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Old February 4, 2002, 19:09   #91
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SOG - Seeds of Greatness
RF - Red Front

What those means?
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Old February 6, 2002, 20:47   #92
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Old February 10, 2002, 05:08   #93
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RF - Red Front - AFAIK military wing of the communist party in pre-nazi Germany

My contribution:

SF - sciense fiction or speculative fiction

ACS - armored combat suit (also called hardsuit), abbreviation AFAIK invented by SF writer Jhon Ringo _the hymn before battle_
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Old February 15, 2002, 06:01   #94
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About Red Front ("Rot Front"), you are correct. It was their way to show their membership to the cause, saying these words and raising their right fist.

IMHO two very short words and not worth to be abbreviated. I have never seen the acronym RF standing for this.
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Old February 17, 2002, 03:12   #95
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Old February 17, 2002, 12:39   #96
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Does anyone know if Apolyton has an official documentation area? Something where we, as contributors, can compile a document like these abbreviations and have it posted to a specific area of the Apolyton site (common document area) where anyone can download it? If the title's descriptive and I don't have to root around news notes and forum comments to get the finished reference then I'd definitely appreciate such a place.
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Old February 17, 2002, 17:01   #97
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Being a newbie such as yourself, I yearn for the same thing as it appears, at times, a second language besides English is being spoken...
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Old February 20, 2002, 08:56   #98
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abreviations of death
Lets SS (start simple):

ASAP = as soon as possible
FUBAR = f*cked up beyong all recognition
SNAFU = situation normal, all f*cked up
BYM = believe you me

Now to PUTP (pick up the pace):

DTT = Damn the torpedoes!
TWAPO* = The Peasants and workers of (insert country here)
IDYTCTL = I dare you to cross this line
ICKYAAD = I can kick you ass any day
SYFM = shut yer filthy mouth
ANITHIWTITB = A nuke in the hand is worth two in the bush
KTFCIEH = Kill the firstborn child in every household
RWBIAD = Rome wasn't built in a day
CTRT = Care to repeat that?
IBEB = Ich bin ein Berliner
FLW = famous last words
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Old March 16, 2002, 15:53   #101
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SMIGBIHTFEFACGCC3SIAGTBDTFB

Sid Meier is God but I hate the f*cking excuse for a Civilization game known as Civilization 3 so I am going to burn down the Firaxis building.

That one seems to be a popular theme around here.
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Old March 21, 2002, 01:19   #102
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Civ:
GL = Great Leader
TGL = The Great Library

Starcraft/Broodwar:
GG = GoodGame
GL = Good Luck
HF = Have Fun
NR* = No Rush (*=minutes) <- for losers

General:
TY = Thank You
NP = No Problem
TTYL = Talk To You Later
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I'd do this if I had the time- and may eventually- but has anyone though of alphabetizing the Abbreviations- and will anyone volunteer?

They could make antoher thread which would be excessively more useful than this one
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Old March 21, 2002, 22:39   #104
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Okay, here it is, Unformated sadly, but Gramphos can work his magic if he wants

(It is updated as well)

updated march 27

Civ III Related

ADM Attack Defense Movement
CIV Civilization
CP Culture Points
CR Culture Rating
CS Consequences, schmonsequences! (Courtesy of Stefu)
CSA Civ Specific Ability/ Confederate States of America
CSC Civ Scenario Collection
CSU Civ Specific Unit
CTP Call To Power
GA Golden Age
GL Great Leader
GL Great Library
GW Great Wonder
ICS Infinite City Sprawl
LE Limited Edition
LW Leonardo's Workshop
MPP Mutual Protection Pact
NCC No City Challenge
OCC One City Challenge
OfAPeCiClu Official Apolyton Pessimistic Civers Club
OfAReCiClu Official Apolyton Realistic Civers Club
OfAOpCiClu Official Apolyton Optimist Civers Club
OWABWNW Our words are backed with nuclear weapons!
REX Rapid Expansion
RF Red Front
RoP Right of Passage
SE Social Engineering as in SMAC
SL Scenario League
SMAC Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
SMAX Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
SMIG Sid Meier is god
SOG Seeds of Greatness
SSC Super Science City
SU Special Unit
SW Small Wonder
TGL The Great Library
TOT Test of Time
USA United States of America
UU Unique Unit
WLTKD We Love The King Day
WOW Wonder of World



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AI Artificial Inteligence
AoE Age of Empires
AoK Age of Empires : Age of Kings
BHG Big Huge Games
EU Europa Universalis
MOD A modification to an existing game (Like a Scenario)
MOO Master of Orion
MOM Master of Magic
MP/SP Multi/Single player
RTFM Read The ****ing Manual
SMG Sid Meier's Gettysburg
TOAOW The Operational Art Of War


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4X: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate (Civ is, of course, the mother of all 4X games)
(A)CS (Apolyton) Civilization Site mod Moderator admin administrator
AE Alternative Identity
AFAIK as far as I know
ASAIKYA As soon as I kick your ass
BAB Bigger is Always Better
BBL Be Back Later
BRB Be Right Back
BTW By the way
CBC = Close Quarter Combat
CP Control Panel
DL = Down Low
DL Double Login
ECS Eternal China Syndrome (refers to the ability of a big Civ to exist pretty much undisturbed for 6000 years.)
FPS: First Person Shooter
FU: F*** You
FYI For your information
GG Good Going
HTHTN Hope this helps the newbies.
IE Internet Explorer
IIRC If I remember correctly
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO/IMHO In my opinion / in my humble opinion
JTLYK Just to let you know
KIFS Keep it Fun Stupid
KIRS Keep it Real Stupid
KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
KMFDM Kill mother-effing Depeche Mode
KOS = Kill On Sight
LOL Laughing out Loud
LOTR Lord Of The Rings
MREIOF My rear end is on fire
MULOTF Most Untrustworthy Leader OF The Infidels
NTL Nevertheless
PCI Post Count Increment
PCR Post Count Reduction
RAF Rise And Fall
(ROFL)MAO (Rolling on floor laughing) my ass off
RL Real Life
RPG: Role Playing Game
RTS: Real Time Strategy
SDNWOTN Sarcasm Does Not Work On The Net
TBS: Turn Based Strategy
TCLOA The Critically Literal Optimist Association
WTF What the F---?
YYRC Yes you remember correctly









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Dan Dan Magaha (Firaxis employee)
DC DarkCloud
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LOTM Lord of the Mark
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PH Provost Harrison
SG Scouse Gits (1-3)
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Spink Stewart Spink
Tech TechWins
Uber UberKrux
UR Urban Ranger
YYYH Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey
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Old March 23, 2002, 10:43   #105
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And 45 minutes later we have a complete list posted to this thread. So much for:

Quote:
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I'd do this if I had the time- and may eventually- but has anyone though of alphabetizing the Abbreviations- and will anyone volunteer?

They could make antoher thread which would be excessively more useful than this one
Hehehe, no complaints though. gg
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Old March 26, 2002, 00:19   #106
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FU = %&$# You
SAC = Smoke and Choke
SAP = Spray and Pray
CBC = Close Quarter Combat
DL = Down Low
KOS = Kill On Sight
DOC = Drinking Olympics Champion
PQC = Proffessional Quarters Championship
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Old March 27, 2002, 17:58   #107
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And 45 minutes later we have a complete list posted to this thread. So much for:
Hehehe, no complaints though. gg


And gg stands for Good Going, correct?

I should add it
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DP = Double Penetra... I mean Double Post.
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HWAAOMCUABMCAHOMPHBWO?

Hey, why are all of my cities under a mushroom cloud and half of my population has been wiped out?

Just kidding- made that up
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How does CBC = Close Quarter Combat?

ECS (Eternal China Syndrome) - So China was untouched for 6000 years? I guess that means that the Mongols and the Japanese were a couple nations passing through admiring the scenery? I seem to remember them historically being pushed around a lot.
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Under General:

w/e - whatever
jk - just kidding
g2g - got to go

Granted, these are more for "chatting" but they might come in handy, IMHO.
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Some Of These Abbreviations Are Useless, And Would Never Get Used, So Why Bother Listing Them
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1. WGMATATS = We Get More A#% Than A Toilet Seat
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Quote:
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SMIGBIHTFEFACGCC3SIAGTBDTFB

Sid Meier is God but I hate the f*cking excuse for a Civilization game known as Civilization 3 so I am going to burn down the Firaxis building.

That one seems to be a popular theme around here.

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Compile this into a Babylon glossary
Gramphos :

It would be a great idea to turn all the abbreviation list that you have already compiled here into a Babylon glossary.

If you don't have Babylon engine and dictionnaries on your PC, well download right now. It is a must
You can download the Babylon builder utility for free and creating a new glossary is really simple - the source file is editable and you can copy-paste you existing list into it.

IMO, I would help newbies and non (native) english speaking persons like me.

Note that there are already many glossaries on chatroom abbreviations available on Babylon (search "chatroom"), but none related to Civilization.
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These be the new ones.

AW = Awatar wars (highly flammable issue in the OT-forum. Don't try this at home, if you are not a professional)

OGF = old games forum (new forum in the civ-related games section)

OWG = own goal (something you say completely smashes your previous comment on the same subject)

and a person:
Og = Ogie Oglethorpe
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