teleportitis
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[edit]teleportitis (uncountable)
- (video games, informal) In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to teleport from place to place without warning.
- 1990, Aaron Sher, “Teleportation”, in rec.games.hack (Usenet):
- Teleportitis is gained by eating a leprechaun or quantum mechanic or nymph.
- 2006, Rorschach, “YAVP: Argos the Merry Minotaur”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet):
- That ring stayed on his finger until resists became more an issue than damage output, and stayed off when I got teleportitis in the Slime pits and had to rely on teleport control.