Choosing Your Voice For Online Gaming

jayintune writes "An article from an editor at 2old2play.com looks at the diverse 'voices' that people use online for the different genres of games, and how they differ from each other. It is a nice guide of etiquette for people moving from one genre to another. What you might say in WoW often differs from what you would hear in CS: Source." From the article: "Many online racing gamers take things very seriously. You may find your XBL reputation drops like a squirrel shot with a horse tranquilizer if you speak as though you're playing an FPS. Racing gamers do such things as apologize, notify a racer when they're coming up for a pass (and usually give a direction), complement you on your racing prowess when you pull off a slight win over them, and typically end a game with "nice game guys." "

CS TeamSpeak

[brokencomputer]

What you might say in WoW often differs from what you would hear in CS: Source

What I hear tends to be the voice of a pre-pubescent teenager, although thats on TS.

Politeness

[Anonymous Coward]

complement you on your prowess when you pull off a slight win over them, and typically end a game with "nice game guys.

That isn't what "pwned you, n00b" means?

Halo

[100lbHand]

Some of the most fun i have had is drunk Halo over xb-live. Nothing like coming home from the bar and taking out that drunk frustration on some punks up past their bed time. I've got to the point where i dont even hold the controler, i just sit back with the mike and a beer and do my best to teach the kids to curse like saliors.

WastedEffort

[TiggertheMad]

i just sit back with the mike and a beer and do my best to teach the kids to curse like saliors.

I go news for you, you're wasting your time. Kids these days already know how to curse like sailors. Most of them have already moved on to cursing like marines..