Choosing Your Voice For Online Gaming 53
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." "
Re:Eh. Stoopid Reputation (Score:1, Informative)
How about it makes you look like an idiot? I guess that's cool if you like playing with like-minded retards, but for the rest of us it's annoying at best. See also Sportsmanship [wikipedia.org].
Seriously though, a little razzing now and then is ok. There are limits though. Most people try to avoid pricks in real life, even moreso in their (often very limited) leisure time. Online reputation system is an excellent way to avoid pricks without ever having to deal with them in the first place. Sometimes I wish the real world had a system that was as formal.