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Lost Souls Specific Terms and Acronyms
A
Adventuring Company
The organization of players on Lost Souls roughly equivalent to clans and guilds elsewhere
Affiliation
A term that encompasses guilds, associations, faculties, and offices.
Almeria
The continent that most of the action centers around, also known as the "main map"
Anthrope
Roughly human-like creature; see 'help anthrope' in-game
Areas <location>
A courtesy announcement that someone is using area attacks that may affect bystanders wandering through, most commonly seen on the OOC channel
AOLP
Amulet of Life Protection, an item that attempts to save your life if you are about to die. See also LP.
Association
Similar to a guild, but where normally a character can only belong to one guild, there is no inherent limit on the number of associations one can join
Atman
The 'oversoul' or user account that your incarnoi are attached to. One atman/account can have a large number of incarnoi/characters attached to it. Plural: atmai.
Autonomon
A technical term, normally used only by developers, for a non-player character. Contrasts with incarnos. Plural: autonomoi.
B
Balath
Standard Lost Souls unit of volume, equal to a liter, which is slightly more than a quart
BDB
Black Demon Blade
Berko
Berserk
Bez
Bezhuldaar, or 'beholder'.
C
CF
Chaos Favour
CI
Chaos Infusion, Chaos Infused
D
DC
Diabolical/Chaotic, maximally evil and chaotic alignment. Usually associated with grouping or associations. Diametrically opposite of SO.
Obsolete: Drow City, now most often referred to by its name, Yathryn
Dekan
Standard Lost Souls unit of mass, equal to a kilogram, which is about two and a fifth pounds
Dimin
Standard Lost Souls unit of distance, equal to a decimeter — ten centimeters, about four inches — making someone 15 dimins tall slightly under five feet and someone 18 dimins tall slightly under six feet
Ding
Declaration upon earning a level
Disco
The Temple of Discordia
Disincarnate
To quit out of Lost Souls (normally going to the atman menu)
E
Emodelete
ESP
East Signpost, also known as Almeria coordinates 20/19
F
Faculty
A set of capabilities that in some ways may resemble a guild or association, but which is not social in nature; for example, elven racial abilities and wild psi talents
Flub
Accidental sending of a message to the wrong communication channel
Frag
A gem fragment, used to augment Sentinel Armour
G
Geo
Geomancy
Geos
Shortened form of Parageos, the plate version of Paraxos armour
H
Hand
The Hand of Eris. Sometimes a small complaint/desire to have it oneself, often expressed as "Who has the Hand?".
Hastur'd
The process of being the victim of a Hastur invocation
Hivemind
A semi-fictitious entity manifesting in the tendency of experienced developers to make similar responses simultaneously
I
Incarnate
To enter Lost Souls as one of your incarnoi
Incarnos
A player character. Plural: incarnoi.
L
LH
Losthaven, the central city of the MUD
LH[]
Losthaven Square, the center of Losthaven
LL
The Lost Lamb Tavern in Losthaven
LP
Life Protection, the general class of effects that kick in to save your life when you would otherwise die. See also AOLP. Or, LPMud, the general type of MUD that Lost Souls is.
LQ
The Lord Questor of Tyr
LS
Lost Souls
Lupe
A member of the Lupines Guild
N
NM/NT
Non-magick/Non-teleport area, a region where it is impossible to teleport or use magick. Can also be separated out into just NM zone or NT zone
O
OF
Order Favour
Office
A status that a character can have that in some ways resembles a guild or association, but which can only be held by one character at any given time
OI
Order Integration/Order Integrated
P
PPQ
R
Rager
Shortened form of Battlerager
Reincarnate
To disincarnate and incarnate. There is a reincarnate command that will do this all at once. Sometimes developers may instruct you to reincarnate in order to debug issues or update code; this is what they mean.
Reinc
Relog
The act of disincarnating and then reincarnating again. Often to check to see if a brief problem is fixed, or to benefit from a new change. Not really a LS specific term, but used often in LS.
S
SO
Saintly/Ordered, maximally good and ordered alignment. Usually associated with grouping or associations. Diametrically opposite of DC.
ST
The Shadow Tower
Swarm
The behavior of some areas, mostly settlements, where attacking a citizen will result in defenders from elsewhere in the area coming to attack you
T
TR
Tentacle rape/Tantakle rape
V
VT
W
Weapons
Sometimes, particularly when capitalized, means the Weapons of Vengeance, occasionally leading to utter confusion
WoV
WSP
West Signpost, also known as Almeria coordinates 0/19
Y
Yog
n. The Lloigor known as Yog-Sothoth
v. (to be Yogged, to get Yogged) To have multiple souls sucked out of you via Yog-Sothoth's special ability. This can lead to involuntary permanent character deletion.
v. (Yogging around the mud) To make use of the ELF ability to invoke Yog-Sothoth in order to rapidly transit to various locations around the mud.
General Internet, MUD, and MMO Terms and Acronyms
Symbols
<3
Love (emoticon: heart shape)
A
AFAICT
As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFK
Away From Keyboard
AFW
Away From Window
Alignment
Alt
Alternate character; on Lost Souls, another incarnos on your atman
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
ATM
At The Moment
B
BBIAB
Be Back In A Bit
BCNU
"Be seeing you"
BBL
Be Back Later
BBS
Be Back Soon / Shortly, or Bulletin Board System for the old school
Bork
Break
Borked
Broken
BRB
BRT
Be Right There
Buff
Performance-enhancing effect, generally temporary
C
Camp
To wait someplace for NPCs to spawn
Cat herding
Among other usages, a popular and apt metaphor for managing programmers.
Clan
An organization created and populated by players, like a gang or club
Class
The archetype or profession representing the 'type' of a character; closest equivalent on Lost Souls is guild
Coords
Coordinates, normally Cartesian X/Y or X/Y/Z
CRPG
Computer Role-Playing Game; sometimes used to distinguish the genre of computer games called "RPGs", which usually have little to nothing to do with role-playing and would be more appropriately termed "stat-building games", from games in which one actually plays the role of a fictional character
Cya
"See ya"
D
DIAF
Die In A Fire
DPS
Damage Per Second
F
FAQ
Frequently Asked Question
FFS
For Fuck's Sake
FOAD
Fuck Off And Die
FotM
Flavor of the Month; on LS, generally means some character feature or strategy which has been discovered to be unbalanced (meaning it produces a much greater return on time/effort investment than other options) and therefore very popular, and is likely to be nerfed soon. May also indicate a new thing which is still popular due to novelty, or something which is perceived to be 'best' due to pluralistic ignorance.
FTL
For The Lose; something which sucks
FTW
For The Win; something which rocks
FUBAR
Fucked Up Beyond All Recovery / Repair / Recognition
FWIW
For What It's Worth
G
GDI
God Damn It
GG
Good Going / Good Game
GJ
Good Job
GTFO
Get The Fuck Out
Guild
In some games, including Lost Souls, a group that characters can join to receive additional capabilities and responsibilities; in other games, equivalent to a clan or a Lost Souls adventuring company
H
HAND
Have A Nice Day
HTH
Hope This Helps
I
IANAL
I Am Not A Lawyer
IC
In Character or "I see"
IDFK
I Don't Fucking Know
IDK
I Don't Know
IIRC
If I Remember (or Recall) Correctly
IMAO
In My Arrogant Opinion
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO
In My Not-So-Humble Opinion
IMO
In My Opinion
IRL
In Real Life
J
JK
(often j/k) Just Kidding
K
K
"'kay", okay
KK
"'kaykay"; emphasis relative to single 'k' may indicate cheerfulness, immediate compliance, that a task that was requested is minor in nature, etc.
KOS
Kill On Sight
KTHX
"'kay thanks", almost always inherently sarcastic
KTHXBAI
"'kay thanks bye", normally follows a hostile and dismissive comment
L
L8r
"Later"
LD
Link dead; disconnected from the server
Level
A stage of advancement for a character
LMAO
Laughing My Ass Off
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
M
Meh
An expression of apathy or mild distaste
Mob
Monster or NPC, from 'mobile object'. Strongly despised by some Lost Souls players and admins.
MT
Mistell, unintentional redirection of a message to the wrong communications medium or person (cf. Flub)
N
Nerf
To reduce the power of a piece of equipment, character, or capability, generally by developers in the course of adjusting game balance
Newbie
New player
Ninja
(verb) Steal
Noob
NP
No Problem
NPC
Non-Player Character; sometimes refers to all in-game characters who are not players, sometimes refers specifically to "named" non-generic characters
O
O
"Oh"
OIC
"Oh, I see"
OMFG
Oh My Fucking God
OMG
Oh My God
OMW
On My Way
O noes
Ironically dramatized "oh no"
ONOZ
Optimizer
A term, intended to be value-neutral, for someone whose preferred mode of play is to optimize their character's performance, from a game-mechanical perspective, for some particular purpose, most typically combat and/or rapidly gaining experience. Often perceived to be in conflict with the play style that values RP. A slightly derogatory term for the optimizer is Powergamer, and a more strongly derogatory term is Twink.
OOC
Out Of Character (see 'help ooc' in-game)
O rly
OTGH
On The Gripping Hand
OTOH
On The Other Hand
Own
P
PITA
Pain In The Ass
PK
Playerkilling, one form of PvP
POS
Piece Of Shit
Powergamer
A slightly derogatory term for an optimizer.
PUG
Pick-Up Group, an ad-hoc group formed for a particular quest/task/adventure, generally considered very inferior to performing group tasks with a standing clan/guild.
PvE
Player versus Environment
PvP
Player versus Player
Pwn
Fake typo of own
Q
QFT
Quoted For Truth
R
Respawn
RL
Real Life
ROFL
Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO
Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFL
Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
RP
Role-Playing
RPG
Role-Playing Game; see CRPG
RSN
Real Soon Now
S
SNAFU
Situation Normal, All Fucked Up
Spawn
When a character enters the game, with a strong connotation of them appearing from nowhere; most typically applied to NPCs, but in some games it is meaningful to speak of players as spawning
Srsly
"Seriously"
STFU
T
TBH
To Be Honest
Teh
Fake typo of "the"
I often do this typo because my fingers are moving too fast for my brain. at least that's how it seems to me. Ketsum 23:38, 9 May 2008 (EDT)
Thx
"Thanks"
Tihs
Fake typo of "this"
TL;DR
Too Long; Didn't Read
Toon
Player character. Strongly despised by some Lost Souls players and admins.
Twink
A derogatory term for an optimizer. Also usable as a verb, meaning to engage in an optimizer's behavior.
W
WRT
With Respect To
WTB
Want To Buy
WTC
Want To Craft
WTF
WTG
Way To Go
WTM
Want To Make
WTS
Want To Sell
WTT
Want To Trade
X
XP
Experience points, the usual requirement to advance in level
Y
Ya rly
"Yeah really"; ritual response to O rly
YHBT
You Have Been Trolled
YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary
Z
ZOMG
Fake typo of OMG
