 acronyms..., and the dumpshockers who love them |
 Mar 18 2004, 07:01 PM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,912  |
a lot of acronyms get thrown around on DS, and while I can figure out most of them, some baffle me. so i want to start a thread where we post a common acronym and its meaning, eventually explaining most if not all of them.
i'll start. IIRC: If I Recall/Remember Correctly. |
 |
 
|
 |
Replies
(1 - 22)
|
Mar 18 2004, 07:07 PM
Post
#2
|
|
|
Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO: In My [Not So] [Humble] Opinion
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary AFAIK: As Far As I Know HMHVV: Human-Metahuman Vampiracy Virus SotSW: Shadows of the Sixth World (Ok, that one's just a blatant self-advertisement ;) ) ~J |
|
|
|
|
Mar 18 2004, 08:27 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 18 2004, 08:30 PM
Post
#4
|
|
|
Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,028 Joined: 9-November 02 From: The Republic of Vermont Member No.: 3,581 |
Acronym Finder is your friend. It'll give you most of the non-Shadowrun/Dumpshock-specific ones.
For the Dumpshock specific, the one that I think requires explanation is "BBB", or "Big Black Book", referring to the Shadowrun core rulebook. I hate the term; it's stupid and confusing because it doesn't actually stand for any title of any actual book. I just refer to the thing as "SR3" or "the corebook". |
|
|
|
|
Mar 18 2004, 08:31 PM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 22-June 02 From: Parts Without Member No.: 2,897 |
It took me a long time (too long, actually) to figure that BBB == Big Black Book == SR3 core rules.
<<<Nice to know I'm not alone :-) >>> |
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 03:03 AM
Post
#6
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
I was never a big Doom player but the fact that SPISPOPD stands for Smashing Pumpkins Into Smoldering Piles Of Putrid Decay still sticks in my mind after a decade or so.
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 03:09 AM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
KOTH: King of the Hill
LMOTH: Last Man on the Hill IIHAT: If I Had a Trow ~J |
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 03:10 AM
Post
#8
|
|
|
Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
Actually, it can sometimes mean 'Big Blue Book' since for some editions and some printings, the main book was blue.
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 08:06 AM
Post
#9
|
|
|
Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
And of course BABY is the Big All Black Yearbook. Also known as very hard to get core rules. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 01:45 PM
Post
#10
|
|
|
Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
AKA The-Book-That-Goes-For-$500-Every-Time-It-Shows-Up-On-Ebay Book. Also, Book-Abstruse-Doesn't-Own-Because-He's-Poor.
The Abstruse One |
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 07:03 PM
Post
#11
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,912 |
yearbook? is this a super duper edition of the original rules?
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 07:11 PM
Post
#12
|
|
|
Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
Hardcover, limited edition. Very l33t.
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 07:19 PM
Post
#13
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,912 |
1st edition?
I know someone who has that. time to swindle. edit: he doesn't play shadowrun, so he has no idea what he has. also, is it limited edition because its hardback, or is there more than one edition of hardback? |
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 07:58 PM
Post
#14
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 21-October 03 From: Yorkshire Toxic Zone Member No.: 5,752 |
I think each version has its own l33t hardback first printing rule book.
I'm very jealous. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 19 2004, 08:50 PM
Post
#15
|
|
|
Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,548 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I have a paperback first edition, got it as a wedding present, but its mighty worn. One of my friends had the hard cover second edition. I think it made it an extra six months before pages started falling out.
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 20 2004, 01:18 PM
Post
#16
|
|
|
Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
The BABY is different from the plain hardcover edition I believe. Only 1000 (?) were printed and they were all numbered, except for a very rare few that were sold/given out at a convention without numbers, and those generally go for a lot of money.
The Abstruse One |
|
|
|
|
Mar 20 2004, 10:07 PM
Post
#17
|
|
|
Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
BABY, a.k.a. the book that will be hardest to get for my collection. It may require a shadowrun of it's own to procure it. Good I'm such a huge SR geek, that *automatically* makes me good at crime, like reading books in Morrowind. ;)
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 21 2004, 03:09 AM
Post
#18
|
|
|
Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Are you guys talking about the Silver special edition book or just a first edition? I have two hard cover 1st eds and I think I have a soft cover or two somewhere.
So, are you telling me that the hard cover is worth money? Interesting....if its true. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 26 2004, 05:28 PM
Post
#19
|
|||
|
Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,950 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
No, the BABY is a 3rd edition hardcover. The 3rd edition hardcover was a limited edition (only 1000 and some exist.) First and second edition hardcovers are not much rarer than those editions softcover. A bit of trivia: several 1st edition softcovers have the cover on upside down. Mine came that way and I doubt it was all that rare. |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Mar 27 2004, 04:00 PM
Post
#20
|
|
|
Target Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Bunker Gate 7 [CaTCo Compound] Member No.: 4,248 |
Back to acronyms, what the frag means SCIRE ?
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 27 2004, 07:17 PM
Post
#21
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 264 Joined: 26-March 04 From: Houston Member No.: 6,197 |
Self-Contained Industrial-Residential Environment
AKA the Renraku Arcology, everyone's favorite place to go to die. Though I think that's currently bucking for that position with the CZ (the Chicago Containment Zone) and the Aztechnology pyramid down in Aztlan. Edit: Seeing as this is the Acronym thread, I added what CZ meant. In case anyone didn't know. Fat chance, right? |
|
|
|
|
Mar 28 2004, 01:48 AM
Post
#22
|
|
|
Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
My Self-Contained Life, now showing on GENZTV...
[ Spoiler ]
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 28 2004, 04:23 PM
Post
#23
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 2,137 |
but cz can also be cyber-zombie.
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 3rd August 2025 - 05:24 AM |
Topps, Inc has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any proprietary material used in connection with the game Shadowrun. Topps, Inc has granted permission to the Dumpshock Forums to use such names, logos, artwork, marks and/or any proprietary materials for promotional and informational purposes on its website but does not endorse, and is not affiliated with the Dumpshock Forums in any official capacity whatsoever.