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*** Since it has the same high damage output and similar insane recoil as the SAW, the AC-X11 carbine is sometimes refereed to as the "Pocket SAW".
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Crowner called for removing Hey, It's That Voice/Guy examples from trivia pages: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1454613823001793300&page=4#89
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** "Big Game Hunting" for Engineers carrying an Archer, ideal for dropping MAX suits and swatting [=ESFs=] out of the sky.
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** "Planetmans" is a general term for the players in general.
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** "Jesus grenades" for the Medic's revive grenades.
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** "Sky Knight" for fighter jocks who want other pilots to follow their code of honor (e.g. to not use air-to-air lock-on missiles).
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** "Redeployside" for the practice of coordinated squads and platoons rapidly using the redeploy option to bounce between hotspots across a continent to reinforce vulnerable bases or overwhelm a defending force.
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** The VS' Madriger tank had the nickname "Magmower" due to how it could easily mow down enemy infantry in seconds (see CarFu on the main page for more info on that).
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** The VS' Madriger tank had the nickname "Magmower" due to how it could easily mow down enemy infantry in seconds (see CarFu on the main page for more info on that). Unfortunately, its just as effective at mowing down ''friendly'' targets....
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** "Ghost-capping": sneaking into unguarded bases and flipping the control points, hacking terminals, and switching turrets to get free certs. Frequently they are Stalker-cloaked Infiltrators who repeatedly sneak in and out of control points to harass and irritate the defenders, and often require several people with motion trackers and darklight flashlights to smoke out.
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** "Spawn room hero"/"Spawn room warrior" for players who hide safely behind the spawn room force fields and shoot out, padding their kill-death ratio, instead of pushing out to defend the base.
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** "Spawn room hero"/"Spawn room warrior" for players who hide safely behind the spawn room force fields and shoot out, padding their kill-death ratio, instead of pushing out to defend the base. There's a few cases where this tactic is viable; the NC-specific Phoenix camera-guided rocket launcher is very effective from inside spawn rooms thanks to the shield protecting the operator while he's guiding the missile toward its target.
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** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZergRush The zerg]] for the mass of uncoordinated players pushing down a lane. Some "zergfits" (zerg outfits) are derided for having no tactics except numbers. Many special ops tactics specifically manipulate your faction's zerg to beat the enemy's. "Tank zergs" and "air zergs" are common for masses of vehicles.
*** A less derided variant is what's called a "MAX Crash", usually a last-ditch effort of the defenders to overwhelm the attackers with a lot of MAXes
*** A less derided variant is what's called a "MAX Crash", usually a last-ditch effort of the defenders to overwhelm the attackers with a lot of MAXes
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** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ZergRush [[ZergRush The zerg]] for the mass of uncoordinated players pushing down a lane. Some "zergfits" (zerg outfits) are derided for having no tactics except numbers. Many special ops tactics specifically manipulate your faction's zerg to beat the enemy's. "Tank zergs" and "air zergs" are common for masses of vehicles.
*** ** A less derided variant is what's called a "MAX Crash", usually a last-ditch effort of the defenders to overwhelm the attackers with a lot of MAXes[=MAXes=]
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** "Sky whale" for Liberators and especially Galaxies, due to being big, slow, and vaguely whale-looking.
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*** Galaxies in the second game even got a horn sound that sounds like a whale.
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** "Sky whale" for Liberators and especially Galaxies, due to being big, slow, and vaguely whale-looking.
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** "Christmas presents" for C4 bricks, which look like little boxes that bring explosive joy to all the good little tanks and Sunderers. During Christmas time, there's even a reskin option to make the bricks look like gift-wrapped presents.
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*** "Airchavs" / "Skygods" for high-tier players that farm infantry, tanks, and other aircraft with ESFs and Liberators.
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*** "Coward Box" for spawn rooms and teleporter rooms that spawn room warriors hide in while trying to shoot anyone that walks by.
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** "Pizzas" for tank mines, due to their triangular, pizza box shape and (before being shrunk) size. Players say, "Pizza delivery!" after getting a mine kill or to describe a tank mine-laying operation.
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** "Battle gal" and "battle bus" for sunderers and galaxies (transport vehicles) configured with the armor and firepower for combat.
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** The Gauss SAW got the nickname "God SAW" for being able to mow down half a squad in a single magazine. Again, the name persists even post-nerf.
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** "Lolpods" for the infantry-obliterating air-to-ground rocket pods. The name persists even after their nerf.
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** "Lolpods" for the infantry-obliterating air-to-ground rocket pods. The name persists even after their nerf.several nerfs.
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** "Lolpods" for the infantry-obliterating air-to-ground rocket pods. The name persists even after their nerf.
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*** Disorganized pubbies are often called "greenies" or, in the New Conglomerate, "blueberries". "Raspberries" and "grapes"/"eggplants" haven't quite caught on.
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Vanus are called spandex
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*** Vanu Sovereignty: [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barneys]] or Ding Dong Vanu, after the Stanry Woo [=TORtanic=] meme. "Spandexes" after their [[FutureSpandex favorite attire]].
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** "C4 Fairy" for light assaults that hover over the battlefield dropping C4 onto enemies.
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*** Vanu Sovereignty: Barneys, Ding Dong Vanu, after the Stanry Woo [=TORtanic=] meme
*** New Conglomerate: Smurfs, and in ''[=PS2=]'', space America and the {{Nickelback}} Conglomerate - due to their theme music. The term '[=NeoCon=]' also applies, not only because their idealogy is rather neoconservative, but because ''it is a correct abbreviation of their actual name.''
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*** Terran Republic: Elmos, space commies, space nazis
[[Series/SesameStreet Elmos]], [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[DirtyCommunist Commies]], and [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] (though the latter two aren't quite as applicable in the second game).
*** New Conglomerate:Smurfs, [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Smurfs]], and in ''[=PS2=]'', space America [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[{{Eagleland}} America]] and the {{Nickelback}} Music/{{Nickelback}} Conglomerate - due to their theme music. The term '[=NeoCon=]' also applies, not only because their idealogy ideology is rather neoconservative, but because ''it is a correct abbreviation of their actual name.''
*** Vanu Sovereignty:Barneys, [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barneys]] or Ding Dong Vanu, after the Stanry Woo [=TORtanic=] memememe.
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** "Bangbus" or "Funbus" for Sunderrer.
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** Each of the factions has a bunch of common, derogatory nicknames:
*** Terran Republic: Elmos, space commies, space nazis
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*** Vanu Sovereignty: Barneys, Ding Dong Vanu, after the Stanry Woo [=TORtanic=] meme
** "Clegged" for parking Galaxy in odd position. The name came from one of the Planetside 2 developers.
** "Bangbus" or "Funbus" for Sunderrer.
** Grandpa Vanu for the Vanu announcer.
** Each of the factions has a bunch of common, derogatory nicknames:
*** Terran Republic: Elmos, space commies, space nazis
*** New Conglomerate: Smurfs, and in ''[=PS2=]'', space America and the {{Nickelback}} Conglomerate - due to their theme music. The term '[=NeoCon=]' also applies, not only because their idealogy is rather neoconservative, but because ''it is a correct abbreviation of their actual name.''
*** Vanu Sovereignty: Barneys, Ding Dong Vanu, after the Stanry Woo [=TORtanic=] meme
** "Clegged" for parking Galaxy in odd position. The name came from one of the Planetside 2 developers.
** "Bangbus" or "Funbus" for Sunderrer.
** Grandpa Vanu for the Vanu announcer.
