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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 ==
 
 
 
*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)
 
*TSG      - "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)
 
*SoF      - "Scepter of Fire (campaign name)
 
*DiD      - "Descent into Darkness" (campaign name)
 
*NR      - "Northern Rebirth" (campaign name)
 
*SotBE    - "Son of the Black Eye" (campaign name)
 
 
 
== Unofficial Campaigns ==
 
 
 
*FtF      - "Flight to Freedom" (campaign name)
 
*LoW      - "Legends of Wesmere" (campaign name)
 
*SE      - "Saving Elensefar" (campaign name)
 
 
 
== Forum Language ==
 
 
 
*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. eg. You can create a unit ability yourself 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)
 
*CVS    - Old term for up-to-date Wesnoth: [[WesnothCVS]]
 
*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)
 
*|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
 
*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
 
*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]
 
*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)
 
*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 (A statement with a disclaimer on objectiveness)
 
*LTNS    - Long Time No See
 
*OMG    - Oh My God
 
*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)
 
 
 
== See Also ==
 
 
 
* [[WesnothAcronyms(alphabetic)|Wesnoth Acronyms (alphabetic)]] - common wesnothian acronyms explained
 

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