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Trktr51
05-07-2010, 02:22 PM
Shouldnt there be a list of explained acronyms for dual boxing?

I tried to search on here and google.

Siaea
05-07-2010, 02:56 PM
What are you trying to find out? Plus, that's kind of an odd question for a first post. . .

EaTCarbS
05-07-2010, 11:43 PM
Odd indeed. I didn't know that there was such a thing as multiboxing jargon.

Nighthawk38
05-08-2010, 03:07 AM
I'd just be happy to find out what TL: DR and IMBA mean.... lol

EaTCarbS
05-08-2010, 03:10 AM
I'd just be happy to find out what TL: DR and IMBA mean.... lol

TLDR - Too long, didn't read

imba - imbalanced

Anything like that we use isn't really multiboxing specific.

Nighthawk38
05-08-2010, 03:14 AM
thanks for the reply Carbs. I realize those aren't boxing -specific, but they've been driving me nuts for a while now....lol My brother has been playing since launch and didn't even know what IMBA meant. We settled on maybe "I aM Bad Ass" lol .

If it means imbalanced... then according to my GF, I've been IMBA for quite a while now. Guess I can stop trying to upgrade now. WHEW :D

kate
05-08-2010, 08:07 AM
IWT - interact with target

FTL - focusless/targetless/leaderless control scheme where any of your toons can automatically become the lead upon switching to them

Those are the only two acronyms I wasn't familiar with before I started boxing. When I first came here I thought FTL was a speed hack (FTL = faster than light in my experience) or something :D

Ualaa
05-08-2010, 06:10 PM
Maybe CTM = Click to Move.

EaTCarbS
05-09-2010, 01:58 AM
ah didn't think of FTL

MiRai
05-09-2010, 09:34 AM
Does the OP plan on coming back to this thread and telling us what it was he wanted to know?

Pocalypse
05-09-2010, 09:48 AM
I was a bit unhappy when FTL started to catch on for the focusless/leaderless method. I always thought of it as 'for the lose'.

alcattle
05-10-2010, 01:07 AM
it's a fair question. The OP is trying to post things to get past the noob limit. Better than fdswerg like I read a couple times.

Found this looking up IMBA



A gaming lingo.
imba (short for imbalanced) is derived from Strategy games (e.g. Warcraft) or MMOs. It is usually used to describe when a player or a character gets way too powerful to defeat that it becomes unfair/impossible for the opponents to play against him.
Whod a known WoW is a strategy game opposed to an MMO :eek:

jimbobobb
05-10-2010, 02:16 AM
it's a fair question. The OP is trying to post things to get past the noob limit. Better than fdswerg like I read a couple times.

Found this looking up IMBA



A gaming lingo.
imba (short for imbalanced) is derived from Strategy games (e.g. Warcraft) or MMOs. It is usually used to describe when a player or a character gets way too powerful to defeat that it becomes unfair/impossible for the opponents to play against him. Whod a known WoW is a strategy game opposed to an MMO :eek:


Oh you youngun - back in the day warcraft was a REAL TIME STRATEGY GAME. It was so good, they made, like, 2 sequels, and multiple expansion packs. Then they went and made some bigger game called WORLD OF warcraft. And that was, like, totally different from the warcraft game, which was, you know, totally a real time strategy game. Or somethin.

alcattle
05-10-2010, 02:41 AM
Oh you youngun - back in the day warcraft was a REAL TIME STRATEGY GAME. It was so good, they made, like, 2 sequels, and multiple expansion packs. Then they went and made some bigger game called WORLD OF warcraft. And that was, like, totally different from the warcraft game, which was, you know, totally a real time strategy game. Or somethin.
I stand corrected. But youngun I am not, just never played Warcraft. First RPG was ultima II on the Atari 800.

kate
05-10-2010, 12:42 PM
I stand corrected. But youngun I am not, just never played Warcraft. First RPG was ultima II on the Atari 800.

My first was also Ultima II, but on the Apple ][.

"Minax cries, 'Die, fool!'"

thefunk
05-10-2010, 03:09 PM
My first was also Ultima II, but on the Apple ][.

"Minax cries, 'Die, fool!'"

Yeah.. one of my greatest regrets was buying Ultima in New York, travelling back home to Paris and then realising it wouldn't load on my Apple IIgs so never played it. Had to stick to Wizardry hehe. I was only 8

lans83
05-10-2010, 09:14 PM
First RTS I can remember playin was C&C on my uncle's computer, don't know what model it was. To this day, I have yet to play the first Warcraft and/or expansion for it. Played and beat 2 and 3+FT many times tho. Never played any of the Ultima games tho.

rfuilrez
05-10-2010, 11:17 PM
I was a bit unhappy when FTL started to catch on for the focusless/leaderless method. I always thought of it as 'for the lose'.

I agree. I always find myself thinking "for the lose" when I read posts here :(

dlthehunter
05-14-2010, 10:10 PM
yup maybe something else than FTL could be invented ? (LL (leaderless)) ?

Zub
05-18-2010, 08:32 AM
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