Abbreviations

Like many online communities, the Skylords Reborn community uses a wide range of different terms and abbreviations. On this page, you can see a list of these terms and abbreviations used in chat or on the forums, along with their meaning. Capitalization may vary. This list is never complete as it is constantly changing.

* Common Expressions
* Game Exclusive
* Card Names

These terms and abbreviations are common to many online games.

* **AA** = Anti Air or Autoattack
* **Admin** = Administrator
* **AFAIK** = As Far As I Know
* **AFK** = Away From Keyboard
* **AH** = Auction House (marketplace)
* **AKA** = Also Known As
* **AoE** = Area of Effect
* **APM** = Actions per Minute
* **ATM** = At The Minute / At This Moment
* **BoT** = Back on Topic
* **BRB** = Be Right Back
* **BTW** = By The Way
* **Buff** = Increase in strength or usefulness caused by a spell or effect. Also refers to a power increase due to a balance patch.
* **Bump** = Posting on a thread just to keep it in the top of the forum page.
* **C** = Common (rarity)
* **CC** = Crowd Control. Spells or abilities that make it impossible for units to attack and/or move.
* **Cheese** = Any card, or a combination of cards and playstyle that is considered very hard or impossible to beat efficiently and generally
* **Cya l8er** = See you later
* **DC** = Disconnect
* **DD** = Direct Damage
* **Debuff** = Decrease in strength or usefulness caused by a spell or effect.
* **Dmg** = Damage. Often used to tell the damage value stated on the card.
* **DND** = Do Not Disturb
* **DoT** = Damage over Time (debuffs like poison that cause periodic damage)
* **DPS** = Damage Per Second
* easy to use.
* **Elo** = The Elo-rating system used for PvP ranking and matchmaking.
* **F2P** = Free To Play. A game that is free, or a player that has not spent any money.
* **Farming** = Repeating an action for a long time to obtain something, like playing a lot of rPvE to gain a lot of gold, similar
* **Flamer** = A player who is consistently rude to others, "flaming" them.
* **FoW** = Fog of War
* **FTW** = For The Win
* **G** = Gold. The ingame currency.
* **G2G** = Got To Go
* **GG** = Good game
* **GJ** = Good Job
* **GL** = Good Luck
* **GLHF** = Good Luck, Have Fun. (Friendly way to start a game ^\_^)
* **Grinding** = Repeating an action for a long time to obtain something, like playing a lot of rPvE to gain a lot of gold.
* **GW** = Good Work
* **HF** = Have Fun
* **HP** = Hit Points
* **HRU** = How are you?
* **IGN** = In Game Name
* **IKR** = I Know, Right?
* **Ily** = I love you
* **IMHO** = In My Honest Opinion
* **IMO** = In My Opinion
* **JK** = Just Kidding / Joking
* **K / KK** = Okay
* **LF** = Looking For
* **LFG** = Looking For Group / Looking For Game
* **LMAO** = Laughing My Ass Off
* **LOL** = Laughing Out Loud ("Haha XD")
* **LTP / L2P** = Learn To Play
* **M8** = Mate
* **Mod** = Moderator
* **MVP** = Most Valuable Person/Player/Poster
* **Nerf** = A power decrease due to a balance patch.
* **NFS** = Not For Sale.
* **Ninja looting** = When the host takes all the upgrades in an assign game without the other players' consent.
* **Ninja'd** = When somebody posts something right before you while you are typing the message.
* **Noob** = Newbie, a new player. It is also used as an insult.
* **NP** = No Problem
* **Ofc** = Of Course
* **OMG** = Oh my God
* **OP** = Overpowered, Overpriced, Original Poster / Opening Post
* **OT** = Off-Topic
* **Plz / Pls** = Please
* **PM** = Private/Personal Mail or Private Message
* **PvE** = Player versus Environment
* **PvP** = Player versus Player
* **QFT** = Quoted For Truth
* **QQ** = Crying
* **r / Rdy** = Ready
* **R** = Rare (rarity)
* **ROFL** = Rolling On the Floor Laughing
* **Spam** = Repeating the same message many times.
* **Splash** = When a deck has mainly cards of one color with a few cards of another color. For example a Shadow deck with Frost splash.
* **Sry** = Sorry
* **TBH** = To be honest
* **Thread Necro** = Posting in an old forum thread (often 1 year old or older), bumping it back to the front page.
* **Tldr / TL;DR** = Too long, didn't read
* to Grinding.
* **Troll** = Person who posts inappropriate or offensive messages to gain a response or start an argument.
* **TY / Thx** = Thanks, thank you.
* **Tyvm** = Thank you very much
* **U2** = You too
* **UC** = Uncommon (rarity)
* **UP** = Underpowered or Under priced
* **UR** = Ultra Rare (rarity)
* **W8** = Wait
* **W81m** = Wait a minute.
* **Wb** = Welcome back
* **WBU** = What about you?
* **WP** = Well Played
* **WTB** = Want to buy
* **WTS** = Want to sell
* **WTT** = Want to trade
* **YW** = You're Welcome

These abbreviations are used for BattleForge (Skylords Reborn) specific terms.

* **BF / BaFo** = BattleForge
* **BFP** = BattleForge Points
* **BG** = Battlegrounds (random PvE)
* **Blue** = Frost (can also refer to the blessed affinity.)
* **Cliffing** = Attacking with (long) range units over a cliff, to make counterplay difficult.
* **CRD** = Crusade
* **DPTS / DP20** = Damage Per Twenty Seconds (the damage value displayed on a card.)
* **F / Fi / Fr** = Fire and Frost
* **Full** = A deck consisting of all 4 colors.
* **Gold Run** = Collecting all gold chests in a map and disenchanting all upgrade rewards into gold.
* **Green** = Nature (can also refer to the gifted affinity.)
* **IPD** = Indirect Power Disadvantage
* **KOTG** = King of the Giants
* **LS** = Lost Souls
* **MTFBWY** = "May the force be with you", a quote from the Star Wars films. It basically means "Good Luck". In BattleForge they often talk about "May the forge be with you".
* **PPD** = Permanent Power Disadvantage
* **Promo** = Promo Cards
* **Pure** = A deck consisting of cards in only one color.
* **Purple** = Shadow (can also refer to the tainted affinity.)
* **Red** = Fire (can also refer to the infused affinity.)
* **RPvE** = Random PvE
* **Spam** = A strategy that involves playing lots of the same unit. (e.g. Master Archers spam)
* **SR** = Skylords Reborn
* **T1 / T2 / T3 / T4** = Tier 1-4, a way of telling how many orbs you have.
* **U0 / U1 / U2 / U3** = Upgrade level of a card, where U0 stands for no upgrades and U3 to a completely upgraded card.

These abbreviations refer to specific cards, occasionally one abbreviation could refer to multiple cards depending on the context.

* **AIS** =
* **AoC** =  /
* **BG** =
* **CS / Snap** =
* **DO** =
* **Dread** =  /
* **Enlighten** =
* **EP** =
* **Equi** =
* **ES** =
* **FM** =
* **FoF** =
* **GS** =
* **Harv / Harvy / Harvey** =
* **HS** =
* **IG** =
* **IST** =
* **Jugg / Juggy / Jugger** =
* **KoC** =
* **LB** =
* **LF** =
* **LK** =
* **LS** =
* **LW** =
* **MA** =
* **Maddie** =
* **MotK** =
* **Mounty** =
* **Nasty** =
* **NC** =
* **NG** =
* **Nox** =
* **Oink** =
* **PS** =
* **RB** =
* **Roots** =
* **Shammy** =
* **SM** =
* **SoG** =
* **SoL** =
* **SoM** =  /
* **SoT** =
* **SoW** =
* **SS** =
* **UA** =
* **Unholy / UP / UH** =  /
* **WBG** =
* **Wings** =
* **WoG** =
* **WotN** =
* **WW** =