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  2. Player versus environment - Wikipedia

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    Player versus environment (PvE, also known as player versus monster (PvM) and commonly misinterpreted as player versus entity) is a term used for both single player and online games, particularly MMORPGs, CORPGs, MUDs, other online role-playing video games and survival games to refer to fighting computer-controlled enemies [1] - in contrast to PvP (player versus player) which is fighting other ...

  3. Game balance - Wikipedia

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    Player versus player (PvP) describes games that feature a competition between players. PvE is an acronym for player versus environment, where players instead compete with the environment and non-player characters (NPCs). Co-op is short for "cooperative" and refers to PvE and PvP games where you can work with other players.

  4. Player versus player - Wikipedia

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    Player versus player (PvP) is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between human players. [1] This is often compared to player versus environment (PvE), in which the game itself controls its players' opponents.

  5. Raid (video games) - Wikipedia

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    In video games, a raid is a type of mission in Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) where a much larger number than usual of people specifically gather in an attempt to defeat either: (a) another number of people at player-vs-player (PVP), (b) a series of computer-controlled enemies (non-player characters; NPCs) in a player-vs-environment (PVE) battlefield, or (c) a very ...

  6. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    To achieve a score so high it resets the in-game score counter back to 0, often used in older arcade games. More commonly used nowadays to express the (absolute) 100% completion of a game. Also see rolling the score. clone A game that is similar in design to another game in its genre (e.g., a Doom clone or a Grand Theft Auto clone). Sometimes ...

  7. PVP - Wikipedia

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    PVP may refer to: Media and culture. Player versus player ... PvP (webcomic), a webcomic; PVP Live, an Esports news and statistics database website; Pony VS Pony, ...

  8. Glicko rating system - Wikipedia

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    Mark Glickman created the Glicko rating system in 1995 as an improvement on the Elo rating system. [1]Both the Glicko and Glicko-2 rating systems are under public domain and have been implemented on game servers online like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, [2] Dota 2, [3] Guild Wars 2, [4] Splatoon 2, [5] Online-go.com, [6] Lichess and Chess.com.

  9. Counter-Strike in esports - Wikipedia

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    The Counter-Strike series has over 20 years of competitive history beginning with the original Counter-Strike.Tournaments for early versions of the game have been hosted since 2000, but the first prestigious international tournament was hosted in Dallas, Texas at the 2001 Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Winter Championship, won by the Swedish team Ninjas in Pyjamas.