The Basic Training

Abbreviations / GC Slang:
Global-Conflict Basic phrases Shorts 
 * GC - Global Conflict
 * C# - e.g. C2, C3, ... short for Campaign 2, 3, ...
 * BFI - Battle for Initiative, first Campaign Match after the draft to decide which army gets the first attack.
 * ABC - Army Base Camp, where you can find important data for the Campaign and sign up for a battle.
 * HC - High Command
 * FC - Field Commander during a Battleround
 * CO - Commanding officer, usually your captain or the next highest ranking officer.
 * XO - Executive officer, usually 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant. The guys helping their Captain to do all the hard work
 * SL - Squad leader
 * TA - Tournament Administrator, group that runs the campaign and enforces rules regarding the campaign system and rules during the battle day.

Vehicles and Equipment

 * Jihad Jeep - Jeep loaded up with C4
 * Fast mover - Some people call em jeeps
 * Vodnik - MEC and chinese style jeep
 * Humvee - USMC style jeep
 * AA Vehicle - Anti Air Vehicle
 * Stationary AA - an AA emplacement deployed in main bases
 * Stinger - anti air missile
 * AT - Anti Tank
 * TOW - stationary anti armour weapon
 * .50 cal - fifty cal(iber). The machine guns on the tanks and 4-man transports (humvee, vodnik)
 * LMG - (Light Machine Gun) weapons for the support class that you can deploy on walls/sandbags/etc.
 * Noob tube - Grenade Launcher

BF3 slang

 * DLC - downloadable content, previously known as add-on


 * Vanilla - Plain Battlefield 3 without any DLCs.


 * Camping - Remaining in one location, sometimes to avoid detection. Usually for the purpose of ambushing or sniping.


 * GJ - "Good Job"


 * GL - "Good Luck"


 * MBT - Main Battle Tank


 * Helo - Helicopter


 * Nade - Grenade


 * NS - "Nice Shot"


 * OMG - "Oh My God/Gosh/Goodness/Golly"


 * Rusher - A player who rushes to the attack at the start of a game.
 * Spawn Camp - to wait at a spawn point for a weapon or vehicle to spawn, also to camp at the enemy spawn point to spawn kill.


 * Spawn Kill - to kill an enemy within seconds of them spawning


 * Spawn Point - a player's starting (or, after being killed, re-starting) position


 * Spawn Rape - persistent spawn killing or destruction of unused vehicles and base defenses


 * Teabagging - In first-person shooters, the action of crouching down onto the face of a dead player that the killer killed.


 * TK - "team kill" to kill a team mate

Basic Rules and Battlefield Conduct:

 * Don't take vehicles unless it has been assigned to you. Most vehicles are assigned at the begining of the round. If you think that a vehicle is unassigned, ask your SL. He can speak to the High Command.
 * The one exception to this rule is that players should hop in an empty vehicle to prevent the enemy from taking it. Be prepared to get out when the player assigned to the vehicle shows up.


 * NEVER get out of your APC or TANK. Take it AND die with it!!!!! If you use a jeep to get across the map, try to blow it up to keep it out of enemy hands and to insure it respawns for us to use again. Same with the transport helo.


 * Teamwork is paramount at GC. Be sure that you stay together with your squad.


 * If your squad is attacking, attack as a squad. Ask your SL where he wants you to attack from. Individual Glory is for pubbies.


 * There is more than one seat in a jeep. Use them for your squad mates.


 * If you are a passenger, wait for the Bail Out command.


 * In every Battle your Squad will get a Primary Order/Target. Follow those orders until they change. Don't worry about what other Squads are doing. Your orders will change throughout the battle.


 * Your SL will give kit assignments based on your Objective. If he needs a special kit he will tell you.


 * Limit chatter during a round to pertinent information.


 * Between rounds, don't talk for the first minute. Your SL will be getting orders from Command and needs the channel quiet.

Common Communication and Commands:

 * "About Teamspeak" - To those of you unfamiliar with TS or how we use TS, a brief overview; You can hear and speak to anyone in your channel without having to do any complicated set-up. Your squad leader will have an orange dot instead of a blue dot. He can speak and hear other squad leaders and the commander as well as with you in your squad channel. For this reason it is important to maintain channel silence in the first minute between rounds. That is when the Commander is assigning orders and speaking with SLs. If your SL asks you to be quiet, it is because there are people talking to him that you can't hear. Lastly, when you hear the Commander's voice, he is speaking with everyone in every channel within your army. He cannot hear you, so you must relay questions through your SL.


 * "ATC" - Comms will also include pre-battle use of ATC, a program that allows us to mark up a map and draw tactical plans for upcoming battles in Real Time.


 * "Spawn on me" - SL command


 * "Delay Spawn" - Wait to spawn until ordered to do so. Usually used at the beginning of a battle. How do you Delay Spawn? Switch to the spawn selection screen and make sure no spawn point is selected. When your SL spawn dot appears on the map, choose it but stay in the map screen and watch his little dot move across the map. When he gives the order to "Spawn In", DO IT!


 * "Suicide Spawn" - Immediately press the ESC button and click Suicide. Respawn where ordered.


 * "Incomming" - An enemy has been sighted heading to your position. "[Vehicle/Infantry] is incoming (from North, East...)" I encourage you to get used to spotting enemy units. Orange dots are easy to see.


 * "Flagzone is under attack" or "Infantry [Tank] ]is in the Flagzone"


 * "TANK/APC/C4/Infantry behind you", left side right side in front. move forward... (or better try to kill the trooper)