Wow

[saethone]

Man if getting your spelling corrected constitutes to a 'bad response' I'd hate to see how you react to a MMO server forum

On a serious note, I'll echo everybody else's response about your echos - people don't have something to say about everything. Not every post every person makes gets 7 pages. I've posted several threads that just dropped off the front page too. The fact is, people are only going to reply to stuff that intrests them

 

[hero4hire]

You know what, and I hope this doesn't sound like sour grapes or whatever.

Sounds like sour grapes...

 

[Barak]

Why are so many people commenting about not getting many responses, anyway? The only thing the original poster commented about was having his spelling corrected.

And while leaving a message board because you got your spelling corrected is sorta lame, correcting people's spelling is at least just as lame. I guess a lot of people had broken dreams of being english teachers, or something.

And anyway, what does being published (or not) have to do with anything in this thread?

 

[Steverooo]

For anyone who cares, the thread in question is here:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=124967

and the posts are number 39 and 41, respectively (pages one and two).

Y'know, a certain English prince recently got himself into trouble by wearing a certain German uniform, which upset a lot of people... This-here sichy-ashun (<-intentional Typo!) reminds me of that...

Didja all know that someone around here has the Loose/Lose mistake, for which KaosDevice was corrected, in his .Sig file?!? Maybe that particular mistake is kinda a sore point, with him?

Kinda like wearing a certain German uniform in front of a person of the Jewish persuasion? Perhaps?

Well, feel free to correct my spelling of "situation", or my mangling of "did you" into "didja". I promise I won't leave (as much as some of you might wish I would! ) I don't do it in front of my English teacher, but...

Anyhow; leave, or don't leave, as you think best... I hope you see this, before you go, though.

I've been on other boards, before ENWorld, and while this "peanut gallery" occasionally attracts a monkey or two, even most of the monkeys are pretty nice... For the rest, we have the "Ignore" feature...

Alternately, you might try using "loose" and "lose" correctly, realizing that it is someone's Pet Peeve, and just trying to get along. As for myself, I find the peanuts to be worth putting up with the occasional monkey. YMMV.

Best wishes!

 

[The Shaman]

I lurked for a bit (about two months) and saw a lot of people talking about some things I was interested in so I hopped in and offered my .02$, I was corrected for my spelling.

Welcome to the Internet!

 

[Darkness]

KaosDevice, don't let grammar/spelling comments get to you. They're just words on the internet, and usually not particularly useful ones either.

 

[reanjr]

You should see them ripe into my spelling and grammar at times, it can be brutle.

Reading that makes me ache.

 

[reanjr]

Why are so many people commenting about not getting many responses, anyway? The only thing the original poster commented about was having his spelling corrected.

And while leaving a message board because you got your spelling corrected is sorta lame, correcting people's spelling is at least just as lame. I guess a lot of people had broken dreams of being english teachers, or something.

And anyway, what does being published (or not) have to do with anything in this thread?

To imply a certain base-level command of the English language?

I do not personally correct people's spelling, but I do appreciate those sorts of posts as they are - at times - educational. For instance, "alot". I would certainly hope someone would correct my spelling and/or grammar. Unless it's something that is int3ntion4lly mispelled or an obviouis type-o.

 

[pogre]

I guess I do not understand the nature of your complaint. Kluge was a little short in the other thread in correcting your spelling, but that surely is not the main reason? I would think a veteran of RPGnet would be quite immune to such a minor barb.

Good luck - I don't think you are going to find a friendlier place on the web though...

 

[Cassiel]

KaosDevice, I'm sorry that you had a bad experience in a thread or two. I hate to say it, though, but if you think this board is unfriendly...well, you're going to have a devil of a time on the rest of the Internet. This is one of the most courteous, polite, friendly boards I've ever seen.

I think that's one of the problems. The veneer of courtesy, with its undercurrent of "I know more than you do," is probably the thing that gets me most about ENWorld. I've been visiting this site since I believe 1999, and have racked up in that time maybe 300 posts under 4 or 5 different accounts (which are routinely deleted during periods of prolonged inactivity, so I always end up having to make new ones when I remember this place exists). For the most part I find that it simply isn't worth my time, or wouldn't be well received (who on this board wants to have a serious discussion about the possibility of significant fantasy literature, for example?) for me, to respond, so I don't.

Why make a fuss about it? This is just a messageboard on the internet. Lurk, read what looks interesting to you, if anybody's posts really annoy you add them to your ignore list, and move on. The thing that keeps me coming back to ENWorld is that there are a lot of interesting posters, too. So, to people like Fusangite, Dr.Strangemonkey, barsoomcore and the others whose posts I generally look forward to reading, I say: rock on. The chances of me tempering my normal mode of discourse to suit ENWorld's restrictions are slim, but I still enjoy reading what you guys offer up.