It dosen't take much to get me to talk about this subject. But I do have a certain question..

When Gaming online, do you prefer people who spell everything out? (in casual talking, in battle it is nessicary)

Or talk like this - OMG BBQ AO UAOE n00b BE 1337...

Personaly, I prefer the former...

my brain doesnt function that way i dont mind a little bit of shorthand but i prefer regualar words, my brain can process it faster than trying to remember the acronyms.

generally, you don't have time to type out everything

unless it's a game that incorporates slow periods or periods of waiting, like America's Army (but man, there were times when communication was essential, but you were in the heat of battle so couldn't type out more than a few letters... hence you had to learn all kinds of ridiculous abbrevitations... good times).

Which is why most people switch to voice communication now anyway.

But I don't play games any more anyway. Except with friends when we're really bored.

what about voice/???? try that??? on WOW?

MOST OF THE TIMESS,,, I DO NOT SPELL CORRECTLY & I DON`T USE CORRECT PUNCTUATIONS BUT I DON`T REALIZE IT FOR EXAMPLE " AYO WATTUP?" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
&ND I AM VERY GUILTY OF SLANG

On wow? most wont because most play female characters, myself included. well, only my rogue anyway, she is the PWN!

All you need is a microphone!

One of my roommates played WoW 24/7 first semester of last year... it'd be two in the morning, and we'd hear him shouting "COME TO JOEY, COME TO JOEY AND DIE!" at people in the game.

Man, good stuff.

I dont play video games......they make me mental!!! haha um,,,, but I can say that they do voice.....on WTF>>??? not my game but my ex used to do that....

do it on teamspeak!!!

I used to have a coworker who played Diablo religiously, he and his team would use Navy terminology like "Hot LZ" (dangerous landing zone) and nobodyt else could understand them.

i'm so addicted to rpgs its not even funny.....or maybe i'm just bored.

***nobody

ok esplain to me what a geek is and a nerd is ????

your looking at whole room full of them my dear.

*heather raises hand* dorkfish

geeks and nerds are some what the same. it means you are a junkie of something Geeky like Computers, anime, or Sci fi. "rob is a Star trek nerd".

I consider a nerd to be someone that has a lot of intelligence.

I consider a geek to be someone that doesn't have much in the way of book smarts and all, but good with technology. Like a nerd, but not quite as "overall" intelligent.

At any rate, I hate chatspeak and never use it while playing MMORPG's.

Geek: Me! Though Nerd is a term I take offensivly

i've always been a big fan of dorkfish, but since i literally work in a laboratory i dont mind the term lab geek when applied to myself.

Hmmmm so you believe a geek is better??? I was accused the other day of being a computer "nerd" and not a "geek" hmmmmmmm I didnt really care because what I know and what he knows.......hmmmmm we could def do some damage but wut evva.

I'm plenty nerdy and I play online games and such, but I like spelling things out when I can. I don't mind when other people use l33t, but it's all about preference.