The glossary

19 of 304 words for “GG”

1. GG

   Gaming slang

   Good game. Said at the end, sincerely or not. 'GG EZ' is the rude version.

   “GG, close one.”

   “gg ez — reported.”

   See also: GL HF, EZ

2. Aggro

   WoW

   The attention of an enemy: whoever it is attacking. Built up as threat; tanks want it, everyone else wants to lose it.

   “Watch your aggro, the healer just pulled it off me.”

   “Wait for the tank to get aggro before you open.”

   See also: Threat, Tank, Taunt

3. Aggro radius

   WoW

   How close you can get to an enemy before it attacks. Bigger when it's higher level than you.

   “Higher-level mobs have a huge aggro radius, hug the wall.”

   See also: Body pull, Aggro

4. Healer

   WoW

   The role that keeps the group alive. Priests, druids, shamans and paladins. Healing generates threat too, which is why healers get eaten when a tank loses aggro.

   “Two healers is enough for Stratholme.”

   “Healer is OOM, stop pulling.”

   See also: Tank, DPS, OOM

5. Kite

   PvP

   To keep an enemy at range while damaging them, usually with snares: hunters, frost mages and any tank dragging a boss around.

   “Frost mage kiting a warrior across the whole zone.”

   “Kite the adds through the fire.”

   See also: Snare, Root

6. Pog

   Gaming slang

   Also: Poggers, PogChamp

   Excitement. From the PogChamp emote. 'Poggers' is the same, sillier.

   “Thunderfury dropped, pog.”

   See also: KEKW, F in chat

7. Proc

   WoW

   A random effect that triggers off something else — a weapon's chance on hit, a trinket, a talent. Short for 'programmed random occurrence'.

   “Wait for the trinket proc, then Mortal Strike.”

   “Ironfoe procs extra swings.”

   See also: RNG, Priority list

8. Rested XP

   MMO

   Also: Rested

   Bonus experience you earn while logged out in an inn or city: kills give double until it runs out.

   “Log out in the inn to get rested.”

   See also: XP, Alt

9. Training

   Gaming slang

   Dragging a line of enemies onto other players. Verb: to train.

   “He trained the whole graveyard onto us and Vanished.”

   See also: Griefing, Aggro

10. Corpse camping

    PvP

    Waiting at someone's body to kill them again the moment they resurrect.

    “He camped my corpse for twenty minutes, I logged an alt.”

    See also: Gank, Spirit healer, Camping

11. Hitbox

    Gaming slang

    The invisible shape that decides whether an attack lands.

    “That hitbox is bigger than the model.”

    See also: Desync

12. Lag

    Gaming slang

    When the game responds late because of your connection or the server. The universal excuse.

    “I lagged, that's why I died. — Sure.”

    See also: Ping, Rubberbanding

13. PUG

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: Pickup group

    Pickup group: strangers found in chat rather than a guild. Pug a dungeon, pug a raid.

    “Pugging Stratholme was a mistake.”

    “Pug tanks are the hardest to find.”

    See also: LFG, LFM, Guild

14. Quest

    MMO

    A task from an NPC with XP, gold and gear at the end.

    “Quest is bugged, the NPC isn't there.”

    See also: XP, Group quest

15. Sim

    WoW

    A simulation of a fight to estimate DPS for a gear set or rotation. Later WoW has SimulationCraft; vanilla relies on spreadsheets and logs.

    “Sim says the dagger is a 2% upgrade.”

    See also: Theorycraft, Equivalence points

16. Tag

    WoW

    The first hit that claims a mob's XP and loot for you or your group.

    “Tagged the rare, it's ours.”

    See also: Mob, Griefing

17. Tier set

    Raiding & dungeons

    The class armor sets that drop in each raid tier: Tier 1 in Molten Core, Tier 2 in Blackwing Lair, Tier 3 in Naxxramas.

    “Eight-piece Tier 2 and a Chromaggus trinket, he's done with BWL.”

    See also: Set bonus, Raid

18. Toon

    MMO

    A character. Older word, from EverQuest.

    “Logged onto my rogue toon.”

    See also: Alt, Main

19. Upset

    Esports

    The lower seed winning.

    “Biggest upset of the year, the qualifier team beat the champions.”

    See also: Seed