Regarding skill -->  Does it take skill to play Dragon Age on Hard or Nightmare...just curious?   Because if anyone says thats EASY, then my hats off to your extreme l33t nerditude and then I'll write your name down so I can ignore any opinion you have in the future=)    To me, its the same skill set when playing that or any MMO.  You can't just close you eyes and beat most well designed dungeons in a MMO, when its level appropriate and you're not using a guide.  Skill is in knowing when to use what and in certain MMOs like WOW, how fast you can string together that knowledge.  Others give you much more time to react.  Thats the nice thing about WOW's combat.  Its a MMO, but you need to be FAST to do really well.  Of course you can face roll the keyboard soloing greens, but thats just a small portion of the game.

Originally posted by Josher

Regarding skill -->  Does it take skill to play Dragon Age on Hard or Nightmare...just curious?   Because if anyone says thats EASY, then my hats off to your extreme l33t nerditude and then I'll write your name down so I can ignore any opinion you have in the future=)    To me, its the same skill set when playing that or any MMO.  You can't just close you eyes and beat most well designed dungeons in a MMO, when its level appropriate and you're not using a guide.  Skill is in knowing when to use what and in certain MMOs like WOW, how fast you can string together that knowledge.  Others give you much more time to react.  Thats the nice thing about WOW's combat.  Its a MMO, but you need to be FAST to do really well.  Of course you can face roll the keyboard soloing greens, but thats just a small portion of the game.

The point was really that this isn't what the word "skill" actually means.  And it is misused to represent some kind of binary condition.  To become skillful at something is about how much time and effort you dedicate to it, and how much concentration you focus on it.  It's not some magical trait that all those amazingly cool people have.  To become a skillful trombone player, you must practice.  A lot.

MMO vet.

pwnedlolroflburgerzomgoshlazerspewpew

Fun thread!

Troll-  It seems like anyone that has a differing opinion is often times labeled a troll, even if they have valid points.

Remove Levels and Experience points-  I'm tired of hearing people request this for future MMO's. Even in a "classless/level-less"  "skill based" MMORGP there is going to be varying 'levels' of skill gained in things like swordsmanship, magic, healing, etc and that will always be measured in some sort of point gain system.

Enchantment?

ENCHANTMENT!

Originally posted by Khalathwyr

Enchantment?

ENCHANTMENT!

Check the sig. : )

Everybody knows Sandal is the real hero to DA:O.

Originally posted by Khalathwyr

Enchantment?

ENCHANTMENT!

Gotta love DA:O, never thought I'd get to experience (being politically incorrect here) a retarded Dwarf.

Originally posted by greed0104

Originally posted by Khalathwyr

Enchantment?

ENCHANTMENT!

 

Check the sig. : )

Everybody knows Sandal is the real hero to DA:O.

Heh, yep. My wife told me that I actually said the word "enchantment" twice in my sleep the other day.

Scary.

 I really hate when people use "breath of fresh air" to describe something they like...... it's so annoying and meaningless.

It's like saying, "Hi, I want to say something meaningful to show my support of this concept, but I lack the originality to think of a new analogy that wasn't used by the 10 people posting above me."

I also can't stand "woot", "toon", "hardcore <insert word>", "rofl",  "carebear", and I'm sure there's lots of others....

I hate "this isn't the MMO for you".  Or "this isn't the game for you".  As a response when somebody asks for some type of content in a forum. 

Text-tards. A classification for people who are in front of a keyboard and constantly type like they're sending a text message on their cellphone.

omg ther R liek 2 mny ppl who do tht n its jus as bad when dey R liek lol nub lol an oh w8 wat is bad iz when dey dun use punctuation at all cuz its liek how hrd is it rly 2 us a . or , lol wat iz up wit dat oh watevr gg oh btw i m sry if dis is sorta hard 2 kno wut i m talkin bout but if it is lol l2read nub and btw ur mom haha lol gg ne waiz

QQ = I wish I knew the person who came up with this stupid shit.  I WISH i knew.  

Pro-insert class = LF pro-whatever to come dps / heal / tank some dumb shit that doesn't require the most dps in the world but I am not willing to take anyone that isnt 100% geared to the brim and needs nothing from whatever it is im doing...this screams selfish, insecure, moron.  Plus...if you are a "pro" you get paid to participate in the activity that you are doing.  Look it up...www.webster.com it might be websters... i cant remember.

Fail (and all variations ex: epic fail) = People use this so wrong...it wouldnt annoy me as much if they would just use it in a sentence correctly, but just saying the word "fail" drives me F'ing nuts.  It puts me into such a frenzy that I want to physically hurt the person.  I am a huge English / grammar nazi.

Hardcore = really so your game is hardcore b/c you can pvp wherever you want to?  Your game is hardcore because the last raid has 100x bosses that are so much more "hardcore-er" than the game I play so I must be a what?  *look below*

Carebear = ah yes.  I must be a carebear because I don't like something you like.  I must be a carebear because I don't enjoy getting corpse camped for an hour or two.  I should be "hardcore" or "pro" and then I wouldnt be so much of a carebear.  Maybe if I corpse camped your ass for 2 hours taking away the time that you're using for your enjoyment you wouldn't be calling me a carebear.  

Fanboy = people are using this like ketchup and they aren't even putting it on the right foods man!  I like x game therefore I am a fanboy.  Get real people...I know half of all the shit most of this community says is just to piss off other people and entice some kind of remark that's hostile in nature.

Like I said before...im a real grammar / English nazi, and I absolutely hate when people use than or then wrong.  I see it allllllll the damn time.  I even caught in one of the main articles that are written for this site.   That shit drives me up the wall i tell you.  Just say the sentence out loud and see if it makes any damn sense to use than or then.  I would guess that 98% of the time you would get it right if you just did that.

im done ranting...i could go on forever.

Yes but how many of us occasionally let these words slip in even though we abhor them? I think ‘fail’ was the last word I used like this and thought, oh no did I use that? :)

Originally posted by thafireball

I am a huge English / grammar nazi. 

Your post is quite literally riddled with missing punctuation, improper capitalization, incomplete sentences, and poor syntax, yet you're claiming to be a grammar Nazi ("Nazi" is a proper noun that should be capitalized, by the way) and criticizing an MMORPG.com article for mixing up "then" and "than"?

I don't disagree with your sentiment — common misspellings like "probibly" and "scavange" are pet peeves of mine, too — but you're not a grammar Nazi by any stretch of the imagination.

Can you blame use for using Stupid phrases when we are bombarded by poorly supported product.

How can you call a product poorly supported when they're putting in zombie Stormtroopers and fairy wings, Jestor? If that's not service, I don't know what is. 

Faceroll - this is a new stupid word creeping up. It has a similar meanining to 'owning' or 'rolling' your enemy I believe.

Getting back on topic, there are quite a few "Internet/MMORPG slang" terms that I find highly annoying and distasteful. I think my top five are:

lvl —  I hate this with a passion. I hate it when it appears in single-player games, too. It just seems so ignorant. If you can't spell out the world "level," at least use "Lv." or something similar.

pls/plz — When people use this slang in an MMORPG, I interpret it as: "I want something from you, but I can't even be bothered to spell out the word 'please.'"

thx/ty/yw — See above, you'd think a thank-you would be worth bothering to spell out.

noob — This one is self-explanatory.

u/ur — God, I hate this. As with "lvl," it just looks so ignorant and lazy to me.

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That being said, I've come to accept and overlook these slang terms, or I'd have gone crazy playing games in the MMORPG genre long ago. I've even embraced some of the slang, like "pwnt," "owned," "wat/wut" (which I think are kind of funny), etc.

LAWL

Worst one in my book.