do you think using all-caps in WC is rude? or any chat for that matter...

I find it moderately rude.

Typically for me as soon as I see all caps, I stop paying attention to the person using them.

Using it in an entire sentence is rude. On a single word, it's fine. It just emphasizes it. All caps usually makes you look like a nub anyway and gets you ignored. For example... typing.

WTB> Certain Item, offering 3m, please pm me, thanks

will most likely get more response than.

WTB> CERTAIN ITEM, I PAY 3.000.000!!! PM OFFERS FAST NOW PLZZ!!!

REZZZ MEH NAO PL0X O_O!!!!11eleventyone!

_DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary wrote: »

Using it in an entire sentence is rude. On a single word, it's fine. It just emphasizes it. All caps usually makes you look like a nub anyway and gets you ignored. For example... typing.

WTB> Certain Item, offering 3m, please pm me, thanks

will most likely get more response than.

WTB> CERTAIN ITEM, I PAY 3.000.000!!! PM OFFERS FAST NOW PLZZ!!!

This.

I don't wanna be mean or anything... but sometimes I just can't help but feel that those who constantly type in caps, even in normal chat are somewhat ****/noob... or well... childish.

XtinkX - Sanctuary wrote: »

personally i think of it as a way to point out something or to get someone's attention. recently i encountered someone who thinks that its rude, which i find pretty stupid since its just a game. what do you guys think?

I think writing in all lowercase is just as bad. b:chuckle

Proper capitalization and punctuation is used to help the reader see where the writer's separate thoughts and clauses begin and end. Writing in all caps or all lowercase is basically saying, "I am lazy. I don't want to bother with doing a little extra work while writing this, so I'll make the reader do it for me instead." I suppose that could be considered rude.

For short sentences or things that are typed in real-time it's ok, because those cases are usually time-constrained, and usually there's only one clause so it's pretty obvious where the thought begins and ends. And for texting it's understandable because of how difficult it can be to type on those devices. But for forum posts IMHO it just tells me that the author is somewhat selfish and lazy. No offense intended, but that's just how it comes across to me.

Edit: I should add that I don't expect you to change because of me. I don't expect anyone to change, so I generally don't complain about this. But just as you would think it would be wrong for me to try to change you, it's also wrong for you to expect people like me to change how we come up with our opinion of you. If you want us to have a better opinion of you, you'll have to make the change of your own volition. Or you could not care. Either way suits me.

I personally consider 'shouting' in all caps to be the equivalent of a little kid screaming for attention, therefore I consider it rude.

Just because you don't care doesn't make my opinion petty.

tweakz wrote: »

Here's a good guide for online behavior:

The Guidelines

This is all very true. Too bad most people don't realize that there is some form of etiquette that should be adhered to on the internet. When all caps are used in any post, it usually tells me that the person is one of four things:

1) A whiny 13 year old that thinks he/she is always right, regardless of the topic.

2) A person who is trying a little too hard to make his/her point (works very closely with #1).

3) Someone who has very poor grasp of grammar, internet etiquette, or is just plain socially inept.

4) Someone who is genuinely angry, and feels that using all caps is the best way to show this.

Although, these all do have something to do with each other and are often seen hand in hand, they can be taken separately as well.

_DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary wrote: »

True, I mean, they are all the way over the other side of the world. How would they hear you otherwise? O.O

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tweakz wrote: »

Here's a good guide for online behavior:

The Guidelines

Too bad that these or any other rules don't seem to apply in an MMORPG. Otherwise, people would always be polite at spider lines, ksing would never happen. And there would be no such thing as "PK"

Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »

This is all very true. Too bad most people don't realize that there is some form of etiquette that should be adhered to on the internet. When all caps are used in any post, it usually tells me that the person is one of four things:

1) A whiny 13 year old that thinks he/she is always right, regardless of the topic.

2) A person who is trying a little too hard to make his/her point (works very closely with #1).

3) Someone who has very poor grasp of grammar, internet etiquette, or is just plain socially inept.

4) Someone who is genuinely angry, and feels that using all caps is the best way to show this.

Although, these all do have something to do with each other and are often seen hand in hand, they can be taken separately as well.

Please refer to the above. Also I'd like to note, that not everyone has English as a first language. Their grasp of grammar may be skewed because of that. So grouping that person with the socially inept might be just a bit harsh.

Isala - Sanctuary wrote: »

I do find it funny that the same people using Caps usually have the worst grammar. I ignore them immediately at that point.

Sometimes I accidentally hit my caps button. Or forget that its on when I've used it. So it is sometimes a mistake to write in all caps. But if someone announced they was selling gold charms for 350k all in caps, I bet you wouldn't ignore that.. umm pretty much no one would!

It's funny... In some/most games I played so far, whether they be MMO or MMORPG, typing in all caps would get you a warning then banned if you did it again...

I'm not saying they should implement this rule HERE, but still... typing in all caps IS annoying.

I Prefer The People Who Think It Is Proper To Use Caps At The Begining Of Each Word. Major Headache To Anyone Trying To Read It. b:chuckle

Ooh, what do ya know... found something about all caps chatting in the ToS (http://www.perfectworld.com/about/terms)...

Solandri - Heavens Tear wrote: »

You could do it the German Way, and capitalize the first Letter of every Noun. As well as string together all the Adjectivesdescribingeachnoun to make a Superlongnoun. b:chuckle

German is not a language, it is an infliction of the throat.

Topic:
I find typing in all caps or (as Solandri has pointed out several posts back) all lowercase somewhat annoying but I can deal with it. I don't really mind poor grammar either as long as I can get a basic idea of what the person is saying.

What I absolutely hate are people who refuse to use any form of punctuation (at the very least use periods to end sentences). I know that I'm not exactly a shining example of perfection in this regard (I love using parenthesis) but at least I try. It's hard to understand what someone is saying when everything they say is one huge, jumbled mess.

punctuation > capitalization.

I'd rather see an all lower-case thought with punctuation than a properly capitalized thought with none at all.

But by and large, I give all-caps a glance if they're using decent grammar. If they're TYPN LYK DIS WUTLOLQQ I simply ignore them. I suppose all-caps doesn't annoy me (when decently proper grammar is used) nearly as much as it used to.

i like it,gives me something to read while grinding or bored