[ SLANG ][ GAMING ][ NOUN ]
A player (or character role) whose performance is strong enough to single-handedly win the match for a weaker team, effectively hauling the whole squad to victory on their own individual skill.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He went 30 and 2 and carried us through a game we should have lost twice over."
LORE & ORIGIN
Named directly for the image of carrying the rest of the team on your back, adopted as both a noun (the role) and a verb (the act) across competitive multiplayer gaming vocabulary.
FIRST SEEN
1998
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1998-2026 (Competitive Gaming Era)
CURRENT STATUS
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