When will be the chunk 4 already?! at least ot pts hah just wondering xD

On the 20th, 3 days ago, Stephen said:
"The new build is getting really close to a PTS release."

So I don't know, sounds a bit like next week. Sounds like! I really have no idea. I can only guess.

Also, keep in mind there are fewer workers for the game. Be patient.

Personally, I really like how you managed to misspell your initial profanity

I'm assuming english is not a first language so leanancy should be allowed......

Gary

Sigh. You mean leniency, don't you?

get a life this shit aint school i dun have to think about that for another week.

Hahaha, play nice now. No, this is not school and we're many bad spellers here. Me included. My spellchecking plugin works hard here, the poor thing.
And since no one corrected you, Overkillin, there's no need to be rude. Now get yer smile back on and enjoy this awesome game.

Is there ANYTHING that will ruin your good mood, you crazy, mindlessly happy Viking?

It isn't my first one either, and spelling it really isn't that hard, especially since both IE7 and Firefox have spellcheckers

Plus, he threw a hissy-fit over it. That means leniency would reduce his entertainment value, and we just can't have that, now can we?



Edited by Khazandra (08/24/08 03:13 PM)

I'm not a native speaker either, but I still don't think it's cool to pick on someone's grammar/spelling, regardless whether English is their first or second language. Play nice Khaz

Yea... About 80% less, But you knew that.

Pity nobody bothers to use them ^^

Fact: Most people can read a word with it's letters jumbled as long as the first and last letters are the same.

Not taht we slohud be tlaknig lkie tihs, but point made.
Darth

If I can't speak someone else's native language I don't pick at them if they can't speak mine very well.

Speaking 3 languages = Trilingual
Speaking 2 = Bilingual
Speaking 1 = American

Heh. yes, point made.

Some of our members on the forums write English well enough that I didn't know it wasn't there first language. This means you, Khaz, for example. But, yeah, I think some breathing room is well-justified for people who aren't native speakers.

The attitude that really gets to me, though, is Americans (or other native speakers) who assert that, because we're on the internet, they don't have to bother trying. I admit I'm overly picky about it, but it gets really annoying seeing those 'oh so common' mistakes over and over again- to, too, two; your, you're; there, their, they're...etc.

Your left thinking, "there grammar sucks, and there spelling does to." wat? u got a problam wit that?



Edited by AlienEighter (08/24/08 05:15 PM)

For many many years I had an email/forum signature that read,

"Spelling and grammar are to the internet world as tooth-brushing and hair-washing are to the real world. No matter how nice of a person you are, people are still going to form a bad opinion of you based on your outward presentation and hygiene."

Basically, what gets to me is similar to your complaint, AlienEighter. Just because we're on the internet doesn't mean you won't be judged on appearances and first impressions more than anything else.

For what it's worth, the apparent irony of Bogey's comment prompted my correction to his spelling.

...Some of our members on the forums write English well enough that I didn't know it wasn't there first language. ...

...Your left thinking....

...it gets really annoying seeing those 'oh so common' mistakes over and over again- to, too, two; your, you're; there, their, they're...etc....


heh heh

If that was a poke at my mistake, you missed the rest of the statement, which is intentionally full of those errors.

Well, it's not a problem so much as a cause of persistent headache.

and for what it's worth since i had no clue on how to spell it i googled and came up with it course i took googles word that it was spelled like i spelled it


anyway no foul no harm and if someone is ticked off be mad at me i got big shoulders and can handle it.

Gary

Hehe, nope.

About the "common mistakes", I definitely do some myself all the time too. Always get confused whether it's "wich" or "which" since I've spelled it "wich" for soooo many years now. I do know it's suppose to be "which" but... you know... old dog, new tricks.
I've hired Joolie (Jynxed in the forums, Jooniperbug and some others in-game) to be my personal spell-checker and corrector whenever I'm on W7 visiting.

I love seeing people spell 'what' "wut" don't you?

Speaking 3 languages = Trilingual
Speaking 2 = Bilingual
Speaking 1 = American
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I don't know how to quote, but Darth I must say screw you. Im american and I speak English, German, and Spanish...

Wie Gehts es du mir heute?

Estoy tan aburrido.
Cuando es el nuevo parche

So yea. I would sincerely appreciate no more insulting Americans. People see the general population, then everyone judges us off of what they see.
Now I dislike stereotypes because clearly they are not true in the least.
No more insults.

You don't see me saying "The British have bad teeth" or "All Chinese Resturants serve cats"
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE!
I know british people with better teeth than me, and I know asian people that like fried chicken more than rice.
NO MORE STEREOTYPES THEY PISS ME OFF!



Edited by KingofCarnage (08/25/08 03:47 AM) — reason: Fixing a spelling error.

Agreed. And Khazandra is right about first impressions too.

THERE--I agreed with TWO people!

(the universe shall end now.)



Edited by BigFatKlingon (08/25/08 04:56 AM)

OUCH, that hurt.
(but it's fairly accurate, at least in my case.)
I wish I could speak other languages.

BTW, Speaking multiple languages = Polyglot.

Ooh, I feel so special then, speaking seven languages and everything

There's also a spellchecker in Safari as well (not that I'm a Mac user, I'm just equal opportunity browser user).

I don't care much about incorrectly spelled words...I really hate that lazy "shorthand" or SMS stuff, leaving letters out on purpose, substituting other letters for 'cooler' ones, etc. Ur 2 crzy wut u do tht 4?!!!

I pretty much ignore any message that comes to me in game like that..."Can u hlp me?" I don't put them on my ignore list, I just don't respond. Typos are one thing, they happen and not everyone is a perfect speller, that stuff I can deal with...it's the "1337" speak and shorthand that kills me. Is it so difficult to type the way you speak? Communication is communication, spoken or written it doesn't matter. Great example is Warcraft "ROFLMAO" animation (YouTube it if you've not seen it).

Sounds to me like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed KoC i thought that joke was cute and funny. All the time we americans go somewhere else and expect everyone to speak our language. But how many stores/resteraunts do you walk into here that can speak to you in 7 different Languages just to make sure all the tourists are happy.

America maybe a complete Melting pot when it comes to Religion, Food, Color, Race, and all that good stuff. But when it comes to Language "Speak our or GTFO" is the general consensus.

Among the English speaking population anyway

KoC, don't take it personally, man. It was just a joke.

AlienEighter, my earlier post was a poke at your poke, not a poke at your mistakes.

Umm, in other words... I got it.

again heh heh

Oh yeah, well heh heh HEH to you!

*pokes Aeshlyn*

Yay im Trilingual!
Although my French is limited to hello, bye and such...

(Im thinking of counting Croatian (or whatever), Bosnia(n), Montenegro, Slovenian, Macedonian and all of those, but its basicly all same, or very simillar so i wont count them...
Or... Maybe i Should?
Oh, whos the man? I speak 7 languiges! Wooo!

I'm kinda good at Swedish, English and even Drunk (A language easy to learn but hard to master)

Yea, yuo have to learn the movements to go with the language. The swayying and the wild flailing of arms when talking about exciting stuff, and the accidentally stumbling and falling over when explaining what yuo did that day. Takes awhile to get used to.

Indeed...
Hardly anyone over 18 didnt learn that one (some even under that age, word!), but rare are people who actually mastered it. Mastering it requieres full concentration, sacrafice in both mental and phisical (it is kinda hard to walk when speaking drunk, specially if you speak it good ) shapes.

Sorry, but I tend to agree with KOC to some extent on this. I am American and have studied several languages. When I travel, I try to learn at least enough of another language for basic communication. I do not expect everyone to speak English, but am grateful when I need help and some is available.

Granted that there are more multi-lingual Europeans than Americans and granted that some American's are unwilling to learn another language, but Europeans do not have an ocean separating them from one another. It's harder to become fluent in a language when you don't hear it and can't practice it.

If I were to live an work in a country whose language was different from my own, I would most certainly learn that language. I expect the same from anyone coming to live and work in my nation.

Like Lyllia, I understand, but do not communicate in Internet shorthand since I don't like sloppy speech in any lanuage.

Does the ability to read/write/understand 'typo' count as a language? Or reading lips? Or sign language? Or do all of those only count if you can read typo/lips/sign in a language other than your native one?

Food for thought

I am fluent in Typoese at both creating and deciphering.

As for sign language, it is most certainly considered a language and is taught as a credit course in many colleges and universities.

I'll have to look into that...free credits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't mean to cause offense there... that was a sarcastic joke about a quote I've heard a few times...
Also, Chinese restaurants serve dogs, and a lotta British folks really do have bad teeth, maybe they eat to much Chinese?

Now if you'll excuse me there's a lynch mob I've gotta run from

PS: you can quote by clicking the aptly named "Quote" button on posts.

A post was made recently in the Announcemnt forum giving more info on Chunk 4

Ok first, nice that you spelled Christ wrong, and second they are doing updates tuesday the 9th for the new update so i would say this week

Chunk 4 41r34dy!? 1m40r0f1z0m9bbq101!!!1!!1one!1

j00 4r3 1337!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks... Now my brain hurts from trying to figure out what the bloody hell that meant.

It means he likes to be slapped. Very hard.

Yeah, that is actually even more creepy.

Wow wth is trilingular and the other shit
speak some croatian ffs and some serbian
i know english better then some americans so lay off