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SoC People to bug on IRC

2009-03-19T02:18:39Z

Dfranke: /* Daniel Franke (dfranke) */

== People to bug on IRC ==
We have prepared a list of people with their "area of competence". This is to give you an idea on which areas those people can be of help for you. Of course you should always just ask in the IRC chan, but those are the most likely ones to answer questions in the respective area. And here is the list:

=== boucman ===
As our "patch monkey" he accustomed to critiquing patches of every kind. Beside this, he knows many areas of the game due to working on applying patches. He is particularly used to answering question from new coders, and doesn't mind explaining trivial stuff. He was the one who started the "two patches, you're in" policy and the ReferenceWML part of the project.

=== Daniel Franke (dfranke) ===
Daniel is the devteam's most recent addition, and has been primarily concerned with security auditing. Bug him <i>privately</i> if you think you've found a security issue.

=== Dave alias Sirp ===
Sirp started Wesnoth and is our lead developer. He is currently our C++ expert and is also the one that is working on the new Formula AI. Any questions regarding the formula AI should be directed to him.

=== Elias Pscherning (elias) ===
He wrote the original version of campgen and as such will know a lot about what is needed to to make such an editor work correctly. The work on a scenario editor might be based upon campgen and as such his knowledge will be really helpful.

=== Eric S. Raymond (ESR) ===
ESR is our project toolsmith; he has written several tools that semi-automate various aspects of WML maintenance. While most of our developers/designers concentrate on either the C++ core or WML but not both, he has a balanced understanding of both levels and may be helpful in helping students develop a grasp of the overall architecture. Finally, he did the last overhaul of the Wesnoth UI and understands UI design principles; he is well-equipped to guide students working in that area.

=== ilor ===
2008 GSoC student, worked on and maintains the new map editor in Wesnoth 1.5/1.6. Has some fairly recent experience with getting "in" the Wesnoth codebase.

=== Karol Nowak (grzywacz) ===
Last year he participated at GSoC as a student, so he will understand the situation of GSoC students. Beside this he is our top expert on embedded devices, and is actively working on the gp2x support.

=== Mordante ===
Many of the possible projects involve the code for which he is an area expert. Also, many of the possible projects currently listed on the ideas page require GUI parts to work. Mordante is currently busy rewriting the old gui engine, he will be our expert there as well as already being our area expert for the terrain engine.

=== Nils Kneuper (Ivanovic) ===
He is doing nothing special, he just does some "administrative work" like packaging fresh tarballs when it is time for them and works on setting up any kind of deadlines and timetables related to releasing. He has administrative powers in most areas, no matter if website, forum or IRC. Beside this he uploads translation updates, tries to communicate with the translation teams when it is required and translates a little bit himself every now and then. But in general he is not a real expert in anything, just has a look at things that come up and redirects people to the correct contacts.

=== Noy ===
Noy is an oddity among developers; he's got no coding skills whatsoever and possesses a limited understanding of computers, which is illustrated by his difficulty operating a Mac. Instead, Noy makes his contribution in gameplay and multiplayer design, drawing upon his background in social sciences research, military strategy and playing games online, to understand the effects of development on the playing community behavior. Along with Soliton, Noy is a useful conduit to discuss any issues in this area; just don't ask him about revising the level of randomness in the game.

=== Noyga ===
Another versatile developer, on the C++ side he doesn't concentrate on a particular area, did some tweaks to improve translations in some languages (like enabling the female forms for names in various place) but know quite well the C++ side of units, abilities and WML. On the WML side he's an expert.

=== Sapient ===
This developer started working on the GUI and widgets, but recently he focused more on improving the internal mechanics of the WML engine such as variable look-ups and filtering. Sapient is not very active anymore but he does come one IRC in the evenings (U.S.A.). He has touched-up many areas of the code in small ways over time, thus he has a good general knowledge of the C++ code and also has worked a little on some python maintenance scripts. He keeps an eye on the quality of incoming C++... especially if you plan on making any changes to GUI or WML, Sapient will be reviewing it closely and with a critical eye.

=== Shadow Master/ShikadiLord ===
He joined the development team very recently, but has enough knowledge to help newcomers with trivial questions about the code and/or the C++ language. His primary focuses are the various WML handlers, such as game events code. His knowledge of the WML language itself is also enough to answer most questions and solve most problems, but only if they are not related to multiplayer games. He also has some basic knowledge of the autotools machinery we use to configure Wesnoth for foreign computers.

=== Soliton ===
He knows our MP server setup best. Beside this he has already done a lot of work on the MP server himself. So he probably has most knowledge about it and, being one of our MP-developers, might provide important help from the perspective of the MP player community and what is needed there.

=== YogiHH or Piotr Cychowski (cycholka) ===
Since they are the two developers who know most about building under Windows, they will probably be really helpful. Either if the student comes from the Windows side, or to help test resulting work to make sure that it does work on Windows and, for the case that it does not, to show them where problems are.

=== zookeeper or Mythological or Rhuvaen ===
As our leading WML experts those are to be contacted when it comes to anything related WML problems since they know this stuff best. They do maintain most of the campaigns and improve them whenever they have a good idea for changes.

=== See also ===
[[SummerOfCodeIdeas|Summer of Code Ideas]] - The root where all information regarding SoC is (or better should be) linked from.

[[Category:Summer of Code]]

SoC People to bug on IRC

2009-03-19T02:15:50Z

Dfranke: Added myself

== People to bug on IRC ==
We have prepared a list of people with their "area of competence". This is to give you an idea on which areas those people can be of help for you. Of course you should always just ask in the IRC chan, but those are the most likely ones to answer questions in the respective area. And here is the list:

=== boucman ===
As our "patch monkey" he accustomed to critiquing patches of every kind. Beside this, he knows many areas of the game due to working on applying patches. He is particularly used to answering question from new coders, and doesn't mind explaining trivial stuff. He was the one who started the "two patches, you're in" policy and the ReferenceWML part of the project.

=== Daniel Franke (dfranke) ===
Daniel is the devteam's most recent addition, and has been primarily concerned with security auditing. Bug him if you think you've found a security issue.

=== Dave alias Sirp ===
Sirp started Wesnoth and is our lead developer. He is currently our C++ expert and is also the one that is working on the new Formula AI. Any questions regarding the formula AI should be directed to him.

=== Elias Pscherning (elias) ===
He wrote the original version of campgen and as such will know a lot about what is needed to to make such an editor work correctly. The work on a scenario editor might be based upon campgen and as such his knowledge will be really helpful.

=== Eric S. Raymond (ESR) ===
ESR is our project toolsmith; he has written several tools that semi-automate various aspects of WML maintenance. While most of our developers/designers concentrate on either the C++ core or WML but not both, he has a balanced understanding of both levels and may be helpful in helping students develop a grasp of the overall architecture. Finally, he did the last overhaul of the Wesnoth UI and understands UI design principles; he is well-equipped to guide students working in that area.

=== ilor ===
2008 GSoC student, worked on and maintains the new map editor in Wesnoth 1.5/1.6. Has some fairly recent experience with getting "in" the Wesnoth codebase.

=== Karol Nowak (grzywacz) ===
Last year he participated at GSoC as a student, so he will understand the situation of GSoC students. Beside this he is our top expert on embedded devices, and is actively working on the gp2x support.

=== Mordante ===
Many of the possible projects involve the code for which he is an area expert. Also, many of the possible projects currently listed on the ideas page require GUI parts to work. Mordante is currently busy rewriting the old gui engine, he will be our expert there as well as already being our area expert for the terrain engine.

=== Nils Kneuper (Ivanovic) ===
He is doing nothing special, he just does some "administrative work" like packaging fresh tarballs when it is time for them and works on setting up any kind of deadlines and timetables related to releasing. He has administrative powers in most areas, no matter if website, forum or IRC. Beside this he uploads translation updates, tries to communicate with the translation teams when it is required and translates a little bit himself every now and then. But in general he is not a real expert in anything, just has a look at things that come up and redirects people to the correct contacts.

=== Noy ===
Noy is an oddity among developers; he's got no coding skills whatsoever and possesses a limited understanding of computers, which is illustrated by his difficulty operating a Mac. Instead, Noy makes his contribution in gameplay and multiplayer design, drawing upon his background in social sciences research, military strategy and playing games online, to understand the effects of development on the playing community behavior. Along with Soliton, Noy is a useful conduit to discuss any issues in this area; just don't ask him about revising the level of randomness in the game.

=== Noyga ===
Another versatile developer, on the C++ side he doesn't concentrate on a particular area, did some tweaks to improve translations in some languages (like enabling the female forms for names in various place) but know quite well the C++ side of units, abilities and WML. On the WML side he's an expert.

=== Sapient ===
This developer started working on the GUI and widgets, but recently he focused more on improving the internal mechanics of the WML engine such as variable look-ups and filtering. Sapient is not very active anymore but he does come one IRC in the evenings (U.S.A.). He has touched-up many areas of the code in small ways over time, thus he has a good general knowledge of the C++ code and also has worked a little on some python maintenance scripts. He keeps an eye on the quality of incoming C++... especially if you plan on making any changes to GUI or WML, Sapient will be reviewing it closely and with a critical eye.

=== Shadow Master/ShikadiLord ===
He joined the development team very recently, but has enough knowledge to help newcomers with trivial questions about the code and/or the C++ language. His primary focuses are the various WML handlers, such as game events code. His knowledge of the WML language itself is also enough to answer most questions and solve most problems, but only if they are not related to multiplayer games. He also has some basic knowledge of the autotools machinery we use to configure Wesnoth for foreign computers.

=== Soliton ===
He knows our MP server setup best. Beside this he has already done a lot of work on the MP server himself. So he probably has most knowledge about it and, being one of our MP-developers, might provide important help from the perspective of the MP player community and what is needed there.

=== YogiHH or Piotr Cychowski (cycholka) ===
Since they are the two developers who know most about building under Windows, they will probably be really helpful. Either if the student comes from the Windows side, or to help test resulting work to make sure that it does work on Windows and, for the case that it does not, to show them where problems are.

=== zookeeper or Mythological or Rhuvaen ===
As our leading WML experts those are to be contacted when it comes to anything related WML problems since they know this stuff best. They do maintain most of the campaigns and improve them whenever they have a good idea for changes.

=== See also ===
[[SummerOfCodeIdeas|Summer of Code Ideas]] - The root where all information regarding SoC is (or better should be) linked from.

[[Category:Summer of Code]]

Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

2008-02-25T22:22:00Z

Dfranke: and another one.

Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.



== Names of Mainline Campaigns and Scenarios ==

*AoI - "An Orcish Incursion"
*DiD - "Descent into Darkness"
*EI - "The Eastern Invasion"
*HttT - "Heir to the Throne"
** BoP - "Bay of Pearls"
** DD - "Dwarven Doors"
** HotNE - "Home of the North Elves"
** IotD - "Isle of the Damned"
** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth"
** SoE - "Siege of Elensefar"
** SoF - "Scepter of Fire"
** TotC - "Test of the Clans"
** VoD - "Valley of Death"
*NR - "Northern Rebirth"
*SoF - "Sceptre of Fire"
*SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye"
*TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers"
*THoT - "The Hammer of Thurgasan"
*TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth"
*TSG - "The South Guard"
*UtBS - "Under the Burning Suns"

== Unofficial Campaigns ==

*FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
*IftU - "Invasion from the Unknown" (campaign name)
*LoW - "Legend of Wesmere" (campaign name)
*SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)

== Unit Names ==

*bird - usually Gryphon Rider/Master (knaglans), or occasionally a Falcon or Eagle Rider from the [[Extended Era]] Aragwaith and Kalifa factions.
*DA - Dark Adept (undead)
*fish - Merman (loyalists or rebels) or Naga Fighter (northerners)
*gunner - Dwarvish Thunderer/Thunderguard/Dragonguard (knaglans)
*HI - Heavy Infantryman (loyalists)
*MoL - Mage of Light (loyalists or rebels)
*Ulf - Dwarvish Ulfserker (knaglans)
*WC - Walking Corpse (undead)
*zombie - Walking Corpse

== Other, Wesnoth-specific ==

*AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
*AoH - Age of Heroes
*BfW - Battle for Wesnoth (the name of the game)
*BWH - Been suggested before. We think it's a good idea. Hope to add it eventually.
*CABD - Can Already Be Done, e.g., you can already create custom unit abilities via WML.
*CtH - Chance to Hit (also C2H)
*CtBH - Chance to Be Hit (also C2BH)
*CtK - Chance to Kill (also C2K)
*CtBK - Chance to Be Killed (also C2BK)
*EP - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum
*FoW - Fog of War (i.e. fog)
*FFA - Free For All (playing a map with >2 players without teams)
*FPI - Frequently Posted Idea (read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1158|FPI Post] from the Ideas Forum)
*HANE—EtH - Hexes Are Not Evil - Embrace the Hex
*HAPMA - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across - http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1882
*HP - Hit points
*IIRWIIR - It Is Ready When It Is Ready
*KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid: Applies to coding, not game rules (although indirectly it does): see [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*MP - Multiplayer or Movement Points
*N3T - No 3-Teams; A belief stating that contests between three equal and opposing forces are inherently unbalanced
*OAB - Options Are Bad; In reference to gameplay, not user interface options. Mostly used by Turin. See also [[FrequentlyProposedIdeas]] (idea #1)
*OFWRA - Old Flame War Revival Alert; In other words, we have discussed this before and have no interest in discussing it again, especially if it got ugly
* OOS - Out Of Synch - an error generated by Wesnoth. OOS errors occur when game data for one player is different/incompatible from the others
*RiPLIB - Reduction in Power when Levelling Is Bad: means that when a unit upgrades, at least one of its options should be strictly superior to the original unit. [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1423 Reference 1] / [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7205 Reference 2]
*RPG - Role Playing Game - [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385 1)] Wesnoth's experience system. <nowiki>2)</nowiki> An "RPG-style" game on the MP server means the primary focus will be walking your leader-units through a scripted storyline involving map exploration and lots of WML.
*SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
*ToD - Time of Day
*TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*UMC - User Made Campaign or User Made Content (any add-on not packaged with Wesnoth)
*WICOT - WML is capable of this (the requested feature is already possible to script, so no need to hard-code it in C++)
*WINR - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic
*WIN_ - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, a wargame, a war simulation, etc.)
*WML - Wesnoth Markup Language: [[ReferenceWML]]
*XP - Experience
*ZoC - Zone of Control

== General Acronyms ==

*AFaICT - As Far as I Can Tell (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AFaIK - As Far as I Know (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AfK - Away from the Keyboard
*ASaP - As Soon as Possible
*BRB - Be Right Back
*BtW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
*EV - Expected Value
*FYI - For Your Information
*GtG - Got to Go
*IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
*IMO - In My Opinion
*LTNS - Long Time No See
*OMG - Oh My God
*OT - Off Topic: can refer either to the forum category (http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or to spam
*OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
*RotFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing; also RoFL
*RNG - Random Number Generator
*RtFM - Read the F***ing Manual
*RTS - Real Time Strategy Game - as opposed to a turn-based game like Wesnoth
*SVN - Subversion -- the bleeding-edge up-to-the-minute current version of Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]] ([[What_Is_SVN]])
*TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game, like Wesnoth

[[Category:World of Wesnoth]]

Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

2008-02-25T22:21:30Z

Dfranke: Remove a duplicate

Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.



== Names of Mainline Campaigns and Scenarios ==

*AoI - "An Orcish Incursion"
*DiD - "Descent into Darkness"
*EI - "The Eastern Invasion"
*HttT - "Heir to the Throne"
** BoP - "Bay of Pearls"
** DD - "Dwarven Doors"
** HotNE - "Home of the North Elves"
** IotD - "Isle of the Damned"
** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth"
** SoE - "Siege of Elensefar"
** SoF - "Scepter of Fire"
** TotC - "Test of the Clans"
** VoD - "Valley of Death"
*NR - "Northern Rebirth"
*SoF - "Sceptre of Fire"
*SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye"
*TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers"
*THoT - "The Hammer of Thurgasan"
*TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth"
*TSG - "The South Guard"
*UtBS - "Under the Burning Suns"

== Unofficial Campaigns ==

*FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
*IftU - "Invasion from the Unknown" (campaign name)
*LoW - "Legend of Wesmere" (campaign name)
*SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)

== Unit Names ==

*bird - usually Gryphon Rider/Master (knaglans), or occasionally a Falcon or Eagle Rider from the [[Extended Era]] Aragwaith and Kalifa factions.
*DA - Dark Adept (undead)
*fish - Merman (loyalists or rebels) or Naga Fighter (northerners)
*gunner - Dwarvish Thunderer/Thunderguard/Dragonguard (knaglans)
*HI - Heavy Infantryman (loyalists)
*MoL - Mage of Light (loyalists or rebels)
*Ulf - Dwarvish Ulfserker (knaglans)
*WC - Walking Corpse (undead)
*zombie - Walking Corpse

== Other, Wesnoth-specific ==

*AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
*AoH - Age of Heroes
*BfW - Battle for Wesnoth (the name of the game)
*BWH - Been suggested before. We think it's a good idea. Hope to add it eventually.
*CABD - Can Already Be Done, e.g., you can already create custom unit abilities via WML.
*CtH - Chance to Hit (also C2H)
*CtBH - Chance to Be Hit (also C2BH)
*CtK - Chance to Kill (also C2K)
*CtBK - Chance to Be Killed (also C2BK)
*EP - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum
*FoW - Fog of War (i.e. fog)
*FFA - Free For All (playing a map with >2 players without teams)
*FPI - Frequently Posted Idea (read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1158|FPI Post] from the Ideas Forum)
*HANE—EtH - Hexes Are Not Evil - Embrace the Hex
*HAPMA - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across - http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1882
*HP - Hit points
*IIRWIIR - It Is Ready When It Is Ready
*KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid: Applies to coding, not game rules (although indirectly it does): see [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*MP - Multiplayer or Movement Points
*N3T - No 3-Teams; A belief stating that contests between three equal and opposing forces are inherently unbalanced
*OAB - Options Are Bad; In reference to gameplay, not user interface options. Mostly used by Turin. See also [[FrequentlyProposedIdeas]] (idea #1)
*OFWRA - Old Flame War Revival Alert; In other words, we have discussed this before and have no interest in discussing it again, especially if it got ugly
* OOS - Out Of Synch - an error generated by Wesnoth. OOS errors occur when game data for one player is different/incompatible from the others
*RiPLIB - Reduction in Power when Levelling Is Bad: means that when a unit upgrades, at least one of its options should be strictly superior to the original unit. [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1423 Reference 1] / [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7205 Reference 2]
*RPG - Role Playing Game - [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385 1)] Wesnoth's experience system. <nowiki>2)</nowiki> An "RPG-style" game on the MP server means the primary focus will be walking your leader-units through a scripted storyline involving map exploration and lots of WML.
*SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
*ToD - Time of Day
*TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*UMC - User Made Campaign or User Made Content (any add-on not packaged with Wesnoth)
*WC - Walking Corpses
*WICOT - WML is capable of this (the requested feature is already possible to script, so no need to hard-code it in C++)
*WINR - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic
*WIN_ - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, a wargame, a war simulation, etc.)
*WML - Wesnoth Markup Language: [[ReferenceWML]]
*XP - Experience
*ZoC - Zone of Control

== General Acronyms ==

*AFaICT - As Far as I Can Tell (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AFaIK - As Far as I Know (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AfK - Away from the Keyboard
*ASaP - As Soon as Possible
*BRB - Be Right Back
*BtW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
*EV - Expected Value
*FYI - For Your Information
*GtG - Got to Go
*IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
*IMO - In My Opinion
*LTNS - Long Time No See
*OMG - Oh My God
*OT - Off Topic: can refer either to the forum category (http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or to spam
*OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
*RotFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing; also RoFL
*RNG - Random Number Generator
*RtFM - Read the F***ing Manual
*RTS - Real Time Strategy Game - as opposed to a turn-based game like Wesnoth
*SVN - Subversion -- the bleeding-edge up-to-the-minute current version of Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]] ([[What_Is_SVN]])
*TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game, like Wesnoth

[[Category:World of Wesnoth]]

Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

2008-02-25T21:06:58Z

Dfranke:

Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.



== Names of Mainline Campaigns and Scenarios ==

*AoI - "An Orcish Incursion"
*DiD - "Descent into Darkness"
*EI - "The Eastern Invasion"
*HttT - "Heir to the Throne"
** BoP - "Bay of Pearls"
** DD - "Dwarven Doors"
** HotNE - "Home of the North Elves"
** IotD - "Isle of the Damned"
** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth"
** SoE - "Siege of Elensefar"
** SoF - "Scepter of Fire"
** TotC - "Test of the Clans"
** VoD - "Valley of Death"
*NR - "Northern Rebirth"
*SoF - "Sceptre of Fire"
*SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye"
*TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers"
*THoT - "The Hammer of Thurgasan"
*TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth"
*TSG - "The South Guard"
*UtBS - "Under the Burning Suns"

== Unofficial Campaigns ==

*FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
*IftU - "Invasion from the Unknown" (campaign name)
*LoW - "Legend of Wesmere" (campaign name)
*SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)

== Unit Names ==

*bird - usually Gryphon Rider/Master (knaglans), or occasionally a Falcon or Eagle Rider from the [[Extended Era]] Aragwaith and Kalifa factions.
*DA - Dark Adept (undead)
*fish - Merman (loyalists or rebels) or Naga Fighter (northerners)
*gunner - Dwarvish Thunderer/Thunderguard/Dragonguard (knaglans)
*HI - Heavy Infantryman (loyalists)
*MoL - Mage of Light (loyalists or rebels)
*Ulf - Dwarvish Ulfserker (knaglans)
*WC - Walking Corpse (undead)
*zombie - Walking Corpse

== Other, Wesnoth-specific ==

*AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
*AoH - Age of Heroes
*BfW - Battle for Wesnoth (the name of the game)
*BWH - Been suggested before. We think it's a good idea. Hope to add it eventually.
*CABD - Can Already Be Done, e.g., you can already create custom unit abilities via WML.
*CtH - Chance to Hit (also C2H)
*CtBH - Chance to Be Hit (also C2BH)
*CtK - Chance to Kill (also C2K)
*CtBK - Chance to Be Killed (also C2BK)
*DA - Dark Adept (a unit from the Undead faction)
*EP - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum
*FoW - Fog of War (i.e. fog)
*FFA - Free For All (playing a map with >2 players without teams)
*FPI - Frequently Posted Idea (read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1158|FPI Post] from the Ideas Forum)
*HANE—EtH - Hexes Are Not Evil - Embrace the Hex
*HAPMA - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across - http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1882
*HP - Hit points
*IIRWIIR - It Is Ready When It Is Ready
*KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid: Applies to coding, not game rules (although indirectly it does): see [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*MP - Multiplayer or Movement Points
*N3T - No 3-Teams; A belief stating that contests between three equal and opposing forces are inherently unbalanced
*OAB - Options Are Bad; In reference to gameplay, not user interface options. Mostly used by Turin. See also [[FrequentlyProposedIdeas]] (idea #1)
*OFWRA - Old Flame War Revival Alert; In other words, we have discussed this before and have no interest in discussing it again, especially if it got ugly
* OOS - Out Of Synch - an error generated by Wesnoth. OOS errors occur when game data for one player is different/incompatible from the others
*RiPLIB - Reduction in Power when Levelling Is Bad: means that when a unit upgrades, at least one of its options should be strictly superior to the original unit. [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1423 Reference 1] / [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7205 Reference 2]
*RPG - Role Playing Game - [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385 1)] Wesnoth's experience system. <nowiki>2)</nowiki> An "RPG-style" game on the MP server means the primary focus will be walking your leader-units through a scripted storyline involving map exploration and lots of WML.
*SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
*ToD - Time of Day
*TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*UMC - User Made Campaign or User Made Content (any add-on not packaged with Wesnoth)
*WC - Walking Corpses
*WICOT - WML is capable of this (the requested feature is already possible to script, so no need to hard-code it in C++)
*WINR - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic
*WIN_ - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, a wargame, a war simulation, etc.)
*WML - Wesnoth Markup Language: [[ReferenceWML]]
*XP - Experience
*ZoC - Zone of Control

== General Acronyms ==

*AFaICT - As Far as I Can Tell (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AFaIK - As Far as I Know (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AfK - Away from the Keyboard
*ASaP - As Soon as Possible
*BRB - Be Right Back
*BtW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
*EV - Expected Value
*FYI - For Your Information
*GtG - Got to Go
*IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
*IMO - In My Opinion
*LTNS - Long Time No See
*OMG - Oh My God
*OT - Off Topic: can refer either to the forum category (http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or to spam
*OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
*RotFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing; also RoFL
*RNG - Random Number Generator
*RtFM - Read the F***ing Manual
*RTS - Real Time Strategy Game - as opposed to a turn-based game like Wesnoth
*SVN - Subversion -- the bleeding-edge up-to-the-minute current version of Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]] ([[What_Is_SVN]])
*TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game, like Wesnoth

== See Also ==

* [[WesnothAcronyms(alphabetic)|Wesnoth Acronyms (alphabetic)]] - common wesnothian acronyms explained

[[Category:World of Wesnoth]]

Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

2008-02-25T21:06:04Z

Dfranke: Cleaned up and brought up-to-date

Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.



== Names of Mainline Campaigns and Scenarios ==

*AoI - "An Orcish Incursion"
*DiD - "Descent into Darkness"
*EI - "The Eastern Invasion"
*HttT - "Heir to the Throne"
** BoP - "Bay of Pearls"
** DD - "Dwarven Doors"
** HotNE - "Home of the North Elves"
** IotD - "Isle of the Damned"
** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth"
** SoE - "Siege of Elensefar"
** SoF - "Scepter of Fire"
** TotC - "Test of the Clans"
** VoD - "Valley of Death"
*NR - "Northern Rebirth"
*SoF - "Sceptre of Fire"
*SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye"
*TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers"
*THoT - "The Hammer of Thurgasan"
*TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth"
*TSG - "The South Guard"
*UtBS - "Under the Burning Suns"

== Unofficial Campaigns ==

*FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
*IftU - "Invasion from the Unknown" (campaign name)
*LoW - "Legend of Wesmere" (campaign name)
*SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)

== Unit Names ==

*bird - usually Gryphon Rider/Master (knaglans), or occasionally a Falcon or Eagle Rider from the [[Extended Era]] Aragwaith and Kalifa factions.
*DA - Dark Adept (undead)
*fish - Merman (loyalists or rebels) or Naga Fighter (northerners)
*gunner - Dwarvish Thunderer/Thunderguard/Dragonguard (knaglans)
*HI - Heavy Infantryman (loyalists)
*MoL - Mage of Light (loyalists or rebels)
*Ulf - Dwarvish Ulfserker (knaglans)
*WC - Walking Corpse (undead)
*zombie - Walking Corpse

== Other, Wesnoth-specific ==

*AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
*AoH - Age of Heroes
*BfW - Battle for Wesnoth (the name of the game)
*BWH - Been suggested before. We think it's a good idea. Hope to add it eventually.
*CABD - Can Already Be Done, e.g., you can already create custom unit abilities via WML.
*CtH - Chance to Hit (also C2H)
*CtBH - Chance to Be Hit (also C2BH)
*CtK - Chance to Kill (also C2K)
*CtBK - Chance to Be Killed (also C2BK)
*DA - Dark Adept (a unit from the Undead faction)
*EP - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum
*FoW - Fog of War (i.e. fog)
*FFA - Free For All (playing a map with >2 players without teams)
*FPI - Frequently Posted Idea (read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1158|FPI Post] from the Ideas Forum)
*HANE—EtH - Hexes Are Not Evil - Embrace the Hex
*HAPMA - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across - http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1882
*HP - Hit points
*IIRWIIR - It Is Ready When It Is Ready
*KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid: Applies to coding, not game rules (although indirectly it does): see [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*MP - Multiplayer or Movement Points
*N3T - No 3-Teams; A belief stating that contests between three equal and opposing forces are inherently unbalanced
*OAB - Options Are Bad; In reference to gameplay, not user interface options. Mostly used by Turin. See also [[FrequentlyProposedIdeas]] (idea #1)
*OFWRA - Old Flame War Revival Alert; In other words, we have discussed this before and have no interest in discussing it again, especially if it got ugly
* OOS - Out Of Synch - an error generated by Wesnoth. OOS errors occur when game data for one player is different/incompatible from the others
*RiPLIB - Reduction in Power when Levelling Is Bad: means that when a unit upgrades, at least one of its options should be strictly superior to the original unit. [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1423 Reference 1] / [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7205 Reference 2]
*RPG - Role Playing Game - [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385 1)] Wesnoth's experience system. <nowiki>2)</nowiki> An "RPG-style" game on the MP server means the primary focus will be walking your leader-units through a scripted storyline involving map exploration and lots of WML.
*SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
*TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth
*ToD - Time of Day
*TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*UMC - User Made Campaign or User Made Content (any add-on not packaged with Wesnoth)
*WC - Walking Corpses
*WICOT - WML is capable of this (the requested feature is already possible to script, so no need to hard-code it in C++)
*WINR - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic
*WIN_ - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, a wargame, a war simulation, etc.)
*WML - Wesnoth Markup Language: [[ReferenceWML]]
*XP - Experience
*ZoC - Zone of Control

== General Acronyms ==

*AFaICT - As Far as I Can Tell (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AFaIK - As Far as I Know (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*AfK - Away from the Keyboard
*ASaP - As Soon as Possible
*BRB - Be Right Back
*BtW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
*EV - Expected Value
*FYI - For Your Information
*GtG - Got to Go
*IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
*IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
*IMO - In My Opinion
*LTNS - Long Time No See
*OMG - Oh My God
*OT - Off Topic: can refer either to the forum category (http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or to spam
*OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
*RotFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing; also RoFL
*RNG - Random Number Generator
*RtFM - Read the F***ing Manual
*RTS - Real Time Strategy Game - as opposed to a turn-based game like Wesnoth
*SVN - Subversion -- the bleeding-edge up-to-the-minute current version of Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]] ([[What_Is_SVN]])

== See Also ==

* [[WesnothAcronyms(alphabetic)|Wesnoth Acronyms (alphabetic)]] - common wesnothian acronyms explained

[[Category:World of Wesnoth]]