what is meep?

**______________Korant** · Nov 30th, 2003, 04:36:07

kk.

L23 fixer on rk2 - i knew u wanted to know.

i searched all over but cant find an exact definition of what a meep is. no, i did not search back to day 1, i figured some other new fixer MUST have asked the q. im thinking its either a grid acces thing or an evac.

can someone straighten me out before i embarass (spell?) myself ingame when someone mentions it and i look at them like their head is a sugar doughnut?

ta...

**______________Maenos** · Nov 30th, 2003, 05:30:09

well, i don't totally know what you're talking about, but the word "meep" brings to mind the Roadrunner (is that one word or two?) from Looney toons (i think that's spelled right. Been a while since i've seen it).

But then again, i might be waaaay off the mark on that.

**TotalPhreak** · Nov 30th, 2003, 05:53:27

As far as I can tell is a variation of "eep!" which is a nice way of expressing an extreme emotion such as joy, fear or excitement. =D

**______________Korant** · Nov 30th, 2003, 06:03:58

i thought about the roadrunner thing too. my siblings watched tv almost all the time.

never thought of the eep thing, tho.

from what i gather from the hundreds of posts ive read that mention it, it is a way of getting away quickly. i just dont know if that means running away quickly, gridding away, or what.

fixes and finding-the-thruth...

**ADRJunkie** · Nov 30th, 2003, 07:45:47

As far as I can tell, "meep" is just a short way of saying take us to the grid.

**Jorji-** · Nov 30th, 2003, 09:10:35

meep is any sort of evac.

Docs. nts and traders all call their travel nanos meeps as well.

**Kiisu** · Nov 30th, 2003, 10:13:37

Meep is originally the evac that has a short casting time. Every other evac just does not have enough speed to be a real meep

**_______________Hydeo** · Nov 30th, 2003, 16:52:03

what

**Cypher** · Nov 30th, 2003, 17:29:15

Jorji and Kiisu are explaining it perfectly for those people who know what it is

"Meep" is a term that refers to the short-cast grid nanos like Emergency Vector Tap. These nanos will put the team in the grid almost instantaneously. This is used as an "evac" (when you or your team is in trouble, this can be used to send them straight to the grid). It is also used as transport at the end of the mission when people don't want to have to walk down through three floor and fly back out of Broken Shores to get to the grid.

The term "meep" indeed derives from the RoadRunner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons in America. When the RoadRunner is about to take off at super-high speeds (ie escape), he always says "Meep meep!," hence the origin of the term. Hope this clears things up!

**______________Korant** · Nov 30th, 2003, 21:22:14

thnx ppl!

my knowledgebase is expanded.

in my notes, i classified the fast casting grid nanos as evacs, and the slow casting ones as grid.

can hardly wait to get L40. wanna take the dive sooo bad.

fixes and meeps...

**FireC** · Nov 30th, 2003, 21:53:21

Never heard of it used for evacs or grid so far, and I've played since day one. o.0 I myself use it as a sort of a hello/i'm here, and have since way before AO.

I play on RK1 so I assume it is RK2 specific thing.

**______________Korant** · Nov 30th, 2003, 22:13:18

Originally posted by peekaboo
Never heard of it used for evacs or grid so far... ...I play on RK1 so I assume it is RK2 specific thing.

mbe so.

fixes and terminology...

**xyboc** · Dec 1st, 2003, 00:33:11

meep = Meepmeep! clan Fixer on RK1 :P

**Jorji-** · Dec 1st, 2003, 00:34:38

The first time I heard the team say "meep" I said eh? For me it wasnt a fixer started term (course it may have been) but rather the other professions introduced me to it.

Interesting that its a RK2 term though. what do the RK1'ers say before they grid off fast?

**Jorji-** · Dec 1st, 2003, 00:40:39

ah beaten... meepmeep instead of meep... either your all real fast typers... or you have that macro'ed

**FireC** · Dec 1st, 2003, 01:29:34

When I grid off fast I say "gridding" or possibly nothing, depends how fast we need to get out of the place

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**Layartic** · Dec 1st, 2003, 01:51:09

I say hold onto your pea shooters

but then again, I'm usually pretty drunk when I play

**Racquel** · Dec 1st, 2003, 03:58:01

Originally posted by peekaboo
Never heard of it used for evacs or grid so far, and I've played since day one. o.0 I myself use it as a sort of a hello/i'm here, and have since way before AO.

I play on RK1 so I assume it is RK2 specific thing.

It is a RK2 thing. Odd isnt it, that parlance evolves on one server and not the other?

Anyways, I have a fixer on RK2 that can meep, which is where I first heard the term. Ive actually started using it occasionally, though I still use the traditional RK1 "gridding" term predominantly.

The evolution of language is always fascinating.

**______________Korant** · Dec 1st, 2003, 08:30:19

interesting...

**kaghelion** · Dec 1st, 2003, 11:06:07

I think the "meep! meep!" word should be thrown out as a final insult at your enemies when you evac out and deprive them of another kill point for their next title. Ie at the battle field and arena when your opponent is sure that you're going to die and is already looking forward to looting your dead body.
Meep! Meep!

If you're a fan of Calvin and Hobbes you might say "KA-PING!" when you throw up your Nullity Sphere.

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