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Quick Handbook of Site Acronyms


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I see a lot of acronyms that I can't decypher and sure i'm not alone. This will be the place for any acronyms you may or may not understand. Be it gaming related or forum specific.

 

General Forum Related Acronyms:

 

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

 

ATM - At The Moment

 

BTW - By The Way

 

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

 

FTFY - Fixed That For You (Someone will quote another, changing what they said slightly then post this)

 

FWIW - For What It's Worth

 

GL&HF - Good Luck & Have Fun

 

IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly

 

IMO or IMHO - In My Opinion or In My Honest Opinion

 

IRL - In Real Life

 

OP - Original Post/Poster (1st Post in a thread/Person who made the thread)

 

OT - On Topic

 

OTOH - On The Other Hand

 

PITA - Pain In The Ass

 

PM - Private Message (An inbox message)

 

QFT - Quoted For Truth

 

TBH or TBQH - To Be Honest or To Be Quite Honest

 

TC - Topic/Thread Creator (Person who made the thread)

 

tl;dr - too long; didn't read

 

VM - Visitor Message

 

XBA/Gaming Specific Related Acronyms:

 

AC - Assassin's Creed

 

AG - Achievement Guide (See G & R)

 

AOTM - Artist Of The Month (Box Art Competition - More info can be found here)

 

BO - Call Of Duty: Black Ops

 

BLOPS or BLOPS 2 - Call Of Duty: Black Ops/2

 

COD - Call Of Duty

 

FPS - First Person Shooter

 

G & R - Guide and Roadmap (other variations AG & RM) These are the tools that help you get all the gamerscore in a particular title and are authored by our very own users :)

 

GFWL - Games For Windows Live

 

GG - Good Game

 

GOTY - Game Of The Year

 

GOW - Gears Of War

 

GS - GamerScore (The combined total of ones achievements)

 

GSL - GamerScore League

 

GT - Gamer Tag

 

GTA - Grand Theft Auto

 

KOTOR - Knights Of The Old Republic

 

L4D - Left For Dead

 

L4D2 - Left For Dead 2

 

LOTR - Lord Of The Rings

 

M$ - Microsoft

 

ME - Mass Effect

 

MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

 

RM - Roadmap (See G & R)

 

R* - Rockstar

 

RPG - Role Playing Game

 

RTS - Real Time Strategy

 

RROD - Red Ring Of Death

 

Rx - RoutineX (Owner of x360a/Admin)

 

TA - TrueAchievements.org

 

TPS - Third Person Shooter

 

x360a - xbox360achievements.org

 

XBA - xboxachievements.com

Edited by Grifter Reborn
Update - XBA/x360a
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Not a bad idea. Off the top of my head, here are a few acronyms you'll find people using on a forum:

 

OP - original poster (person who made the thread)

Alternatively: opening/original post (first post in a thread)

 

TC - topic/thread creator (person who made the thread)

 

FTFY - fixed that for you (someone will quote another changing what they said slightly then post this)

 

IIRC - if I recall/remember correctly

 

tl;dr - too long; didn't read

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Great start. I knew the OP, and TC.

 

If anybody has any that they either want to know or feel they think that others might not know, just add below. Even if you think some of them are obvious to you, some people will no doubt find them useful!

 

Some that I see get regularly asked what they mean are;

 

AFAIK - As far as I know

 

PITA - Pain in the ass

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Hope this is in the right section, i made sure to do a search before posting this but couldn't find anything and thought it would be a good idea. (Forgive me if it's in the wrong section or there is already a thread)

 

I see a lot of acronyms that I can't decypher and sure i'm not alone.

 

There has been one on almost every forum i've ever used before and they are very handy so thought i'd ask and see what your thoughts were.

 

I can see how a new user might find something like this helpful. We do have some forum specific shorthand we use all the time. If you would like to take responsibility for updating the OP (original post) with the list, perhaps organize them by what they pertain to and alphabetize them or something, then I think we can leave this thread open. Perhaps include a little bit of the most common forum shorthand and then focus on our site specific jargon?

 

I'll add a couple for your list. G or AG is the forum shorthand for Achievement Guide. R or RM is for the Roadmap that normally accompanies a guide. The "official" shorthand for them is G & R.

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Guest Scotty

a couple of obvious ones, but they could still help people new to forums entirely;

 

ATM - At The Moment

 

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

 

PM - Private Message

 

VM - Visitor Message

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