I maybe showing my age.....

Elohmrow · July 2016

maboleth wrote: »

+1

Those who write "your" instead of "you're" are illiterate and/or teenagers. End of story.

LOL except nobody in the previous post made this mistake

+1 are illiterate and/or a teenager

Mwnci · July 2016

rootimus wrote: »

Mwnci wrote: »

Sensible abbreviations are fine (LG, LFM etc);

Lascivious Guar? Localised Grumbling? Legislative Gastronomy?

All of the above.
Lol.
Fixing post.

Crowzer · July 2016

ITT: OP never played a MMO before.

xilfxlegion · July 2016

raidentenshu_ESO wrote: »

But why do people use so many abbreviations in this game and in other games? Has the skill of spelling became too complicated for so many out there? I'm not saying this to be mean, but most of the time I don't even understand what players are requesting, especially when it comes down asking people for dungeons in the zone.

us old folks have our own special code --- cursive writing.

popular usage will be the death knell of the english language.

GreenhaloX · July 2016

OMG.. I'm LMAO on this thread. Yeah.. not really showing my age here, either. Maybe my mindset is FUBAR. Lol!

Duiwel · July 2016

@rootimus

How is your sig even legal

rootimus · July 2016

Reykice wrote: »

So you just called everyone using it a lazy idiot... that makes you what? Old and still going for like playground insults?

Being illiterate has nothing to do with being an idiot. A genius who has never received an education is still a genius and could learn; an idiot who's had 12 years of schooling likely will not.

maboleth wrote: »

Those who write "your" instead of "you're" are illiterate and/or teenagers. End of story.

No, it's really not the end of the story. The next chapter in the story is how do we fix it?

Duiwel wrote: »

@rootimus
How is your sig even legal

What statute in what country do you feel it violates?

UltimaJoe777 · July 2016

Rosveen wrote: »

Yes, the language is deteriorating rapidly. It is a crying shame, really. These young whippersnappers use confusing symbols like tbsp, PhD, USA or etc - what is school education coming to?! Why, the other day I opened a dictionary(!) and right there in the definition I saw "adj." How am I supposed to know what it means? Truly, abbreviations are the scourge on our beautiful language.

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

dating as far back as NES or Atari or even further.

It is spelled "Nintendo Entertainment System" by those who want to be understood.

Ah right my bad lol

Actually people really DON'T know what I mean by NES nowadays unless they already know... I'm so old

Smileybones · July 2016

Crowzer wrote: »

ITT: OP never played a MMO before.

So what @Crowzer ? Help people by explaining abbreviations instead of making useless and ridiculous statements as this.

Fishoscandi · July 2016

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/136290/the-eso-slang-and-abbreviation-dictionary/p1

Hearsay_ · July 2016

I'm not a big fan of acronyms at all, but when it comes to MMOs you kinda gotta expect it. If you have time to elaborate and type 'properly', then you have time to think about what the acronyms and/or abbreviations mean. Think context and make a guess based off that. You'll be right more often than not. Either that or learn the lingo.

In any case, you don't have to abbreviate, but others most definitely will. You'll pick up on it, reading wise. Eventually, with some effort.

Lumenn · July 2016

Mostly it's to transmit as much information in as little time as possible. When you consider when mmos started(for me that was EQ launch sneaking up on 2 decades ago) not everyone could type 1000 words a minute trying to coordinate raids (50 people )etc spelling every word sucked with the hunt and peck types. You also have to consider early text messaging. (seriously how many times do I have to press this button to get an "s") no smartphones so the "shorthand" became the norm. From there it just caught on. (just my opinion anyway. )

Totalitarian · July 2016

I'm fine with all of the abbreviations in ESO, except 3:

COA and COH

and

Ales

COA and COH look far too much alike. City of Ash and Crypt of Hearts. Oh, maybe I should bring up the guild, Children of Hircine. Too similar. Get them all mixed up all the time.

Ales is either short for A). Alessia, or \B). Aleswell, two forts in Cyrodiil. I think Alessia needs a new shorthand name.

khele23eb17_ESO · July 2016

raidentenshu_ESO wrote: »

But why do people use so many abbreviations in this game and in other games? Has the skill of spelling became too complicated for so many out there? I'm not saying this to be mean, but most of the time I don't even understand what players are requesting, especially when it comes down asking people for dungeons in the zone.

Once you get into any field with a lot of specialized terminology youll see abbreviations and acronyms. It just saves time.

dtm_samuraib16_ESO · July 2016

LOL
"Because it's shorter".
Such a stupid excuse for being LAZY! XD

Acrolas · July 2016

Shorthand is an ancient concept. That's why I can't take this thread or the OP seriously.
People were using shorthand while he was still *** his diapers so it's not an age thing or a lack of intelligence thing.

But it's only an acronym if you say it like a word. Like MADD, NATO, or FODMAP.
Otherwise, it's called an initialism.

TLDR Take the time to learn about any aspect of a culture before complaining about it.

dtm_samuraib16_ESO · July 2016

Acrolas wrote: »

Shorthand is an ancient concept. That's why I can't take this thread or the OP seriously.
People were using shorthand while he was still *** his diapers so it's not an age thing or a lack of intelligence thing.

But it's only an acronym if you say it like a word. Like MADD, NATO, or FODMAP.
Otherwise, it's called an initialism.

TLDR Take the time to learn about any aspect of a culture before complaining about it.

So, lazyness is a cultural aspect eh?
Myeah, could have seen that meself, indeed.

ArchMikem · July 2016

In honestly it is your age, but that's not the fault here. The youth are raised in a society of not giving a damn. The world is correct in calling American's uncultured due to our lack of bilingual or even multilingual skills. Hell why would they care about learning other languages when they're so intent on butchering their own native tongue?

mike_de · July 2016

I personally have no problem with this things.

But I have a problem with another thing. The usage of tank, dd and healer, coming from WoW. They specify jobs, that don't even exist in many other MMO, but are forced on players for playing in groups.

It's like restricting your own brain with an unnecessary not compatible system. You can clearly identify MMO players, using these categories over and over again. It's dumb.

SteveCampsOut · July 2016

Tipsy wrote: »

Not making an effort for each other...
Playing next to each other instead of with each other ,and when they are done with a group;thanks,byebye..
Connecting on the level of a cheap love-making story
With the abundancy of abbreviations it becomes clear players value themselves most & others are not worth more of their time than it takes for a cheap cheese souffle to collapse...

Mmmm... Cheese!

notimetocare · July 2016

raidentenshu_ESO wrote: »

Sirvandal wrote: »

I realy dislike Grammar Police, sod off! :O)

I'm not trying to be the grammar police, but how can you expect people to understand what you're asking?

Bcuz we kno the stuff

BigBragg · July 2016

I cannot stand people that write etc. instead of et cetera. Is it really so difficult? I mean the whole point of communication is to follow the strict rules that have been arbitrarily set up for us.

Rosveen · July 2016

dtm_samuraib16_ESO wrote: »

Acrolas wrote: »

Shorthand is an ancient concept. That's why I can't take this thread or the OP seriously.
People were using shorthand while he was still *** his diapers so it's not an age thing or a lack of intelligence thing.

But it's only an acronym if you say it like a word. Like MADD, NATO, or FODMAP.
Otherwise, it's called an initialism.

TLDR Take the time to learn about any aspect of a culture before complaining about it.

So, lazyness is a cultural aspect eh?
Myeah, could have seen that meself, indeed.

Efficiency of language, not laziness.

OneKhajiitCrimeWave · July 2016

TheMachineKiller wrote: »

You need shorthand notation. No one wants to spam throughout their guilds like
"Hello fellow gamers, it has come upon the time in which we shall do the daily dungeon veteran pledge along with our fellow brethren. Positions we're currently hiring for are (but not subject to): Tanking, Healing, and/or Damage Per-Second fellows. We appreciate your time here and we hope you consider taking upon this daily challenge with us."

Khajiit thinks that all messages on all platforms should be like this. Although this one would like a more Khajiit slant on this.

mildlylucid · July 2016

TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

Tryxus wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »

I hate typing, and abbreviations is faster when trying to communicate with a group. I don't understand some of them, but I just GOOGLE it.

i dont understand what is google master

Spoilerception! Seriously I'm still trying to get to the end of your signature. WHAT IS IT????

the answer to the universe

is below

\/

Can't click anymore after a while

So the answer to the universe is... that it's unclickable?

no, its infinite

But... but... it's right there, just beyond my reach! NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo!

I used inspect element and could keep going...

I am relatively sure it's just " ".

Which is actually pretty deep when you think about it.

anitajoneb17_ESO · July 2016

Also...

Player A : "Wir suchen einen Tank und einen DD für Veteran Pilzgrotte"
Player B : " What ? Can't you effing speak english ?"
Player A : "vergiss es..."
(fighting over whether non-english languages should be used in zone or guild chat carries on)
(Player A still has no tank)

OR :

Player A : "Nous recherchons un tank et un DPS pour la champignonnière vet"
Player B : "baguette ?"
Player C : "I'm ready to go if you group me"
Player A : "???"
(fighting over how french people never bother to learn english carries on in chat)
(Player A still has no tank, player C still has no group)

OR :

Player A : "LF2M tank and DD vet FG"
Player B : +1 tank for FG here
Player C : +1 DD for FG
30 seconds later group is ready to start fungal grotto.

TL/DR : abbreviations and codes are very useful in overcoming language barriers in an MMO.

Saoirse_Siobhan · July 2016

mildlylucid wrote: »

TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

Tryxus wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »

Elohmrow wrote: »

TheWhiteDarkness wrote: »

I hate typing, and abbreviations is faster when trying to communicate with a group. I don't understand some of them, but I just GOOGLE it.

i dont understand what is google master

Spoilerception! Seriously I'm still trying to get to the end of your signature. WHAT IS IT????

the answer to the universe

is below

\/

Can't click anymore after a while

So the answer to the universe is... that it's unclickable?

no, its infinite

But... but... it's right there, just beyond my reach! NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo!

I used inspect element and could keep going...

I am relatively sure it's just " ".

Which is actually pretty deep when you think about it.

Now it's even more frustrating, what does it mean???

42?