chatting shorthand

all right. This is for posting helpful expressions or shorthands that is used here or in any basic online chatting place for the new people. If you have any questions on what some phrase or shorthand means, then post it here and we will answer it. I will also edit my post to fill in all of the examples you submit. At least i think i can edit my post. I'm going to start with a small list and you guys can add more later.

Game related phrases
TW: Total War
STW:Shogun Total War
MTW: Medieval Total War
RTW: Rome Total War
M2TW: Medieval 2 Total War
MI: Mongol Invasion for Shogun
VI: Viking Invasion for Medieval
BI:Barbarian Invasion for Rome
RPG: Role Playing Game
RTS: Real Time Strategy
depending on the game, there may be shorthanded phrases for factions or units such as WRE (Western Roman Empire for Barbarian Invasion)

Personal Phrases
IMO: In My Opinion
ppl:people
IDK: I Don't Know
plz: please
AFAIK: As Far As I Know

Other Phrases
FTW: For The Win
OMG: Oh My God
SK: Sasaki Kojiro

There's a chatroom at the top of the forum you can join it you want too.

Ftw = For the win.

SK = Sasaki Kojiro

YOU MUST NOT FORGET THIS :stare:

^ i didn't.

BTW: By the way
lol: Laugh out loud

...or you could go here ;)

IIRC: If I Remember Correctly

Other
WRE: Western Roman Empire
ERE: Eastern Roman Empire
HRE: Holy Roman Empire
WotS: Will of the Senate (a sytle of PBeM)

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