend to use this aggressively for the most part but it’s also a reality of gaming, when you haven’t played a game you always start out as a noob.

Aggro – When you intentionally provoke another player or other enemies in the game to cause them to react against you or other players.

Loot – It can be in reference to currency, character power-ups or gear such as weapons, armor, skins, etc.

Glitch – This is something that the programmers of the game did not intend to happen and it’s something that usually breaks part of the game allowing you to go into areas that were not meant to be explored or falling out of the map and things of that nature.

Exploit – Usually these are combined with glitches, exploits are concepts that you use to gain things that are usually hard to get or you shouldn’t be getting that early or fast in the game hence making you have a big advantage over the game or other players.

Game Console – Generally use in PC gaming, the console is a command prompt line that allows players and developers alike to start and stop commands for the specific game in question.

Acronyms:

NPC – Non Playable Character
GG – Good Game
FPS – Frames Per Second , First Person Shooter
QTE – Quick Time Events
LF – Looking For…
LFG – Looking For Group
RPG – Role Playing Game
RTS – Real Time Strategy
MOBA – Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
AI – Artificial Intelligence
MMORPG – Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
OP – Over Powered
HUD – Heads Up Display
AFK – Away From Keyboard
ROTFL – Rolling on the Floor Laughing
IMO – In My Opinion
PvE – Player VS Enemy
PvP – Player VS Player
NG+ – New Game Plus
RNG – Random Number Generator , Random Number God