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* '''Death, Deathi, Deathifier''' = "Zachurm Deathifier Ermergen", the avatar name of David Storey who is the 'owner' of [[Treasure Island]] | * '''Death, Deathi, Deathifier''' = "Zachurm Deathifier Ermergen", the avatar name of David Storey who is the 'owner' of [[Treasure Island]] | ||
* '''DA Manager''' = "Digital Abduction Manager", the avatar that Neverdie Studio hired to be a go between between the studio and various rock groups. He was in charge of various LAs and Booths on Rocktropia. Unfortunately he tried to trade with these assets, which was against Neverdie protocol, which resulted in NDS repossessing the estate deeds DA Manager. This change caused DA Manager, Neverdie Partner to become an ex-Neverdie Partner, i.e. DA M(N) lost his N and is now just one of the damned. | * '''DA Manager''' = "Digital Abduction Manager", the avatar that Neverdie Studio hired to be a go between between the studio and various rock groups. He was in charge of various LAs and Booths on Rocktropia. Unfortunately he tried to trade with these assets, which was against Neverdie protocol, which resulted in NDS repossessing the estate deeds DA Manager. This change caused DA Manager, Neverdie Partner to become an ex-Neverdie Partner, i.e. DA M(N) lost his N association, and is now just one of the damned. | ||
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Abbreviations, acronyms, Entropia Universe specific terms, ...
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A
- AA = Antipodean Army, a Society in Entropia Universe
- Adj = Adjusted - A better than regular version of an item.
- AG = Next Island Ancient Greece
- AFK = Away From Keyboard
- Amethera, after Eudoria the second continent on Calypso
- ANF = Adopt A Newbie Foundation
- AOE = Area Of Effect
- AoW = Art of War; one of the Top 10 Societies in EU (total skill value standing)
- Ark, Arkadia = Planet Arkadia, the fourth planet launched in EU
- Asteroid = In-game object name for Club NEVERDIE
- Asteroid Space Resort = Former in-game object name for Club NEVERDIE
- ATH = All Time High - a list displaying the all time 100 highest loots for the different categories (Hunting, Mining, Manufacturing, Killing Spree, New Items, Reached item tiers).
B
- Beacon; a robot beacon is an item granting access to instances for team operations
- Biodome; Biodomes are large facilities that host whole ecosystems seperated from the original environments at the place. Biodomes can be found on the space locations Club NEVERDIE and Crystal Palace Space Station. Another example is the Zomhattan BioDome on Rocktropia.
- B/O, BO = Buyout - Used in auction sales, and allows the buyer to instantly buy the item instead of having to wait for the auction to run it's course.
- BP = Blueprint
C
- (C) = Customizable, indicates that the item can have custom colors and textures.
- CC = Cape Corinth or Credit Card.
- CE2 = CryEngine2, the current game engine of Entropia Universe
- CG = Calypso Gateway, the area for beginners on Planet Calypso
- CH = Celeste Harbor, hub city on Planet Arkadia
- CL = Client Loader, the software installed on your computer to start and update Entropia Universe
- CND = Club NEVERDIE, in-game name: Asteriod Space Resort
- coords = the coordinates of a location, in the default keybord set you can press P to see the coords of your avatar
- CoS = Chance of Success - the chance of successfully manufacturing an item.
- CP = Crystal Palace Space Station
- CR, CR1, CR2 = Control Room, Control Room 1, Control Room 2, locations on Club NEVERDIE where people revive and meet to trade and chat
- CTD = Crash To Desktop, unexpected crash of a computer program taking the user back to desktop (wikipedia:wikipedia:Crash to desktop)
D
- Death, Deathi, Deathifier = "Zachurm Deathifier Ermergen", the avatar name of David Storey who is the 'owner' of Treasure Island
- DA Manager = "Digital Abduction Manager", the avatar that Neverdie Studio hired to be a go between between the studio and various rock groups. He was in charge of various LAs and Booths on Rocktropia. Unfortunately he tried to trade with these assets, which was against Neverdie protocol, which resulted in NDS repossessing the estate deeds DA Manager. This change caused DA Manager, Neverdie Partner to become an ex-Neverdie Partner, i.e. DA M(N) lost his N association, and is now just one of the damned.
E
- EP = Entropia Planets, the website hosting this wiki
- Entropia Times = EntropiaTimes, a magazine created by EntropiaPlanets.com
- EU = Entropia Universe, the platform of the game/virtual world
- EU-time = Entropia Universe time - the in-game time, equivalent to UTC, (approximate Entropia Universe Time in the moment this page has been rendered: 2024-12-18 09:41:17)
- EULA = End User License Agreement
- EUWBC = Entropia Universe World Boxing Championships
F
- (F) = Female, items with this label can only be worn by female avatars
- FAP = Fast Aid Pack, an item used to heal yourself or others.
- FL = Friend List
- F.O.M.A = mh... cant remember
- FPC = First Planet Company, the company owning and developing Planet Calypso before they have been acquired by SEE VW and renamed to SDS
G
- G2G, g2g, GTG = used in chat for "Got to go"
- GL = Good Luck
- global = Loot worth 50 PED TT or more, message transmitted via th global chat channel
H
- HoF = Hall of Fame - a list displaying the 100 highest loot for the last 24 hours for the different categories (Hunting, Mining, Manufacturing, Killing Spree, New Items, Reached item tiers).
- HP = Health Points or Hit Points
- HTT = Hunt The Thing, a destination on ROCKtropia based on the The Thing (2011 film)
- HUD = HUD (video gaming)
I
- Imp = Improved - A better than adjusted version of an item.
J
- Jasons, JC = Jason Centre, a teleporter on Eudoria
K
- KS = Kill steal, kill stealing, kill stealer; referring to the method of taking more than 50% of a creature's health after it has already been injured by another avatar (most damage gets the loot)
L
- (L) = Limited - indicating that the item un-repairable and has a limited amount of uses before it breaks.
- LA = Land Area - a piece of land that is avatar owned or controlled.
- Lemmys or Lemmy's; the Motörhead Area on Rocktropia
- LG = Land Grab - A PvP event where societies battle against eachother in order to claim land areas and have the right to manage these for a set period of time.
M
- (m) = male, items with this label can only be worn by male avatars
- MA = Mindark PE AB, swedish company behind Entropia Universe (formerly Project: Entropia).
- Marco =
- Marco Behrmann, made a career in Mindark PE AB, FPC and SDS
- Marco (Astrological Sign), a star sign introducec by Entropia Times Magazine
- ME = Mind Essence OR "Mentors Edition" an edition of an item given away for sucessful Mentoring
- MH = Medusa's Head; an Area/Property on Planet Calypso
- Mob = Movable OBject - commonly used word for creatures or other types of enemies one might encounter.
- Mod = Modified - A better than improved version of an item.
N
- NAZ = Newbie Arrival Zone
- ND = NEVERDIE
- NDS = NEVERDIE Studios
- NI = Next Island the third planet launched in EU
- NI Origins = Next Island Origins, an iOS game introducing the Next Island background story
- NPC = Non-Player Character
O
- OJ = Orange Jumpsuit, the clothes new arrivals on Planet Calypso use to wear
- OLA = Outback land area, avatar owned land areas found on Calypso's continent Amethera.
- OP =
- Outpost, remote location with a Revival Terminal and most likely some other terminals but without a Teleporter
- on forums original post/original poster
P
- PA = Port Atlantis, the starting city on Planet Calypso
- Paysafecard = one of the providers/methods to deposit money to EU, wikipedia: Paysafecard
- PCF = Planet Calypso Forum
- PE = Project: Entropia - original name of the Entropia Universe.
- PED = Project Entropia Dollar, the ingame currency. 1PED = $0.10
- PEC = Project Entropia Cent, 1 PEC = 0.01PED
- PK = Player Killer (often PK'er) or Player Kill.
- POI = Point Of Interest
- PSC = Paysafecard, one of the providers/methods to deposit money to EU, wikipedia: Paysafecard
- PvE = Player vs. Environment
- PvP = Player vs. Player or Participant vs. Participant. Most commonly used in the sense of players battling against other players, but also for PvP trade where two players use the trade interface to conduct a trade.
- PvP-area = An area where players can wound and kill each other.
Q
- QR = Quality Rating, an attribute of a Blueprint and important variable for the Chance of Success
R
- RCE = Real Cash Economy, the fact that Entropia Universe' currency PED has a fixed exchange rate of 10:1 with the US Dollar
- Rig, "the rig" = Oil Rig
- RT = ROCKtropia (planet's name) or Rocktropia (name of in-game object)
S
- SC = Shop Container or Swamp Camp
- SDS = SEE Digital Studios (formerly known as First Planet Company), the development studio of SEE Virtual Worlds
- SEE, SEE VW = SEE Virtual Worlds, company who was supposed to created several planets for EU
- SIB = Skill Increase Bonus
- Soc = Society
- Space, well: Space
- stackables, items which be stacked up in inventory, in contrast to unstackable items of which each occupies its space in inventory
- Sweating = Collecting Sweat from creatures
- Swunting = Combination from Sweating and Hunting = killing creatues after sweating them
T
- TI = Treasure Island, the first real estate on Calypso that broke the world record for most expensive virtual object.
- TP = Teleport (can be done either by using the stationary Teleports or by using a teleport chip)
- TT = Trade Terminal is the terminal for selling your loot and for buying basic equipment and commonly used consumables.
- TT-value = Term used to describe somethings base value (not taking Market Value into account). It is the value an item has when sold to the Trade Terminal.
- TW = Theryon Wars, an upcoming planet in Entropia Universe
- Twins = Twin Peaks, a town in Eudoria
U
- Ukash = one of the providers/methods to deposit money to EU, wikipedia: Ukash
- Underworld = a sub-area of Planet Arkadia
- unl, unlimited = unlimited items which are repairable in constrast to limited items which are not usable anymore as soon as they reach their condition limit
- UL = unlimited, items which are repairable in constrast to limited items which are not usable anymore as soon as they reach their condition limit
- UU = Universe United, one of the Top 10 societies considering skills value
V
- Vivo = a series of healing tools originating on Planet Calypso
- VU = Version Update
- VU10 = Version Update 10 - migration from the old Gamebryo engine to the new CryEngine 2; can be considered the most significant VU of Entropia Universe
W
- WB, wb = "Welcome back", used in chat
X
- X-Fire = "a proprietary freeware instant messaging service for gamers" -> wikipedia: X-Fire