Sryth game/forum "glossary"

[Oldschool]

Just had a thought. Wouldn't it be helpful for all players but new ones in particurlar to have a dictionary of sorts for Sryth acronyms and slang.

Feel free to add any in and I'll try to keep the list updated and alphatbetized in this, the original, post. Also it may be easier for one of the wiki wizards to transfer the info that way if they so desire.

Also if it's not a generally known accepted one it might not "make the cut" but it won't be just me that determines that we'll go with a consensus.

So without further ado.....

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Sryth Acronyms and Slang

• AAM - Adventurer Appreciation Month
• AC - Adventurer's Collective
• AG - Adventure's Guild
• AS&P - All Skills and Powers
• AT or ATs - Adventurer Token(s)
• BG or BGs - Zumryn's Battlegrounds may also be ZBG or ZBGs
• BHC - Bone Horde Challenge
• BM or BMs - Battle Marker(s)
• Big E - Ezerok
• BoB - Bowl of Blood
• BoP or BoPs - Blessing(s) of Protection
• BOG or BOGs - Black Octagonal Gem(s)
• BR - Battle Rage
• CHR - Crimson-Helmed Rider
• CoB - Contest of Bows
• EoD - Enchantement of Devastation
• EoM - Enchantement of Mettle
• EoT - Elixir of Torrent
• Ez - Ezerok
• FoB - Festival of Blades
• FoD - Finger of Dread
• GIS - Glittering Ice Shield
• GL - Ghost Lady
• GM - Gamemaster
• GG - Glowing Goblin
• Grind(s) or Grinding - the process of repeating several actions and scenarios (mostly replayable scenarios) in order to get experience, objects and gold. Grind may also be used as slang for a replayable scenario.
• Grinder - may refer to one of the single player replayable scenarios or a player who grinds
• HoC - Hall of Champions
• HoR - Hall of Ruin
• HoS or HoLS - Hall of Living Statues - a functional residence renovation
• In game or In game report - refers to the in game reporting system for contacting the Gamemaster
• KB - Forum acronym for killing blow in a mulitplayer scenario
• LoA - Library of Arcanum - another functional residence renovation
• LoO - Lords of Ogredom
• Mad or The Mad - Rhaknar's Mad Labyrinth
• MoD or MoDs - Mark(s) of Death; no longer a game item/mechanic as they have been removed.
• MoG - Mirror of Gating - a residential upgrade.
• MP - Multiplayer scenario
• MR - Melee Rating
• Necro - Refers to the Sryth power of Necromancy but may also refer to forum necrothreading (see last section for further explanation)
• NR/NV/NvR - Nevernal Reserve/Energy
• OoW - Obeslisk of Winter - part of the 2009 limited time winter event.
• PoM - A Dark Pool of Muck - a replayable location in Phak-Rur.
• PP - Painted Peddler
• Puppy - Talderus Redborn one of the mp bosses also referred to as wolfie
• QS - Quickstone
• Rep/Repped/Reputation - Refers to the forum reputation system
• RoI - Solundur's Grand Ring of Illusion
• Rok or Rokko - Rokmokkora
• RoL or RoLs - Rune(s) of Life; no longer a game item/mechanic as they have been removed.
• Runey - Runeskin
• SHC - Stone Hurl Challenge
• SI - Sword Island
• SoM - Sword of Merzekk (Not actually in game at this time)
• SP - Stamina Points
• SS_ - Shimmering Silver series/collection of weapons. The underscore will be represented by the first initial of the weapon. (A)xe, (D)agger, (L)ongsword, (M)ace, (S)pear or (S)taff. Sometimes followed by the full name of the weapon as in SSSpear.
• SSseries, SSx or SSX - refers to the Shimmering Silver collection as a whole
• Tallys or Tallys's - may refer to Tallys the individual or Tallys's Trading Post
• TD - Forum acronym for top damage in a multiplayer scenario
• The Bitch - Ildraria one of the mp bosses
• ToA - Tome of Attainment (Not actually in game at this time)
• ToS - Terms of Service
• VRoMW - Varkyn's Ring of Motley Wonder
• VTR -Varkyn's Trick Ring
• WoB - Well of Blades
• WoD - Wand of Dragonfire
• Wolfie - Talderus Redborn one of the mp bosses also referred to as puppy
• XP - Experience Points
• ZBG or ZBGs - Zumryn's Battlegrounds may also be BG/BGs

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Acronyms for forum members names/handles

• BDK or BK - Billydakid
• BC - Blackcrowe
• BS - Badstench
• DJ - Demojan777 (more commonly referred to as Demojan)
• Don or DM - DonMoody
• Dooli - Doolipalally
• Elf or The Elf - Elrond
• LW - Lightwielder
• MS or MHS - Mahansolo
• OS - Oldschool
• PA - Psychoadept
• SB - Shadowblack most likely although SB has been used for Scarbrow as well
• Scout - Scout1idf
• TC or Tetra - Tetracapillactomist
• Tex or TL - Texlaw1992 (more commonly referred to as Texlaw)
• TG - Thingirl
• YN - Young Ned (sometimes referred to as Ned)
• Zed - Zedalion
• ZM - Zmflavius

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Common internet/forum acronyms/slang used on our forum

• @ - At or Reply to:
• AFAIK - As far as I know
• AKA - Also known as
• BBEG - Big Bad Evil Guy [or Gal]
• BIC - Back in character in regards to online role playing when the poster is ending/has ended an out of character comment/statement and is returning to his/her role playing persona. Also may be seen as IC
• BTW - By the way
• Bump - Posting in a thread to revive it, show it new or to raise it's profile
• Holy Mackanoley - used to express excitement or astonishment.
• FYI - For your information
• IC - In character (see BIC above)
• IDK - I don't know
• IIRC - If I recall/remember correctly
• IMO - In my opinion
• IMHO - In my humble opinion
• JK or J/K - Just kidding
• KB - Refers to the Killing Blow in a multiplayer scenario
• LMAO - Laughing my ass off
• LOL - Laughing out loud
• Necro/Necrothread - Reviving or researching old (usually really old) posts/threads. However, necro may also refer to the Sryth game power of Necromancy
• OOC - Out of charcter in regards to online role playing when the poster is making an out of character comment/statement
• PM - Private Message
• ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
• ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
• RE: - Regarding
• Rep/Repped/Reputation - Refers to the forum reputation system
• RL - Real Life
• SPOILER(S) - Refers to "stuff" that reveals game content/clues/etc... that some folks may not want revealed or spoiled for them. May also refer to the Sryth Forum or Wiki spoiler tags which serve as a safety for such info since readers have to click said tags to reveal the contained info.
• TD - Refers to Top Damage in a multiplayer scenario
• TL;DR or TLDR - Too long didn't read
• Wiki - On this forum this usually refers to the Sryth Wiki which can be found here. But it may also refer to the more common meaning.
• WTF or Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - What the _______

Here's links to a few sites for a more complete listing of internet acronyms/slang which all have a search function.

http://www.noslang.com/dictionary

http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/

http://www.all-acronyms.com/tag/Internet_Slang

[Lightwielder]

"SSX" is often used in place of "SS_," referring to any Shimmering Silver weapon. Figured I'd throw that in.

For example, you might be referring to the Shimmering Silver Longsword, specifically, which would be SSL.

But if you were asking the question, "Have you acquired your SSX yet?" that would not refer to any one, specifically, but one of the set." Either way, I've seen it used a few times, so I'll mention it.

[Balthazar]

Excellent post. That's all I can say. I'm still learning all the acronyms myself, and this thread will be quite useful.

[Elrond]

Bowl of Blood: BoB
Sword of Merzekk: SoM

[texlaw1992]

I've also used "SSD" for Shadowfire Sword (Diamond), but typically SSL covers the Shimmering Silver weapons.

IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (Forum acronym)

TOS - Terms of Service

NV - Also Nevernal Energy

TG - ThinGirl (forum acronym)

BS - Badstench (forum acronym)

OS - Oldschool (forum acronym)

YN - Young Ned (forum acronym)

[Scarbrow]

I think forum acronyms, at least the most common ones, should be included on a separate section. And put the links to online slang dictionaries on that section.

And another separate section for abbreviations on forum handles, since not all of them are common. TG in particular, since she's mentioned so often, can induce confusion in the cases she's not present at the conversation.

If any of these sections gets too big... well, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. But I don't think it will grow so far. Small community.

[Lightwielder]

You posted OOC for "out of character," and BIC means "back in character" to refer to returning to your Roleplay style and point of view.

[Elrond]

How about:

RP: re-playable scenario (tanonwood, jadefang, axepath, tarn, etc...)
ZBG: Zumryn's Battlegrounds

Now we need to start on our slang:

Runey: Runeskin
Tallys: Tallys' Trading Post (by not slang if referring to the great swindler in person):
The Bitch: Ildraria (dang I hate her)!
Tarramyre: Ruins on Tarramyre
Puppy: Talderus Redborn

[thingirl]

Zumryn's Battlegrounds is also refered to as "Zumryn's", "The BG", or "The Battlegrounds".

[Lightwielder]

Fogbough boosts/bonuses = the various temporary stat boosting effects provided by certain areas in Fogbough Forest.