terminology

This section defines the terms and abbreviations used within this system and/or during loot distribution.

TERM	DEFINITION
Loot	Items considered of value that drop during raids.  Usually from main events, but sometimes from other sources.
Loot Bounty	A collection of items considered of value that drop at an event.  Normally found after successful completion of an event.
Bounty Total	A value derived from total spent DKP on a per target basis.  Used in calculating DKP earnings.
/random	In-game random dice rolling, it can be any range between 0 to 32000.  Freelance uses 0 to 1000 (example: /random 1000).
Real Life Person	This applies to a single person in the real world playing single or multiple characters in-game.  All their characters are considered the same person, even if the person is boxing someone elses character.
FFA	This means "free for all".  In the context of this section, an item called as FFA is open to anyone who wants it without a /random or cost attached.
OPEN	Items tied to a category, that have gone through a first pass for distribution, where no player interest was declared.  These items are still subject to the DKP cost attached.
Last Call	This is done as a last warning call before /randoms are closed for the particular item.
Regular Loot	Items tied to the "LOOT" category, are items that count towards your loot for the night.
DKP	"Dragon Kill Points".  In general this is our system used to quantify loot distribution based on raid participation.  These points are awarded for time spent on our raids, and used as currency to purchase items of value.
Current DKP	An individuals total point pool or holdings.
Mains, Alternates, Bots, Non-Mains	Different forms of character classification.  For the purpose of DKP tracking, these are all considered one and the same, in that they're equal individual entities and tracked as such.
Raid Attendance	An individuals participiation count, that is tracked.
Item Cost	A numerical value attached to an item.