The glossary

30 of 304 words for “Ding”

1. Ding

   MMO

   The sound of levelling up, and what you say in chat when it happens.

   “Ding 60!”

   “Grats on the ding.”

   See also: XP, Grats

2. Rubberbanding

   Gaming slang

   Being pulled back to where the server thinks you are after lag.

   “Rubberbanded off the bridge into the enemy team.”

   See also: Lag, Desync

3. AV

   PvP

   Also: Alterac Valley

   Alterac Valley: 40 v 40 across a whole zone, ends when a faction boss dies. Can last hours or minutes depending on the era.

   “AV weekend, honor is doubled, everyone's queueing.”

   See also: Battleground, Honor

4. BiS

   WoW

   Also: Best in slot

   Best in slot: the single best item for a slot for your class, spec and goal. 'Pre-raid BiS' is the best you can get without raiding.

   “Devilsaur set is pre-raid BiS for physical DPS.”

   “That trinket is BiS until AQ.”

   See also: Pre-raid BiS, Equivalence points, Build

5. COD

   MMO

   Cash on delivery: mail an item and the recipient pays to open it. Safe trading across the world.

   “COD it to me for 50g.”

   See also: WTS, Auction house

6. Datamine

   Gaming slang

   Reading a game's data files to find changes, items and spells before they're announced. Where this site's numbers come from.

   “Datamined talents show a new tier for shamans.”

   See also: Beta, Tooltip

7. DKP

   Raiding & dungeons

   Dragon kill points: a guild's loot currency, earned by attending raids and spent bidding on items.

   “I've saved 400 DKP for the Ashkandi.”

   “Minus 50 DKP for standing in the fire.”

   See also: Loot council, GDKP

8. Flag carrier

   PvP

   Also: FC

   The player holding the flag in Warsong Gulch. Your own is the FC, the enemy's is the EFC.

   “Peel for the flag carrier!”

   “Druid FC with speed and travel form is the classic pick.”

   See also: EFC, WSG, Peel

9. GDKP

   Raiding & dungeons

   A gold DKP run: loot goes to the highest gold bid, and the pot is split among everyone at the end. Banned in some versions of the game for feeding gold buying.

   “GDKP for Naxx, 5,000 gold minimum bid on tier.”

   See also: DKP, RMT

10. Grats

    MMO

    Also: Gz

    Congratulations. The correct reply to a ding.

    “Ding. — Grats.”

    See also: Ding

11. Inting

    Gaming slang

    Intentionally feeding: dying on purpose to lose. From 'intentional'.

    “Reported for inting.”

    See also: Throw, Feed

12. Loot council

    Raiding & dungeons

    Loot handed out by a small group of officers deciding who benefits most. Fair when it's fair.

    “Loot council gave the sword to the tank, obviously.”

    See also: Master looter, DKP

13. Ninja

    Raiding & dungeons

    Someone who takes loot they shouldn't — needing on everything, or a master looter giving items to themselves. 'Ninja'd' means it happened to you.

    “He ninja'd the epic and left the group.”

    “Ninja looter, blacklist him.”

    See also: Need or greed, Master looter

14. Off tank

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: OT

    A second tank for adds, tank swaps or whatever the main tank isn't holding.

    “Off tank takes the adds on Garr.”

    See also: Main tank, Add

15. Patrol

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: Pat

    An enemy that walks a route rather than standing still. The reason pulls go wrong.

    “Wait for the pat to pass.”

    See also: Pull, Add

16. Phasing

    MMO

    The world showing different things to different players depending on their quest progress — a burned-down town for you, a normal one for your friend.

    “We can't see each other, it's phasing from the quest.”

    See also: Layer

17. POV

    Esports

    Point of view: a stream or recording from one player's screen.

    “Watch the POV of the flag carrier, it's chaos.”

    See also: VOD, Caster

18. Raid leader

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: RL

    The person calling the pulls, the strategy and the loot. Usually the one who spent all week reading strategies.

    “Raid leader says stack on the left.”

    See also: Raid, Ready check

19. RMT

    MMO

    Also: Gold buying

    Real-money trading: buying gold or items with actual money. Against the rules, everywhere, always.

    “Half the server's gold came from RMT and everyone knows it.”

    See also: Gold, Bot, GDKP

20. Seed

    Esports

    A team's ranking going into a tournament, deciding who they play first.

    “Top seed gets the weakest opponent in round one.”

    See also: Bracket (esports), Upset

21. Tank swap

    Raiding & dungeons

    Trading who tanks a boss mid-fight because of a stacking debuff.

    “Tank swap at three stacks.”

    See also: Off tank, Mechanic

22. Tryhard

    Gaming slang

    Someone who takes it too seriously. Insult or compliment depending on who's saying it.

    “Tryhard twinks camping the 19 bracket.”

    See also: Sweaty, Casual

23. VOD

    Esports

    Video on demand: the recording of a stream or match.

    “Review the VOD and see who pulled early.”

    See also: POV

24. WeakAura

    WoW

    An addon framework for custom on-screen alerts and displays. Half of raiding UI is WeakAuras.

    “Import my WeakAura for the Sunder stacks.”

    See also: Addon

25. World first

    Raiding & dungeons

    The first guild in the world to kill a boss. The race that top raiding is about.

    “World first Ragnaros went to a guild nobody expected.”

    See also: Race to world first, Progression

26. XP

    MMO

    Experience points. Kill, quest, ding.

    “Two bars of XP to 40 and the mount.”

    See also: Ding, Rested XP

27. Evade

    WoW

    When an enemy can't reach you and stops taking damage. Sometimes a bug, sometimes an exploit.

    “Boss is evading, reset the fight.”

    See also: Leash, Exploit

28. Feed

    Gaming slang

    To die a lot and make the enemy stronger for it.

    “Stop feeding the rogue honor, stay at the graveyard.”

    See also: Inting, Honor

29. Grind

    MMO

    Repetitive play for XP, reputation, honor or gold. Farming with less dignity.

    “Grinding Timbermaw rep for the enchant.”

    “Rank grind ruined his sleep schedule.”

    See also: Farm, Rep

30. Threat

    WoW

    The invisible number every enemy keeps for each player. Damage and healing raise it; the highest threat gets attacked. Tanks generate it on purpose.

    “I'm at 90% of the tank's threat, holding back.”

    “Sunder Armor is more threat per rage than Heroic Strike early on.”

    See also: Aggro, Taunt, Tank