User:Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV/AOE

Glossary of Age of Empires II terms used by players:

#clearly

(Internet slang) not clearly

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(Internet slang) yes

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(Internet slang) lol! hahaha!

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(Internet slang) no

2HS

initialism of two-handed swordsman

AK

initialism of African Kingdoms

AoC¹

initialism of Age of Empires: The Conquerors, usually referring to the non-HD version

AoC²

(dated) initialism of Age of Chivalry (a mod that focuses on a more accurate representation of European history)

AoCZ

initialism of AoC Zone, a fansite

AoE

initialism of Age of Empires

AoF

initialism of Age of Empires: The Forgotten

AoK

initialism of Age of Kings

AoKH

initialism of Age of Kings Heaven, a fansite

AoR

initialism of Age of Empires: Rise of the Rajas

APM

initialism of actions per minute

Ara

short for Arabia

Arahuns

a match on the map Arabia between Hun players

arb

short for arbalest

archer rush

the strategy of raiding with archers as soon as possible

back

located away from the enemy’s base, relative to one’s own base; antonym: front

badaboom

(humorous) a trebuchet, mangonel-line unit, or an instance of such a unit killing something

BBC

initialism of bombard cannon

BBT

initialism of bombard tower

BE

initialism of battle elephant

beach gap

an easy-to-miss gap in the wall located where a treeline meets a body of water

Berbs

short for Berbers

BF

initialism of black forest

BL

initialism of bloodlines

bloody style

(dated) a game in which new town centers can’t be built

BoA

initialism of Battle of Africa, a tournament

BO

initialism of build order

BO##

initialism of best of ## (a tournament between two players to see who can win the majority of ## matches)

[to] boar lure

the strategy of attacking a boar and fleeing towards the drop point

[to] boom

the strategy of developing one’s economy before attacking the enemy

BS

initialism of blacksmith

buffer, buffer unit

a unit placed in front of ranged units to prevent the enemy from reaching them

building wall

an arrangement of non-wall buildings such that it functions as a wall

build order

a formulaic order in which buildings should be built and how many villagers should go to each resource during the first stage of the game, often part of a specific strategy

[to] bum rush

to attack with villagers

Byz

abbreviation of Byzantines

CA¹

initialism of cavalry archer

CA²

initialism of castle age

carto

short for cartography

castle blood auto

a class of multiplayer map where players get villagers for razing opponents’ buildings and units are spawned automatically

castle drop

the strategy of building a offensive castle in or next to the enemy’s base

cata

abbreviation of cataphract

cav

short for cavalry

CBA

initialism of castle blood auto

champ

abbreviation of champion

champskarl

a Malian champion with very high pierce armor

chuk, chuck

short for chu ko nu

clan tag

a string of characters included before a player’s name, usually in brackets, which identifies his clan

to click up

to start advancing to the next age

closed

(of a map) having lots of natural features (such as cliffs, forests, lakes and mines) such that areas are easy to wall; antonym: open

comp

short for composition

condo

short for condottiero

condoskarl

a Malian condottiero with very high pierce armor

conq

short for conquistador

CoT

initialism of Clash of the Titans, a tournament

CotH

initialism of Clash of the Hippo, a tournament

CP

initialism of computer player

crater

a starting position surrounded by hills

[to] crush

alternative spelling of krush

CTR

initialism of capture the relic, a game mode

dark age rush

the strategy of attacking the enemy with militia (usually three or five, and usually accompanied by the scout unit) in the dark age

dark age rush

(dated) synonym of douche rush

Daut castle

a castle that is built (or attempted to be built) as an emergency measure, resulting in great loss of villagers

Daut micro

(humorous) sloppy micro by expert players

DBA

initialism of double bit axe

DE

initialism of Definitive Edition

deathball

a massive, unstoppable army

deer herding, deer luring, deer pushing

the strategy of moving a unit next to a deer such that it flees towards a drop point

demo

short for demolition ship

desync, desynch

short for desynchronization, desynchronize, a bug or exploit which causes multiplayer matches to drop

DM

initialism of death match

[to] douche rush

the strategy of deleting one’s own town center and building a new one in the enemy’s base during the dark age

to drop

to build

[to] drush

abbreviation of dark age rush

eagle

short for eagle warrior

ECG

initialism of Escape Champions’ League, a tournament

eco

short for economy

EG

initialism of Escape Gaming, an e-sports organiser

e-husk

short for elite huskarl

ELbow

abbreviation of elite longbowman

ell

short for elephant

ES

initialism of Ensemble Studios, the original developers of Age of Empires

eskirm

short for elite skirmisher

Eth

abbreviation of Ethiopians

EW

initialism of eagle warrior

EWE

initialism of elite war elephant

external

(of a villager or resource) far enough from the town center that they can be easily raided

FA

initialism of feudal age

to farm-scan

see scan

farmville

(derogatory) booming

fast castle

the strategy of getting to the castle age as soon as possible

fastle

blend of fast castle

FC

initialism of fast castle

FE

initialism of Forgotten Empires

feudal rush

the strategy of attacking the enemy very early, with feudal age units

FFA

initialism of free for all

FI

initialism of fast imperial

fire

short for fire ship

[to] fishboom

a boom using fishing ships

flank, flank position

in team games, the position of a player who has enemies next to him; antonym: pocket position

[to] flush¹

abbreviation of feudal rush

[to] flush²

(dated) an early strategy similar to the modern trush

FN

initialism of forest nothing

to focus-fire

to attack an individual unit by right-clicking it, rather than letting one’s troops pick their own targets

to force-drop

to have villagers drop resources by right-clicking the drop-off point

forest nothing

a map that is almost completely filled with trees

[to] forward

a base built next to the enemy

frame delay

synonym of missile delay

free for all

a match without teams, with only one winner

front

located towards the enemy’s base, relative to one’s own base; antonym: back

FU

initialism of fully upgraded

full boom

a boom without any investment in offensive capabilities; antonym: miniboom

GA

initialism of green Arabia, a map

[to] galley rush

to raid the enemy’s coastline with galleys as soon as possible

genxb

abbreviation of Genoese crossbowman

[to] GG

initialism of good game: a concession of defeat

Goth flood

a late-game situation where a Goth player is able to overwhelm the map with units due to their faster barracks

GR

initialism of GameRanger

grass-

a meaningless suffix used with words associated with expert player Daut, and occasionally in other contexts

halb

short for halberdier

to harass

to attack an enemy’s villagers; synonyms: to raid

HC

initialism of hand cannoneer

HCA

initialism of heavy cavalry archer

HD

initialism of Age of Empires II HD

HG

initialism of HeavenGames, a fansite

to get housed

see housed

hscorp

short for heavy scorpion

[to] grush

short for galley rush

hit-and-run

to attack with ranged units and flee before the target catches up

home map

the map that a player is most proficient in

housed

unable to create more units due to lack of population space

house wall

a building wall consisting of houses

husk

short for huskarl

imp

short for imperial age

inf

short for infantry

jag

short for jaguar warrior

jan

short for janissary

[to] jbait

(Internet slang) to bait or trick another player

to kite

to kill an individual unit very quickly and retreat

KLEW

initialism of Kidd’s Lightning Eagle Warriors, a strategy involving a very fast castle age time and rushing with eagle warriors

[to] knight rush

the strategy of raiding the enemy with a couple of knights as soon as possible

[to] krush

abbreviation of knight rush

kt

abbreviation of knight

lag switch

a software, used by cheaters, that once activated causes the game to lag so much that it drops

to lame¹

to steal or kill [another player’s boar]

to lame²

to kill [another player’s deer]

to lame³

to build walls around [another player’s resource pile]

laming

any of several strategies that are regarded as ungentlemanly, such as walling resources and stealing boars

to land

to send units to someone’s island with a transport ship

lbow

abbreviation of longbowman

LC

initialism of lumber camp

line

a set consisting of a unit and its upgrades, e.g. the spearman line is the spearman, pikeman and halberdier

LN

initialism of land nomad (a map type)

long-distance

(of resource collection) without using a nearby drop point;

[to] lure

see boar lure and deer herding

m@a

initialism of man-at-arms

maa

initialism of man-at-arms

macro

short for macromanagement

macromanagement

a player’s skill in pursuing a grand strategy (especially their economic strategy) during a match

Mag, Mags

short for Magyars

mam, mame

short for mameluke

man-at-arms rush

a rush using men-at-arms, often a drush designed to survive until the player is able to upgrade the militia

mang, mango

short for mangonel

maphax, maphacks

cheat programs that make the random map generator to generate maps in someone’s favour (usually used humorously in reference to a player who seems to get good maps more often than normal)

mastapiece

(humorous) a cheeky but effective strategy, such as tower rushing

meatshield

cheap units used to receive hits so that the expensive units remain intact

meta, metagame

the typical strategies used by expert players

michi

a map where the players are initially separated by a thick forest

micro¹

short for micromanage

micro²

short for micromanagement

to micromanage

to issue specific commands to a unit or group of units

micromanagement

skill in or the practice of micromanaging units

micro war

a battle, usually involving mangonels or bombard cannons or other ranged units, where the players try to dodge the shots

[to] militia rush

synonym of dark age rush

to mill

to build a mill next to (a resource)

mineral

gold and/or stone

miniboom

a boom accompanied by some investment in offensive capabilities; antonym: full boom

mirror match

a match in which the enemy players are the same civilisation

missile delay

the delay between clicking on a target and the unit shooting

MoA¹

initialism of Masters of Arabia, a tournament

MoA²

(less common) initialism of Masters of Arena, a tournament

MoAre

initialism of Masters of Arena, a tournament

MoMR

initialism of Masters of Megarandom, a tournament

[to] monk rush

the strategy of getting monks as soon as possible to be used either offensively (converting enemy villagers) or defensively (defending against a knight rush)

to moonwalk

(of a unit) to suffer the graphical bug which causes the animation of the opposite direction to play when moving

MQ

initialism of multiple queue (a feature that makes create unit spread across buildings when multiple buildings are selected)

MR

initialism of Megarandom

[to] mush

short for monk rush

NAC

initialism of Nili’s Apartment Cup, a tournament

naked

without walls or other defenses

NBG

initialism of Nomad Battlegrounds, a tournament

NC

initialism of Nations Cup, a tournament

nothing map

a map where the only resource is wood

NPL

initialism of new player lobby

onager cut

the strategy of cutting a path through a forest, usually in Black Forest, in order to sneak-attack someone

open

(of a map) having few natural features, such that areas are hard to wall; antonym: closed

to outboom

to defeat [someone] by having a better late-game economy

to outspam

to defeat [someone or an army] by creating more units en masse

to overboom

to spend too much time booming without creating defensive structures or armies

to overchop

to chop away trees that are part of a wall-off

to overmicro

to neglect one’s economy by spending too much time microing armies

PA

initialism of pierce armor

pala

short for paladin

to palisade-scan

see scan

pally

hypocorism of paladin

Persian douche

synonym of douche rush

pike

short for pikeman

to Pike patrol

to order a group of units to patrol in front of a fleeing enemy army, such that they can attack the fleeing group with minimal increase of distance

pile

a group of stone or gold mines generated together

plume

short for plumed archer

pocket, pocket position

in team games, the position of a player who has only allies next to him; antonym: flank position

pop

short for population

Port, Portu

short for Portuguese

PT

initialism of Parthian tactics

[to] push

to attack with the intention of dealing damage to a base; compare: to harass/raid

to push deer

see deer herding

QFs

abbreviation of qualifiers

[to] quickwall

a wall (of buildings or actual walls) built quickly in response to an unexpected attack

to raid

to attack an enemy’s villagers; synonyms: to harass

rax

short for barracks

rec

short for recorded game

relic bug

a bug which allows monks to collect relics from far away

Res

short for Resonance22, a streamer

RM¹

initialism of random map

RM²

initialism of ranked match

RoR, RotR, RR

acronym of Age of Empires: Rise of the Rajas

RotK

initialism of Return of the Kings, a tournament

runner

a unit sent to move in front of a group of enemy ranged units, so the enemy’s arrows are dodged

[to] rush¹

any strategy where the goal is to attack very soon with a particular type of unit

[to] rush²

an attack with a single type of unit

to rush³, rush down

to send a number of units (usually villagers or rams) to destroy something (usually a building)

Sara

abbreviation of Saracens

Saracen monk rush

monk rush using the Saracen market to get the gold needed faster

SC

initialism of scout cavalry

to scan

to look for hidden buildings and units under the fog of war by hovering a building foundation over the map

[to] scout rush

a feudal rush using scouts;

[to] scrush

abbreviation of scout rush

SE

initialism of siege engineers

shimo style

free-for-all regicide with 5 or more players

skirm

short for skirmisher

to sling

to send resources to one’s ally

[to] smurf

an alternative account with a lower ELO rank used to disguise high skill

[to] smush

abbreviation of Saracen monk rush

[to] smush

abbreviation of siege and monk rush

to sneak

to conceal villagers or military behind enemy lines to attack from an unexpected direction

to snipe

to kill an individual unit using ranged attacks

SO

initialism of siege onager

SotL

initialism of Spirit of the Law, a content creator

[to] spam

to create units en masse

Spanish villager rush

late-game attack using villagers with loom, sappers and supremacy

to split-dodge

to dodge a missile attack by switching between flank and line formation

to split one’s lumber

to establish a new woodline

SQ

initialism of single queue (a feature that makes create unit apply to a single building when multiple buildings are selected)

straggler

a tree that is generated by itself rather than in a forest, especially one next to the town center

to stream-cheat

to cheat by watching a livestream of a match one is playing

to stream-snipe

to cheat by watching a livestream of a match one is playing, especially in order to find the location of a king in a regicide match

TA

initialism of throwing axeman

TB

initialism of team bonus

TC

initialism of town center

TC

(dated) initialism of The Conquerors

TC push

synonym of town center rush

TC war

synonym of town center rush

Teut

short for Teutons

Teuton Death Star

(dated) a town center rush using the Teutons in pre-expansion AoK

TG

initialism of team game

THS

initialism of two-handed swordsman

Titanic

a situation where a player’s defences or economy collapse beyond recovery

TK

initialism of Teutonic knight

ToA

initialism of Titans of Arina, an arena tournament

[to] tower hop

the trick of going through diagonal walls by building a tower beside them and ungarrisoning units onto the other side

[to] tower rush

the strategy of quickly building towers next to the enemy’s resource collection spots

[to] town center rush

the strategy of building town centers next the enemy base

trade line

a path between markets

tranny

(dated) hypocorism of transport ship

trapped

(of resources or relics) surrounded or mostly surrounded by trees or cliffs

trash, trash unit

a unit that doesn’t cost gold

trash rush

a rush with skirmishers and spearmen

trash war

the latest stage of certain games, where players fight using trash units due to the exhaustion of the map’s gold mines

treb

short for trebuchet

to treb down

to destroy using a trebuchet

[to] trush

abbreviation of tower rush

TTC

(dated) initialism of Teuton town center

turtling

the strategy of investing heavily in defensive structures

UP

initialism of user patch

UT

initialism of unique technology

UU

initialism of unique unit

Vike, Vikes

short for Vikings

vil, vill

short for villager

villager rush¹

synonym of Spanish villager rush

villager rush²

synonym of douche rush

villager war, vil war

in nomad maps, the strategy of attacking the enemy with one’s initial villagers as the game begins, instead of building a base; in Black Forest, the battle between villagers who rush to wall the chokepoint

Voobly

a platform and program used to play and communicate with other players

xbow

abbreviation of crossbowman

war

a match between players with the same given civilisation

WB

initialism of wheelbarrow

WiC

initialism of War Is Coming, a tournament

WK

initialism of Wololo Kingdoms

WL

initialism of win/loss [ratio]

wolf nothing

a forest nothing map with clearings full of wolves

wolf rush

the strategy of luring wolves into the enemy’s base

woodline

a location where wood can be or is being gathered

wololo

(slang) a monk

woo woo woo

(humorous) a wolf, or an instance of a wolf killing a unit

WP

initialism of well played

WW

initialism of war wagon

ZE

initialism of ZeroEmpires, a streamer and e-sports promoter

zerk

short for berzerker