Is anyone else tired of netspeak?

It is really wearing thin for me. It seems like each and every little hip term is more and more idiotic. Newbie, newb, noob, n00b, nub, it just keeps getting worse and worse. Owned and pwned are pretty much the most uncool sayings to grace god's green earth. Anything with the intended mispellings, numbers for letters, and all kinds of jazz like that is pretty much a sure fire way to make yourself look like a fagnuts. That being said, why does everyone do it? What kind of simple minded retard seems to think that OMG STFU n00b is some sort of acceptable reply to anything. I am sick of seeing this crap tossed around the arenas and tossed around my whispers when I try to confront someone about something stupid they may be doing or may have done. Does anyone here do this? If you do can you explain why crap like this is said? Does anyone agree with me or is everyone looking to make gamers like some sort of crew hell bent on crapping on the english language?

I agree. But whenever you say anything in game people always respond with "0M6 $7uFFU n00b"

Funny how I see people complaining about this more often than I actually see it happening. At any given time, you can find someone ranting in a major city about netspeak or improper english.

The only times I've ever seen this type of talk used is in a tongue in cheek manner, except noob, which I have seen used seriously from time to time, but still very rarely (though people who use it tend to use it alot).

Just like the British, Americans, and Austrailians have their own different dialects of the English language, so do gamers. We may have some idiots that overuse certain terms and acronyms, but I wouldn't call it "crapping on the English language."

I would if someone uses it seriously. There's a difference between the spoken word and written word. English is supposed to be spelled properly, you don't type in dialect, that's just silly.

Personally I only use that crap if I'm just messing around. When I start typing in caps, that's when you should stop taking me seriously. If someone starts typing in caps, that's when I stop taking them seriously (unless their spelling and grammer is atrocious in the first place).

So what if I thought the same way of your useage of "fagnuts"

Unless the person is blatantly saying those thing repeatedly I just dont care.
Anyone who sees fit to label another newb noob ect ect just in my pov shows how much of a retard they are. Don't bother with those people. Leave a fool to his own misguidings.

I kinda like pwned though. Just a funny word to use.

That's weird. I see a ton of people typing "u" instead of "you", "ur" instead of "your" etc etc in game a LOT. And don't get me started on "OMFG" or "WTF" Then there are typos, mispellings and just plain wrong use of grammar.

I don't claim to speak perfect english, it's not my native tongue, but it annoys even me to see such butchering.

I love when people reply to message board posts using all caps. Stop yelling!!!

ok back on point, sonrry hehe

it's not butchering, most people are not fast typers. You don't really have to be unless you specifically have a job where you have to type fast.

Oh come on, as if john Q gamer is not a bit of a fast typer, I got typing fast simply thanks to msn and the learning of the home row. Most gamers who toss around stupid netspeak have probably played enough games and have posted on enough boards and used enough messaging services to learn how to type fast. That is how I got going, learning the home row and MSN messenger is pretty much my typing tutor. Look, it is really easy to type a single U, but it is also pretty damn easy to type two more letters to surround that U. It is also kind of a necessity to type fast in this day and age, especially with every written school assignment done on a word processor this day and age.

netspeak can be horrible

but its okay to say PWNED to the AI.

The words I like using:

-All abbreviations such as ty np etc etc... (for ease)
-pwn
-omgwtfbbq (when I want to say something completely stupid and random)
-nads (don't ask)
-zomg (same reason as before, just to sound stupid)

I'd never use them in a serious context.. lol.

Language isn't some kind of immovable, set-in-stone, holy set of rules. The nice thing about language is that it's constantly changing. We now also say "you" instead of "thou". Who is to say that this won't evolve further into a generally-accepted "u" ?

As many people said here, netspeak can be funny, or practical to use. It only gets annoying when people use it to show how "kewl" they are.

Most conversations I see in Lions Arch arena are 2 dumbasses tossing back and forth comments on how the other is a homosexual and has smaller genitalia than him.

I abhor netspeak, l337speak, what-have-you, and I never use it in game. I capitalize and punctuate my sentences, and do my best to spell things correctly.
And, really, I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one.

I have the prejudice against those people. When I see someone writing ub3r-l337 and those often use Caps Lock too, I automatically refuse to party with him. Its the same with WTB or WTS. I wouldn´t buy anything from a man spamming wts in local channel even if it is the best price.

The only porblem with this is space. It's kinda hard to post alot for sale using "Want to sell." Of course this all depends on the items, a full list of runes is a pain to fit on one line much less adding commas or spaces. WTS and WTB can help clearing the chat channel instead of cramming it up. Grant it not every one has a list of things but a standard for buying and selling is so much easier.

As far as all this other L33T ect... I cant read it, understand it, nor even care to learn. If it dont look like words I dismiss it as banter. "pwned" makes no sense to me unless it means the exact same as owned. I know what "WOOT" means but find it is never used correctly. Noob is a tearm used many diffrent ways, some insulting, some just gererlized observation, and some as discription. Basically if they are a "Real" noob, they already know, if you want it to be insulting just call them a moron, or idiot. Someone calling me a noob does not do anything but make me laugh at their immaturity.

As far as all this other lingo goes, we all knows what "U" means, or even "UR". But for Gods sake, leave the numbers out. "M8" is not sutible, nor is "n00b". If your going to shortnen it make it readable at least. Oh well enought of the ranting. How was your day?.........

"There's a difference between the spoken word and written word. English is supposed to be spelled properly, you don't type in dialect, that's just silly."

Tell that to Mark Twain.....

But otherwise, I agree...

Perhaps I am just getting cynical in my old age, but I can't stand it either.....grates my nerves. If we just crushed a group in a pvp battle, and someone says we pwned them, that doesn't bother me nearly as much as when I ask a question, and rather than answer, I get the omg stfu n00b crap. First day the game was out, someone asked if we all new how to call targets. Having just bought the game of course I didn't, and he stormed out of the group shouting NOOB to the rest of us.....how can you not be a noob the day the game comes out, unless you were in beta. It never ceases to amaze me how brazen people are when anonymous behind a computer screen with no concequences. I would so pwn their sorry a$$ with my 733t skillz if they were to do it in person....

8th grade NC spelling be champion....circa 1983

I thought that was SMS-speak not leet-speek? Leet-speek in the old days was more "l1K3 d1$".

But yeah, it annoys me too. I find myself instantly getting a low opinion of the intelligence of a person who writes something like "u invite me 2 plz". That probably says more about my prejudices than the people who use SMS/leet-speek, but that's the way it is. Not in my party, buster!

Otherwise I personally find the misuse of 'raped' worse than noob, n00b, nubb etc.

PS: On the subject of pet peeves: 'ignots'.