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Roman
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Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 03, 2001 15:19
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I have read complaints that some people (I am one of them) don't understand the acronyms on this forum.
Please if you can think of any acronyms used post the explanation here. Do likewise if you have a question about acronyms. |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 03, 2001 15:31
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Here is my 2 cents worth:-Games: Civ - (ha, ha, ha) Civilization
Civ 2 - (ha, ha, ha) Civilization 2
Civ 3 - (ha, ha, ha) Civilization 3 SMAC - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Ctp - Civilization: Call to Power
Ctp 2 - Call to Power 2 Strategies/Challenges: ICS - Infinite City Sleaze/Sprawl/Strategy ... a very effective, but much hated strategy of perpetually founding new cities without regard for city improvements, etc. The root of the problem is that every city has a "free" worker on the city tile, which results in many small cities having a higher output than few large cities.
OCC - One City Challenge ... this is an attempt to win the game at Deity level by sending a ship to Alpha Centaury, but never building/conquering/bribing more than one city. Forgive me for including shortcuts like Civ 3, but I am trying to be as comprehensive as possible. |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 03, 2001 15:32
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I have some questions too. What are:IMHO
IMO
Btw Someone explain please. |
bagdar
Warlord
Turkey
Jan 2001
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posted February 03, 2001 16:09
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IMHO: In My Humble OpinionIMO: In My (Certainly not humble) Opinion BTW: By The Way My guesses  |
JosefGiven
Chieftain
Okehampton,Devon,UK
Jan 2001
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posted February 03, 2001 16:51
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Lovely, that's cleared a lot of things up!  I had made a point of asking what ICS strategy was, before, and now I know! All these acronyms are useful if you know what they are, but they are frustrating if you don't. Luckily, I have a GSOH. ------------------
Josef Given
josefgiven@hotmail.com
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tniem
Prince
Grand Rapids
Apr 2000
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posted February 03, 2001 17:05
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MOO - Masters of Orion |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 03, 2001 17:08
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Came across another one,WLTCD - We Love The Consul Day
Occurs when more than half the population of a city is happy and there are no unhappy people. Allows one unit per turn growth under Republic and Democracy. There are many variations on this abbreviation depending on the government type (eg. We Love The King Day under Monarchy). |
Adm.Naismith
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Milano - Italy
Oct 1999
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posted February 03, 2001 17:30
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Some acronyms are used only here at Apolyton, but for more general like IMHO, BTW, ASAP, etc. I suggest you check at dedicated sites: I've found one just in a bunch of second using www.Google.com, but surely you can find a lot more.Just for example, try using AcronymFinder.
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Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 04, 2001 07:33
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Great link Adm.! From now on we shall only post apolyton related acronyms here. As for the rest, we can use the acronym finder link you provided. |
JosefGiven
Chieftain
Okehampton,Devon,UK
Jan 2001
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posted February 04, 2001 10:51
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I thought of one acronym that's used quite frequently in 'The List' of suggestions for Firaxis...SE = Social Engineering. To elaborate, this is the concept of fragmented government/economy management as used in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. ------------------
Josef Given
josefgiven@hotmail.com
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Maxxes
Warlord
Amsterdam
Oct 2000
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posted February 04, 2001 17:51
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According to the link above:CTP: Capable To Promise  |
Anunikoba
Warlord
Michigan,USA
Sep 1999
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posted February 05, 2001 05:00
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What is AFAIK? |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 05, 2001 05:52
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AFAIK - As Far As I Know |
bagdar
Warlord
Turkey
Jan 2001
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posted February 05, 2001 06:04
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You've been misinformed on CTP. Someone provided the appropriate meaning earlier in these forumsCrap To Play |
JosefGiven
Chieftain
Okehampton,Devon,UK
Jan 2001
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posted February 05, 2001 11:00
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Civ ToT = Civilization Test of TimeIf anyone can come up with a suitable comedy take on this acronym, then please do. It needs doing. It is my unhappy conclusion that ToT's graphical make-over (read f**k-over), and the 'Extended Original' scenario included in the game were a total waste of time, and my hard-earned dough. This game skulks forlornly at the back of my collection, and drags it's feet sullenly when spoken to.  |
airdrik
Warlord
Boise, ID, USA
Oct 2000
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posted February 05, 2001 11:54
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If you think something is funny you can:
LOL: laughing out loud
LMAO: laughing my a- out
ROFL: rolling on the floor, laughing
ROFLMAO: rolling on the floor, laughing my a- outAnd of course, you can't forget the smillies   |
Maxxes
Warlord
Amsterdam
Oct 2000
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posted February 05, 2001 12:07
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quote:
ROFL: rolling on the floor, laughing
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Often used, rarely actually done. |
bagdar
Warlord
Turkey
Jan 2001
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posted February 05, 2001 12:11
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MSSS (my strictly silly suggestions)TOT? --Tabernacle of Tackiness ---Test of Tartuffery ----Twaddly-O-Twaddle Merry-go-Round (hmm this one doesn't work) Call to Po... No. That's out of context, slightly.
[This message has been edited by bagdar (edited February 05, 2001).] |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 06, 2001 07:23
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What does STYOM stand for? |
Grumbold
Warlord
London, UK
Mar 2000
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posted February 06, 2001 09:59
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KISS = Keep it Short and Simple / Keep it Simple, StupidWindows 1995/1998/2000 an estimate of the number of fatal bugs remaining after the most recent patch |
Ribannah
Princess
Castle Gobs, Enroth
Aug 2000
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posted February 06, 2001 20:44
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HG = Hanging Gardens
Mike's = Michaelangelo's Chapel
MP = Marco Polo's Embassy (not: Manhattan Project)
SoL = Statue of Liberty------------------
If you have no feet, don't walk on fire |
down th' pub
Chieftain
anywhere but here
Dec 2000
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posted February 07, 2001 00:10
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SoL (CTP Context) - Ship of the Line(just to confuse the issue.
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down th' pub
Chieftain
anywhere but here
Dec 2000
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posted February 07, 2001 00:18
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PBEM - Play By E-Mail Civ2-Test of Patience, perhaps?
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Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 08, 2001 05:44
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What is GSOH? |
JosefGiven
Chieftain
Okehampton,Devon,UK
Jan 2001
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posted February 08, 2001 06:04
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GSOH = Good Sense Of Humour.Often used in lonely hearts columns. Or so I am told. Look, I never read them! |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 08, 2001 06:13
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Nor do I - only saw it in your post. |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 10, 2001 06:16
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What is LASS/CLAS-D? |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 10, 2001 08:17
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OT - Off Topic |
Straybow
King
formerly known as don Don
b.02-15-99
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posted February 11, 2001 05:33
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LASS = Land, Air, Sea, and Space. |
ContradictioN
Prince
chch, New Zealand
Nov 1999
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posted February 11, 2001 06:14
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BIBLE = Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
i know i know its not true, but I think its pretty clever
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JosefGiven
Chieftain
Okehampton,Devon,UK
Jan 2001
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posted February 12, 2001 18:28
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Since Trachmir introduced the Nukes and EMP thread, lest we forget:EMP = Electro-Magnetic Pulse Edited: Because to err is to be human
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Theben
Emperor
"Life is a swirling cesspool of despair."
b.02-15-99
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posted February 13, 2001 02:04
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CLAS-D= Close, Land, Air, Sea, -Defense. |
Theben
Emperor
"Life is a swirling cesspool of despair."
b.02-15-99
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posted February 13, 2001 02:08
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SSC= Super-Science City: A city (usually the capital) that when it is complete will contain the Colossus, Copernicus's Observatory, Isaac Newton's College, a library, university, Research Lab (or benefits from S.E.T.I. Project), and 3 great trade routes. Will result in a city that grants your civ most of it's science output. In OCC games the one city is ALWAYS a SSC.MP= Multiplayer MPE should be Marco Polo's Embassy MC also=Michelangelo's Chapel JSB= J.S. Bach's Cathedral KRC= Kind Richard's Crusade AH= Alexander's Jackass CITV= No frickin' clue. But it's another proposed combat system found in the 1st list.
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Gwap
Chieftain
Largs, Scotland
Jan 2001
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posted February 13, 2001 09:35
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TLA = Three Letter Acronym
ETLA = Four Letter Acronym (Extended Three Letter Acronym)Don't you just hate abbrevs? Working for the International Brotherhood of Magicians, I'm steeped in acronyms and abbrevs, and they are mainly used to support the old strategy: If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em!
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 14, 2001 20:39
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Games: Civ - (ha, ha, ha) Civilization
Civ 2 - (ha, ha, ha) Civilization 2
Civ ToT - Civilization Test of Time
Civ FT - Fantastic Worlds
MPGE - Civilization II Multiplayer Gold Edition
Civ 3 - (ha, ha, ha) Civilization 3
SMAC - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Ctp - Civilization: Call to Power
Ctp 2 - Call to Power 2 MOO - Masters of Orion Strategies/Challenges: ICS - Infinite City Sleaze/Sprawl/Strategy ... a very effective, but much hated strategy of perpetually founding new cities without regard for city improvements, etc. The root of the problem is that every city has a "free" worker on the city tile, which results in many small cities having a higher output than few large cities.
OCC - One City Challenge ... this is an attempt to win the game at Deity level by sending a ship to Alpha Centaury, but never building/conquering/bribing more than one city. Concepts: WLTCD - We Love The Consul Day
Occurs when more than half the population of a city is happy and there are no unhappy people. Allows one unit per turn growth under Republic and Democracy. There are many variations on this abbreviation depending on the government type (eg. We Love The King Day under Monarchy).
SE - Social Engineering
PBEM - Play By E-Mail
MP - Multiplayer
KISS - Keep it Short and Simple / Keep it Simple, Stupid
LASS - Land, Air, Sea, and Space
CLAS-D - Close, Land, Air, Sea, -Defense
SSC - Super-Science City: A city (usually the capital) that when it is complete will contain the Colossus, Copernicus's Observatory, Isaac Newton's College, a library, university, Research Lab (or benefits from S.E.T.I. Project), and 3 great trade routes. Will result in a city that grants your civ most of it's science output. In OCC games the one city is ALWAYS a SSC. Civilization II Wonders: MPE should be Marco Polo's Embassy
MC also=Michelangelo's Chapel
JSB= J.S. Bach's Cathedral
KRC= Kind Richard's Crusade
HG = Hanging Gardens
Mike's = Michaelangelo's Chapel
SoL = Statue of Liberty Non Apolyton specific acronyms: IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IMO: In My (Certainly not humble) Opinion
BTW: By The Way
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
LOL: laughing out loud
LMAO: laughing my a- out
ROFL: rolling on the floor, laughing
ROFLMAO: rolling on the floor, laughing my a- out Other: OT - Off Topic Acronym Finder: www.Google.com
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technophile
King
of pain
Jul 1999
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posted February 14, 2001 21:14
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EMG: Emissions Guidance. A missile that costs 4 times as much as a normal missile, and takes up 4 times as much space. If the missile bypasses a ship's shields all damage from the missile is applied to the ship's drive systems, almost always resulting in a core breach (instant death to the ship). At the very least this missile will immoblize the targeted ship until the drive can be repaired (from the benefits of being a cybernetic race or from an Automated Repair Unit).Oh, if only we could have Doom Stars in Civ III... |
Tiberius
Warlord
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Jan 2000
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posted February 15, 2001 02:20
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games:
RRT - RailRoad Tycoonconcepts:
rr - RailRoad
R&R - Road and Rail(road) Non Apolyton specific acronyms:
etc. - Et Cetera (and so forth)
ASAP - as soon as possible
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Socialist Dictator
Settler
Holland
Dec 2000
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posted February 15, 2001 13:59
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SBotf Star Trek Birth of the Federation |
lord of the mark
Chieftain
USA
Dec 2000
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posted February 15, 2001 17:14
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gamesAOE - age of empires, designed by Bruce shelly, a civ1 designer, it was supposed to be "Civ in real time" it wasnt, but it was still a good game. ROR - Rise of Rome -expansion pack for AOE AOK - Age of Kings - sequel to AOE, considered by some a major landmar in RTS games. AOK:TC AOK, the conquerors, expansion pack for aok. Supposed to have fixed the notorious "town center push" bug. EE - Empire earth, being designed by rick goodman, one on the diegners of AOE (damn small world, aint it?) Supposedly will truly be "Civ in real time". EU - Europa Universalis - out some months in Europe, soon to be published in US, a civ like game, real time pausible, covering period 1492-1789, supposedly much more realistic ( to the point where discussion of it has been kept off of grognard newsgroups only because you can win without going to war) |
Roman
Prince
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sep 2000
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posted February 16, 2001 17:48
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What is STYOM? |
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