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Zerg vs Erg - What's the difference?

zerg | erg |

As nouns the difference between zerg and erg

is that zerg is (slang|video games) a very large group of units or players while erg is the unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter equal to 10−7 joules or erg can be (geomorphology) a large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the sahara.

As a verb zerg

is (slang|video games|strategy games) to attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.

zerg

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (slang, video games, strategy games) To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.
  • * 2002 , "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
  • You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players. They don't have to zerg lower tier encounters just like the lowest tier guilds doesn't have to zerg orc camp 1 in EC. But, at the top end, it's still zerg tactics.
  • * 2003 , "George", Finding groups to mission/hunt/other experience with'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.starwarsgalaxies )
  • The scale and lack of focused content doesn't facilitate this grouping as well as some other games. The good side of that is you don't get the "wonderful" experience of zerging around DF with everyone else waiting for something to spawn.
  • * 2008 , "neithskye", AV after the last changes...'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.warcraft )
  • No one ever did D (or just 3-4 people tried), we just zerged , and we would lose every single AV.

    Synonyms

    *cheese, rush

    Noun

    (zergs)
  • (slang, video games) A very large group of units or players.
  • Synonyms

    *blob

    erg

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10?7 joules.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.