Bits of Frustration
In Minecraft, these enemies will attack from the sky whenever you haven't slept in a while.
What are phantoms?
This MOBA featuring over 100 playable gods had over 30,000 concurrent players on steam at its peak, but after its sequel released it rarely hits 2,000.
What is Smite?
KDA stands for this. It is common in multiplayer PVP games.
What is the kills-deaths-assists ratio?
This callout is supposed to mean a target has 1HP, but it's typically a lot more.
What is "one"?
This sword from Minecraft deals even more damage than a diamond one.
What is a Netherite Sword?
In MOBAs, players often get upset about having to defend against this strategy, where one player pressures a side lane away from the main team fight.
What is split pushing?
This third person hero-shooter had a vast amount of unique characters to play as, such as the explosive vigilante Dima and the tactics mastermind Dahlia.
What is Rogue Company?
This rating system calculates player's relative skill level. It is common in video games, and is featured in the likes of PUBG and Overwatch, but was originally created for chess.
What is the Elo rating system (Elo)?
This callout in League of Legends, following the name of the champion that used it, signifies that they have used the most common summoners spell.
What is "flash"?
This Valorant rifle is similar to a Vandal, but features a suppressor, a larger magazine size, and a falloff range.
What is a Phantom?
In Brawlhalla, many get frustrated when opponents spam these powerful moves specific to each Legend.
What are sigs/signatures?
This online multiplayer sequel described to feature "murder, deceit, and survival" takes place during the witch trials in Massachusetts over 300 years ago.
What is Town of Salem 2?
This is the name for a specific way of holding a controller where the player has both thumbs on both joysticks at all times, and use their index finger for the face buttons.
What is claw?
This callout is used to signify Roadhog has used his healing ability in Overwatch.
What is "hog no vape"?
This triple barreled shotgun in Apex: Legends is shaped like a pistol. Players find Lifeline's pronunciation of it humorous.
What is a Mozambique?
In Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Siege, this message will appear when you land a shot but the server could not verify it, and so it does nothing.
What is hit rejected?
This platform fighter sequel, made by Aether Studios, had over 11,000 concurrent players a little over a year ago, now it is lucky to scratch 500, despite its unique adaptation of mechanics from popular titles like Super Smash Bros. Melee.
What is Rivals of Aether II?
In Super Smash Bros games, SP refers to this kind of move that is synonymous with the B button.
What are specials/special moves?
This callout in Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Siege signifies that there is a player in a hallway with a specific angle. The most popular version is on the map Villa.
What is "90/90 hall"?
This weapon in Abiotic Factor is a makeshift blunt weapon made by gluing a pressure gauge to the end of a pipe.
What is a pipe club/pipe cudgel?
In Dead by Daylight, survivor mains have come up with this arbitrary set of rules for Killers to follow to make the game more "fair". It was popularized by YouTuber Samination's parody videos.
What is the Survivor's Rulebook for Killers?
This game released in 2021, made by Norwegian YouTuber Dani, features an open world sandbox experience and funny bosses to battle like "Big Chunk".
What is Muck?
The AI that serves as the narrator of Satisfactory is called this.
What is ADA?
In Smite, a team might elect to call to do this when the time is right. If it succeeds, especially after the game has been going on for 30+ minutes, it likely means victory. Otherwise, it is a very risky play that could lose the game on the spot. Players can use the VGS shortcut "VAF" to call this quickly.
What is "attack Fire Giant"?
This bolt-action sniper rifle from COD: Black Ops Cold War is a fan favorite that features a 1 shot kill to the upper chest and shoulders and is stated to have "high damage with a moderate sway".
What is the Tundra/LW3 - Tundra?