Graham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
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%
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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 threadLunar 🛸 ♾Apr 6
@gsuberland One thing I've never known, why do we refer to deathmatch scoring as "frags"?
Show threadMike Spooner

@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.
DoomWiki.org

The Doom Wiki is an extensive community effort to document everything related to id Software's masterpiece games Doom and Doom II, other games based on the Doom engine, Doom 3, Doom (2016), Doom Eternal, and more. We have created 12,777 articles to date.

Show threadMike SpoonerApr 7
@lunarloony Ah, thanks for the pointer.