Eidos Forums specific abbreviations and their meaning.
TOU / ToS = Terms Of Use / Terms Of Service; the forum rules (
link)
ECC = Eidos Community Chat forum (
link)
PM = Private Message
VM = Visitor Message
EM = Eidos Montréal
DX = Deus Ex
CD = Crystal Dynamics
TR = Tomb Raider
LOK = Legacy Of Kain
SE = Square Enix
SEE = Square Enix Europe
SELS = Square Enix London Studios
SEA = Square Enix America
SEJ = Square Enix Japan
CM = Community Manager
General forum abbreviations and their meaning.
OP = Original Poster; the person who started the thread
OT = Off Topic
sig = signature; a pre-defined text and/or image which appears under a member's post
devs = developers
QTE = Quick Time Events; quickly pressing a sequence of buttons during a cutscene
VTOL = Vertical Take-Off and Landing
IP = Internet Protocol (address); a computer's "telephone number" - OR - Intellectual Property; a game franchise
troll = a person intentionally being annoying or otherwise disruptive on a forum
RTFM = Read The
Freaking Manual
POV = Point Of View
IMO/IMHO = In My (Humble) Opinion
QFT = Quoted For Truth
NVM = nevermind
AFAIK/AFAIC = As Far As I Know/As Far As I'm Concerned
BTW = By The Way
AKA = Also Known As
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
ROFL/ROTFL = Rolling On (The) Floor Laughing
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off
ATM = At The Moment
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
TBH = To Be Honest
bf/gf = boyfriend/girlfriend