1v1 - one versus one 1vs1 - one versus one 2v2 - two versus two 2vs2 - two versus two 3v3 - three versus three 3vs3 - three versus three 4v4 - four versus four 4vs4 - four versus four ac - ally chat (allied chat) ac on - allied chat is on afk - away from keyboard air - flying attack units are present ally - 1)partner 2)a request for partnership 3)request by enemy for mercy ally at end - agreement to not completely eliminate enemies at the end of the game ally end - agreement to not completely eliminate enemies at the end of the game arb - arbiter av - allied victory b - bottom back - 1)retreat 2)back from being away backstab - kill allies backstabber - someone who kills allies ban - permanently kicking someone out of a game banned - getting permanently kicked out of a game bat - firebat bb - bloodbath (map) bbl - be back later bc - battlecruiser bgh - big game hunters (map) block - buildings constructed in a way that blocks units from getting through boot - kicking someone out of a game before the game starts, but they can return booted - getting kicked out of a game before the game starts, but able to return bot - a program used to do automated tasks, usually in channels brb - be right back bs - backstab build - an overall type of construction build order - a practiced, repeated order in which a player makes buildings and units build up - make more units bunk - bunker cc - command center center - center of the map channel - chatroom cheap - using map exploits and other things to kill or disable a player easily cheapness - using map exploits and other things to kill or disable a player easily choke - small opening at the entrance of your base chokepoint - small opening at the entrance of your base clan - group of players that play together often and have the name of clan in their name cliff - drop siege tanks on elevated area behind enemy minerals close - the act of closing a slot closed - a slot in a pre-game room that is closed, not allowing players to join in it cloud - dark swarm coming - sending help to ally comp - computer controlled player computer - computer controlled player control - zerg, amount of units that can be made with current amount of overlords and hatcheries (same as psi, supplies) counter - attack made on enemy base when the enemy force attacks one of your allies counterattack - attack made on enemy base when enemy force attacks one of your allies cpu - computer controlled player d - defense den - hydralisk den double rush - a player being attacked by two members of the enemy team drop - 1)units in transports placed in enemy base 2)user disconnect exp - expansion expansion - a second base, used for gathering more resources and/or producing more units expo - expansion fastest - fastest map possible (type of map) ffa - free for all free for all - everyone versus everyone g2g - 1)good to go 2)got to go gate - gateway gg - good game gj - good job gl - good luck gn - 1)game name 2)gone go - 1)send to enemy 2)make game going - sending to enemy gol - goliath gone - 1)sending to enemy 2)making game goon - dragoon grade - upgrade gtg - 1)good to go 2)got to go guard - guardian hack - program used to cheat in multiplayer hacker - player that uses program(s) to cheat in multiplayer hatch - hatchery haxx0r - hacker haxxor - hacker help - being attacked hf - have fun hq - headquarters (not used in starcraft, generic word i'm using in this dictionary for command center, hatchery, nexus) hydra - hydralisk inny - playing against and with people you know jk - just kidding k - okay lag - bad connection causing the game to slow down laghack - program used to cause lag in the game ledge - drop siege tanks on elevated area behind enemy minerals lift - fly building ling - zergling lol - laugh out loud lord - overlord lot - zealot lt - lost temple (map) maphack - program used to cheat and see everything on the map mass - make lots of units maxed - reached the maximum number of units allowed me - being attacked melee - players start game non-allied at random locations with one hq, four workers, fifty minerals micro - using skill to move units in ways to: 1)sustain less damage and do more damage 2)in ums maps there are games specifically designed to test micro skills 3)a very miniture map microing - see micro mid - middle middle - center of the map mins - minerals (workers) msg - message muta - mutalisk n00b - new player newb - new player newbie - new player nex - nexus nm - nevermind noob - new player no rules - rush is allowed no rush - no attacks are allowed for a set amount of time np - no problem nr - no rush nuke - nuclear missile (noun or verb) nydus - 1)to place the other side of a nydus canal into an enemy base so that units can be pumped through it 2)nydus canal ob - observer ol - overlord on - allied chat is on open - 1)slot in pre-game room that is open for players to join in 2)the act of opening a slot ov - overlord ovie - overlord own - to kill a player with great force ownage - to kill a player with great force owned - to be killed with great force part - partner partner - player(s) that you are on a team with pool - spawning pool pro - 1)good player 2)protoss psi - protoss, amount of units that can be made with current amount of pylons and nexus' (same as control, supplies) pub - public public - playing against and/or with people you dont know pw - password pwn - own mispelled on purpose (see own) quit - leave the game quit out - leave the game race - terran, zerg or protoss race wars - no predetermined allies, after game starts players of same race ally each other racks - barracks ran - terran random - computer picks your race for you rc - recreate (game) re - prefix used to indicate a repeat ready - indication of readiness to attack rine - marine rm - remake (game) rush - very early attack rw - race wars sc - starcraft scan - revealing an area of the map (including all cloaked or burrowed units) shared d - shared defense shared defense - two players building defense for each other or one player protecting another with their defense slot - maximum of eight of these in a pre-game room, it's where players sit and wait for the game to start, can be opened, closed or computer sn - same gamename speed - run/movement speed spike - zerg only(early in game), make building(s) and drones then cancel building(s) to get more drones than control allows spiking - zerg only(early in game), making building(s) and drones then cancelling building(s) to get more drones than control allows spore - spore colony stack - build buildings on top of each other (not possible in normal game without cheating) stacked teams - situation where one team is predetermined to be better than the other, usually without the knowledge of the lesser team stackhack - program used to cheat and stack buildings on top of each other start - begin the game stathack - cheat program that makes games automatically and gives a player wins or losses stim - stimpack storm - psionic storm sunk - sunken colony supplies - terran, amount of units that can be made with current amount of supply depots and command centers (same as control, psi) t - top temp - templar thx - thanks tks - thanks toss - protoss triple rush - one player being attacked by three members of the enemy team tvb - top versus bottom tx - thanks ty - thank you ultra - ultralisk ums - player made maps, not a normal game use map settings - player made maps, not a normal game vgg - very good game vs - versus vision - ally vision (allied vision) w2g - way to go w/e - whatever wb - welcome back wide open - vulnerable location in an enemy base (ground, air or drop) winbot - stathack wtf - what the fuck wtg - way to go yw - your welcome z - 1)zealot 2)zerg zc - zero clutter zeal - zealot