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Dear Rockapimp:

Believe me when I say I am not flaming you, but you really do need to work on your communication skills. Using shortened versions of words and such does not demonstrate coolness or any other desireable quality. Instead, it makes others assume you are dumb (which seems inaccurate to me), or uneducated (unlikely in this day and age), or simply lazy ('nuff said?).

I know that some will say this is only a game, and that I should "lighten up" or "chill out." You should make yourself understand that this game is not that different from real life and if you can't make yourself understood effectively in here, you are most unlikely to do so in "real life."

Some of your questions show a real desire to learn the game, and for that I encourage you. You do need, however, to learn that if you can't communicate, you can't do anything else.

Give it some thought, dude. I hope to see you in game.

I would like to say that all you jack holes didnt help me at all. All u did was teach me about crap.So give the guy a break ****.

Nadox is great for a few more levels though you cant get to 60 there (well without taking a while) this will get you up a bit more. Zone in from gunthak on the lavaside and kill the elementals (bind right outside) after all the elementals are dead (beware the random named that will spawn after death) succor over to the temple area and take on the trolls (again careful of named that can spawn on death). This is very easy xp and can be lots of fun. Ye finally got an answer instead of folks complaining cause your grammar sucks hehe hope you enjoy the killing

I must agree with Silverchar's post. Can't we all just get along. Upon reading the first post, it was apparent to me that the individual making the post did have a few typing errors which happens to all of us and there isn't a single one of you out there that can say you've never let a typo go uncorrected. The other thing that I noticed is that the post follows suit with the way all young people chat on the internet these days. See you later is C U l8r. Cuz is used rather than because. Where there should be an "s" on the end of a word, a "Z" is being substituted. "No" is used as a quick way to type "know". If any of you have used the "internet quickie" version of a word, your grammar and spelling would be considered incorrect as well. To your English teacher it would be considered lazy. To all that spend time chatting, you consider it quicker and perhaps "cute". It's just the way it seems to be done these days. While I don't believe it's the case in the first post, you may also want to consider that sometimes English isn't the first language for some of the posters and it may be a bit choppy to your way of thinking.

Everquest is a great game and we all come to this site for advice/help. My post may not help as far as the original question, but perhaps will have helped many of you in other ways.

Thanks Silverchar for your insightful post :)

Have FUN all!

Please do not appologize for offending people if you truely believe you are right: some may percieve it as weakness on your part. In regards to the thread about chat, not everyone cuts off words and such. I would feel like a complete imbecille if I typed that way. I understand some people who post may be children or may be mentally challenged but that post was apparently written by neither. I implore you to compose your words better if you ever want to get anywhere in life.

Edited, Tue Sep 28 06:51:49 2004 by ceciliozeb

Ok I think everyone has missed the point here. I care little about whether or not someone can properly form a sentence. I care even less for the person's grammar.

The person has asked for help for something and we should help them, but I will say this Rockapimp could you please repost the questions and brake it up a bit. It is all in one big unfortunate block and this is making it hard to figure out exactly what you want. Also by putting gaps in your lines by hitting enter it will enable people to answer individual parts of your request.

By doing this you should get the help you need from those who can help you unfortunately I am not one but I thought that rather than bash you for the post I would provide a tip and some simple advice to help you get what you need.

Cheers and good luck with the info.

P.S. I hope you take my advice and repost.

Sorry Axe and others who think we should help the original poster. If you need help, you should at least be able to communicate what you need in the primary communication form of the game or forum. (In this case typing.) From what I could get from his original post, he was a level 55 druid, not far from my 51 druid. It should also mean he should know how to type enough to communicate in-game and out with other players and other RL people.

I cannot make heads or tails out of what he is saying in the rest of the post.

Edited, Wed Mar 30 12:41:57 2005 by BatmanSixtySix

Unfortunatly i haven;t gotten my druid to 55 yet,so i can't really tell you where else to go,other than possibly Acrylia Caverns.Hope that helps you.=)

On to the Sub thread going on here.
Ok,since when is everyone so damn proper <mind you on an EQ charachter class forum> to flame the hell out of someone for doing thier thing.

So what? ,I understood him completely on what he was asking for,he got his message across...
true he didn't do it the "proper" way.

But i am sure all you literary Genious's out there already know the fact that ,proper enuntiation and edicate,were developed by the high class to further seperate themselves from the "lower class" people of thier time.(or did you not know that?)

I bet flaming that guy really helped you feel superior didn't it?


Arrogant asses ,shame on all of you who flamed this guy.

Cannot and will not are drastically different ideas. While it may be true that some people really do have some sort of disability when it comes to typing a complete sentence, the vast majority are simply lazy.

It may take a few more minutes, but anyone who can speak in complete sentences can also write in complete sentences (or at least close to it). If not then they do, in fact, deserve some criticism because they need to work a bit harder in school.

If you can't manage to type out a coherent thought on a silly message board (with all the time in the world), then god help you when it comes time to get a job.

Edited, Jul 5th 2006 at 5:07pm EDT by Gladestrider

I find it quite amusing that you all assume the orriginal post was placed by someone who's first language is english. Did you not consider it is a second, third, or possible fourth language. English speakers are not the only one's in the world. SURPRISE! <sigh>

To keep with the spirit of the thread, I will add my own opinion on communication via message board. I'm not interested in telling the original poster where to level. He posted 2 1/2 years ago and this thread is obviously not a tool for that.

I agree with almost everyone that posted here. It's important to have compassion, not everyone speaks english as a primary and some people that post may have disabilities. Outright flaming in an agressive and derogatory manner is not necessary and rarely helps anyone, even if we think that person is a dumbass. I wouldn't expect people with disabilities to be able to write well, even at a junior high level.

On the other hand, it is the responsibility of the writer to effectively convey their thoughts to the reader. I learned that in gradeschool.

It's a fact that we if don't practice our methods of communication that we become less effective at communicating. I "practice" my writing skills here and in other virtual communities.

If a person is submitting something to a general forum, it is also the responsibility of that person to note deficiencies if those deficiencies severely hinder the communication process. Letting the general reader know that I have dyslexia is important only if I didn't take the time to structure my thoughts into this form. People often say that their spelling/grammar sucks or whatever. That's good enough. I will often say that this is a long post because I have the tendancy to ramble on.

It isn't necessary to have everything spelled right or to use the proper grammar. It helps. Proper organization and puncuation help X 10.

'nuff said

EDIT: I usually edit because I'm OCD, but today, I won't edit - it burns oh it burns = P

Edited, Sep 29th 2006 at 7:58am PDT by sprucecln

At 55 druid.. I quad kiting in Cobalt Scars... Killing the othnmirs for the exp and Furs (great PP maker.. seen the othmir furs sell for about 300-600pp each.) The othmirs are good till lvl 60 or so.. then exp get really slow.