Difference between revisions of "Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang"

From The Battle for Wesnoth Wiki
(Forum Language)
(Let's not leave existing links pointing to an empty page. Converting to a redirect)
 
(75 intermediate revisions by 35 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Use the following list to demystify the various (mostly wesnoth specific) acronyms you may run into at the forum.
+
#redirect [[Glossary]]
 
 
<!-- 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
 
*FoW    - Fog of War (i.e. fog)
 
*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
 
*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  - 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]
 
*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 ==
 
 
 
*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)
 
*BTW    - By the Way (A statement with a disclaimer on relevance)
 
*OtOH    - On the Other Hand (A contrast)
 
*EV      - Expected Value
 
*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)
 
 
 
== See Also ==
 
 
 
* http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1786 for links to general-acronym search engines.
 

Latest revision as of 22:17, 3 January 2013

Redirect to:

This page was last edited on 3 January 2013, at 22:17.