Graham Sutherland / Polynomial
do you know what "instagib" means, and what the "gib" part refers to, without looking it up?
over 30, yes
46.2%
over 30, no
33.5%
30 or younger, yes
12.1%
30 or younger, no
8.2%
Poll ended at .
Apr 6 at 3:49pmWeb
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
this post led someone to remind me of the term "telefrag", and I am very glad of it. what an amazing thing that was.
Show threadKrishean DraconisApr 6
@gsuberland the translocator was definitely a thing. why were the bots so good with it, they would always get me lol
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
@krishean I used to play an awesome mutator called UnrealRPG where as you got more kills you gained experience and could get various perks, and there was one where you could do AoE damage to nearby players. I was never amazing at shooters, but I got rather good at using the translocator and shield gun to get near people, do damage, tank shots, then disappear.
Show threadKrishean DraconisApr 6

@gsuberland i remember playing on some custom ut99 maps that might have tweaked the bot ai, and they were just vicious with the translocator, if you stood in one spot for too long they would definitely get you

i think the map author was Ghandi, who did nuclear flak rabbits/ctf-arcticfigtetjets/ctf-floridasharkattack, and a bunch of other things

Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾Apr 6
@gsuberland One thing I've never known, why do we refer to deathmatch scoring as "frags"?
Show threadilmariApr 6
@lunarloony @gsuberland because you get blown into fragments (with some weapons at least)
Show threadMike SpoonerApr 6

@lunarloony @gsuberland

https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Frag

Frag

The term frag originates from military slang, where it is short for fragmentation. In Doom and other FPS games, frag refers to the act of killing another player's character in the game. In cooperative mode, there is a frag count indicating how many times you killed your allies, accidentally or otherwise. When deathmatch mode was implemented, frags were used as a measure of score. Each kill of an opponent earns a frag, while suiciding subtracts one. When the frags are displayed at the end of...

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Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾Apr 6
@shelldozer @gsuberland I wish to take this opportunity to, as politely as possible, urge you to use https://doomwiki.org instead of grotty ol' Fandom.
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Show threadMike SpoonerApr 7
@lunarloony Ah, thanks for the pointer.
Show threadChristoffer S.Apr 6
@gsuberland I'll add that commonly you'd also find the LPB and the HPW in these discussions.
Show threadMiniApr 6
@gsuberland 30 or younger, yes, i learned it when i was younger from a GMod addon so not sure if that counts :p
Show threadpivotman319 🦊  Apr 6
@gsuberland a bloody statement to make
Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾Apr 6
@gsuberland The results are pretty ludicrous.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
@lunarloony now you know why I picked that specific age cutoff ^^
Show threadRudi (ryjelsum)Apr 6
@gsuberland yes/under 30 but i played arena shooters like quake 3 and ut2004 at a very young age and i feel like it comes with that territory, unavoidable
Show threadweb scale robotboyApr 6
@gsuberland my mind (yes/under 30) went down the "gibs are from half-life, aren't they?" line of thought
Show threadCats Who Code (cursed)Apr 6
@gsuberland had to look it up, but that's awesome 
Show threadCharlotte /Cinny     Apr 6

@gsuberland i think:

gibbing is when a demon (from doom but i think other monsters from other similar games also raccount) explodes into gory chunks on death

instagibbing is when that happens instantly i guess either from one hit or just On Spawn because of a glitch?

Show threadStephanie 🎀Apr 6
@charlotte @gsuberland There’s a lot of it in the N64 game Conker’s Bad Fur Day.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
@charlotte not far off. instagib means instant death, usually by a one-shot weapon. "gib" because it explodes you into gibblets. the term was largely popularised by an Unreal Tournament game mode where the only weapon is the shock rifle and you die in a single hit.
Show threadjarkmanApr 6
@gsuberland No but I hope it is about lathes.
Show threaddubbelApr 6
@gsuberland 1. yes 2. no - I always interpreted "gib" as German ("gib ihm"), imperative of "geben", like "instant give it to them" 
Show threadAlessandro Corazza 🇨🇦Apr 6

@gsuberland

This poll only shows that there's hardly anyone under 30 on Mastodon.

Show threadMiko Blissful [he/fae]Apr 6
@gsuberland I also know telefrag and LPB.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
@windbliss telefrag! now that's a term I haven't heard in a long time.
Show threadMiko Blissful [he/fae]Apr 7
@gsuberland What can I say? I was a Quakehead waaaay back until '03.
Show threadJames Forshaw Apr 6
@gsuberland the real question, is "gib" pronounced with a hard g like gif, or a soft g like gif?
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
@tiraniddo I usually say hard g because it rolls off the tongue easier, but this one should technically be soft g because gibblets. (unlike gif which is graphics)
Show threadrjApr 6
@gsuberland @tiraniddo instajib is when you are Suddenly Sailing
Show threadClaudiusApr 7

@gsuberland @tiraniddo (because it came up elsewhere in this discussion)

"Telefraj"

Show threadI love this, so IApr 6
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Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
@jpm ULTRA KILL
Show threadAMSApr 6
@gsuberland @jpm mmmamamamaamonster killlillillll
Show threadWorkshopshedApr 7
@gsuberland so what was it?
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 7
@Workshopshed one-hit-kill. gib because it explodes you into gibblets. largely popularised by the shock rifle instagib mode in Unreal Tournament.
Show threadWorkshopshedApr 7

@gsuberland ah, I peaked around 1996 with Heritic and turning people into chickens.

Then the next 10 years trying to complete Speedball.