Abbreviations

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A

A-MUSH: Aztec Monk RUSH - SMUSH using Aztecs instead of the Saracens

AFAIK: As far as I know

AI: Artificial Intelligence - how smart your computer is.

AIM: AOL Instant Messenger - popular instant messaging service ( www.aol.com/aim )

AoE: Age of Empires (1997)

AoK: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (1999)

AoKH: Age of Kings Heaven, a fansite (The site you're reading this at)

AoKTC: Age of Kings: The Conquerors Expansion (2000)

AoM: Age of Mythology (2002)

Arb: Arbalests

ASAP: As soon as possible

ATT: Attack, the unmodified damage dealt by a unit

B

BAK: Back at keyboard

BC: Bombard Cannon

Bcan: Bombard Cannon

BF: Black Forest (Map type)

Bloody Style: Game style whereby each player may only build one Town Center in a game

Boom: A surge in economic growth most commonly achieved by producing large numbers of villagers from multiple town centers

BRB: Be Right Back

BRT: Be Right There

BT: Build Time - the time it takes to create a unit

BT: Bombard Tower

BTW: By the way

C

CA: Cavalry Archer

Cat: Cataphract

CG: Cannon Galleon

Chuck: Cho Ko Nu

CiS: Chuckles in Silence

CKN: Cho Ko Nu

CL: Crater Lake (Map type)

Co-op: Game style. Multiple players control the same civ. To do this, two players must ensure both have exactly the same settings for civilization, color, and team number.

Conq: Conquistador

CPU: Central Processing Unit

CRUSH: Castle Age Rush. Castle before the opponent and attacking immediately. Usually, military buildings are constructed in a forward base from which to launch continuous attacks.

CU: See you

cya: See you

D

D/L: Download

DL: Download

DM: Death Match. All players start with enormous amounts of resources in Late Imperial Age

Douche: Dark Age Rush. The original town center is deleted in Dark Age and another is built near the enemy. This TC is then garrisoned with villagers and used to attack.

DX: Direct X

E

E: Elite. Normally prefixed to unit names/abbreviations to signify the Elite version of a unit.

ES: Ensemble Studios. The developers of the Age series. ( www.ensemblestudios.com )

EW: Eagle Warrior

F

FB: Forward Builder

FFA: Free for All - no teams - (There is only one winner ultimately)

FFS: Fast Fire Ship

Flame : an insult

Flood: An attack using a mass of one unit type

FLUSH: Feudal Rush (Attack your enemy early in the feudal age, using towers to control his resources)

FR: Fire Rate

FS: Fire Ship

FWIW: For what it's worth

FYI: For Your Information

G

GD: AoK General Discussion forum (http://aok.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/aokcgi/display.cgi?action=t&fn=3 )

GF: Girlfriend

GF (1,2,3, etc.): Geforce1, Geforce2, Geforce3

GG: Good Game

GL: Good Luck

GRUSH: Galley Rush - Rush with Galleys in the early ages to achieve early naval dominance

GTG: Gotta Go

GUSH: Galley Rush - Rush with Galleys in the early ages to achieve early naval dominance

H

Halb: Halberdier

HAND: Have a nice day

HC: Hand Cannoneer

HF: Have Fun

HG: HeavenGames, the parent entity for AoKH (http://www.heavengames.com)

Housed: A situation where there are not enough houses to enable further units to be produced

HP: Hit points

Husk: Huskarl

Husky: Huskarl

I

ic: I See

ICQ: I Seek You - popular instant messaging service ( www.icq.com )

ICS: Internet Connection Sharing

IE: Internet Explorer

imho: In my humble opinion

IMNSHO: In my not so humble opinion

imo: In my opinion

IP: Internet Protocol. Unique number for each PC used to connect for multi-player games which usually changes each time you connect (especially for dialup users). To find out what your IP is, go to start->run and type winipcfg, or going to a DOS Prompt and type ipconfig for Windows NT/2000 users

J

Jag: Jaguar Warrior

Janny: Jannissary

JW: Jaguar Warrior

K

KLEW: An expert strategy for a very fast castle time (typically around 14 minutes) when your opponent should still be in the Feudal Age.

L

l8r: Later

Lbow: Longbowman

LC: Light Cavalry

LCav: Light Cavalry

LMAO: Laughing My @$$ off

LOL: Laugh out loud

LOS: line of sight

LS: Long Swordsman

M

M@A: Man at Arms

Mam: Mameluke

Mang: Manguadai

Mang: Mangonel

MB: Motherboard

MFO: Mr. Fixit Online, a fansite for many games (http://www.mrfixitonline.com)

MP: Multi-Player

MS: Microsoft.

MSN: MSN Messenger - popular instant messaging service ( www.msn.com )

N

NIC: Network Interface Card

np: No Problem

nrn: Not Right Now

NS: Netscape

NT: No Text

O

OD: Outside Discussions forum ( http://www.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=t&fn=1 )

Ons: Onagers

OT: Off-Topic

OTOH: On the other hand

P

PA: Pierce Armor

PA: Plumbed Archers

Pal: Paladin

PAoE: Planet Age of Empires, a fansite ( http://www.planetaoe.com )

Pet: Petard

Phract: Cataphract

Pike: Pikeman

R

Range: Archery Range

Rax: Barracks

rdy: Ready

RM: Random Map

ROFL: Rolling on the Floor Laughing

ROFLMAO: Rolling on the floor laughin my @$$ off

RoR: Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome expansion pack (1998)

RTFM: Read the fine manual

RTM: Released to Manufacturing (gone Gold)

Rush: Generic term for an early attack that attempts to catch the opponent unprepared. Typically attacks are concentrated on resource gathering sites to slow the opponent's economy and advancement to subsequent ages

S

Sam: Samurai

Shimo Style: Typically played as a Regicide game with 5 or more players. Alliances can be made with any player but allied victories are disallowed (There can be only one winner)

Skirmies: Skirmishers

Sling: Team strategy in which one player tributes resources to a teammate to enable an earlier attack than would otherwise be possible.

SMUSH: Saracen Monk Rush (Achieve Castle Age early, attack with monks)

T

TA: Throwing Axeman

TC: Town Center

TC Push: A strategy using mulitple garrisoned Town Centers offensively to overwhelm your opponent. This strategy is less effective, and therefore less prevalent, due to changes to the town center in the Expansion Pack.

THS: Two Handed Swordsman

TK: Teutonic Knight

Treb: Trebuchet, or to use Trebuchets to attack

TS: Turtle Ship

Turtling: Walling in and concentrating on defense and economy and attacking later.

Watcher: Player who sits in on a game to watch but does not participate. The watcher sets up him/herself as a Co-op and then resigns immediately when the game begins

WE: War Elephant

Win2K: Windows 2000

Win9x: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE

WinME: Windows Millenium Edition

WinXP: Windows XP

Woady: Woad Raider

WTF: What the ****

WW: War Wagon

WXP: Windows XP

X

x-bow: Crossbowman

X-Pack: Expansion Pack

XP: Expansion Pack

Z

Zerk: Berserker

Zone: Multiplayer gaming site run by MSN ( www.zone.com/conquerors/ )