PR Dictionary and PR Terms
Posted: 2014-07-14 18:57
Good Afternoon,
While this may be an effort in futility, I would love to see this dream of mine come to light and reality. My dream is to have a dictionary of terms with community approved definitions. While playing on a server earlier today, I was told that mortars were heavy assets and that a TOW or AA was not. In my opinion, that flies in the face of logic illustrating idiocracy/hypocrisy in the highest degree. Funny sidenote to this is that they state that the mortars are heavy assets but they don't allow them to be claimable. Go figure.
Now on to the terms as I have known them over the past 4-5 years of playing PR and 10-12 years of playing Battlefield.
Terms:
Heavy assets - 1) Basically any vehicle that is considered armor or causes major damage. 2) Any vehicle that requires a special kit to operate. 3) Any vehicle that provides long distance warfare that may or may not be limited to long range visibility and/or thermal imaging. 4) Any vehicle that has the capability of long range bombing or short range JDAM. 5) Usually claimable by squad name.
Medium assets - 1) Any vehicle or FOB asset that can be used to assist with long range support of infantry. 2) Any vehicle that can provide short range large C4 explosive capability. 4) Usually not claimable by squad name.
Troll - I believe the best example of this is the origin of the word from the 15th century provided to us by the Old French word troller - a hunting term, "wander, to go in quest of game without purpose" Reference: Online Etymology Dictionary
Noob - 1) a new person to the game that knows nothing or very little about game mechanics 2) someone who disobeys your order or goes contrary to your tactical ideology 3) someone who switches team to ghost or retaliate due to frustration or other factors
DOD - dome of death - This is a protective dome that provides shelter for a team from assaults. While firing into and out of DOD is usually frowned upon, it is not consistently enforced across servers. It has been said that area attacks cannot penetrate the DOD but mortars can.
Wraparound building - This building is a building that has stairwells on each end as well as balconies that wrap partially or completely around the building.
House of pain - This is a building that has one outside staircase that leads up into a small room that has another staircase that leads to the roof. Usually on the roof are two solar panels.
T-Building - This is a multi-level building that is in the shape of the letter T.
Construction - these are areas that are usually accented by rebar and scaffolds that surround an incomplete structure. They sometimes have cranes near them.
Fortress - this is a multi-level building that looks like an old castle complete with round guard towers.
Apartment buildings - these are multi-level building that have stairwells on each end as well as doors. They also have many balconies.
L-Shaped building - this is a multi-level building that usually contains at least 4 levels. Their stairwells are at the corner of the L and have many balconies.
Hotels - These are skyscrapers that usually have a ladder on the elevator shaft side of the building.
Corner building - this is a 2 level building that has 2 garage doors as well as three entry doors. The second level contains a room and a large patio.
Asshat - A person, of either gender, whose behavior displays such ignorance/obnoxiousness that you would like to make them wear their own *** as a hat. - Urban Dictionary
Server admin - people who are entrusted to maintain order on a server. ----- My opinion - Most of the time they maintain order when it affects them or their mates. The ones that are fair minded and understanding don't stay in power long enough to make any difference. Most demand respect but give none. Note the use of the word most, not all are like this.
Squad naming is usually consistent across servers unless a server admin says otherwise because of whatever.
CAS - this is usually any aircraft that contains any type of air striking capability
Tanks - just that, tanks.
APC - This is hotly contested and it depends on the server or server admin as to what these include. Normally these include any vehicle that has a gun that is mainly used for infantry support and transports players. This may or may not include the BTR, LAV, Bradley, IFV, AAV, Beast, BRDM, or any other tin can with a gun.
INF - this is usually just an infantry squad
TRANS - this squad uses transport helicopters to deliver troops and supplies to the front lines.
Mortars - this squad usually is the one squad that controls the mortars for the map.
General server rules are pretty simple and could be broken down into the following:
1. Do not create squads before 2 minutes or 1:30. 1:30 is always a safe bet.
2. Asset squads must be named according to the asset. Some servers and server admins are extremely picky about this and may require you to name it specifically for the specific asset that you are using.
3. No racism or other discriminatory actions or chat. No asshats.
My opinion - While some servers (very very very few) keep it simple and have a very very short list of rules, others go through all the levels of government to create laws that cover every color, creed, religion, and or anything else. It's like having to have a lawyer to defend yourself because you don't know what section or subsection of the rules apply to the situation or accusation. Most servers adhere to the above list while others profess them but do not enforce them so don't be surprised by the occasional lashing from a server admin that thinks you are picking on their mates because they are obviously breaking a rule. In my opinion, if the rules cannot all fit in the short space provided on the introduction screen or display resulting from the in-game command of !rules, the list is toooooooooooo long!!
-SwampFox
While this may be an effort in futility, I would love to see this dream of mine come to light and reality. My dream is to have a dictionary of terms with community approved definitions. While playing on a server earlier today, I was told that mortars were heavy assets and that a TOW or AA was not. In my opinion, that flies in the face of logic illustrating idiocracy/hypocrisy in the highest degree. Funny sidenote to this is that they state that the mortars are heavy assets but they don't allow them to be claimable. Go figure.
Now on to the terms as I have known them over the past 4-5 years of playing PR and 10-12 years of playing Battlefield.
Terms:
Heavy assets - 1) Basically any vehicle that is considered armor or causes major damage. 2) Any vehicle that requires a special kit to operate. 3) Any vehicle that provides long distance warfare that may or may not be limited to long range visibility and/or thermal imaging. 4) Any vehicle that has the capability of long range bombing or short range JDAM. 5) Usually claimable by squad name.
Medium assets - 1) Any vehicle or FOB asset that can be used to assist with long range support of infantry. 2) Any vehicle that can provide short range large C4 explosive capability. 4) Usually not claimable by squad name.
Troll - I believe the best example of this is the origin of the word from the 15th century provided to us by the Old French word troller - a hunting term, "wander, to go in quest of game without purpose" Reference: Online Etymology Dictionary
Noob - 1) a new person to the game that knows nothing or very little about game mechanics 2) someone who disobeys your order or goes contrary to your tactical ideology 3) someone who switches team to ghost or retaliate due to frustration or other factors
DOD - dome of death - This is a protective dome that provides shelter for a team from assaults. While firing into and out of DOD is usually frowned upon, it is not consistently enforced across servers. It has been said that area attacks cannot penetrate the DOD but mortars can.
Wraparound building - This building is a building that has stairwells on each end as well as balconies that wrap partially or completely around the building.
House of pain - This is a building that has one outside staircase that leads up into a small room that has another staircase that leads to the roof. Usually on the roof are two solar panels.
T-Building - This is a multi-level building that is in the shape of the letter T.
Construction - these are areas that are usually accented by rebar and scaffolds that surround an incomplete structure. They sometimes have cranes near them.
Fortress - this is a multi-level building that looks like an old castle complete with round guard towers.
Apartment buildings - these are multi-level building that have stairwells on each end as well as doors. They also have many balconies.
L-Shaped building - this is a multi-level building that usually contains at least 4 levels. Their stairwells are at the corner of the L and have many balconies.
Hotels - These are skyscrapers that usually have a ladder on the elevator shaft side of the building.
Corner building - this is a 2 level building that has 2 garage doors as well as three entry doors. The second level contains a room and a large patio.
Asshat - A person, of either gender, whose behavior displays such ignorance/obnoxiousness that you would like to make them wear their own *** as a hat. - Urban Dictionary
Server admin - people who are entrusted to maintain order on a server. ----- My opinion - Most of the time they maintain order when it affects them or their mates. The ones that are fair minded and understanding don't stay in power long enough to make any difference. Most demand respect but give none. Note the use of the word most, not all are like this.
Squad naming is usually consistent across servers unless a server admin says otherwise because of whatever.
CAS - this is usually any aircraft that contains any type of air striking capability
Tanks - just that, tanks.
APC - This is hotly contested and it depends on the server or server admin as to what these include. Normally these include any vehicle that has a gun that is mainly used for infantry support and transports players. This may or may not include the BTR, LAV, Bradley, IFV, AAV, Beast, BRDM, or any other tin can with a gun.
INF - this is usually just an infantry squad
TRANS - this squad uses transport helicopters to deliver troops and supplies to the front lines.
Mortars - this squad usually is the one squad that controls the mortars for the map.
General server rules are pretty simple and could be broken down into the following:
1. Do not create squads before 2 minutes or 1:30. 1:30 is always a safe bet.
2. Asset squads must be named according to the asset. Some servers and server admins are extremely picky about this and may require you to name it specifically for the specific asset that you are using.
3. No racism or other discriminatory actions or chat. No asshats.
My opinion - While some servers (very very very few) keep it simple and have a very very short list of rules, others go through all the levels of government to create laws that cover every color, creed, religion, and or anything else. It's like having to have a lawyer to defend yourself because you don't know what section or subsection of the rules apply to the situation or accusation. Most servers adhere to the above list while others profess them but do not enforce them so don't be surprised by the occasional lashing from a server admin that thinks you are picking on their mates because they are obviously breaking a rule. In my opinion, if the rules cannot all fit in the short space provided on the introduction screen or display resulting from the in-game command of !rules, the list is toooooooooooo long!!
-SwampFox
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