Online Class Notes (Jesse)

rocket league
Deep Rock Galactic 

Vocabulary

couch jockey – console players
eg. I’m a PC gamer, not some couch jockey

controller – xbox / ps5

it boils my blood – infuriating / makes me super angry
eg. it boils my blood when they say that!

rogue-like / rogue-lite 

steep learning curve
eg. i think most games for example DOTA / LOL have steep learning curves

griefer (n) / grief (v)
eg. hackers in GTA5 just enjoy griefing people

they have the privilage or something if you’re not from the EU – they give priority (special treatment) to you if you’re from the EU or UK / people from the EU or UK are privilaged (lucky) 

your salary has to be above a certain amount – beyond a certain threshold 

systemic racism 

sometimes you can’t find any games – certain / specific games 

Grammar

make a lot of efforts – put a lot of effort into it
when it’s my gf’s birthday I try to make effort = I try

go to UK / go to the UK

i went there to finish my university – finish my education / finish university / to graduate 

Pronunciation

last time – “lasstime”

6 months