Sociolinguistics and CMC

Pepe:
Played a bit on UT2004 with headphones + many people, and no, my experience was not hysterical. plenty of kids, but not much talking, and no shouts and yells and wtfs

Pepe :
extremely practical for "between levels" sessions

Pepe :
to rearrange teams, to adapt difficulty, etc

Pepe :
and also, played to Pandora tomorrow with that. It's even part of the game. Since you play 2 vs 2, each team can speak without the other team listening. However, in-game, there's a gadget that allows you to spy on the other team's convo. extremely useful

Pepe:
since, the game is 75% about tactics

Pepe :
= since the game is

Boris:
but people's style and vocabulary, or grammar, is more like everyday talk or like forum/chat sessions ?

Boris :
no, it's casual talking

Pepe:
very very often, people tend to speak as few words as they can

Pepe:
to not to pollute the discussion, since you cant "see" people talking, you cant know either when they want to speak

Pepe:
so, very few words, very "up-to-the-point" convos

Pepe :
also, very often, people tend to try to sound "pro"

Pepe:
as in "ridiculously" pro

Boris:
acronyms and such ?

Pepe :
hmmm

Pepe:
not necessarily. rather some "It's better to use the cricrigun on the factorygizzy level because with 0.25 seconds left, you can sprintstrafejump to the second base, and touchdown in the platform'

Pepe :
that, you hear a lot

(Hanz returns to chat after an absence)

Hanz :
jesus christ what have you cunts been chatting

Boris :
ethnocyberlinguistics.

Hanz :
wicked.

Pepe:
to be honest, I don't believe that my experience in chatting online while playing games is immense. But from the little I've seen, there's not much difference than there would be between people that would not know each other, playing in a cybercafe together

Boris:
i think so, but would people playing together in a cybercafe talk the same way as people playing together around a table (or in a gym room)...

Boris:
...or is their language a bit adapted to the cyber style (of forums, chat windows, etc).

Pepe:
hmm, nope, I don't believe so

Pepe:
Related to the video-game, no doubt, related to the online situation, I doubt so

Hanz :
simply angry little youths who get far too easily frustrated and can shriek at strangers with pretty much zero chance of rebuttal

Hanz :
can bet your arse that if that kid in the video was in a cybercaff, he'd just be quietly steaming

Boris:
No, it's not about behaviour, it's really about forms of language and communication.

Boris :
Behaviour is a whole other issue.

Hanz :
what, "FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FAG WAAAAARGH AAAARRRRGH FUUUUUUUUUUCK"?

Boris:
:haha:

Hanz:
^^

Pepe :
Ho

Pepe:
Very related, however

Boris:
well, "FUCK YOU" is one thing, "STttFFFFüüüüü" is another.

// posted by Unknown @ 6:27 AM