Some may not believe this, but people are really starting to take offense to the online gaming language players in MMOG are using. Some say that using shortened nouns, verbs, and adjectives is starting to destroy our modern sense of the English language, (ex: UBRS, lfg, lol, wtfbbqpwn, lf mt MC).

Realtech News contributor Michael Santo has written a very intresting (and controversial) article about the furture of the slang in MMOG, for the full article, please click here!

Now, WoW requires grouping in many more instances than COH. Frequently players can group with friends, but often it’s necessary to play with total strangers (i.e., pick-up groups). Quick responses to in-game instructions must be made in order to save players’ virtual lives, and because of that, more and more groups have been giving English tests to players to determine their “worthiness” to join a group.

Just before entering, the group leader asked everyone to type two sentences of grammatically correct English. Some members talked about the latest King Kong movie, while others jokingly said, “I think Bob Dole is great.” One by one, the group leader quizzed each person he passed, but the last few who were interrogated kept repeating, “Yes UBRS.” After a few minutes, the non-cohesive players were kicked out.