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#1 Crazy Carl

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 12:44 AM

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Here are a few things that you may wish to read and refer to before having a discussion on an online message board, otherwise known as a forum.



First, some common words used in place of eachother:

Your - Possessive, as in "That was your stupid idea."
You're - Contraction for "You Are," as in "You're a moron."
Yore - Time long past, as in "The days of yore"

Their - Possessive, as in "Their son is stupider than they are."
They're - Contraction for "They Are," as in "They're all a bunch of idiots."
There - A place, as in "Go be an idiot over there."

Its - Possessive, as in "Its engine is broken because that idiot forgot to oil it"
It's - Contraction for "It Is," as in "It's smarter than its owner."

Won - Past tense of Win, as in "I won the award for the stupidest person of all time."
One - The number 1, which comes after 0 (zero) and before 2(two).

To - In a direction, as in "He went to the city for his brain surgery."
Two - The number 2, which comes after 1 (one) and before 3 (three)
Too - In addition or also, as in "He's a moron too." Also, more than needed or excessive, as in "You have too much stupididy."



Next we will go over the proper way to write a sentence.

Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with one of three punctuation marks. These marks are "." (period), "?" (question mark), and "!" (exclamation point).

A statement or a command should have a "." (period) at the end.

A question should have a "?" (question mark) at the end.

A powerful, yelling, forceful, or excited statement should have a "!" (exclamation point) at the end.



Now for a bit of etiquette.

Please refrain from the overuse of "lol," "wtf," "lmao," "lmfao," "omg," "omfg," "wth," or any varients of these.

Also refrain from the overuse of words such as "dude," "man," and others like these.

There is one rule that you must hold above all others in this guide, and it is this: "NEVER TYPE IN ALL CAPS, IT IS THE MOST ANNOYING THING YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO, AND LOWERS YOUR PERCEIVED IQ LEVEL BY OVER 50 POINTS."

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:09 AM

:p Are you a complete idiot or do you just love school to much, thanks for the dumb lesson I think all of use get the stupid point you made and for the shorting of words like lol,wtf, and others messaging is about simplifing words just like IM is and it is quicker this way so for you I rather keep these stupid dumb comments to yourself and don't worry about how others type because we don't live in your world we live in our own and also I take this as spam so please next time when you are bord Crazy Carl type this in the right catagory and stop wasting time at this and FS-21 this should be removed ASAP. Great mod by the way but still testing though and since now your site is up I got the 0.99b2 downloaded finialy. :D

Edited by Lurker, 26 July 2005 - 01:14 AM.


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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:13 AM

This needs to be a global forum announcement. About time someone else shared my opinion.

Edited by Fenring, 26 July 2005 - 01:15 AM.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:16 AM

:p you agree with them.

Edited by Lurker, 26 July 2005 - 01:17 AM.


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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:22 AM

Of course I do. I am sick and tired of reading gibberish that's not close to English (eg wtf lolz1). He has a point whether you want to admit it or not.

I'd like to add a few points though.

"$" is not a letter so please stop using it as one. It's not intelligent and simply makes you look like an uneducated fool.

"`" is not an apostrophe. This --> ' is an apostrophe. Please refrain from using the key to the left of the 1 as said punctuation mark.

Edited by Fenring, 26 July 2005 - 01:24 AM.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:23 AM

Well that is just dumb we are not professionals here and this world is not perfect.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:25 AM

That's true but people SHOULD strive to set higher standards. Forum grammar and sentence structure should be one of those things.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:26 AM

Yeah only if we are in grammer school.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:27 AM

No, we aren't. I can't spell well, but when I am unsure of a work, I look it up to be sure, even if it's just an Instant Message. Instant Messaging is wonderful, but it has dumbed down the online society too much. I have known people to actually spit out "LOL" in public. It's getting out of hand. You can talk however you want to on IM, but try to sound like you are older than 2 years old when posting on a forum.

I bee sik of peepz tokin lik dis al da tyme on da bords.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:29 AM

Yeah only if we are in grammer school.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:31 AM

WOW! a 2yr old knows what LOL means and come on this is a place of freedom we should not be bind by these remarks and for you Cazy Carl sorry to be mean you should of stayed in school. Also what is this (I bee sik of peepz tokin lik dis al da tyme on da bords) to me you are just making your self look bad which is sad :p .

PS I agree with you Fenring and intelligence should be used wisely.

Edited by Lurker, 26 July 2005 - 01:43 AM.


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Posted 26 July 2005 - 01:54 AM

Apparently, the concept of sarcasm escapes your grasp.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 03:09 AM

yeah I know, I was being sarcatic as well.

Now lets end this argument before this drags on I know that what you guys are saying is right and I know I should be using a proper english since I got always got A's on my english tests and have a IQ above 5 which I won't tell you the exact number but just remeber this the real man of this world will do anything to win and complete the goal meaning short cuts are ok in some standards. :p

Edited by Lurker, 26 July 2005 - 03:42 AM.


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Posted 26 July 2005 - 08:59 AM

What does actually this topic do in Reloaded forum anyway? :p

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 10:01 AM

good point, close this shit and crazy carl shut the hell up

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 10:17 AM

Actually, I think it should stay open, but moved to open topic.

Carl has the right to express his views on the way forum posts should be made. He didn't directly flame or insult anybody, more gave pointers to newbie members on how to present themselves.

And on more or less all of what he said, I agree with him.

If your English isn't particularly hot because you are foreign, then exceptions can be made, particularly if what you say is intelligent and appropriate. I don't expect everyone to be blessed with perfect grammatical skill, particularly if English is not your first language.

However, if you are born in an English-speaking nation, you have more or less no excuse for posting like a retard omg wtf l33tk1d.

And I DEFINITELY agree with his points on punctuation. Reading some posters' posts, it's hard to tell where one clause ends and another begins.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 10:21 AM

That's true but people SHOULD strive to set higher standards. Forum grammar and sentence structure should be one of those things.

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and downloading hentai pron and showing dead people is high standards? wtf?

also aren't u crazy carl stating the obvious thus owning yourself?

Edited by Allied General, 26 July 2005 - 10:26 AM.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 10:28 AM

Stop flaming. You are NOT helping here AG...

i still sport Crzay Cral because i too am sick of redding meningless posts without punctuation or gramar that nobodycan undrstnd nd tht hs no actual meaning i also hate when fullstops rnt used n ppl tlk ntirely in 1337spk bcos thr 2 lzy 2 type full words out

If I can make an effort not to sound like the above paragraph (I have to tell you I found it hard to type that because I'm used to typing in regular English), and even those who are foreign can make an effort to make what they say understood (even if it's not totally correct), then I think we should all make an effort.

We have freedom of speech, but freedom of speech is only any good if people know wtf you're saying.

Edited by Comrade Jerkov, 26 July 2005 - 10:31 AM.


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Posted 26 July 2005 - 10:41 AM

so posting that stuff is right as long as u have correct grammar? geez didn't know online was real life. Its culture not people. Just ignore the noobs.

Edited by Allied General, 26 July 2005 - 10:42 AM.

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Posted 26 July 2005 - 11:32 AM

And allow the integrity of the forum to slip and for it to become flooded by 9-year-old 0mgwtfl337ppl

Yes.




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