Ban text speak

[Moe Overload]

I would like to suggest a forum rule banning text speak. It creeps me out having people talking 12 year olds in the forums for an adult game. Plus, it's super annoying to read.

I hope everyone can see where I'm coming from.

[Sinner]

If you didn't know what text speak is supposed to be, like me: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Textspeak <- 54v3d y0u 4 c11ck.

[Makinen]

(; ¿ʎɐʞo sᴉ sᴉɥʇ 'ʎlʇɔǝɹɹoɔ pǝllǝds s,ʇᴉ sɐ ƃuol sɐ oS

Edited October 8, 2018 by Makinen

[Hotless]

1 hour ago, Makinen said:

(; ¿ʎɐʞo sᴉ sᴉɥʇ 'ʎlʇɔǝɹɹoɔ pǝllǝds s,ʇᴉ sɐ ƃuol sɐ oS

"So as long as it's spelled correctly, this is okay? ;)"

Source: http://www.upsidedowntext.com/

[Moe Overload]

4 hours ago, Makinen said:

(; ¿ʎɐʞo sᴉ sᴉɥʇ 'ʎlʇɔǝɹɹoɔ pǝllǝds s,ʇᴉ sɐ ƃuol sɐ oS

As a one-off thing I don't mind it, but then again, I have a good ability to mentally rotate things, so there is that. However, if you were to exclusively run everything through upsidedown text, like that one person that exclusively posts in textspeak, it'd get old real fast.

[Makinen]

Yep, Hotless got it XD

That said, it was indeed intended as a one-off thing. I like being able to read posts easily, especially my own so i have an easier time spotting my own typos.

I agree that doing that all the time is just going to end up annoying people, and would ultimately just end up with people skipping over my posts to save themselves the hassle of 'decoding' them, much like how no one would open a tab on Google Translate if i were to post everything in, say, Mandarin Chinese: I'm less important than i think i am anyway ;)