Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

2010-07-19T10:48:36Z

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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"
*DM - "Delfador's Memoirs"
*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"
*LoW - "Legend of Wesmere"
*NR - "Northern Rebirth"
*SoF - "Sceptre of Fire"
*SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye"
*TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers"
*THoT - "The Hammer of Thursagan"
*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)
*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)
* frog - a Saurian, especially "magic frog" for an Augur
*gobo - An affectionate, if somewhat derogatory term for the Goblin Spearman
*gunner - Dwarvish Thunderer/Thunderguard/Dragonguard (knaglans)
*HI - Heavy Infantryman (loyalists)
*MoL - Mage of Light (loyalists or rebels)
*pyro - Unit in the Drake Burner line
*Ulf - Dwarvish Ulfserker (knaglans)
*WC - Walking Corpse (undead)
*zombie - Walking Corpse

== Other, Wesnoth-specific ==

*AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
*AoH - Age of Heroes
*BfM - Battle for Meridia
*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
*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
* PoD - Paths of Daggers, the name of a 2v2 multiplayer map.
*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.
*SLF - [[StandardLocationFilter]]
*SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
*SUF - [[StandardUnitFilter]]
*ToD - Time of Day
*TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*UAPEB -Units Are Possibly Entire Battalions
*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
*AI - Artificial Intelligence (An 'AI side' is a side controlled by the computer)
*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
*IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean (A statement seeking agreement)
*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

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