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Sun 17/03/02 at 21:42
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A - Athlon - a chip, not good with ketchup.

B - Board - Mother or daughter, not to be confused with bored, often caused by PS2 loading times.

C - Coder - often found in dark, damp areas.

D - Duron - another chip, also not good with ketchup

E - Education - something that suffers due to gaming (alleged)

F - Failure - often the result of a first attempt to start a PC game.

G - Games - If you need an explanation for this, you are in the wrong forum

H - Hardware - Interestingly not available at hardware stores.

I - Item - Often found in inventories, games characters are able to carry huge staffs in small backpacks.

J - Jerk - See graphics on old playstation

K - Kill - A necessary element of 90% of video games.

L - Lives - See 'b****r, I was just at the end of that level'

M - Mental Image - Often of falling blocks after too much Tetris

N - Nasal Hair - Is it just me, or does this itch when you get to a crucial stage of a game.

O - Object - Difficult to find seemingly irrelevant item in most adventure games.

P - Pad - Often the cause of shaking hands and damaged thumbs.

Q - Quality control - A non-existent department of 3DO

R - RSI - Caused by too much gaming, but also useful for avoiding work and sueing offices.

S - Solid Snake - Is this the worst name for a games character or what?

T - TV - An item required for gaming often made useless by the forces of 'Ground Force' and Parents.

U - Universal - Something that games should be, but aren't.

V - Value - See above

X - Xray - Produces about the same level of radiation as most true gamers absorb.

Y - Your still reading this?

Z - Zzzzzz - A subject shunned by many gamers.
Mon 18/03/02 at 01:05
Regular
"relocated"
Posts: 2,833
W - Stands for 'Woeful knowledge of the alphabet'. Arf.
Mon 18/03/02 at 00:14
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"everyone says it"
Posts: 14,738
pb wrote:
> I thought it might take the forum by surprise, you know, a topic about gaming
> and all.... ;-)

*draws all the letters and things on his wall*

*fakes a lisp*

thanksss pb, thats wass a really greab helpb.
Sun 17/03/02 at 21:53
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"possibly impossible"
Posts: 24,985
I thought it might take the forum by surprise, you know, a topic about gaming and all.... ;-)
Sun 17/03/02 at 21:50
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Posts: 18,185
That was erm facinating.

The A-Z of gaming right!
Sun 17/03/02 at 21:43
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"Too Orangy For Crow"
Posts: 15,844
Yep, you're right... it was completely useless. :D
Sun 17/03/02 at 21:42
Moderator
"possibly impossible"
Posts: 24,985
A - Athlon - a chip, not good with ketchup.

B - Board - Mother or daughter, not to be confused with bored, often caused by PS2 loading times.

C - Coder - often found in dark, damp areas.

D - Duron - another chip, also not good with ketchup

E - Education - something that suffers due to gaming (alleged)

F - Failure - often the result of a first attempt to start a PC game.

G - Games - If you need an explanation for this, you are in the wrong forum

H - Hardware - Interestingly not available at hardware stores.

I - Item - Often found in inventories, games characters are able to carry huge staffs in small backpacks.

J - Jerk - See graphics on old playstation

K - Kill - A necessary element of 90% of video games.

L - Lives - See 'b****r, I was just at the end of that level'

M - Mental Image - Often of falling blocks after too much Tetris

N - Nasal Hair - Is it just me, or does this itch when you get to a crucial stage of a game.

O - Object - Difficult to find seemingly irrelevant item in most adventure games.

P - Pad - Often the cause of shaking hands and damaged thumbs.

Q - Quality control - A non-existent department of 3DO

R - RSI - Caused by too much gaming, but also useful for avoiding work and sueing offices.

S - Solid Snake - Is this the worst name for a games character or what?

T - TV - An item required for gaming often made useless by the forces of 'Ground Force' and Parents.

U - Universal - Something that games should be, but aren't.

V - Value - See above

X - Xray - Produces about the same level of radiation as most true gamers absorb.

Y - Your still reading this?

Z - Zzzzzz - A subject shunned by many gamers.

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