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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"
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 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. Reference 1 / Reference 2
RPG - Role Playing Game - 1) Wesnoth's experience system. 2) 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)

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 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 ==
+== Names of Mainline Campaigns and Scenarios ==
-*EI       - "The Eastern Invasion" (campaign name)
+*AoI      - "An Orcish Incursion"
-*HttT     - "Heir to the Throne" (campaign name)
+*DiD      - "Descent into Darkness"
-** BoP    - "Bay of Pearls" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+*EI       - "The Eastern Invasion"
-** DD     - "Dwarven Doors" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+*HttT     - "Heir to the Throne"
-** HotNE  - "Home of the North Elves" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+** BoP    - "Bay of Pearls"
-** IotD   - "Isle of the Damned" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+** DD     - "Dwarven Doors"
-** RtW    - "Return to Wesnoth" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+** HotNE  - "Home of the North Elves"
-** SoE    - "Siege of Elensefar" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+** IotD   - "Isle of the Damned"
-** SoF    - "Scepter of Fire" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+** RtW    - "Return to Wesnoth"
-** TotC   - "Test of the Clans" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+** SoE    - "Siege of Elensefar"
-** VoD    - "Valley of Death" (scenario in "Heir to the Throne" campaign)
+** SoF    - "Scepter of Fire"
-*TSG      - "The South Guard" (campaign name)
+** TotC   - "Test of the Clans"
-*TRoW     - "The Rise of Wesnoth" (campaign name)
+** VoD    - "Valley of Death"
-*TB       - "A Tale of Two Brothers" (campaign name)
+*NR       - "Northern Rebirth"
-*UtBS     - "Under the Burning Suns" (campaign name)
+*SoF      - "Sceptre of Fire"
-*SoF      - "Scepter of Fire (campaign name)
+*SotBE    - "Son of the Black Eye"
-*DiD      - "Descent into Darkness" (campaign name)
+*TB       - "A Tale of Two Brothers"
-*NR       - "Northern Rebirth" (campaign name)
+*THoT     - "The Hammer of Thurgasan"
-*SotBE    - "Son of the Black Eye" (campaign name)
+*TRoW     - "The Rise of Wesnoth"
+*TSG      - "The South Guard"
+*UtBS     - "Under the Burning Suns"
 == Unofficial Campaigns ==
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 *FtF      - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
 *IftU     - "Invasion from the Unknown" (campaign name)
-*LoW      - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name)
+*LoW      - "Legend of Wesmere" (campaign name)
 *SE       - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)
-== Forum Language ==
+== 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
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 *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. eg. You can create a unit ability yourself via WML.
+*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)
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 *HANE—EtH      - Hexes Are Not Evil - Embrace the Hex
 *HAPMA   - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across - http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1882
-*HI      - Heavy Infantryman (a unit from the Loyalist faction)
 *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 or Movement Points
-*MP      - Multiplayer
-*MoL     - Mage of Light
 *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
-*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 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]
-*RNG     - Random Number Generator : used by Wesnoth to determine whether attacks are successful or not
 *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.
-*RtFM    - Read the Manual
-*RTS     - Real Time Strategy Game - not Wesnoth
 *SP      - Single Player (Campaigns)
-*SVN     - Term for up-to-date Wesnoth [[WesnothSVN]] ([[What_Is_SVN]])
 *TBS     - Turn Based Strategy Game - Wesnoth
 *ToD     - Time of Day
 *TWP     - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
-*UMC    - User Made Campaign (any campaign not packaged with Wesnoth)
+*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++)
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 *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)
+*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
-*NYSPoS  - No, You Stupid Piece of **** (An impolite refutation hidden in an acronym)
+*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 ==

Difference between revisions of "Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang"

Revision as of 21:06, 25 February 2008

Contents

Names of Mainline Campaigns and Scenarios

Unofficial Campaigns

Unit Names

Other, Wesnoth-specific

General Acronyms

See Also