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Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

2006-05-25T20:58:42Z

Wintermute: /* Official Campaigns */

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



== Official Campaigns ==

*EI - "The Eastern Invasion" (campaign name)
*HttT - "Heir to the Throne" (campaign name)
** BoP - "Bay of Pearls" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** DD - "Dwarven Doors" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** HotNE - "Home of the North Elves" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** IotD - "Isle of the Damned" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** SoE - "Siege of Elensefar" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** TotC - "Test of the Clans" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** VoD - "Valley of Death" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
*SG - "The South Guard" (campaign name)
*TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth" (campaign name)
*TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers" (campaign name)
*UtBS - "Under the Burning Suns" (campaign name)

== Unofficial Campaigns ==

*FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
*LOW - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name)
*SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)
*SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (campaign name)

== Forum Language ==

*AAU - Allies Are Useless
*AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
*AH - All Hits
*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.
*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)
*CVS - Old term for up-to-date Wesnoth: [[WesnothCVS]]
*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)
*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 - Movement points
*MP - Multiplayer
*MOP - Monster of perfection
*MoL - Mage of Light
*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
*OT - Off Topic: can refer to either the forum (http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or spam
*RIPLIB - Reduction In Power when Leveling 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 - Wesnoth's experience system: http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385
*RTFM - Read The Manual
*RTS - Real Time Strategy Game - not Wesnoth
*SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
*SVN - Term for up-to-date Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]]
*TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth
*TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*UMC - User Made Campaign (any campaign not packaged with Wesnoth)
*WC - Walking Corpses
*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)
*BTW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
*OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
*EV - Expected Value
*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 (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
*NYSPOS - No, you stupid piece of **** (An impolite refutation hidden in an acronym)

== See Also ==

* Enter other resources in here.

Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang

2006-05-25T20:57:35Z

Wintermute: /* Unofficial Campaigns */

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



== Official Campaigns ==

*EI - "The Eastern Invasion" (campaign name)
*HttT - "Heir to the Throne" (campaign name)
** BoP - "Bay of Pearls" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** DD - "Dwarven Doors" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** HotNE - "Home of the North Elves" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** IotD - "Isle of the Damned" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** SoE - "Siege of Elensefar" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** TotC - "Test of the Clans" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
** VoD - "Valley of Death" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
*SG - "The South Guard" (campaign name)
*SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye" (campaign name)
*TDH - "The Dark Hordes" (campaign name)
*TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth" (campaign name)
*TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers" (campaign name)

== Unofficial Campaigns ==

*FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
*LOW - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name)
*SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)
*SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (campaign name)

== Forum Language ==

*AAU - Allies Are Useless
*AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
*AH - All Hits
*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.
*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)
*CVS - Old term for up-to-date Wesnoth: [[WesnothCVS]]
*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)
*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 - Movement points
*MP - Multiplayer
*MOP - Monster of perfection
*MoL - Mage of Light
*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
*OT - Off Topic: can refer to either the forum (http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or spam
*RIPLIB - Reduction In Power when Leveling 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 - Wesnoth's experience system: http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385
*RTFM - Read The Manual
*RTS - Real Time Strategy Game - not Wesnoth
*SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
*SVN - Term for up-to-date Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]]
*TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth
*TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
*UMC - User Made Campaign (any campaign not packaged with Wesnoth)
*WC - Walking Corpses
*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)
*BTW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
*OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
*EV - Expected Value
*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 (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
*NYSPOS - No, you stupid piece of **** (An impolite refutation hidden in an acronym)

== See Also ==

* Enter other resources in here.