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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
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
C
CF
Chaos Favour
D
DC
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
Disco
The Temple of Discordia
Disincarnate
To quit out of Lost Souls (normally going to the atman menu)
E
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
H
Hand
The Hand of Eris. Sometimes a small complaint/desire to have it oneself, often expressed as "Who has the Hand?".
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
LQ
The Lord Questor of Tyr
LS
Lost Souls
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
R
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.
P
PPQ
S
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 to come attack you
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
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
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
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
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
GG
Good Going / Good Game
GJ
Good Job
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"
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
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 or a 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
OOC
Out Of Character (see 'help ooc' in-game)
O rly
Own
P
PITA
Pain In The Ass
POS
Piece Of Shit
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
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"
Toon
Player character. Strongly despised by some Lost Souls players and admins.
W
WTB
Want To Buy
WTC
Want To Craft
WTF
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
