Definitions by Mystikan

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!

Michi 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!

booming by Mystikan March 25, 2004

Weekend Warrior 

1. Army Reservist; part time levy trained in basic Army procedures to be called up in times of war. 2. City boys who snaffle their mother's SUV to go poaching rabbits with their .22s until the farmer comes and blows their tyres with his pump-action 12-gauge.

1. All the regulars were in Iraq, so they called in the weekend warriors to handle the riots downtown last week.

2. Hah, I see the weekend warriors are out tearing up the paddocks again! Where's my damn shottie?

Weekend Warrior by Mystikan February 26, 2004

gully 

Australian term for a small valley or runoff between two hills.

Man, I could've shot that roo easy if it hadn't pissed off up the gully!

gully by Mystikan February 26, 2004

DDOS 

Distributed Denial-Of-Service: Form of electronic attack involving multiple computers, which send repeated HTTP requests or pings to a server to load it down and render it inaccessible for a period of time. Often used by freedom fighters on the Internet, usually attacking the systems of greedy corporations who want to sacrifice YOUR freedom for their profits.

Man, the RIAA got DDOSed again last Saturday! That's the third time this month! Maybe soon we'll have those kidraping fuckers off the 'net for good!

DDOS by Mystikan February 26, 2004

greed 

n. 1. The defining characteristic of human nature. 2. The desire to own or control more resources than others.

Greed is not merely "I want more". Greed is "I want more than everybody else". Thus the majority of people are forcibly kept poor because if everyone had a million dollars, a loaf of bread would cost a hundred grand.

greed by Mystikan January 15, 2004

fifth wheel

n. Person who accompanies two (or more) couples in a social situation, who does not have a partner of his or her own. Often the fifth person's attendance is encouraged by one of the well-meaning but ignorant female partners, who may feel sorry for the lonely person, but will inevitably ignore them once the lovemaking starts. It carries the connotation that the fifth person is often an unneccesary and unwelcome addition to the scene in these conditions. Derived from "the fifth wheel of a car", which needing only four wheels to run, has no need of a fifth.

"Jim and Sue, Mike and Sally invited me to come camping with them, but I refused as I would only have been the fifth wheel on my own!"

fifth wheel by Mystikan January 1, 2004