READ ME FIRST: Common Guild Wars and internet terms

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

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Everyone, please take a look at this list and post if there are any missing. We would like to keep this up to date.

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40/40 A wand/offhand weapon set with both 20% HCT and 20% HSR mods on each weapon. 55 build 55 health solo build 600/smite Two monk team consisting of a 600hp tank and a smite-bonder.
A
abs (Rune of) Absorption AD American District afaik as far as I know afk away from keyboard AoE Area of Effect AL Armor Level AP Armor Penetration AtB Awaken the Blood atm at the moment attrib attribute
B
balth (faction) Balthazar faction points earned in PvP matches. b/o buyout B/P Barrage/Pet ranger bbiab be back in a bit bbl be back later BDS Bone Dragon Staff BHA Broad Head Arrow Bio bathroom break (biological waste) BiP Blood is Power Bonder Protection monk focusing on Life Bond boon prot Monk with Divine Boon and prot skills B/U Backup essences (of celerity) BR Blood Ritual brb be right back brt be right there btw by the way
C
c/o current offer cap sig Signet of Capture CoF Cry of Frustration or Cathedral of Flames CoP Contemplation of Purity or Cry of Pain
D
DD Direct Damage - Destruction Depths DF Divine Favor DNKP Defend North Kryta Province DoA Domain of Anguish DOT Damage Over Time dp death penalty DPS Damage Per Second Drok's Droknar's Forge, or armor crafted there
E
Ecto Glob of Ectoplasm Edge Edge of Extinction EDrain Energy Drain EoE Edge of Extinction
F
FA Final Assault (Sorrow's Furnace) FA Fort Aspenwood (Competitive Mission) FDS Fiery Dragon Sword FFF Fast Faction Farm ffs for f***'s sake FoC Feast of Corruption FOTM Flavor of the Month FoW Fissure of Woe FTL For The Lose FTW For The Win
G
g gold GG Good Game GH Guild Hall GJ Good Job GL Guild Lord GLF Group Looking For gl hf good luck; have fun GoR Glyph of Renewal GvG Guild versus Guild GWAMM God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals – Rank in Kind of a big deal title track
H
HA Heroes' Ascent HFFF Hero Fast Faction Farm HB HB monk. (Healer's Boon) HCT Halves casting time HoD Henge of Denravi HoH Hall of Heroes HP hit points, health HSR Halves skill recharge H/H Hero/Hench
I
IDS Icy Dragon Sword IAS increase attack speed imho in my humble/honest opinion imo in my opinion IMS increase movement speed int international (district) IRC Internet Relay Chat irl in real life ITT In this thread IW Illusionary Weaponry IWAY "I Will Avenge You!
J
j/k just kidding JQ Jade Quarry (Competitive Mission)
K
k thousand/platinum KC Kaineng Center – Main City in Factions Keg Farm A farm that is no longer possible. KoBD Kind of a Big Deal
L
LA Lion's Arch, trade center of GW LDD Last Day Dawns LFG Looking For Group LFP Looking For Party LFR Looking For Runner LMAO Laughing my ass off LMFAO Laughing my F***ing ass off LOD Light of Deliverance LoD Light of Deldrimor - A PvE only skill in the dwarven title track that allows players to reveal treasures in certain areas of the dungeon. LOL Laugh out Loud LoS line of sight
M
mIRC IRC client MM Minion Master MoI Mantra of Inscriptions MoR Mantra of Recall - Mantra of Recovery - Mantra of Resolve - Mark of Rodgort MT mistell, a message sent to the wrong person
N
NPC Non Player Character
O
omw on my way obo or best offer OoB Offering of Blood OS Old School
P
PC Price Check Pew Pew The sound of lasers, which usually associated with "owning" somebody or something. pip arrow of health or energy regeneration Pleak Power Leak Plock Power Block PM Private Message prep preparation PS Protective Spirit PUG Pickup Group PvE Player versus Environment PvP Player versus Player PvX PvX wiki
Q
QQ Crying QZ Quickening Zephyr
R
RA Random Arenas Renewal Glyph of Renewal r/b or Reserve bid-"I wont let it be bought until it reaches X amount" Rez or res Resurrect RoF (location)Ring of Fire, either the mission outpost or island chain RoF (skill) Reversal of Fortune ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
S
s/b starting bid sac sacrifice SB Spirit Bond SF Sorrow's Furnace - Searing Flames - Shadow Form SoA Shield of Absorption SOJ Shield of Judgement SoS Signet of Sorrow - Signet of Spirits SS (skill) Spiteful Spirit SS (non-skill)screenshot Sup Superior (Rune) stfu shut the f*** up SV Sympathetic Visage - Spoil Victor
T
TA Team Arenas TF Tiger's Fury tbh to be honest THK Thunderhead Keep TOA Temple of Ages Tombs Tomb of the Primeval Kings (PvE), Heroes' Ascent (PvP) ToPK Tomb of the Primeval Kings toon someone's character TS Teamspeak, a voice chat program ttyl talk to you later tyt take your time
U
UW Underworld
V
VDS Vampiric Dragon Sword Vent Ventrilo, a voice chat program VIM "Victory Is Mine!" VoD "Victory or Death!" VS Voltaic Spear
W
wammo W/Mo, usually self-healing WoH Word of Healing WTB Want To Buy WTF What the f*** WTS Want To Sell WTT Want To Trade

You may also wish to check the abbreviations page on the official wiki.

Kumu Honua

Kumu Honua

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2008

Boon prot's link is misspelled.

Rakim B

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2008

Mo/

Worlds at war isn't really wrong, just outdated.

SoA has another meaning thanks to nightfall too

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

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Thanks Kuma, it's fixed.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rakim B
Worlds at war isn't really wrong, just outdated.

SoA has another meaning thanks to nightfall too
Ok, that is no help. What's the other meaning and where did you see worlds at war?

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

You left out HB - as in HB monk. (Healer's Boon)

WTB, WTT, & WTS are all "Want" not "Willing"

CoF is also Cathedral of Flames.

FTW is also "Free The World" or "F*** The World"

"brt" - be right there

LOD - Light of Deliverance

SoA - Shield of Absorption (the Nightfall reference)

rgr - Roger

KoBD - Kind of a Big Deal

600/smite - Two monk team consisting of a 600hp tank and a smite-bonder.

ttfn - Ta Ta For Now - Tigger's way of saying "so long" to Pooh

dark_slayer

dark_slayer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

We Still Got It [MOJO] Leader

SF = Searing Flames and Shadow Form also
QQ = cry
SV = Spoil Victor
MoR = Mantra of Recovery, Mantra of Resolve and Mark of Rodgort
SoJ = Signet of Judgment
SoS = Signet of Sorrow


Plok= Power Block
Pleak= Power Leak
DD = Destruction Depths
CoF = Cathedral of Flames

you should split this into 2 parts, 1 for skills and 1 for every thing else

Nainoa

Nainoa

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2008

USA

ARMY

W/

FFF = Fast Faction Farm
HFFF = Hero Fast Faction Farm

I feel bad for the person keeping track of the acronyms people use because it seems they like to abbreviate everything.

Songbringer

Songbringer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

EastCoast

E/Me

gz=congratulations

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

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Quaker, thanks those all really helped. I didn't leave anything out tho, it's not my list. I think it was made back when GW first went live. I just reposted with updated rules and stuff.

Songbringer, I've not seen that one. Most people say grats.

Nainoa, don't feel too bad, that's why I posted this.....so you guys could help me.

Quote:
Originally Posted by dark_slayer

you should split this into 2 parts, 1 for skills and 1 for every thing else
Good idea, I'll do that.....although not today, I have a headache.

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

SS could also mean [Spirit's Strength] as in a SS/Splinter/Volley Rit.

RoF could mean Rate of Fire as in how fast you fire a bow/spear.

OoS = [offering of spirit]

AR = [Ancestors Rage]

Nearly all the item spells can be abbreviated such as [Protective was Kaolai] = PwK.

GoF = [Gaze of Fury]

DPS = [Death Pact Signet]

FomF = [Flesh of My Flesh]

MB&S/MBaS = [Mend Body and Soul]

Rejuv = [Rejuvenation]

SLW = [Spirit Light Weapon]

WoR = [Weapon of Remedy]

WoS = [Weapon of Shadow]

WoW = [Weapon of Warding]

P.S - Ain't touchin' Communing/Spawning since not many people use those skills.

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

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HB = Healer's Boon, + Hero Battles
GH = Guildhall
EotN, GWEN = Guild Wars Eye of the North expansion
UB = Ursan Blessing

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

E/

WoD = [skill]Wail Of Doom[/skill]

Terra = Elementalist being Assassin or Mesmer 2nd profession.

Fury Incarnate

Fury Incarnate

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

Connecticut, USA

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ATfH - A Time for Heroes (Last GWEN mission)
EotN, GWEN - Eye of the North
NF - Nightfall
Proph - Prophecies
Prof - profession
GD - Great Destroyer

TheodenKing

TheodenKing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

DoA

Dark Order of Retarded Knights (doRk)

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaker
WTB, WTT, & WTS are all "Want" not "Willing"
Maybe in your world. But in my world, it has always been "willing," which, by the way, means the same thing.

Missing from list:
ea = each
ecto (or "e") = Glob of Ectoplasm
GFtE = Go For the Eyes!
GoLE = Glyph of Lesser Energy
Imba = "I'm a badass" -- Save Yourselves paragon build.
Pgon = Paragon
SY = Save Yourselves!
zkey = Zaishen key

Laelia Pumila

Laelia Pumila

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

I thought 'imba' meant imbalanced?

And I've always wondered what 'sabway' is short for. It's not on the list.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

Ryder, you are missing LoD - Light of Deldrimor

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@ Laelia - Sabway is usually Sab's 3-Necro Hero Team for Vanquishing 4-man areas.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ight=Sab+necro

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

Sabway

ITT = In this thread
TNtF or TNTF = ["Theres Nothing to Fear!"]

Ryker, WaW is on the list as "Worlds at War, term for the current favor system," which is now outdated since the change to titles for favor.

Is HP also used for [[Heal Party]?

Hollygen

Hollygen

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2007

UK

Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkGanni
Terra = Elementalist being Assassin or Mesmer 2nd profession.
The E/Me or E/A builds you're thinking of that get called 'Terra' do so because the Elementalist is using predominantly ele Earth skills. 'Terra' meaning 'Earth' or 'Land'

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheodenKing
Maybe in your world. But in my world, it has always been "willing," which, by the way, means the same thing.
The intent may be the same - the desire to buy or sell something - but being "willing" to do something is not the same as "wanting" to do it. I may be "willing" to change a baby's diaper, but I don't "want" to.

On a related topic - many people here have listed various abbreviations for assorted spells. Basically, of course, any spell-name could be replaced by it's abbreviation, but that would just get confusing. I think this list would be best served by only listing those spell abbreviations that come up most often in regular chat - unfortunately, "most often" can change depending upon what builds are currently in vogue.

KoKoS

KoKoS

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

aBove Empress Amarox xP

KDT

Mo/E

k = thousand/platinum = /agree, but it's sometimes also used to say "ok"

np= no problem

asap= as s00n as possible

tmakinen

tmakinen

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

www.mybearfriend.net

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

E/

CoP is also Cry of Pain
DoA is Domain of Anguish
SoC is Signet of Capture

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

tbh - to be honest
cop - cry of pain
byob - bring your own build
roll - make a character, associated with pvp-only
dshot - distracting shot
evis - eviscerate
WoW- weapon of warding
KC - kaineng center

just quick ones I thought of that i didn't see

IrisLee

IrisLee

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2008

England

None

Mo/

Gwamm - God Amongst Mere Mortals

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaker
On a related topic - many people here have listed various abbreviations for assorted spells. Basically, of course, any spell-name could be replaced by it's abbreviation, but that would just get confusing. I think this list would be best served by only listing those spell abbreviations that come up most often in regular chat - unfortunately, "most often" can change depending upon what builds are currently in vogue.
Yeah, I agree. In doing this, I'm seeing a lot that are no longer around.

Quote:
Originally Posted by tmakinen
SoC is Signet of Capture
I've never heard it called that, it's always been called cap sig.


Ok, I updated it with most of your suggestions as well as removed some that no longer are used.

IrisLee

IrisLee

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2008

England

None

Mo/

I see you've got AD for American District, but most people i know say AmD or Am Dis.

beregond

beregond

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Paladins of Eternal Truth[POET]

W/Mo

I see lots of people say "QFT".

What does it mean?

Friday

Friday

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

[DVDF]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander Ryker
Songbringer, I've not seen that one. Most people say grats.
Most of the people I play with say gs or gz for congratulations, and only a few say grats, so I think they do deserve a space on your list.

Tatile

Tatile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by beregond
I see lots of people say "QFT".

What does it mean?
Quoted for Truth, or perhaps Quite F*cking True, depending on the person or context ^.~

distilledwill

distilledwill

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

Blighty

The Legion of the Blue Blade

R/Mo

Just a few ranger ones:

D-Shot = [[Distracting Shot]
Trolls = [[Troll Unguent]
Nat Stride = [[Natural Stride]
Cripshot = [[Crippling Shot]
BA = [[Burning Arrow]
PA = [[Poison Arrow]
BHA = [[Broad Head Arrow]
IA = [[Incendiary Arrows]
Apply = [[Apply Poison]

Cap = Capture (as in shrines in AB, HB, HA etc)
Flagger = Flag Runner
Rit = Ritualist
Para = Paragon
Derv = Dervish
Sin = Assassin
Mes = Mesmer

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

distilledwill, those are all abbreviations not acronyms.

CronkTheImpaler

CronkTheImpaler

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

midwest

AE

W/Me

tl;dr??? ive searched this and cant find it. funny thing is i get a kick out of trackin this stuff. despite the base iq of 44 we have here in this forumn people sure do get creative with the engrish rangluage.

Cronk

oh yea tl;dr wtf is that imo i think it is ftw.

Tatile

Tatile

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Stygian Disciples of Tenebrasus

N/Me

tl;dr: Too long; didn't read.

Laziness, essentially.

Sir Seifus Halbred

Sir Seifus Halbred

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

LoD is also Light of Dwayna

_Nihilist_

_Nihilist_

Will Bull's Strike for $!

Join Date: Apr 2006

Isle of the Dead

QFT is also = "Quit F***ing Talking", mostly when in a PUG w/ someone who won't STFU

k / Kk = Okay

q = Requirement, mostly seen with WTB/WTS

fenix

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

No WAY will q be for Requirement. Only idiots use it.

But srsly, Ryker, you need to add gtfo.

It gets used more than enough to warrant addition

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

Ouch - regretted making this list yet, Rykes?

You may well need this one: tl;dr meaning "too long; didn't read"

Oh, and good ol' IIRC - "If I Recall Correctly"

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

Ryker, the reason I suggested adding Light of Deldrimor to the LoD entry is that the Cathedral of Flames runners ask you to bring heals and LoD.

They don't mean Light of Deliverence.

Pookster

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

UK

Mo/Me

Another one I use from time to time in chat is.......

WASP in the room

Wife Angry Still Playing

WhiteAsIce

WhiteAsIce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

R/

At Umbral Grotto, I sometimes see something like "LFG VFS HM"... What's VFS?

bengance

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2008

DAD

E/Mo

You should mention that a lot of people just type "1" or "rdy" to say there ready or as the shortest method of saying okay.

Also, everybody should know that "newbs", "noobs" is a negative term for new players.