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Official Campaigns | 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) | ** BoP - "Bay of Pearls" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign) | ||
** DD - "Dwarven Doors" (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) | ** IotD - "Isle of the Damned" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign) | ||
** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign) | ** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign) | ||
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** TotC - "Test of the Clans" (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) | ** VoD - "Valley of Death" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign) | ||
| − | + | *SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye" (campaign name) | |
| − | + | *TDH - "The Dark Hordes" (campaign name) | |
| − | + | *TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth" (campaign name) | |
Unofficial Campaigns | Unofficial Campaigns | ||
| − | + | *FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name) | |
| − | + | *LOW - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name) | |
| − | + | *SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name) | |
| − | + | *SG - "The South Guard" (campaign name) | |
| − | + | *SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (campaign name) | |
| − | + | *[[UtBS]] - "Under the Burning Suns" (campaign name) | |
Forum Language | Forum Language | ||
| − | + | *AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement | |
| − | + | *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 - up-to-date Wesnoth: [[WesnothCVS]] | |
| − | + | *EP - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum | |
| − | + | *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 | |
| − | + | *MOL - Mage of Light | |
| − | + | *Mr. A - Assasin when he's being an you know what | |
| − | + | *OAB - Options are Bad; mostly used by Turin | |
| − | + | *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 - Reducing In Power 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 | |
| − | + | *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) | |
| − | + | *TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth | |
| − | + | *TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]] | |
| − | + | *WC - Walking Corpses | |
| − | + | *WINR - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic | |
| − | + | *WIN_ - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, etc.) | |
| − | + | *WML - Wesnoth Markup Language: [[ReferenceWML]] | |
| − | + | *XP - Experience | |
| − | + | *ZOC - Zone of Control | |
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General Acronyms | General Acronyms | ||
| − | BTW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance) | + | *AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell |
| − | + | *AFAIK - As Far As I Know (Another statement with a disclaimer | |
| − | + | *BTW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance) | |
| − | + | *[[OtOH]] - On the Other Hand (A contrast) | |
| − | + | *IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer) | |
| − | + | *IMHO - In My Humble Opinion | |
| − | + | *IMO - In My Opinion | |
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1786 for links to general-acronym search engines. | * http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1786 for links to general-acronym search engines. | ||
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Revision as of 11:54, 14 August 2005
Wesnoth Acronyms
Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.
(Note to editors: Please try to keep an alphabetic order to simplify manual searching)
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)
- SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye" (campaign name)
- TDH - "The Dark Hordes" (campaign name)
- TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth" (campaign name)
Unofficial Campaigns
- FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
- LOW - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name)
- SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)
- SG - "The South Guard" (campaign name)
- SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (campaign name)
- UtBS - "Under the Burning Suns" (campaign name)
Forum Language
- AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
- 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 - up-to-date Wesnoth: WesnothCVS
- EP - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum
- 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
- MOL - Mage of Light
- Mr. A - Assasin when he's being an you know what
- OAB - Options are Bad; mostly used by Turin
- 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 - Reducing In Power 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
- 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)
- TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth
- TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: WesnothPhilosophy
- WC - Walking Corpses
- WINR - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic
- WIN_ - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, etc.)
- WML - Wesnoth Markup Language: ReferenceWML
- XP - Experience
- ZOC - Zone of Control
General Acronyms
- AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
- AFAIK - As Far As I Know (Another statement with a disclaimer
- BTW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
- OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
- IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer)
- IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
- IMO - In My Opinion
See Also
- http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1786 for links to general-acronym search engines.