Re: Caelum pretender design
 

heh.. made me laugh anyway http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



the way i see it, the point of language is to communicate. most people dont have any problem with reading lower case. if not capitalizing letters makes it really hard for you to read, maybe you need new glasses... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif
i guess it comes from playing so much CS and other real time games where if you take the time to spell things out perfectly and capitalize everything, you die.
and who cares if someone thinks youre uncivilized and uneducated when you already know they hate you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

Most people do actually. That's why capitalization was invented in the first place back in the 900's.

Capitalization tells people where new sentences begin.

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

hmm... i wonder what a period is for?

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

Graeme, don't bother trying to educate Tauren & Boron, it's a waste of time. I solved my problem with their Posts by using the ignore user functionality of the new forum software. Cleans things up rather nicely. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon45.gif[/img]

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

A period tells people where a sentence ends.

Basically, it comes down to the fact that your message is only written once, but is read many times. This means that it's up to you to make your message easy to read so that other people aren't being inconvenienced.

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

Somehow, I am not certain whether that was sarcasm or you were asking an honest question http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

- Kel

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

most people, eh? that doesnt even seem to include you. you dont have any problem reading it; you are just whining about it because you want another reason for me to be wrong.
ive never seen anyone truly unable to comprehend text due to lack of punctuation

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

Are you not aware that there's a difference between writing that's comprehendable and writing that's easy to read? As I've already explained, your message is only being written once, and read many times, so your laziness is no excuse.

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

Gotta agree with Graeme's drift here, if not with his spelling of "comprehensible" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Caelum pretender design
 

From a personal experience, since English isn't a native language for me, I sometimes have big problems understanding even typoed text (hard to figure which word it might be), not to mention a text which looks like something that's hit with a big hammer.

The way some people write just gives a bad first impression and ultimately leads to ignoring their texts as it's harder to read than what it's worth for. It's easier just to spot interesting flammable parts from other people's replies. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif