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[JLC]

To my way of seeing it, "game speak" is most sorts of "shorthand" people use instead of words. There are a number of acronyms that are fully accepted "net speak" such as LOL and ROFL or BRB.

But an example of "game speak" may be:

c u l8er (see you later)
wut r u doing? (what are you doing?)
w8 4 me (wait for me)

Which, when you're typing in the lightening fast atmosphere of a real-time game....makes sense. But when you're typing in full paragraphs and communicating with people who, for the most part, are unfamiliar with such "spelling"....well, it definitely tends to put people off.

As I've mentioned before....it's entirely up to the person writing how much effort they want to put into communication. But I would hope everyone making that choice will keep their audience in mind....as well as keep in mind the purpose of this forum, which is communication rather than gameplay. If you still want to type "lazy" or whatever....just realize that many of us may skim over or skip entirely what you're trying to say....and you may get more than one request asking you to speak more clearly.

[sweety314]

All well and good, but not all of us specialize and therefore won't understand your thoughts.


Like any other sys., the rep points have good and bad and users and abusers.

I'm here to learn better troubleshooting and husbandry skills for my snakes, and get some (great, thanks Brian & Rusty) ideas for running my new rescue biz, and ideas of how to do things when I get the breeding biz started...(thanks Adam and Gerry!) and to make new friends. (Sheree, Nate, Razzle, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum) hee hee hee

[sweety314]

Whooooooops....Judy just does it faster! :razz:



Much LESS confusion and misunderstanding if you don't take the shorthand to extremes. Not everyone knows Gregg shorthand for dictation, so text books aren't written in it.

The first lesson in technical report writing is write to the level of your audience. If you're doing a presentation to jr. high schoolers, don't present information on an engineering level and vice versa........very simple.

[bchapman]

for f*** sakes
fun good game
you got the last one right
for fun game
cw = clan war
mh=map hacker
you can find these terms on command and conquer zero hour along with many others.... online games ...

I LOVE C&C

[rabernet]

But I would hope everyone making that choice will keep their audience in mind....as well as keep in mind the purpose of this forum, which is communication rather than gameplay. If you still want to type "lazy" or whatever....just realize that many of us may skim over or skip entirely what you're trying to say....and you may get more than one request asking you to speak more clearly.

I'm one of those that just skips over posts that are typed "lazy". I just don't have time to try to figure out what is being typed or written. I don't negative rep people for it, I just move on to another thread where I can understand what's being asked.

[jglass38]

I LOVE C&C

Music Factory? Things that make you go hmmmm...

[stangs13]

Music Factory? Things that make you go hmmmm...

I thought that was H&H !!

[kittyish]

well as you can see i didnt type ne one short and felt that i got my message across....http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=35556

[recycling goddess]

i think part of the problem here, regarding grammar is...

when you are on this site. the people here type out their words pretty much completely. this isn't a gaming site and honestly, there are many of us who don't do any gaming so we have no idea what's being said.

so, like someone said very well above me... you need to make your post appropriate for your readers and on this site, your readers are fellow herpers, not gamers

[kittyish]

then i can say this... i understand that this isnt a gaming site and i will try to type completly... but i ask this in return, if i use short type then please tell me ...dont tarnish my rep because of it... and i just know it will take some getting used to...