Author Topic: Dictionary definition of "strafe" (Read 554 times)

johnnyintheechocafe · « **on:** September 14, 2005, 10:02:00 pm »

www.answers.com/strafe&r=67

I thought this was interesting....i never knew what it really meant before! It also sounds as though our usage is a load of bullshit. Gamers probably used it originally to refer to firing their weapons, but someow its got to mean our special l33t movement. Weird :rollin

Djie · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2005, 10:46:00 pm »

thats weird, dunno why I started saying it myself, so yeah...weird.

Boss · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2005, 11:08:00 pm »

When I first started "strafing" I actually called it side stepping.

Jimbo · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2005, 11:16:00 pm »

And still after all these years I call it "strafe" like you pronounce giraffe.

Djie · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2005, 11:37:00 pm »

that only means you're gay.

vitor · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2005, 12:31:00 pm »

On PC FPS games (like Half-life), strafe = side stepping. That's probably the most correct meaning for that word, game-wise.

On Rare FPS you go forward + side, which has some "side" on it, so it's not wrong to call it strafe. I guess.

Narigutita · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2005, 01:38:00 pm »

if you go on controls, the side stepping is called strafe, on PD

Wouter Jansen · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2005, 02:12:00 pm »

"Gaming

The term strafing is also used in computer gaming to describe the practice of side-stepping, typically to avoid enemy fire."

We use it for the combination of side-stepping and forward movement.

johnnyintheechocafe · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2005, 05:14:00 pm »

but the point is, the link between strafing and movement of any kind is one that WE, the gamers, created. Its not surposed to mean that at all....and i had assumed that strafe meant sidestep since the year dot. Not so.

vitor · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2005, 09:01:00 pm »

Yeah, it has some made up meaning. Just like everything else on gaming.

Not-so-Perfect-Dark · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2005, 02:12:00 pm »

Yeah, like "woot", which is about the gayest thing ever. I heard it was used for online games ages ago meaning "We Owned the Other Team," congratulating teammates and stuff, but now it's used as an expression of happiness, much like saying yay.
I don't like terms like that, I think they're overused and nerdy

johnnyintheechocafe · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2005, 02:43:00 pm »

i always interpreted it as w00t = what? ie. pleasantly surprised

*feels nerdy*

also, i remember my housemates last year, looked on these forums and suddenly started saying to me "Harvey, i pwned you". I couldnt keep a straight face

bastards.....!

Wouter Jansen · « **Reply #12 on:** September 19, 2005, 02:44:00 pm »

it was invented with my name in mind.

Narigutita · « **Reply #13 on:** September 19, 2005, 04:05:00 pm »

maybe if you played age of empires or something, i heard w00t in aoe

Wouter Jansen · « **Reply #14 on:** September 19, 2005, 05:38:00 pm »

I'm known everywhere!

Bizichyld · « **Reply #15 on:** September 22, 2005, 02:13:00 pm »

I knew of that meaning. The meaning in the context of games is pretty widely used too though. Like...I think I've heard it used in instruction books to describe a way of moving.

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Author Topic: Dictionary definition of &quot;strafe&quot; (Read 554 times)

Author Topic: Dictionary definition of "strafe" (Read 554 times)