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Can someone explain to me the significance of using "smiley faces" in video game situations?
I absolutely can't stand any form of smiley face, whether it is in the context of a friendly conversation, or it is aimed at someone in a passive-aggressive manner when trying to be bad mannered. I've noticed Europeans tend to do this a lot more than Americans, and the Americans who do type smiles are usually doing it because they are being assholes. Most Europeans who smile tend to do it because they are genuinely happy or something, I don't know. But honestly, do you really sit and your computer with a huge fucking grin on your face and type ": )" to people? Or, if you're Russian, ")))))))))))))))"?
This is my number one pet peeve. I hate it more than people who don't "gg", or are just generally shit talkers or bad mannered. You can insult my skill, my race, or even my mother. But don't you fucking dare smile at me. It pisses me off like no other. I had to stop watching Sheth's stream. I've been a big fan of him ever since he was Chosen in Brood War, but the guy smiles when he is angry, happy, sad, or just because he wants to add some flavor to his text. I honestly doubt the guy is really smiling. Raise your hand if you ever went to a LAN for any video game. How many people were smiling while playing? Yeah, not many. Maybe the kid in the corner who just snorted coke like fifteen minutes ago, but I really don't think everyone is grinning at their monitors typing "You're really bad : )" or some dumb bullshit like that.
I talk to people casually online who use smiley faces, and it doesn't bother me. I use smiley faces too when I'm just chatting. I tend to use ";o", ";D", and "c:", and sometimes ":c". But the thing is, 98% of the time I use smiley faces, I'm talking to 12 year old girls. And do you know who uses smiley faces like no other? 12 year old girls. So when someone is using smiley faces excessively in video games, whether you're trying to be a passive aggressive fag, or just overly happy and feel the need to shower everyone with your textual satisfaction, you aren't cool. You just remind me of a kid. A female one at that.
Someone enlighten me why people do this?
 
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cheer up man. No one is trying to insult you, people just want to be happy and get that across since you can't interpret tone over text
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why do you casually chat a lot with 12 year old girls? (I'd use a wink or S smiley here but it'd feel weird)
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Chatting with someone through text is a very impersonal way of communicating with someone. As a result, a lot of the feel gets lost. You are most likely reading this in a very dull, to the point voice, but if I were talking with you in real life, there would be all sorts of inflection being used to help convey the feel.
If you say something and then add a face, it lets the other person know the feel you are trying to convey :D
Whereas without the face, it can often feel like you are listening to a robot.
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First of all, unless you are a 12 year old boy, why are you talking to 12 year old girls so much?
The most important function of smileys for me is to convey tone, because people tend to type in conversations like they would speak, obviously text has a lot less extra information like tone, facial expressions, whatever, emoticons are a way to close the gap to a (real) conversation a bit.
Or to annoy cynical people!
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sounds like you chat with a lot of 12 year old girls ;D
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Looks like someone wasn't hugged as a child
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Bitches love smiley faces.
I use smiley faces when I chat with friends, or when I'm pretty darn happy!
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Bitches love smiley faces.
nough said
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On June 18 2011 05:57 hifriend wrote:
why do you casually chat a lot with 12 year old girls?
Was wondering the same thing...
lighten up man, of course people at a LAN are serious, but when I'm just chilling at home playing ladder games I probably am smiling. If I'm not smiling, it's because there's nobody there to see my smile and so I show my smile in a way that someone else can --- with a smiley.
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It adds flavor/sets a tone.
ie.
You suck.
vs
You suck  .
8)
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#1 computer double post xDDDD
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I use them to passive-aggressively enrage other players, clearly this is extremely effective.
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This blog fucking sucks
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Emoticons are a long-term internet fad.
When communicating only using text there are many less ways to creatively express yourself than there are when talking in person or through most other forms of communication. Smileys are one of the ways people have come up with doing it using plain text.
Yeah when people say something condescending and then put a happy face that really pisses me off sometimes lol
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On June 18 2011 06:18 micronesia wrote:
Yeah when people say something condescending and then put a happy face that really pisses me off sometimes lol
I knew I wasn't alone.
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It doesn't put a smile on your face when someone rages when they are losing? It sure does for me.
Its a pity smile, although I won't type it to risk the other from self-imploding from rage.
blog obligatory smile:
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On June 18 2011 06:15 Skwid1g wrote:It adds flavor/sets a tone. ie. You suck. vs You suck . 8)
Yes, 100% this.
I don't know if this is true for everyone, but whenever I do it, it's to convey something beyond what the text says. It takes the place of body language or voice inflection, which can't be communicated online.
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