The simple word “telefrag” can be broken into two separate parts. The “tele” is derived from the ancient Greek dialect meaning “afar” or “far off”. An example would be “telephone” which refers to the ability to talk across long distances or from afar. The second half of the word, “frag”, is primarily slang. Its definition, as a verb, is “to wound or kill a fellow soldier.” As gamers, we usually consider it as to kill a fellow soldier. Therefore, “telefrag” means “far off kill” or to kill from a distance.
In a gaming environment such as Quake, the meaning is specific. When you enter a teleportation device and a person at the teleporter destination is there, that person will be instantly killed as your body invades that person’s location. There is no defense to this, the sheer energy, power, and force rip the victim to bits. To sit on a teleportation device is to invite death upon yourself. It is foolhardy and poor playing tactics. Nonetheless, if you are the one to telefrag the victim, it is a very satisfying way to earn a frag as it is a humiliating way to die.
At this point, the history of TeleFragged the web site can be revealed in parts. Prior to TeleFragged there was the Quake Zone. It was a simple site that contained some news and information. But it was constrained by the ISP it was hosted by. It needed freedom, it demanded a domain all its own.
The webmasters were not foolish though. They realized that getting the domain name quakezone.com would be a poor choice as it limited expansion to other games outside of Quake. The webmasters pondered upon a unique and creative domain name. Various ideas came to their minds, soapscum.com, blackwolf.com, natuarallycoloredwolffromthenorth.com, but none seem to have that particular feel to them. Then came telefragged.com. It brought upon the image of raw, absolute power and energy.
The domain was purchased, the site was designed, and it evolved into TeleFragged. The rest is history.
