CAF Rules/Abbreviations?

[Jennifer]

Will someone post the CREATE A FAMILY rules and abbreviations here?

Thanks!

[Marjorie]

What's a "Message CAF"?
I've seen these on the Name Games boards, but there wasn't an explanation.

[raindrop]

Originally posted by lillybelle
What's a \"Message CAF\"?
I've seen these on the Name Games boards, but there wasn't an explanation. [/b]

I'm pretty sure it's when the initials for the family members spell a word or phrase.

DH: LI
DW:KE

DS: TH
DD: IS

[Marjorie]

Ahhh, thanks

[MeeLee]

Sometimes 'Directions CAF' is just listed as FTD---or 'Follow the Directions

[MeeLee]

What is the one called where you have one family (older) and go into their children and sometimes grandchildren?

Original Family:
DH: LI
DW: KE
DS: TH
DD: IS

'TH' Family:
DH:
DW:
DS:
DS:

'IS' Family:
DW:
DH1:
DD:
DH2:
DS:
DS:

[MeeLee]

Also the one like this:

DH:
DW:

questions w/ answers where the number and gender of your children depend on the answers THEN. . .

If you have a 26 yr old daugher she had been divorced twice and is single mom to 2 daughters
If you have a 26 yr old son he is married with one son
If you have 26 yr old twins, one is married with 2 children (you pick) and the other is living with their same-sex partner with one child (you pick) adopted from Latvia.

WHAT"S THAT ONE CALLED?

[lacascada]

Originally posted by MeeLee
What is the one called where you have one family (older) and go into their children and sometimes grandchildren?
[/b]

I think people sometimes call it a generations CAF, or extended family CAF.

[lacascada]

Originally posted by MeeLee
Also the one like this:

DH:
DW:

questions w/ answers where the number and gender of your children depend on the answers THEN. . .

If you have a 26 yr old daugher she had been divorced twice and is single mom to 2 daughters
If you have a 26 yr old son he is married with one son
If you have 26 yr old twins, one is married with 2 children (you pick) and the other is living with their same-sex partner with one child (you pick) adopted from Latvia.

WHAT\"S THAT ONE CALLED? [/b]

That's a NYK (Name Your Kids).

Sometimes also called a FTD (Follow the Directions).

People also use FTD to mean something like this:

DW: Aine, Annie, Anna or Anouk
If Aine, then mn is your mom's name
If Annie, then mn is your favorite name
If Anna, then mn is German
If Anouk, then mn has four syllables...

etc...




BTW, I like your examples above. ;)

[MeeLee]

Thanks!:dorksmile

[susanmc]

I've also posted FITBF=Fill in the Blank Families

dh: _____th Gr_____
dw: Ch______e L______e

etc.

[Panya]

I just wanted to add a note -- PLEASE LABEL YOUR CAFS!!!!! Some people (like me :winky: ) only like playing certain kinds, so it really saves time if the type of CAF is in the title of the thread.

Thanks! :bighug:

[kit]

I'd agree with that!

[luvmydoodles]

I am filled in now, glad im not the only one who was lost. Thanks guys for explaining that.

[Phoenix]

What's IYB?[/b]

IYB stands for In Your [Smiley] Box. It is when you click "post reply" and you take the smilies that are in the smily box and name them.

Example:

:police: Ryan George
:munchies: Nickolas James
:paci: Amber Lauren

[Greenlee]

What are the UF This or Thats? (I just can't figure em out! lol) TIA :)

[Legally_Pink]

UF= Ultimate Family

Someone will post a CAF with Choices. Then, with everyone's responses, they'll do a this or that game and, essentially, the board chooses their favorite names to create an ultimate family. It's like the YCF game on the Name Games board

[LaLaLalena]

Originally posted by Legally*Pink
It's like the YCF game on the Name Games board [/b]

What's that?

[Legally_Pink]

YCF is the exact same thing as UF. I'm pretty sure it stands for You Choose Family, or something like that. A CAF is posted and people fill it out. Then, everyone votes for their favorite names and a family is created from that

[Sairsadel]

What about YPF? Is that Your Perfect Family or something? The ones I've looked at look just like initial CAFS :shrug:

[lacascada]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sairsadel @ Jul 2 2006, 11:14 PM) 5477315</div>
What about YPF? Is that Your Perfect Family or something? The ones I've looked at look just like initial CAFS :shrug:
[/b]

I think it's you pick the family. Same as YCF.

[Andiamo21]

quick question about YPFs (thought maybe it could go here?) anyway, can we still vote on the families even if we didn't contribute to them? I have been doing this, but didn't know if it was *allowed*....sorry!

[vdofan]

what does DF stand for in "DF Siggies"??

[RedJacks]

what does DF stand for in "DF Siggies"??
Dream family. :)

[SugarySarah]

quick question about YPFs (thought maybe it could go here?) anyway, can we still vote on the families even if we didn't contribute to them? I have been doing this, but didn't know if it was *allowed*....sorry!

Of course! :)

[vdofan]

a questions about DF's...

are you supposed to use the same one for each new DF post you participate in or is it supposed to be the same DF each time you participate in a new DF, you just update or add to it? does that make sense?

Sorry, I'm kinda new to the DF games, and every time I've created a different family...

[Fog-struck]

a questions about DF's...

are you supposed to use the same one for each new DF post you participate in or is it supposed to be the same DF each time you participate in a new DF, you just update or add to it? does that make sense?

Sorry, I'm kinda new to the DF games, and every time I've created a different family...
In most cases, you're free to create a new family. Occasionally someone will do an ongoing game, but that should be specified in the title.

[vdofan]

ok...

[Hepburn]

Using my mom's family/sibset:

DH: DJ
DW: LF

DS: JD
DS: DJ
DD: BM
DD: NW
DD: JM
DD: WM

dog -- D
cat -- S