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PTR

Gaming slang

Public test realm: where patches are tested before going live.

“It's on the PTR, so the numbers will change.”

See also: Beta, Datamine, Patch

How to use it

  • “It's on the PTR, so the numbers will change.”

Related words

  1. BetaA pre-release version: playable, unfinished, changing weekly. Forever is in beta as this is written.
  2. DatamineReading a game's data files to find changes, items and spells before they're announced. Where this site's…
  3. PatchA game update. Numbered, dated, argued about.

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