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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
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 AFAIK - As Far As I Know (Another statement with a disclaimer) AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
See Also
- http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1786 for links to general-acronym search engines.