The Ultimate Everquest Acronyms List

[Rael]

Originally Posted by Loftus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

QQ - I recall this being something as Asian in source, basically I always thought it was their "WTF"; I may be wrong.

Means cry. Depending on who you talk to it either looks like a pair of crying eyes or it's Korean for "Ragequit/Stop playing" (alt+q+q to quit in Starcraft)

[toddfx]

Originally Posted by Loftus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

GTG - good to go (for pulls) or got to go (log/leave group)

I have seen GTG and G2G cause some confusion in groups before. By default I would expect it to mean "good to go" as in go ahead and pull, but on multiple occasions I have seen other group members interpret it as "got to go" and started saying their good byes to that person haha. They even went as far as to recruit a replacement group member, then had to turn them away when they discovered the true meaning of the GTG.

I think it depends on your own acquaintance with the internet. If you spend a lot of time in chat rooms and instant messenger apps, I can definitely see "g2g" being more known to you as "got to go." But I think if ones history is more filled with MMORPGs then I'd expect them to use "gtg" as "good to go." [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Kender]

Originally Posted by toddfx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have seen GTG and G2G cause some confusion in groups before. By default I would expect it to mean "good to go" as in go ahead and pull, but on multiple occasions I have seen other group members interpret it as "got to go" and started saying their good byes to that person haha. They even went as far as to recruit a replacement group member, then had to turn them away when they discovered the true meaning of the GTG.

I think it depends on your own acquaintance with the internet. If you spend a lot of time in chat rooms and instant messenger apps, I can definitely see "g2g" being more known to you as "got to go." But I think if ones history is more filled with MMORPGs then I'd expect them to use "gtg" as "good to go." [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

when i first played EQ GTG was got to go. once i started on WoW it changed to good to go. it caused all sorts of confusion to people that made the switch from eq. i think good to go was perpetrated more from the non eq influx. well that's my personal experience of it at least

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by mmiles8 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

^
Excuse me while I poopsock

Fixed

lol is that really how that term originated?

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

abbreviations aren't really acronyms...lol

I think this thread is great though.

Sow is great... that one transcends all.
LFG is another.
kk is another, I saw alot of asian players use this, instead of k or ok, it kind of caught on.
ks? kill steal?
Dot? we get that one? I had never seen Dot before eq.
What about mmorpg? I know we had uo, but Eq kinda took over everything.
gg group gate?
Train to zone definitely is tops. We would use that in the cafeteria at lunch.. lol.

[fastboy21]

C - Clarity

[utenan]

Its Highkeep ( HK ) and High Pass Hold ( HPH ) where did this HHP and HHK come from? Prolly my biggest pet peeve in EQ, : P

BB can also be Blackburrow
also ORS = Ornate Rune shield, are we covering kunark as well? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[girth]

Originally Posted by utenan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Its Highkeep ( HK ) and High Pass Hold ( HPH ) where did this HHP and HHK come from? Prolly my biggest pet peeve in EQ, : P

It's actually High Hold Keep. So HHK is correct.

[utenan]

Originally Posted by girth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's actually High Hold Keep. So HHK is correct.

No? unless that is some sort of crazy abbreviation for both zones, although i dont know why you would refer to both zones at once.....

[girth]

Originally Posted by utenan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No? unless that is some sort of crazy abbreviation for both zones, although i dont know why you would refer to both zones at once.....

Apparently I am wrong, but I guess its just because how many people still to this day use the phrase high hold keep. I know when I played everybody called it that, and I guess over the years I thought HHK was legit, and maybe it just got a name change or something.

Did some internet researching, and it seems HHK and HHP came from back when people referred to the 2 zones as high hold keep and high hold pass. I'm assuming it was just an easy way to differentiate and somehow it caught on.