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H.1 Glossary

The following glossary consists on vocabulary or acronyms used on Populous world - both online or offline.

 

w or watch - pay attention (depending on the context, so do not confund it with warrior)

 

w8 - wait

 

inc - incoming

 

sec - wait a second

 

gb - go back

 

gj - good job

 

np - no problem

 

b - refers to the blue colour tribe or player

 

r - refers to the red colour tribe or player

 

y - refers to the yellow colour tribe or player

 

g - refers to the green colour tribe or player

 

rs or cor - reincarnation site or circle of reincarnation

 

click in - in pre-game lobby, set the "ready" option to "yes", so the game can start

 

populous turn - The Populous engine advances the game every turn. A turn lasts 83.3… milliseconds=1/12 of a second on the default speed

 

tvb - top versus bottom (blue and red allied against yellow and green)

 

evo - even vs odd (blue and yellow allied against red and green)

 

ivo - inner vs outer (blue and green allied against red and yellow)

 

gg - good game

 

bg - bad game

 

bs - bullshit

 

bd - backdoor

 

sd or side - sidedoor

 

w or war - warrior (depending on the context, so do not confund it with pay attention)

 

fw - firewarrior

 

troops - units that are not braves or shaman

 

rush - to atack a player early in the game

 

double - two players atacking the same opponent at once

 

stall - send braves to the enemy shaman one by one, in an attempt to slow her down

 

troop - to perform an attack focusing on causing damage by using units as opposed to spells

 

camp - to set up a defensive position, taking advantage of high ground or towers with troops and shaman, where you have light and blast range advantage over the enemy

 

expand - build more, or in case you have no more room, use flatten or landbridges to expand your territory

 

eq - earthquake spell

 

lb - landbridge spell

 

aod - angel of death spell

 

volc - volcano spell

 

arma - armageddon spell

 

tp - teleport spell

 

fs - firestorm spell

 

ms - magical shield spell

 

invi - invisibility spell

 

torn - tornado spell

 

pp - pressure point level

 

fo - face off level

 

cr or cr8 - craters level

 

anp or np - a narrow passage level

 

ds - dead sea level

 

sess - sessrumnir palace level

 

tot - two on two level

 

pop - may refer to population (how many units you have) or can mean populous, so depends on the context

 

mm - matchmaker

 

tut - tutorial

 

nub or noob - newbie, a person who plays bad or is simply new playing the game

 

rm - rematch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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