Actually FBR is Flowing Black Robe. I don't think we should get too worked
up with the acronyms usage. There are really not too many of them. RTS
stands for Runed Totem Staff, it is also pretty common. Here are a few
common EQ acronyms for anyone who wants to know:
OOM - Out of Mana
AFK - Away from Keyboard
BRB - Be Right Back
OMW - On My Way
GTG - Good to Go
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
OOC - Out of Character
SG - Sand Giant
HG - Hill Giant
LJ - Lockjaws
Warning: The next group of acronyms contains item spoilers!!!
Spoiler Space
PGT - Polished Granite Tomahawk
BCS - Stiletto of Bloodclaws
DW Shield - Darkwood Shield
MM Shield - Mistmore Shield
DW Boots - Dwarven work boots
BE chest - Black Enamelled Chestplate
BE mace - Black Enamelled Mace
BBC - Bone Bladed Claymore
GZ - Gigantic Zweihander
GB - Ghoulbane
FS Weapon - Fine Steel Weapon
>
>From: "Mr. Beeba" <flpmc@...>
>
>I'm going to join the flame list and say that I agree with Bob. I receive
>over
>200 messages a day from several mailing lists, family, friends. I don't
>have
>any idea what most of these acronyms are and when I find them in a message
>I am
>curious as to what they mean, but as before mentioned, I still have 200 or
>more
>messages to read. This leaves me little time to reply to people, let alone
>go
>to a web site with an EverQuest dictionary. Nor do I contain any desire to
>go
>there and look up a word each time.
> Here's a good one for you, everyone pretty much knows what a zipper
>is, or
>has one on a least one article of clothing, but when i told my 10 year old
>nephew to XYZ-PDQ he had no clue what I was talking about. In other words,
>just because I play the game doesn't mean I know every piece of language
>and
>lore about it, nor do I care to.
> But it would be nice if people would just spell out what it is they
>are
>talking about, it would make me more interested in the messages that
>contain
>these acronyms.
>
>Tadian the flame receiver of Veeshan
>
>p.s. I DO know what FBR is...Full Black Robe. But I guess that is just
>because
>for the last 5 days some idiot has been screaming it across east karana,
>and
>each time he does some person new to the area, generally barbarians, will
>shout
>back..."What is a FBR?"
>
>Bob Stewart wrote:
>
> > From: Bob Stewart <dreambard@...>
> >
> > At 09:30 AM 7/23/99 -0400, chlebek@... wrote:
> > >Ah! You just need the secret decoder ring. Here ya go:
> >
> > Sorry, wrong answer. Doesn't scale. Barely works at all. Using
>acronyms
> > that aren't widely known is inconsiderate of those with whom you are
> > supposedly trying to communicate. Pointing people to an immense list of
> > definitions is simply a way of saying you can't be bothered to type out
> > words that would be relatively sufficient.
> >
> > Overuse of acronyms was one of the problems that made IBM systems
>difficult
> > and limited their use to the priesthood. More considerate computer
> > companies moved away from secret code.
> >
> > Acronyms are the rudest form of slang and jargon. They are even worse
>than
> > obscure words like "proc" because they aren't even pronouncable words.
> > Acronyms are effectively a way to invent new words on the fly, then use
> > them and berate the reader for not knowing what they mean.
> >
> > I'll warn you now that I've been fighting this battle in the computer
> > industry for 30 years, with some success. People either get the point
>and
> > behave less rudely or miss the point and continue to speak in secret
>code,
> > either not understanding or simply not caring whether they're
>communicating
> > with the majority of their audience. If you don't mind if the majority
>of
> > the readers simply don't know what you meant and probably won't bother
>to
> > find out, use them, but don't kid yourself.
> >
> > Bob
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