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  2. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    Meaning "away from keyboard". Generally said through a chat function in online multiplayer games when a player intends to be temporarily unavailable. [11] aggro An abbreviation of 'aggravation' or 'aggression'. 'Causing aggro' or 'aggroing' in a video game means to attract hostile attention from NPCs or enemies to attack the player-character.

  3. First-person shooter - Wikipedia

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    A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game centered on gun fighting and other weapon-based combat seen from a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through the eyes of the main character. [1] This genre shares multiple common traits with other shooter games, and in turn falls under the action games category.

  4. List of massively multiplayer online role-playing games

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    FPS-style gameplay Neocron 2: Beyond Dome of York: Active 3D: Cyberpunk: Free-to-play: 2004: FPS-style gameplay, second installment run by the game's community NEStalgia: Closed 2D Fantasy Buy-to-play 2011 2018 Neverwinter: Active 3D: Fantasy: Freemium: 2013: Steam: Manual aim action combat New World: Active 3D Fantasy Buy-to-play 2021 Steam ...

  5. Social interaction and first-person shooters - Wikipedia

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    In FPS, there are a number of arenas where interactions occur between players, the first interaction being pre-game lobbies. In pre-game lobbies, players communicate with one another over tactics, harass players on the other team, chat generally between members and friends on the same team, and offer new releases in the genre (new patches ...

  6. Lag (video games) - Wikipedia

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    Generally a lag below 100 ms (10 hz or fps) is considered to be necessary for playability. The lowest ping physically possible for a connection between opposite points on Earth crossing half of the planet is 133 ms. Other causes of lag result commonly in a lag below a playable 20 ms (50 hz or fps), or in the loss, corruption or jitter of the game.

  7. Video game modding - Wikipedia

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    Examples of famous total conversions include Counter-Strike (1999), whose developers were hired by Valve to turn it into a commercial product, [53] Defense of the Ancients (2003), which was the first MOBA to have sponsored tournaments, [52] and Garry's Mod (2006), for which fans created thousands of game modes over its decade-long development.

  8. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Through the Steam Chat feature, users can use text chat and peer-to-peer VoIP with other users, identify which games their friends and other group members are playing, and join and invite friends to Steamworks-based multiplayer games that support this feature. Users can participate in forums hosted by Valve to discuss Steam games.

  9. Flick Stick - Wikipedia

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    Flick Stick is a video game control scheme designed for gyroscopic game controllers.The Flick Stick control scheme is primarily designed for 3D shooter games with the intent of bringing the perceived advantages of mouse aiming to controllers, while addressing shortcomings of traditional first-person shooter controller schemes.