Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[Zyeriis]

Being upset because of it makes a person come off as even more-so.

Soz dat totes cray-cray, u dun kno bout mah diabeetus. Irregardless, y dun u jus tell me 2 chillax. Mah mad bout toon tis legit. #swag #yolo

Can I speak like this from now on simply because it's possible to decipher?

[BoomerOU]

Soz dat totes cray-cray, u dun kno bout mah diabeetus. Irregardless, y dun u jus tell me 2 chillax. Mah mad bout toon tis legit. #swag #yolo

Can I speak like this from now on simply because it's possible to decipher?

It won't upset me. Though if it upsets you I'd suggest not taking yourself so seriously.

[Zyeriis]

It won't upset me. Though if it upsets you I'd suggest not taking yourself so seriously.

You can't expect other people to take you seriously if you can't do it yourself first. Seems to be an issue for people who use "toon".

Does it "upset" you that I find this particular lack of a counter-logic (and thus lack of a counter-argument) a waste of my time? (I really don't care, so don't bother to answer that rhetorical question. Even though you most definitely seem to have a problem with my point of view despite not being capable of providing a decent rebuttal short of "you mad!" in so many words.) Stupidity makes me angry, no doubt about that, it's a pretty normal/natural reaction/response. It should be pointed out that I'm hardly alone on this (some people fail to comprehend this).

[BoomerOU]

You can't expect other people to take you seriously if you can't do it yourself first. Seems to be an issue for people who use "toon".

Lol, clearly ive upset you. That wasnt my intention, but my opinion remains that being upset over word choice is quite silly, and makes a person seem more foolish than the person using colorful phrases innocently. Please dont think i mean to debate you, im just entertained that something so silly can rile you up to the point of ranting. Take yourself less seriously, you really arent important enough for a person to turn phrase (so to speak).

[Errors]

My only pet peeve when it comes to people's verbiage?

It's gil not gold. Gold is used in the craftsmanship of a goldsmith's trade, gil is the currency. There aren't gold sellers running rampant, there are gil sellers running rampant. People purchase items with gil, not gold. You deposit gil into your company's bank/chest for saving up for big purchases, not gold.

It's not really that hard, I've been playing RPG's table top and video games for way to long that I care to admit to, and understand gold/copper/plat/mythril tends to be the norm. However, I've never had any issue understanding that most of the worlds the Final Fantasy's tend to play in have their currency as gil.

^_^

[cfStatic]

The only terminology I 'hate' is "WoW terminology", really people, there were other games before WoW.

As for things that slightly annoy me:

DD as a reference to what you do. I know what the classes are in any given game, I know you hit stuff. I want to know how hard you hit for and how fast you can get the job done. DPS is an easily quantifiable answer and gives me the information I need up front, good or bad.

On the whole Pally thing: I say this audibly, and will sometimes write it depending on the environment. PLD as the abbreviation...XIV is the only game I have played where it's in use.

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

dude saying pally is like a cute way to say paladin.. here let me make some samples

Paladin PLD= pally
Dark Knight DRK = Darky
Thaumaturge THM = Thaummy
i can go ooon and ooon...
also try saying on your VoIP " Hey guys im going to this fight as a PLD"..sounds off...

with that said i allways use full class jobs name on VoIP or type PLD,SMN.. on the chat but to get annoyed by ppl saying it another way dosent bug me at all

[Raxion]

dude saying pally is like a cute way to say paladin.. here let me make some samples

Paladin PLD= pally
Dark Knight DRK = Darky
Thaumaturge THM = Thaummy
i can go ooon and ooon...
also try saying on your VoIP " Hey guys im going to this fight as a PLD"..sounds off...

with that said i allways use full class jobs name on VoIP or type PLD,SMN.. on the chat but to get annoyed by ppl saying it another way dosent bug me at all

Well of course I'm not going to say, " I can tank on my PLAD". I wouldn't say "Pally" either, though. I'd probably go hipster and say "Paladin".

[Vektrat]

Paladin PLD= pally
Dark Knight DRK = Darky
Thaumaturge THM = Thaummy
i can go ooon and ooon...

... MONK(E)Y!

And by the way, I believe the special case of "PUG" can contribute to an extra 12 pages in this thread!

[Jeronlmo]

DD = Damage Dealer (this is FF now WoW), when you went to WoW you learned the terminology, now you've come to FF, its Damage Dealer.
Toon = cartoon character (which fits WoW's art style, not FF's)
DPS = Damage Per Second. If you /shout LF 1 dps, you are and always will be shouting for a DD who can do 1 Damage Per Second.

Credit for stupid terms is given to WoW because before WoW, the MMO market was far smaller, so even though all of these games existed before WoW, they were generally small, so most of these people claiming the terms were coined before WoW, likely never even played those games, and are simply tagging along others reasons to try and push their way.

FF11 was the 2nd largest MMO ever until WoW, which means all of these other games where these terms were "coined" were far smaller, and FF11 wins.

/thread