pug
A temporary group of players who join to play a single game together
- noun
- /pʌg/
- Jargon
- Joining a pug allowed us to experience the game in a new and exciting way.
Examples
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After gathering all the players, we successfully completed the quest with our pug.
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We formed a pug to tackle the latest raid together for the first time.
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There are opportunities to participate in alt runs, fill in core spots, or join partial PUGs with guildmates too.
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We do Ally vs Ally or Ally vs Horde pug real IDs if we don't have enough.
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Etymology
Pug (gaming) comes from the phrase pick-up group, which means a team you 'pick up' or assemble quickly for one match. So a pug is a temporary group of players put together just for that game.