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== Wesnoth Acronyms ==
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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
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 

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