Post by Bloodstone on Jul 17, 2013 10:06:32 GMT -6
This will be an ever growing glossary of slang, lingo, abreviations and acronyms used by our community.
We'll be leaving this thread unlocked, so feel free to ask about any term you see cropping up in game or on the forums that might confuse you. Once we have an agreed upon definition, we'll gladly add it to the OP.
- BS and the A-Team
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3+2+1: A pledge of gems for a competition, meaning three gems to the winner, two to the runner up, and one for the participant after the runner up.
Aloha Spirit: Aloha is the Hawaiian term for peace (as well as affection, compassion and mercy). The Aloha Spirit is the guiding principle of our community: overwhelming goodwill, and witty humour, profound grace and compassion blended with the spice of relentless taunts." Aloha is also our modding term for "please calm down" on those rare occasions when a discussion gets heated or personal attacks occur.
Apoc: Apocalypse Dragon
A-Team: The moderator/admin staff of THE DragonVale Community. Also known as the Forum Team, the Mod Squad and The Loops (ie Lemmy and the Loops). Go here and say hello.
Average Fail Time: A calcualted average of how long a fail for a particular combo might take. As this is only an average, any given fail may take more or less time. This is one method that allows one to estimate the value of any given combo. A lower average fail time is better, as it will allow one to try again for their target dragon(s) more quickly.
Base Breeding Time: How long it takes to produce an egg in the Breeding Cave or EBI. This time can often give us clues as to what dragon we have before we even see the egg. But don't get too excited. You still need to put the egg in the nursery for a like amount of time before you can hatch it, display it or sell it.
Basic Dragon: An alternate term for Primary Dragons.
BFS: Back Flip Studios, the creators of the games we are here to discuss.
BMD: Blue Moon Dragon
Boost: Available in the Market in the Buildings section starting at level 12. Boosts provide a +20% DC/min bonus to dragons of the correct element, but impose a -20% DC/min penalty to dragons of the Opposite Element. There can be a lot of strategy and math that goes into this. Read more here.
BS: Abbreviation for Bloodstone, the Android loving mad mod of the DV Community and the genius behind the living lexicon. [Editor's Note: no one of any import has ever referred to BS as "the mad mod". Also, for an alleged genius, he has terrible grammar and spelling] [BS's Note: Who asked you?]
Cave, The: Where the magic happens! A term for both the Breeding Cave and Enchanted Breeding Cave
Combo: The combination of two dragons necessary to produce a target dragon. Some dragons are more flexible than others and can be produced with many different combos. Others have a combo that is partially or fully locked, meaning one or both parent dragons are required to produce the target dragon.
Cool Kid: A title awarded for a variety of reasons. Including but not limited to: members of the original exodus from the Forum That Shall Not Be Named, A-Team members (both past and present), being really awesome. [BS's Note: To borrow a phrase from Groucho Marx "I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member."] [Editor's Note: You... don't actually realize what you've just said, do you? You're just trying to sound sophisticated.] [BS's Notes: You've figured me out. Okay, help me save face here! Perhaps I should have quoted something from Harpo or Karl instead?] [Editor's Note: ...just shut up while you're ahead.]
Crown: feeding a dragon up to level 20 (the current cap). So called for the animated gold crown that appears over a dragons heads once it reaches level 20.
DC: Dragon Cash. The coins our dragons earn so that we can buy more dragons and stuff. [Editor's Note: should we defines this "stuff" of which you speak?] [BS's Note: No, everyone knows what stuff is dummy]
Doctor: Double Rainbow Dragon. Derived from the abbreviation DR, which is similar to the abbreviation "Dr." used for doctors
DQ/DQed: - Disqualify/Disqualified. Typically occures when one is caught breaking the LAST CALL COMPETITION rules and have to be excused from the competition. Not to be confused with the Dairy Queen, a purveyor of fast food, soft serve ice cream and other frozen treats. [BS's Note: Do you think Cold type dragons fancy ice cream?] [Editor's Note: You don't want to know what I think...]
DV: DragonVale [Editor's Note: You're telling me they know what "stuff" is, but couldn't figure out what DV meant? Really?]
EBC: Enchanted Breeding Cave. Also known as "The Cave".
EBI: Epic Breeding Island. Also known as "The Island"
EBS: Epic Breeding Sanctuary. Also, also known as "The Island". [Editor's Note: ::facepalm:: ]
Epic Dragon: A rare type of dragon. Unlike normal hybrids, Epic Dragons do not share the basic elements of their parent dragons. Instead, they have epic elements types: Apocalypse, Gemstone, Moon, Olympus, Rainbow, Seasonal, Sun and Treasure. As a result Epic Dragons can only be placed in appropriate Epic Habitats, are unaffected by boosts, can only breed with dragons of the same epic element and can only reach level 10. Some Epic Dragons have multipe epic elements. While Gemstone Dragons are considered a type of Epic Dragon, they have addition restrictions.
Fabulously Gay Idea: forum slang for good idea. The explanation for it's genesis can be found here.
Fail: Breeding any dragon other than your target dragon. Not always a bad thing, especially if the fail in question is some other dragon that you need or desire.
FB: Facebook. [Editor's Note: a social network on the internet where people can connect with friends and look at pictures of cats. You may have heard of it. It's kind of a thing.] It's also very important to Android and Kindle DragonVale players, as it allows them to backup their parks online and connect with one another to visit parks or exchange gems. As FB isn't platform specific, it is the only way that Android, Kindle and iOS players can play together.
Food: a common term for the Treats we feed to our dragons. [BS's Note: The editor is an insufferable troll. Do not feed the trolls] [Editor's Note: You know, I read everything you write. It's what you pay me to do.]
FOYed: the act of putting a dragon in the Fountain Of Youth, often with the intention of making a Turbo Baby.
FR: Friend Request. Unlike real life, where you can just go out and "make freinds", on FB and GC, you will need to request them. Once you send a FR, you will need to wait patiently for your potential future pal to acept. Then you can visit each others parks and send each other gems. [BS's Note: Requesting freinds is the superior method of friendship aquisition. Do NOT attempt to "make friends". Doing so turned out quite poorly for Dr Frankenstien and, as we all know, those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it...] [Editor's Note: Frankenstein was a work of fiction! A literary masterpiece with no basis in reality. You can't be doomed to repeat a history that never happend!]
Gem Shower: a community effort to provide gems to a forum member that is struggling to get one or more limited dragons. For more info, go here
GCID: Game Center ID, which is ones username on the Game Center social gaming service. Game Center allows players to backup their parks online, connect with one another to visit parks or exchange gems, compare rankings and show off achievements. Game Center is exclusive to iOS players. [Editor's Note: Removed angsty complaints from BS about his lack of a GCID] [BS's Note: I would never say such a thing. This is slander!][Editor's Note: Actually, this is a printed medium, so it's libel.]
Gild: The act of turning a Shrine from Silver to Gold, either by raising 50 dragons of the correct element from level 10 to level 15 or by spending gems.
GN: Gizmonauts. Another BFS game similar to DV in many ways and currently exclusive to iOS. [BS's Note: The Editor is ajerk really hoppy frood]
Golden Hybrid: a secondary set of hybrid dragons, so named for the golden markings found on their eggs. . Examples include the Pepper Dragon and the Forest Dragon. See also here
GOly: Gold Olympus Dragon
Grammar Borg: the alias of our Admin, Myke. The nickname, coined by Bliss here, is a reference to both his vast love of the wordy things never being used in not right ways and his countries sordid history with the Weapon X program.
HC: Hibernation Cave, a place where you can keep spare dragons and fine wines [Editor's Note: not to be confused with whines. See below]
Hybrid Dragons: Dragons with two or more elements.
Island, The: a term for both the Epic Breeding Island and Epic Breeding Sanctuary. [Editor's Note: Doesn't the magic happen here too?] [BS's Note: I didn't want to get repetitive...] [Editor's Note: Too late for that. By now they have certainly noticed the cut n' paste and incessant self quoting] [BS's note: ...I hate you...]
Koala: forum slang for luck, particularly of the good variety. You can read more about it here.
Last Call: a competition where the winner is determined by being the last person to breed the target dragon, usually a permanent rare or epic dragon The "I HATE (but really want...)" contest was a similar format, but was only held for the original twelve Gemstone Dragons. For an example of the rules, click here.
LC: Abbreviation for Liquidc0urage, who should be taunted when whining just isn't doing the job.
Limited Dragon: Any dragon that is only available for a limited amount of time, oftentimes coinciding with a specific season, month, astrological event, holiday... or really anything else that suits the Wizards fancy. This term encompass a large variety of Hybrid, Epic and Gemstone Dragons. Check out this awesome thread so you can plan ahead. [Editor's Note: Another self plug? Have you no shame?] [BS's Note: Sh-aim? Never heard of it, but if you give me a definition I'll add it to the Lexicon.]
LYD: Leap Year Dragon
Oly: a reference to the three main Olympus Dragons. Typically written as Bronze Oly, Silver Oly or Gold Oly.
OP: Original Post [Editor's Note: Oh, that was SO HELPFUL!] [BS's Note: Just remember Editor, you can be fired... and then eaten. We have dragons you know!] [Editor's Note: Aren't they all herbivores? I swear I read that you feed them nothing but fruits and veggies. I think I'll take my chances.]
Opposite Dragons: Currently, a set of eight dragons that can only be bred by combining a Primary Dragon with a Hybrid Dragon containing its Opposite Element.
Opposite Elements: Elements that naturally oppose one another:
Plant <> Metal
Earth <> Air
Fire <> Cold
Lightning <> Water
Light <> Dark
This is good stuff to know when setting up Boosts or trying to breed Opposite Dragons.
Oreo: Ouroboros dragon. Also known as the O, the Big O, the OB, the OoobieWoobie and probably countless other misspellings. [Editor's Note: I'm amazed you spelled it correctly at all] [BS's Note: I have spell check!] [Editor's Note: ...could have fooled me...]
P5: Poppy Proof Predicament Prevention Plan. Read about it here. [Editor's Note: I see no evidence that the term P5 was EVER used before now. I think you are making this all up.][BS's Note: Am not! I just can't link to it because of where the conversation took place!] [Editor's Note: In your head?]
Panlong Strategy: breeding many Panlong Dragons in an effort to maximize a parks DC earning. Previously there were two major variants, the Panlong Waterpark Strategy and Panlong Earthpark Strategy, but changes to the game have altered it somewhat. This is a high maintenance strategy that requires the park to be checked hourly. The current iteration of the strategy is a variation of the old Earthpark Strategy and is explained in bit more detail here.
Pixie Dust: A reference to the magic dust in Disney’s Peter Pan, it is believed that A-Team member Pixie's well wishes contain a disproportionat amount of Koala for someone so small. Shouting "PIXIE DUST!!!" is akin to saying "Wish me luck". [BS's Note: Pixie claims that the dust is made by wizards and involves baby bunnies and bambi's eyelashes
So don't try thumping her on the bottom like Tinkerbell to try and get more, you greedy little wombats! Also, be aware that Pixie Dust is dangerous stuff, especially if you leap off a building expecting to fly. You will not. At best, you may fall with style.] [Editor's Note: If she ever reads this, you're going to need all the Pixe Dust in the world to survive...]
PM: Private Message. Users are able to send secret messages to one another using the forum software. [Editor's Note: You should probably tell them a more about it] [BS's Note: You're right... um... I suppose it's a bit like passing a note in class. Only without the risk of your English teacher intercepting it, reading it out loud and embarassing you infront of the whole class, including Jenny [REDACTED], the girl of your dreams! [Editor's Note: Not exactly what I meant, but I'll consider it ammo for a later date. Back on topic, if you look up to the right of the DragonVale Community logo, you'll find a link to your Inbox.]
POTM: Post of the Month, a contest we run every month. More details can be found over in the various POTM threadslike this one.
Primary Dragon: The dragons of the ten primary elements: Plant, Fire, Earth, Cold, Lightning, Water, Air, Metal Dark and Light. These can be combined in a variety of ways to produce a large number of Hybrid dragons. However, Primary Dragons of Opposite Elements can not breed directly with one another.
Rainbow/LYD Strategy: breeding many Rainbow Dragons and/or Leap Year Dragons in an effort to maximize a parks DC earnings. You can read about it here, but changes to the game have altered it somewhat since it's inception, especially the introduction of the larger habitats and the Double Rainbow Dragon. This is a low maintenance strategy that requires the park to be checked daily. The current iteration of the strategy is explained in detail elsewhere. [Editor's Note: Link pending.]
RL/IRL: Real Life / In Real Life. The stuff we do between raising dragons and posting on forums about raising dragons. [Editor's Note: How would you know about these things?] [BS's Note: I've been known to get out from time to time!] [Editor's Note: Going to McDonald's to use their free wifi so you can breed and post about dragons hardly qualifies as getting out...]
Reduced Breeding Time: A 20% reduction in Base Breeding Time when using either the EBC or EBS. For example, a dragon with a Base Breeding time of 10 hours will have a Reduced Breeding Time of only 8 hours. [Editor's Note: Could you be more obtuse?!?] [BS's Note: Yes?] [Editor's Note: That wasn't a request. You know what is a request though? You defining "Base Breeding Time"] [BS's Note: Fine, fine... But since the list is alphabetized it's quite unlikely that this conversation will make any sense once they get down here...]
Sandbox, The: The DragonVale Breeding Sandbox, developed by r0b0-tr0n. The place to go to experiment with Combos. [Editor's Note: It's awesome and you should totally check it out.] [BS's Note: For once we agree! Perhaps your'e not such a bad guy after all?]
Shrine Grind: The time consuming and expensive act of gilding all of ones shrines. As of 2/19/2013, we were given the option to gild our shrines by spending gems, which is certainly a faster and arguably easier option. However, if you'd like to do it the old fashioned way, you should check out this thread.
Snoly: the three Olympus type dragons released for the Winter Olympics: Snowy Bronze, Snowy Silver and Snowy Gold. Snoly is used when speaking in general, while BSnoly, SSnoly and GSnoly are used for the specific breeds.
Sparkly/Sparklies: Another term for lovely, precious Gems. [BS’s Note: This was used as a word substitution during the Forums One Year Anniversary Celebration and just kinda stuck around] [Editor’s Note: Why would anyone write “sparkly”? It’s more letters than “gem”!] [BS’s note: Oh hush! Lingo ain’t always done for the sake of expediency. Don’t you get paid by the letter anyhow?] [Editor’s Note: As I was saying, people really should use sparkly more often, to show that they are hip and down with the latest trends…]
Sun/Moon Limiteds Strategy: . Originally known as the Solstice Dragon Strategy, this involves breeding many Solstice, Blue Moon, Lunar Eclipse and/or Solar Eclipse Dragons in an effort to maximize a parks DC earnings. This is a low maintenance strategy that requires the park to be checked daily. The current iteration of the strategy is explained in detail elsewhere. [Editor's Note: Link pending here too. BS is a slacker] [BS's Note: I was wrong. The Editor is still a miserable toe rag] [Editor's Note: I'd be a lot less miserable if you had learnt proper grammer, spelling and punctuation before taking on this endevor. Also, toerag is one word, not two.]
Sweep: The act of collecting DC and Gems from your habitats.
Test Account: a separate DragonVale park used by some players to test combos for new dragons and determine breeding percentages. [Editor's Note: shouldn't you do something useful, like explain how to get a test account?] [BS's Note: no] [Editor's Note: Are you going to explain why?] [BS's Note: no]
Tribrid: A hybrid dragon with three elements.
Turbo Baby: A level 10+ dragon that has been reduced to a juvenile appearance by the Fountain of Youth.
Whine: to come onto the forum and complain about not getting the dragons you want. [Editor's Note: A good way to blow off steam and, if superstition is to believed, one of the better ways of increasing your odds.]
Wiki, The: The DragonVale Wiki, an awesome repository of DV data.
Wizards, The: the game developers that work at BFS.
XP Grind: doing repetitive tasks in game to earn experience quickly in an effort to progress through the levels. Typically involves racing at the Dragon Track.
We'll be leaving this thread unlocked, so feel free to ask about any term you see cropping up in game or on the forums that might confuse you. Once we have an agreed upon definition, we'll gladly add it to the OP.
- BS and the A-Team
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3+2+1: A pledge of gems for a competition, meaning three gems to the winner, two to the runner up, and one for the participant after the runner up.
Aloha Spirit: Aloha is the Hawaiian term for peace (as well as affection, compassion and mercy). The Aloha Spirit is the guiding principle of our community: overwhelming goodwill, and witty humour, profound grace and compassion blended with the spice of relentless taunts." Aloha is also our modding term for "please calm down" on those rare occasions when a discussion gets heated or personal attacks occur.
Apoc: Apocalypse Dragon
A-Team: The moderator/admin staff of THE DragonVale Community. Also known as the Forum Team, the Mod Squad and The Loops (ie Lemmy and the Loops). Go here and say hello.
Average Fail Time: A calcualted average of how long a fail for a particular combo might take. As this is only an average, any given fail may take more or less time. This is one method that allows one to estimate the value of any given combo. A lower average fail time is better, as it will allow one to try again for their target dragon(s) more quickly.
Base Breeding Time: How long it takes to produce an egg in the Breeding Cave or EBI. This time can often give us clues as to what dragon we have before we even see the egg. But don't get too excited. You still need to put the egg in the nursery for a like amount of time before you can hatch it, display it or sell it.
Basic Dragon: An alternate term for Primary Dragons.
BFS: Back Flip Studios, the creators of the games we are here to discuss.
BMD: Blue Moon Dragon
Boost: Available in the Market in the Buildings section starting at level 12. Boosts provide a +20% DC/min bonus to dragons of the correct element, but impose a -20% DC/min penalty to dragons of the Opposite Element. There can be a lot of strategy and math that goes into this. Read more here.
BS: Abbreviation for Bloodstone, the Android loving mad mod of the DV Community and the genius behind the living lexicon. [Editor's Note: no one of any import has ever referred to BS as "the mad mod". Also, for an alleged genius, he has terrible grammar and spelling] [BS's Note: Who asked you?]
Cave, The: Where the magic happens! A term for both the Breeding Cave and Enchanted Breeding Cave
Combo: The combination of two dragons necessary to produce a target dragon. Some dragons are more flexible than others and can be produced with many different combos. Others have a combo that is partially or fully locked, meaning one or both parent dragons are required to produce the target dragon.
Cool Kid: A title awarded for a variety of reasons. Including but not limited to: members of the original exodus from the Forum That Shall Not Be Named, A-Team members (both past and present), being really awesome. [BS's Note: To borrow a phrase from Groucho Marx "I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member."] [Editor's Note: You... don't actually realize what you've just said, do you? You're just trying to sound sophisticated.] [BS's Notes: You've figured me out. Okay, help me save face here! Perhaps I should have quoted something from Harpo or Karl instead?] [Editor's Note: ...just shut up while you're ahead.]
Crown: feeding a dragon up to level 20 (the current cap). So called for the animated gold crown that appears over a dragons heads once it reaches level 20.
DC: Dragon Cash. The coins our dragons earn so that we can buy more dragons and stuff. [Editor's Note: should we defines this "stuff" of which you speak?] [BS's Note: No, everyone knows what stuff is dummy]
Doctor: Double Rainbow Dragon. Derived from the abbreviation DR, which is similar to the abbreviation "Dr." used for doctors
DQ/DQed: - Disqualify/Disqualified. Typically occures when one is caught breaking the LAST CALL COMPETITION rules and have to be excused from the competition. Not to be confused with the Dairy Queen, a purveyor of fast food, soft serve ice cream and other frozen treats. [BS's Note: Do you think Cold type dragons fancy ice cream?] [Editor's Note: You don't want to know what I think...]
DV: DragonVale [Editor's Note: You're telling me they know what "stuff" is, but couldn't figure out what DV meant? Really?]
EBC: Enchanted Breeding Cave. Also known as "The Cave".
EBI: Epic Breeding Island. Also known as "The Island"
EBS: Epic Breeding Sanctuary. Also, also known as "The Island". [Editor's Note: ::facepalm:: ]
Epic Dragon: A rare type of dragon. Unlike normal hybrids, Epic Dragons do not share the basic elements of their parent dragons. Instead, they have epic elements types: Apocalypse, Gemstone, Moon, Olympus, Rainbow, Seasonal, Sun and Treasure. As a result Epic Dragons can only be placed in appropriate Epic Habitats, are unaffected by boosts, can only breed with dragons of the same epic element and can only reach level 10. Some Epic Dragons have multipe epic elements. While Gemstone Dragons are considered a type of Epic Dragon, they have addition restrictions.
Fabulously Gay Idea: forum slang for good idea. The explanation for it's genesis can be found here.
Fail: Breeding any dragon other than your target dragon. Not always a bad thing, especially if the fail in question is some other dragon that you need or desire.
FB: Facebook. [Editor's Note: a social network on the internet where people can connect with friends and look at pictures of cats. You may have heard of it. It's kind of a thing.] It's also very important to Android and Kindle DragonVale players, as it allows them to backup their parks online and connect with one another to visit parks or exchange gems. As FB isn't platform specific, it is the only way that Android, Kindle and iOS players can play together.
Food: a common term for the Treats we feed to our dragons. [BS's Note: The editor is an insufferable troll. Do not feed the trolls] [Editor's Note: You know, I read everything you write. It's what you pay me to do.]
FOYed: the act of putting a dragon in the Fountain Of Youth, often with the intention of making a Turbo Baby.
FR: Friend Request. Unlike real life, where you can just go out and "make freinds", on FB and GC, you will need to request them. Once you send a FR, you will need to wait patiently for your potential future pal to acept. Then you can visit each others parks and send each other gems. [BS's Note: Requesting freinds is the superior method of friendship aquisition. Do NOT attempt to "make friends". Doing so turned out quite poorly for Dr Frankenstien and, as we all know, those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it...] [Editor's Note: Frankenstein was a work of fiction! A literary masterpiece with no basis in reality. You can't be doomed to repeat a history that never happend!]
Gem Shower: a community effort to provide gems to a forum member that is struggling to get one or more limited dragons. For more info, go here
GCID: Game Center ID, which is ones username on the Game Center social gaming service. Game Center allows players to backup their parks online, connect with one another to visit parks or exchange gems, compare rankings and show off achievements. Game Center is exclusive to iOS players. [Editor's Note: Removed angsty complaints from BS about his lack of a GCID] [BS's Note: I would never say such a thing. This is slander!][Editor's Note: Actually, this is a printed medium, so it's libel.]
Gild: The act of turning a Shrine from Silver to Gold, either by raising 50 dragons of the correct element from level 10 to level 15 or by spending gems.
GN: Gizmonauts. Another BFS game similar to DV in many ways and currently exclusive to iOS. [BS's Note: The Editor is a
Golden Hybrid: a secondary set of hybrid dragons, so named for the golden markings found on their eggs. . Examples include the Pepper Dragon and the Forest Dragon. See also here
GOly: Gold Olympus Dragon
Grammar Borg: the alias of our Admin, Myke. The nickname, coined by Bliss here, is a reference to both his vast love of the wordy things never being used in not right ways and his countries sordid history with the Weapon X program.
HC: Hibernation Cave, a place where you can keep spare dragons and fine wines [Editor's Note: not to be confused with whines. See below]
Hybrid Dragons: Dragons with two or more elements.
Island, The: a term for both the Epic Breeding Island and Epic Breeding Sanctuary. [Editor's Note: Doesn't the magic happen here too?] [BS's Note: I didn't want to get repetitive...] [Editor's Note: Too late for that. By now they have certainly noticed the cut n' paste and incessant self quoting] [BS's note: ...I hate you...]
Koala: forum slang for luck, particularly of the good variety. You can read more about it here.
Last Call: a competition where the winner is determined by being the last person to breed the target dragon, usually a permanent rare or epic dragon The "I HATE (but really want...)" contest was a similar format, but was only held for the original twelve Gemstone Dragons. For an example of the rules, click here.
LC: Abbreviation for Liquidc0urage, who should be taunted when whining just isn't doing the job.
Limited Dragon: Any dragon that is only available for a limited amount of time, oftentimes coinciding with a specific season, month, astrological event, holiday... or really anything else that suits the Wizards fancy. This term encompass a large variety of Hybrid, Epic and Gemstone Dragons. Check out this awesome thread so you can plan ahead. [Editor's Note: Another self plug? Have you no shame?] [BS's Note: Sh-aim? Never heard of it, but if you give me a definition I'll add it to the Lexicon.]
LYD: Leap Year Dragon
Oly: a reference to the three main Olympus Dragons. Typically written as Bronze Oly, Silver Oly or Gold Oly.
OP: Original Post [Editor's Note: Oh, that was SO HELPFUL!] [BS's Note: Just remember Editor, you can be fired... and then eaten. We have dragons you know!] [Editor's Note: Aren't they all herbivores? I swear I read that you feed them nothing but fruits and veggies. I think I'll take my chances.]
Opposite Dragons: Currently, a set of eight dragons that can only be bred by combining a Primary Dragon with a Hybrid Dragon containing its Opposite Element.
Opposite Elements: Elements that naturally oppose one another:
Plant <> Metal
Earth <> Air
Fire <> Cold
Lightning <> Water
Light <> Dark
This is good stuff to know when setting up Boosts or trying to breed Opposite Dragons.
Oreo: Ouroboros dragon. Also known as the O, the Big O, the OB, the OoobieWoobie and probably countless other misspellings. [Editor's Note: I'm amazed you spelled it correctly at all] [BS's Note: I have spell check!] [Editor's Note: ...could have fooled me...]
P5: Poppy Proof Predicament Prevention Plan. Read about it here. [Editor's Note: I see no evidence that the term P5 was EVER used before now. I think you are making this all up.][BS's Note: Am not! I just can't link to it because of where the conversation took place!] [Editor's Note: In your head?]
Panlong Strategy: breeding many Panlong Dragons in an effort to maximize a parks DC earning. Previously there were two major variants, the Panlong Waterpark Strategy and Panlong Earthpark Strategy, but changes to the game have altered it somewhat. This is a high maintenance strategy that requires the park to be checked hourly. The current iteration of the strategy is a variation of the old Earthpark Strategy and is explained in bit more detail here.
Pixie Dust: A reference to the magic dust in Disney’s Peter Pan, it is believed that A-Team member Pixie's well wishes contain a disproportionat amount of Koala for someone so small. Shouting "PIXIE DUST!!!" is akin to saying "Wish me luck". [BS's Note: Pixie claims that the dust is made by wizards and involves baby bunnies and bambi's eyelashes
So don't try thumping her on the bottom like Tinkerbell to try and get more, you greedy little wombats! Also, be aware that Pixie Dust is dangerous stuff, especially if you leap off a building expecting to fly. You will not. At best, you may fall with style.] [Editor's Note: If she ever reads this, you're going to need all the Pixe Dust in the world to survive...] PM: Private Message. Users are able to send secret messages to one another using the forum software. [Editor's Note: You should probably tell them a more about it] [BS's Note: You're right... um... I suppose it's a bit like passing a note in class. Only without the risk of your English teacher intercepting it, reading it out loud and embarassing you infront of the whole class, including Jenny [REDACTED], the girl of your dreams! [Editor's Note: Not exactly what I meant, but I'll consider it ammo for a later date. Back on topic, if you look up to the right of the DragonVale Community logo, you'll find a link to your Inbox.]
POTM: Post of the Month, a contest we run every month. More details can be found over in the various POTM threadslike this one.
Primary Dragon: The dragons of the ten primary elements: Plant, Fire, Earth, Cold, Lightning, Water, Air, Metal Dark and Light. These can be combined in a variety of ways to produce a large number of Hybrid dragons. However, Primary Dragons of Opposite Elements can not breed directly with one another.
Rainbow/LYD Strategy: breeding many Rainbow Dragons and/or Leap Year Dragons in an effort to maximize a parks DC earnings. You can read about it here, but changes to the game have altered it somewhat since it's inception, especially the introduction of the larger habitats and the Double Rainbow Dragon. This is a low maintenance strategy that requires the park to be checked daily. The current iteration of the strategy is explained in detail elsewhere. [Editor's Note: Link pending.]
RL/IRL: Real Life / In Real Life. The stuff we do between raising dragons and posting on forums about raising dragons. [Editor's Note: How would you know about these things?] [BS's Note: I've been known to get out from time to time!] [Editor's Note: Going to McDonald's to use their free wifi so you can breed and post about dragons hardly qualifies as getting out...]
Reduced Breeding Time: A 20% reduction in Base Breeding Time when using either the EBC or EBS. For example, a dragon with a Base Breeding time of 10 hours will have a Reduced Breeding Time of only 8 hours. [Editor's Note: Could you be more obtuse?!?] [BS's Note: Yes?] [Editor's Note: That wasn't a request. You know what is a request though? You defining "Base Breeding Time"] [BS's Note: Fine, fine... But since the list is alphabetized it's quite unlikely that this conversation will make any sense once they get down here...]
Sandbox, The: The DragonVale Breeding Sandbox, developed by r0b0-tr0n. The place to go to experiment with Combos. [Editor's Note: It's awesome and you should totally check it out.] [BS's Note: For once we agree! Perhaps your'e not such a bad guy after all?]
Shrine Grind: The time consuming and expensive act of gilding all of ones shrines. As of 2/19/2013, we were given the option to gild our shrines by spending gems, which is certainly a faster and arguably easier option. However, if you'd like to do it the old fashioned way, you should check out this thread.
Snoly: the three Olympus type dragons released for the Winter Olympics: Snowy Bronze, Snowy Silver and Snowy Gold. Snoly is used when speaking in general, while BSnoly, SSnoly and GSnoly are used for the specific breeds.
Sparkly/Sparklies: Another term for lovely, precious Gems. [BS’s Note: This was used as a word substitution during the Forums One Year Anniversary Celebration and just kinda stuck around] [Editor’s Note: Why would anyone write “sparkly”? It’s more letters than “gem”!] [BS’s note: Oh hush! Lingo ain’t always done for the sake of expediency. Don’t you get paid by the letter anyhow?] [Editor’s Note: As I was saying, people really should use sparkly more often, to show that they are hip and down with the latest trends…]
Sun/Moon Limiteds Strategy: . Originally known as the Solstice Dragon Strategy, this involves breeding many Solstice, Blue Moon, Lunar Eclipse and/or Solar Eclipse Dragons in an effort to maximize a parks DC earnings. This is a low maintenance strategy that requires the park to be checked daily. The current iteration of the strategy is explained in detail elsewhere. [Editor's Note: Link pending here too. BS is a slacker] [BS's Note: I was wrong. The Editor is still a miserable toe rag] [Editor's Note: I'd be a lot less miserable if you had learnt proper grammer, spelling and punctuation before taking on this endevor. Also, toerag is one word, not two.]
Sweep: The act of collecting DC and Gems from your habitats.
Test Account: a separate DragonVale park used by some players to test combos for new dragons and determine breeding percentages. [Editor's Note: shouldn't you do something useful, like explain how to get a test account?] [BS's Note: no] [Editor's Note: Are you going to explain why?] [BS's Note: no]
Tribrid: A hybrid dragon with three elements.
Turbo Baby: A level 10+ dragon that has been reduced to a juvenile appearance by the Fountain of Youth.
Whine: to come onto the forum and complain about not getting the dragons you want. [Editor's Note: A good way to blow off steam and, if superstition is to believed, one of the better ways of increasing your odds.]
Wiki, The: The DragonVale Wiki, an awesome repository of DV data.
Wizards, The: the game developers that work at BFS.
XP Grind: doing repetitive tasks in game to earn experience quickly in an effort to progress through the levels. Typically involves racing at the Dragon Track.
