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How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 2nd, 2016, 4:48 pm
by kenniky
Personally,

Anatomy and Physiology: AnatPhys
Astronomy: Astro
Chemistry Lab: Chem/Chem Lab
Disease Detectives: Disease
Dynamic Planet: DP
Ecology: Ecol
Electric Vehicle: EV
Experimental Design: ExpDes (pronounced Ex-puh-dez)
Forensics: Forensics because nothing sounds good
Game On: Game On because nothing sounds good
Helicopters: Copters
Hovercraft: Hovercraft because nothing sounds good
Hydrogeology: Hydro
Invasive Species: Invasive
Materials Science: MatSci
Microbe Mission: Microbe
Optics: Optics (too short lol)
Remote Sensing: RS/RemSen
Robot Arm: Robot Arm because nothing sounds good
Rocks and Minerals: Rocks
Towers: Towers (too short)
Wind Power: Wind
Write It Do It: WIDI

Clarification: most of these are verbal

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 2nd, 2016, 5:06 pm
by Magikarpmaster629
kenniky wrote: Forensics: Forensics because nothing sounds good
4n6!

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 2nd, 2016, 6:31 pm
by daydreamer0023
Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
kenniky wrote: Forensics: Forensics because nothing sounds good
4n6!
I think I saw that one earlier on the forums...

Wind Power should be WP though.

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 2nd, 2016, 6:34 pm
by Person
kenniky wrote:Personally,

Anatomy and Physiology: AnatPhys
Astronomy: Astro
Chemistry Lab: Chem/Chem Lab
Disease Detectives: Disease
Dynamic Planet: DP
Ecology: Ecol
Electric Vehicle: EV
Experimental Design: ExpDes (pronounced Ex-puh-dez)
Forensics: Forensics because nothing sounds good
Game On: Game On because nothing sounds good
Helicopters: Copters
Hovercraft: Hovercraft because nothing sounds good
Hydrogeology: Hydro
Invasive Species: Invasive
Materials Science: MatSci
Microbe Mission: Microbe
Optics: Optics (too short lol)
Remote Sensing: RS/RemSen
Robot Arm: Robot Arm because nothing sounds good
Rocks and Minerals: Rocks
Towers: Towers (too short)
Wind Power: Wind
Write It Do It: WIDI
You forgot the most important one :x

Entomology: Ento

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 2nd, 2016, 6:49 pm
by dcrxcode
kenniky wrote:Personally,

Anatomy and Physiology: AnatPhys
Astronomy: Astro
Chemistry Lab: Chem/Chem Lab
Disease Detectives: Disease
Dynamic Planet: DP
Ecology: Ecol
Electric Vehicle: EV
Experimental Design: ExpDes (pronounced Ex-puh-dez)
Forensics: Forensics because nothing sounds good
Game On: Game On because nothing sounds good
Helicopters: Copters
Hovercraft: Hovercraft because nothing sounds good
Hydrogeology: Hydro
Invasive Species: Invasive
Materials Science: MatSci
Microbe Mission: Microbe
Optics: Optics (too short lol)
Remote Sensing: RS/RemSen
Robot Arm: Robot Arm because nothing sounds good
Rocks and Minerals: Rocks
Towers: Towers (too short)
Wind Power: Wind
Write It Do It: WIDI
Pretty similar ones, but we also do
Anatomy and Physiology: A&P
Disease Detectives: DD
Experimental Desing: XPD or ExDes (EX-dez)
Rocks and Minerals: R&M

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 2nd, 2016, 7:20 pm
by texas
My personal preferences:

Disease Detectives: Disease
Dynamic Planet: DP
Mission Possible: Mission
Potions and Poisons: Potions
Experimental Design: ExpDesign (pronounced ee-ex-pee dah-zine)

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 3rd, 2016, 6:29 am
by Panda Weasley
daydreamer0023 wrote:
Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
kenniky wrote: Forensics: Forensics because nothing sounds good
4n6!
I think I saw that one earlier on the forums...
Most likely Fluffy.
Person wrote: You forgot the most important one :x

Entomology: Ento
#entoLYFE

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 3rd, 2016, 6:32 am
by Unome
Anatomy and Physiology: A&P
Astronomy: Astro
Chemistry Lab: Chem Lab
Disease Detectives: DD
Dynamic Planet: DP
Ecology: Ecology
Electric Vehicle: EV
Experimental Design: Exp Design
Forensics: Forensics
Game On: Game On
Helicopters: Helicopters
Hovercraft: Hovercraft
Hydrogeology: Hydrogeo
Invasive Species: Invasives
Materials Science: MatSci
Microbe Mission: Microbes
Optics: Optics
Remote Sensing: RS
Robot Arm: Robot Arm
Rocks and Minerals: Rocks and Minerals
Towers: Towers
Wind Power: Wind Power
Write It Do It: WIDI

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 3rd, 2016, 8:12 am
by bernard
When naming files for Captains Tryouts, it's usually the first four letters:

ANAT
ASTR
CHEM
DISE
DYNA
ECOL
ELEC
EXPD
FORE
GAME
HELI
HOVE
HYDR
INVA
MATS
MICR
OPTI
REMO
ROBO
ROCK
TOWE
WIND
WIDI

Re: How do you abbreviate the events?

Posted: October 3rd, 2016, 8:46 am
by NeilMehta
Anatomy & Physiology: A&P
Bottle Rocket: Bottle Rocket
Crime Busters: Crime
Disease Detectives: Disease
Dynamic Planet: Dynamic
Ecology: Ecology
Experimental Design: Experimental Design
Fast Facts: "That one event that no one really knows about"
Food Science: Food Sci
Hovercraft: "That event that everyone's scared of except the really smart physics kid"
Invasive Species: Invasives
Meteorology: Meteo
Microbe Mission: Microbe
Mission Possible: Mission
Optics: Optics
Reach for the Stars: Reach
Road Scholar: Road
Rocks and Minerals: Rocks/Minerals A.K.A. "OMGGG ITS LIKE INVASIVES BUT WITH ROCKS"
Scrambler: Scrambler
Towers: "That one event that all the new kids are doing"
Wind Power: Wind
Wright Stuff: "Who's parent used to be into model airplanes and can still make one?"
Write It Do It: W/D