by Katherine Bennett

Created on: February 07, 2007   Last Updated: April 12, 2007

City of Heroes is a fun MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) that allows you to create your own superhero character and defend Paragon City. Chances are that if you've played the game much past the tutorial zone known as "Outbreak" that you have become accustomed to the chat features of the game. In your chat window you can read what other players are saying and can even determine where players are in the game (to a degree) based on the color of their text. Chat text in white means that the player is located in the same area of the map as you. Grey text is a message that has been sent in broadcast mode, the player could be anywhere in the game but all players should receive the message. Green text is from a player on your team. And purple text is a special request message that works similarly to broadcast except it is specifically used for requests.

After playing the game for a while I am sure you have also seen words or acronyms used in the chat window that you may not be able to figure out. In the following I will list several of the most common terms and abbreviations used in City of Heroes along with their meanings. There are a lot of abbreviations and I cannot list them all here and more are created by players each day. So, if you run across a term you do not recognize in the game that is not listed here ask the player what it means. You may be called a "NOOB" by some players but others recognize that not everyone uses the same terms and will be more than willing to type a quick reply to your question. And, even though I've been playing the game for over a year, I will still run across a term that I don't know.

Term or Abreviation ..................... Meaning

ACC ................................................ Accuracy

AFK ................................................ Away From Keyboard

ALT ................................................. Alternate Character

AoE ................................................ Area of Effect

AT .................................................. Archetype (i.e. blaster or scrapper)

ATM ............................................. At the Moment

AV ................................................ Arch-Villain

BBL .............................................. Be Back Later

Bio .............................................. Away from keyboard, or working on character biography

BRB ............................................ Be Right Back

Bridge ...................................... Higher level characters may

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