Mystikan's definitions

googleblatted

Term used to describe the failure of a Web server due to overload as a result of being linked to from a popular website, such as Google. The archetypal example was when the University of Swinbourne's web server crashed after Google linked its logo to it in February 2004. Millions of people clicked on the link, flooding the university's servers and forcing them to shut down. The term carries the additional connotation that highly popular sites such as Google wield considerable political power in this manner.

The University of Swinbourne's fractal website went down for nearly a week when it was first googleblatted and then slashdotted two days later.

by Mystikan March 25, 2004

fcuk

Fashion/Apparel company that used a contrived acronym (French Connection United Kingdom) to allow them to create a logo that looked like a common expletive at first glance. A typical example of the desperate and murky depths to which modern marketing vermin will sink to make a buck.

Anyone who buys fcuk gear is a brainwashed cretin who falls for pathetic marketing ploys.

by Mystikan March 25, 2004

fucking bastard

George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John Howard, and all the other warmongering fucking bastard leaders of the Coalition Of The Killing.

Howard Hitler is a fucking bastard.

by Mystikan March 25, 2004

Michi

In Real-Time Strategy games, notably Age of Empires, a type of game map that uses impassable terrain (usually forest) to prevent players from rushing or coming into contact until the intervening terrain is cleared. Such maps teach bad RTS gaming habits to new players, as they prevent the development of rapid-response early game skills and encourage reckless booming.

There's so many Michi maps on the AOE servers these days that you can't have a decent game any more!

by Mystikan March 25, 2004

booming

In Real-Time Strategy games, the practice of building up a massive attacking force without actually attacking while building up. The resulting huge army is then hurled against an enemy with the intention of destroying them in one fell swoop. However, this tactic invariably fails against experienced players, since an area-attack weapon (like an Onager) can often flatten the whole invading army at a stroke. This then leaves the booming player open to unopposed retaliatory attacks.

MegaLlama tried booming on me, but I wiped his whole army with one Seige Onager and then razed his TC in less than 3 minutes! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

by Mystikan March 25, 2004

spawnrape

v. In FPS computer games, to hide near enemy spawn points killing players as soon as they appear, usually because one lacks playing skills or has an exceptionally weak ego.

If you spawnrape on this server, you will be kicked.

by Mystikan December 30, 2003

p2p

n. System of filesharing popularized after the shutdown of Napster by greedy bigots who failed to realize that the Internet has finally leveled the playing field.

Thousands of P2P networks sprang up after Napster was shut down by the Righteous Indignant Assholes Association.

by Mystikan December 30, 2003