Sieging

The act of "sieging" or "being sieged" occurs specifically in online first-person shooters, however, it can occur in other genres of gaming, but rarely.

The term siege was first coined sometime in mid 2017 or early 2018 by Laurencian Founding Father Brandon Coleman. He coined this term while playing the online fps game Tom Clancy's RainbowSix: Siege with Hunter Eno and occasionally their other friends. Since the full release of RainbowSix: Siege, there has been a constant issue with the player hitboxes and the detection of shots. During an event titled by Ubisoft "Operation Health", the game suffered from severe hitbox issues, one of which was simply firing into a player's chest which would be detected by the player's hitbox as a "headshot", thus killing them instantly as opposed to draining some of their health points. During this time, or perhaps even before Health, Coleman began to become angered with the poor hit detection and constant bugs (as did Hunter) and began to say that he was being "sieged" whenever a shot wouldn't register properly, which in turn would usually make him lose the gunfight, resulting in his death. Eventually, Hunter, John Meglio, and other friends of Coleman began using the term anytime their shots or other form of attack failed to register while playing online fps-type games.

Sieging is now a regular term in Laurencian vocabulary and is still actively used to this day.

In a sentence

 * "How was that not a headshot? I'm being sieged!"
 * "I pumped five rounds into his head up-close! He sieged me!"
 * "That man just got sieged! Did you see how his headshots didn't register?"

Related terms

 * "Siegefest" - Meaning sieging is incredibly frequent in the current situation.