Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2

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The MvM Dictionary (WIP)
By Frederika the Conqueror and 1 collaborators
Are you new to MvM? Not familiar with all the fancy terms that are used by the experienced players? Then this is the guide for you. No longer will you have to suffer from being unable to communicate with your team.
   
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Common Terms
2cidiot - Noun - Derogatory term for a player whose primary if not only "experience" in MvM is in the tour Two Cities. They need a medic.

Airblast - Verb - The act of performing the secondary fire action as the Pyro with any primary excluding the phlogistinator.

Anti-Meta - Noun - A player who does not strictly follow the meta.

Anti-Meta ♥♥♥♥♥ - Noun - Derogatory term for players who outright refuse to play the meta. Opposite of a Metard.

Banner - Noun - Refers to any of the three soldier weapons "Buff Banner" "Concheror" or "Battalions Backup".

Beggars - Noun - Refers to the soldier weapon "Beggar's Bazooka".

Bison - Noun - Refers to the soldier weapon "Righteous Bison".

Bomb - Noun - Refers to the bomb that the robots carry.

Bonus - Noun - Refers to additional 100 credits you receive for collecting all of the money in a wave.

Brass - Noun - Refers to the heavy weapon "Brass Beast".

Buster - Noun - Refers to the robot known as a "Sentry Buster".

Camper - Noun - Refers to the sniper weapon "Cozy Camper".

Canteen - Noun - Can refer to either the item "Power Up Canteen" or the temporary upgrades that can be purchased for that item.

Credits - Noun - The unit of currency used to buy upgrades.

Crit - Noun - Critical charge.

Crowd Control/Controller - Noun/Verb - A class that does damage with an area of effect rather than to single targets, or the act of damaging multiple targets at once, with the goal of reducing the amount of enemies. The major crowd control classes are Soldier, Demoman, and Sniper.

Crutch Specialist - Noun - Refers to the upgrade canteen specialist. Allows cheap canteen spamming.

Crutch Spy - Noun - Refers to a player who only plays spy when there are giant medics, usually spam uber canteens.

DPS - Adjective - Damage Per Second

DR - Noun - Refers to the spy weapon "Dead Ringer".

Engi - Noun - Refers to the class "Engineer".

Engie - Noun - Refers to the class "Engineer".

Experience - Noun - The knowledge gained from playing MvM on the maps "Decoy" "Bigrock" "Coaltown" or "Mannworks".

Fan - Noun/Verb - When used as a noun, it refers to the scout weapon "Fan O'War". When used as a verb, it refers to the action of using the "Fan O'War".

Flare - Noun - Can either refer to the pyro weapon "Flare Gun" or the projectile fired from any of the pyro weapons "Flare Gun" "Detonator" "Scorch Shot" or "Manmelter".

Giant - Noun - Refers to a giant robot.

GRU - Noun - Refers to the heavy weapon "Gloves Of Running Urgently".

Hacker - Noun - Player who's too incompetent to beat even an easy game like MvM and is reliant on cheating to win.

Heater - Noun - Refers to the heavy weapon "Huo Long Heater".

Heatmaker - Noun - Refers to the sniper weapon "Hitman's Heatmaker"

Huo - Noun - Refers to the heavy weapon "Huo Long Heater".

Jumper - Noun - Refers to the soldier weapon "Rocket Jumper" or the demo weapon "Sticky Jumper"

Kritz - Noun - Refers to the medic weapon "Kritzkrieg".

Mark - Verb - To perform an action that results in an enemy being "Marked For Death".

Med/Medic Picker - Noun - A class that can effectively one shot Uber Medics (preferably groups), usually a Demoman using stickies or a Sniper with Explosive Headshot upgraded

Meta - Noun - The most used/well known strategy for beating a mission. Not necessarily the most efficient, but definitively consistently working.

Metard - Noun - Derogatory term for players who strictly adhere to the meta. Opposite of an Anti-Meta ♥♥♥♥♥.

Milk - Noun/Verb - When used as a noun, it refers to the scout weapon "Mad Milk". When used as a verb, it refers to the action of using the "Mad Milk".

Money - Noun - This can refer to either the value one has to spend on upgrades or the item that robots drop on death that upon collection adds to the value one has to spend on upgrades.

Nat - Noun - Refers to the heavy weapon "Natascha".

NG - Noun - Refers to the class "Engineer".

Noob Specialist - Noun - Refers to the upgrade rocket specialist when used poorly. (i.e. Allows your noob soldier to snipe, it also helps to pop uber medics from far away.)

Tomi - Noun - Refers to the heavy weapon "Tomislav".

Pen - Noun - Generic shortening for any use of the term "Penetration".

Phlog - Noun - Refers to the pyro weapon "Phlogistinator".

Pop - Verb - This can either refer to a medic using his uber charge or the action of causing a medic to use his uber charge.

Ranger - Noun - Refers to the engineer weapon "Rescue Ranger".

Refund - Verb - Losing all of your upgrades in exchange for the credits you put into them (excluding canteens). One of the cancers killing mvm. It nerfed expert/mecha significantly. Very useful for mindless tour grinding.

Sleeper - Noun - Refers to the sniper weapon "Sydney Sleeper".

Scorch Shot - Noun - Refers to the cancerous pyro weapon "Scorch Shot".

Scorch ♥♥♥♥ - Noun - See "Scorch Shot".

Scottish - Noun - Refers the demoman weapon "Scottish Resistance".

Solly - Noun - Refers to the class "Soldier".

Stickie - Noun - Refers to either the demoman weapon "Sticky Bomb Launcher" or the projectiles from any of the following demoman weapons "Sticky Bomb Launcher" "Scottish Resistance" "Quickie Bomb Launcher".

Stock - Noun - Refers to any default weapon or reskin of a default weapon.

Tankbuster - Noun - Classes that have the highest single target DPS against tanks; Scout with an upgraded Soda Popper or Shortstop, Soldier using tap-fire Beggar's, or Phlog Pyro (and Engineer's sentry as well). Heavy and Spy have the highest single target DPS, but Heavy has a 75% damage penalty towards tanks, and Spy can't backstab them.

Tele - Noun - Refers to the engineer building "Teleporter".

Upgrade - Noun/Verb - When used as a noun, it refers to the upgrades that can be purchased. When used as a verb, it refers to the action of purchasing upgrades.

Vacc - Noun - Refers to the medic weapon "Vaccinator".

Wrangle - Verb - The action of using the engineer weapon "Wrangler".

Common Statements
Call the money. - I don't know where all the robots died, tell me where you killed things or it's your fault that money is missed.

Damage means nothing. - I'm a terrible player but I won't admit you're better than me.

I'll hold the front, everyone else on tank. - I can kill the bots, make sure that tank dies.

I'll solo the tank(s), everyone else hold the front. - I'll kill the tank(s), make sure the robots die.

Press tab, look at my tour count. - I'm an idiot who thinks that tour count matters, but I'm still better at this than you. (Second half of this interpretation often proves false on Two Cities)

Scout didn't get an A+, kick him. - I need the A+ in order to remotely do decent, let's blame the scout.

Scout milk more. - (When you have a damage scout) I'm too incompetent to buy health on kill, health regen and/or resistances and need a babysitter. (When you have a support scout) You're not contributing enough to the team unless you use your milk more.

Sniper can only hit one thing at a time. - I have no idea how this class works so im just guessing based on PvP mechanics.

Soldier/Pyro/Sniper/Spy is bad. - I'm picky about how I want to be carried.

Spy is all about sapping. - I've never seen anyone play spy well.

Trust me, I know what I'm doing. - Carry me.

We don't have a scout. - Would whomever joined the server last please select a class with which they can contribute to the team and collect money.

We don't have an engineer. - Would whomever joined the server last please become an engineer.

We need a medic. - I'm incompetent.

Why are you kicking me? - I don't know what I did wrong even though it was typed into chat multiple times.

43 Comments
your inner wolf 6 Jul, 2021 @ 7:14pm 
Pretty good guide, this even holds well in Boot Camp. Sure, some the Terms don't (usually) apply to Boot Camp (since who the hell is coordinated in Boot Camp, and 2cidiot isn't thrown around as much as it should be), but the Statements are all spot-on.
Softshine798 19 Dec, 2016 @ 11:22am 
Samage: Combinaton of "Damage" and "Support"
Softshine798 6 May, 2016 @ 8:48pm 
"Scout fan the giants" Witha Support Scout: Scour, youre not fanning enough.
With a damage scout: I have no idea what Damage Rampup is.
Softshine798 30 Apr, 2016 @ 7:51pm 
Spectator Main : A person who spends a majority of their "playtime" in spectator mode because they're too dense to play anything but the meta.
Softshine798 3 Dec, 2015 @ 1:35pm 
I have several recommendations for the guide:
"Scout, upgrade resistances" = "I can't dodge as scout, therefore, every other scout cant dodge"
"Scout, upgrade fan" = "I'm retarded"
"Soldier's ONlY viable secondary is Buff Banner" = " I'm dense and I need minicrits in order to deal any damage"
"Max out rocket specialist" = "I'm retarded"
"Pyro's all about airblast and resetting" = " I have no idea how Pyro works"
"demo, never your shield nor upgrade your primary" = "I've never seen a good grenadeknight/I'm dense"
"Heavy, upgrade rage" = "I like making people troll the server"
"Sniper's all about jarate" = "I don't understand MvM Sniper"
Blasbo Bibbins 26 Oct, 2015 @ 2:35pm 
I think the lack of decent MvM guides for this game, especially as of late (excluding this masterpiece of course), doesn't help. Usually when an MvM guide comes out it either regurgitates the same thing as last time, is completely useless or is written by a 2cidiot and/or metard. Either that or there are good MvM guides, it's just that 99% of people can't read or nobody gives them the ratings they deserve so I can't find them.

Meanwhile people are happy if there are at least three clones of someone's "TF2 wildlife" guide on the popular section. I could go on and on for days about the state of online communities but other people need room to comment here too.

Frederika the Conqueror  [author] 26 Oct, 2015 @ 2:23pm 
@Blasbo Bibbins : Yeah, it's amazing the ammount of childish behavior one sees in MvM.
Blasbo Bibbins 26 Oct, 2015 @ 9:45am 
On another note, I am a big fan of some of the more cynical translations of common MvM statements. Making fun of people's pretentious attitudes always appeals to me.
Blasbo Bibbins 26 Oct, 2015 @ 9:43am 
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." - Obi Wan Kenobi talking about mann up mode
Buster 14 Oct, 2015 @ 12:29pm 
You don't even need to dodge, 2 classes kill them faster than they can reload.