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The Monkey Island abbreviations

Victory63Victory63
edited July 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
Knights of the Old Republic have them, Vampire the Masquerade have them and now Monkey Island have them. Well technically they've had them for a long time though people haven't used them much ...... UNTIL NOW!
Here they are:
SMI - The Secret of Monkey Island
MI2 - Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (gives that Terminator feeling T2 lol)
CMI - The Curse of Monkey Island
EMI - Escape from Monkey Island
ToMI - Tales of Monkey Island (pronounced Tommy lol)

and my favourite:
SMISE - The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition

So now that you know the abbreviations for each, use them alot in chat and on here but use them wisely my padawans lol.
Beat that KoTOR, VTMB, COD and WOW. Feel the might of SMISE.

So spread the word of these abbreviations to all Monkey Island communities and what not.

Comments

  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited July 2009
    Why is ToMI not TMI if CoMI is CMI?

    (that question DID make sense...)

    It's definitely TMI to me even if that could mean "too much information". Blame Curse's THX parody for that.

    And SMISE should be SMI:SE in my opinion (IMO)

    SMI
    SMI:SE
    MI2
    CMI
    EMI
    TMI
  • harlequ1nharlequ1n
    edited July 2009
    I just call them Secret, Secret SE, Revenge, Curse, Escape and Tales. Longer but more natural :D
  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, I sometimes call CMI, Curse and TMI, Tales. Not really sure what I call the other ones in that format XD
  • Guybrush_ThreepwoodGuybrush_Threepwood
    edited July 2009
    Didn't Dave Grossman said it was funnier to abbreviate CMI with "COMI"?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited July 2009
    I know it's funnier to abbreviate Tales as TMI.
  • CaptainWicketCaptainWicket
    edited July 2009
    As long as you don't abbreviate the fourth game as EFMI. One time, my friend asked me what game I was playing, to which I replied "Eff me". He gave me this bewildered look until I had realized what I'd said.
  • lhnzlhnz
    edited July 2009
    I still call SMI, mi1.
  • Victory63Victory63
    edited July 2009
    Scapetti wrote: »
    Why is ToMI not TMI if CoMI is CMI?

    (that question DID make sense...)

    It's definitely TMI to me even if that could mean "too much information". Blame Curse's THX parody for that.

    And SMISE should be SMI:SE in my opinion (IMO)

    SMI
    SMI:SE
    MI2
    CMI
    EMI
    TMI

    Call it whatever you want. The fact is to abbreviate it.
  • BaggeBagge
    edited July 2009
    vitas wrote: »
    Knights of the Old Republic have them, Vampire the Masquerade have them and now Monkey Island have them. Well technically they've had them for a long time though people haven't used them much ...... UNTIL NOW!

    Yeah, they have. SMI / MI1, MI2, CMI and EMI are well established abbreviations for the MI games.
    vitas wrote: »
    SMI - The Secret of Monkey Island
    MI2 - Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (gives that Terminator feeling T2 lol)
    CMI - The Curse of Monkey Island
    EMI - Escape from Monkey Island
    ToMI - Tales of Monkey Island (pronounced Tommy lol)


    Why would you ommit the "o" in SMI and CMI and the "f" in EMI, while keeping the "o" in TMI?
  • Victory63Victory63
    edited July 2009
    Bagge wrote: »
    Yeah, they have. SMI / MI1, MI2, CMI and EMI are well established abbreviations for the MI games.




    Why would you ommit the "o" in SMI and CMI and the "f" in EMI, while keeping the "o" in TMI?

    Well it's better ToMI than TMI since ToMI comes out as "Tommy" which is pretty nifty. Like with The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition is SMISE which sounds like some tight rich dude lol.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited July 2009
    Needs more LCR.
  • ShmehShmeh
    edited July 2009
    Announcing acronyms for people to use is never going to work unless you have some authority over the title (e.g. if Ron Gilbert declared acronyms for the first two). I'm certainly going to continue using TMI. I think I've been using MI:SE and MI1 too, but I won't necessarily stick with those.
  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited July 2009
    What the above poster said! Everyone has their own abbreviations. As long as they're not something stupid like, MILR for MI2, people will understand them. People just need to keep in mind that if they abbreviate something they have to be aware of what the other person might interpret it as!

    Person 1: I like how you have to use the pink frilly pants in MI3D
    Person 2: Pink frilly pants? That is TMI!
    Person 1: But that's what you have to do!
    Person 2: What?
    Person 1: Eh?
    *MAJOR CONFUSION*
  • SurplusGamerSurplusGamer
    edited July 2009
    Yeah. Don't see the point of this. I have to join other people in saying:

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  • EduardoEduardo
    edited July 2009
    Yes, it is like claiming SCUMM abbreviation wasn't used before...
  • thatdude98thatdude98
    edited July 2009
    MI
    MI2
    MI3
    EMI (or MI4)
    TMI
  • Victory63Victory63
    edited July 2009
    Shmeh wrote: »
    Announcing acronyms for people to use is never going to work unless you have some authority over the title (e.g. if Ron Gilbert declared acronyms for the first two). I'm certainly going to continue using TMI. I think I've been using MI:SE and MI1 too, but I won't necessarily stick with those.

    That's cool, that's fine. It's not like I'm shoving it down your throat at gunpoint lol.

    Just that these abbreviations could be used like many POPULAR games have their abbreviations used alot and we want to give the Monkey Island series that full treatment. :D
  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited July 2009
    But we HAVE been using these abbreviations for almost 20 years!

    And the Monkey Island games ARE popular, they just haven't been around in a long time. How do you think it managed to take down the Telltale site on release?

    If I had a £1 for every user that joined in June or July of this year...
  • BaggeBagge
    edited July 2009
    Scapetti wrote: »
    If I had a £1 for every user that joined in June or July of this year...
    Scapetti
    Pixel King
    Join Date: Jun 2009
    Location: Essex, England

    You'd owe yourself £1. ;)
  • ScapettiScapetti
    edited July 2009
    Stop trying to cause paradoxes! :'(
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