Originally Posted by
V.T. Marvin
EB lingo is rich indeed - an example, which is two years old and even than far from being exhaustive follows:
* 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
* BOT = Back on Topic
* 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
* 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,
* 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
* (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
* 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.
* 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
BTW BOT EB+BI.exe FTW, IMHO :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
