Steve Jackson Games - Site Navigation
Home General Info Follow Us Search Illuminator Store Forums What's New Other Games Ogre GURPS Munchkin Our Games: Home

Go Back   Steve Jackson Games Forums > Roleplaying > GURPS

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-08-2006, 08:45 PM   #61
ericbsmith
 
ericbsmith's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

QFT = Quoted For Truth

I had to look that one up on The Acronym Finder myself.
__________________
Eric B. Smith GURPS Data File Coordinator
GURPSLand
I shall pull the pin from this healing grenade and...
Kaboom-baya.
ericbsmith is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2006, 09:15 PM   #62
Kromm
GURPS Line Editor
 
Kromm's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Montréal, Québec
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

"Quantum Field Theory." And you thought this MS in theoretical particle physics was from a Crackerjack box.
__________________
Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com>
GURPS Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games
My DreamWidth [Just GURPS News]
Kromm is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2006, 09:32 PM   #63
Qoltar
Pike's Pique
 
Qoltar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A.
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

Quote:
Originally Posted by ericbsmith
QFT = Quoted For Truth

I had to look that one up on The Acronym Finder myself.
Over another forum....

I think it stood for Q = Quite
F= *BLEEP*
T = True

At least the way they swear over there it seems that way .
__________________
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me....


A vote for charity: http://s3.silent-tower.org/TheKlingonVotes/index.html
Qoltar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 03:34 AM   #64
vicky_molokh
GURPS FAQ Keeper
 
vicky_molokh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

Updated 9 Nov 2006.
__________________
Vicky 'Molokh', GURPS FAQ and uFAQ Keeper
vicky_molokh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 03:42 AM   #65
roguebfl
Dog of Lysdexics
 
roguebfl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

Quote:
Originally Posted by shawnhcorey
TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

Umm this is not as listed in the firts post, GURPS or RPG speific, as it from Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
__________________
Rogue the Bronze Firelizard
Gerald Grenier, Jr. Hail Eris!
Rogue's Weyr
roguebfl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 04:48 AM   #66
vicky_molokh
GURPS FAQ Keeper
 
vicky_molokh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

Quote:
Originally Posted by roguebfl
Umm this is not as listed in the firts post, GURPS or RPG speific, as it from Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
Quote:
Originally Posted by Molokh
TANSTAAFL == There ain't such thing as a free lunch. A game-balancing philosophy.
Right after Social Stigma.
__________________
Vicky 'Molokh', GURPS FAQ and uFAQ Keeper
vicky_molokh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 04:53 AM   #67
roguebfl
Dog of Lysdexics
 
roguebfl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Molokh
Right after Social Stigma.
I know where it, that point of the post 8) it is not "GURPS-Specific or RPG-Specific"
__________________
Rogue the Bronze Firelizard
Gerald Grenier, Jr. Hail Eris!
Rogue's Weyr
roguebfl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 06:08 AM   #68
vicky_molokh
GURPS FAQ Keeper
 
vicky_molokh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

Quote:
Originally Posted by roguebfl
I know where it, that point of the post 8) it is not "GURPS-Specific or RPG-Specific"
Moved, but I still feel that's it's mostly used in trait cost discussions.
__________________
Vicky 'Molokh', GURPS FAQ and uFAQ Keeper
vicky_molokh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 12:52 PM   #69
Ragabash Moon
 
Ragabash Moon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Molokh
Moved, but I still feel that's it's mostly used in trait cost discussions.
Well, maybe on RPG forums, but my debate teacher in high school said it, and I seriously doubt he was a roleplayer. It may have been coined by Heinlein, but it's one of those sayings that transcends the medium that created it to become universal.
__________________

Cleopatra: Whenever she assigned me to the switch, was that Voice, or was Raina influencing her thinking? Because, I mean, if it was Raina, she got inside my head and decided that I would screw it up.
Ragabash Moon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2006, 06:13 PM   #70
trappedslider
Banned
 
trappedslider's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Deserts of Arrakis - Dune the Desert Planet
Default Re: GURPS Forum Abbreviations: help the newbies?

I don't know if this one was mentioned but: AoO Attack of Oppertunity
trappedslider is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
abbreviations, faq

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Fnords are Off
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:34 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.