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AC: Asheron's Call. A massively multi-player online role-playing game from Microsoft Games.
AFK: Away From Keyboard. Chat abbreviation indicating that the player is away from the game temporarily.
AI: Artificial Intelligence. Design term. Refers to the "intelligence" programmed into a game that controls the actions and reactions of NPCs, simulating independent intelligence.
ANH: A New Hope. Refers to the first movie in the classic trilogy, Star Wars: A New Hope.
ATAT: Abbreviation for the player association Avian Technology and Trade.
Avatar: The graphical representation of a player in a game.
Avian: Shorthand for the Player Association Avian Technology and Trade.
Beta Testing: One of the last phases of development of software in which final testing is performed, often involving external volunteer testers who help by reporting bugs and problems encountered.
BH: Bounty Hunter. One who pursues known criminals or other wanted individuals for financial gain. Examples: Boba Fett, Boushh
BoD: An abbreviation for Board of Directors, a governing
body for Avian Technology and Trade
BRB: Be Right Back. Chat abbreviation.
BRT: Be Right There. Chat abbreviation.
BTW: By the Way. Chat abbreviation.
Buff or Buffing: Gaming terms. Refer to preparatory actions taken prior to combat, usually involving the casting of spells.
Bumping: Message board term. Refers to the act of gratuitous message posting in a thread in order to push it to the front of the message board queue. This is a form of spam and is not permitted on the SWG message boards.
Camp or Camping: Gaming terms. Refers to the repeated killing of a respawning monster by the same individual or party, often for experience or to gain items.
Con: Consider. EverQuest gaming abbreviation. Command used to assess the strength of an opponent.
CR: Core Resources, an Avian
Resource gathering company.
CRC: Central Resource Collection,
a facility that buys resources from all Core Resource Partners and
sells them to the public.
DD: Deputy
Director, an assistant to an Avian Section Director
Dewd or Leet Speak: An abbreviated or encrypted chat code used by some gamers. There is some negative reaction toward its use and those who employ it, as it is often associated with disruptive gamers.
DJ: Dark Jedi. Jedi Knights who have succumbed to the Dark Side of the Force.
DS: Department of Security, an Avian Government body
focused on the security of all members in Avian.
Emote: A convention used to express emotions through text in text-based games (sometimes referred to as smilies), and physical animations on avatars in newer graphics-based games.
EP, Exp, or XP: Experience Points. Gaming abbreviation.
EQ: EverQuest. A massively multi-player online role-playing game from Sony Online Entertainment/Verant Interactive.
EU: Expanded Universe. The continuing Star Wars storyline, through official books, comics, computer games, stories and other products.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Farming: A gaming term that refers to the act of gathering rewards (esp. equipment) repeatedly, usually for resale for personal gain.
Flame (flaming): The act of harshly rebutting someone (usually on message boards), often disparagingly. Flaming is considered detrimental to constructive discussion, and is not permitted in the Star Wars Galaxies forums.
FPS: First Person Shooter. A combat game, played from a first-person viewpoint, generally in a futuristic or science fiction genre. Examples: PlanetSide, Doom, Quake
Gank: A PvP gaming term that means to kill another player's character. Other usage: gankage (noun)--the process of ganking. ex. "The last point I want to make clear is that no matter what, random gankage is not going to be a feature of the game."
GCW: Galactic Civil War. A chat abbreviation referring to the conflict between the Empire and the Rebellion during the Star Wars classic trilogy.
GL:
(1) George Lucas.
(2) Good Luck. Chat abbreviation.
GM: Game Master. An administrator that helps to facilitate gameplay. In commercial games, GMs are often customer service representatives that address player problems.
Grief Player or Griefer: Someone who purposefully seeks to ruin the enjoyment of others players.
Hehe: Mild laughter. Chat abbreviation.
IMO and IMHO: In My (Humble) Opinion. Chat abbreviation.
IRL: In Real Life. Chat abbreviation.
ISD: Imperial Star Destroyer.
JK: Jedi Knight.
J/K or JK: Just Kidding. Chat abbreviation.
K: Okay. Chat abbreviation.
Kiting: Gaming term. Refers to a style of combat in which a player continually stays out of the combat range of an enemy, usually by running from it, while simultaneously causing damage to it.
KOS: Kill on Sight. Applied to player characters with respect to NPCs that might attack the player character in question. If you are KOS to a certain creature, it will attack you when it sees you.
KS: Kill Stealing. Gaming abbreviation. Refers to the act of maliciously taking another person or party's prey.
LA: LucasArts Entertainment Company.
Lag: Online gaming term. Latency experienced during play resulting from any of several difficulties, including Internet traffic and breakdowns, server-side problems, and/or client-side problems.
LD: Link Dead. Online gaming term. Refers to the state of a PC when the player has lost his or her Internet connection to their character.
LMAO: Laughing My Ass Off. Chat abbreviation used to express a gut-busting laugh.
LOL: Laugh out Loud, or Lots of Laughs. Chat abbreviation used to express a good laugh.
Loot: Gaming term. Alternately refers to either items or money retrieved from a vanquished foe, or the act of taking items or money from a defeated foe (as in looting a MOB). Variations: lewt, l3w7.
M59: Meridian 59 made by 3DO, the first graphical massively multi-player online role-playing game.
MCS: Multiple Character Servers. SWG servers that will allow as many characters of the one user to play (not simultaneously) on the one server.
MMORPG: Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game. Examples: EverQuest or Star Wars Galaxies.
MOB: Mobile or Mobile Object. A MUD term originally, used to describe creatures in a game, whether NPCs, monsters, or others.
MOO: MUD, Object Oriented.
MUD: Multi User Dungeon, Multi User Dimension, or Multi User Dialogue.
MUSH: Multi User Shared Hallucination.
Newbie (alternately,
Noob, Newb, etc): A young, inexperienced player. Sometimes used as an insult.
NWW: Newbie Welcome Wagon, a group of community members interested in helping new members get up to speed.
No Drop: Gaming term. Describes a quality of certain objects that prevent characters from dropping or trading them after they have picked them up.
NP: No Problem. Chat abbreviation.
NPC: NonPlayer Character. Gaming abbreviation. Refers to any creature, or MOB, not controlled by a player.
NT: No Text. Message board abbreviation to indicate that there is no text in the body of the post.
OIC: Oh, I see. Chat abbreviation.
OMG: Oh My God! An expletive. Chat abbreviation.
OMW: On My Way. Chat abbreviation.
OOC: Out of Character. Usually used to qualify a message in a role-play environment.
PD or Perma D: Permanent Death. In gaming, when a player's character dies and does not return to life or respawn at a designated location.
Pet: Gaming term. Refers to an NPC minion under the control of either another NPC or a player.
Plz: Please. Chat abbreviation.
PnP: Pen and Pad. Chat abbreviation that refers to traditional role-playing games.
Powerleveling: Gaming term. The act of helping a lower level player gain experience at an accelerated rate.
PvE: Player versus Environment. A game environment in which players can attack and kill NPCs and MOBs.
PvM: Player versus Monster. Part of PvE.
PvP: Player versus Player. A game environment in which players are permitted to attack and kill one another's characters.
PvPer: someone who kills other players' characters, generally consensually.
PKer: Player Killer. A player who kills other players' characters randomly. It often has a negative connotation, applied to someone who kills excessively or by dubious means.
RL: Real Life. Chat abbreviation referring to a player's life outside of the game.
ROFL: Rolling on the Floor Laughing. Chat abbreviation. Stronger expression of humor than LOL
ROFLMAO: Rolling on the Floor Laughing My Ass Off. Chat abbreviation. Stronger expression of humor than ROFL.
ROTJ: Return of the Jedi. The third movie in the classic trilogy, Episode 6.
Roxxors: An expletive meaning, "It rocks!". Dewd Speak chat term.
RP: Role-Play. A style of gaming in which the player speaks and acts as his or her character while playing the game.
RTS: Real Time Strategy. A strategy-based game. Examples: Sovereign, Age of Empires
SCS: Single Character Server. Servers in SWG that will disallow the use of more than one character.
SD: Section Director, the
representative of an Avian section who resides in the Board of
Directors.
SOE: Sony Online Entertainment, developer of Star Wars Galaxies.
Spam and Spamming: Sending a message or messages repeatedly through a communication channel (tells, OOC, shouts, auctions, etc.) that annoys other players. Spamming is universally frowned upon in cyberspace, particularly in online games.
Spawn: Gaming term. The regeneration of a creature after it leaves the game world.
SSD: Super Star Destroyer.
SW: Star Wars. Refers to the Star Wars universe as a whole, or the first movie in the classic trilogy Star Wars: A New Hope.
SWG: Star Wars Galaxies. The MMORPG product line currently in development by Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts Entertainment.
Suxxors: An expletive meaning, "It sucks!". Dewd Speak chat term.
Tank: Gaming term. A player character that takes the brunt of attacks from an enemy for his or her party. Verb: To tank (tanking).
TCO: The Crescent Order. A popular player association begun early in SWG's production.
Tell: In a game, a form of direct global communication between two players only.
Train: Gaming term. A group of aggressive enemies that is pursuing a fleeing player character.
Twinking: Gaming term. The act of giving powerful equipment to lower level characters who could not have obtained the equipment at their current level of advancement.
Twitch: A style of gameplay that requires manual dexterity, quick reflexes, and strong familiarity with the user interface for the player to perform skilled actions and responses. PlanetSide is an example of a twitch first person shooter game.
Uber: A chat term used to describe a player, association, item, MOB, etc. as exceptionally powerful.
UO: Ultima Online. A massively multi-player online role-playing game from Electronic Arts.
VI: Verant Interactive. Game developer.
WB: Welcome Back. Chat abbreviation.
WTF: What the [edit]. An expletive expressing astonishment. Chat abbreviation.
WTG: Way to Go. A congratulatory remark. Chat abbreviation.
XvT: X-Wing versus TIE Fighter. The first Star Wars space combat simulation with multi-player options.
XWA: X-Wing Alliance. The sequel to X-Wing versus TIE Fighter.
Zone: EverQuest gaming term. Alternately refers to an area within a game, or the act of moving between two areas within a game ("I'm zoning").
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