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Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 00:16:00 -
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EVE Slang and Acronym List
I'm reposting my Slang and Acronym list, having returned to EVE. I think it's still a useful resource, but the original thread was locked for inactivity.
When I was a newbie to EVE, I often found that I ran into a wall of acronyms, abbreviations and slang. Sometimes you can figure out what's being said by context, other times by using the Lexicon but quite often I had to ask someone or persist in my noobishness.
So, I present this posting, my attempt to put together a resource for the EVE Community, especially those needing to figure out what all the long-timers are saying to each other.
I'll try to keep this post up to date. I've put some real "duh" ones on here, because the 1-2 day old players won't know some of this.
I've made this list with an eye more toward slang than acronyms, although I include some of the more common ones. This is to be the most help possible to the new EVE pilot.
Please let me know if you have any thoughts for additions.
EVE Slang and Acronym List
AB Afterburner
active tank (see also tank)A tank that relies on capacitor-using modules to repair damage to shield/armor/hull and the associated modules to keep those running such as capacitor boosters and rechargers
aggro Being attacked, usually by NPCs
aggress Attacking or being attacked to get a flag (see flag)
align Orienting on a warpable object to reduce time to enter warp. You should do this if you want to get out quickly.
alt A second character controlled by the same player, usually on another account
anti-pie Anti-(player)pirate
AF Assault Frigate
AU Astronomical Unit- the distance from Sol to Earth is one AU, about 149 million km
autopest A Tempest(ship) that uses autocannons as its primary offensive weaponry
BC Battlecruiser
BCU Ballistic Control Unit, an old term for the new Ballistic Control System (bcs)
BCS Ballistic Control System.
blasterthron A Megathron(ship{ that uses blasters as its primary weaponry
blob Large gang of ships
blue Has positive standings (blue + sign)
BPC Blueprint Copy
BPO Blueprint Original
Breaking tank Doing enough damage or draining enough energy to overcome a ship's tanking ability.
bubble Mobile warp disruptor or Interdiction Sphere, an anchorable object used to yank ships out of warp.
BS Battleship
camp Waiting at a static point, usually a jumpgate, to attack ships
can See jetcan
canflagging Taking ore or loot from a jetcan to get a flag in hopes of being attacked
carebear Player who avoids PvP
ceptor Interceptor
Chaining The act of keeping one NPC alive from a group, in order to allow the entire group to respawn
CONCORD NPC military in hisec
CONCORDed Being blown up by CONCORD (ouchie)
CONCORDokkened See CONCORDed
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 00:17:00 -
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corp Corporation (MMO term would be guild or player association)
covops Covert Ops (duh)
CS Command Ship
Cyno Cynosural field, used to jump capital ships to
Damps Remote Sensor Dampener, reduces target's lock range and increases lock time
DCU Damage Control Unit
DD/DDD Doomsday Device (Run, Forrest, run!)
dec/decced See wardec
Dessie Destroyer
dictor Interdictor (ship)
EANM Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
ECM Electronic Counter Measures
ECCM Electronic Counter-Counter Measures
EW Electronic Warfare
faction One of several NPC factions
faction mod Modules from a faction, usually with improved stats (and higher cost)
Farm Torepeat a mission or plex without completing it, causing NPCs and rewards to respawn.
FC Fleet Commander
flag/flagging Being temporarily marked as attackable or hostile
frig Frigate
ftw For the win
gang Group of pilots
gank To attack and destroy a ship/pod with overwhelming force
gate Jumpgate
geddon Armageddon (ship)
GF Good Fight, often heard in local after a scrap.
GSC Giant Secure Container, an anchorable container with a password.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 00:17:00 -
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Gyros Gyrostabilizers
HAC Heavy Assault Cruiser
HAM Heavy Assault Missile
hisec High Security space, 0.5 to 1.0. Protected by CONCORD
IBTL I Beat The Lock/In Before The Lock. Don't do this, ISD hates it.
IG In-game
IGB In-game browser
ISD Interstellar Services Division- volunteers who mod the forums, run events, etc
indy Industrial ship, such as the Iteron or Badger
inty Interceptor
itty Iteron (ship)
jet Jettison
jetcan Jettison can, temporary container produced when you jettison cargo
jetcanning/jetcan mining Mining from your hold into a jetcan
Jita 4-4 Eve's main trade hub at the Caldari Navy Assembly Plant at planet 4, moon 4 of the Jita system. Quite often lagged and very busy.
jumpclone A special clone type you can "jump" to without having to travel
kessie Kestrel (ship)
kiting Leading an aggroed NPC along like you're pulling it on a string. Usually done to keep out of weapons range.
LAR Large Armor Repairer
lowsec Low Security space, 0.1 to 0.4. No CONCORD protection
LP Loyalty Points, given by agents as reward for missions, redeemable for offered items
m3 Meters cubed, the basic measurement of cargo space
main The character you play most of the time
MAR Medium Armor Repairer
Mega Megathron(ship) or Megacyte(mineral)
mod Modules, the things you put on your ship
Mom See Mothership.
MS Mothership
MWD Microwarpdrive OR Mobile Warp Disruptor
myrm Myrmidon (ship)
nano/nanoship A ship fitted with nanofiber modules
necro/necropost Replying to an old thread to bring it back to the top of the list. Don't do this, ISD hates it.
newb/noob/newbie New player
newbcorp/noobcorp An NPC corporation that newly created charaters are assigned to
NBSI Not Blue, Shoot It
Neut Energy neutralizer, a weapon that reduces the target's energy (capacitor)
Nos Nosferatu/energy vampire, a weapon that extracts the target's energy (capacitor) to the ship using it
nosdomi A Dominix(ship) that uses nos/energy vampires as its primary offensive weaponry, usually with drones to do damage
NPC Corp A corp run by NPCs. Players cannot select these but can be assigned to them when leaving a player corp
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 00:18:00 -
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nanocurse A Curse(ship) fitted for speed using nanofiber modules
NRDS/NRDSI Not Red, Don't Shoot It
passive Generally means either not requiring any energy directly (passive tank) or not alerting a player that they are being targeted (passive targeting)
passive tank (see also tank, active tank) A tank that uses modules which augment a ship's normal recovery abilities instead of relying on capacitor-heavy items such as shield boosters
passive targeting A targeting module that can lock a ship without informing them
PDU Power Diagnostic Unit
Pew-Pew Combat (sound of guns firing)
pie Pirate, usually applied to players
phoon Typhoon (ship)
popped Having ones' ship destroyed (does not necessarily imply being podded)- "Those rats popped my phoon! :(" OR emptying a jettison can, causing it to "pop" (vanish)
POS Player Owned Station OR Player Owned Structure
pod This is pod
podded Getting blown up in your pod (ie, made dead)
pod-killed See podded
point(s) Warp Scrambler or Stabilizer strength, which is measured in points ("Get a point on him!")
QFT Quoted for truth, meaning "I agree".
rat Pirate, 99% of the time applied to NPCs (see pie. I like pie.)
rax Thorax (ship)
red Has negative standings to you (red - sign)
rig Module you can add to your ship, which cannot be removed without destroying it
RL Real life (get one, they're great. Or so I hear)
RMR Red Moon Rising, a previous EVE expansion (current is Empyrean Age)
RP Roleplay OR Research Points
RSD Remote Sensor Dampener (See Damps)
SAR Small Armor Repairer
SB Shield booster, Sensor Booster; sometimes Stealth Bomber or Smartbomb
scram Warp Scrambler (See WS)
safe/safespot See SS
SISI Singularity, the EVE test server
sniper A ship (usually a BS) fitted for max damage and range at expense of all else
Smarties Smartbombs, omnidirectional pulse weapons
sp Skillpoints
SPR Shield Power Relay
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 00:19:00 -
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SS Safespot. A point in space not near a warpable object, such as halfway between two planets, which affords some protection vs hostiles
stargate See Jumpgate
tank Your ship's ability to offset damage done to it through regeneration or repair systems, such as shield boosters, armor/hull repairers, and hardeners
tbh To be honest
Thron Megathron(ship)
TQ Tranquility, the live EVE server
ty Thank you (you're welcome!)
wardec War declaration
web Refers to stasis webifiers, a module that slows down a target ship in combat
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 00:19:00 -
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Reserved for future expansion of list. |
Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 00:20:00 -
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Reserved for future expansion of list. |
Chaplain''Dextomus
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Posted - 2008.09.02 01:27:00 -
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Great... First realy good and informative thread I've read in ages in here |
Xtreem
Gallente Interstellar Brotherhood of Gravediggers
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Posted - 2008.09.02 01:47:00 -
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Edited by: Xtreem on 02/09/2008 01:49:14
great post :)
add can flipping also - Taking ore or loot from a jetcan and placing it into another can of your own making to get the player flagged to yourself
also hic - heavy intradictor, bubble maker capable of sphere and directed jamming, needs no ammo to use |
Aioa
Planetary Assault Systems
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Posted - 2008.09.02 10:27:00 -
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WB. A few new ones for you:
HIC Heavy Interdictor (Cruiser)
EAF Electronics Attack Frigate
JF Jump Freighter
JC Jump Clone
Your 'nanoship' definition needs a little update imo. Nanoships don't really use nanos much these days :) More if I think of them. |
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Rebal 88
Minmatar Infernal Syndicate Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2008.09.02 10:41:00 -
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Edited by: Rebal 88 on 02/09/2008 10:41:39 Awesome! I say sticky! |
Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 12:09:00 -
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Originally by: Xtreem Edited by: Xtreem on 02/09/2008 01:49:14
great post :)
add can flipping also - Taking ore or loot from a jetcan and placing it into another can of your own making to get the player flagged to yourself
also hic - heavy intradictor, bubble maker capable of sphere and directed jamming, needs no ammo to use
Done- thanks. :)
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Federation Fleet
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Posted - 2008.09.02 12:10:00 -
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Originally by: Aioa WB. A few new ones for you:
HIC Heavy Interdictor (Cruiser)
EAF Electronics Attack Frigate
JF Jump Freighter
JC Jump Clone
Your 'nanoship' definition needs a little update imo. Nanoships don't really use nanos much these days :) More if I think of them.
Done and done. Thanks for the updates. I updated the nanoship description, after today's patch it may need another change. ;)
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Sovereign533
Caldari PPN United Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2008.09.02 13:02:00 -
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Edited by: Sovereign533 on 02/09/2008 13:02:49 CPR - Capacitor Power Relay (a dvh one:) rep - as in repping, repairing something (ship, structure, yourself). as in rep me, ask someone to remote repair yourself
cap - capacitor, or capital ship afaik - as far as i know LY - light year (distance between systems for capital ship jumping or jump bridges) bridge - jump bridge (pos module) or titan bridge (being slung to another system by a titan) OOG - out of game (linking a website and telling them the ingame board doesn't work with it) OOC - out of corp (an OOC character is a neutral character out of corp for empire work) WCS - Warp Core Stabilizer (can't come up with good explanation) |
Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.03 17:45:00 -
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Originally by: Sovereign533 Edited by: Sovereign533 on 02/09/2008 13:02:49 CPR - Capacitor Power Relay (a dvh one:) rep - as in repping, repairing something (ship, structure, yourself). as in rep me, ask someone to remote repair yourself
cap - capacitor, or capital ship afaik - as far as i know LY - light year (distance between systems for capital ship jumping or jump bridges) bridge - jump bridge (pos module) or titan bridge (being slung to another system by a titan) OOG - out of game (linking a website and telling them the ingame board doesn't work with it) OOC - out of corp (an OOC character is a neutral character out of corp for empire work) WCS - Warp Core Stabilizer (can't come up with good explanation)
Thanks- I'll add these soon.
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Aioa
Planetary Assault Systems
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Posted - 2008.09.07 07:10:00 -
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Sunday bump and a couple of additions.
AWU Advanced Weapon Upgrades (a skill)
CNR Caldari Navy Raven (Real name: Raven Navy Issue) --
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.11 18:23:00 -
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Haven't forgotten the list. :) Thanks for the recent suggestions, will add them.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.11 19:06:00 -
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Originally by: Aioa Sunday bump and a couple of additions.
AWU Advanced Weapon Upgrades (a skill)
CNR Caldari Navy Raven (Real name: Raven Navy Issue)
Added these and the ones above.
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Joe Starbreaker
Suddenly Ninjas
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Posted - 2008.09.12 06:18:00 -
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PWNAGE = phased weapon navigation array generation extron (a meta level 4 target painter)
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Flash Bombardo
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.09.12 11:06:00 -
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WT - War target
"I have not problem with prostitute, but the kiddy dools is to much for me" - Orcan |
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
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Posted - 2008.09.12 11:14:00 -
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http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=328972
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.12 18:01:00 -
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Originally by: MotherMoon http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=328972
Yeah, that's a good reference to module acronyms, I had that linked from the original thread.
This list is mostly focused on slang and some acronyms that get really heavy use.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.12 18:02:00 -
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Originally by: Flash Bombardo WT - War target
Added, thanks much. :)
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Ana Vyr
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.09.12 18:41:00 -
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I ran into a thread talking about being "on grid" and "off grid" which seemed to mean "running a mission" vs "not being on a mission run"...is that correct?
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.12 19:39:00 -
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Originally by: Ana Vyr I ran into a thread talking about being "on grid" and "off grid" which seemed to mean "running a mission" vs "not being on a mission run"...is that correct?
Not quite. "Grid" refers to the local space in which objects are visible to you. "Off-Grid" means an object isn't loaded or visible. One common tactic is to warp in at a range that's within the grid, but outside of locking/shooting range, so as to load all the objects (enemies), and then warp to them for the pew-pew. That way you avoid the grid-load lag.
I'll think about how to consolidate that down to a short explanation. :D
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
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Posted - 2008.09.13 07:45:00 -
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Originally by: Jimer Lins
Originally by: MotherMoon http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=328972
Yeah, that's a good reference to module acronyms, I had that linked from the original thread.
This list is mostly focused on slang and some acronyms that get really heavy use.
oh sorry I didn't see your link in the op, I wasn't trying to post to be like "already done" but too add them in case you were missing any :)
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.14 02:33:00 -
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Originally by: MotherMoon
Originally by: Jimer Lins
Originally by: MotherMoon http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=328972
Yeah, that's a good reference to module acronyms, I had that linked from the original thread.
This list is mostly focused on slang and some acronyms that get really heavy use.
oh sorry I didn't see your link in the op, I wasn't trying to post to be like "already done" but too add them in case you were missing any :)
No worries. :) I appreciate the input.
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Salpad
Caldari Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2008.09.14 12:51:00 -
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Originally by: Jimer Lins
Thanks- I'll add these soon.
Do you want a bunch of suggestions for how to improve the existing items? Often they are just small changes, even tiny changes, that I think will make the list even more helpful to noobs than it already is.
Or does nitpicking bother you?
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Gieron
Middleton and Mercer LLP Sylph Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.14 16:56:00 -
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stabs See WCS.
tyvm Thank you very much.
yw Your welcome.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.15 00:33:00 -
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Originally by: Salpad
Originally by: Jimer Lins
Thanks- I'll add these soon.
Do you want a bunch of suggestions for how to improve the existing items? Often they are just small changes, even tiny changes, that I think will make the list even more helpful to noobs than it already is.
Or does nitpicking bother you?
Doesn't bother me in the least. Some of it may be out of date or could use better phrasing. Worst case, if I disagree I won't make the change. ;)
Any input is good, so bring it on.
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Axearm Thunk'um
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Posted - 2008.09.15 23:12:00 -
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Might want to ad Plex.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2008.10.27 18:30:00 -
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Originally by: Axearm Thunk'um Might want to ad Plex.
Done. Thanks, sorry for the delay in getting it on the list.
Corp and Personal killboard
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Slade Trillgon
Masuat'aa Matari Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2008.10.28 03:31:00 -
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Very good stuff. I tried to reword the definition for align but it got to bloated so I let it go. But with the new align to button it is not really worth rewording it. I wish this list had been around a year ago, it would have made certain transitions easier
I vote for sticky.
Slade
Originally by: Crumplecorn NerfBat is now known as the WaveMachine.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir.
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Posted - 2008.11.14 23:18:00 -
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Originally by: Slade Trillgon Very good stuff. I tried to reword the definition for align but it got to bloated so I let it go. But with the new align to button it is not really worth rewording it. I wish this list had been around a year ago, it would have made certain transitions easier
I vote for sticky.
Slade
Thanks! :)
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