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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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== Names of Mainline Campaigns and Scenarios ==
 
 
 
*AoI      - "An Orcish Incursion"
 
*DiD      - "Descent into Darkness"
 
*DM      - "Delfador's Memoirs"
 
*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"
 
*LoW      - "Legend of Wesmere"
 
*NR      - "Northern Rebirth"
 
*SoF      - "Sceptre of Fire"
 
*SotBE    - "Son of the Black Eye"
 
*TB      - "A Tale of Two Brothers"
 
*THoT    - "The Hammer of Thursagan"
 
*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)
 
*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)
 
* frog - a Saurian, especially "magic frog" for an Augur
 
*gobo    - An affectionate, if somewhat derogatory term for the Goblin Spearman
 
*gunner  - Dwarvish Thunderer/Thunderguard/Dragonguard (knaglans)
 
*HI      - Heavy Infantryman (loyalists)
 
*MoL    - Mage of Light (loyalists or rebels)
 
*pyro    - Unit in the Drake Burner line
 
*Ulf    - Dwarvish Ulfserker (knaglans)
 
*WC      - Walking Corpse (undead)
 
*zombie  - Walking Corpse
 
 
 
== Other, Wesnoth-specific ==
 
 
 
*AMLA    - After Maximum Level Advancement
 
*AoH    - Age of Heroes
 
*BfM    - Battle for Meridia
 
*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)
 
*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 [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1158|FPI Post] from the Ideas Forum)
 
*HANE—EtH      - Hexes Are Not Evil - Embrace the Hex
 
*HAPMA  - Hexes Are Possibly Miles Across
 
*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
 
* PoD    - Paths of Daggers, the name of a 2v2 multiplayer map.
 
*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.
 
*SLF    - [[StandardLocationFilter]]
 
*SP      - Single Player (Campaigns)
 
*SUF    - [[StandardUnitFilter]]
 
*ToD    - Time of Day
 
*TWP    - The Wesnoth Philosophy: [[WesnothPhilosophy]]
 
*UAPEB  -Units Are Possibly Entire Battalions
 
*UMC    - User Made Campaign or User Made Content (any add-on not packaged with Wesnoth)
 
*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
 
*AI      - Artificial Intelligence (An 'AI side' is a side controlled by the computer)
 
*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
 
*IYSWIM  - If You See What I Mean (A statement seeking agreement)
 
*LTNS    - Long Time No See
 
*OMG    - oh my god(s)
 
*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)
 
*QFT    - Quote For Truth
 
*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]])
 
*TBS    - Turn Based Strategy Game, like Wesnoth
 
 
 
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