Abbreviations for Pinball Tables in The Pinball Arcade -TPA

MontanaFrank · May 20, 2013

Howdy Forum Fans,

I've seen quite a few new members around this great forum, welcome to you all. I know when I first joined the forum, most members used abbreviations for the pinball tables available in TPA. It took me a while to associate a TPA table with the abbreviation used. I thought I would make up a list and post it to the forum. I hopes this helps anyone out there in doubt about a table abbreviation used in a forum post.

I've used all capitals in the abbreviations column for the sake of convenience. White Water and Space Shuttle are proposed abbreviations, I did not know what Centaur should be and others are taken from IPDB - internet pinball database - http://www.ipdb.org/lists.cgi?anonymously=true&list=abbrev. Of course I'm open for suggestions and changes.

Attack from Mars	AFM
Big Shot	BS
Black Hole	BH
Black Knight	BK
The Machine - Bride of Pinbot	BOP
Cactus Canyon	CC
Centaur	?
Central Park	CP
Circus Voltaire	CV
Creature from the Black Lagoon	CFTBL
Doctor Dude	DD
Elivra and the Party Monsters	EATPM
Firepower	FP
FunHouse	FH
Genie	Genie
Gorgar	Gorgar
Harley Davidson	HD
Medieval Madness	MM
Monster Bash	MB
No Good Gofers	NGG
Pinbot	PB
Ripley's Believe it or Not	RBION
Scared Stiff	SS
Space Shuttle	SSHTL
Star Trek - The Next Generation	ST:TNG
Tales of the Arabian Nights	TOTAN
Theartre of Magic	TOM
Taxi	Taxi
Twilight Zone	TZ
White Water	WH2O

I hope this helps -

netizen · May 20, 2013

Using a table would make it look all pretty

Table Name	Abbreviation
Attack From Mars	AFM
Big Shot	BS
Cactus Canyon	CC

And so on ...

Press the A/A button in the upper left corner of the editor window for a more wysiwg editor, and use the advanced editor to get tables. That table is 2 columns with a width of 300, and it is centred.

MontanaFrank · May 20, 2013

I will give it a try. I tried to import word doc, didn't work so the dashes. Thanks for the help.

edit - I was bothered by it not looking pretty when I originally posted the thread. Thanks a lot for the help :-D

grashopper · May 20, 2013

Good idea Frank. Some of those still take a few seconds to click in my head.

ER777 · May 20, 2013

I took a quick look at the IPDB list you linked to.. the abbreviation for CSI is just C.. seriously?

Good list for TPA though.

Squid · May 20, 2013

This lil gem helped me to know what acronyms were bein' thrown around.

http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/1168-Pinball-Abbreviation-List

superballs · May 20, 2013

Acronyms are such a PITA.

Nice thread Montana Frank

Eegah · May 20, 2013

STDM -- Not an acronym, but there's a reason why it's four letters.

smbhax · May 20, 2013

Eegah said:
STDM -- Not an acronym, but there's a reason why it's four letters.

"SDTM" I think you mean--I made that same typo yesterday. I blame today's popular STDs for this.

Clawhammer · May 20, 2013

Nice resource. Many of us (myself included) throw around the abbreviations without realizing that people new to pinball would probably be very confused.

Worf · May 20, 2013

How about sorting the table by abbreviation rather than name? Most people would be looking it by the abbreviation trying to find out what table it is, not looking for the name trying to find the abbreviation.

norbert26 · May 20, 2013

in addition to the tables (currently 28 of them on TPA) there are other things like TPA , PHOF, DMD and things like that. When i first found the forum i had to ask questions what they meant. Also because there so many tables with more coming one would / should actually print out a list of what they all mean and have it by your side when reading threads. A sticky would also be nice listing all abbreviations used here.

pezpunk · May 20, 2013

good thread idea.

by the way for anyone who's wondering why White Water is WH2O and not WW, it's to differentiate it from Whirlwind

netizen · May 20, 2013

Squid said:
This lil gem helped me to know what acronyms were bein' thrown around.

http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/1168-Pinball-Abbreviation-List

norbert26 said:
in addition to the tables (currently 28 of them on TPA) there are other things like TPA , PHOF, DMD and things like that. When i first found the forum i had to ask questions what they meant. Also because there so many tables with more coming one would / should actually print out a list of what they all mean and have it by your side when reading threads. A sticky would also be nice listing all abbreviations used here.

Maybe they could also add RTFM ;-) but that wouldn't make complete sense seeing as this is a forum thread and not a manual? Hmm now would a list that included everything be of any use when the thread it is posted in has a link to a more complete list but that thread isn't even read. *head scratcher*

How will the list get read when the thread isn't? It's a conundrum, or is it a paradox, or is it a plot device for a SyFy original series? We may never know. Tune in next time for a speedy reply, or a complete change of topic.

Gord Lacey · May 20, 2013

A permanent solution is being implemented (you'll notice it in the thread)

SpiffyRob · May 20, 2013

Looks good Gord. More or less identical to what they use on Pinside.

Occasional confusion can result from false positives, but it's usually worth it.

Now if you'll excuse me, I must head to BK, home of the Whopper.

warh0g · May 20, 2013

Gord Lacey said:
A permanent solution is being implemented (you'll notice it in the thread)

Teed Off is suddenly very popular!

Gord Lacey · May 20, 2013

Yeah, just noticed that as well and removed it from the list. I took all the abbreviations from the list Jeff posted, which was taken from Pinside.

Unfortunately I can't use & in the abbreviation, so Rocky & Bullwinkle and Dungeons and Dragons don't expand. Also, 6M$M and W?D gave it issues as well (but 6M$M is known as 6MDM everywhere else, and that's included).

If you can think of any other things that should be added, just post it here.

MontanaFrank · May 20, 2013

Squid said:
This lil gem helped me to know what acronyms were bein' thrown around.

http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/1168-Pinball-Abbreviation-List

Thanks for pointing that thread out. I hardly ever look in the real pinball section of this forum. I don't play many real tables. Jeff did a great job on the list of he made. I should have done a whole forum search before making this thread.

Gord Lacey · May 20, 2013

Actually, your forum thread was what prompted me to do the highlight-tool tip thing, so I'm glad you made it

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