ratting

ratting
 n.— «It can also cause some performance slowdowns in low-security areas where players are staging large fleet battles against each other. But for people who may just be “ratting” (a term for fighting small skirmishes with computer-controlled opponents) or going on mining runs, this really isn’t that much of an issue.» —“EVE Online” by Peter Cohen Macworld Dec. 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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