strategy

The resource management part of gaming—money, items, or rounds. Mess up your eco, and you’re broke AND dead.

“Save this round, eco time.”

High-level strategic thinking: objectives, rotations, and map control. Basically ‘big brain’ moves.

“Their macro is way better than ours.”

Short for “most effective tactics available.” Basically the trendy diet of the gaming world—everyone’s doing it, nobody admits they’re doing it, and it changes every two weeks.

“This gun is meta right now.”