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Lord_Igor
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Postby Lord_Igor » Sun May 28, 2006 1:34 pm

I do not like it when people use words like "English" or "German", but I guess that was common even before I started playing about two years ago.
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Postby Sarah » Sun May 28, 2006 3:12 pm

I don't like it when people apply for staff positions as a joke. ;)
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Postby AngelSpice » Sun May 28, 2006 5:25 pm

*makes a note not to apply to ProgD as a joke cause she doesn't know a lick of programming languages*
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Postby Phalynx » Sun May 28, 2006 5:25 pm

I don't like it when people get funny about grammer and capitalisation, for two reasons:

a) people of all abilites of written play and should be allowed to... as long as cummunication is clear a few typos dont matter one bit//

b) sometimes I mkae little erros through typing in a hurry, snatching minutes here and there... so live with it!

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Postby Marian » Sun May 28, 2006 5:49 pm

ok phalinx u r intetled to you opinin but i have to respsrctfly disagre because ther im not even talkign about nromal typos that every1 maks because theres nothing wrong twith those or at least it have nothing agianst them as i ofeten do it myselff...hat bothers me is when people doi it cnstantly ot teh point wear its disrputive to rp and nearlyy incomprihesivle especaily wehn its deliverd i n long paragraps sucach as this 1.,...cantr is a slow game and there are vry few times when u have to be in ah hurry adn it would actualkly save minuted if you typed it up in notepade firts as wel as bing politeand mroer reada ble to others...how wouyld u like to be i nthe midelr of rpign a dramartic evemnt and havign simenone whop tyoprs lik ethis jouining ion?
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Postby Phalynx » Sun May 28, 2006 6:00 pm

Marian wrote:ok phalinx u r intetled to you opinin but i have to respsrctfly disagre because ther im not even talkign about nromal typos that every1 maks because theres nothing wrong twith those or at least it have nothing agianst them as i ofeten do it myselff...hat bothers me is when people doi it cnstantly ot teh point wear its disrputive to rp and nearlyy incomprihesivle especaily wehn its deliverd i n long paragraps sucach as this 1.,...cantr is a slow game and there are vry few times when u have to be in ah hurry adn it would actualkly save minuted if you typed it up in notepade firts as wel as bing politeand mroer reada ble to others...how wouyld u like to be i nthe midelr of rpign a dramartic evemnt and havign simenone whop tyoprs lik ethis jouining ion?

Not a problem I understand what you were saying perfectly...
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Postby Marian » Sun May 28, 2006 6:32 pm

:roll:

Why don't your chars talk like that then, if there's nothing wrong with it? It's so much easier after all....

And that's really one of the things that bugs me, I don't buy your "people of all abilites of written" post because I guarantee that most of these people can write better, or they'd never have passed the fourth grade, they just don't bother to try, which makes me doubt they even take the game seriously. I've never seen a char who talked like that who had an obvious personality, unless that personality was 'idiot' or maye 'suicidal'.
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Postby Mykey » Sun May 28, 2006 6:54 pm

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Mafia Salad
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Postby Mafia Salad » Sun May 28, 2006 8:02 pm

I like people who spell funny and don't use normal capitalization and punctuation. It's like accents that make sense because they are typing based instead of sound based, and Cantr is a typing world.


Did I just antirant?
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Postby Sarah » Sun May 28, 2006 8:32 pm

Typing like that irritates me a lot. I drag myself through it IG, but I skip anything written like that elsewhere. I have to admit to being a little obsessive about it myself; I can't stand seeing mistakes in my writing.
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Postby Mafia Salad » Sun May 28, 2006 8:42 pm

I copy over and spell check almost everything I type into a word document to keep my spelling peachy-keen. Except with a couple characters who aren't supposed to be all that bright so spelling mistakes add to the effect.

But capitalization I do naturally, Sometime out of place.
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Postby tiddy ogg » Sun May 28, 2006 9:06 pm

Give a thought to those who have their computer talk to them. Particularly irritating are the lack of apostrophes in I'm, he's etc.
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Postby The Sociologist » Sun May 28, 2006 9:17 pm

Sorry, but these days I'm happy enough if newspawns stay awake. Anything else is a bonus. :P
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Postby Phalynx » Sun May 28, 2006 9:48 pm

The Sociologist wrote:Sorry, but these days I'm happy enough if newspawns stay awake. Anything else is a bonus. :P


*Grins*

Remember the internet is no longer the academic haven is was when I first played on the MUDs...

Back then you had to have three A-Levels to get near a computer that was connected to the internet....

Now they let any old riff raff surf for porn and buy things on the web...

What happened to the 'brave new world'. I wanted to download a jounral article the other day to find it cost me £10.... I thought the internet was going to mean we would all have access to the wisdom of the world... not 300 websites of MILF....

(does that count as a rant)
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Postby viktor » Mon May 29, 2006 12:15 am

typos to the point of random inconsistant gibberish yes could be something to compliain about. however
if particular typos are consistant with specific chars, it could in fact be classed as "language evolution"

:lol: *picks up his ice shield to protect from flames*... oops sorry that's final fantasy the original not cnatr II

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