It's a huge stumbling block unfortunately. There are still things that make me scratch my head in "WTH-ness", but in the beginning it was actually infuriating because it was almost like reading declassified/leaked military documents.
Here is a list, but it's far from complete. The main ones should be there though.
If we just take some of the recent ones above
BPT = Beakers Per Turn (your research)
CS = Civil Service
BtS = Beyond the Sword, the latest expansion pack to Civ 4.
Another bug bear of mine is the CIV and CiV, which is apparently supposed to mean Civ 4 and Civ 5. I mean, it's hard enough to know what people are speaking about to begin with, now we have to take special notice of capitalisation too?
What the hell is a Mounted Oscillating War?
What the hell is a Mounted Oscillating War?
Think "U" is rather universally recognized, unlike Civ codes, rite?![]()
I suggest we switch to CS for faster CS
It's like a tribal language. It would be much easier for new people to feel welcome (and understand what people are talking about) if people didn't use so many acronyms. I think it's hard for guys who have been here for years to understand how big of a stumbling block this is.
It's not. I only joined about a year ago and had no real trouble. It's not like there isn't a list of them readily Googleable, and most of them are obvious anyway.
Exactly.
Many HAVE problems with the ludicrous over-use of acronyms. That is a fact.
It is a fact that some new users complain about the use of acronyms.
Whatever. It's simply an observation that some users have problems with it, whether you want to acknowledge it or not.
In the beginning, it was naturally nigh on impossible to understand what people were saying.