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Frequently used terms In Character, this can also be used OOC. | Frequently used terms In Character, this can also be used OOC. | ||
=== | === Admeme === | ||
An event hosted by an admin. | |||
=== | === Antag === | ||
Short for [[Antagonist|Antagonists]], which are specifically picked individuals designed to drive the round into chaos. | |||
=== Atmos === | === Atmos === | ||
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=== Atmosian === | === Atmosian === | ||
A term for Atmospheric Technicians, or generally anyone who spends most of their round in Atmos. | A term for Atmospheric Technicians, or generally anyone who spends most of their round in Atmos. | ||
=== Braindead === | === Braindead === | ||
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=== Cap === | === Cap === | ||
Short for [[Captain]], the | Short for [[Captain]]. | ||
=== CentCom/Central Command === | |||
The administration branch of Nanotrasen, managing most Space Stations. Nanotrasen has other stuff to do, like wage war on the Syndicate! | |||
=== CE === | === CE === | ||
Short for [[Chief Engineer]], the head of the Engineering Department. | Short for [[Chief Engineer]], the head of the Engineering Department. | ||
=== | === Self-Antag === | ||
A term for the action of being an antag without the game specifically telling you to, which is a rulebreak. | |||
=== CMO === | === CMO === | ||
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=== Bwoink === | === Bwoink === | ||
Refers to receiving an AHelp, god bless your soul if you get one. | Refers to receiving an AHelp, god bless your soul if you get one. | ||
=== Upstream === | === Upstream === | ||
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=== Whitename/Greenleaf === | === Whitename/Greenleaf === | ||
A form of insult thrown at new people in the Discord who don't know what they're talking about. | A form of insult thrown at new people in the Discord who don't know what they're talking about. | ||
=== LRP === | === LRP === | ||
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A list of commonly used slang by spessmen (players) in the community.
IC
Frequently used terms In Character, this can also be used OOC.
Admeme
An event hosted by an admin.
Antag
Short for Antagonists, which are specifically picked individuals designed to drive the round into chaos.
Atmos
Short for Atmospherics.
Atmosian
A term for Atmospheric Technicians, or generally anyone who spends most of their round in Atmos.
Braindead
Refers to a user who has disconnected from the game.
- NOTE (VERY IMPORTANT): THIS PERSON CAN STILL COME BACK TO THE GAME!** Who knows? Maybe their computer crashed for a minute or two.
Cap
Short for Captain.
CentCom/Central Command
The administration branch of Nanotrasen, managing most Space Stations. Nanotrasen has other stuff to do, like wage war on the Syndicate!
CE
Short for Chief Engineer, the head of the Engineering Department.
Self-Antag
A term for the action of being an antag without the game specifically telling you to, which is a rulebreak.
CMO
Short for Chief Medical Officer, the head of the Medical Department.
Crit
Refers to your body being in Critical Condition, where you are horizontal and unable to move. You will slowly suffocate to death, Antagonist.
HoP
Short for Head of Personnel, the controller of the ID Console and head of the Service Department. Usually fully capitalized as HOP.
HoS
Short for Head of Security, the head of Security. Usually fully capitalized as HOS.
RD
Short for Research Director, the head of the Science Department.
QM
Short for Quartermaster, the head of Cargo.
Greytider/Tider
Slang for a passenger.
God
An IC term representing a Game Administrator.
Nukie
What the hardcore members of the Syndicate are called. They are heavily armed space terrorists who will stop at nothing to detonate a nuclear weapon on the station.
SSD
Short for Sudden Sleep Disorder - see below for definition.
Space Sleep Disorder
Commonly abbreviated as SSD. Also known as Sudden Sleep Disorder. An IC term for AFK. A virulent disease affecting spacemen far and wide, SSD causes spacemen to sleep with their eyes open, standing up.
Shitter
A person who breaks the rules of the server to make the server gameplay generally shitty.
Syndie/Syndi/Syndicate
What members of the Syndicate are usually called. Top enemy of Nanotrasen, the company you work for. Syndies can be either traitors or nuclear operatives, although if they are nukeops they are usually called Nukies instead.
Nukies
A team of Nuclear Operatives designated to blow the station to dust.
Newkie/Newkies
A Nuclear Operative who is new at being a nukie, newkie.
Flukie
A fluked nuclear operation.
NT/Nanotrasen
The company you work for.
Spess
A term to define the comedy/"random bullshit go" type of space games.
Spessmen
A term to define the deranged enough to work in Spess.
OOC
Frequently used terms Out of Character, this can be in the OOC chat channel or in the Discord/Forum. Usage of this slang IC is prohibited by the rules.
AHelp/Admin Help
A chatbox which you can report rulebreaking to any online admins or the Discord.
Bwoink
Refers to receiving an AHelp, god bless your soul if you get one.
Upstream
The baseline version of the game. Any changes to Upstream will "flow" down to all other forks of the game. All official Wizden servers work off of Upstream.
Whitename/Greenleaf
A form of insult thrown at new people in the Discord who don't know what they're talking about.
LRP
Low RolePlay servers, where roleplay rules are relaxed.
MRP
A mix between LRP and HRP, standing for Medium RolePlay. Generally you're wanting to do your role, however a strongly defined character isn't required and you should simply aim to roleplay an actual person.
HRP
High roleplay servers, where roleplay is required and you aim to actually follow the design and personality of your character (this generally includes doing your role, as your character probably wants to keep that role.) Backstory and flavortext is strongly recommended.
