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*'''BM''': Battlemaster. This refers to, of course, this game. | *'''BM''': Battlemaster. This refers to, of course, this game. | ||
| − | *''' | + | *'''Bureau/Buro''': [[Class#Bureaucrat|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 | |
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*'''Infil''': [[Class#Infiltrator|Infiltrator]]. A class of character you can play as. | *'''Infil''': [[Class#Infiltrator|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. | *'''LL''': Local Lord. Refers to the Lord of a region. | ||
| − | *''' | + | *'''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. | ||
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*'''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. | ||
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| + | == See Also == | ||
| + | [[BattleMaster Acronyms]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:41, 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.
