Heretic II Jargon


The Heretic II (H2) forums and servers are choc-full of crazy lingo and jargon. Here is a little helper ;)

.bsp          File Extension on map files.

.m8          File extension on skin files.

1 on 1       Blade match (as opposed to DM) See also DM

Arena        Area set aside for blade matches.

Blade        Corvus's weapon, the Durhnwood staff

Blue/ice    One powerup on a blade staff.

BRB          Be Right Back

BTW          By The Way

Clan/Cult   Group of people that work together on a similar level and play as a team against other clans or cults.

Console     can be accessed by the ` button and serves as a means to provide communication between you, the user, and the game. You can enter commands like "skin male/corvus" to change your skin.http://www.raven-games.com/hosted/over-lord/index1.shtml is a link you can go to for more information on the console commands.

Coop                 Up to four players battle the single player game together in a multiplayer server.

CTF                   Capture The Flag

CTL                   Capture The Light

DM                    Deathmatch

FFA                   Free For All

Fire/flame         Two powerups on a blade staff.

Frag                  A score, the points awarded when you kill another player.

Gamespy           A program widely used to connect to H2 servers.

H2                    Heretic II

HTH                  Hope This Helps

ICQ                   Widely used messenger program available at www.ICQ.com (meaning I Seek You).

IMO                  In My Opinion

IRL                   In Real Life

KMA                  Kiss my asterisk

Lag/Jacked        When you lose the connection with the server momentarily or just have a slow connection to start with. Jacked refers to the phone jack picture shown in the top left hand corner while in a multiplayer server.

Llama/Lamer     A player who does not follow the rules, generally in 1 on 1 blade matches. See also 1 on 1

Llama hunter     A player who goes after the person who is not following the rules, slaying them each time they respawn. See also Respawn

LMAO                Laughing My Asterisk Off

LMFAO              Laughing My Effing Asterisk Off

LOL/lol              Laugh Out Loud/Lots of Laughs

Map                  Places you play in.

Model                The thing the skin is wrapped around. Corvus and Kierra are differerent models.http://hereticii.raven-games.com/models/ for more information on models.

Naked blade/Butterstick     Blade staff that is not powered up

Ping                  The time it takes for the data to go from your computer to the server and back (40 is asterisk-kicking, 200 is ok, 500 is bad, and anything in the 1000's is horrid.)

PKA                  Protect King Arthur

Powerup            A shrine or defense from the Tome of Power which, when used grants a power increase to all the offensive weapons.

PPL/ppl             People

Server               A place that is hosted by big, fast machines for you to play in.

Signal               You are expected to wave your blade staff twice before engaging in combat to show your readiness.

Skin                  Art that you wear on your body, personage that you look like while playing multiplayer.

Tag                   An addition to one's name denoting their clan or cult.

TFW                  The Four Winds, a very nice server and FTP provided by Grimlock!

THF                   The Heretic Fortress (or The Hidden Fortress for Quake 2)http://www.raven-games.com/hosted/thf/

TIA                   Thanks In Advance

Tourney             Tournament




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