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« on: December 30, 2005, 04:14:10 am »
I see this phrase (and its acronym counterpart: "ftw") getting used more and more often outside of the realm of Magic (City of Heroes, car forums, etc.).

If I'm not mistaken, it seems like Magic players have been saying this for ages, whereas it is a more recent addition to the vocabulary of the general public.

It seems unlikely, but is it possible that Magic started it all?
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2005, 04:31:17 am »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTW

Not according to wiki, sadly. But I do think that its origins may well be in MTG.
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2005, 05:25:59 am »
Funny, I was just thinking about this particular acronym for the past little while, for the exact same reasons that RtS was saying.
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2005, 05:09:45 pm »
I've been abbreviating it as 4TW, since FTW looks like that 90's acronym "F*** The World"

I predominantly use it in "LTPITB4TW"
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2005, 09:20:57 pm »
EOTFOFFTWGG

alternatively, EOTGUFTWGG
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2005, 12:12:21 pm »
I always thought it was EOTFOFYLTG
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« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2005, 12:15:43 pm »
WTFRUTLKNGABT?
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« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2005, 01:19:12 pm »
End Of Turn Fact Or Fiction You Lose Teh Game
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« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2005, 02:58:41 pm »
"FTL is the opposite of FTW meaning simply For The Lose or For The Loss. Not to be confused with Faster Than Light Travel"

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