=CYLON= Clan

[Drake]

@Juan_Arquero - Not really important, i make a lot of misspelings, and i love thrusters :angry: Leave Grammar (even if you are a Grammar Nazi) and Hogosha/Yakuza thing for another thread plz:)

@Drake - And now, here we go again. So, is it allowed for people to use simple phrases from other languages? I belive so. Actualy, many times i have seen Gaians speaking Scotch like. Or Kusari players that are using phrases from Japaneese language, like, Name-San, Domo Arigato etc. Is that understandable english? Don't think so. It is the part of RP. And for the new players, hell, they won't even know what real RP is untill they visit the forum. And when they do, they will know that is a Cylon style of RP-ing. Now, i really think i am not a bad guy here for trying, and i would like to hear other oppinions from other people.
We are not using, as you said, "|-|/\><0R" thing, that would really look idiotic. But just a bunch of numbers and letters, i don't think it is. It fits even with our names. Anyway, you always have the alternative of ignoring. And i don't see any alternative for our speech here, except what Unit-sk855 said. I will consult with other cylons about that proposition, but i still think that combination of numbers and letters fits better for us, simply because it is far more logical for humanoids to translate it for themselves, then us translating it for them. For now, Drake and Equinox are against, and Xoria (if i am correct, he mentioned brilliant RP-ing from one of the cylons, i belive he was refering to this), Skyelius (who answered ingame in more then great RP manner) and Zapp are ok with the idea, and i am awaiting more oppinions on this subject.

Using an occasional word or slang from another language or dialect is different than completely bastardizing the alphanumerical system.

Please explain how replacing some letters with vaguely similar numbers, when the text-based messages are really supposed to be considered radio speech, is supposed to make it seem like you're robots? Computers don't even type like that... They're either in binary or a written language. Only humans use leetspeak. So, please, explain why someone who sees 'h3||0' (or whatever, I don't write this crap) is supposed to believe that it sounds electronic or robotic?

If anything, it should be treated like people who says 'omg' or 'pvp' in system chat... "What the heck do you mean, pee vee pee? You mad?"