A) Character staff handles character applications and upgrades. See board 12 on the MUSH to see what charstaff actually does.
A) TP staff are those that handle running and approving major TPs.
A) Gripe staff are those who handle complaints and problems, and usually pull people aside to talk to them if the need arises, as well as doling out punishments.
A) A news file (which is an archaic term from ages long gone by) is a file which contains basic important information about the MUSH or MUSH rules. Type 'news' to see the index, and follow the instructions to see more. These are very important to read.
A) A TP is a TinyPlot, which is basically a story arc. TinyPlots can be small or huge, and have all sorts of story subject matter.
A) TS is an abreviation for TinySex. TinySex is essentially RPing sexual encounters on the MUSH. TS is not allowed on Multiverse Crisis MUSH; if you want that, it can be had at other MUSHes.
A) A Game Master is an applied-to position to work under TP staff. They are given a large degree of freedom in terms of running their own TPs, but they are also expected to do it regularly.
A) A royalty is a rank of administrator. These are lesser-ranked admin.
A) A wizard is a rank of administrator. These are higher ranked admin.
A) A special wizard controlled by the MUSH director which has special access privledges that no other character has.
A) This is when the charstaff assesses that a character idea will not work without a complete overhaul. It may still be possible to apply for the character but the revisions will likely need to be extreme to even try again. In many cases for most practical purposes the character can't be salvaged. We try to avoid this, but sometimes we need to do this.
A) Being removed from a character or from the MUSH entirely, depending on the situation.
A) Preventing you from connecting from a site ever again. People who circumvent sitebans are usually re-sitebanned in short order.