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Originally Posted by Beledric
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I am not aware this is how people talk to each other on the internet.
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I'd say it's about normal for parts of the 'net frequented by a primarily under-30 crowd. Quite a lot of stuff posted in this forum seems to originate elsewhere. I'm not a huge fan of some aspects of the P99 community, either (indeed I consider the underbelly of the community possibly the worst part of the server), but it's still no worse than average.
Maybe it's a generational disconnect. When I was a kid there was no internet, no cell phones, and no instant communication. I find it odd to ponder other folks on this board saying they were playing EQ when they were 12 or 13 years old. I was out with friends or chasing girls at that age. A lot of what passes as ordinary behavior for that "tech generation" annoys me--ranging from excessively crude language to broken cellphone-text-derived english--but all the same, I recognize that more as my problem rather than theirs. Given a chance most of the people on here who initially seem annoying are in fact perfectly decent folks. As I said before, stay out of the raid scene and it's a decent enough environment, certainly no worse than what you'll find in most other games nowdays.
Worst I've actually had happen to me on P99 was some guy who spammed a bunch of silly messages involving my name (and a few other players), and that was more funny than anything else.
Danth