LOA, or List of Abbreviations

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)
• 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:

Don't forget HA (horse-archers). :beam:

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)

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AS = Arche Seleukeia, an EB faction

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The EB Faction! >: |

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

Two additions:
CA: Creative Assembly - the creaters of R:TW - or CountArach - a forum member
IMHO: in my humble opinion

LS: Lorica Segmentata a form of armour discussed so often that it gets its own abbreviation.

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.

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.

You could also add SSbQ, UI or SB (somebody used it for sacred band, I believed it was sarmatian bodyguard)

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....

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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.

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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 ?

add FTW (i honestly don't know the meaning)

:laugh4:

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...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

SSTKOTtI = some strange term, known only to the insiders:laugh4:

FTW can also mean For The Weak.

FTW can also mean F888 This Widget.

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.

Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

LOLOMGWTFBBQ- An expression of severe gascibation.

QFT
Quoted For the Truth

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

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Originally Posted by Hax

Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

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

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Originally Posted by Hax

Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

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

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Originally Posted by Hax

Purple Death could also refer to the Sweboz.

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Did you mess around with the colors?

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Originally Posted by General Appo

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.

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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)

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.

I thought you guys would pick the most obvious choice...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...eRainMovie.jpg

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

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Originally Posted by Hax

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

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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:

btw, definition of a boost

Rarely used here because of how threads work, but

BUMP

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Originally Posted by The Persian Cataphract

I thought you guys would pick the most obvious choice...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...eRainMovie.jpg

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

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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.