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Stress-Reliever: MMO Forum Words and Phrases that Should Be Retired

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It's a stressful time in the forums right now. Let's take a short break and do something fun. :)

What are words & phrases you read in forum posts that you feel need to be banished to Oblivion?

Please keep it respectful. If you're looking for a flame war, there's a wealth of posts available right now to scratch that itch!

I'll go first:
"...slap in the face..."

I don't care how much I agree with their post, the minute I read "slap in the face", I want to travel through their monitor and actually give them one. ;)

Edited by hiyde on January 25, 2015 12:21AM
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    The moment I see someone use that term, I immediately (and perhaps irrationally, though honestly I think I'm nearly always right) assume the user of the phrase is a complete A-hole whose opinion is about as useful as as everything else that comes out of A-holes.
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    hiyde wrote: »
    It's a stressful time in the forums right now. Let's take a short break and do something fun. :)

    What are words & phrases you read in forum posts that you feel need to be banished to Oblivion?

    Please keep it respectful. If you're looking for a flame war, there's a wealth of posts available right now to scratch that itch!

    I'll go first:
    "...slap in the face..."

    I don't care how much I agree with their post, the minute I read "slap in the face", I want to travel through their monitor and actually give them one. ;)

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    "viable" and "scrubs" are two terms that always make me cringe
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    You said I could play as I want.

    Please retire this phrase. It is a game it is always going to have limitations if you have a specific issue discuss it rationally don't rely upon this phrase over and over
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    Hmm lets see..

    I dont have many specific phrases or words I find annoying, I find the perceived "tone" of some posts intolerable though on occasion.

    That being said: "You must (Insert X action to take here)" anything that starts with you must, then dictates an action the target is being demanded to do. This type to wording literally makes me contemplate how nice prison must be this time of year.

    I don't really even know why, its just a horrid thing. :smile:
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    Xabien wrote: »
    OP (overpowered)
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    and of course Auction House guild traders ;)

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    1) People using the word 'this' when quoting something or someone just sounds ludicrous. It's like when I hear someone say 'lish' when they want to say 'delicious'. It makes me want to roundhouse kick them.

    2) 'Noob' - The 90s called, and they want their 1337 speak back. Any adult using this word sounds idiotic. Go read a thesaurus.
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    "Viable"
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    "Deserve"
    "Heartbroken"
    "Unplayable"
    "OP"
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    Oh man. This list could potentially be longed than 1.6's patch notes....
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    "give me your stuff"

    I think it is lame and unoriginal. Lets replace it with something else.
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    Anything involving 'dead horses'

    Yes, a lot of us have been here since launch and have seen the same issues brought up many times but there are and will be many new players who want to discuss issues that they notice about the game.

    Posting pics of dead horses is just trolling a perfectly valid topic.

    How about encouraging people to search old threads or provide a link instead.
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    Sorcerers are dead!
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    hiyde wrote: »
    It's a stressful time in the forums right now. Let's take a short break and do something fun. :)

    What are words & phrases you read in forum posts that you feel need to be banished to Oblivion?

    ...snip...

    I'll go first:
    "...slap in the face..."

    I don't care how much I agree with their post, the minute I read "slap in the face", I want to travel through their monitor and actually give them one. ;)

    For me it's when I read sage advice from some busy body ... "if you can't afford a $15 monthly subscription then you should be making focusing on career choices instead of playing a game ....

    I hate seeing that oily sanctimonious self righteous phrase ... and phrases like it. How the "ef" do these woo-woo's know about an individual's prioritization ... and what right do they have to interfere? Absolutely nada.
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    Breg_Magol wrote: »
    hiyde wrote: »
    It's a stressful time in the forums right now. Let's take a short break and do something fun. :)

    What are words & phrases you read in forum posts that you feel need to be banished to Oblivion?

    ...snip...

    I'll go first:
    "...slap in the face..."

    I don't care how much I agree with their post, the minute I read "slap in the face", I want to travel through their monitor and actually give them one. ;)

    For me it's when I read sage advice from some busy body ... "if you can't afford a $15 monthly subscription then you should be making focusing on career choices instead of playing a game ....

    I hate seeing that oily sanctimonious self righteous phrase ... and phrases like it. How the "ef" do these woo-woo's know about an individual's prioritization ... and what right do they have to interfere? Absolutely nada.

    Well said!
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    "We paid for..."

    You paid to play a game. Nothing else.
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    kimboh wrote: »
    Anything involving 'dead horses'

    Yes, a lot of us have been here since launch and have seen the same issues brought up many times but there are and will be many new players who want to discuss issues that they notice about the game.

    Posting pics of dead horses is just trolling a perfectly valid topic.

    How about encouraging people to search old threads or provide a link instead.
    Because encouraging people to read one of fifteen identical topics on the same page of forum listings apparently never elicits any results. Linking another thread and trying to consolidate them doesn't help either. Honest to god, it's not even like they HAD to search for anything. It's right on the same freakin page most of the time. It's not even like they intend to discuss a different aspect of the same issue most of the time. So, no I'm not doing work for people who are to god***n lazy to read in the first place or look around briefly. Most of the new (same) topics aren't posted by first time users either.
    Of course the reason I stopped was because it was becoming a fad when the intended reason was to make people stop posting the same d*** topic 35 times. Which, of course, got nowhere. So I have stopped beating the dead horse dead horse.

    " __________ is broken." was one of the early phrases I hated. "Viable" is another that irks me.

    Edited by Spottswoode on January 25, 2015 8:09AM
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    "Lied"

    I understand that some people are upset at the changes taking place, but applying such terms to the developers whether collectively or individually is both offensive and unnecessary, and demeans any attempt to make a constructive criticism of the changes. The word (along with "lie" and "liar") needs to disappear from the forums so we can have a more rational discussion of the changes rather than continuing to drive the developers even further away from these forums.
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