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Kiern

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« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2002, 01:57:37 am »
There\'s nothing wrong if you shorten words every now and then, only if you talk like that the whole time...it gets annoying if your not used to it, then you dont know what the hell their talking about  :)
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« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2002, 04:49:36 am »
If you can\'t type without shortcuts maybe you should attend a typing class or if you are in one, then pay attention. Most schools have required you to attend a typing class for many years, since before we even had personal computers.
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« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2002, 05:38:57 am »
or if you talk like that you can just get Squelched. like certain words trigger it. Or you can just cut off their tongues and they cant talk. eventually not talking will drive them mad, they will eat themselves and that will be the end of that problem. until they make a new character
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« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2002, 05:43:21 am »
Or do like alot of Linux programs do to discourage lamers, when you say something like that, such as ppl, it says people instead.
« Last Edit: December 08, 2002, 05:48:11 am by Link »
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« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2002, 05:46:48 am »
Actually Link wouldnt that make it easier to type in gobbilty guk if the game fixes it for you? I thought this was a joke idea anyway...
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« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2002, 05:47:50 am »
That gets annoying

I say we just stick them all in a hole somewhere and forget they exist
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« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2002, 05:50:31 am »
It was a joke, and your right, Having shortcuts would encourage it.

Edit: Does anyone know what I said was a joke?
« Last Edit: December 11, 2002, 09:15:44 pm by Link »
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« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2002, 05:58:26 pm »
i think the idea of a school for the grammatically impared is a good idea, bravo Link
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2002, 09:42:13 am »
I actually LIKE this idea.

Common net slang tho (like THO, for instance) and other things could be automatically changed to the correct spelling.

EG:. \"And tho they the ppl wanted to hlp...\"
-- \"And though they, the people, wanted to help...\"

But that Net Number stuff needs to be filtered out.

If I see someone saying \" 1337!\" while I am playing, it kills the mood.  No one is saying you have to walk around talking like Hamlet, but good god, do you NEED to use net slang?? It actually takes LONGER to type that stuff...!

I say we make his school idea a real thing.  They get a few warnings, and if they disobey, they get thrown into his school, where a bot called \"Link\" won\'t let them leave until they have taken a typing lesson, and successfully used the long version of their icky nasty slanguage!

LOL just incorperate MS word directly into the game engine. LMFAO.

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Thats another thing: LOL and LMFAO and things like that should be changed to either a character sound of laughter, or the words *Laughs Heartily*
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« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2002, 05:27:46 am »
I\'m going to delurk here and say that I am so glad to have found you all!  My biggest problem with all the MMORPGs that I\'ve seen (and many message boards/chat rooms too) is the complete hash they make of the language.  I don\'t mind an occasional abbreviation for the sake of speed but the numbers thing has been driving me crazy.  

Bravo Link!  Keep it up!

~Lirain~
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« Reply #25 on: December 23, 2002, 07:15:21 pm »
I say the admins (and link) get the Quake 3 host\'s ability, where the player is publicly for being stupid.  Now, i think we should keep link as far away from being the judge on stupid as possible ;-) , but it might be a fun idea.
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« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2002, 01:33:02 pm »
If they can\'t type without the numbers and alot of the abbreiviations, then they should look into some typing classes. Stuff like brb, bbl, and lol are OK, but, ppl? l8r? and so on. Well that takes longer to type then it would normally. And please, please!!!! Use atleast some punctuation.
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« Reply #27 on: December 31, 2002, 12:25:27 am »
I completely agree.  I find it mildly inconsiderate that one person can\'t take the time to make their thoughts coherent and legible, forcing many others to stumble while attempting to decipher the original message.

It tks mch lngr 2 dcifer & rd this 1 line of txt thn it wz 2 rd the ^^ .




On the other hand, I have a friend that is mildly dyslexic.  No matter how hard he tries, his words end up a bit muddled, so I have grown more tolerant of freeform typing.  It\'s his internet too.  But, I always appreciate the effort!
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« Reply #28 on: January 04, 2003, 09:51:10 pm »
I completely disagree with this.  This is bashing on someone just because they speak different than you and you don\'t like it, which is being prejudice.  Also, it is an insult to thier intelligence to become slaves in link\'s school.  It really isn\'t that big of a problem.  If you come accross someone who does speak like that you can politely say: sorry i didn\'t understand that, can you please speak more clearly.  I\'m sure if you ask nicely they will.  Besides, this rule will be nearly impossible to enforce and people are sure to rebell against this overabusiveness.
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« Reply #29 on: January 04, 2003, 11:25:28 pm »
No, they should either speak proper english, or speak some other language.
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