01-30-2005, 06:26 AM | #1 |
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Suggestion: Developer list and dictionary
I'd like it possible to browse developers and publishers as well as game titles.
Newcomers might appreciate a way to look up common abbreviations/acronyms (DOTT, BASS, BS2, GK3, TLJ, ROTS, MOS ... ) and writers/desigers (Ron Gilbert, Jane Jensen ... ) often mentioned in these forums. |
01-30-2005, 06:32 AM | #2 |
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I had a list of commonly used acronyms in our FAQ originally but the rest of the staff thought it was out of place there. So I blame them.
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01-30-2005, 06:51 AM | #3 |
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Oh yeah and your first suggestion is good and is being worked on.
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I just came across a good (not game related) example here: http://www.floydianslip.com/faq.php#10 |
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http://forums.adventuregamers.com/fa...m#faq_acronyms Anyway, I still think the list should be more extensive (and updated) and featured on the main site. |
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01-30-2005, 08:06 AM | #7 |
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That's an old forum FAQ ripe for deletion. Our current FAQ is here.
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A list like that is only helpful if it's comprehensive, and the list in the FAQ was not comprehensive. If a game's common abbreviation was added to the Notes field in the game database, then the game would come up if you did a search for the abbreviation... -emily |
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01-30-2005, 11:21 AM | #10 |
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Okay, maybe "only helpful" was a little too strong of a phrase.
But my concern was that the list would have to be continuously updated and there's always going to be a game or an acronym that we forgot. |
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Acronyms are always based on the first letters of the words in the game title, and usually can be figured out pretty easily from the context of the post. If someone can't figure out what an acronym means, I'd personally rather that person ask than to have AG try to maintain a comprehensive list of acronyms. Reviews are completely different, IMO, but hey, if people would rather AG staff spent their time trying to maintain long lists of acronyms rather than reviewing games, who am I to argue? -emily |
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01-30-2005, 01:25 PM | #16 |
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EDIT: But it always makes me think "Latter-day Saint" Last edited by fov; 01-30-2005 at 01:31 PM. |
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For the record, I believe a comprehensive list of acronyms is a much needed feature, being in the FAQ, main site, or wherever.
And if you don't want to have to bother thinking about it (and waste time), why not start a thread where people would post game and their acronyms whenever they think of them? I'm getting tired of typing Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis instead of FoA.
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01-30-2005, 06:14 PM | #19 |
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Good idea, although I feel that the list of known figures in the adventure genre is perhaps more important than an acronym database. Or that's my opinion anyway... which never accounts for much.
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