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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ogg</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="offline.html" title="offline"/><link rel="next" href="suffix-oid.html" title="-oid"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ogg</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="offline.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="suffix-oid.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ogg"/><dt xmlns="" id="ogg"><b>ogg</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/og/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [CMU] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. In the multi-player space combat game Netrek, to execute kamikaze
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attacks against enemy ships which are carrying armies or occupying
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strategic positions. Named during a game in which one of the players
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repeatedly used the tactic while playing Orion ship G, showing up in the
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player list as “<span class="quote">Og</span>”. This trick has been roundly denounced by
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those who would return to the good old days when the tactic of dogfighting
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was dominant, but as Sun Tzu wrote, “<span class="quote">What is of supreme importance in
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war is to attack the enemy's strategy, not his tactics.</span>” However,
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the traditional answer to the newbie question “<span class="quote">What does ogg
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mean?</span>” is just “<span class="quote">Pick up some armies and I'll show you.</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. In other games, to forcefully attack an opponent with the
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expectation that the resources expended will be renewed faster than the
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opponent will be able to regain his previous advantage. Taken more
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seriously as a tactic since it has gained a simple name. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. To do anything forcefully, possibly without consideration of the
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drain on future resources. “<span class="quote">I guess I'd better go ogg the problem
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set that's due tomorrow.</span>” “<span class="quote">Whoops! I looked down at the map
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for a sec and almost ogged that oncoming car.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="offline.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../O.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="suffix-oid.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">offline </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> -oid</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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