Past few days I've seen a couple of posts.....one compiling a glossary and the other from a new member asking what some of the acronyms mean, in which a link is given to the glossary post.

How about instead of forcing someone to read through however many pages of acronyms trying to find the one they want, Just stop using them.

Not everyone does it, most people do use the full term. Reassuringly in the squad building section the full title is used a lot. But there are enough examples around that it becomes annoying.

Is it too much of an effort to type veteran instincts instead of VI. If your answer is yes and you can also rattle off every card/build acronym known to x-win kind then you maybe need to consider lifer a bit more :-)

When FFG introduce character limits on posts then by all means start using them again. But in the mean time lets be a bit more new user friendly and stop.

Is it too much of an effort to type veteran instincts instead of VI.

Yes. yes it is.

its not all that hard to pick up once you see people use it after a while

and I really hate having to look up the speeling of the cards

Yes it is, especially if you have some long paragraph that references it multiple times. In those instances, you're making the paragraph harder to read. Like guy above me said, you pick up the common ones fairly fast.

In any case, you can always ask what things mean. Send a PM if you don't want to waste a post on the forum. IDGAF. I doubt others would mind much either.

I don't mind the common and well established acronyms; ptl, vi, eu.... It's the less commonly used ones that get me....

And to be honest I am lazy and also don't like asking silly questions. If i see an acronym and I can't figure out what it stands for I will just disregard the entire post rather than look it up or make a post asking "what does this stand for?".

I don't think I'm alone in this. I think there's a fair number of people who would just rather skip a post (or thread) than have to look up what an obscure acronym means.

So if you're happy with your stuff not being read by the maximum number of people then go ahead, use as many acronyms as you want.

For my own part, I know I'm not completely innocent of acronym use, but I do try to stick to a rule; I always try to make sure I write out the full card name the first time I reference it in a thread. I figure that if people are paying attention to the posts they are reading then 99% of forum goers have the required intelligence to connect the acronym to the card given contextual use.

Request denied, report to room 101 immediately.

Past few days I've seen a couple of posts.....one compiling a glossary and the other from a new member asking what some of the acronyms mean, in which a link is given to the glossary post.

How about instead of forcing someone to read through however many pages of acronyms trying to find the one they want, Just stop using them.

Not everyone does it, most people do use the full term. Reassuringly in the squad building section the full title is used a lot. But there are enough examples around that it becomes annoying.

Is it too much of an effort to type veteran instincts instead of VI. If your answer is yes and you can also rattle off every card/build acronym known to x-win kind then you maybe need to consider lifer a bit more :-)

When FFG introduce character limits on posts then by all means start using them again. But in the mean time lets be a bit more new user friendly and stop.

Why did you use "i've" instead of "I have"?

Is it too much of an effort to type veteran instincts instead of VI. If your answer is yes and you can also rattle off every card/build acronym known to x-win kind then you maybe need to consider lifer a bit more :-).

While I agree to some extent some of the acronyms may be a bit annoying (BMST = Back Market Slicer Tools) coming on here and making condescending comments like the one quoted above will gain you little sympathy with the other forum users. Just because you add a smiley face does not make the comment any less offensive.

All Nit-picking Aside Gamers Rightly Assign Many Simple.

Some things just have names that are way too obnoxiously long. I will sometimes use the full name and then the abreviation following in long posts, but generaly keeping it short it is. Its not like there is an issue with someone asking, they will always get an explanation and a link to the glossary thread so they know where to look next time, nothing wrong with that. Most people are aware that slang isn't easily accessable and aren't smug about it. I can't recall ever seeing that, even.

Never gonna happen.

And to be honest I am lazy and also don't like asking silly questions. If i see an acronym and I can't figure out what it stands for I will just disregard the entire post rather than look it up or make a post asking "what does this stand for?".

How is that a silly question? Just ask. People here don't bite. (Well, most of them.)

I don't have any issue with acronyms being used for upgrade cards.

It's when someone acronyms a squad name that I get a little miffed, because I then try to figure out what god awful power upgrade card they are talking about that can take on a whole list.

There is actually one problem with acronyms on these forums: the search function does not accept terms shorter than 4 letters. So stuff shorted to 3 or less letters can not be found.

Edit: typos

Foxtrot Oscar.

I leave you to work out what that might be shorthand for.

I use my phone to type, and between the piss poor auto correct, and having to type on this small little touchscreen keyboard, I'll use acronyms where I can. Instead of typing twin laser turret I'll type tlt.

Makes my life easier when typing on here.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you're going to fill a post with abbreviations and acronyms, at least write the full card title once, the first time, so people can interpret Lone Wolf (LW) and differentiate it between Long Range Scanners (LRS) or Attanni Mind link (AM) from Extra Munitions (EM).

It's common courtesy! And commenting from a phone is no excuse for lack of trying; I'm writing this comment on my phone, even tethered to a wall outlet!

All Nit-picking Aside Gamers Rightly Assign Many Simple.

All Collectors Rename Ordinary Names, Your Memory Sucks

OMG WTF LOL.

Sorry dude, its the world we live in these days.

My only beef is with the ones that can mean several things;

OP = Original Post

OP = Original Poster

OP = Over Powered

"In the OP when the OP talked about how OP FanHan was I disagreed."

BTW, did you see that episode of NCIS:LA where they had to work with the CDC, FBI and CIA to stop ISIS?

Past few days I've seen a couple of posts.....one compiling a glossary and the other from a new member asking what some of the acronyms mean, in which a link is given to the glossary post.

How about instead of forcing someone to read through however many pages of acronyms trying to find the one they want, Just stop using them.

Not everyone does it, most people do use the full term. Reassuringly in the squad building section the full title is used a lot. But there are enough examples around that it becomes annoying.

Is it too much of an effort to type veteran instincts instead of VI. If your answer is yes and you can also rattle off every card/build acronym known to x-win kind then you maybe need to consider lifer a bit more :-)

When FFG introduce character limits on posts then by all means start using them again. But in the mean time lets be a bit more new user friendly and stop.

What's this FFG you speak of?

I don't have an issue with acronyms, it's just the times I can't work them by searching. My other hobby is being a roller derby ref and we only talk in acronyms. But it's useful to know there's a reference thread

Past few days I've seen a couple of posts.....one compiling a glossary and the other from a new member asking what some of the acronyms mean, in which a link is given to the glossary post.

How about instead of forcing someone to read through however many pages of acronyms trying to find the one they want, Just stop using them.

Not everyone does it, most people do use the full term. Reassuringly in the squad building section the full title is used a lot. But there are enough examples around that it becomes annoying.

Is it too much of an effort to type veteran instincts instead of VI. If your answer is yes and you can also rattle off every card/build acronym known to x-win kind then you maybe need to consider lifer a bit more :-)

When FFG introduce character limits on posts then by all means start using them again. But in the mean time lets be a bit more new user friendly and stop.

So, four years of shorthand for and by the people that play and discuss the game the most needs to be abolished because you (and apparently you think that your experience is the only one that matters) can't be bothered to read, ask, or otherwise find out what they mean? Wow. And I thought I was lazy.

Now I will go and listen to "User-Friendly" because that is the only worthwhile thing that came out of your post.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you're going to fill a post with abbreviations and acronyms, at least write the full card title once, the first time, so people can interpret Lone Wolf (LW) and differentiate it between Long Range Scanners (LRS) or Attanni Mind link (AM) from Extra Munitions (EM).

It's common courtesy! And commenting from a phone is no excuse for lack of trying; I'm writing this comment on my phone, even tethered to a wall outlet!

All Nit-picking Aside Gamers Rightly Assign Many Simple.

Don't you mean:

All Collectors Rename Ordinary Names, Your Memory Sucks

If I'm responding or creating a post, I have to usually edit it because of typos due to my phone. It's great if you can type on your phone without making many errors, but since I got this new phone it seems worse to type then my previous which tells me some phones are also better than others for such a thing

Acronyms also help save time, and when you have children and other things going on around you, sometimes you just want to type out the obvious to save a little time, and less hassle. If 8 out of 10 people will understand it, good enough, the other 2 will catch on and be doing the same down the road. At least very likely anyway

Who gives anyone the right to tell someone to use acronyms or not? Some need to get off their high horse. It's something that has become common practice on message boards when discussing topics with the same phrases over and over. It's not going to change because one person doesn't like it. Just being honest as I know there will be at least 1 or 2 who will disagree, but it's the internet, so it's not going to happen.

You think every post will stop using acronyms now because of this thread? We all know that's not going to happen.

It's not overly hard to figure out what the majority of the acronyms mean. If they can't figure it out, ask, or ignore the post. Life will go on

They're not hard to pick up and nobody's going to jump down your throat if you ask.

If someone's obviously new then I'll probably spell things out in full but tbh if you've been around for any substantial length of time. It's only the ambigious acronyms that are a problem.

Oh, and shortening BTL-A4 to BTL instead of to A4. The A4's the descriptive part, BTL prefixes every Y-wing model (BTL-A4 and BTL-S3) and the K-wing too (BTL-S8). It's like shortening T-70 to T.

There's NOT a problem with acronyms, just a problem on how we pronounce them.

Push The Limit is PTL ; that's "PEE TEE ELL" ... not "PIT TULL".

Black Market Slicer Tools is BMST ; that's "BEE EMM ESS TEE" ... not "BUM SIT".

Engine Upgrade is EU ; that's "EEE YOU" ... not "EWW".

There's NOT a problem with acronyms, just a problem on how we pronounce them.

Push The Limit is PTL ; that's "PEE TEE ELL" ... not "PIT TULL".

Black Market Slicer Tools is BMST ; that's "BEE EMM ESS TEE" ... not "BUM SIT".

Engine Upgrade is EU ; that's "EEE YOU" ... not "EWW".

You leave my Ewh out of this.

There's NOT a problem with acronyms, just a problem on how we pronounce them.

Push The Limit is PTL ; that's "PEE TEE ELL" ... not "PIT TULL".

Black Market Slicer Tools is BMST ; that's "BEE EMM ESS TEE" ... not "BUM SIT".

Engine Upgrade is EU ; that's "EEE YOU" ... not "EWW".

In my opinion EU is pretty ew...