Star Wars Galaxies: Acronymania!!!

Aydam's Grand Ol' List of SWG Discussion Terms and Acronyms

Alts - Characters controlled by a player, but are not the player's main character. Only possible in Multi Character Servers.

ANH - A New Hope. Star Wars Episode IV, sometimes just referred to as just "Star Wars."

AO - Anarchy Online. A MMORPG made by Funcom.

AotC - Attack of the Clones

AT-AT - The "Dog" walker the Imperials use. Seen at The Battle of Hoth in Empire Strikes Back.

AT-ST - The "Chicken" walker the Imperials use. Seen at The Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi.

Bacta - Liquid which greatly increases healing rate (Seen in Empire Strikes Back).

Blue Glowie - Refers to the ability of Jedi Masters to become One with the Force which leaves them as ghosts with a blue aura.

Buff - The act of increasing a player's stats mostly through an ability or using an item. Usually wears off after a certain period of time.

Camping - Hunting the same monsters in the same area for an extended period of time (usually to get a particular item off that monster).

Carebear - Not so nice term used by Pro-PvP players to describe Anti-PvP players (or Pro-PvP players who are bad losers)

Casual - Casual Gamer. A player that does not spend a great deal of time playing the game.

Cloning - Continuity-based character respawning term.

Covert - A character that has declared a faction but is an hidden member of that faction. Covert characters are only open to PvP when they trigger a TEF.

Crafter - A character that is focused on crafting

CSR - Customer Service Representative. An in-game administrator.

DAoC - Dark Age of Camelot. A MMORPG made by Mythic.

Digiteer - An official that controls important NPCs.

Devs - The people who are in charge of developing the game. In SWG's case the Devs that visit the forums most often are: Shug_Ninx, Holocron, Q3PO and BoShek

Droid - A robot with very advanced Artificial Intelligence, like R2D2 and C3PO.

Drop - Term used to describe the equipment you get from killing monsters or players.

EnB / E&B - Earth and Beyond. A MMORPG made by Westwood.

ESB - The Empire Strikes Back

EQ - Everquest. A MMORPG made by Verant.

EU - Expanded Universe. Refers to the extra material(not created by George Lucas, but still sanctioned by LucasFilm/LucasArts) based in the Star Wars Universe, including the books, pen and paper RPGs, comics and computer games.

Faction - All players begin the game as Neutrals. Originally players could choose to "side with" The Rebellion, The Imperials or The Hutts. Currently only The Rebellion and The Imperials are available. However being a Mercenary will let you attack (and be attacked) by both sides.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. A good place to start when you are just starting to learn about Star Wars Galaxies. http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/features/faq.jsp

Force Ghost - Refers to the ability of Jedi Masters to become One with the Force leaves them as ghosts with a blue aura.

FFA - Free For All. A server type where anything goes.

FS - Force Sensitive. A seemingly random series of events will unlock this feature allowing players to create a second character that has the ability to wield the force.

GAT - General Any Topic. A forum on the Official Star Wars Galaxies Boards. 90% of the topics posted in the Discussion Forum should go in this one.

GCW - Galactic Civil War. Term used to describe the war between the Rebels and the Imperials.

GM - Game Master. An in-game administrator.

Griefer - A player who goes out of his way to make your gaming experience an unhappy one. Most MMORPGs have rules which prevent this and are generally strict on people who do it.

HAM - Health, Action, Mind. The display of these three pools, which represent the health of your character.

Hardcore - A player that spends a great deal of time playing a game.

HC - Hard Core.

Krayt Dragon - A very large and dangerous reptilian creature.

KS - Kill Stealing. The act of another player attacking a monster or player which you are fighting, without your permission.

Lewt - Term used to describe the equipment you get from killing monsters or players.

Loot - Term used to describe the equipment you get from killing monsters or players.

Main - A player's main character.

MCS - Multi Character Servers. Servers that allow players to have more than 1 character, which are called Alts.

MMOG - Massive Multiplayer Online Game

MMORPG - Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.

Mob - Originally used in MUDs as an acronym for Mobile Object. It refers to entities (such as monsters), which characters can attack.

MUD - Multi User Domains / Dungeons. A Digital Realm where contains multiple players / people.

Mules - Characters purposely made to carry another charcter's equipment or do their dirty work.

NDA - Non Disclosure Agreement. A contract made with beta testers which forbids them from sharing any information about the development of Star Wars Galaxies.

NPC - Non Playing Character.

Overt - A character which has declared a faction and is a visible member of that faction. Overt characters are open to PvP at anytime.

OOC - Out of Character. Term used by Roleplayers to signify that they are now speaking as the Player not as the Character.

PA - Player Association. Players that have like-minded ideals who have banded together into an organisation.

Perma-Death - Where the action of your character dying, causes deletion of that character. Permanent Death.

Phat Loot / Lewt - Term used to describe good or overpowering equipment you get from killing monsters or players.

PK - Player Killer.

POI - Point of Interest. A randomly spawning scenario, which will provide choices and entertainment for a player.

Pool - SWG has 3 character feedback displays which show the health of your character. Health Pool displays your current Hit Points. Action Pool reflects your stamina. Mind Pool reflects the current status of your Mind. Also refered to as HAM or the HAM bar.

Powergamer - A player that spends a great deal of time playing a game.

PvE - Player vs Environment (Combat).

PvP - Player vs Player (Combat).

PvP+ - An advocate for a PvP system.

PvP- - An advocate against a PvP system.

RotJ - Return of the Jedi

RP - Role Play / Role Player

RPG - Role Playing Game

SCS - Single Character Servers. Servers that only allow players to have 1 character.

SE - Space Expansion. The first expansion pack announced for Star Wars Galaxies. Set to include spaceships and twitch-based space combat.

SOE - Sony Online Entertainment.

SW - Star Wars.

SWG - Star Wars Galaxies. A MMORPG made by Sony Online Entertainment.

TEF - Temporary Enemy Flag. Doing certain actions (like healing an overt member of your faction, when you are a covert) will trigger this flag and allow people to attack you.

TPH - The Phantom Menace.

Twink - A character that achieves status / equipment / knowledge by gaining it through another (whether it be from a player's main character or another person).

Themepark - A specially designed area in the game, which may contain interesting and important charcters. One known Themepark is Jabba's Palace.

Twitch - Gameplay based upon the skills of the player not the character.

UO - Ultima Online. A MMORPG made by Origin Systems.

Uber - Much better than average.

ZOC - Zone of Control. Early in the development ZOCs were going to be pivotal to the Galactic Civil War. Zones of Control were intended to be an area where one side of the GCW could claim and then build up and defend.