From abandonware to zoning: 91 terms every PC gamer should know

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Formerly the editor of PC Gamer magazine (and the dearly departed GamesMaster), Robin combines years of experience in games journalism with a lifelong love of PC gaming.

PC gaming has always had its own vocabulary, a chaotic swirl of slang, technical terms, and jargon, and these days it can be more confusing than ever. Who could possibly keep up with it all? Well, I could, and I'm here to help you stay abreast of it all too. This little dictionary includes terms every PC gamer should understand, if only so you know when you're being insulted in a League of Legends match.

Play too sweaty and you're at risk of getting so salty and tilted when things go wrong that you ragequit. This is a very normal sentence. Leaving an online match in progress because you're too angry to continue. Anger or frustration at a game, particularly a multiplayer game. The implication is usually that the person"getting salty" is overreacting or being a sore loser.

The virtual band KDA are actually named after the acronym for kill/death/assist, despite the common belief that it's the other way around.Heads-Up Display. Elements on the screen that convey information to you without you having to look away from the action—for example a health bar above your character, or an ammo counter somewhere below your gun. Kills/Deaths/Assists.

 

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