This forum needs a dedicated Acronym FAQ

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PCK
WAW
BFD
TOAW
COC
CIA
FBI
IRS
PZC
CWE
BS
TGIF
FM


...IMHO

[GaryChildress]

This is a good point. It's hard for me to keep up with all the acronyms especially when people are referring to non-Matrix games with them.

[Greybriar]

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This forum needs a dedicated Acronym FAQ

Agreed!

But an alternative would be to mention the complete title of the game in the thread's title or in the first post in the thread.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Greybriar

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This forum needs a dedicated Acronym FAQ

Agreed!

But an alternative would be to mention the complete title of the game in the thread's title or in the first post in the thread.

Trouble is with the "tell me some good games to play" threads. After the first post you get about a thousand acronyms in alphabet salad. [:D]

[E]

ORIGINAL: Greybriar

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This forum needs a dedicated Acronym FAQ

Agreed!

But an alternative would be to mention the complete title of the game in the thread's title or in the first post in the thread.

Yeah, that's going to happen. *grin*

[Arsan]

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ORIGINAL: Greybriar

ORIGINAL: E

This forum needs a dedicated Acronym FAQ

Agreed!

But an alternative would be to mention the complete title of the game in the thread's title or in the first post in the thread.

Yeah, that's going to happen. *grin*

You could start by giving example: what FAQ stands for?? [&:]
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(just joking [;)][:D])

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ORIGINAL: Arsan

You could start by giving example: what FAQ stands for??

That's exactly the problem! I don't know what it means!

[oldspec4]

I know what BS means [:D] But I agree that, unless you're a regular on this forum, the acronyms are generally a puzzle to most.

[E]

ORIGINAL: oldspec4

I know what BS means [:D]

Battleship! *grin*

[spellir74]

Panzer Command.

"PzC"

"PzC:K"

[kharkov]

"PzC:OWS" or just OWS.



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What is FM?

[spellir74]

The list defined could be in a FAQ.

[E]

ORIGINAL: spellir74

What is FM?

F*ck*ng Magic. Ahem, Erm, I mean Frequency Modulation.

[IronDuke_slith]

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PCK
WAW
BFD
TOAW
COC
CIA
FBI
IRS
PZC
CWE
BS
TGIF
FM


...IMHO

WTF... [;)]

[Hertston]

This forum needs a dedicated Acronym FAQ

You can't do that ! [X(]   It's just so much fun making them up and watching people pretend they know what you are talking about... [:D]

[06 Maestro]

Yea, you might have a point, but on the other hand-[>:] D I L L I G A F [:'(]

It could be useful, but care should be takena s to what is defined.

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ORIGINAL: 06 Maestro

It could be useful, but care should be takena s to what is defined.

In context of a matrix games forum, the games being acronymmed* would suffice. The problem as I see it is that the only one's who really know and use a specific game acronym are those who own/play/or are/were specifically interested in a game. So you get a thread like "which game should I buy" which is then filled with acronyms used by owners/players but meant for obviously non-owners/non-players consumption. I think it'd be Matrix best interest to help newbies to understand which game is being talked about in each of those acronyms. Now if you're in a specific forum, you can guess what the main acronym means, but not necessarily in the general forum. For instance if someone said "AT attack strengths are too high," ...did they say attack strength are too high in Advanced Tactics? Or did they say Anti-Tank attack strengths are too high in the Operational Art of War? Or in wargames in general? Granted the example given is probably poor as there would hopefully (but not necessarily), be a better context).

* - (tm) (Patent Pending)