Glossary

This page contains a list of terms and definitions that are commonly found when discussing Zula.

General Game-play terms

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2K, 3K, 4K, 5K

A multi-kill during a round, where a single player got 2 kills, 3 kills, 4 kills, or 5 kills, respectively.

A

Ace

An ace is when a player kills the whole enemy team on his own in one round.

Ace clutch

When a player wins the round despite being the only one alive on his team against the entire enemy team.

ADR

Stands for Average Damage per Round. Used mostly for the analysis of a player's performance in a match, and measure only the effectively dealt damage (capped at 100 per opponent).

Airshot

Killing someone while firing mid-air with a weapon.

Aimbot

A cheat that provides varying levels of automated target acquisition and calibration to the player.

Aimbody

Same as Aimbot, this is a cheat but only lock in the body for not being suspect in player pov.

Anti-strat

A strategy used to counter a specific tactic that you are certain the opposing team is doing.

Autosniper

A synonym for the MPT-76S, snipers rifles for both sides.

AWP

Also called the Magnum Sniper, the AWP is the most emblematic sniper of the game, known for killing an enemy in one shot, regardless of armor, if hitting anything above the hip.

B

Banana

The area in Refugee's Camp that connects the Gladyo ramp and the B bomb site. Named after its apparent shape in the overhead minimap.

Barteklewl

Barteklewl was a pro player from Zula Europe, is knowing as one of the 5 players from europe winning the Zula World Cup 2018.

Bartek

A callout from the player Barteklewl on the map China.

Boost/Boosting

1. When a player acts as a platform to help another player to either get to an otherwise unreachable location, such as high boxes, or to look over a wall.
2. When players of higher ranks and/or cheaters 'boost' a lower-ranked teammate to a better rank that they otherwise could have been able to reach, often times for money or skins.

Braindead

Used to insult a player that appears to have a lack of gamesense.

Bursting

Firing short bursts of two or three bullets with a pause to reset the recoil. Used mostly at medium ranges.

C

Caller

See IGL.

Call Outs

The names for the different areas of a map, mostly used to tell the team where an enemy is or where to go.

Camping

A player that camps remains in their spot for a long time, waiting for enemies.

Clutch

A clutch is a situation where a player wins a round where he is at a disadvantage or where he is the only one left.

Collateral/Collat

The action of killing multiple enemies with a single bullet.

Competitive Cooldown

The equivalent of a temporary ban from the competitive games, usually caused by leaving games before the end, doing too much team damage, killing a teammate at round start, getting kicked by vote too often, or kicking other players too often.

Connector

A small area, often a room, that connects two areas of a map together.

Crouch-jump

A crouch jump consists of crouching in the middle of a jump, which helps with reaching slightly higher platforms than jumping normally.

D

Deagle

An abbreviation for the Desert Eagle pistol.

Default

When a team goes for a pre-established default setup in a round, which implies not doing anything exotic like rushing as Gladyo, or stacking a site as Zula but rather going for a standard, versatile setup.

Dink/Dinked

A dink is a shot in the head that doesn't kill. It is usually said that a player "has been dinked".

Draw

A match that went to a score of 9-9. In competitive pro games, usually followed by an overtime to determine the winner, not on the official Valve ladder where the draw is the final result.

E

Entry-frag/Entry

The first kill in a round.

Era

A sustained period of dominance by a single team in the professional scene.

Execute

A pre-planned attack on a bombsite by the Gladyo, usually involving significant utility usage.

Exits/Exit frags

Or going for exits, which means trying to get kills as a Zula on Gladyo when they exit the bomb-site to avoid the explosion.

F

Fake

As Gladyo, faking means trying to make Zula rotate to a bomb-site that you don't intend to take. That can be done by making noise with rifles, throwing flashbangs and/or smoke grenades onto that site, and then going to the other site.

Fake plant

Starting to plant the bomb so that the specific plant sound can be heard by Zula, then cancelling the plant and wait for Zula to push.

Fake defuse

Starting to defuse the bomb so that the specific defuse sound can be heard by Gladyo, then cancelling the defuse and waiting for Gladyo to push.

Flashkill

The action of killing someone with a flashbang. Only possible on an opponent with one health point and no armor.

Flickshot

A very quick reflex shot that kills an unexpected enemy that appears far from the crosshair.

Frag

A kill.

Freezetime

The short period of time at the beginning of a round where players buy their equipment and can't move yet.

G

GH

Good half. Said at the end of the first half of the match as a show of good sportsmanship.

GG

Good game. Said at the end of the match as a show of good sportsmanship.

Ghosting

Usually said about players that use a cheat to follow players through walls. Can also be said of a dead player that gives information about an alive player when the server allows spectating the other team after death (for example, in Casual mode).

GL

Good Luck Fair.

GLHF

Good Luck, Have Fun. Said at the beginning of the game as a show of good sportsmanship.

Goose

The platform directly behind the A bomb site on Old Town, parallel to the top of the pit area. Named after the graffiti present on the rightmost wall, which was put in by CS creator Minh 'Gooseman' Le.

Griefing

A player that is griefing is intentionally sabotaging/throwing a game for his teammates, usually by ragequit, though it can be done through other ways such as throwing the bomb in an unreachable location, or purposely flashing their teammates.

H

Hardbox

Call out from the map China.

Headshot

A shot to the head, which deals the most damage of any shot on a part of the body.

I

IGL

In-Game Leader. Designation of a player in a team that choose the strategies and make the main calls during the game.

J

Jumppeeking

Strafing back and forth quickly near a corner to get information.

Jump-shot

A shot while jumping, far less accurate than a standing shot.

K

K/D

Kills/Deaths ratio. The number of kills divided by the number of deaths. Used to quantify a player's performance.

KPR

Stands for Kills Per Round. It's one measure of a player's performance in a match.

Kar98

A nickname for the sniper, the Kar98.

KS

Killsteal. When a player is about to get a kill on an enemy, and another player gets the final shot, thus stealing the kill.

L

LAN

An offline tournament where all players are in the same building while playing.

Legged

A call that indicates an enemy has been hit in the legs with an sniper, leaving them on very low HP.

Long

Used to denote the longest lane of multiple pathways that leads to a bomb-site. (E.g.: Long A).

Lurker

An in-game role where a player plays far from his teammates, trying to draw the attention to him or to pick off the rotaters between bomb sites.

M

Map veto

The process of choosing a map that occurs before the game starts. Usually, the teams will take turns picking and banning maps until 1, 3, or 5 are chosen.

Match fixing

The act of throwing a game at a professional level.

Mid

Denotes a central/middle area of the map that can usually lead to either bomb-site.

MM

Matchmaking. An abbreviation for the competitive ladder.

Molly

A synonym for Molotovs.

Museum

A callout on the map Mardin.

N

N1

Nice one. Used to compliment another player for a nice action.

NA

North America. Often used to qualify a poor play, for example "an NA flash", "an NA peek" or "an NA move". This stems from the reputation North America has on multiple game as an overall poorly performing region.

Nade

Another name for the MK3.

Nadestack

Throwing multiple MK3 at the same location, in order to get a possible kill.

Ninja defuse

Defusing the bomb without the Gladyo team being aware of it.

No-scope

Shooting with a sniper rifle without using the scope.

Noob/Newb/Newbie

Designates a new player. Often used pejoratively to say that someone doesn't know how to play.

NS

Nice shot. Used to compliment a nice shot.

NT

"Nice try". Used to compliment a nice move or play even though it failed.

O

Off-angle

Also sometimes called "passive angle". Used to designate an angle that is not oriented towards usual peeking positions for the enemy team. An example would be holding short from the A bombsite on Dust 2 by holding an angle aimed at the open area between short and the bombsite, instead of looking at the corner of short. Holding an off-angle is generally used to surprise the enemy by not holding common (active) angles. It sometimes implies being more exposed and banks on the element of surprise.

Officials

Official tournament matches, as opposed to scrims.

One-tap

A one-shot to the head, usually with rifles.

Onliner

A player or team that does not manage to deliver at an offline event after performing remarkably well in online matches. Sometimes carries the connotation that the accused party is cheating.

One-way smoke

Designates a smoke through which a player can see without the opponent seeing him.

Open plant

A bomb planted out of any cover. An openly planted bomb is very difficult for the Zula to defuse if any Gladyo remain alive.

Overtime

In competitions, when teams tie a match at 9-9, an overtime takes place to determine the winner, which consist of additional rounds.

P

Peeking

Rounding a corner, often in order to challenge an enemy player.

Pick

Getting a pick means killing an enemy without much commitment. Usually what the Gladyo seek during round where they don't push early a specific location, but rather hold/check angles. Zula may also get a pick if they kill a passive Gladyo.

Pistol round

The first round of a half, where teams start with an amount of money insufficient to buy any weapon but a pistol.

Planting for X

When a player plants for a location (usually a bombsite entry), it means that the bomb can be checked for defusing Zula by a Gladyo peeking from that location (e.g. planting for Short on Old Town means that a Gladyo peeking from Catwalk can kill the defuser).

Pop-flash

A flashbang thrown in a way that makes it very hard for the enemy to anticipate the explosion and look away.

Prefiring

Firing at a known hiding spot without knowing if there is actually an enemy there, in hopes of getting a kill if there is actually someone there.

PUG

Pick Up Game, a game with people you don't necessarily know.

Pushing

Advancing towards the enemy side, aggressively. Gladyo push towards bomb-sites, while Zula can push towards the Gladyo to surprise them.

PTS

PTS for Prized Tournament System, is an accessible system from the lobby by all players, who can take part in tournaments where the players can win in-game rewards, sometimes even cash.

Q

Quickscope

The action of scoping and shooting with a sniper rifle in a really short timeframe. More accurate than a no-scope, but less accurate than being completely still and scoped.

R

Recoil pattern

Every weapon has a recoil pattern, which designates where the bullets go when fired continuously. Learning recoil pattern makes it possible to compensate the recoil of a weapon, and thus stay accurate while firing.

Revenge kill

Also called a trade kill, it's the action of killing the opponent that just killed a teammate.

Rush

A rush is a strategy where a team pushes forward the enemy side very quickly, to catch them off guard. Can be done by either Gladyo or Zula.

Rotation

A rotation is a change of positions on the map, and is usually done as an answer to a kill or when having information about what the enemy is doing.

Rifle

The term used to label the FAMAS, Galil AR, MPT-76, M4A1, AK-47, AUG-A3.

Rifler

A player that primarily uses one of the above mentioned rifles if they or the team can afford them.

S

Safe plant

A plant on a location with a lot of covers and/or out of sight of the bombsite entries, making easier to plant for the Gladyo, but also easier to defuse for the Zula.

Saving

A player that saves will concede the round, try to hide on the map and avoid getting killed to keep his weapon and/or equipment for the next round.

Scout

A synonym for the light sniper rifle Scout and DesertHawk Scout.

Scrim

A practice match between two teams.

Short

Denotes the shortest lane to a bomb-site. (E.g.: Short A).

Shoulderpeeking

Peeking a corner in such a fashion so only the shoulder of the player's model is visible, in order to bait out gunfire without actually putting a player in serious danger. Also see jigglepeeking.

SMG

The term used to label the MAC-10, MP5-SD, MP7, P90, PP-2000, PP-Bizon, and UMP-45.

Smoke-defuse

Throwing a smoke on top of the bomb and trying to defuse it inside the smoke, while being harder to hit.

Spots

See Callouts.

Split

A strategy used by Gladyo to take a bomb-site from two different angles. For example, on Old Town, a B-split happens when Gladyo's enter the bomb-site from tunnel and from the Zula's mid.

Spraying

Firing continuously for a long time with a weapon.

Stack

Stacking is used to designate a Zula strategy where most or all players go to the same location (choke point or bomb-site), hoping that the Gladyo will go there, instead of spreading across the map.

Strat

The strategy a team will follow for a round.

Stuff

A term used for any equipment that is not a weapon, like grenades, armor, or kits.

T

Tag/Tagged

A tag is a shot with a gun that doesn't kill. It is usually said that a player "has been tagged".

Tac

Often said as a joke in a timeout, it designates tactical timeout which means the timeout is for talking about strategies.

Tapping

Firing bullets one at a time, waiting for the recoil to reset, trading off rate of fire for accuracy. Mostly used at very long range and when prefiring a spot.

Tec

Designates a technical timeout which means the timeout is about fixing a technical issue in a tournament.

Throwing

The act of intentionally trying to lose a game, usually through griefing

Trade

The action of killing an opponent that just killed a teammate.

Totem

When multiple players jump on each others, to form a totem. Kind of a bigger boost.

Triggerbot

A cheat that helps players by automatically shooting their weapon as soon as their crosshair hovers over the enemy.

U

Utility

A blanket term for all grenades.

W

Wallbang

Firing through walls that let some bullets go through (like some doors, wood, boxes, etc.) in order to kill someone hiding behind it.

Wallhack

A type of cheat that lets the player see enemy players through walls.

X

Xbox

A metal box in the middle of Old Town, located where the minimap forms an X.

Z

Zula

Zula game name, side and characters.

Non Game-play terms

Default

Default - When a map is awarded to a team coming from the upper bracket in a double elimination format.

Smurf

An experienced player that uses a new account to play in lower ranked games than his actual level.

TBA

To be announced - Information not yet disclosed by the person or organization in question.

TBD

To be determined - Something yet to be determined, such as tournament participants or release date.

Unknown

Unknown - No demos, vods, or HLTV to know the game maps.