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BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
January 15 2004 07:54 GMT
#101
I'm a dick, but you're a Brit, so I guess we're even.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
ObsoleteLogic
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3676 Posts
January 15 2004 08:35 GMT
#102
I think the best reason to not molest words (you/u are/r), is that quite frankly... it looks really bad.
sMi.Silent // Siz)Silent
Sawtooth
Profile Joined January 2004
United States1 Post
January 15 2004 11:05 GMT
#103
Well, I believe any 'old-school' gamers would remember that this form of typing was borne out by the need to communicate with your team before voice over net became as popular and accessible as it is nowadays. Meaning that it is an acceptable form of communication for said gamers and just a good way of practicing 'short-type'.
Saw
andrew-the-anarchist
Profile Joined January 2004
United States21 Posts
January 15 2004 11:40 GMT
#104
omfg.. rofl.. this is the gayest post i've seen yet... it is a discrace to the TL.net forums.. who cares whether or not someone uses short type... thats what i use in games.. because... i mean really .. who has time during a game to type it all out? ... so.. i dont get what your problem is.. and plus.. some people have to type in short-type because they can't type fast... so i just think you should stfu.. and quit your flamin' of people who are slow typers.. .or just dont hav the time to type it all out... JUST STFU!! lol
Out of all the things ive lost.... i miss my mind the most.
User_
Profile Joined December 2003
141 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-01-15 11:43:29
January 15 2004 11:43 GMT
#105
Well, people are lazy, lazy people tend to accomplish their goal in the shortest amount of time. Therefore, spelling u instead of you would be the optimal choice. Plus, saving those "few" seconds, especially in the middle of a game (considering this is on an sc site) couldn't hurt, now could it? Once you become accustomed to typing "wtf u noob" every game, you'll start typing it more outside the game. And therefore, i just argued about a worthless topic T_T.
Shut your mouth, woman!
ObsoleteLogic
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3676 Posts
January 15 2004 11:46 GMT
#106
At least when Iszard would post with bad grammar, it was funny.
sMi.Silent // Siz)Silent
SweeTLemonS[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
11739 Posts
January 15 2004 11:49 GMT
#107
On January 15 2004 20:43 User_ wrote:
Well, people are lazy, lazy people tend to accomplish their goal in the shortest amount of time. Therefore, spelling u instead of you would be the optimal choice. Plus, saving those "few" seconds, especially in the middle of a game (considering this is on an sc site) couldn't hurt, now could it? Once you become accustomed to typing "wtf u noob" every game, you'll start typing it more outside the game. And therefore, i just argued about a worthless topic T_T.


In game when time is of the essence, it's one thing to short type. When you're on a forum, you probably are not going anywhere for awhile, so it's not that big of a deal to type "you," instead of short typing it.
I'm never gonna know you now \ But I'm gonna love you anyhow.
andrew-the-anarchist
Profile Joined January 2004
United States21 Posts
January 15 2004 11:52 GMT
#108
exactly
Out of all the things ive lost.... i miss my mind the most.
andrew-the-anarchist
Profile Joined January 2004
United States21 Posts
January 15 2004 11:56 GMT
#109
now.. i think we've wore this thread into the ground... lol i dont think theres anythinl left to argue or flame about here... they might as well delete the topic lol
Out of all the things ive lost.... i miss my mind the most.
SillyCat
Profile Joined May 2003
United States960 Posts
January 15 2004 14:21 GMT
#110
Or delete you.
Hey girl....what to know a secaret????????OK I WILL TELL IT TO YOU ANDIt is soooooooo gooood to hear it..... I can tell you...How to count allllll de way, to SCHFifty Five
User_
Profile Joined December 2003
141 Posts
January 15 2004 15:31 GMT
#111

In game when time is of the essence, it's one thing to short type. When you're on a forum, you probably are not going anywhere for awhile, so it's not that big of a deal to type "you," instead of short typing it.


Your point being that somehow the activity changes the laziness of the person? And its not that big of a deal to read "u" either, its not exactly torture.
Shut your mouth, woman!
NickDapaulo
Profile Joined October 2003
United States867 Posts
January 15 2004 16:51 GMT
#112
It annoys me when people say "lolz." Thats the stupidest thing ever. Did someone just put a z in there because lol looked too plain or something??
Good God I look like an African tree.
GoDHovZ
Profile Joined January 2004
United States1869 Posts
January 15 2004 16:56 GMT
#113
--- Nuked ---
My skill trancends BW, it is recognized by the billions..... AND BILLIONS of people around the world as nirvana
SillyCat
Profile Joined May 2003
United States960 Posts
January 15 2004 17:20 GMT
#114
LLOLZ.
Hey girl....what to know a secaret????????OK I WILL TELL IT TO YOU ANDIt is soooooooo gooood to hear it..... I can tell you...How to count allllll de way, to SCHFifty Five
Element)LoGiC
Profile Joined July 2003
Canada1143 Posts
January 15 2004 17:35 GMT
#115

If you want to speak "stupid", go kill yourself.


LMAO
Element)LoGiC
Profile Joined July 2003
Canada1143 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-01-15 17:43:33
January 15 2004 17:43 GMT
#116
I say "lol" when I hear/heard a joke and it isn't/wasn't funny at all, but I'm too lazy to type something that would actually show they were/are funny, because I'm just that nice.
NickDapaulo
Profile Joined October 2003
United States867 Posts
January 15 2004 19:05 GMT
#117
Sometimes when I'm ping on AIM or MSN and someone says somehting so funny that just typing in the the simple letters "l o l" would take away from my enjoyment, I jsut smash the keyboard and hope they understand that I'm laughing. Hmm.. Is that abbreviation?
Good God I look like an African tree.
SW)RIF
Profile Joined December 2003
United States563 Posts
January 15 2004 19:49 GMT
#118
On January 15 2004 15:48 SickofLife322000 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2004 05:58 SW)RIF wrote:
Do you flip out when people say can't? Because thats an abbreviation on the same level. Nothing is wrong with saying can not. I don't have a problem with internet abbreviating. It is when people try to make ebonics a full language that i get annoyed.


I nominate this for dumbest post ever. First off it's "cannot," not "can not." Secondly, "can't" is not ebonics it's what most people consider English.


Did you read my post? or do you always misread posts? Funny, i thought BroOd was an ignorant ass, but now he's flowers compared to you. You might first try reading a post before responding like a second grader.

If you hadnt noticed, i was a proponant of "nothing is wrong with abbreviations". So why then would i compare [can't] to ebonics, when obviously i did not.
x[ReaPeR]x
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3447 Posts
January 15 2004 20:19 GMT
#119
When time if of the essense (in a game, chatting), all butchering of the english language is acceptable.

On a forum it pisses me off because it's not too hard to type correctly (I do it all the time here), but as long as I can understand the post I don't bitch about abbreviations and what not.

Overuse of "lol" pisses me off.
ILoveOOv ownZ everyone!!! ~ Lamer List: Mynock, naventus
chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
January 15 2004 20:22 GMT
#120
On January 15 2004 05:07 SillyCat wrote:
no.
:O
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