[Iguana]

I think everyone around here, especially newbies would find a list of what common game acronyms used around here mean quite usefull. I personally sometimes find myself lost on some abbreviations used in forum threads and such a list would have been useful.

Heres some that I can think of off the top of my head.

BS1, BS2, BS3 ---> Broken Sword Series
GK1, GK2, GK3 ---> Gabriel Knight Series
GF--> Grim Fandango
MoS--> Moment of Silence
TLJ --> The Longest Journey
SMI-->The Secret of Monkey Island
MI2--> Monkey Island 2: Lechucks Revenge
CMI--> Curse of Monkey Island
EMI--> Escape from Monkey Island
DoTT--> Day of the Tentacle
BASS--> Beneath a Steel Sky
FoTAQ--> Flight of the Amazon Queen

[AFGNCAAP]

How about...
KQ, SQ, PQ = King's / Space / Police Quest
QfG = Quest for Glory
LSL = Leisure Suit Larry
S&M = Sam and Max
UAKM = Under a Killing Moon
R(t)MI = Return to Mysterious Island
HHGTTG, H2G2 = Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
BG(&)E = Beyond Good & Evil
KOTOR = Knights of the Old Republic
FoA = (Indiana Jones and the) Fate of Atlantis
...?
Good idea, but I think the list of the really popular ones (on a particular forum) is rather short, in fact. And when you stumble upon The Magnificent Adventure of Alan Smithee the Conqueror of the Universe or something, you'll still want to shorten it even if nobody else had heard of it. So the best bet is probably to use acronym only when it's easy decipherable from the context, whether because of thread's subject, the opinion I am quoting or arguing against, or because I myself mentioned the full name short ago. Unfortunately, that advice is actually aimed at those using them rather than those confused by them.

[rtrooney]

S1, S2 = Shivers 1&2
BD = Black Dahlia
BAx = Beyond Atlantis
FPFP = Freddy Pharkus, Frontier Pharmacist

Are a few others that come to mind

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by Iguana

SMI-->The Secret of Monkey Island

Just to be picky, we usually use only MI.
STS -> Simon the Sorcerer
STS2 -> Well, you guess it.
Maybe DF1 and DF2 : Dark Fall 1 and 2.
And also maybe (T)BM -> (The) Black Mirror

[After a brisk nap]

Originally Posted by Ninth

Just to be picky, we usually use only MI.

I've usually seen TSOMI.

[EagleFlyFree]

Glad to see someone else bringing this up, it kind of fizzled out last time...

http://forums.adventuregamers.com/showthread.php?t=6658

[Iguana]

Originally Posted by EagleFlyFree

Glad to see someone else bringing this up, it kind of fizzled out last time...

http://forums.adventuregamers.com/showthread.php?t=6658

Interesting Thread, I think theres definatly a use for such a list, even if that means its through this thread.

Although context of the thread should give away meanings of the acronyms often they don't, and to save us all from overasked questions such as " What samarest day?"(which I actually don't quite know the answer to but thats besides the point) replaced by numerous what is DOTT (Day of the Tentacle) short for? or others along the same lines, then a handy thread to look it up is quite usefull.

Although I do admit there isn't actually alot of such questions asked, as far as i've seen anyways but I'm sure there are many who were thinking it and afraid to ask, (not knowing that no one in this forum bites of course) and perhaps readers who aren't members and can't post.