39,327
edits
m (clean up) |
(update links) |
||
Line 25:
** some characters, places, etc (HF, DF, PoNS)
** related websites (Ww, OF)
* The team of ''[[Discworld]]'' wizards who work on [[
* ''[[The Dilbert Principle]]'' advises employees to use lots of acronyms in describing their accomplishments because "they sound impressive while conveying no information":
{{quote|'''Boss''': "What was your contribution to the project?"
Line 43:
== T.B.T.G. ==
* ''[[Dungeons
* ''[[Warhammer
* And if you think that's bad, you should see ''[[Exalted]]''. Acronyms like [[Game Breaker|VAP]],<ref>Void Avatar Prana</ref> PoCB,<ref>Protection of Celestial Bliss</ref> SSE,<ref>Seven Shadow Evasion</ref> GSNF<ref>Green Sun Nimbus Flare</ref> and SCS<ref>Solar Circle Sorcery</ref> are all thrown around. ''Exalted'' terminology is so flowery that typing all the Charms out in full could take weeks.
Line 63:
* ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'': [[In-Universe]], actually. Mostly to preserve memory space, but also has a nice futuristic look.
** Its [[Spiritual Successor]] series, ''[[Mega Man Star Force|Starforce]]'', does this on the [[Nintendo DS]], [[Rule of Cool|simply for the latter reason]]. It also forces this on the player, due to little paragraph space for the parts you have to write yourself, such as naming your "Best Combos".
* ''[[
{{quote|'''Goliath:''' Go ahead, TACCOM. Milspec [[RoboCop|ED 209]] on. USDA selected. FDIC approved. Checklist complete... SOB.}}
* The ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'' community has a lot of this. HttT, TSG, AoI, SoF, THoT, DA, HI, WM, ZoC, CtH, HAPMA... almost all campaigns, units and gameplay elements are abbreviated, [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Wesnoth_Acronyms_and_Slang see also here].
|