Due to shifting definitions, I believe that makes you a boomer[0] so you'd be readily excused for not knowing.
Sarcasm aside, gaming and FPS terminology are so tightly coupled with online culture that it's just assumed everyone knows it. Spawn camping is among the oldest examples of gaming terms that broke out into common online usage and it dates back to Quake some time around 1997.
> gaming and FPS terminology are so tightly coupled with online culture that it's just assumed everyone knows it
Strong consensus bias in this statement. I have no doubt it is true in your circle (and to a lot of people). But there are plenty of online-24/7 cultures that don’t have any overlap with gaming.
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It's not that niche, if you've been online a little bit you'd know this expression.
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Sarcasm aside, gaming and FPS terminology are so tightly coupled with online culture that it's just assumed everyone knows it. Spawn camping is among the oldest examples of gaming terms that broke out into common online usage and it dates back to Quake some time around 1997.
[0] anyone older than 39 at this point
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Strong consensus bias in this statement. I have no doubt it is true in your circle (and to a lot of people). But there are plenty of online-24/7 cultures that don’t have any overlap with gaming.