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| − | Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.
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| − | == Official Campaigns ==
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| − | *EI - "The Eastern Invasion" (campaign name)
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| − | *HttT - "Heir to the Throne" (campaign name)
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| − | ** BoP - "Bay of Pearls" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** DD - "Dwarven Doors" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** HotNE - "Home of the North Elves" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** IotD - "Isle of the Damned" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** RtW - "Return to Wesnoth" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** SoE - "Siege of Elensefar" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** TotC - "Test of the Clans" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | ** VoD - "Valley of Death" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
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| − | *SotBE - "Son of the Black Eye" (campaign name)
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| − | *TDH - "The Dark Hordes" (campaign name)
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| − | *TRoW - "The Rise of Wesnoth" (campaign name)
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| − | *TB - "A Tale of Two Brothers" (campaign name)
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| − | == Unofficial Campaigns ==
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| − | *FtF - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
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| − | *LOW - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name)
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| − | *SE - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)
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| − | *SG - "The South Guard" (campaign name)
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| − | *SoF - "Scepter of Fire" (campaign name)
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| − | *UtBS - "Under the Burning Suns" (campaign name)
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| − | == Forum Language ==
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| − | *AMLA - After Maximum Level Advancement
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| − | *BfW - Battle for Wesnoth (the name of the game)
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| − | *BWH - Been suggested before. We think it's a good idea. Hope to add it eventually.
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| − | *CtH - Chance to Hit (also C2H)
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| − | *CtbH - Chance to be Hit (also C2bH)
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| − | *CtK - Chance to Kill (also C2K)
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| − | *CtbK - Chance to be Killed (also C2bK)
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| − | *CVS - Old term for up-to-date Wesnoth: [[WesnothCVS]]
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| − | *EP - Elvish Pillager, moderator and great man :) at forum
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| − | *FoW - Fog of War (i.e. fog)
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| − | *FFA - Free For All (playing a map with >2 players without teams)
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| − | *HAPMA - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across - http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1882
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| − | *HP - Hit points
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| − | *IIRWIIR - It Is Ready When It Is Ready
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| − | *KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid: Applies to coding, not game rules (although indirectly it does): see [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
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| − | *MP - Movement points
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| − | *MP - Multiplayer
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| − | *MoL - Mage of Light
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| − | *OAB - Options are Bad; In reference to gameplay, not user interface options. mostly used by Turin. See also [[FrequentlyProposedIdeas]] (idea #1)
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| − | *OFWRA - Old Flame War Revival Alert
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| − | *OT - Off Topic: can refer to either the forum (http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11) or spam
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| − | *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]
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| − | *RPG - Role Playing Game - Wesnoth's experience system: http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4385
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| − | *RTFM - Read The Manual
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| − | *RTS - Real Time Strategy Game - not Wesnoth
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| − | *SP - Single Player (Campaigns)
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| − | *SVN - Term for up-to-date Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]]
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| − | *TBS - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth
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| − | *TWP - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
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| − | *WC - Walking Corpses
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| − | *WINR - Wesnoth Is Not Realistic
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| − | *WIN_ - Wesnoth Is Not... (Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, medieval Europe, an RPG, a wargame, a war simulation, etc.)
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| − | *WML - Wesnoth Markup Language: [[ReferenceWML]]
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| − | *XP - Experience
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| − | *ZOC - Zone of Control
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| − | == General Acronyms ==
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| − | *AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell(A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
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| − | *AFAIK - As Far As I Know (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
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| − | *BTW - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
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| − | *OtOH - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
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| − | *EV - Expected Value
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| − | *IIRC - If I Recall Correctly (A statement with a disclaimer on truthfulness)
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| − | *IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
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| − | *IMO - In My Opinion (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
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| − | *NYSPOS - No, you stupid piece of **** (An impolite refutation hidden in an acronym)
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| − | == See Also ==
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| − | * http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1786 for links to general-acronym search engines.
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