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Mythisms

Mythisms - A Myth dictionary of Myth terms about Myth. This page was pulled off of The Dagger of the Wight web site and has its origins in a post found on the comp.sys.mac.games.strategic newsgroup.

Archer Deluxe
Ghols' favorite snack. - Anon
Engholfed
A group of ranged units are overcome by Ghols. - Anon
Enthralled
A Trow completely surrounded by Thrall. - Matt Liebhold
Gerkin
Alternate name for a Wight. (Like a pickle, but smellier.) - Halcyon
Kenny
Alternate name for a Wight. (When someone kills your Wight prematurely, you cry, "Hey, they killed Kenny! You bastards!!" - Norsemanski
Mad Trow Disease
A serious infection of the main body of your army that causes contusions, an outbreak of red spots, acute disorientation, a loss of strength and eventually death. It has no known cure. - Case
Mythappropriated
When a team captain takes all the warriors, and gives his teammate all the archers, and they head in seperate directions. - HeghmoH
Mythcommunication
A team game where the team captain forgets to assign units or indicate strategy. - Matt Liebhold
Mythdemeanor
Leaving a group of men illegally parked, and unattended, in a Wight zone. - Anon
Mythdirection
Watching newcomers try to get their troops moving together in formation. - John Haywood
Mythed
When you've almost started a game on bungie.net, only to be disconnected right before the battle begins. - The Vulch
Mythform
Putting together a formation on a hill only to find they don't make a nice hollow circle facing the enemy! - John Haywood
Mything Gholie
When the flag is wide open in a Capture the Flag game. - Unknown
Mything in Action
When you find one of your units, for example, an Archer, standing all by himself in some distant corner of the map because he was chased there by a Thrall, who's body you'll invariably find nearby, and whom you completely forgot about in the heat of battle. - The Vulch
Mythjudged
When an enemy Wight is a wee bit closer than you thought. - HeghmoH
Mythmanagement
Having a Wight in the middle of a pack of Thrall when charging the hill and having him get shot by enemy Archers. - Matt Liebhold
Mythplaced
What a Dwarf's cocktail is when it lands in his own troops. - HeghmoH
Mythstake
Forgetting to controll your Dwarves around your own troops. - Matt Liebhold
Mythtaken
When a subordinate heads the wrong way in a team game. - Bastian
Mythtery Fantasy Theater 300
The art of making sarcastic wisecracks during a net game, which of course show up while replaying a saved film, giving the whole thing a very similar feel to MST3K. - The Vulch
Stealth Bomber
Balin on the Sons of Myrgard level. - Tyr
UnconTrowllable
Trying to command a rabid Trow in the throes of mayhem. - Lophan
UnMythtakeable
Characteristic of a 3D feature in Myth that you won't be seeing in any Warcraft, C&C clone or the like game. - Lophan
Whight Christmas
When a unsepecting whight comes down the "chimney," blows up some archers, and it "snows" body parts for 5 minuntes. - SKA976SK8
Wight Out
What happens when you've successfully decimated an entire column of men with a well timed Wight attack. - The Vulch
Wight Wash
Clearing large spaces of beautifully rendered 3D landscape with a green explosive undead walking corpse. - Forrest Cameranesi
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