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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #45 on: September 23, 2011, 12:33:44 PM »
Hi, it's me again!

With the release of Pets, I assume there will be a few new acronyms to include.  Right off the bat, I can think of one:  CAP can now also stand for Create-a-Pet (sticky will be modified to reflect this change as soon as I complete this post).

Since I do not have Pets and will not be purchasing it, I'd truly appreciate it if you'd leave a post here with any new acronyms you'd like to see added to the list.

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #46 on: September 23, 2011, 05:01:34 PM »
The only thing wrong I see with Create a Pet is differenciating it with Create a Pattern. For instance, if Simstar3 (first person I thought of) says "I'm going to create something special for you in CAP", then whoever she's addressing can't immediately think what they are getting.



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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #47 on: September 23, 2011, 05:09:37 PM »
I'm going to drag back out the discussion of CC.  The reason we use "CC" and "3rd party CC" on the Forum is because EA themselves refer to the items they make as Custom Content.  If they call it that, we need to call it that, too, in order to avoid confusion.  This was all discussed some months ago and it was decided that we would use Custom Content to mean anything at all that is made for the game, both by EA and by others.  And we would use 3rd party Custom Content to specifically refer to exactly that...  3rd party custom items.  We need to stay consistent and not keep changing this around.

Also, let me add that the link to the discussion about this explains it the same way I just did.  It's mighty confusing to send readers to a link that's the opposite of what they're being told.
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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #48 on: September 23, 2011, 05:10:47 PM »
The only thing wrong I see with Create a Pet is differenciating it with Create a Pattern. For instance, if Simstar3 (first person I thought of) says "I'm going to create something special for you in CAP", then whoever she's addressing can't immediately think what they are getting.

Doesn't this already happen with Create-A-Style and Create-A-Sim?

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #49 on: September 23, 2011, 09:45:41 PM »
The purpose of the Glossary isn't to discuss the items, it's just to define them.  I tried to the best of my ability to define in as non-judgmental, unbiased terms.  I think that's a particularly important point when trying to define something as controversial as CC.  I'm not sure exactly what you want me to change in the CC definition, Pam.

With regard to the CAP definition, the user will need to take context into consideration.  If Player A says to Player B, "I'll make you something special in CAP" and Player B doesn't know what CAP is, they can come here and see that CAP could either be Create-a-Pattern or Create-a-Pet.  If Players A and B were discussing the Pets EP, they can probably assume Player A is going to make a pet.  But that distinction will need to be made between Player A and Player B ("Do you mean a Pattern or a Pet?").  The purpose of the Glossary is simply to flesh out the acronyms.  As Fez points out, it's the same as with Create-a-Sim or Create-a-Style.  Context is key.

Also, remember, the primary user of this Glossary is probably not a seasoned Sims 3 player or a veteran forumer.  I envisioned the primary user of the glossary to be someone new to one or the other, someone who's just getting their feet wet, someone who would see CAP and wonder "what in the world is CAP????".

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #50 on: November 15, 2011, 11:23:44 AM »
A couple of new terms:

CAH -- Create a Household. If you have Pets, this replaces CAS and CAP (Create a Sim and Create a Pet)

occult -- an alternate life-form -- ghost, mummy, Simbot, vampire, imaginary friend, or unicorn.
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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #51 on: February 06, 2012, 09:03:48 AM »
I'm not sure if the glossary is still being updated, but I have a couple of suggestions:

HS - Hidden Springs downloadable world from the Store.

UC - Union Cove downloadable world exclusive to the forum.



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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #52 on: March 05, 2012, 04:20:40 AM »
It's not generally accepted, AFAIK, but I've been using LL for Lunar Lakes.

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #53 on: March 05, 2012, 04:22:22 AM »
It's not generally accepted, AFAIK, but I've been using LL for Lunar Lakes.

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I don't know what AFAIK means, but it's an abbreviation we don't use here.  Would you mind spelling it out?
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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #54 on: March 17, 2012, 07:08:11 PM »
It looks like this list has been updated a lot since I published it. I have moved it to general, where it will be more visible to people on the forum :)

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #55 on: March 17, 2012, 07:34:52 PM »
The other worlds that are missing from the list are Appaloosa Plains (AP) and Starlight Shores (SS).

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #56 on: March 26, 2012, 11:44:04 PM »
What's starlight shores?

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #57 on: March 26, 2012, 11:45:29 PM »
What's starlight shores?

It's the world that came with Showtime. Here's the Sims 3 Wiki page about it.  :)

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Re: Glossary and Generally Accepted Acronyms (GAA)
« Reply #58 on: April 05, 2012, 12:05:29 PM »
MSS= Master Suite Stuff
ST= Showtime
Woofum=Dog in Simlish

Thought we could update this.  :)

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« Reply #59 on: April 05, 2012, 05:43:30 PM »
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