Auto-acronyming - new feature? (merged)

[Vocenoctum]

So, no way to turn the feature off?

 

[cougent]

I would also like to see often used adventure names added to the list. What defines often used? Well, that is for the admins to decide (above my paygrade!)

Some suggestions though:
AoW
CotCT
RotRL

While many of us know these on site, it is difficult to ever "get them" for the first time since once used they are almost always continually used. I have seen 10 page threads with the acronym in every other post and never the real terms used. I believe KotS & WotBS are already on the list? (as they should be, but does make the case)

[cAsE preference is mine, and does not seem to matter to the tool]

 

[Aus_Snow]

In the interests of balance, and also of not (possibly) being perceived as edition-biased, could you make 3e do something (i.e., come up as 'D&D 3rd Edition'), much like 4e currently does?

Cheers.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

In the interests of balance, and also of not (possibly) being perceived as edition-biased, could you make 3e do something (i.e., come up as 'D&D 3rd Edition'), much like 4e currently does?

Cheers.

I concur, and I would suggest ensuring this for other editions (and some games), too.
AD&D, BECMI, OD&D. Games might be "CoC" (that seems used frequently enough, and it seems unambiguous...) or ED (Earthdawn).

I don't know if SR should be Spell Resistance or Shadowrun, so we should avoid overdoing this stuff. I would avoid trying to use this feature for all acronyms we can come up with. (I think adventures and adventure paths might already be too much!)

 

[Blackrat]

And another suggestion. It's one that comes up frequently but isn't readily obvious, at least to us non-native english speakers: TPK = Total Party Kill

 

[Nifft]

TPK = Total Party Kill

Good call.

I wonder how it deals with punctuation, IYKWIM(AITYD).

Hmm, -- N

 

[Aus_Snow]

Or hey, in the interests of completeness. . .? For that matter, the (even) earlier editions could do with representation in this way. Or yeah, what da Mustrum says.

 

[cougent]

I concur, and I would suggest ensuring this for other editions (and some games), too.
AD&D, BECMI, OD&D. Games might be "CoC" (that seems used frequently enough, and it seems unambiguous...) or ED (Earthdawn).

I don't know if SR should be Spell Resistance or Shadowrun, so we should avoid overdoing this stuff. I would avoid trying to use this feature for all acronyms we can come up with. (I think adventures and adventure paths might already be too much!)

Honestly, I felt that way initially as well, but then noticed that we had already started down the "slippery slope" with WotBS (acceptable exception since it is an ENW product) and KotS. The latter being a single product and not even a grouping of several products (like WotBS, AoW, RotRL, etc.) If the tool is going to be used for clarity then it should be applied equally. If it is to be used for marketing (as well) then perhaps some guidelines (prices?) could be posted so 3PP could get in on the deal as well? Using it for ENW products seems fine, but using it for just ENW and WotC seems skewed, IMO.

 

[Graf]

I think CoC should go in. It comes up, is unambiguous and would be manifestly unclear to the average new player.

Earthdawn? Uh. Not sure that we need an extension for it. Anybody who tries to reference it has to explain what it is and most people haven't ever seen it or heard about (I played a campaign for a year in RL, but I'm the only person I know who's ever played it, outside of that group).

CoC's been in continuos production for years and years, if you're a gamer, you're probably familiar with it. Which makes it dotted line worth imho.