A newbie's guide?

[CoffeeBreath]

hi guys,
i'm pretty new here, and to this game. when u look in the dictionary on the word "SMAC ADDICT", u can find my name.

now, i notice there is a lot of people using abbreviations here, and i have no clue what they're talking about.

here are a few i have encounter:
OCC

well, that's not a few, but can you help? please add more here.
thanks.

-CoffeeBreath.

[Wiglaf]

Hello, and welcome

common terms:

OCC - One City Challenge. Use the search function to get in depth rules, but basically you can only build one outpost in an entire game.

PCR - Post count reduction. Your total number of posts is reduced by a moderator when this happens, usually by 10-50%.

DL - Double login with two Apolyton screen names. Hopefully you aren't one, as being a DL is a pretty big violation of the rules outlined somewhere in this place

Vel's Strategy Guide - excellent downloadable and possibly even printed guide for both SMAC and its expansion, SMAX. Again, do a search on these forums to find a link.

general forum: IIRC (if I recall correctly), AFAIK (As far as I know), IMO (In my opinon)

Anything I forgot, just ask. Have fun.

[Avenoct]

It would be handy to have a top-ed abbrev. list. What do you say?

SP: Secret project or Single player
MP: Multi-player
VW: Virtual World
HGP: Human Genome Project
WP: Weather Paradigm
etc.

EC's : Energy Credits
Nuts: Nutrients
Mins: Minerals

there must be more.

[CoffeeBreath]

well , thanks for the kind reply. it really helped me.