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Message: [QUOTE="jon2, post: 405951, member: 2155"] 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: [IMG size="960x720"]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXeIxapvwLjdM4LDFffvUwN70Ikv0OqpEJEVYzhXW6nwysGAl-D1tm1oMAvMqekc8XDV5-eB_tUp3HT_pU9vrRJCKlSkrqF2uN4uOlKnxqczrBdEtrdQekbyAOAPyoOZHNJOCz1o_3vU/s1600/internet-cafe+pic.jpg[/IMG] One of the cheating methods prevalent in LAN games at such venues is [B]peeking at the opponent's screen[/B], 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 [/QUOTE]

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