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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 7:53:53 GMT 8
This is a glossary (will be constantly updated as needed) of terms and abbreviations commonly seen on the Magistream forums.
Each post will consist of terms starting with the same letter. Some definitions will be seen many times as a particular concept may have several names.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:36:04 GMT 8
A AB - Auto Buy (in reference to Auctions) Alasre Mountains - A location on the World Map Ale - Various drinks found at Remy's Inn (in the shops), purchase of which will cause the player to post 'drunk', and usually affects their screen in some way. Arkene- A location on the World Map. Arkenian - Indicating an origin in Arkene, such as the Arkenian Kitsune. Avi/ Avvy- Abbreviation of Avatar, the picture seen with a player's screen name. Azazel - An NPC, Thane's boyfriend, the one who gives out Voltairian Alphyns.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:41:38 GMT 8
B Brew- Various drinks found at Remy's Inn (in the shops), purchase of which will cause the player to post 'drunk', and usually affects their screen in some way. See Ale.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:41:53 GMT 8
C Callisto Islands- A location on the World Map Caves/ Caves of Nareau- A location on the World Map Click Thread - Any of the 4 mod authorized threads for posting and clicking on creatures for growth. Any in addition to these four will be locked and warnings issued. All four can be found in the Reindeer Games forum. The four threads are titled "Daily Adoptables Nursery", "Click My Eggs", "Click The Eggs Of The Person Above You" and "Egg Hatcher 2000". The old "80% Click thread" was changed into the Egg Hatcher 2000. The mods close and restart each one when it reaches 10,000 pages, the replacement becomes "version XX" the next number. Click Spam - 1. clicking the creatures of others in effort to gain as much gold as possible per day. 2. Posting your creatures in unapproved locations in effort to get them to grow faster. (this will get your hands slapped by a mod.) Code Ninja - A player who collects codes from other players, with out necessarily telling the player, and helps their creatures hatch and grow. CS - Click Spamming Click Wall - A form of spam where one repeats the word "click" (or any other single word or short phrase) many times to earn more gold for posting in the click thread. There was a large problem with this at one time, and the mods were forced to crack down on it. It is against the rules. See "Wall of Click".
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:42:09 GMT 8
D Damien- One of the Admins of Magistream. He does most of the writing for the site. DAN- Daily Adoptables Nursery. Found in the Reindeer Games forum, the ONLY thread where offsite clickables may be posted. One of the 4 allowed click threads, players may post only once, and then click all other players' creatures. Darksea - Ember Darksea is an SB Hallow Capricorn, raffled off by Tristan and won by Pertwila. She is the first creature to have a lineage name that follows all of her descendants. Those descendants are collectively referred to as "Darkseas". Day Care- Players offer to post creatures of other players in the click threads to help them grow when the owners of the creatures can not post them for themselves. Drink - See Ale Drunk - The state of posting while under the influence of Remy's drinks. See Ale. DS - Darksea. See Darksea.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:42:47 GMT 8
E Egg Drop - every 15 minutes the stream is automatically loaded with new eggs. egg lock - The state of having 4 live eggs and unable to acquire any more. Egg sitting - The act of posting the creature codes of other players to help them grow. See Day Care. Egg Slot - Players are allowed 4 live eggs at any time, each of these four allowed imaginary spaces is called an egg slot. If a player currently has 3 eggs, they are said to have one egg slot open. EH - The Emerald Hatchery, congratulations, you're here! Etain Desert - A location on the World Map Etainian - Denoting an origin in the Etain Desert, such as the Etainian Quetzalcoatl.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:47:40 GMT 8
F Family - A creature descended from proginators of a lineage. See Lineage Family Generation - The number of generations from the proginators of a lineage. This may be different from the total number of generations from parentless creatures. Farming - The act of viewing other players' keeps and clicking everything in them, gathering one gold per live egg, live hatching, and adult. See Gold Mining. First Gen- According to the OGT, a 1st generation creature is considered one who has parents, but no grand parents- their parents are original generation. Some players feel that their original creatures should be called 1st gen, so it is always best to double check the creature yourself to find out for certain. Fishing- The act of watching the stream for refreshes in hopes ofobtaining desired eggs. Forum Moderator- Staff members with limited duties, and authority only in one particular forum such as the Merchant District, Hall of Speakers or Reindeer Games. These have a reddish-orange colored username.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:50:21 GMT 8
G g- gold, the currency used in Magistream GB- Gift Born, original generation creatures that were given as gifts during the holiday season. Gen- short for Generation- how many pairs of creatures were bred to make the one you are looking at, how many sets of parents/ grandparents/ great grandparents/ etc does it have. See Generation. Generation - how many pairs of creatures were bred to make the one you are looking at, how many sets of parents/ grandparents/ great grandparents/ etc does it have. This may reference either the total number from the original SB/GB/QB creatures, or from the start of a particular lineage. See Real Generation and Family Generation. Gender/ Gendering/ Gendered- This term is a carryover from DragonCave where a hatchling's gender is NOT known immediately upon hatching. On Magistream, it is, however, players will still refer to their hopes of an egg "gendering" the way they want it to, or frustration at eggs that "gendered" wrong. Gift/ Gifting - Occassionally a link with the option to "gift" is placed with eggs, which are normally not tradeable. This option allows the owner of the egg to give that egg to another player. There is frequently recognition for being generous when this option is available. It has been available at Christmas, and at the 1 year anniversary of Magistream. Gold Digging- Spamming in posts, either with long, pointless posts, or many short pointless posts, in effort to gain gold. Sometimes also used for the act of clicking every creature in a Keep- see Farming. Gold Mine- A group of clickable links leading to creatures that will give one gold each. These may be adults, or growing eggs and hatchlings. These may be found in click thread posts, in the About Me section of players, a player's keep, or off site. The Emerald Hatchery's Hatchery post would be considered a gold mine. Gold Mining- The act of clicking creatures, particularly via the keeps of other players, to acquire gold.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:52:08 GMT 8
H Hall of Speakers- a forum where serious discussion is encouraged, and longer, well thought out posts are required and citation of facts is requested. HB- High Bid, in reference to auctions, the current winning bid, the bid that must be outbid to win HoS- Hall of Speakers
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:52:35 GMT 8
I Image Free Gold Mine (sometimes Image Free Keep)- Some players have created, for their About Me page, or on other offsite locations, groups of clickable links for gold mining that do have the actual creature images showing, allowing for extremely quick clicking and gold mining.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:52:51 GMT 8
J Jungle/ Jungle of Raza- A location on the World Map. See Raza.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:53:23 GMT 8
K K - Kilo, meaning 1000. Example: Rather than writing out 15,000gold, many players will write 15K. Keep Digging - the act of entering the keeps of other players to click on every creature and gain gold. See Gold Mining. Keep Mining - the act of entering the keeps of other players to click on every creature and gain gold. See Gold Mining. Koi Pond - A location on the World Map where "New Koi" may be found. Kurios/ Kuri - A player who was one of the artists on Magistream in the first year. The artist of the World Map, the top banner, and creator of the NPC Azazel. He left Magistream for personal reasons. keep - each player has their own keep where their collection of creatures is kept. This keep may be viewed by other players, and is where the owner of the keep goes to view, breed, embed, release, name, etc their creatures. The Keep - A location on the World Map. Also, the in game home and school of each Magi.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:53:43 GMT 8
L Lake Lakira- A location on the World Map Lakiran - Denoting origins in Lake Lakira, such as Lakiran Platypus Lineage - A feature where players may denote any breeding pair as proginators (and they may only breed with each other thereafter) of a line, and the name of the family will follow all subsequent children of those creatures. LTB- Looking To Buy, usually seen in the Merchant District
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:54:08 GMT 8
M Magi- Correctly used, it is the in game character of each player. Players themselves are often referred to as Magi. Magi is technically plural with Magus being the singular, but in game "Magi" is used for both singular and plural. Incorrectly used, it can refer to the creatures of Magistreams- ex. "I need my Magis to grow up." It can also be a prefix for anything pertaining to Magistream, such as "Magi creatures" MagiDex - The first comprehensive information fansite for Magistream, run by a player named Refion. It is currently out of service. Map- The World Map, the location of quests and legends, mythos and history behind the in game world of Magistream. Master Belmos- an NPC, created by Morgaln to be a caretaker and re-distributor of unwanted creatures. Master Belmos alone has the ability to unfreeze eggs and hatchlings and to remove their names. He is often seen posting as an NPC to tell additional history and legends, poses quizzes regarding Magistream creatures, locations and legends, and frequently holds auctions and raffles to distribute the creatures he is given. MD- the Merchant District, an area of the forums where creatures and gold may be posted for trade. Can also refer to MagiDex. MI- Minimum Increase, used in reference to auctions, it is the smallest gold amount required to be added to the current high bid for the next bid. Mini-mod- used derogatorily. A player who has not been given official authority posting in such a way as though they are one. Usually in such things as rudely reminding other players of rules. Mining for gold- The act of clicking creatures, particularly via the keeps of other players, to acquire gold. See Gold Mining. Mix Breed- a creature who's lineage is not pure- such as a Dire Wolf with a Manticore in its ancestry. Can also be applied to such things as a brown Narwhal with grey in the lineage, or a gold gryphon with a brown gryphon, or a phoenix (etc) in the ancestry. Mod- Moderator, or the act of carrying out the duties of a moderator Modded/ Modding- The act of carrying out the duties of a moderator. Such as "You've been modded" indicates a moderator has taken action to edit a post or thread. Moderator- Players who have been given authority over the entire board. Their duty is primarily policing the site, being sure rules are adhered to, and doling out punishment as necessary. They will be the ones to mitigate disputes and answer questions that normal players aren't able to answer. They have a teal colored username. Morgaln- a player who became a mod, was promoted to global mod, and is now an Admin. He is the most visible of the entire staff team. He is loved and feared by all, and is sometimes referred to as "god". He is the commander of the War Platypodes, the keeper of the Penguincorns and wielder of the Ban Hammer. MS- Abbreviation for Magistream. MSMP- Magi Stream Mentoring Program- a guild run by experienced players to assist new players in getting acquainted and acclimated to Magistream. Mule/ Mule Account - An account that is accessible by multiple players to aid in group organized trades. These are NOT allowed on Magistream. Multi Links- an addon (generally attributed to Firefox, but some other browsers have similar programs) that allows the player to select all the links on a single page and open them in new tabs all at once. This greatly aids in clicking on creatures for gold mining. See also- Snap Links.
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Post by TNHawke on Mar 15, 2010 11:54:53 GMT 8
N Nareau - A location on the map, aka the Caves of Nareau Nareaun - Denoting origins in the Caves of Nareau, such as the Nareaun Quetzalcoatl NFS - Not For Sale Ninja - 1. Someone else posted (usually with the same information, or request) immediately above you, frequently while you were in the process of posting. 2. Someone who snags codes to post in the click threads- see Code Ninja. NPC - Non Player Character, these are characters within the game, such as the high Archmage Thane, his boyfriend Azazel, Remy who runs the Shop and Mordecai from one of the quests. Some NPCs have accounts and are seen posting on the forums, such as Master Belmos. It is accepted that members of the staff 'run' these characters. NTB Need To Borrow, sometimes Need To Buy
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