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Notation, terms, abbreviations and acronyms used in our forums, channels and games are divided into categories and listed alphabetically below. If you are unsure of category, use your browser's Find function to see if you can find what you're looking for on this page.
| AB
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Amazon Basin
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| ABM
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Amazon Basin Member
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| AS
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Arreat Summit Battle.net's Diablo II web site
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| B.net/Bnet/BN
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Battle.net: Blizzard's Diablo II on-line game server
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| CBN
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Closed Battle.Net, multiplayer mode where characters are saved server-side.
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| Classic
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Diablo II without Lord of Destruction; also available as a game mode in LoD and D2R.
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| CM
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Community Member: any participant in our community
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| D2
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Diablo II game, released in 2000.
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| D2R
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Diablo II: Resurrected, Diablo II remake released in 2021.
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| d2io
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diablo2.io: unofficial forum, database and trade site.
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| dii
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Diabloii.Net: unoffical Diablo II web site; now defunct and migrated to PureDiablo.com [1] [2]. The domain redirects now to Icy Veins.
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| H
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Hell difficulty level
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| HC
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Hardcore mode
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| LoD
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Lord of Destruction expansion, released in 2001; also available as a game mode in D2R.
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| Mod
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Moderator: AB member responsible for moderating a forum or channel
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| MP
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Market Place: trading site; now defunct.
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| MP
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Multi-player mode
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| NM
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Nightmare difficulty level
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| Norm
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Normal difficulty level
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| OBN
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Open Battle.Net, multiplayer mode which uses Blizzard servers, but where characters are saved client-side (and usually hacked).
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| PW
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Password
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| RotW
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Reign of the Warlock expansion, released in 2026
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| SC
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Softcore mode
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| SP
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Single-player: usually refers to single-player mode
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| TPJ
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Thomas Penfield Jackson: founder of our community
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| WT
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WeaselTech
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Area
Calculation
| (X)
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Calculate X first
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| X < Y
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X is less than Y
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| X ≤ Y
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X is less than or equal to Y
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| X > Y
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X is greater than Y
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| X ≥ Y
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X is greater than or equal to Y
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| X^Y
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X to the power of Y
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| [X]
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Round down X
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| {X}
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Round up X
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| (X-Y)
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Random value from X to Y
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| ~X
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Approximately X
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| alvl
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Affix level
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| blvl
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Base skill level (hard points only)
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| clvl
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Character level
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| fps
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Frames per second
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| ilvl
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Item level
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| lvl
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Level
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| max(X , Y)
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Maximum of X or Y
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| min(X , Y)
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Minimum of X or Y
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| mlvl
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Monster level
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| qlvl
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Quality level
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| rlvl
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Required level
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| RoF
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Rate of Fire
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| slvl
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Skill level (total, with bonuses)
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Class
Amazon
Assassin
Barbarian
Druid
Necromancer
Paladin
Sorceress
Warlock
Conversational
| afaic
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As far as I'm concerned
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| afaics
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As far as I can see
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| afaik
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As far as I know
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| afair
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As far as I remember
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| afk
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Away from keyboard
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| brb
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Be right back
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| brt
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Be right there
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| btc
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Back to channel
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| btw
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By the way
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| Chan?
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Go to channel
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| cg/grats
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Congratulations
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| cya
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See you
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| ding
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Player announcing they've just levelled
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| gfi
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Go for it
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| gg
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Good game
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| gj
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Good job
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| gtg
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Good to go/Got to go
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| IIRC
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If I recall correctly
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| IMHO
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In my humble opinion
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| IMO
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In my opinion
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| j/k
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Just kidding
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| k
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Okay
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| l337
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Elite
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| LOL
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Laughs out loud
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| n
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Need (an item to buy); often used in game names
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| n00b
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Noob, newbie
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| nbd
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No big deal
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| newb
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Newbie
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| ng
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New game; used after the end of a run to announce that a new game with the next number will be created
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| nm/nvm
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Never mind
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| np
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No problem
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| o
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Offer (an item to sell); often used in game names
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| offer
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when trading: instead of demanding a specific item, expecting the other party to make a suitable offer ("O Zaka N offer")
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| OMG
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Oh my god
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| OTOH
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On the other hand
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| r
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Ready: standard signal before triggering a monster urn/shrine or entering a particularly treacherous area
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| rl
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Real life
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| ROFL/ROTFL
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Rolling on the floor laughing
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| sec
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Hang on a second
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| thx
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Thanks
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| ttyl
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Talk to you later
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| ty
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Thank you
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| tyt
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Take your time
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| tyvm
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Thank you very much
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| w8
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Wait
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| wb
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Welcome back
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| y
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Yes
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| YMMV
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Your mileage may vary
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| yw
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You're welcome
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Game play
| AoE
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Area of Effect
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| BM
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Bad Manners
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| BvB
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Barbarian vs Barbarian: PvP Barbarian specializing in combat with melee opponents
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| BvC
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Barb vs Caster: PvP Barbarian specializing in combat with caster opponents
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| Char
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Character
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| chicken
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a cheating tool that makes the player automatically leave the game if its life drops below a set threshold. Used chiefly in HC.
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| farcast
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An exploit that allows a player to use melee skills (such as Charged Strike) at range.
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| HF
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Hell's Forge - usually refers to the rune reward ("N rush O HF")
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| Hot
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Warning that a town portal is dangerous to enter. Used mostly in Hardcore.
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| ID
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Identify
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| Merc
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Mercenary, hireling
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| MH
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maphack - a cheating tool that reveals the entire map
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| mule
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a character used solely for storing items, if the main character(s) run out of space. Shared stash in D2R in LoD and RotW modes made them mostly obsolete, but they can still be used if even the shared stash is full.
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| PK
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Player Killer
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| PKK
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PK Killer
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| pp
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Party, please - a request to be invited to a party. Fell out of use in D2R because of the auto-party invite.
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| PvM, PvE
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Player vs Monster, Player vs Environment (those are synonyms)
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| PvP
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Player vs Player
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| r
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Ready: standard signal before triggering a monster urn/shrine, entering a particularly treacherous area or starting a PvP duel.
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| res
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Resurrect
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| RQ
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rune quest - Hell's Forge - usually refers to the rune reward ("N rush O RQ")
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| -run
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A multiplayer game ("tristrun", "tombrun", "cowrun", "baalrun") where players of similar levels go together and kill all the monsters in the designated area for exp; optionally led by a high level player clearing the area. Usually repeated, with the run number in the game name (and not necessarily the word "run", as it's implicit): "trist1", "tombs 02", "itelebaal 3".
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| s
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Safe. Refers to the Town Portal without any monsters nearby; used mostly in Hardcore.
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| split MF
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A multiplayer game for high level players where each player farms a different area, benefiting from drops increased by the number of players and not competing for loot.
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| TP
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Town Portal
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| TPPK
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Town Portal Player Kill(er). An old exploit that alloweded a player to kill another nearby non-hostile player by shooting projectiles (such as Ice Blast) at it and then quickly using a Town Portal and becoming hostile to it, so the projectiles hit and kill the target, or a player using such an exploit. Usually done with the aid of cheating tools which automatized this process.
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| walk
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A slow paced multiplayer game ("A1 walk") where players of similar levels walk together through the entire act or difficulty level, supporting each other. May include completing optional quests. An opposite of a rush.
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| WP
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Waypoint
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Item
Modifier
Monster
Glossary
| Cheese
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Low level character getting pushed through levels of the game by a much higher level character, where the lower character could not play effectively alone.
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| Dropping (of items)
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Act of entering a game to present any player in that game with items as freely given gifts, to be distributed among the players in the game as they see fit.
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| Flaming
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Making a personal attack or insulting remark, intended to incite anger.
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| Muling
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The process of transferring items involving 2 or more characters not currently playing in the game.
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| No-Twink
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No-twink groups and players use and equip only what they find in no-twink play. No items are brought into no-twink play from outside games or sources.
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| Powerleveling
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Gaining multiple levels quickly by repeatedly running the same areas with a high level character killing the monsters.
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| Rushing/taxi
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Helping a low level character to complete the difficulty level (usually only the mandatory quests or those with rewards) by a much higher level character. Commonly includes Hell's Forge, which reward is given to the high level character as a payment.
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| Storing
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Transferring items from one in-game character to a character not in game.
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| Transferring
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Interchanging items between characters, including activites referred to as muling, twinking and storing.
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| Trolling
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Making provocative, controversial or offensive remarks, intended to create a confrontational response.
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| Twinking
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Transferring items from one character not currently in-game to a character in game for the latter character's use, and the reciprocal transfer of items from the playing character to a mule. "Twinking" is often referred to as using muled items to equip a character with superior items than would not be found solely in playing that character.
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Reference
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