Re: Lingo: "Frag" instead of "Kill"

**RocketPunch** · 06-26-2006, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by 0b1one

Technically you didn't actually 'shoot' the guy either....

Yup, you are mealy relieving all his suffering by sending him to the heavens with your star like presents, only so he can reborn again to exchange the favor.

If you think of it that way, it is actually quite romantic. lol.

**Karkianman101** · 06-26-2006, 08:27 PM

" Dude! I just moved my mouse into a position on the mousepad that corresponds to an image on my computer screen that represents another person, and I TOTALLY clicked the left mouse button! Dude, it was freakin' awesome!"

**CingularDuality** · 06-27-2006, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by Sniper

Trust me.. My X-gf (who doesnt hold grudges.. i promise you that) heard me say that i was going t kill someone (in a game, of course)... she called the police and they took me in because I said that... It was her word against mine. Eventually.. many months and dollars later, it was settled without going to court. I wonder if it would have changed if I had said Frag instead... because more people know what kill means, but dont know wha frag means... for all they know it's a sexual slander.

I would really try to get the community to try to start saying Frag :\ It WOULD help.

What did they arrest you for? Who was the complainant?

Squeak, I see your point, but, um, well, it's not for me, thanks. I dislike using the word "frag" to describe my "game kills". And I'm certainly not one to bow to political correctness.

**SmokingTarpan** · 06-27-2006, 01:07 PM

To me, "frag" is what the pubbies and UT2k4 people use to describe their game kills. It's very "l337". If it makes you feel more comfortbale, then that's your thing, and it's fine. I don't intend to PC it up because of stupid parents and Jack Thompson, however.

It's kinda like in paintball, where the officials refer to the guns as "markers". It's a gun, get over it; kowtowing to the rediculous solves nothing.

**eGoatBoy** · 06-28-2006, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by SmokingTarpan

It's kinda like in paintball, where the officials refer to the guns as "markers". It's a gun, get over it; kowtowing to the rediculous solves nothing.

Hmmm...when I shoot somebody in paintball I say I "tagged" them. Seems appropriate.

In BF2 though (and in other games) we have our "kills" and "deaths" recorded...by the game itself.

It's the nomenclature of the game...if people don't understand that then we as gamers should take the time to explain it to them...starting with, "it's just a game."

Cheers.

**SmokingTarpan** · 06-28-2006, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by eGoatBoy

Hmmm...when I shoot somebody in paintball I say I "tagged" them. Seems appropriate.

So do I. I was referring to the officials (refs and such) insisting that the things are called paintball "markers" instead of guns, as if for some reason that solves some problem. In relation, I don't think using the word "frag" instead of "kill" in a video game solves anything.

**Sniper** · 06-28-2006, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by CingularDuality

What did they arrest you for? Who was the complainant?

Ob1one, I'm not joking.

Cingular: For "Assault and harrassment"
1. No fighting words or really anything that would make her really that scared was said, and I havnt even seen her for a while, so I definatly didn't assault her. The police were trying to make me an example of "Good teens turn evil"... Especially when they saw my AIRSOFT gear when they came in (in which my mom thought they HAD to come in) they took pictures and noted my ghillie suit, and almost took my guns. I hadn't even done anything. There was ONLY her word as proof, but they said thats all the needed to arrest me. It's pathetic.

**Wulfyn** · 06-28-2006, 04:44 PM

As far as i recall the term frag was first coined for Doom. I remember taking my computer to my mate's and hooking us up via a null modem cable and fighting it out to 20 frags. Killing someone by them standing in a teleport spot that you teleported into was called a tele-frag for sure. Gibbing also comes from Doom, where you would kill a monster with such force that instead of a dead body all you got were body-bits (or giblets). I am not sure but this may have been coined from Doom2 not 1, where you would need to 'gib' a monster in order to prevent an Archville from resurrecting them. I still hate those fiery bastards.

I don't think Spear of Destiny / Castle Wolfenstein had multiplayer so it was probably not used there.

**Acid** · 06-28-2006, 05:24 PM

I personally think that using frag is a pubbie thing, and goes hand in hand with leet speak. BF2 is a modern game with guns, and it is simulating somebody killing someone else in real life, thus, killed. Frag would be used in a futuristic game or an explosive kill from, for example, a frag grenade.

**Iceberg** · 06-28-2006, 06:36 PM

I completely disagree with categorizing the term frag with leet speak.

**Acid** · 06-28-2006, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Acid

I personally think.......

Thats just what comes to my mind when I hear that word.

**troublesome4u** · 06-28-2006, 09:32 PM

When I hear Frag it also makes me think UT2004. How about kill + s = skill

He got skilled

**CingularDuality** · 06-29-2006, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by squeak

I completely disagree with categorizing the term frag with leet speak.

I don't know about putting them in the same category, but leet speak certainly comes to my mind as well. It just seems to be a term used by immature gamers, or in games that don't belong at TG. Just like "pwned".

**SmokingTarpan** · 06-29-2006, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Bommando

Everyone knows the correct term is "pwnz0red".

Actually, I thought it was wtfbbqpwnz0red.

Now we can stop.

**munchkin** · 06-29-2006, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by SmokingTarpan

Actually, I thought it was wtfbbqpwnz0red.

Now we can stop.

No. I believe the correct term is zomgwtfbbqpwnz0red.

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