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*'''BM''': Battlemaster. This refers to, of course, this game.
*'''BM''': Battlemaster. This refers to, of course, this game.
*'''IC''': In Character. This refers to something to do with yor ''character.''
*'''Bureau/Buro''': [[Class#Bureaucrat|Bureaucrat]]. A Class of character you can play as.
*'''OOC''': [[OOC|Out of Character]]. This refers to something to do with someone as a ''player.''
*'''Cav''': Cavalry
*'''CS''': Combat Strength
*'''CW''': Civil Work. Something you perform with your troops to increase a region's production.
*'''IC''': In Character. This refers to something to do with your ''character.''
*'''IG''': In Game. Similar to In Character, but Out-of-Character things can still be In-Game.
*'''IG''': In Game. Similar to In Character, but Out-of-Character things can still be In-Game.
*'''OOG''': Out of Game. Similar to Out-of-Character, but you can still be In Character outside the game (chatting IC on [[IRC]], for instance).
*'''Inf''': Infantry
*'''TL''': Troop Leader. This refers to every noble in the game.
*'''TO''': [[Takeover]]. This refers to a realm anexing a region from another realm.
*'''FTO''': Friendly take Over
*'''HTO''': Hostile Take Over
*'''BTO''': Brutal Take Over
*'''CTO''': Colony Take Over
*'''RP''': Roleplaying. This refers to interactions/stories between players IC.
*'''Infil''': [[Class#Infiltrator|Infiltrator]]. A class of character you can play as.
*'''Infil''': [[Class#Infiltrator|Infiltrator]]. A class of character you can play as.
*'''Bureau/Buro''': [[Class#Bureaucrat|Bureaucrat]]. A Class of character you can play as.
*'''LB''': Lightning Bolt (the punishment used by Tom for extreme cases of cheating and/or abuse of the game).
*'''LL''': Local Lord. Refers to the Lord of a region.
*'''LL''': Local Lord. Refers to the Lord of a region.
*'''CW''': Civil Work. Something you perform with your troops to increase a region's production.
*'''OOC''': [[OOC|Out of Character]]. This refers to something to do with someone as a ''player.''
*'''OOG''': Out of Game. Similar to Out-of-Character, but you can still be In Character outside the game (chatting IC on [[IRC]], for instance).
*'''PW''': Police work. Something you do with your troops to increase your realm's control over a region.
*'''PW''': Police work. Something you do with your troops to increase your realm's control over a region.
*'''RC''': Recruitment Center  These are the buildings in regions where peasants are trained to become soldiers.
*'''RL''':This one has two meanings. "Real life", as in, OOG life, and "region lord", as in the lord of a local region, see LL.
*'''RP''': Roleplaying. This refers to interactions/stories between players IC.
*'''SA''': Survey Administration. Something Bureaucrats do to maintain the stats of a region.
*'''SA''': Survey Administration. Something Bureaucrats do to maintain the stats of a region.
*'''Inf''': Infantry
*'''Cav''': Cavalry
*'''SF''':Special Forces
*'''SF''':Special Forces
*'''TL''': Troop Leader. This refers to every noble in the game.
*'''TO''': [[Takeover]]. This refers to a realm annexing a region from another realm.
**'''BTO''': Brutal Take Over
**'''CTO''': Colony Take Over
**'''FTO''': Friendly take Over
**'''HTO''': Hostile Take Over
*'''TSNP''': They Shall Not Pass (A marshal setting)


This is all I can think of at this point. Feel free to add any terms and short forms I have missed that you think useful for new players.
This is all I can think of at this point. Feel free to add any terms and short forms I have missed that you think useful for new players.

Latest revision as of 03:41, 3 July 2010

As a new player, you will likely find players using a great deal of short forms and such that you will not understand. Here is a list of short forms and other terms that may clear things up for you.

  • BM: Battlemaster. This refers to, of course, this game.
  • Bureau/Buro: Bureaucrat. A Class of character you can play as.
  • Cav: Cavalry
  • CS: Combat Strength
  • CW: Civil Work. Something you perform with your troops to increase a region's production.
  • IC: In Character. This refers to something to do with your character.
  • IG: In Game. Similar to In Character, but Out-of-Character things can still be In-Game.
  • Inf: Infantry
  • Infil: Infiltrator. A class of character you can play as.
  • LB: Lightning Bolt (the punishment used by Tom for extreme cases of cheating and/or abuse of the game).
  • LL: Local Lord. Refers to the Lord of a region.
  • OOC: Out of Character. This refers to something to do with someone as a player.
  • OOG: Out of Game. Similar to Out-of-Character, but you can still be In Character outside the game (chatting IC on IRC, for instance).
  • PW: Police work. Something you do with your troops to increase your realm's control over a region.
  • RC: Recruitment Center These are the buildings in regions where peasants are trained to become soldiers.
  • RL:This one has two meanings. "Real life", as in, OOG life, and "region lord", as in the lord of a local region, see LL.
  • RP: Roleplaying. This refers to interactions/stories between players IC.
  • SA: Survey Administration. Something Bureaucrats do to maintain the stats of a region.
  • SF:Special Forces
  • TL: Troop Leader. This refers to every noble in the game.
  • TO: Takeover. This refers to a realm annexing a region from another realm.
    • BTO: Brutal Take Over
    • CTO: Colony Take Over
    • FTO: Friendly take Over
    • HTO: Hostile Take Over
  • TSNP: They Shall Not Pass (A marshal setting)

This is all I can think of at this point. Feel free to add any terms and short forms I have missed that you think useful for new players.

See Also

BattleMaster Acronyms

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