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General Player Sayings (game and forum-related):
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GL - Good Luck
HF - Have Fun
GG - Good Game
WP - Well Played
ITT - In This Thread
LOL - Laughing
L2P - Learn to Play
Herp Derp - Another way of 'stating the obvious'
QQ - Another way of complaining or "crying"
Troll or "Trolling" - Players who look to start fights or arguments on purpose
OP - Original Poster (or post). This is used in different context than "overpowered."
Blues - Referring to Blizzard Representatives (they post in blue text)
BM - Bad Manners
Elitism - Referring to players who never admit they're wrong and say they're the best
Nerf - Used to say "fix this!" or "They ruined this!"
Buff - Used to say "Make this stronger" or "They made this way too strong!"
Rage - Similar to bad manners, but more of "i'm frustrated"
L2Read - This is said to players who take things out of context and/or don't comprehend correctly
QFT - Quoted for Truth. Indicating that something said was entirely truthful.
TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read
LF - Looking For (in-game chat channel term)
Imba or "Broken" - Imbalanced. This is another way of saying OP or UP (see next two terms)
OP - OverPowered (indicating that something is too strong, also known as 'Imba')
UP - UnderPowered (indicating that something is too weak, also known as 'Imba')
TvP - Terran vs Protoss
TvZ - Terran vs Zerg
TvT - Terran vs Terran
ZvP - Zerg vs Protoss
ZvZ - Zerg vs Zerg
PvP - Protoss vs Protoss
Random - Players who play all 3 races equally
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Race, Ability, and Unit Terms:
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Zerg Terms:
Z - Zerg
Ovie - Overlord
Hatch - Hatchery
Muta - Mutalisk
Pool - Spawning Pool
Bane or Bling - Baneling
sling/Ling or "Crackling" - Speedlings (Zerglings with speed, or 'Adrenal Gland', upgrade)
Hydra - Hydralisk
Ultra - Ultralisk
Tumors - Creep Tumors, spawned by Queens
FG - Fungal Growth (Infestor ability)
BL - Brood Lords
Terran Terms:
T - Terran
CC - Command Center
OC - Orbital Command
PF - Planetary Fortress
Rax - Barracks
Ebay - Engineering Bay
Rines - Marines
Rauder - Marauder
BC - Battlecruiser
BFH - Blue Flame Hellions
Stim - Stim Pack (A marine upgrade)
Mech - Mechanical (Factory) units, such as Hellions, Siege Tanks, and Thors
EMP - A ghost ability that drains energy from enemy units as well as protoss shields
Protoss Terms:
P - Protoss
Robo - Robotics Facility
Gate - Gateway or WarpGate
Obs - Observer
VR - Void Ray
HT - High Templar
DT - Dark Templar
Colossi - Colossus
ChargeLots - Zealots with Charge upgrade
FF - Force Field (Sentry ability)
Blink - An ability researched for Stalkers.
Psi or "Storm" - Psionic Storm, casted by High Templars
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Game Strategy, Tactic and War Terms:
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Micro - Managing your units during battles to maximize their effectiveness
Macro - Managing your economy, expansions, and production buildings
Build or BO - Build Order. This is used to create an order in which you are making buildings and units.
Tier or "Tier 1/2/3" - The level of building or unit tech (See 'Tech' or 'Teching') within a strategy or build order.
Natural or "2nd" - The closest expansion near your base in which you will take first.
Expo or "3rd, 4th, or 5th" - Expansions other than your Natural (see 'Natural')
FE - Fast Expand (expanding very early in the game)
Rally - The location where your units gather after spawning
Scout or "Scouting" - Using workers, abilities, or certain units to find out what your enemy is doing
Harass - Using certain units to "hit and run" on the enemy's economy or structures
Contain - Surrounding your opponent, or preventing them from expanding
Proxy - Buildings that are built near your opponent's base (proximity) to reduce the run distance across the map, allowing to attack your opponent sooner.
Rush or "Cheese" - Attempt to create a large army very quickly in the game. This involves sacrificing your economy and tech in order to try and catch your opponent unprepared.
Warp or "Warp-in" - Protoss units can warp in wherever a pylon is on the battlefield, without having to run there.
Wall in - Blocking your main base entrance so no ground units can get in. This is essentially the starting point of turtling (see 'Turtle').
AoE or "Splash" - Area of Effect. This is damage that is done to more than one unit.
FF or "Friendly Fire" - Only applies to Siege Tanks, who can hit their own units.
Turtle - Sitting back and maintaining a heavy defensive stance while "safely" building and maximizing your army before moving out.
Kite or "Kiting" - Using ranged units to shoot, back up, stop and shoot to avoid getting hit (Stop, Hit and Run method). This is repeated until you win or lose the fight.
AA - Anti Air (units or defensive buildings that hit enemy air units)
Composition - A combination of multiple units that are used to counter what your opponent has.
Drop - Dropping units with the use of medivacs, overlords, or warp prisms.
Muta/Ling/Bling - A zerg unit composition consisting of Mutalisks, Zerglings, and Banelings.
Magic Box - A Zerg Mutalisk tactic used against Terran Thors.
MMM or "Bio Ball" - A terran unit composition consisting of biological units: the Marines, Marauders, and medivacs.
1-1-1 - A terran strategy that consists of building a barrack, factory, and starport in order.
200/200 - A way to describe yourself or your opponent being maxed out on army and food supply.
Death Ball - A protoss unit composition consisting of Zealots, Stalkers, Sentries, Immortals, Colossi, and Void Rays.
4-Gate or "fourgate" - A protoss strategy consisting of making 4 warpgates and making strong timed attacks.
Split or "Marine Split" - This is a tactic that involves the splitting of marines in all different directions when encountering banelings to avoid massive AoE damage. This involves a good amount of micro (See 'Micro').
Tech or "Teching" - Upgrading your buildings to unlock more buildings and additional units and abilities.
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Miscellaneous:
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XWT or "Tower" - Xel'Naga Watch Towers
Minerals or "Node" - Minerals at expansions
Rocks - Destructible Rocks
Map - Refers to your mini-map in game.
MMR - Match Making Rating. This is the hidden rating that pairs you up against opponents who are relatively equal skill with you.
APM - Actions per Minute (this is basically how many times you click with your mouse).
Stats - Statistics
League - Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, Grand Master
Points - Your points within the league that show your division rank placement
Rank - Your rank is determined by how many points you have within a league
MLG - Major League Gaming
GSL - Global StarCraft 2 League
NASL - North American StarCraft 2 League
WoL - Wings of Liberty (Terran Expansion of SC2)
HotS - Heart of the Swarm (Zerg Expansion of SC2)
LotV - Legacy of the Void (Protoss Expansion of SC2)
