Gaming slang and terminology in your language

[SpcDaicon]

Gaming is a worldwide phenomenon but sure isn't a consistent one.

Every country has its own distinct relationship with gaming and it can develop a very unique vocabulary.

Recently, I got myself thinking on how strange some gaming slangs and terminology in portuguese (my native language) is and how hard to translate they can be. "Zerar" (to zero something, to make something zero), for the act of finishing a game, "Detonado" (lit. detonated) for walkthroughs, or "Magia" (lit. magic) for any kind of projectile attack on fighting games are a few exemples.

Does your language has some unique slangs that you don't see in other languages?

 

[あさくら]

We also use magia in Spanish. Some people say "platinar" to get the platinum trophy in a game or completing it at 100% wheter is a Playstation game or not. We use "spawnear" to refer to spawning too.

 

[jon2]

In my country, the term COMSAT means something different

COMSAT came from the game Starcraft, but the meaning evolved due to local circumstances: not many can afford to buy consoles and PCs back then, so we usually played in rental shops (somewhat similar to internet cafes, only more crowded and not just PCs, some shops are pure console shops; I played my earliest SNES games in one)

These shops look something like this:

One of the cheating methods prevalent in LAN games at such venues is peeking at the opponent's screen, especially in RTS games where fog of war is present. Local gamers borrowed the term COMSAT from Starcraft as peeking reveals the opponent's location, just like the real COMSAT

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

"La Rumba" = The Party. Also to refer to Ludicolo (my friend group only).

"Farmear" = Farming/grinding.

"Se la Bizqueo" = They missed.

"Spawnear" = Spawn.

"Rankear" = Play ranked.

"Bronzeadas" = Dumb plays that belong in bronze league.

"Feedear" = Feed an enemy.

 

[cjl8336 cjl8336]

Poopsocking - when you are so engrossed in a gaming session that you poop in a sock instead of going to the toilet

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

A lot of the general slang comes from America, so I don't think there's much I can add to the conversation outside the overused "noob" "git gud" "rekt" "360 NOSCOPE"

I stand corrected. I've never heard of "ganking" (deaths caused by a group of people)

TIL Playstation themselves has a whole website on America's (possibly also Europe's) gaming terms

 

[middler]

I haven't been a social gamer for a long time so all my slang is a million years old

/ooc need a TP to TD for a CR. 2p

that's all the slang i got. if you know it, i already love you :)

 

[arkasth]

"Detonado" is a word that brings me a lot of nostalgia; it has a special place in my heart.

Other classic Brazilian gamer terms include “Apelar” and “Macete / Macetinho.”

"Apelar" or "apelão", means using something overpowered or unbalanced, often spamming the same move or strategy.

"Macete" or "macetinho" generally means a clever trick or tip and doesn’t count as cheating, often used to unlock content or gain an advantage, like the classic MK3 unlock tricks. In some contexts, however, macetinho can also be used ironically or negatively to describe someone who keeps relying on the same cheap trick to win, in a way similar to being apelão.

Many other Brazilian gamer terms today are just english words adapted into verbs, like farmar (to farm), upar (to level up), grindar (to grind), or spammar (to spam).

 

[BrawlMan]

Shoto I use somewhat, but I mainly use it for the meaning, this character fights like Ryu/Ken. Shotos usualy have a fireball, a shoryuken (or variant), and a tastsumaki spinning kick (or variant). Not the main characters must always/assumes to be a shoto.