Thank you very much, that helps a lot.
Axis and Allies Acronyms Commonly Used
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Disgusting
Half those acronyms are garbage.
There is only 1 B in Battleship. And there is no A in Cruiser. I refuse to submit to a system designed by a bunch of puddle pirates, who were to afraid to get real jobs, and joined the navy.
Use the standardized 3 letter system.
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Your wordng is a little little too harsh. Think about the person who reads this list as a reference and then your comment after. Think if comments could be voted upon.
The sentiment, however, is actually relevant because there is one article in particular on the website that has about 5 comments complaining about the acronyms. I’m even considering a global replace of “BB” with “BB (battleship)” in all articles on the website (not forums).
I prefer spelling out as much as possible when possible but the fact is that many in the A&A community use these and this is a useful reference. :-D
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The BB for Battleship is the United States Navy Acronym. Same with the CA, CV, DD, SS, AP all used by The Navy. this isn’t meant for anything more than a reference guild for noobs or someone reading something else and goes “wtf is that suppose to mean” So they can decode what people are saying. Not an attempt to set a standard language of the game.
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It doesn’t matter.
I’m offended by the language. :)
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What lang. is offending you so I can fix it. So not to run into this problem again. I’m trying to be helpful not offensive.
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Yavid, you are being helpful. Gargantua seems to disagree with the system currently being used because it is based on the navy.
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Is he an Army guy? if so then I understand. I’m an army brat myself and that’s the only College football (by that i mean sports) game my dad would ever watch was The Army/Navy game.
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LOL, Yavid, I mean no offense. I was being sarcastic, but that gets lost over the internet.
There are only a handful of things that drive me abosolutely bonkers in life, and although the list is short… annoying internet acronymns are close to the top.
If the average user can’t undestand it, or the acronymn uses letters that aren’t from the word and DELIBERATELY make things confusing, then the purpose of using an acronymn is faulted, and the user trying to communicate has FAILED.
It doesn’t help that the listed acronyms also are associated with the Navy. :P
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I very much agree that using letters that appear nowhere in the word or words is alittle insane. The Navy being the biggest offender. I mean look at them top to bottom BB (battleship) CV (Aircraft Carrier) CA (Cruiser) CL (Light Cruiser) DD (Destroyer) SS (Submarine) AP (Transport) and even PT (Torpedo Boat) not one of them fit. I’m a much bigger fan of short hand like Inf. Art. Fig. Bmb.
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Precisely.
a 3 letter acronym system is superior. :)
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Precisely.
a 3 letter acronym system is superior. :)
I go for being practical: using an already established system beats having to reinvent the wheel.
A few missing/typos:
IC - Industrial Complex
KBF- Kill Britain First
KIF - Kill Italy First -
It’s only established for a few players, like the folks on this forum. However, newer players are not familiar with it.
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It’s only established for a few players, like the folks on this forum. However, newer players are not familiar with it.
Some terms are pretty much established with the A&A community, I’d say, like KGF, OOB, etc., since their use started with Classic.
For newer players it is also better to use the US Navy system because if they know any system then that would most likely be it.
And I’m not a US citizen so I don’t really mind whether the Army or the Navy rules :) -
My hope is to have a source where someone reading the boards would see something they don’t know what it means check here and go back to reading. I’m not trying to standardize the lang. at all
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Thank you Hobbes for your help and the list is updated.
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All those Acronyms are spot on. They are the most common ways to make notation of games easier.
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What’s a NO?
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What’s a NO?
National Objective.
By the way, there’s another acronyms thread over here:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=7842.30 -
List updated
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What’s a NO?
It means buy her aNOther drink.
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