I've recently joined the Escapist forums after frequently viewing ZP. I love the community however one thing that gets right up my jacksy, the amount of abbreviations used.
Now don't get me wrong i'm all for them but when I don't know what they stand for it annoys me a bit.. especially when someone's whole post is about the abbreviation for the game. So I decided that maybe it would be a good idea to get an abbreviation list up. If you guys think this is a good idea then say so and maybe, just maybe we could get it stickied.
I know a few of you guys are hardcore veterans knowing every short-hand name for every game, genre, character etc but some of us don't especially newbies to games and this forum. I don't know if this has been done before and if it has smack me in the face. If this all goes well i'll get off my fat arse and try to categorise them into genres etc. Obvisouly try to list some of the more popularly discussed games on the site, otherwise it'll just turn into a list of endlessness.
So to get the ball rolling i'll try to think of a few.
HL - Half Life
GTA - Grand Theft Auto
AoE - Age of Empires
WoW - World of Warcraft
RS - RuneScape
TS - TimeSplitters
CS:S - Counter-Strike: Source
CoD - Call of Duty
GH - Guitar Hero
NFS - Need For Speed
PoP - Prince of Persia
DoW - Dawn of War
EDIT: And now for the ones you guys have come up with (thanks to all)
Pkmn - Pokemon
D2 - Diablo 2
LoD - Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
AoM - Age of Mythology
RO - Ragnarok Online
WC1/2/3 - WarCraft
FT - Warcraft: Frozen Throne
EVE - EVE Online
NWN - Neverwinter Nights
KoL - Kingdom of Loathing
TF - Team Fortress
UT - Unreal Tournament
FF - Final Fantasy
KH - Kingdom of Hearts
DQ - Dragon Quest
DBZ - Dragon Ball Z
BG - Baldur's Gate
LOTR - Lord of the Rings
ToP - Tales of Phantasia
"S - Tales of Symphonia
CT - Chrono Trigger
CC - Chrono Cross
CS - Counter Strike
BoF - Breath of Fire
PS - Phantasy Star
CoN - Champions of Norrath
C&C - Command & Conquer
EE - Empire Earth
WiC - World in Conflict
AC - Assassin's Creed
GoW - God of War
GeoW - Gears of War
TLoZ - The Legend of Zelda
I did that just by looking/thinking of the games i've got/played. Any criticisms are welcomed and if enough people think this is stupid/sucks then i'll get rid of it
Now don't get me wrong i'm all for them but when I don't know what they stand for it annoys me a bit.. especially when someone's whole post is about the abbreviation for the game. So I decided that maybe it would be a good idea to get an abbreviation list up. If you guys think this is a good idea then say so and maybe, just maybe we could get it stickied.
I know a few of you guys are hardcore veterans knowing every short-hand name for every game, genre, character etc but some of us don't especially newbies to games and this forum. I don't know if this has been done before and if it has smack me in the face. If this all goes well i'll get off my fat arse and try to categorise them into genres etc. Obvisouly try to list some of the more popularly discussed games on the site, otherwise it'll just turn into a list of endlessness.
So to get the ball rolling i'll try to think of a few.
HL - Half Life
GTA - Grand Theft Auto
AoE - Age of Empires
WoW - World of Warcraft
RS - RuneScape
TS - TimeSplitters
CS:S - Counter-Strike: Source
CoD - Call of Duty
GH - Guitar Hero
NFS - Need For Speed
PoP - Prince of Persia
DoW - Dawn of War
EDIT: And now for the ones you guys have come up with (thanks to all)
Pkmn - Pokemon
D2 - Diablo 2
LoD - Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
AoM - Age of Mythology
RO - Ragnarok Online
WC1/2/3 - WarCraft
FT - Warcraft: Frozen Throne
EVE - EVE Online
NWN - Neverwinter Nights
KoL - Kingdom of Loathing
TF - Team Fortress
UT - Unreal Tournament
FF - Final Fantasy
KH - Kingdom of Hearts
DQ - Dragon Quest
DBZ - Dragon Ball Z
BG - Baldur's Gate
LOTR - Lord of the Rings
ToP - Tales of Phantasia
"S - Tales of Symphonia
CT - Chrono Trigger
CC - Chrono Cross
CS - Counter Strike
BoF - Breath of Fire
PS - Phantasy Star
CoN - Champions of Norrath
C&C - Command & Conquer
EE - Empire Earth
WiC - World in Conflict
AC - Assassin's Creed
GoW - God of War
GeoW - Gears of War
TLoZ - The Legend of Zelda
I did that just by looking/thinking of the games i've got/played. Any criticisms are welcomed and if enough people think this is stupid/sucks then i'll get rid of it