Game Definitions - G

Game Definitions - G

G2G
Shorthand for Got to Go or Good to Go, G2G also abbreviated as GTG and is a term often used in chat communications and computer gaming.

Game
Warcraft gameA type of computer software that has been designed to entertain and/or educate an individual. Today, computer gaming is a big business and there are millions of different types of computer games that are enjoyed by people of all ages.

Game control adapter - game port
More commonly known as a game port, the game control adapter is a port found on IBM and IBM compatible computers. The game port allows users to connect such devices as joysticks, game pads, steering wheels and various other devices that allows additional functionality to the computer.

Paddle
1. More commonly known as a game paddle or gamepad, a paddle is an input device commonly used with games that may contain various buttons used to steer and utilize different options in a game. The majority of console game systems utilize a paddle for control.
2. The term paddle may also be used to describe various handheld devices that are capable of controlling a function on a computer or electronic device.

Gamespy
Large gaming network that contains information, reviews, and files for games as well as a network that connects various games together online.

Gank
Another commonly used term to describe a player who is PKing other players. Often ganking is associated with a higher level player killing lower level player, for example, a level 60 player killing a 36 level player, which often requires little or no effort and simply grief's the player being killed.

GG
Shorthand used in game play that is short for Good Game. This tells other individuals who are playing the game or just finished a game that the game played was a good game.

Ghosting
1. Term used to describe a shadowing effect on any moving images on a screen. This type of issue can occur if you are using an older monitor, have a software setting enabled that causes this effect, or system resources are low.
2. A description of a person who has gone offline yet is still appearing as though they are still logged in.
3. A term used to describe a type of cheating in online games where players that have died tell other players that are still alive where other players in the game are.
4. Another method of describing a LCD or flat-panel display with a slow response time.
5. Using Norton's Ghost program, the act of ghosting is the method of copying the complete hard disk drive contents to another media such as a CD or network drive. Once ghosted, this image can quickly be distributed over several computers.
This is commonly done in a corporate environment where the same operating system and corporate software needs to be installed on several computers quickly.

Gib
1. Also known as gibbage, a gib is a game term coined by Adrian Carmack of Id software and is used to describe one or more fragments of another player's body when they are killed by a large weapon such as a rocket launcher.
2. A Gib is short for Gibibit.
3. A GiB is short for Gibibyte.

GM
1. Short for Game Masters, GM's are real people who help run, maintain, and assist other players in online games.
2. Shorthand for Good Morning, GM is often used in chat rooms to greet users in the morning.
3. GM can also be short for Good Manner(s) and is sometimes used in computer games and chat rooms.

Gold
1. A precious metal that is used in computing because it is a good electrical and thermal conductor.
2. A color commonly yellow that represents the color of the precious metal gold.
3. More commonly known as Gone Gold or Going Gold, this term is used to describe a software program that has finished its development stage and is now in the process of being manufactured to be released to the general public.
4. Gold is also a form of money used in a lot of computer games to purchase game goods. Often games that have gold will also have copper, silver, and/or other precious metals for different denominations of money.

Grats
Shorthand for congratulations, grats or gratz is used in chat conversations and online games as a way of congratulating someone about something they've accomplished.

Rocket jumping
In computer games such as Quake, rocket jumping is a technique where the player fires a rocket using their rocket launcher at the ground, wall, jump pad, or other surface and at the same time jumps causing the player to travel a greater distance. This is a great tactic to get to a higher position, to escape another player, and/or get to another spot faster. Because you take damage and this is part of the game this is not considered cheating.
In addition to rocket jumping there is a similar tactic called grenade jumping, where the player places a grenade at their feet or below a vehicle to propel themselves or an object into the air.

Griefer
Any person who intentionally causes other people on the Internet or in games grief or other problems.

Grind
A term used by game players to describe the process required to increase a game characters level or overall experience. It's often referred to as the grind because of the tedious task of doing something over and over again and/or because the process starts to become no fun and more like work instead of a game.

Group
In general refers to a collection of two or more people that are put together and labeled. For example, in the case of computers a collection of individuals who work for the customer service department may be assigned the workgroup group name: cs, and be given excusive rights or privileges to programs and/or files they need to have access to.

Guild
A group of people in an online game that work together in defeating creatures or other mobs that cannot be done alone. Unlike a party a guild is a permanent group and can contain several hundred members. Many online games now support guild chat, which allows any guild member to easily talk to all guild members currently logged in and is usually a much easier method to find help or find something to do.

Gunbound
A popular multiplayer game developed in Korea and played around the world that is similar to Scorched Earth or Worms.

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