Command & Conquer: Renegade/Terminology

The following is a glossary of player terms used by the Command & Conquer: Renegade online multiplayer community.

A

 * AGT: Acronym for Advanced Guard Tower.
 * Air: Abbreviation of Nod Airstrip.
 * AOW: Acronym for "All Out War", a variant of Command & Conquer mode with a time limit, typically between 30 minutes to an hour. Players are more focused on gaining the most points for their team rather than destroying the opposing team's base.
 * Arty/Arties: Abbreviation of Nod Mobile Artillery.

B

 * Bar/Barr: Abbreviation of GDI Barracks.
 * Baselock: Refers to a situation where a team gets pushed back to their base and is now under siege by the attacking team, but neither teams are able to make significant progress. A baselock is "broken" once either the defending team pushes the attacking team back onto the map's field, or the attacking team pushes forward to destroy the defending team's base.
 * BHS: Acronym for Nod Black Hand Sniper.
 * Bike: Abbreviation of Nod Recon Bike.
 * Bldg: Abbreviation of Buildings.
 * Boink: Refers to the default kill sound. Synonymous with the word "kill".
 * BtB/B2B: Acronym for "base-to-base". This is a strategy that involves attacking the enemy base from the safety of one's own base, typically using long-range weapons or vehicles. However, this is often frowned upon by players.

C

 * Chem: Abbreviation of Nod Chemical Trooper.
 * Chin/Chinny: Abbreviation of Chinook Transport Helicopter.
 * Comms/Comms Center: Abbreviation of Communications Center.

D

 * DM: Acronym for Deathmatch.
 * Doza: Abbreviation of Nod Mendoza.

E

 * Engi/Engines : Abbreviation of Engineers. May also refer to Hotwires and Technicians depending on context.

F

 * Field: Refers to the main battlefield area on the map where vehicles can access and both teams engage in combat.
 * Flamer/Ftank: Abbreviation of the Nod Flame Tank. Flamer can also refer to the Nod Flame Trooper.
 * Flying Coffin: Slang for Chinook Transport Helicopter, due to the fact that they can carry other players and are often priority targets to be shot down when near an enemy base.

G

 * Gren: Abbreviation of GDI Grenadier.
 * GT: Abbreviation of GDI Guard Tower.

H

 * Harv/Harvy: Abbreviation of Harvester.
 * Hand/HON: Abbreviation of Hand of Nod.
 * Hotty/Hotties: Abbreviation of GDI Hotwire.

I

 * Inc: Short for "incoming". Used to inform teammates of a large, coordinated enemy attack (also called a "rush").
 * Inf: Abbreviation of infantry.
 * Inf Path: Refers to the area of the map where only infantry can pass through and proceed from their own base to the enemy base.
 * Ion: Abbreviation of GDI Ion Cannon Beacon.

L

 * LCG: Acronym for Nod Laser Chaingunner.
 * Ltank/Light: Abbreviation of Nod Light Tank.

M

 * Mammy/Mam: Abbreviation of GDI Mammoth Tank.
 * Marathon: Variant of Command & Conquer mode that does not have a time limit. This means certain aspects of the game mode, like earning the most points for the team is obsolete. Thus players are entirely focused on destruction of the opposing team's base.
 * MCT: Acronym for Master Control Terminal.
 * Medtanks/Meds: Abbreviation of GDI Medium Tank.
 * Mines: Refers to Proximity C4. In each match the number of Proximity C4 is set to a limit to prevent mine spamming around buildings. The term is used to inform teammates that the number of Proximity C4 has decreased, which could mean an enemy has disarmed, or was killed by said mines.
 * Mob/Mobi: Abbreviation of GDI Mobius.

N

 * Nuke: Abbreviation of Nod Nuclear Strike Beacon.

O

 * Obi/Obby: Abbreviation of Obelisk of Light.

P

 * Pad: Abbreviation of Helipad
 * Ped: Abbreviation of Pedestal, the circle with 3 lights inside the Barracks and Hand of Nod. A superweapon strike on the pedestal will destroy all buildings, instantly winning the game for the side that planted it.
 * PP: Acronym for Power Plant.
 * PIC: Acronym for Personal Ion Cannon.
 * Pickles: Slang for the Chemical Trooper.
 * PT: Acronym for Purchase Terminal.

R

 * Ref: Abbreviation of Tiberium Refinery.
 * Rep: Short for a vehicle or building needing repairs from Engineers, Hotwires, or Technicians.
 * RF: Acronym for Repair Facility
 * Rockets: Refers to the Rocket Soldier Officer.
 * Rush: Refers to a large gathering of teammates (usually composed of the same infantry, vehicle or aircraft) that aims to target and destroy a specific structure by mobilizing and attacking at the same time as a group.

S

 * Sak: Abbreviation of Nod Sakura.
 * SAM: Acronym for Nod Surface-to-Air-Missile Site.
 * SBH: Acronym for Stealth Black Hand.
 * Shotty/Shotties: Abbreviation of Shotgun Trooper.
 * Stank: Abbreviation of Stealth Tank.
 * Stealth: Refers to either Stealth Black Hand or Stealth Tank, depending on context.
 * Strip: Abbreviation of Nod Airstrip, often this refers to the other end of the Airstrip relative to the building (commonly called "Air"), this may matter when communicating the locations of Ion Strike beacons.
 * Syd: Abbreviation of GDI Sydney.

T

 * Team Hampering: Any act of impeding one's own team, such as blocking a building's entrance with a vehicle. This is considered to be a bannable offense in all servers.
 * Tech/Techies: Abbreviation of Nod Technician.
 * Tran/Trany: Abbreviation of Chinook Transport Helicopter.

W

 * WF/Wep: Abbreviation for GDI Weapons Factory.