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Too Many Acronyms
emnmnme
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The damned game industry has gone and gotten itself into a complicated mess by releasing too much stuff. We can't even categorize all of this now that acronyms for titles have begun to overlap. You thought 1337-speak was bad...pah! SMS - am I talking about the Sega Master Sytem or Super Mario Sunshine? SC for the GCN...hmm, Soul Calibur? No, 'GCN' means 'Nintendo Gamecube' so SC must be Splinter Cell. Not to be confused with SC: PT or SC: CT. Is SFA Starfox Adventure or Starfox Armada or Street Fighter Alpha?
But let's turn this rant into a game. I'll list three wacky acronyms plus the system and the person that figures them out adds three more. Rinse and repeat until the board is stumped. I'll start off with easy ones to get the ball rolling.
PoP:WW for XBOX
LoZ:WW for GCN
MGS: SE for PS2
EDIT: And, oh, yes, looking up all titles alphabetically on gamefaqs or somesuch is cheating. Cheating is bad, mmmkay?
But let's turn this rant into a game. I'll list three wacky acronyms plus the system and the person that figures them out adds three more. Rinse and repeat until the board is stumped. I'll start off with easy ones to get the ball rolling.
PoP:WW for XBOX
LoZ:WW for GCN
MGS: SE for PS2
EDIT: And, oh, yes, looking up all titles alphabetically on gamefaqs or somesuch is cheating. Cheating is bad, mmmkay?
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god of war
gears of war
Giant Oppressive Women
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?
Yeah, it'd be weird to see a thread called Lttp: Lttp.
When I'm reading papers for college, I run into all sorts of acronyms that mean other things, it is impossible to read that shit normally any more.
Also: www.acronymfinder.com
I think there was one a few months ago.
Legend of Zelda: Wind Walker
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater
pfff, easy. Heres 3 more
MoH:V for PS2
MtG:BG for Xbox
LotR:BfME for PC
Which one? you decide.
edit: beat'd by a mile.
As for S.T.A.L.K.E.R, after having it explained to me by Pancake, and hearing about the novel and film it's borrowing from, i'm more than happy to accept it. That, and the game is all sorts of cool.
We actually got to the point where we would insult those around us (if the situation arose) with acronyms.
WT = White Trash
WWWT = Who would wear that?
DMF = Dumb Mother Fucker
We would sit on the bus, or be in line...One of us would be "WWWT"....
The rest would look around, and then laugh simultaneausly.
Good times.
Medal of Honor: Vanguard
Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth
Harder, eh? Let me see...
FFTA for the GBA
STV: EF for the PC
NGB for the XBOX
Y = wear?
now we have acronyms that don't even use the letters of words they refer to? O_o
Medal of Honor: Vanguard
Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth
I want to say Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds, but that's all one word
In any case, my contribution:
AoL for NES ;-)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced
No Clue
Ninga Gaiden Black?
final fantasy tactics: advance
star trek voyager: .... forgotten
ninja gaiden black
I've always been amused instead of annoyed by acronyms. It always makes me feel like there's an old guy somewhere who desperately wants to be cool.
I pulled a ninja edit, you just beat me.
Im a moron.
Can only name Final Fantasy: Tactics Advance.
You fail at reading.
edit: or maybe not. you just fail at quoting quick enough.
The PA one?
Come on....
:P I know the title itself is satirical, which is why I mentioned it. Like I said, I'm amused by acronyms.
AoL for NES
ST for NES
Mario Kart DS: 3320 6595 7026 5000
Final Fantasy Tacitcs Advance for GBA
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force for PC
Ninja Gaiden Black for XBOX
And here's three more
SMAC for PC
COH for PC
K: EOP for 360
fail? i am the quote ninja!
so, out of interest, to people actually speak in acronyms? I remember listening to one of the PA (heh) podcasts, and they were talking about 'graw' and 'wow' and stuff. I was thinking "just call it Ghost Recon". It really doesn't hurt any.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (or Alien Crossfire)
City (or Company) of Heroes
No idea.
It took me over a month to figure out what GRAW was.
Yeah, they are pretty spectacular.
YTAPS.
Kameo: Elements of Power
KAMEO!
(elements of power)
edit: dammit dammit dammit!
I was think Company of Heroes, but City of Heroes works, too. Only one left. K: EOP for 360
EDIT: Well, that didn't last very long.
wrong, Imran 2
edit: THREAD HAVEN'T BRAKES
H: tR for GC
OtH for most systems
DF2: JK for PC
RA: DotT for PC
C: LaR for Xbox
MMPR: TM for SNES
There's a smiley in the title! That's a tricky one alright.
Hunter: The Reckoning
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Might Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie?
And here's one to add to the list:
MA:GitS for GCN (It's even pronouncable, Maggots for the GameCube!)
Making new acronyms...
Lets Do Some.
LDS.
It never matters if they work for everyone.
Yes, I know.
Latter Day Saints.
MA:GitS - Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
OtH - Over the Hedge