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[GustyGardens]

SF
UT
TLG
DMC
DAO
FO
HL
DK
RE
AoE
TR
PoP
GTA

and so on

Quite helpful.

 

[Timeaisis]

When I was lurker I always thought "LTTP" in thread titles stood for Link to the Past...as in it referenced the game but also played off the meaning of "link to the past" as people talked about old games

As for RTTP, forever I seemed to only see that with Japanese media, and thought it was a bad joke and stood for "Rinku to the Past". I've admitted this before, and I recall I wasn't the only one who thought this either.

More on topic, AC is the first one that popped to my mind---Animal Crossing fan here!

What does RTTP stand for, anyway?

I always thought it was late to the party for Japanese games. I know that's racist. Sorry.

 

[Weng]

MK is always Mario Kart for me

Mortal Kombat will never be relevant enough with me to use an acronym for it.

Fixed.

 

[inner-G]

Nintendo DS is pretty much always NDS.

Nah it's just 'DS'

 

[Hero Prinny]

I often just see the acronyms as random letters and don't know what they stand for until I start seeing context clues.

even then sometimes i don't get it, the most recent example being in the money being sent out from the vita settlement, first page someone put "BBHMM". what the hell does that mean? not a game but still an acronym and your post made me want to share that. GG i often think of Gurellia Games

 

[Mr.Fusion]

What does RTTP stand for, anyway?

I always thought it was late to the party for Japanese games. I know that's racist. Sorry.

I think it means Return to the Party.

 

[Zambayoshi]

ME is Mirror's Edge unless followed by the number '2' or '3', in which case it is Mass Effect 2 or Mass Effect 3.

 

[Hero Prinny]

ME is Mirror's Edge unless followed by the number '2' or '3', in which case it is Mass Effect 2 or Mass Effect 3.

thats a good one, i immediately thought of mirror's edge once i saw ME in your post.

 

[maxcriden]

SKAHBOR, thankfully, is only associatd with one game.

 

[dreampeppers99]

TR1

 

[Phu]

I read it as Short Message Service.

TIL what SMS means.

 

[BumRush]

When people say ME is mirrors edge I feel defeated

 

[tim_pkmn89]

"AC" is definitely "Animal Crossing" here.

I actually had to think about what else that could have been

 

[aradikus]

MSG will always be Mobile Suit Gundam.

Spoiler

I was hoping someone would read that as MGS and immediately think of Metal Gear Solid(as a joke). Did I win?

You got me! Well done, sir.

 

[xzeldax3]

I think that initialisms are a bit overused on this forum. Most of the time, I know the game in question, but when it's referred to as a seemingly random assortment of letters, I have no idea what you're talking about.

When I use an initialism, I try to use the full name of the game earlier in the post, so that people have some sort of reference point.

For instance: I like Mario Sunshine. My favorite part about MS is that I can squirt water out of a gun.

To answer you question, though. Animal Crossing is less popular than Assassin's Creed, but I often associate AC with the former.


EDIT: Changed the word from acronym to initialism because it's proper.

This is the way everyone should do it. When people throw out random letters with barely any context clues, it doesn't help at all.

 

[Toothless]

When people say TFA to refer to the new Star Wars movie, I think they're talking about the first Captain America movie instead.

The Force Awakens
The First Avenger

Come on, Disney!

 

[Hikami]

DeSu for Devil Survivor

 

[justjustin]

I read AC as Armored Core every time.

 

[Cameron122]

I will karate chop every assassin if it teaches them that AC means Armored Core

I read AC as Armored Core every time.

FELLOW RAVEN

 

[gelf]

MK has always been Mortal Kombat to me which makes all the references to Mario Kart 8 confusing at first glance.

And not an abbreviation but in a similar vein, Counterstrike is the first add on pack to Command & Conquer: Red Alert, not a FPS.

 

[JinjoUnchained]

SKAHBOR, thankfully, is only associatd with one game.

You know, this could be a fun game. Post an initialism that could only refer to one game/series and GAF has to guess it.

For example: BLCB

 

[TimorousPanda]

SKAHBOR, thankfully, is only associatd with one game.

SKAHBOR, thankfully, is only associatd with one game.

Déjà vu.

 

[John Rabbit]

MSG will always be Mobile Suit Gundam.

Spoiler

I was hoping someone would read that as MGS and immediately think of Metal Gear Solid(as a joke). Did I win?

you got me.

MK being Mario Kart/Mortal Kombat always gives me pause. it's not often obvious from the context.

 

[Sterba]

AC will always be Armored Core to me.

 

[ScatheZombie]

MW2 will always be...

 

[fhqwhgads]

SBCG4AP is still the best acronym regardless of popularity

 

[Rozart]

From the examples that have been mentioned--

GOW: God of War
SMB: Super Mario Brothers
MK: Mortal Kombat
DS: Nintendo DS (Dark and Demon's Souls are usually abbreviated to DkS and DeS respectively anyway)
ME: Mass Effect
AC: Animal Crossing (Although I do tend to use 'AC' to refer to Assassin's Creed as well, it's usually followed by a number i.e. AC1, AC2, AC:U etc.)

 

[kagamin]

If you say PD with no context, I'll assume it's Perfect Dark, so please specify if you're talking about Project Diva games.

 

[.Anema]

Not for a game itself but anyone knows why the GameCube was NGC in Japan and GCN in Europe/America?

First I was thinking it was something related to some Neo Geo Color (but the Neo Geo is the Neo Geo Pocket Color, NGPC) but I don't know. Is there any official statement about this?

 

[maxcriden]

You know, this could be a fun game. Post an initialism that could only refer to one game/series and GAF has to guess it.

For example: BLCB

Bobby's Little Crib Brigade.

Déjà vu.

Yeah, not sure what happened there. I am plenty timorous about doing this by accident.

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

AC = Animal Crossing.

 

[IISANDERII]

TF = TowerFall

 

[sixteen-bit]

to me sc2 is a fighting game not a stealth action or strategy game

 

[eot]

SMB is Super Meat Boy for me.
I don't like Mario.

 

[Iokis]

When I was lurker I always thought "LTTP" in thread titles stood for Link to the Past...as in it referenced the game but also played off the meaning of "link to the past" as people talked about old games

As for RTTP, forever I seemed to only see that with Japanese media, and thought it was a bad joke and stood for "Rinku to the Past". I've admitted this before, and I recall I wasn't the only one who thought this either.

More on topic, AC is the first one that popped to my mind---Animal Crossing fan here!

Oh man I also thought LTTP was link to the past. However, struggling to work out what RTTP could mean made the penny drop and I realised what both meant. You're not alone!

On topic, I'm in the MK = Mario Kart and SMB = Super Monkey Ball camp. Because I hadn't played Demon's Souls, I'd commonly use DS to mean Dark Souls till people on Twitch came down on me for the mistake. GOW is God of War to me. EDIT: See another couple of good ones above. I'd also sooner associated MW2 with Mechwarrior 2 than Call of Duty.

And as for PD...

 

[Dremark]

MK is always Mortal Kombat for me

Mario Kart will never be relevant enough with me to use an acronym for it.


There is definitely a special place in hell for people who misuse DMC and DmC though

Isn't Mortal Kombat a better selling series than Mario Kart now though?

Also MK is and has always been Mortal Kombat to me unless in context to make me think otherwise, despite the name of the game being clearly misspelled.

 

[FunkyDealer]

The harder to figure out is certainly DS

Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Dead Space
Dual Screen (Nintendo DS)
DarkSiders (not that common I guess)

Nintendo DS stands for Developer System, not Dual Screen. An easy mistake to make.

 

[OnionPowder]

SBCG4AP is still the best acronym regardless of popularity

Still the best TellTale game. For people wondering

Spoiler

Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People

 

[hikarutilmitt]

For the longest time I was confused as to why everyone was making Link to the Past threads.

This was what happened to me for a while.

People say SMS to mean Super Mario Sunshine, but I always read it as Sega Master System. Not sure which is more common the world over, but it's probably at least less common in the United States.

Aaaaand I came to post this.

PoE is Prison of Elders for me (play lots of Destiny)
GoW is God of War (it did predate Gears by over a year and a half, after all)

 

[Zekra Dezivad]

SMB is Super Mario Bros. so it becomes confusing when people say SMB to refer to Super Monkey Ball.

Always Super Meat Boy

 

[Gbraga]

AC is Armored Core, even though I never played any of them. ME is Mirror's Edge.

PoE is Pillars of Eternity, not Path of Exile.

Yep

TF = TowerFall

What else could it be?

 

[kabel]

HotS

Heart of the Swarm, not Heroes of the Storm.

What else could it be?

Team Fortress

 

[Thud]

MK is always Mario Kart to me.

I was wondering if there are LLTP threads about LLTP.

 

[Jeremy]

Whenever I see SMB my mind instantly jumps to Super Mash Brothers, which doesn't exist at all.

 

[Gbraga]

Team Fortress

Oh, alright.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

AC is Armored Core, even though I never played any of them. ME is Mirror's Edge.



Yep



What else could it be?

Titanfall.

 

[Peltz]

For the longest time I was confused as to why everyone was making Link to the Past threads.

Lol.. I thought this too at first.

 

[Jellzy]

SF - Street Fighter
UT - Unreal Tournament
TLG - The Last Guardian
DMC - Devil May Cry
DAO - Dragon Age: Origins
FO - ?
HL - Half Life
DK - Donkey Kong
RE - Resident Evil
AoE - Age of Empires
TR - Tomb Raider
PoP - Prince of Persia
GTA - Grand Theft Auto

and so on

I just can't think!!

Fallout? Doesn't work for me.

 

[Alx]

I've never thought GOW was a tough one. Always just thought God of War is GOW, Gears of War is just Gears.

I remember people using GeoW when the first episode released, to avoid confusion with God of War.

 

[trillbo]

You're all nuts, AC is clearly Assetto Corsa.