Game terms

In this article, players will be introduced to ProTanki nomenclature that is used to facilitate communication amongst tankers for easy communication. Majority of the following terms are frequently used, while a few are seldom seen wtithin ProTanki.

A

• AC / Anti-cheat: The anti-cheating system that ProTanki relies on to combat cheaters/hackers of any sort.
• Admin: Refers to an administrator of the project, chat moderator and/or community managers.
• AFK: Acronym for 'Away from keyboard,' often used when a player wishes to inform someone they're about to be occupied with something else.
• AoE: Acronym for the term 'Area of Effect,' which may refer to splash damage of certain turrets. Example: Thunder.

B

• Ban / Banned: Refers to a player being banned from the chat, therefore being incapable of making battles either.
• BP: Acronym for the combination Railgun & Wasp, commonly used in tandem.
• Bug: An error or defect in ProTanki's system that causes the game to behave in an unintended and/or unwanted way.
• Buyer: Slang for a player that uses real-life money to purchase in-game currency (Crystals) and/or premium subscription. This term is often used in a derogatory manner, often belittling players that purchase in-game goods for real-life money.

C

• Camper: Slang for a player that is gaining heavy advantage over the opposing team by following the strategy of remaining in his/her team's base, while plucking enemy tanks one by one through staying behind objects and laying-low, hidden as much as possible. This term is often used in a belittling manner of the strategy the player follows.
• Cap: Shorthand for 'capture,' usually in reference to capturing the flag in CTF mode.
• Clan: Organized congregation of players forming a band, playing together in battles and often times seen in eSports tournaments.
• Cover me!: A command used by tanker(s) to call for back-up as to cover the tanker requesting immediate aid.
• CP: Acronym for 'Control Points' game-mode.
• Crys: Abbreviation for 'crystals'.
• Crystal boxes: Boxes that fall from the sky, containing 10 crystals.
• Crystals: ProTanki's in-game currency.
• CTF: Acronym for 'Capture The Flag' game-mode.

D

• Dev(s) / Developer: Abbreviation / Synonym for a developer of the project.
• DM: Acronym for 'Deathmatch' game-mode.
• Drop: Could either mean commanding the player to drop the flag, or for supply boxes and/or crystal boxes or gold boxes to drop.
• Drug(s): Slang for supplies.
• Drugger(s): Slang for someone heavily using supplies during a battle.

E

• eSports: Abbreviation for Electronic sports, an aspect of ProTanki designated for the most professional and competitive players of the game to compete for the top in tournaments!
• Event: Presenting celebrations into the game, or special organized contests held by the Event Team for a chance to win several prizes.
• Exp: Abbreviation for the term 'experience,' which is in reference to experience points.

F

• f1: Usually referred to a player holding the flag that's 1 shot (takes one shot to be destroyed). Usually a slang among XP/BP players.
• f2: Same as the former, except it's informing the player that the flag holder is 2 shots (full health).
• Farm: Could refer to the map Farm, or farming experience points and/or crystals.
• Fire: Short for Firebird.
• Flood: Excessive and meaningless chatter.
• Flipped: Slang for when the player's tank is flipped.
• FPS: Frames per second; usually in reference to the little numbers on the bottom right corner of every player's screen, which displays both the 'Ping' and 'FPS'.

G

• GG: Acronym for 'Good game'.
• GGWP: Acronym for 'Good game, well played'.
• Gold: Abbreviation for the infamous 'Gold box,' which awards its catcher a thousand crystals.
• GL: Acronym for 'Good luck'.
• Gun: Slang for 'Turret'.

H

• Hacker: A cheat that's abusing the system to gain an unfair advantage over others using third-party modifications and programs.
• Hull: The body of every tanker's tank composition.

I

• Ignore: An option to ignore a player, which allows you to hide all messages sent by the player in your ignored list.

J

• N/A

K

• Kit: A product kit from the garage.
• ks / Kill stealer: Used to refer to people who steal kills from others.

L

• Lag: Inefficiency of the player's Ping or FPS, which impairs their connection to ProTanki and in turn accumulating excessive latency compared to the normal amount.
• Lobby: The general interface of ProTanki, where you can customize everything to your liking; from your game's settings, to purchasing crystals to customizing your tank.

M

• Mir: Means "team?" in Russian.
• Mission: A daily mission.
• Mod / Moderator: A representative of ProTanki's community in any assigned field. Their main task is to maintain order of the game and ensure the stability and smoothness of everything; fending off offenders through punishing them.
• Mult: A player that is deliberately idle during an ongoing match, abusing the default pause timer of five minutes and/or deliberately using underlevelled equipment/gear as a way of sabotaging the team they are in.

N

• No kill: A slang meaning no kill until everything is sorted out, or if the player wishes to team with another player.
• Noob / Nub: Term often used to refer to people that are inexperienced in the game and/or are new to the game.
• Nar/Narek: Means drugger in Russian.

O

• OP: Acronym for 'Over-powered'.

P

• Paint: The coat in which your tank is covered in to shield itself from other's turrets, as a way of absorbing as much damage as possible to protect its owner tank.
• Parkour: Performance of tricks and stunts to masterfully overcome the hurdles and obstacles of getting on top of buildings across the map.
• PRO Battle(s): Battles that are customizable through purchasing the designated pass, namely "PRO Battle Pass". Players with premium can join PRO Battles without purchasing the pass.
• Point: The glowing orb(s) lying across the map in Control Points game-mode.
• PT: Acronym for the game's title; ProTanki.

Q

• N/A

R

• Rank: The specific rank of the player, which can be viewed through observing the insignia on the top left corner of every player's screen. Could also refer to a rank up party.
• ro: Means "Go" in Russian.

S

• Server restart: The servers of ProTanki have a daily restart that lasts for a few minutes, they occur at 4 AM +0 UTC (or 7 AM MSK time).

T

• TDM: Acronym for 'Team Deathmatch'.
• Teammate: Your ally on the battlefield. People that join your team.

U

• N/A

V

• Vote: Players who violate the rules, you can report/vote them by using this command; /vote [nickname] in chat section, ask your teammates to vote them as well, The Game Moderators will deal with the situation as soon as possible.

W

• Warn: refers to a warning the player receives in-game as a cautionary measure for attempting to break one of the game's rules.

X

• XT: A special time-limited skin for certain turrets and hulls within ProTanki.
• XP: Usually refers to the popular combination and battle format that's composed of Railgun and Hornet. Could also be short for 'Experience points'.

Y

• N/A

Z

• N/A