(06-18-2014, 02:33 PM)Melkire Wrote: 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.
Osric, I'm going to add "Grammarfailitis" to Jin'li's list of infectious disease. =p
Though, I don't know which is more embarrassing... the fact Osric spilled the secret or the fact that my university diploma hanging on the wall claims I have a degree in English Linguistics >.< Either way though, we find great amusment in it.
It's true though. The amount of misspelled words and missing punctuation produced by the tips of my fingers -can- border on the ludicrous, but, personally, misspelling has never been a huge deal breaker for me when it comes to rp and posting in-game.
I mean, if it did bother me, I would be a raging hypocrite. And two, I understand that some people, myself counted amongst them, often get overly eager to post a reply quickly to not keep people waiting and type faster than they should. Full confession, this is why I make so many errors while posting, but can write a book without them. Lol.
Only time typos are an issue is when the wrong message is conveyed and a correction is needed to get the original point across. Otherwise, if I see a spelling error in another player's post, I say nothing.
As an aside, typos can often be hilarious.
(06-18-2014, 02:46 PM)Roen Wrote:(06-18-2014, 02:40 PM)Melkire Wrote:(06-18-2014, 02:38 PM)Roen Wrote: OSRIC!Â
You did NOT just modify-quote one of my favorite lines in a movie EVER!!
...
You did. DAMN YOU!
And... I have no other contribution to this thread, other than hanging out with other cool people like Whittledown.Â
...I'll go now.
...AM I NOT MERCILESS?!
STOP. IT. !!!
Osric, you had best stop before Jin'li has to get all kind on your masked self
