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#2
Join the Clan / Re: [color=yellow][Pending][/color] [SG] Bessy_TheCow
June 24, 2013, 07:05:07 AM
Another SG Member, awww yiss. Welcome :D
#3
Join the Clan / Re: [color=yellow][Pending][/color] [SG] Need_To_Max
June 20, 2013, 07:16:58 AM
Thanks guys <3
#4
Join the Clan / [color=green][Accepted][/color] [SG] Need_To_Max
June 20, 2013, 07:07:14 AMSG INTRODUCTION: Need_To_Max
My RuneScape Name: Need_To_Max
My Previous RSNs: Wing3d
J awn
B oolean
Onwards
My Stats:
About my RuneScape Account and History: I started playing sometime around 2005. Since then, I've been on and off with different accounts. My RSN currently reflects what I need to do on RuneScape, max. This will be the second time. I quite enjoy RuneScape, and although I haven't always had time for it, I certainly devote quite a bit of time when I can.
My past/current clans/teams are: My only official clan I have been in was WG, it was a good run, but school took over my time and I was unable to allocate a reasonable amount of time to clanning. However, my schedule is now free, and as such, I have returned. That being said, I like skilling quite a bit more, so I figured I should apply for SG.
About me: I'm a 17 year old computer science undergraduate student (soon to be 18) living in Florida, US. I was born in Canada and moved here around when I was 10-11. I quite like programming, and it is something I've always been quite interested in. I work on the development team of the RSBuddy client (Some of you may recognise the name, it's now quite similar to Swiftkit and has quite a few users ^_^)
I heard about SG through: Invited by a friend/current member
I want to join because: WG 4 Lyfe. No seriously, I have quite a few good mates in this clan and my only reason for leaving was time constraints. I'd love to return.
Regarding the IRC, I am: Registered (mIRC or other client user)
Regarding TeamSpeak 3, I have: Installed
Regarding future events which may impact my activity: None at all, University isn't starting for a long while and my time is already quite free
#5
Real Life Discussion / Re: New York State Power Lifting Championship
September 16, 2012, 01:39:50 PM
Apparently you do even lift.
#7
Real Life Discussion / Re: Old work i did. and got a A to.
September 08, 2012, 05:34:03 AM
What you have just read is an example of a disturbingly prevalent attitude on the internet, particularly among the younger community: the quality of language that one would expect to find with reasonable frequency on instant messaging services, message boards and online games. Oh, there are all sorts of arguments for that method of typing; ranging from the almighty "This isn't an English classroom" to the highly versatile "I'm too lazy to type properly". Those aren't accurate representations of the arguments themselves, of course, due to the fact that they were actually spelt properly. Shame.
How does your typing style on the internet affect you? It seems like the sort of question with an obvious answer that would never require a three-page rant by the author on what exactly the answer is. Unfortunately for you wonderful readers, it isn't. It's only going to be one page, because there's a suggested word limit that I am using up rather effectively with these sentences. Ooh, look at this one! It's doing it too! Ahem.
The way you type affects you in several ways: how well you communicate your ideas, how people reading your messages view you, and how well you type in the future.
The first of these is arguably one of the easier points to explain. Cohesion is something that one only achieves in - get this - cohesive statements. One cannot expect to communicate complex ideas efficiently when readers have to translate several tons of linguistic garbage in order to understand the text. This may seem strange to many people who are accustomed to using internet shorthand, but the general idea behind the written form of any language is that it is meant to be easily understood by anyone who understands the spoken form of the language.
While shorthand may be easily understood by those who have already been tainted by its foul talons, it may require some translation for those who are not "hip" or "with the times". This isn't really a problem, per se, in an online game such as Runescape where the majority of the community is "in the zone", but it is an inconvenience - and a large one at that - for people who do not wish to translate crude phonetic representations of words.
Secondly, the way you type affects how people view you as an individual. It might not be obvious, because you may be surrounded by people who type the same way you do, but to an outside observer, many of you are like slavering chimpanzees at a keyboard playing an online adventure game. Shorthand might still register as communication in the minds of more sophisticated people, but those who type it would probably register as human only by default. Some people may not mind seeing their language slaughtered, but most people with at least a decent educational background may find your digital presence distasteful.
You may be seen as crude, ignorant, lazy, uneducated or even rude; all bad things for public relations. I'll go out on a limb here and assume that you probably aren't. It shouldn't be a question, however, because in most cases, in order to not appear as such, all you have to do is TAKE THE TIME TO PRESS TWO EXTRA KEYS. Come on, you can do it. You were given eight fingers and two thumbs so you could use them all on a keyboard, not so you can be a slob and just use three to "save time". Hey, you probably only save a fraction of a second for every twenty points you deduct from your perceived IQ. The occasional typo may be ignored in instant messaging or any other real-time chat interface, or even in forums. Blatantly misspelt words and poorly-constructed sentences, however, have almost no reason to be on a message board.
The flipside of this, of course, is the way your clique views you. Strangely enough, some groups I have encountered during my time on the internet find it in poor taste to type properly, because it does not fit in with their subculture of "non-conformists" and "cool people". Well, alright. If it's "cool" for them to appear lazy and uneducated, more power to them.
There is also the point that naturally, some people have the notion that they should type as quickly as possible and thus cut as many corners as they can. A bit of advice for these sorts of people - nobody cares how fast you type. What many people care about is how you type. Real-time chat, message board, whatever -- misspelling with the intent to save a few precious milliseconds is looked down upon by people with any respect for their language. Of course, there may be the excuse that one is not a native English speaker, is still in his or her teens, or is a busy sort of person. Oh, hey. I'm all three of those. Fancy that.
On to the next point: your typing style is a habit. Unless you take steps to fix it, you're going to be typing like that for a while. I can tell you now that that is a bad thing. I've known and seen people with IQs reaching into the low 130s handing in major assignments with horrible grammar and several counts of the crime that is shorthand. These are people whom I know to be intelligent human beings, but had I been an outside observer with no personal knowledge of those individuals, I would have chalked them up as Class B semi-morons. Why do they type poorly? Simple. Because it's a habit that they haven't bothered to rid themselves of.
Ah, yes. I can almost hear the argument screeching out of the collective subconscious like a banshee chained to a jet engine. "The internet is not an English classroom". Sadly enough, it is, in its own indirect way. The quality of language you are exposed to most often is the quality of language that you adopt. This is the reason why I have an Australian accent, and why Irish people have Irish accents. It is the language we are exposed to, and thus we adopt it.
For written expression, nothing influences people as much as what they read and write themselves. Sadly, for many of the young people who play Internet games, the only language they are exposed to is the internet's, judging by the demographic data on what young people these days are exposed to for entertainment - predominantly passive activities such as watching the television, playing games or listening to, ah... music.
These things - TV, games, music, etc. - in themselves cannot be blamed for a degradation in the quality of language in the community as a whole. It is the combination of these media and the lack of exposure to high-quality literary works that fuels the car on its way to the brick wall. Expose yourself to a good book and hit the brakes today.
How does your typing style on the internet affect you? It seems like the sort of question with an obvious answer that would never require a three-page rant by the author on what exactly the answer is. Unfortunately for you wonderful readers, it isn't. It's only going to be one page, because there's a suggested word limit that I am using up rather effectively with these sentences. Ooh, look at this one! It's doing it too! Ahem.
The way you type affects you in several ways: how well you communicate your ideas, how people reading your messages view you, and how well you type in the future.
The first of these is arguably one of the easier points to explain. Cohesion is something that one only achieves in - get this - cohesive statements. One cannot expect to communicate complex ideas efficiently when readers have to translate several tons of linguistic garbage in order to understand the text. This may seem strange to many people who are accustomed to using internet shorthand, but the general idea behind the written form of any language is that it is meant to be easily understood by anyone who understands the spoken form of the language.
While shorthand may be easily understood by those who have already been tainted by its foul talons, it may require some translation for those who are not "hip" or "with the times". This isn't really a problem, per se, in an online game such as Runescape where the majority of the community is "in the zone", but it is an inconvenience - and a large one at that - for people who do not wish to translate crude phonetic representations of words.
Secondly, the way you type affects how people view you as an individual. It might not be obvious, because you may be surrounded by people who type the same way you do, but to an outside observer, many of you are like slavering chimpanzees at a keyboard playing an online adventure game. Shorthand might still register as communication in the minds of more sophisticated people, but those who type it would probably register as human only by default. Some people may not mind seeing their language slaughtered, but most people with at least a decent educational background may find your digital presence distasteful.
You may be seen as crude, ignorant, lazy, uneducated or even rude; all bad things for public relations. I'll go out on a limb here and assume that you probably aren't. It shouldn't be a question, however, because in most cases, in order to not appear as such, all you have to do is TAKE THE TIME TO PRESS TWO EXTRA KEYS. Come on, you can do it. You were given eight fingers and two thumbs so you could use them all on a keyboard, not so you can be a slob and just use three to "save time". Hey, you probably only save a fraction of a second for every twenty points you deduct from your perceived IQ. The occasional typo may be ignored in instant messaging or any other real-time chat interface, or even in forums. Blatantly misspelt words and poorly-constructed sentences, however, have almost no reason to be on a message board.
The flipside of this, of course, is the way your clique views you. Strangely enough, some groups I have encountered during my time on the internet find it in poor taste to type properly, because it does not fit in with their subculture of "non-conformists" and "cool people". Well, alright. If it's "cool" for them to appear lazy and uneducated, more power to them.
There is also the point that naturally, some people have the notion that they should type as quickly as possible and thus cut as many corners as they can. A bit of advice for these sorts of people - nobody cares how fast you type. What many people care about is how you type. Real-time chat, message board, whatever -- misspelling with the intent to save a few precious milliseconds is looked down upon by people with any respect for their language. Of course, there may be the excuse that one is not a native English speaker, is still in his or her teens, or is a busy sort of person. Oh, hey. I'm all three of those. Fancy that.
On to the next point: your typing style is a habit. Unless you take steps to fix it, you're going to be typing like that for a while. I can tell you now that that is a bad thing. I've known and seen people with IQs reaching into the low 130s handing in major assignments with horrible grammar and several counts of the crime that is shorthand. These are people whom I know to be intelligent human beings, but had I been an outside observer with no personal knowledge of those individuals, I would have chalked them up as Class B semi-morons. Why do they type poorly? Simple. Because it's a habit that they haven't bothered to rid themselves of.
Ah, yes. I can almost hear the argument screeching out of the collective subconscious like a banshee chained to a jet engine. "The internet is not an English classroom". Sadly enough, it is, in its own indirect way. The quality of language you are exposed to most often is the quality of language that you adopt. This is the reason why I have an Australian accent, and why Irish people have Irish accents. It is the language we are exposed to, and thus we adopt it.
For written expression, nothing influences people as much as what they read and write themselves. Sadly, for many of the young people who play Internet games, the only language they are exposed to is the internet's, judging by the demographic data on what young people these days are exposed to for entertainment - predominantly passive activities such as watching the television, playing games or listening to, ah... music.
These things - TV, games, music, etc. - in themselves cannot be blamed for a degradation in the quality of language in the community as a whole. It is the combination of these media and the lack of exposure to high-quality literary works that fuels the car on its way to the brick wall. Expose yourself to a good book and hit the brakes today.
#8
RuneScape Discussion / Re: Botany Bay
September 08, 2012, 02:15:32 AM
Jagex PR stunt. Disappointed.
#9
RuneScape Discussion / Re: Runescape Names.
September 01, 2012, 01:54:40 AM
I Find Keys - Screenplay
#10
RuneScape Discussion / Re: Your total xp/hr
August 31, 2012, 01:20:18 AM
Total XP: 182,192,942
Time played: 100 Days, 17 Hours (2417 Hrs)
84859.31 XP/Hr
Time played: 100 Days, 17 Hours (2417 Hrs)
84859.31 XP/Hr
#11
Join the Clan / Re: RS Mosh introduction
August 26, 2012, 04:25:20 AM
lol reiss has friends good 1 m8 proper trickster.
no really, hey :D :nyan:
no really, hey :D :nyan:
#14
Real Life Discussion / Re: An update on my brother (Rammstein) Kamil
August 14, 2012, 04:19:20 AMQuote from: Owen on August 14, 2012, 03:45:58 AMQuote from: Armybuilder on August 14, 2012, 02:29:31 AMQuote from: Dorcha3377 on August 14, 2012, 01:42:25 AM
Give him a big hug from us all, we love him a lot.
Couldn't have said it better myself. He is in our prayers / good graces, whatever faith (or lack thereof) you ascribe to. WG is rooting for him.
#17
Join the Clan / Re: Wanting to join the clan
August 07, 2012, 07:04:42 AM
Hopefully you fill in a bit more soon C: welcome to the forums!
#18
Real Life Discussion / Re: A Feast of Ice And Fire
August 06, 2012, 03:56:21 AM
Microwave pizza will no longer cut it :c
#21
Join the Clan / Re: Hadarac's Intro.
July 29, 2012, 10:11:16 PM
Nice previous RSN .-.
Welcome to the boards :)
Welcome to the boards :)
#23
Join the Clan / Re: tavelram's introduction
July 15, 2012, 10:01:05 AM
Points to Keanu!
Welcome :)))
Welcome :)))
#24
Achievements / Re: This is huge for me.
July 15, 2012, 05:47:10 AM
Gratz man. Fun to dung w/ you
#25
RuneScape Discussion / Pump Up Playlist
July 09, 2012, 04:52:21 AM
TL;DR, We're capable of playing near flawless music now. We're looking for songs to put on a pre-war pump up music playlist.
Suggest away!
Suggest away!