From: William Hindmarch [hindmarc@stu.beloit.edu] Sent: Tuesday, 24 February, 1998 23:27 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Blue Planet Slang > Hey everybody, its been way too quite around here lately. What's up? Are you > all too busy writing entries for the Archipelago contest??? ; ) Actually? Yes. :) To be honest I have only run a small amount of BP sessions thus far. The upcoming Dairyland story ("In The Drink") will be the most detailed yet, for me. But in the course of running my home-brew sci-fi game (which runs a lot like BP in scale, but not in setting) we've come up with a couple of terms which might do BPers well, especially for those operating in the military/utilitarian vein. DESMANDO A lost contact or target. E.g. a fighter pilot or police detective is pursuing a mark through a crowd or asteroid field (non-respectively) and loses him. (Development? Well, actually, The Fugitive. As Marshall Gerrard is unpeeling Kimble's fake ID he says "Desmando Jose Luis? Were you at Desmando?" It's a stretch, but it's one of the common slang terms to come up.) SNEEZE To let go of all a craft's hard kill weapons (missiles, torpedoes, what have you) at once, normally in an escape or last-breath effort. WISEGUY A smart missile or torpedo. Also; any hard kill weapon with exceptional tracking capabilities. TAKING ON SPACE Sure it doesn't actually happen, but this is a hull breech on a space craft. As in "we're taking on space." FIREBREATHER Any round of explosive ammunition. I'm sure I can think of more, but it's late, and I'm sleepy. I've been up late working on this Archipelago submission. :) wil *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: BIOHZD@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, 24 February, 1998 20:50 To: blue_planet@MPGN.COM Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - Blue Planet Slang Hello, hello...is this thing on? Hey everybody, its been way too quite around here lately. What's up? Are you all too busy writing entries for the Archipelago contest??? ; ) In the interests of increasing list traffic I thought I would share a thought that's been hanging out in the back of my cluttered mind. During the production of Blue Planet we had planned to include a glossary to common terms and slang of 2199, especially those unique to Poseidon. You know, like the few slang words that managed to sneak into the final BP - Dillon for GEO Marshals, Chimp for unmodified humans, popsicle for unlucky spacefarers, etc. For several reasons we decided against it, but mostly because there was a lack of realistic terms. Slang and such is derived though everyday interaction and word usage, and can sound terribly contrived if it is arbitrarily forced into existence - know what I mean "Chummer"? IMO the best way for slang to be created in a game is though the course of play. Creation is more natural that way, and the words sound cooler and more realistic as a result. Well anyway, my thought is to post some of the slang that has come out of recent BP sessions here at Biohazard, and to encourage any and all of you to post slang, terms, or otherwise cool BP words that may have come up in your games. I know there are some Internationals on this list, and I would be particularly interested in seeing some of the slang you may have come up with - translated of course ; ). Post away all, and if we get enough we'll make a special page on the website where we can permanently collect a glossary. Thanks, Jeff Barber Biohazard Games Here is some of the better slang from our recent BP games: INA (long i, short a) This is the Hawaiian word for land, and is in fact one of the islands in the New Hawaii cluster. Used in the native vernacular the word is a semi-derogatory term for any non-native. BAGGIE This is the general term used for a sort of digestible balloon that can be filled with any of a variety of intoxicants and subsequently consumed by partying cetaceans. FLOATER Besides the obvious reference to a waterlogged corpse, this term is also used to refer to drifters, urchins and other waterworld vagrants. LAVORG This in an abbreviation of Lavender Organics. WELCOME WATER A term native cetaceans use to describe the seawater they habitually spit on newcomers to Poseidon. The act is as inexplicable as cetacean humor, but tradition has it that it helps fade The Spots faster, though there is no medical evidence supporting the claim. QUERY This is a general term for any type of signal either sent by or directed towards a cybernetic trode, jack or uplink jack. BWC This is the abbreviation commonly used when referring to the Blue Water Circle eccoterrorist organization. SCHOOL(ING) This term describes people hanging out, working together or otherwise acting in close association. WATER A term among natives referring to personal courage, daring and/or honor - as in "he has a lot of water to stand up for her like that after what she did to him". *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Jim Heivilin [ccbanzai@showme.missouri.edu] Sent: Saturday, 07 February, 1998 13:02 To: blue_planet@mpgn.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Archipelago On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Adriano Tassini wrote: >This list is little quiet latally. > I noticed that and wondered if the server was having problems again. Since I dropped the Trav list I don't have that additional feedback. >Is Archipelago available by now or not yet? > I'm sure Jeff or Greg will respond as they get time but I do know that we are in the final stages. Jeff had to postpone our Red Sky Campaign (see the web site for details) this week to work on it. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Heivilin, ccbanzai@showme.missouri.edu webmaster, Biohazard Games, Inc., http://www.biohazardgames.com "Poseidon, How long can you hold your breath?" 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