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[Thomas Covenant]

Mime Alliance, "A resource for non voice mercs to find their kin", Est. 3050.
So you use text to communicate? Seems like everyone wants you to get on a voice program, but you can't, or have your reasons you'd rather not?

Welcome brother, sister.

Consider this a portal to find others that, like you, do not use voice, or don't feel like doing so.

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
-61st Prime Minister, WINSTON CHURCHILL

MIME ALLIANCE GOALS
•Help you find players that are not using voice(either long or short term, doesn't matter)
•Create a language, refine it, and apply it. We will borrow from pug shorthand to start, we will also try to refine that and improve on it.

(see our dictionary below)

As I see it Mime Alliance is a resource for anyone to access, rather than strictly merc corp. You may see it differently if you wish.

Everyone is an equal member of Mime Alliance. This is not be confused with 'positions' needed to facilitate the alliance, and support is always appreciated. Really your rank can only be determined by how well you can mime talk.

Edited by Thomas Covenant, 27 May 2013 - 08:29 PM.

[Thomas Covenant]

MIME DICTIONARY MK 20130526TC said:

Spoiler

As this information can become dated quickly, if I have stopped updating it see if there is a newer version provided by someone else.

beginner

These words you are expected to know even as a trial or introductory member of MA. These are words you will be exposed to from pugging or the forums fairly quickly.

Spoiler

key= combat related, mime talk, abbv(abbreviation) refined for quick use; advanced

## high priority ##

pug: 1. a person who is playing by themselves. 2. a group of people, all randomly put on a team together. origin: 'pick up group'.
drop: 1. adj. when you are joining a match of MechWarrior Online. 2. a premade group joins a match.
mwo: 1 MechWarrior Online. this game, which is a part of the MechWarrior series of games based in the BattleTech universe.
premade: 1. a group of 8 or 12 players that are intentionally playing together. 2. a group of 2, 3, or 4 players playing together.

roger: acknowledging information.ex: "I'm going to cap" "roger"; "Go left" "Roger". Abbv: rgr, ok, k
cap: 1. assault mode capture square, usually in reference to the enemy's.
base: 1. assault mode capture square belonging to your team. 2. return to base, defend it from being captured, usually said in general to anyone available unless specified. Abbv: bs
lrm: long range missiles.
help ## (help C3, help J7): under fire and need assistance. the player may be unsuited or overwhelmed. Abbv: help, hp Alt. help [cause] ex. help lite
scout: 1. to track the enemy or otherwise obtain information on the battlefield, away from the main group. 2. a mech capable of preforming this task.
scouting: informative statement of intention to scout. Abbv: sc
light: a light class mech. generally characterized by being small and fast with the least firepower. Abbv: lite
medium
a light class mech. generally characterized by
lance: groups of four players. there are 3 lances per team(for 12 versus 12). in game you can see who is in your lance from their names at the top left of your screen, and by the teal markers over their heads, rather than blue for the rest of your team. the advantages of lances are a private chat system accessed by pressing 'u' then typing, also the coordinated are conveniently displayed for other lance mates in the top left box.
## less priority ##

gg: good game, great game. 1. said at the official or inevitable conclusion of a match, if the battle was close or enjoyable. 2. said at end of end of match, regardless.

glhf: good luck and have fun.

standard quick reference shorthand

rgr: 'roger'; affirmative, understood.

b: busy, can't respond.

intermediate

Terms that are important but may not be consistent in pugging.

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tA (tB, tC, tD, tE, ect.) target(attack) enemy mech with the corresponding identifying letter. Alt. A, B, C, D ect.

ooa: out of ammo. the player has no more ballistic or missile based ammo. they may have functioning laser weapons, although it is usually implied they do not. see 'no weapons'.

advanced

It is recommended you test to see if your teammates know these abbreviations by using them in low intensity situations or asking them directly.

Spoiler

A, B, C, D ect. : target mech of given designation.

bs: base

sc: scouting

thank you for suggestions and updates to this terminology compendium, it is an ever renewing project.

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MIME ALLIANCE said:

Feel free to post shorthand not listed in our dictionary you feel would be beneficial to the alliance: trending words or your own inventions.

MIME ALLIANCE said:

If you would like to be a part of a contact list just say so. This will be a list of people that anyone can add in game to play with. If you'd rather be PM'd here first we'll make a note of it for you.

CONTACT LIST
- BE THE FIRST TO SIGN UP!
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Edited by Thomas Covenant, 02 June 2013 - 10:51 PM.