Varies and depends on how serious the scene is and/or how distractingly humorous it would be to break the fourth wall at a given moment.
On that note, I... have a confession to make.
The original reason behind blaming Askier for everything was because the man is notoriously frequent when it comes to typos. His custom emotes, particularly the long ones, tend to be littered with them, and his propensity for making them is such that he might make one, go back to fix it with the standard ( *) format, and his "fix" will frequently, in and of itself, be a typo.
Ex:
Askier Mergrey turns and chcks the bom at Osric Melkire.
Askier Mergrey: chicks* ))
Askier Mergrey: bomb* ))
Askier Mergrey: chucks* ))
Quite a few of us hang out in Vent, and we started noticing a while back that our own mastery over the English language began slipping whenever he was present in-game. We'd start making our own typos, leaving out quotation marks, sending mistells, etc.
This only got worse, because it eventually progressed to the point where him just being present in Vent was enough to screw us over. That then progressed to someone merely mentioning him, to the mere thought of him, and finally just the mere fact of having associated with him was enough to have us butchering the English language.
We think it's some sort of disease that people contract once they come into contact with him; be warned.
So if you're ever walking around, and you see something along the lines of...
Osric Melkire: "That did not just happen.
Osric Melkire: " *
Osric Melkire blames Askier.
...now you know why.
Disclaimer: I share this story because A, I know Askier well enough to say with confidence that he'd get a laugh out of someone finally sharing this story rather than be pissed at someone taking the mickey out of him, and because B, my name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, son to a dying language and a creditor of many an OoC headache induced by IC events, and I will exact my vengeance, in this life or in RP.
On that note, I... have a confession to make.
The original reason behind blaming Askier for everything was because the man is notoriously frequent when it comes to typos. His custom emotes, particularly the long ones, tend to be littered with them, and his propensity for making them is such that he might make one, go back to fix it with the standard ( *) format, and his "fix" will frequently, in and of itself, be a typo.
Ex:
Askier Mergrey turns and chcks the bom at Osric Melkire.
Askier Mergrey: chicks* ))
Askier Mergrey: bomb* ))
Askier Mergrey: chucks* ))
Quite a few of us hang out in Vent, and we started noticing a while back that our own mastery over the English language began slipping whenever he was present in-game. We'd start making our own typos, leaving out quotation marks, sending mistells, etc.
This only got worse, because it eventually progressed to the point where him just being present in Vent was enough to screw us over. That then progressed to someone merely mentioning him, to the mere thought of him, and finally just the mere fact of having associated with him was enough to have us butchering the English language.
We think it's some sort of disease that people contract once they come into contact with him; be warned.
So if you're ever walking around, and you see something along the lines of...
Osric Melkire: "That did not just happen.
Osric Melkire: " *
Osric Melkire blames Askier.
...now you know why.
Disclaimer: I share this story because A, I know Askier well enough to say with confidence that he'd get a laugh out of someone finally sharing this story rather than be pissed at someone taking the mickey out of him, and because B, my name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, son to a dying language and a creditor of many an OoC headache induced by IC events, and I will exact my vengeance, in this life or in RP.
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