Game jargon – CS:GO

Want to play more Counter Strike, but are confused by some of the in-game terminology?

We spoke with Team Endpoint’s Community Manager Tom ‘TomTom94’ Coles to learn more about CS:GO, and its terminology.

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A:

One of the bomb site names, which are played in a standard game.

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Ace:

When one player kills the entire enemy team in a round.

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Anchor:

When a Counter-Terrorist defends a bomb site whilst their teammates rotate to the other site.

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Anti-flash:

Looking away from an angle to avoid being blinded by a flashbang.

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AWP:

The name for one of the sniper rifles in the game.

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AWPer:

A professional player who predominantly uses the AWP sniper rifle in play.

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B:

One of the bomb site names, which are played in a standard game.

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Bomb:

The C4 explosive that players either plant or defuse in a match. Once planted, the Counter-Terrorists have 40 seconds to defuse it.

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Boost:

Using and jumping on teammates to reach normally unreachable positions in the map.

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Bunny Hop (bhop):

Strafe-jumping repeatedly to increase movement speed.

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Clutch:

When a player wins a round while being the only player alive.

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Collateral:

When a player kills two or more enemies with a single bullet from an AWP.

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Contact play:

When a team takes fights directly on a bombsite, rather than using any utility such as flashes or smokes.

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CS:

Shorter way of saying ‘Counter Strike’.

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CS:GO:

Shorter way of referring to ‘Counter-Strike:Global-Offensive’.

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Deagle:

Colloquial way of referring to the Desert Eagle.

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Drop:

Refers to buying or requesting a weapon at the start of a round.

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Entry / Exit Frag:

Entry frag refers to a kill that allows for a team to push onto a bombsite, whilst exits refers to the kills that are achieved in the time between where a round is finished, and the next is going to begin. Exit frags are usually to deal economic damage to the opposing team.

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Fake:

Making the Counter-Terrorists believe the Terrorists are going to one site, when in actual fact they are going to the other. This is a way to draw away the attention from where you plan to plant the bomb.

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Force buy:

When a team does not have enough money for a full buy, but uses all their money for purchases anyway, usually to catch the opponent by surprise and stall their momentum and economy.

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Full buy:

When a team buys a good loadout to go into a fight with.

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Full eco:

When a team does not buy anything in the buying phase, in order to save their money for a buy in the next round.

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Gun round:

When both teams have enough credits to purchase a full loadout (armour, helmets and rifles).

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Kit:

Can refer to the Defuse Kit – which shortens the bomb defusal time from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.

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Lurk:

A player on the Terrorist side who remains stationary while their team-mates attack a bombsite, allowing for surprise kills and flanks.

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Ninja:

Short for ‘ninja defuse’, it is where Counter-Terrorists are able to defuse the bomb while the Terrorists are alive – but fail to notice or stop them doing so.

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Pistol round:

The first round of each half of Counter-Strike is referred to as the pistol round as only pistols, armour and utility can be purchased.

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Pop-flash:

Timing a flashbang to go off when a player comes round a corner, or is just about to attack.

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Rush:

Having all members of the team push in on the enemy at the same time. But is most commonly used in relation to ‘Rush B’ – a callout given for the team to all aggressively push onto the B site.

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Save:

Retreating or hiding nearing the end of the match to try and keep all of your weapons for the next round.

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Smoke the molly:

When you use a smoke grenade to extinguish a molotov or incendiary grenade.

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Unicorn round:

When nobody from either team dies in a round.

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Big thank you to Tom ‘TomTom94’ Coles for his help on this guide!

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