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EVE Acronyms Dictionary?
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Nic Seedaeng
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2011-10-10 19:38:24 UTC
New to EVE i found one interesting thread in the forum, already on the first page I was lost in translation.
I could not understand the discussion because acronyms were used anytime.
FIS, CSM, WIS, NeX,FW, CQ ...
Is there a Acronym dictionary out there ?
Well if not, Mai pen rai, I'll learn the hard way :)
Adam Kirwen
The Eleusinian Mystery Cult
#2 - 2011-10-10 19:52:05 UTC
FIS = ?
CSM = Council of Stellar Management
WIS = Walking In Stations
NeX = This isn't an acronym, it's a currency for use in the 'Nex' store
FW = Faction Warfare
CQ = Captain's Quarters

Sadly, there's no acronym dictionary. Just try using google or asking on the forum, I'm afraid.
Ras Blumin
A Cross The Universe
#3 - 2011-10-10 20:22:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Ras Blumin
FiS = Flying in Space, as opposed to Walking in Stations.

There's more in the Evelopedia. "List of EVE Online terms useful to new players", "Glosarry".
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2011-10-10 20:31:25 UTC  |  Edited by: J'Poll
Adam Kirwen wrote:
FIS = ?
CSM = Council of Stellar Management
WIS = Walking In Stations
NeX = This isn't an acronym, it's a currency for use in the 'Nex' store
FW = Faction Warfare
CQ = Captain's Quarters

Sadly, there's no acronym dictionary. Just try using google or asking on the forum, I'm afraid.


NeX isn't a currency, Aurum (AUR) is the currency used in the NeX (Noble Exchange) stores

FIS = Flying in Space, the biggest and most important part of EVE

EDIT:

The CSM (Council of Stellar Management is a group of players who have been elected by all other players in EVE to provide a link from the player base to CCP. They work closely with CCP to give them feedback from the community to improve EVE as the players want too.

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Nic Seedaeng
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2011-10-10 22:38:02 UTC
Thanks, i appreciate you all for the help.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#6 - 2011-10-10 22:54:29 UTC
I'm bored and on a lot of pain meds and caffeine. Let's give this a whirl...

Forum terms
FiS = Flying in Space
WiS = Walking in station
CSM = The Council of Stellar Management, a PR stunt from CCP a few years back, mostly irrelevant but occasionally helpful
FW = Faction Warfare/Militia
NeX = Nobel Exchange
CQ = Captain's quarters.
pleb = lemming, dummie
pubbie = depends on the context, usually in reference to a certain "click" of players
Carebear = someone who hates "risk" and does not want to be subjected to it
Goon = someone from the alliance Goonswarm and member of the gay pick-up site somethingawful.com, professional scammer
Mittins = The Mittani, Goonswarm's current leader and the "fat cat" of the current CSM, "lawyer"
blob = a fleet numbering over 50
gang = a fleet numbering less than 5

General game terms
burn towards ____ = get to said location as quickly as possible.
point = warp disruptor
scram = warp scrambler
blob = any fleet bigger than yours
gang = any fleet you are a part of that doesn't have a douchy FC
MWD = Microwarpdrive
nano [insert ship here] = any ship that makes generous use of Nanofiber Internal Structures to have superior mobility
brick [insert ship here] = any ship (usually armor) that loads on as much EHP as possible at the cost of mobility
hero [insert ship here] = a ship that forgoes tanking ability in favor of pure DPS in a general combat situation, a ship that survives a heavy combat situation with minimal tanking ability, see: "hero tanking"

anyone want to add to that? Big smile

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Taedrin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2011-10-10 23:12:44 UTC
Sir Substance
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2011-10-11 01:55:42 UTC
I would like to preemptively clear something up.

Some people will tell you that BB stands for battleship. You have my permission to call these people nubs.

IRL, many navies do use BB as a callsign for battleship, but in eve, battleship is BS. BB stands for blackbird, the caldari jamming cruiser.

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DaalBaak
Seatec Astronomy
#9 - 2011-10-11 15:14:19 UTC

POS- Player Owned Starbase/station
RR- Remote Repping
Repping- Repairing
HiSec- High security space 0.5-1.0
LowSec- Low security space 0.1-0.4
NullSec- 0.0 space
Truesec- not real versed in this...nullsec has various levels of "nullness" going into negative values.
Newb/newbie- a player with less than 30-days experience in-game
Noob/n00b- any player with more than 30 days experience, but is inexperienced in some particular aspect of the game (or is perceived to be, based on conduct)
Bot/botting- use of scripts or applications to automate gameplay. EULA violation and bannable
RMT- Real Money Transaction. Trading in-game items or services for real world currency. EULA violation and bannable
Mekhana
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2011-10-11 16:12:25 UTC
rax= thorax
ruppie= rupture
mega= megathron
baddon= abaddon
geddon= armageddon
apoc=apocalypse
guard=guardian
DD=daredevil
dram=dramiel
vex= vexor
hype=hyperion
domi=dominix
scorp=scorpion
thanny= thanathos
harb=harbringer
hob=hobgoblin
proph=prophecy
cane=hurricane
phoon=typhoon
pest=tempest
mach=machariel
mael=maelstrom
cerb=cerbeus
kit=kitsune
ranis=taranis
dread=dreadnaught
angel cartel
serp=serpentis
ham=heavy assault missile
torp=torpedo
prot=proteus

Here's a few I can be arsed to type down.

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Salpun
Global Telstar Federation Offices
Masters of Flying Objects
#11 - 2011-10-11 17:47:17 UTC
The Wikipedia is a great resource, and will be updated soon with a new search function and better linking pages.
I attached the link to the glossary, which while large includes all the terms you need to know. Clinking on the links both in the document and at the bottom of the page will provide the information you are looking for.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Glossary Big smile

If i dont know something about EVE. I check https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/ISK_The_Guide

See you around the universe.
Flyinghotpocket
Small Focused Memes
Ragequit Cancel Sub
#12 - 2011-10-14 06:38:03 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
I'm bored and on a lot of pain meds and caffeine. Let's give this a whirl...

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General game terms
burn towards ____ = get to said location as quickly as possible.
point = warp disruptor
scram = warp scrambler
blob = any fleet bigger than yours
gang = any fleet you are a part of that doesn't have a douchy FC
MWD = Microwarpdrive
nano [insert ship here] = any ship that makes generous use of Nanofiber Internal Structures to have superior mobility
brick [insert ship here] = any ship (usually armor) that loads on as much EHP as possible at the cost of mobility
hero [insert ship here] = a ship that forgoes tanking ability in favor of pure DPS in a general combat situation, a ship that survives a heavy combat situation with minimal tanking ability, see: "hero tanking"

anyone want to add to that? Big smile

^^^^
Slaves = Minmatar militia pilots
blob = random mix of ships
fleet = generally a fleet of the same ships
bail = gtfo
d-scan = commonly used in finding somebody in your system "i got him on d-scan at the sun" *gang/fleet enters warp to gank said ship*
booster alt = meaning he has an alt that never does combat, only sits somewhere giving ganglink boosting to his fleet members. "his loki booster is in system GTFO"

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