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Network variants of the Russian language are a large and separate topic that deserves at least a couple of dissertations. Take “Albatsky,” which any self-respecting blogger must speak.
Warcraft slang- a phenomenon not so well known to the rest of the masses, but no less interesting. According to rumors, the foundations of the slang were laid by the Russian-speaking pioneers of WoW, who began playing on American and European servers in the shaggy years of 2004-2005. I don’t know how this slang can be defined in linguistic and philological terms, but the essence is this: English words are pronounced in Russian (and conjugated and inflected according to the rules of the Russian language). This language is oversaturated with abbreviations and words related to game mechanics, names of locations, monsters, bosses, characters. In short, the mixture is terrible. And it’s already blocked English slang. This is difficult for a beginner to understand.
Slang at the beginning of RuVoV was quite an interesting topic. There was a problem of (mis)understanding. Newcomers who started playing with the release of localization had difficulty understanding the gaming slang that veterans use to communicate. Then another process began - the “newcomers” began to distort Russian words, creating derivatives from them. Now the problem of “fathers and sons” has already been solved.
There will be no detailed research here. The purpose of this posting is to provide a basic understanding and translation into common Russian of words and abbreviations that are circulated in in-game chats and forums. One way or another, you still have to master it. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to communicate with your neighbors in Azeroth.
A few notes before you start searching the right words. This part of the dictionary does not contain slang names for locations or instance bosses. Further, since slang in in a certain sense is in a state of mutation - a transition from purely English derivatives to Russian - then perhaps not all terms are already relevant. Lastly, if you have anything to add or correct, do not hesitate to write, the list of terms is, of course, not complete. I will only be glad to help. And no longer me, but those newcomers who cannot understand what we are talking about.
Abilka(from English ability) - ability.
Avoid(from English to avoid) - avoid
Agro(from the English agro, synonym: hatred) is a characteristic of a mob that determines its level of aggression towards the character. The more agro stronger character Damages an enemy or heals your allies.
Agro-radius- the radius around the enemy, when the character crosses it, the enemy attacks him.
Aguila(from English agility) - dexterity
Aimed- hunter skill Aimed Shot
ACC- account, account
Alto- alternative character; Each player has one character who is the main, i.e. main; usually the main is one of the first characters to reach the maximum level, dress up and participate in the endgame; violas are alternate characters, which the player creates after main either with the goal of trying out another class, or raising a fighter for the guild (there can be many other “or”s).
Alik- a character belonging to the Alliance faction
Auk, AH— auction
AT- Arena Team (from the English Arena Team)
AFK- from English AFK (Away From Keyboard), in the case of MMORPGs, to move away from the keyboard during a gaming session; afkat - to be absent during a raid or instance for five people, being included in a group.
Budge(from the English badge) - a kind of variant of the DCT system, introduced by Blizzard in the first expansion of The Burning Crusade and which was continued in Wrath of The Lich King; in order to avoid a situation where, when distributing loot, most of the raid is left with nothing, now from each defeated boss in “heroics” and raids of Outland and Northrend (levels 70 and 80), each member of the raid gets badges (most often one, but sometimes more). For badges, you can buy items of epic quality from merchants in Shatratta, Dalaran and in the Lake of the Ice Shackles location for a character who has completed the instance and alts (in the case of BoA items, account-linked).
Bajran— a group trip to an instance for five people, the purpose of which is to receive badges. An option is fast bajran (quick run for badges).
Ban- a temporary or permanent spell that is cast by Blizzard in case of violation of the EULA (user agreement) by the owner. Violations include the purchase and sale of in-game currency, the use of bots, the sale and purchase of an account, etc. Simply put, you are deprived of the opportunity to play. Synonyms: “banana”, “send to the bathhouse”.
BG- battlefield (from the English Battleground)
Beach- applied by “advanced” players (but boors by nature) to those who are less well equipped or play weaker.
BL(from the English Bloodlust) - “thirst for blood”, a skill of the Horde shamans, which gives an increase in casting and attack speed to all raid members by 30% for 40 seconds. An analogue of the Alliance shamans’ skill “Heroism” (aka “gerych”)
BR, battleres(from the English Battle Ressurection) - the ability of resurrection in battle for druids
Buff, buff(from English to buff) - B in a general sense- enhancing the properties of something; in a particular case, a useful spell that temporarily increases a character’s characteristics.
Buff- please use an ability-enhancing spell.
Bug— use of incorrectly working items, talents, skills
BVH- cheat
BRB(from English BRB, Be Right Back) - I'll be right back
Side— paladin buff “Blessing of Kings” (also called "helmet"
Boss- a special monster in dungeons that has a large supply of health, unique abilities and from which you can get things good quality(“blue”, “epic”).
Bot— a program that controls the character while you are absent from the game (not controlling the character); From Blizzard's point of view, using bots is a violation for which you can get a banana.
Railway carriage– a player who does not bear the main load (dealing damage, healing) in a group game, i.e. when completing raids and instances for five people, also applies to players who play poorly.
Vanilla WoW- The Matrix..., the first period (or version of the game) of Warcraft of Warcraft before the advent of The Burning Crusade addition, time frame from November 2004 to January 2007. The so-called. “original WoW” or “pre-TBC WoW”.
Warlock- (from English warlock) - warlock, synonym - lok. Abbreviated English pronunciation class. The second syllable is taken, because Warriors are called warriors.
Wipe(from English wipe) - result crookedness and ignorance of the class unintentional actions of a member or members of a group, leading to the death of all members of the group passing through the instance.
Vaipalschik- the person who wipes the group.
Vendor(from English vendor) - seller, merchant.
Viklik- a weekly task that is completed in a raid instance.
Wisp- from English to wisper, means to contact in person, synonym - PM, pm
VTB(from English WTB, Want to Buy) - I’ll buy.
MTC(from English WTS, Want to Sell) - selling
VPE- cheat
Carry out- an expression meaning killing a mob, a group of mobs, a boss
Ganking(from the English ganking) - usually dishonest behavior in PvP (see below), an attack at an inconvenient moment for you (for example, after you barely survived a battle with a mob), from an ambush, etc.
Game Master, GM (from the English gamemaster) is a Blizzard employee who monitors the game. Can answer questions, resolve controversial situations, help players and punish them for breaking the rules.
Heroic— instance in the “heroic” version. “Heroics” appeared with the release of the first addition to WoW: The Burning Crusade and applied only to instances for five people. Essentially, it all came down to the fact that the monsters were thicker and hit harder, and accordingly, objects fell from them with more force. high performance and badges. In the second expansion, raid instances also acquired “heroic” versions.
Ger- synonym for "heroic"
Guild Master, GM- head of the guild, its creator and leader.
Guild, guild- a group of players united in the game by common goals on a long-term basis
Gir(from the English gear) - character equipment, synonym - gear.
GKD(from the English GСD, Global Cooldown) - a general cooldown (recovery) of abilities, triggered when using most of them.
Graz, Hz- Congratulations. Derived from a whole series of abbreviations of the English Congratulations.
Grid(from English to greed) - an option when sharing loot, which means that you would like this thing, but you don’t really need it, most often this option is used when sharing “green” and things that fall in instances from “regular” mobs
Grinding(from the English grinding) - repetitive actions of a monotonous nature, the purpose of which is to level up the character, acquire a certain amount of resources, gold, reputation, etc. In general, grinding is considered a low-brain activity, akin to Tetris, but an inevitable part of any MMORPG.
Griffin(from the English griefing) - behavior in the game that interferes with other players (mainly their allies), irritates and upsets them.
Coffin— a warlock stone for summoning a party member.
Go- (from English to go) ran, “follow me.”
Gold— (from the English gold) gold, in-game currency.
HS- an index showing the player’s equipment level, from English. GS (GearScore is a special add-on, an addition to the standard game interface that calculates this indicator), after patch 3.2 gained wide popularity and is now the standard for determining the level of gear
“Give it to the party”- join the group!
“Give me a leader”- give the authority of the group leader
Darn— Darnassus, capital of the Night Elves
Damage, damage(from English damage) - damage, damage.
Dungeon, dungeon, donjon(from English dungeon) - dungeon; The term “dungeon” usually refers to instances (for five people and raid ones);
Debuff, debuff- the opposite of a buff, i.e. weakening of characteristics.
DEF– protection indicator
Deilik- a daily quest that can be repeated every day, unlike quests that are done once (from the English daily quest)
Tree- Druid in a certain specialization (healing)
Dirighople- Horde airship
DK— Death Knight (from the English Death Knight)
PrEP(from the English DKP, Dragon Kill Points) - a system for accruing star points for participation in raids, which is then used when distributing loot between raid participants
DMG- damage
DoT(from the English DoT, Damage Over Time) - damage that is inflicted gradually over a fixed period of time.
DPS(from English DPS, damage per second) - damage per second.
Drop(from English to drop) - items dropped from a killed mob.
Damage dealer, DD, DPS(from the English damage dealer) - the function (role) of a character in a group. This function comes down to dealing damage from a long distance or in close combat. Moreover, DPS is an incorrect use of the term in in this case, but it does occur.
Dru- druid, synonym - drul.
Nerd– a person who spends a lot of time playing World of Warcraft
Zelenka- “green” thing, official name “unusual”
Zerg- quickly kill the boss without following any tactics
Imba(from the English imbalance) is a certain element of game mechanics that introduces an imbalance into the game. This term refers to a character who is incredibly powerful in relation to other characters of his level. Most often it characterizes the high level of play of the person who controls the character. In more rare cases, it is used to designate any strong elements games, for example, especially cool abilities of a character of a certain class.
IMHO- “in my humble opinion” (from English IMHO, In My Humble Opinion)
Invite(from English to invite) – invite (to a group, raid, guild)
Inzha— engineering
Instance(from the English instance) - instantiated zone - a separate copy of a specific location in the game, created for a group of characters; instances are available for 5 people (5ppl), 10 and 25 (the last two are raid)
Inta- intelligence
Casual– a person who plays World of Warcraft not very often and not for very long. In a general sense, he is an ordinary person who approaches something without great passion.
Kiting, kite(from English to kite) - a combat technique for “long-range” classes, which allows you to keep a mob at a distance and at the same time inflict constant damage on it; Most often used by hunters and magicians.
Custer(from English caster) - caster. A character who knows how to use spells (mage, warlock, priest, etc.).
Cast(from English to cast) - cast a spell.
CD, cooldown — 1. (from the English cooldown), the mechanics that apply to raid instances are such that when you kill a boss, a copy of this instance is “saved” for you, i.e. you can come here the next day and you won't have to kill him again, but the reset, i.e. The restoration of a full copy of the instance with all the bosses occurs after server maintenance on Wednesday. In the English-speaking environment of players, the term save has been fixed, in ours, for some reason, cooldown or cd. 2. the delay before the next use of an ability, spell, or item.
Kill(from English to kill) - kill a mob.
QC(from English CC, Crowd Control) - Crowd control. The ability to control a target in battle, for example, immobilize it, thereby temporarily removing the mob from the battle, making the battle easier for others.
Craft(from English to craft) - to make objects.
Craft, crafting(from English crafting) - production of things
Crete(from English crit) - critical hit.
Ku- Hello
Cooldown(from the English cooldown) - the delay before the next use of an ability, spell or item.
Level, lvl(from English level) - level.
Lowlevel(from English low level, synonym: lowbie) - low level, low level character.
LOL, lol(from English Laugh Out Loud) - “I laugh” in the sense of “I laugh very loudly (at something)”
Lock- Warlock
LoS(from the English Line of Sight) - visibility area
Lolodin- a mocking name for the paladin class
Loot(from English loot) - items falling from a mob
Loot- search a dead mob
LFG(from the English LFG, Looking For Group) is a group search system built into the game interface for completing an instance; if you see similar abbreviations in the chat, this also means “looking for a group”, also the name of the group search channel. Can be used in the following variations:
LF 1M- "are looking for last participant groups"
LF tank / healer / DPS— “we are looking for a tank / healer / DPS”
Mount(from the English mount) - a mount.
Miles, militiamen(from English melee) - classes that specialize in melee combat
MD(from English misdirection) - hunter skill Redirection
Mob(from the English mob, mobile object, synonyms: monster) - an NPC hostile to the character.
Monster- see “mob”
Metro — brilliant invention Dwarves - underground funicular between Ironforge and Stormwind
MP- mana
Maine– the main character of the player, the main one in the sense of the one he plays with most often, who is best dressed, etc.
Hatred— see agro.
Nerf(from the English nerf) - deterioration, weakening, usually performed to balance characters and simplify instances and mobs.
NZ, nz - you're welcome
Nid(from English to need) – an option when dividing loot, meaning that you need this item
Nick- (from English nickname) character name
NP, np - (from English no problem) no problem
Newb, noob(from the English newbie, noob, n00b) - a newbie or low-level character. Sometimes used with a derogatory connotation.
Nyker- mage with mass spells
Overgear - equipment that significantly exceeds the content requirements (for example, a 5-person instance) to complete it
OLO— Lake of Ice Shackles
OLOLO- Lake of Ice Shackles in the evening, when the entire server begins to lag very much during the battle.
OP or OP(from the English OP, Over Powered) - a class or any item that is overly strengthened after a buff
Pal - paladin
Dad- a person who plays very well, synonyms - folder, hellish folder, father
Locomotive- most often a high-level player who bears the main load in a group game, most often used in the case when a high-level player leads through the instance most often low-level players, who are called carriages.
Pass- password
Party(from the English party) - a temporary group of comrades, numbering from 2 to 5, gathered for the purpose of completing an instance or simply doing a quest together.
PvP(from the English PvP) - a “player versus player” game mode, or a WoW server type, also used to indicate the type of equipment.
PvE(from the English PvE) - a game mode “player versus environment”, or a type of WoW server.
Persian- short for “character”.
Pet(from the English pet) - a tamed or summoned creature that obeys its owner. Usually a hunter's beast or a warlock's summoned creature. Or a non-combat pet.
Plz- please (from English please)
Pnh- go to …
Hang- usually combined with a pillbox - hang a pillbox - cast a pillbox on a player
Port— a portal between cities, or a portal leading to a stone at the entrance to the instance
Ppts- extreme degree of indignation
Ppl(from English ppl = people) - people
Preved- Hello
Profa- profession
Priest(from English priest) - priest.
Pug(from English Pick Up Group) – random group; in general, a group is a group assembled through a search system, in which people play who have not previously played with each other in the same team; attitudes towards scares are different due to the fact that an unplayed team means a high probability of frequent wipes; on the other hand, instances for 5 people (including “heroics”) are quite successfully completed by pugs on old servers, where there are quite a lot of veterans of the game.
Pull, pullin'(from the English pulling) - a battle tactic in which an individual mob or group is “pulled” into an area where a group of players can deal with them without any problems
Ran - a group of comrades going to an instance (from English run)
Res(from the English resist) - resist resistance to a negative effect
Res(from English ressurection) - resurrection after death
Raid- a group consisting of 10 or 25 comrades who come together to complete high-level difficult content (raid instance)
Range, range(from English range) - classes that specialize in fighting from a distance
Reparan— a race into an instance in which the main goal is to kill mobs in order to raise your reputation
Respawn, respawn(from the English respawn) - the reappearance of something or someone in the game world (mob, mined resource, etc.).
RDD -(Ranged Damage Dealer) DDs that deal damage from a distance (hunters, warlocks, mages, etc.)
Horns(from English rogue) - robber.
Roll(from English to roll) - the principle of loot distribution, when people claiming something throw out a random number with the /roll command (random number generator). The person who rolls the maximum number gets the item. Reroll - repeating a roll (usually when two or more members of a group or raid are kicked out same number). The second meaning is choosing a different character to play.
RO— end of the raid (from English Raid Over).
RF, radish(from the English Ready Check) - checking the readiness of a group or raid for a boss fight
Ruth(from English root) - stopping the target, tying it to the point at which this effect caught it. In root, the target can fight and make ranged attacks.
Sammon(from English summon) - summon a member of a group or raid.
Blue- “blue” item, official name “rare”
Skill(from English skill) - skill, skill - a gamer who knows how to play well
Scatter- hunter skill Disorienting Shot
Slacker– a player who skips raids, hides behind his comrades during a boss fight, and generally screws up.
Spell(from English spell) - spell
Alcohol- a spiritist or spirit in a cemetery that resurrects.
THX or thank you
Wed, sr(from English sorry) - sorry
SS(from the English soul stone) is a warlock stone that is hung on a raid participant so that he can get up immediately after death. Throw ss - hang this stone on a character, usually healers or tanks.
Page or strand (from English strength) - strength
Steady- hunter skill True Shot
Mill(from the English stun) - a stun that turns the target off from the battle for a while. The character or mob becomes immobile and cannot do anything during the stun.
Summon— calling a player to an instance or raid using a “summoning stone” or a warlock portal
Surv- hunter specialization "Survival"
Taxi- griffin maker.
Timerun— going to an instance where you need to complete some of the tasks for a while (for example, killing a boss)
Tank(from the English tank) - the role of a character in a group, usually a character with a high defense indicator, holding back the aggro of mobs in battle (usually a warrior, paladin, rarely a shaman, a robber).
Twink(from the English twink) - a character leveled up with the help of other high-level characters, and wearing things received from them, synonymous with alt, but more often used for alternative characters that are intended for playing PvP (player versus player).
Tray(from the English try) - an attempt, usually used when an attempt is made to kill the boss, kill try- an attempt that ended in killing the boss
Ladder(from English trap) - trap
Trade skill(from English trade skill) - trading skill
Axe- a player who, after numerous explanations of raid tactics, repeatedly makes fatal mistakes for himself or the raid (group)
TT- extreme surprise
Toilet— a warlock stone from which “health stones” are taken by raids.
Uber(from German uber) - prefix or independent word to denote an ability or character that is superior to others. Can be considered a stronger version of imba.
Farming(from the English farming) - repeated killing of mobs in order to obtain items that fall out of them, synonym - farming, grinding.
Fail- failed attempt, failure
FD(from the English Feign Death) - a “cheat” skill of a hunter: Feign Death
Hunt(from English hunter) - hunter, hunter
Highlevel(from English high level) - high level or high level character.
Hits(from the English hits, hit points, HP) - the amount of vital energy that determines the amount of damage that a character or mob can withstand.
Heal-bot— paladin
Hill(from English to heal) - to treat
Healer(from the English healer) - the role of a character in a group, which comes down to restoring the health of group members, synonym - heal.
Hilyai- treat
Hardmode— complicated raid boss mode; after patch 3.1, difficult modes were introduced into the game mechanics for more advanced players; the abbreviation hm or xm is also used
HoT(from the English HoT, Healing over Time) - healing that is performed gradually over a fixed period of time
HP(from heal points) - indicator of health level
Char(from English char, character) - character
Kettle(from the English chain lightning or chain heal) - either chain lightning (if cast by mobs or bosses) or chain healing of shamans.
Chanter- enchanter (profession)
Cheat(from English cheat) - prohibited technique, deception
Sham - shaman
Shmot- things, items of equipment, synonym - gear
Epic- “fillet” thing, the official name is “excellent”.
epicfly- a flying animal that moves at a speed of 310% of the normal movement speed of a walking player.
Yuva- jewelry making (profession)
You may not believe it, but when I started playing, I tried for a long time to understand the meaning of two letters that are now so dear to me – ‘DD’. And to ask someone... not that I was being modest, but the desire to figure it out on my own was much stronger.
Who is a tank and a healer? general outline clear from their simple names. A tank is armor, a healer (from the English Hill - to heal) and, accordingly, a healer. DD is more difficult to decipher; a beginner will usually not understand what’s what without a hint.
So. Tanks, Hills, DD in a little more detail..
Firstly. Tanks, heals and damage dealers(damage, damage (from the English. Damage explanations below) these are not classes, not races, not any types, but the ROLE most suitable for a character in the group, taking into account all his characteristics, talents, class, armor, skills used, etc. etc. etc.
Secondly. When you play solo (alone), you can be anyone, or rather, you even have to be both, and especially the third, so for a solo game these terms are generally not acceptable, unless it concerns certain talent trees, in which you invest the corresponding points when increasing the level of your character. Those. There are usually three branches and for some classes they differ in exactly what role you will have to play next.
Third. In principle, there are no pure roles and there cannot be, since in different situations, in different groups, raids, instances, on different mobs, bosses, etc. Many unexpected moments can happen for all players, when the tank temporarily ceases to be a tank, the healer, for reasons unknown to anyone, suddenly stops healing, and the DD quickly runs away in order to live a little longer in the current situation.
And even if everyone knows their role and plays it 100%, there are enough accidents in the game for everyone to show a different side of themselves. Otherwise... without such tricky (albeit not always pleasant moments) the game would not be so interesting and varied.
Or are you still so naively hoping to be the best always and everywhere in the world of World of WarCraft???))) They say that hope, if not immortal, is the last to die. I ask realists to delve further into the theory with me and correct me in the comments if my theories somewhere do not coincide with your realities.
Tank– a character with powerful armor, a large amount of health and other protective functions (evasion, stability, parry, block). A tank simply must be able to take on the aggression of mobs and withstand heavy damage. The tank is not obliged to kill everyone around and give out high DPS, that is not the purpose of the tank. The target cannot be killed; others will do it for him. The goal is to keep the mobs on you to prevent them from killing other players. Therefore, if you decide to become a tank, collect things that will increase your defensive characteristics, upgrade the corresponding talents and learn to aggro everything you can. The last one is most important. You need to thoroughly understand what you will use to cause aggression from mobs in order to know what to use in difficult situations, when some of the mobs or the boss suddenly run to kill your healer.
The best classes for tanks (by general consensus, in this order) are Warrior, Bear Druid, Paladin, Death Knight. There are many different subtleties that I haven’t really understood yet, so I can only give advice after I’ve tried all these classes as a tank.
Hillers(clerics) – healers. Those who will heal the tank (or tanks, in large parties, both tanks and healers will be not one, but several, besides the main ones there will also be additional ones) as the main target, and heal the rest depending on the situation. A healer is not required to deal damage at all, but must be able to heal effectively, taking into account the speed of mana replenishment (all healing classes have mana), have good reserves of it (for difficult moments and flasks with mana), pumped up spirit (mana replenishment speed) and quickly redirect/ knock down the aggression of mobs if you are attacked, and there is no one to protect you or simply do not know how.
Don't forget that healing spells also inflict crit (i.e., with a crit, the amount of health restored doubles) and also cause mob aggression.
The best healers are priests, tree druids, paladins and shamans trained in the corresponding talent trees.
From clothing you should choose something that can affect the amount and speed of mana replenishment (intelligence + spirit), because the main problems can be caused precisely by this.
DD (Damage Dealer)- not tanks or healers, but simply fighters. The main goal of the damage dealer is to deal as much damage as possible in less time. In theory, DD can be any class, each with its own characteristics, among which it is worth highlighting separately, again, the level of aggression caused by a particular skill. Those. one, for example, spell from a magician can produce huge damage with the same huge aggression, when the tank will have to work hard to hold off the boss, who will try to rush towards the magician in order to finish off the insolent who hits so hard as quickly as possible. And for a fragile magician, one or two hits may be enough to run away from the cemetery.
Those. When playing as a damage dealer, you want to give out as much DPS as possible without causing more aggression than the tank causes. But.. from practice.. most likely the tank will be scolded anyway, so those who are going to tank, get ready for frequent complaints, even if it’s not your fault.
Also, in addition to these roles, (more often in theory than in action) the following are used.
Nyker(English Nuker - bomber). The role of a character capable of casting spells over a large area (AOE). For example, a warrior cannot hit many scattering opponents at once, who have very few lives left. In this case, the nuker is able to finish off the entire crowd with one spell.
Controller(eng. Crowd controller) - most classes have in their arsenal something to temporarily control the enemy (taking them out of battle for a while, putting them to sleep, fear, submission, slowing down, weakening, etc.). In some situations, it is not always possible to predict which monsters may enter the battle (for example, passing guards), and temporarily removing some monsters from the battle can often save the group from certain death.
The two roles described above are almost always assumed by those who are capable of it, depending on the situation. Those. Rarely will anyone in a gathering group/raid choose those who will be the nukers or controllers. But not knowing about this and not using the capabilities of your class when the situation requires it is also not good.
These examples are most suitable for a group (raid) with a large number of players per high levels(70-80). Although on low levels The meaning of the roles is the same, but the classes can change dramatically. For example, at levels 24-25, the hunter and I successfully took out the elite in 29-31 packs, tanking.. (I played a warlock) with our pets. More precisely, he is a pet (boar), I am a demon (of the abyss, so big and blue, giving a shield at the expense of his health).
They healed the pets as best they could, while simultaneously inflicting maximum possible damage on the elite with everything they could. Hunter shot the mobs with a bow, I threw pillboxes (curse of agony, damage) and finished off with fire. In difficult situations, they threw bandages at each other and themselves, driving away opponents with fear.
Those. the pet and the demon in our case (without causing much damage) were used only to restrain the aggression of the mobs, preventing them from attacking us (why aren’t they tanks?). We dealt the main damage (i.e., damage control) and healed ourselves and each other with bandages (and that's how we get heals?). With these tactics and a good partner, I never found out where the cemeteries were in many of the starting areas. Like this. ;)
I would also like to add that this role system in PvP works a little differently. Although there may be tanks, healers and damage dealers (and they cannot, but should be in a complex game), an enemy with real intelligence is not a mob, and will (if they play according to tactics) kill the healers first, then everyone else. And since the Aggro system does not work on players, in order to force a player unfriendly to you to attack you, you need not to give out a ton of aggro, but to be a healer =), preferably a tree (since it can be seen from afar), or attack him yourself, or try writing something like /moon, /taunt or /tease into the chat. It often works. But often... this is not always the case...
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In the summer of 2017, a meme went viral online, the hero of which constantly refers to a certain Johnny and complains about “hooks” hiding in the trees. TJ figured out where the stamp came from long history and how it infiltrated the posts of top Twitter users.
In 1979, six years after the end of the American military campaign in Vietnam, director Francis Ford Coppola filmed the drama Apocalypse Now. In one episode of the film about the Vietnam War, the character Bill Kilgore admits that he loves “the smell of napalm in the morning,” which smells like victory to him.
Napalm, son. This smell cannot be confused with anything else. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, once we bombed a height for twelve hours straight. When it was all over, I went up there. We didn't find anyone there, not a single narrow-eyed corpse. But the smell, you know, that gasoline aroma. The whole height smelled... of victory. quote from the film “Apocalypse Now” translated by Dmitry “Goblin” Puchkov
Subsequently, the phrase “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” entered the top hundred according to The magazine Hollywood Reporter and the American Film Institute jury. It has also become a popular movie cliche: different versions of the phrase, including in Spawn, M.D. House, and the full-length film based on Power Rangers.
On September 10, one of the communities on VKontakte published an entry in which a stamp about napalm was included in Mikhail Prishvin’s short “Golden Meadow.” Moreover, the text had nothing to do with Apocalypse Now, and its most colorful phrases were the author’s own.
Later, when the recording was actively distributed across the network, individual pieces from it became more famous and continued to live as separate memes. This came with variations of the phrases "fuck Johnny" and "those sons of bitches have learned to hide even there", as well as the combination "damn gooks".
The word "gook" is an American derogatory term for Asians. Literally - “sticky road mud”, figuratively - “blockhead”. The closest Russian analogue is “churka”.
The “Vietnamese” parody of Prishvin’s text actively circulated online in the fall of 2016, but active interest in the memes associated with it did not arise until mid-June 2017.
Popularity of the query “damn gooks”. Google Trends Data
One of popular versions phrases about hiding gooks became the form "Johnny, they're in the trees." On June 13, a post with a picture based on this phrase was posted on Pikabu and collected more than 4 thousand positive marks.
Despite the fact that the version of the phrase about gooks in trees is still at the end of 2016, the first surge of interest in it was approximately the same period when the entry was published on Pikabu - in the period from June 11 to 17.
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“There was a damn gook sitting there” is a meme from the film “Apocalypse Now,” which for some reason began to be promoted at the end of last year on social networks, combining quotes with Prishvin’s story “The Golden Meadow.” Another similar meme is associated with it - Vietnam flashbacks.
It’s worth starting with the fact that gook - (from the English Gook - “dirt”) is a disparaging nickname for Asians, including the Vietnamese, which spread during the Vietnam War. It is considered insulting and comparable to the epititis "Black Sea" relative to non -ogram. Senator John McCain, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, used the word and ended up having to apologize to the entire Vietnamese community: “I hate gooks. I will hate them as long as I live."
In 1979, F. F. Coppola’s film “Apocalypse Now” was released, in which Colonel Kilgore’s famous speech “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” was heard. The full speech goes like this:
“Can you smell it? It's napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like this. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Once we bombed the same height for twelve hours straight. And when it was all over, I climbed onto it. There was no one there anymore, not even a single stinking corpse. But the smell! The whole hill was saturated with it. It was the smell... of victory! Someday this war will end,” said Bill Kilgore.
The quote even appeared in 12th place on the list of “100 best quotes from cinema”, which was compiled by the American Film Institute.
Last September, a text began circulating on social networks that began as Mikhail Prishvin’s story “The Golden Meadow,” and then abruptly turned into some kind of nonsense about the Vietnamese, the Huks, and napalm in the morning. Publications with a spectacular ending often appear in public pages, but this one has a special history.
“My brother and I always had fun with them when the dandelions ripened. It used to be that we would go somewhere on our business - he was ahead, I was at the heel. Seryozha! - I’ll call him in a businesslike manner. He will look back, and I will blow a dandelion right in his face. For this, he begins to watch for me and, like a gape, he also makes a fuss. And so we picked these uninteresting flowers just for fun. But once I managed to make a discovery. We lived in a village, in front of our window there was a meadow, all golden with many blooming dandelions. It was very beautiful. Everyone said: Very beautiful! The meadow is golden. One day I got up early to fish and noticed that the meadow was not golden, but green. When I returned home around noon, the meadow was again all golden. I began to observe. By evening the meadow turned green again. Then I went and found a dandelion, and it turned out that, damn Johnny, there was a damn gook sitting there! These sons of bitches have learned to hide even there! I called the guys and we started firing as hard as we could at this damn field, they even shot through my helmet, Johnny, it was just hell, not a shootout! Our sergeant was wounded, we dragged him into the trench and bandaged him there. “Guys, tell my mother...” began Sergeant Leinison. “You’ll tell her everything yourself, you damn kamikaze!” And then we called our guys, our glorious falcons, who dropped napalm on these gooks. You should have seen this, boy! When I came to this field, it was either green or golden, but now it will be golden for a long time and only then will it turn black, swallowing the Huks in its blackness. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. The whole hill was saturated with it. It was the smell... of victory! Someday this war will end."
This text first appeared in the public page “Lentyach” (not to be confused with “Lentach”) on September 10 last year. 3 days later it was posted on Pikabu, then the text went viral - like those stories about contaminated syringes and the real origin of the Red Fox.
The essence of the meme is that when a person starts reading the text, he is reading Prishvin’s story. However, in the middle it breaks off, and quotes from the film “Apocalypse Now” begin. It is worth noting that you can accurately determine whether you belong to this film only by phrases about napalm. But it’s hard to say where the dialogue about gooks comes from. In any case, the viral post had an effect.
It didn't end there. Users came up with a new trick: they began to change the first part of the text to some other story. But the second part, which deals with gooks and napalm, remained unchanged. The result is the same - horror and misunderstanding in the eyes of the reader.
Lyrics this kind came across especially often in November last year on various entertainment sites, as well as in the comments of large public pages. Later it died down a bit, but in March of this year, for some reason, the meme was remembered again. Therefore, you can often see posts about “damn gooks” in the comments of almost any entertainment resource.
The very phrase “damn gooks” has become something similar to the meme “Bloody Nevelny”. That is, it is used when they intend to accuse someone of something. And the notorious gook becomes extreme in this case.
It may very well be that the viral text “Prishvin-Napalm” is related to another meme about the Vietnam War. “Vietnamese flashbacks” at the beginning were like videos about animals, which were superimposed with the effect of psychopathological experiences from Hollywood action films. Simply put, some serious cat was shown, and thanks to special effects this seriousness was played up.
Later, such effects began to be done not only with animals, but in general with everything that suited the situation. Thus, these turned out to be videos, GIFs, cubes, and regular pictures.
A stream of such memes reached the RuNet. And at the beginning of last year, the public “Vietnamese flashbacks for all occasions” appeared.
Against this background, another meme appeared - Schoolchildren in Vietnam. This is a photoshop based on photographs of 2 schoolchildren, one of whom is bleeding from his nose, and the other is holding it. The photo appeared on Pikabu in early August last year and provoked the emergence of large quantity photoshopped The most famous was the one in which these students are depicted against the backdrop of the Vietnam War.
In fact original photo with the students got into social media May 5, 2014. It was published by a simple Belarusian schoolgirl, who is the author of the photo.
