GustyGardens
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SF
UT
TLG
DMC
DAO
FO
HL
DK
RE
AoE
TR
PoP
GTA
and so on
Quite helpful.
SF
UT
TLG
DMC
DAO
FO
HL
DK
RE
AoE
TR
PoP
GTA
and so on
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!
MK is always Mario Kart for me
Mortal Kombat will never be relevant enough with me to use an acronym for it.
Nah it's just 'DS'Nintendo DS is pretty much always NDS.
I often just see the acronyms as random letters and don't know what they stand for until I start seeing context clues.
What does RTTP stand for, anyway?
I always thought it was late to the party for Japanese games. I know that's racist. Sorry.
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.
I read it as Short Message Service.
"AC" is definitely "Animal Crossing" here.
MSG will always be Mobile Suit Gundam.I was hoping someone would read that as MGS and immediately think of Metal Gear Solid(as a joke). Did I win?
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.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.
I read AC as Armored Core every time.
SKAHBOR, thankfully, is only associatd with one game.
SKAHBOR, thankfully, is only associatd with one game.
SKAHBOR, thankfully, is only associatd with one game.
MSG will always be Mobile Suit Gundam.I was hoping someone would read that as MGS and immediately think of Metal Gear Solid(as a joke). Did I win?
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
Déjà vu.
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!
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
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)
SBCG4AP is still the best acronym regardless of popularity
This was what happened to me for a while.For the longest time I was confused as to why everyone was making Link to the Past threads.
Aaaaand I came to post this.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.
SMB is Super Mario Bros. so it becomes confusing when people say SMB to refer to Super Monkey Ball.
PoE is Pillars of Eternity, not Path of Exile.
TF = TowerFall
What else could it be?
Team Fortress
AC is Armored Core, even though I never played any of them. ME is Mirror's Edge.
Yep
What else could it be?
For the longest time I was confused as to why everyone was making Link to the Past threads.
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've never thought GOW was a tough one. Always just thought God of War is GOW, Gears of War is just Gears.