July 27, 2001, 17:10
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Settler
Local Time: 12:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Landskrona, Sweden
Posts: 26
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A little help for newbies.
The first thing you have to do...
Build a HCP in your TMV so that your QGD dosnt go HJE.
And if all hell brakes loose with your SAK, make sure all your BVC are not HKI, or the HPR might infect your RVR.
What the f**k are you ppl talking about?!?
Have played this game for a pretty long time but some of all those "HPO", "WQL" and "EGD" **** dosnt ring a bell for me.
Well, well... Its hard not to be "3L33T".
I just feel sorry for those who dosnt know ANY of all those...
How are they supposed to learn from us on the forum?
Yea I know, im a nagging b**ch.
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July 27, 2001, 18:11
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Prince
Local Time: 13:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 612
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Re: A little help for newbies.
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Originally posted by Securion
Yea I know, im a nagging b**ch.
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And a Swede as well...
We're just trying to confuse the Enemy and, frankly, those CtP players deserve all the anguish they get.
If we loose some dedicated SMAC/X players along the road, well, we all have to make sacrifices. 
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July 27, 2001, 18:16
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Prince
Local Time: 13:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Oslo, Norway
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Oh, and welcome to the boards. 
If you post something in the off-topic section, you'll learn yet another abbreviation.
*bondetamp does the DL-dance*
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The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
-H. L. Mencken
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July 27, 2001, 19:05
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Emperor
Local Time: 14:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Aperture Science Enrichment Center
Posts: 8,638
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And remember that your EG is quite PB'd if you don't have at least two of the following; WP, HGP or the CN and can't PopB at the mid-game. Not to mention that SP's like CBA, TCF, HSA and CV are totally OW especially when doing MP by PBEM...
You'll get the hang of it in less then a month.
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July 27, 2001, 19:21
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Emperor
Local Time: 21:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: You can be me when I'm gone
Posts: 3,640
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What is the deal with Internet forums and abbreviations? Between HGP, HSE, MMI, PB, PBoom, CV, and FJBFHMGR, I'm surprised anyone knows what anyone else is saying!
TGIF!
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July 27, 2001, 21:03
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Prince
Local Time: 06:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NC, USA
Posts: 777
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Exactly Mr. P, it's as we're all MMI equipped.
Not to be too serious, but the abbreviations are usually referred to in Capital Letters and full words somewhere in the the thread. If you're really having a hard time, try going back up the thread for their full extension. The toughest ones to get at first I think are SP (special project) and GA (Golden Age). After that it's all AFK.
-Smack
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July 28, 2001, 17:08
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Prince
Local Time: 06:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Connecticut, USA
Posts: 883
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Usually, the abbreviations stand for either a secret project or a technology. Thus:
HGP = Human Genome Project
WP = Weather Paradigm
VW = Virtual World
DAP = Doctrine: Air Power
MMI = Mind-Machine Interface
etc = etcetera
Some other common abbreviations are:
SP = Secret Project or Single Player
MP = Multi-Player
PBEM = play by email
PB = Planet Buster
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July 29, 2001, 00:40
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Prince
Local Time: 06:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NC, USA
Posts: 777
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See what nice people we really are? It's just shorthand b/c we never tire of talking about it!
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July 29, 2001, 09:50
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King
Local Time: 06:52
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Leamington, ON, Canada
Posts: 1,167
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The "Chironian Guild" has a pretty good list of most of the smac abbreviations. It's in the "database" section:
http://guild.ask-klan.net.pl/
bc
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