The Battle
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Solo
The act of playing alone, hunting mobs alone.
Soulbound
An item-control mechanic where an item cannot be traded. In other words, only one person can own the object and it cannot be traded. See also BoE and BoP.
Spawn
Resurrect
Stealth
A type of invisibility that lets stealth characters sneak up on others for large critical strikes or for scouting.
Stun
A typical form of crowd control ability that immobilizes an enemy
Tank
As a noun, refers to character classes that can take a lot of damage. As a verb, refers to the act of drawing aggro from mobs before other team members strike with their abilities.
TSB
Toxic Sperm Buildup
Uber
Slang form of super
Wonder Waffle
From German Wunderwaffe, a wonder weapon
WTB
"want to buy"
WTS
"want to sell"
Zool
Cool
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[i] Vladimir Vysotsky, These Aren't the Plains, translated by Max Hrabrov
[ii] Lazar Kaganovich (1893- 1991), a Soviet politician and administrator and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin.
[iii] Sources:
The Daedalus Project. The Psychology of MMORPGs
alteredgamer.com
mmoglossary.com
omegaknights.com
mmoterms.com