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V.T. Marvin
05-14-2008, 08:07
Hello friends,

there is quite a lot of abbreviations in use on this forum, both generic Internet slang and specifically RTW/EB ones, which might be sometimes confusing, especially for new members. My idea is to post as exhaustive list of these as possible. I now start with some of them that immediately come to my mind and please feel free to post yours in this thread and I will compile them to first post later for easier orientation.

List of Abbreviations

AAR = After Action Report - a story of your campaign, battle or a guide
AFAIK = as far as I know
AI = Artificial Intelligence, i.e. what computer is doing, whether intelligent or not
AoR = Area of Recruitment
AP = Armor Piercing
AS = Arche Seleukeia, an EB faction
AtB = Asia ton Barbaron, prepared east-oriented EB mod
AtS = "Activate the Script!" - what you should do, always.
BI = Barbarian Invasion, datadisk to RTW
CA = Creative Assembly, the creators of Total War series, or CountArach, a forum member
CTD = Crash to Desktop
DBH = DimeBagHo, the man behind XGM
EB = Europa Barbarorum - the RTW mod :beam:
EBBS = EBBS.txt, Europa Barbarorum Background Script
EDB = export_descr_building.txt
EDCT = export_descr_character_traits.txt
EDU = export_descr_unit.txt
ExRM = Extended Realism Mod - RTR further improved
FD = Force Diplomacy, quite useful EB minimod
FM = Family member
FOW = Fog of War, unavoidable uncertainty of war, in game limiting your view of areas/units outside your control, could be cleared by spies.
FTL = For The Lose, i.e. "The above is bad", e.g. "akontistai FTL" = "Akontistai are weak"
FTW = For The Win, i.e. "The above is good", e.g. "HA FTW!" = "Horse Archers are good!"
HA = Horse Archers
IIRC = if I remember correctly
IMHO = in my humble opinion
IMO = in my opinion
KH = Koinon Hellenon, an EB faction
KTM = Kick to Menu, you try to start up a campaign for instance, and instead of loading the campaign the game kicks you back to the (main) menu
LOL = laughing out loud, lots of laugter, :laugh4:
LH = lorica hamata, roman mail armor
LS = lorica segmentata, late roman armor, mostly otside EB frame
M2TW = Medieval II: Total War, successor to RTW
MAA = Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, a famous member of the EB team
MIC = Military Industrial Complex, basically barracks in EB
MiNO: Medieval in Name Only, synonym for M2TW - sarcastic forum expression
MTW = Medieval Total War predecessor to RTW
QFT = Quoted for the truth - When you quote something to say you concur with whatever someone's saying.
RL = Real Life, a different from computer game
RTR = Rome Total Realism - another great RTW mod
RTW = Rome Total War
SB = Sacred Band or Sarmatian Bodyguard, EB units, both are very heavy cavalry
SoV = Spoils of Victory, my EB micro-mod :embarassed:
(sp.) = spelling, when you are unsure of it
SSbQ = Safot Sophet bin Quart-Hadast (sp.?), i.e. Carthage, an EB faction
SSECC = Slingers Solve Everything Camels Can't (can also be abbreviated as SEX because Balearics were paid with women)
STW = Shogun Total War, the first game in Total War series
TA = Teleklos Archelaou or Tellos Athenaios, both are famous members of the EB team
TIC = The Iberian Campaign - RTW mod, preparation for a new release of RTR
TPC = The Persian Cataphract, famous member of the EB team
TWC = Total War Center, another RTW forum
UI = User Interface, i.e. in-game menus and control panels
VC = Victory Conditions
WIDUC = When In Doubt, Use Camel
WT* = an expression of surprise and amazement
WWI = World War One, a tragic RL event
WWII = World War Two, another tragic RL event
XGM = Extended Greek Mod - another RTW mod


Common expressions

Black Plague = Macedon, an EB faction if controlled by AI and becomes too powerful
Blue Death = Baktria, an EB faction if controlled by AI and becomes too powerful
Boost = applying yourself into another with force, but not too hard. like a bodyslam but gentler. good when applied on girls (various kinds of boost see here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=1883346&postcount=2054))
Dry Blood Flood = Sweboz, an EB faction if controlled by AI and becomes too powerful
Hammer and Anvil = a winning strategy, pin the opposing troops with phalanxes and charge them from the rear with your cavalry.
Hit and Run = another winning strategy (the poor man's one); pelter your opponent with missiles, fall back, rinse and repeat, then mop the survivors with whatever hard hitting troops you have left
Highground = the best position on the battlefield, that is, the easiest to defend if the opponent decides to go on the offensive; give longer range to missile troops.
noob = a newcomer, inexperienced player
rinse and repeat = an expression used for a (somewhat boring) repetitive actions
Purple rain = Pahlava, an EB faction if controlled by AI or TPC and becomes too powerful
Silver Death = Arche Seleukeia, an EB faction if controlled by AI and becomes too powerful
Teal Death = Epeiros, an EB faction if controlled by AI and becomes too powerful
vanilla = a game as shipped by the producer, i.e. without any modifications
Yellow fever = Ptolemaioi, an EB faction if controlled by AI and becomes too powerful


Internal names of EB factions - useful for modding (and cheating) purposes

seleucid - Romani
greek_cities - Koinon Hellenon
thrace - Epeiros
macedon - Makedonia
numidia - Ptolemaioi
romans_julii - Arche Seleukeia
romans_brutii - Baktria
romans_scipii - Hayasdan
carthage - Pontos
pontus - Saka Rauka
armenia - Sauromatae
parthia - Pahlava
dacia - Getai
germans - Sweboz
scythia - Arverni
gauls - Aedui
britons - Casse
spain - Lusotannan
egypt - Qarthadastim
saba - Saba


Please feel free to provide further entries, this a work in progress and your input is essential.:2thumbsup:

Cartaphilus
05-14-2008, 08:48
Don't forget HA (horse-archers). :beam:

Sir Edward
05-14-2008, 09:04
Should note that the various deaths and fevers describe an extreme expansionist AI faction and not a player control faction. Also don't forget AoR (Area of Recruitment)

Hax
05-14-2008, 09:08
AS = Arche Seleukeia, an EB faction

The EB Faction! >: |

We should also include Hooahguys "Booooooost", whatever the heck that means.

Ludens
05-14-2008, 11:08
Two additions:
CA: Creative Assembly - the creaters of R:TW - or CountArach - a forum member
IMHO: in my humble opinion

Maeran
05-14-2008, 17:08
LS: Lorica Segmentata a form of armour discussed so often that it gets its own abbreviation.

Tellos Athenaios
05-14-2008, 17:14
KTM: Kick to Menu (you try to start up a campaign for instance, and instead of loading the campaign the game kicks you back to the (main) menu)
MiNO: Medieval in Name Only - forum lingo, synonym for M2TW.

General Appo
05-14-2008, 17:18
LH: Lorica Hamata, a form of armour discussed so seldom it gets its own abbreviation. At least I´ve seen it been used a couple of times.
MAA: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, a famous member of the EB team and creator of an legendary AAR, The Antigonids, an Makedonian AAR, that still lives on in a new form.
Maybe you should also add the 1.1, 0.81x and stuff like that, as it is commonly used.

Andronikos
05-14-2008, 17:28
You could also add SSbQ, UI or SB (somebody used it for sacred band, I believed it was sarmatian bodyguard)

Siruso
05-14-2008, 17:36
Oh man, yesterday I was playing EB cuz I'm tired of ExRM and EGM for RTR and I used a huge army of HA's to destroy the AI (AS has got nothing on me IMHO, and AFAIK HA FM's are the best units of all) while writing my AAR. Next I'll try KH because IIRC they have spartans which should make it easy to get the VC. I might go into EDU and edit them LOL!

Haha I'm so funny....

Poulp'
05-14-2008, 17:42
Abreviations:
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DBH: DimeBagHo, the man behind XGM

Common Expressions:
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Hammer and Anvil: a winning strategy; pin the opposing troops with phalanxes and charge them from the rear with your cavalry.

Hit and Run: another winning strategy (the poor man's one); pelter your opponent with missiles, fall back, rinse and repeat, then mop the survivors with whatever hard hitting troops you have (left)

Highground: the best position on the battlefield, that is, the easiest to defend if the opponent decides to go on the offensive; give longer range to missile troops.

Teal Death: seen in one occasion; the Epirotes taking over the known world.

Black Plague: far rarer with up to date version of EB; Macedon taking over the world.

edit:

WTF!?: sound you make when you toggle fow off and discover a Blue Death/Silver Death/Yellow fever/whatever waiting for you on the other side of the world.

FOW: Fog of War, what lies on the other side of the mountains, sea, desert. There's no telling what roams in there since you've forgotten your duty as a ruler. Mend your ways and send some spies.

LS: Locking Syndrom; a strange decease which affects mods noticing a LS thread.

HAL: the perfect AI, can even read lips. You should have been more careful, Dave.

AtS: Activate the Script, what you should do, always. The abbreviation doesn't exist; there's no need, right ?

Ibrahim
05-15-2008, 04:12
add FTW (i honestly don't know the meaning)

I Am Herenow
05-15-2008, 06:54
:laugh4:

V.T. Marvin
05-15-2008, 08:49
Thanks for your inputs friends!

I am updating the first post regularly and I hope that the LOA would turn out to be a useful tool in reducing the number of posts asking for an explanation of SSTKOTtI...
SSTKOTtI = some strange term, known only to the insiders:laugh4:

Hax
05-15-2008, 09:04
FTW can also mean For The Weak.

PershsNhpios
05-15-2008, 09:40
FTW can also mean F888 This Widget.

General Appo
05-16-2008, 07:49
One thing I´ve seen a few times now that 1.1 is out is the Pahlava living up their history and becoming a true superpower. I havn´t seen any name for it yet, but the "Purple Death" should fit nicely.

Hax
05-17-2008, 22:07
Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

Dhampir
05-17-2008, 23:06
LOLOMGWTFBBQ- An expression of severe gascibation.

Mediolanicus
05-18-2008, 18:09
QFT
Quoted For the Truth

When you quote something to say you concur with whatever someone's saying.

Poulp'
05-18-2008, 18:14
Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

I'd rather have "Dry Blood Flood" for the Sweboz
it conveys that kind of gruesomeness that fits to those dwellers of the North

General Appo
05-19-2008, 08:36
Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

Then how ´bout "TPC´s Death" for Pahlava? :beam:

Ayce
05-19-2008, 09:10
Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

Did you mess around with the colors?

KhaziOfKalabara
05-19-2008, 09:49
One thing I´ve seen a few times now that 1.1 is out is the Pahlava living up their history and becoming a true superpower. I havn´t seen any name for it yet, but the "Purple Death" should fit nicely.

Pink swelling?

Brown flood for the Getai?

And surely Black Death works better than Black Plague for the Maks (not that I've ever seen it in my campaigns... unless that's my faction)

Ayce
05-19-2008, 17:56
Black Plague has been used in at least 2 cases, so it has a precedent.

Brown Flood works well, but „pink swlleng”??? You gotta be joking me, Purple Death ftw!

Proposal - Carthage: Anthrax Epidemic.

The Persian Cataphract
05-19-2008, 18:11
I thought you guys would pick the most obvious choice...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Prince_PurpleRainMovie.jpg

Fear the Purple Rain, bitches... :clown:

Hooahguy
05-19-2008, 18:54
We should also include Hooahguys "Booooooost", whatever the heck that means.
duh.....
BOOOOOOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a boost is what elephants do to levy hoplites, for example...:2thumbsup:
dont forget
and if you dont include BOOOOOOST!!!!!!!!! i will boycott this thread!
:hijacked:

Hooahguy
05-19-2008, 20:43
btw, definition of a boost (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=1883346&postcount=2054)

Olaf The Great
05-20-2008, 01:50
Rarely used here because of how threads work, but

BUMP

Olaf The Great
05-20-2008, 01:53
I thought you guys would pick the most obvious choice...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Prince_PurpleRainMovie.jpg

Fear the Purple Rain, bitches... :clown:
This is why I like you.

I said the same thing in the other thread but changed it because I thought it was too inside of a reference.

Poulp'
05-20-2008, 09:33
new batch

WIDUC: When In Doubt, Use Camels (quite famous one, I might add)

SSECC: Slingers Solve Everything Camels Can't (can also be abbreviated as SEX because Balearics were paid with women)

Cartaphilus
05-20-2008, 12:12
SSECC: Slingers Solve Everything Camels Can't (can also be abbreviated as SEX because Balearics were paid with women)

I'd like that these nice customs were kept today. :beam:

Che Roriniho
07-22-2008, 16:48
Booooooooooooooooooost. Apparantly. Also, 99 posts. Natch.

V.T. Marvin
07-22-2008, 18:41
Thanks for the resurrection, Che. The opening post is fully updated now - including the boost...:clown:

Havok.
07-22-2008, 18:42
new batch

WIDUC: When In Doubt, Use Camels (quite famous one, I might add)

SSECC: Slingers Solve Everything Camels Can't (can also be abbreviated as SEX because Balearics were paid with women)

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

Hooahguy
07-22-2008, 18:58
Booooooooooooooooooost. Apparantly. Also, 99 posts. Natch.

copier!
jk. the boost can be used by anyone, anywhere!:smash:

Thaatu
07-23-2008, 19:45
IMHO EB HA&SB FTW AFAIK. PS LS WTF?



...like that?

Che Roriniho
07-23-2008, 20:45
Thanks for the resurrection, Che. The opening post is fully updated now - including the boost...:clown:

You're most welcome, my Initialed friend. Also, idea for super-Baktria: The Indian Take-Away?

Poulp'
07-23-2008, 22:03
:laugh4:

/bows
thanks, dear audience.

and new one,

GARK!! (try to sound like a dying man) : Gaesatae Are Real Killers

Celtic_Punk
07-24-2008, 11:09
hehe so THATS what IIRC means... ha ha ha. we need a name for romans... and they DO get powerful (obviously) hooow about something that has to do with the Nazis... I always thought about the Romans as the first Nazis.:chinese:

any ideas hmmm?

Foot
07-24-2008, 13:16
The Nazis can be a sensitive subject, and to use them tongue-in-cheek in a game is not something we'd condone. Do not go down that road, otherwise the thread is going to get locked.

Foot

Senshi
07-24-2008, 15:25
Yup, especially Germans are (obviously) very touchy with this subject, far more than any other country in the world. It still is a matter generally not allowed in comedial or "funny" ways here, it is still depicted a matter which requires serious discussions and reflection on history, as it is an undeniable part of German history and is depicted one of the strongest world-wide memorial of how easy things can get pretty quick pretty much fucked up...

Romans are in no way "the first nazis", the nazis chose to incorporate the Romans into their Wanna-be-heritage-and-greatness propaganda stuff (First Reich: Romans, Second Reich: The Holy Roman Empire, Third Reich: NS-Germany) with absurd "scientific" essays. To relate between the two "nations" would be quite wrong, only because both were heavily military-based and had some strong patriotic propaganda stuff going on doesn't mean they had much in common. In fact, you could have chosen about every ancient "nation" as a relation, as almost every culture was warfare-based (thos were ugly times back then...).

gonna end the discussion here before things get out of hand, BTT(back to topic) please :yes:
Just wanted to make a remark on behalf of the Germans in this forum...:book:

Celtic_Punk
07-24-2008, 15:27
the way they mixed socialism with militarism and facism was similar to nationalist socialism... i didnt mean to set anyone off.. jesus... forget i mentioned it...

I DID say "any ideas?"
we still do need a nifty name for the romans... how about red orgee? haha

V.T. Marvin
07-25-2008, 08:28
we still do need a nifty name for the romans...
Hmmm, and what about SPQR? :idea2: ......... Apparentely not so much nifty anyway. :stupido:

So what about "Red Dwarf"???

Tartaros
07-25-2008, 11:57
we still do need a nifty name for the romans... how about red orgee? haha

like "the break out carbonara"

(don´t know if pasta was invented...)

Hooahguy
07-25-2008, 13:56
how about "tomato sauce"?
meh- thats lame.
lol

Poulp'
07-25-2008, 14:13
"Romani Ite Domum"

||Lz3||
07-25-2008, 22:25
IIRC the Qarthadast name is

Safot Softim biQarthadast :book2:

Che Roriniho
07-25-2008, 22:58
I still think For Baktria the best name regardless of what anyone else says is The Indian Take-away.

Also, for SPQR, The Red Sea?

Tellos Athenaios
07-25-2008, 23:54
"Romani Ite Domum"

Monty Python?

Foot
07-26-2008, 00:20
SPQR: The Red Rash

Foot

Sir Edward
07-26-2008, 01:10
SPQR: Red Tide

Hax
07-26-2008, 01:22
Monty Python?

Now, I want you to write that line a hundred times all over the city, and if it isn't done by morning, I'll cut your balls off.

Poulp'
07-26-2008, 10:45
Yes sir, I'm sorry sir, Hail Cesar sir.

Che Roriniho
08-08-2008, 22:10
:bump:

Also, and I will keep saying this until something is done about it. For Super-Baktria, it is actually the rules that they should be called the Indian Take-Away. For Saka they should be called the Chinese Takeaway. Anything else and I'll drown you in absinthe.