THE POPULOUS BIBLE
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