Belated introductions...

Shrike

Hmm I never read this forum until now.

/waves.

🙂

dalecosp

/me waves back.... 😃

bubblenut

/waves and shouts "THANK YOU" from all the way over in the coding forum 😃

piersk

/me bows theatrically in greeting

LordShryku

/me wonders why everyone uses /me for suggested actions. This isn't IRC.

/me welcomes you to the EL 😃

Shrike

Haven't you ever seen something in the office and thought "LOL" 😃

I'm still waiting for the day I say it out loud though. That day I emigrate to Antarctica 😉

LordShryku

Actually, I have had those thoughts, and almost said it a couple times. I'll see ya in Antartica....

dalecosp

Originally posted by LordShryku
/me wonders why everyone uses /me for suggested actions. This isn't IRC.

I think I first noticed Bunkermaster using this IRC convention here on the forums; at least on this particular forum.

Frankly, it's a fine convention for expressing a physical action; an alternative to graphic illustration, for example. If we did it Piersk's way, we'd all have to run for the digicam, wave with one hand while holding it with the other, upload the photo to webspace, etc., etc...... 😃

piersk

Huh?? What do you mean digicam?? When did I do this?

LordShryku

And I've already lost my camera again, so no way 😃

I've seen other ways though. Doing it on IRC simply appends a Username does something, so another way I've seen is just using Does Something*

bubblenut

Hand my_hand = new Hand('mine');
my_hand.wave();

dalecosp

Originally posted by piersk
Huh?? What do you mean digicam?? When did I do this?

When we use "/me actions", we're expressing an action that cannot be seen via the Internet, a physical gesture or motion etc., such as waving, passing a drink, smacking with a LART, etc.

This is a substitute for visual illustration --- a cartoon of me passing you a beer, a photo of Elizabeth smacking Buzzly with a clue stick, etc.

Recently you started a thread (I didn't mind the thread, I was just pointing it out and picking on you a lil' bit) of self-portraits, as it were; photographs of those of us trapped here in our daily existence (or whatever 😃 ) and so I chose to use it as an example. Nothing personal, I assure you.

dalecosp

Originally posted by bubblenut
Hand my_hand = new Hand('mine');
my_hand.wave();
[/B]

Hmm, Object Oriented Posting... !! 😃

piersk

Nah, I was just curious to see what everyone looked like.

I quite like the idea of doing emoticons and actions using a digital camera...

shame im still at work...

Elizabeth

Welcome Shrike, glad to have you amongst the mutually wacky.

FWIW, I always preferred the "<---" method of defining one's action, as in the olden days of the chat room.

Elizabeth: <--- says hi

I think it must be the grammatical incorrectness to using "/me does something" that bugs me a little. But hey, whatever. I'm easy.

-Elizabeth

piersk

There shouldn't be any gramatical problems, cos usually if you put (for example):

/me waves

then the IRC program changes it to:

piersk waves

doesn't it?

It may look funny on here tho...

I know in YABBSE there is a [me][/me] bit of code, so if you typed:

[me=Piers]waves[/me]

it would change it to:

*Piers waves

Elizabeth

Yes Piers, I am a very visual person so when I see /me waves, it makes me think of Tarzan.

dalecosp

/me grunts

/me grabs Elizabeth and swings off to jungle hideaway... too late Piersk! It's an underdog upset!

😃 😃

Elizabeth

<--- laughs at dalecosp trying to carry a very pregnant woman from vine to vine
<--- glances below for some nice soft underbrush for my emergency landing

dalecosp

ROFL! I forgot, I guess! Hmm, 21st century jungle --- steel rope vines!!

Hey, don't worry, it'll be over in a scant few months ... then you'll lose sleep for a different reason!