MMO
Shared digital realm
MMO stands for massively multiplayer online, describing video games where thousands of players inhabit a shared persistent world simultaneously.
The term usually implies MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) like World of Warcraft, though it covers other genres: I spent my twenties grinding in various MMOs.
The defining feature is scale—hundreds or thousands of players interacting in the same game space.
Sudden armed incursion
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- lootStolen valuables
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
leveling · quest · crafting · endgame · farming · instance · spawn · cooldown
Massively multiplayer fantasy RPG
- RuneScapeBrowser-based fantasy MMORPG
- Lost ArkDisappeared sacred vessel
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
- free-to-playNo-cost base game model
Professional mutual-aid society
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- partyGathering for celebration
- allianceFormal union of parties
- squadSmall working group
friendslist · realm · server · community · auction house · emotes · whisper · guild wars
Digital user representation
- classGrouping by shared traits
- buildCreate a structure
- skillsLearned competencies
- abilitiesPowers to perform
talent tree · gear · equipment · mount · pet · cosmetics · stats · loadout
Human-versus-human game mode
- PvENon-competitive gaming mode
- raidSudden armed incursion
- duelPrearranged one-on-one combat
- battlegroundLocation of armed combat
arena · ganking · siege · open world · flagged · gank · corpse run · resurrection
Element seventy-nine
- currencyMedium of exchange
- auction houseFirm conducting competitive sales
- tradingExchanging for value
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
inflation · microtransactions · premium currency · gathering · mining · fishing · botting
raid
Sudden armed incursion
dungeon · leveling · quest · crafting · endgame · farming · instance · spawn · cooldown · skill tree
World of Warcraft
Massively multiplayer fantasy RPG
- RuneScapeBrowser-based fantasy MMORPG
- Lost ArkDisappeared sacred vessel
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
guild
Professional mutual-aid society
squad · friendslist · realm · server · community · auction house · emotes · whisper · guild wars · recruitment
avatar
Digital user representation
abilities · talent tree · gear · equipment · mount · pet · cosmetics · stats · loadout · spec
PvP
Human-versus-human game mode
battleground · arena · ganking · siege · open world · flagged · gank · corpse run · resurrection · wipe
gold
Element seventy-nine
- currencyMedium of exchange
- auction houseFirm conducting competitive sales
- tradingExchanging for value
marketplace · inflation · microtransactions · premium currency · gathering · mining · fishing · botting
magic
Supernatural or illusory power
orcs · sorcery · wizardry · paladins · rangers · necromancy · enchantment · quests · mythology · goblins
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade
- interactive mediavideo games, video game, apps, interactive fiction, mobile apps
- online spaceswebsite, websites, webpage, web pages, web page
- gaming lingoNPC, HP, GG, AFK, PvP
- Oxidoreductasesoxidase, peroxidase, catalase, CYP450, CYP2D6
- gamingvideo games, buff, games, PlayStation 4, gameplay