Common Terms in OGame

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Here are a list of some of the common terms used in OGame.

If you have some to contribute, please post them as a comment. I’ll move the really common ones into this thread.

Last Updated: 10.14.06

Ships

• RIP – Rest In Pieces – A Deathstar
• LF – Light Fighter
• HF – Heavy Fighter
• LC – Large Cargo
• SC – Small Cargo
• Espy, Probe – Espionage Probe
• Cr, Cru – Cruiser
• SS, Sats – Solar Satellites

Defense

• LL, SL – Small Lasers
• HL – Heavy Lasers
• IC, Ions – Ion Cannon
• PC, Plasma – Plasma Cannon
• GC, Gauss – Gauss Cannon.
• SS – Small Shield Dome
• LS – Large Shield Dome
• Domes – Both shield domes
• ML, RL – Missile Launcher / Rocket Launcher
• IPM – Interplanetary Missile
• ABM – Anti-Ballistic Missile

Raiding

• DF – Debris Field
• Ninja – a sneak attack, often a defending fleet arriving just before the attacker’s fleet hits the target.
• RF – Rapidfire, can be both a noun and a verb.
• CR – Combat Report
• HoF – Attack which is allowed into the Hall of Fame.
• Moonshot – an attack consisting usually of 1667 LFs which creates minimal damage, is cheap, and maximum moonchance.
• phalanx – The ‘verb’ used to describe the act of finding a players fleet with a Sensor phalanx, or using this data to prepare an unavoidable attack. Or the noun, a Sensor Phalanx.

Buildings

• RL – Research Lab
• Nanites – Nanite factory
• JG – Jumpgate

Research

• HE – Hyperspace drive
• HT – Hyperspace Technology.
• IRN – Intergalactic Research Network.
• Gravi – Graviton Research.

Misc

• SS – Solar system.
• Colo – Colony
• x:y:z – The ratio a player wishes to trade with, usually in the form ‘metal:crystal:deuterium’.
• IRC – Internet Relay Chat, usually meaning the OGame channels on the OgamesNet server.
• PM – Private message.
• NAP – Non-Agression Pact – You and the other player/alliance agree not to raid each other.
• ‘GLOTR’ – ‘Good Luck On The Rebuild’
• Demon Freaked – Obliterated by IPM’s.

Many thanx to Black Wyvern for supplying a list of popular terms and phrases.

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1. i don’t know if you guys use this but for misc how about REZ for resources

   
   — nisaren    Jul 27, 03:23 PM    #

2. how about safety-a esp probe launched just before an attack arrives….

   and if someone says you’re pwn’ed….thats bad.

   
   — Jeff Howard    Jul 28, 05:45 PM    #

3. just a quick question.. kinda new to to the game and what does it mean in the galaxy view when it say (43min) for example?

   
   — Levi    Jul 28, 06:35 PM    #

4. if by somones name is (43) then they been off for 43 mins same on da buddys list.

   im pwnage

   
   — bommaboy    Jul 28, 07:18 PM    #

5. What does an asterix next to their name mean? I thought it meant they were online but then in some cases I know that’s no right but there’s still an asterix.

   
   — Hally    Jul 28, 08:06 PM    #

6. The * and the minutes all relate to fleets coming or going for example if there was 43 beside someone in the galaxy;
   1. either he had a fleet returning or leaving 43 minutes ago

   2. He was spyed on 43 mins ago

   3. I’m not sure about this one but i also heard someone say it also shows if someone was phalanxed 43 minutes ago.

   The asterix is just showing that a fleet or ship has disturbed space around that planet very rerecently too recent to bother putting the number of minutes on it

   
   — fat tj    Jul 30, 04:41 AM    #

7. You are close…
   It means…
   1. They have sent out a fleet 43 minutes ago.
   2. Someone has probed or attacked them 43 minutes ago.

   The asterisk (*) means that withing the last 15 minutes number 1 or 2 occured.

   Phalanx does not cause activity on the planet, also returning fleets do not cause it to show activity.

   
   — Nimby    Jul 31, 02:44 PM    #

8. Thx guys! i was soo confused couldnt find that stuff anywhere :D

   
   — Levi    Jul 31, 07:21 PM    #

9. Logging on produces an asterisk as well. It’s a nice way of telling if someone is back online or not, if used correctly.

   
   — Black Wyvern    Aug 6, 03:57 AM    #

10. i’m not sure
    could ‘GLOTR’ be a term
    ‘Good Luck On The Rebuild’

    
    — Madd Dogg    Aug 8, 05:45 AM    #

11. I read on wiki somewhere the term “Demon Freaked” which is supposedly when one player is bombarded with more IPMs than he can count.

    
    — imprisoned243    Aug 10, 10:16 AM    #

12. is turtle a term that fits in here? someone with huge defences…

    
    — baloe    Aug 20, 06:32 AM    #

13. what does FIRST’ mean?

    so many people said that to me when i was a defender in a top 10 HoF.

    
    — joe    Sep 4, 09:21 PM    #

14. what is a debris field and what should i do when i have one beside me?

    
    — raz    Sep 8, 02:43 AM    #

15. What does the letter “s” or “i” in player status mean?

    
    — MM    Sep 14, 09:37 PM    #

16. “s” means that player is more powerful than u. “i” means that player has been inactive fro some time (i 4got how long). “I” means they have been inactive for a long long time.

    
    — Nuke    Sep 21, 12:57 AM    #

17. and “v” means vacation mode is on for that player

    
    — nuke    Sep 21, 12:58 AM    #

18. DF 4 debris field…. lolz

    
    — thecat    Sep 28, 09:06 PM    #

19. and “n” is for someone who is inferior to you – “newbie”

    
    — nobody    Oct 11, 09:27 PM    #

20. what exactly is ACS defend?

    
    — Adam    Oct 13, 09:43 PM    #

21. the little i means they’ve been inactive for 2 weeks, and the big I means they’ve been inactive for 4 weeks.

    
    — Chafalcar    Oct 20, 10:33 AM    #

22. wats “noob” or “n00b”

    
    — Olivier Twist    Oct 25, 06:33 AM    #

23. Noob is an inexperienced player, in other words a crappy player.
    Newb is someone who’s new.

    
    — Anon    Oct 27, 01:57 PM    #

24. what is a HoF? what do you do to get it

    
    — illusive chicken    Nov 19, 09:41 AM    #

25. The number that is next to a persons name in galaxy view tells you when there was last activity on that planet. For example: being probed, attacked, building started, research started, and so on.

    
    — Criz    Apr 19, 11:12 AM    #

26. lolz

    
    — Noob    Aug 25, 04:09 PM    #

27. could this post be updated with all the ship name things because the ship section is very short

    
    — ben    Sep 17, 06:10 PM    #

28. IMPORTANT SUGGESTION: Either duplicate this or make it the very first topic, or EVEN it’s own link on the left. I’m brand new to the game and I read most of your tutorial, and didn’t know 80% of the acronyms.

    
    — Illson    Feb 10, 01:38 AM    #

29. Whats “atm” everyone always says it but i dont know what it is…

    
    — Paul Wall    May 22, 01:55 PM    #

30. atm stands for at the moment

    
    — Josh    Jun 10, 11:53 AM    #

31. What does Ogame stand for ???

    
    — Fireheart    Jun 14, 04:41 PM    #

32. I have heard this a few times from some experienced players, however, i am not sure if it is correct. Ogame- the O stands for planet, and game is because it is a game.

    
    — Maximus    Jun 18, 02:13 AM    #

33. lolz… “O” stands for planet… right…

    
    — Trevyr    Jun 30, 07:16 PM    #