RAW? What's RAW?

[jmucchiello]

Why was this moved to Meta? This isn't a discussion about the boards, it's a discussion of currently vogue RPG term.

Not that it makes a difference to me now. I've gotten an answer but it still feels like a General RPG topic to me.

 

[Fieari]

Three Letter Acronym:
TLA

Four Letter Acronym:
ETLA (Extended TLA)

Five Letter Acronym:
EETLA (Expanded ETLA)


Yeah, RAW had me going for a little while as well. But it does have a nice sort of feel to it... The raw rules, no cooking here! RAW.

Some other acronymns I've seen:

IDHTBWM: I don't have the book with me
IANARL: I am not a rules lawyer

And the one that I'm astounded I actually parsed on my first try...

IYKWIMAITYD: If you know what I mean and I think you do

 

[nopantsyet]

And the one that I'm astounded I actually parsed on my first try...

IYKWIMAITYD: If you know what I mean and I think you do

Amazingly, I had the exactly same experience. There must be some universal cue hidden in there.

But I couldn't figure out RAW. Go figure. I had to stumble across this thread to find out.

 

[Olive]

Why was this moved to Meta? This isn't a discussion about the boards, it's a discussion of currently vogue RPG term.

Cos it's a question about board jargon.

 

[der_kluge]

While we're on the subject of acronyms, what is CoC? I saw that somewhere, and couldn't figure out what it was.

 

[Knight Otu]

Code of Conduct, propably. Would that fit?

 

[Piratecat]

CoC is almost certainly Call of Cthulhu.

 

[Crothian]

It could be Code of Conduct, but I've also seen and used it to refer to Call of Cthulhu.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

It could be Code of Conduct, but I've also seen and used it to refer to Call of Cthulhu.

...there's a difference?

 

[Knight Otu]

CoC is almost certainly Call of Cthulhu.

Is it a good sign or a bad sign for my sanity that this possibility did not even cross my mind?