NationStates Jolt Archive

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What's the problem with it?Are you sensitive to violence?Yet on Nationstates there are tons of references to wars and murders.Is it immature?Who says you can't play around if you're a grown up?Is it just some unwritten code of conduct/tradition?I thought reason and freedom are usually well regarded here.
It's a smilie supported by the forum, why are people always drawn attention not to use it?I think it's just pretentious.

I believe I speak for several on this forum when I reply:

Huh?

He's talking about the Sniper Smilie.

I just thought it looks stupid.

I believe I speak for several on this forum when I reply:

Huh?

I am asking why are there people who draw attention to others which use the smilie.

Too many smilies makes your posts look...unprofessional.

Because it's VERY disproportionally used by only the most annoying new posters. You know, the ones whose posts consist of "LOLOLOL omg fags!!11!1!! :upyours::mp5::gundge:"

I've always wondered about that seemingly irresistible pull of the gun/sniper/upyours/gundging smilies. Is NSG the only place on the internet to have anything like that so that it's just sheer enthusiastic delight in finding such wonderful little smilies? No? Something else?

Either way, there is just simply almost never a way to use those smilies in more legible/serious/bearable posts apart from only once in a while and mostly in sarcastic or joking contexts.

There is a general dislike for the smiley because it is associated with n00bs. Most people around these parts tend to avoid using it because we're far more articulate and we're able to express ourselves with words and not bullets. :p

Because it's VERY disproportionally used by only the most annoying new posters. You know, the ones whose posts consist of "LOLOLOL omg fags!!11!1!! :upyours::mp5::gundge:"

I've always wondered about that seemingly irresistible pull of the gun/sniper/upyours/gundging smilies. Is NSG the only place on the internet to have anything like that so that it's just sheer enthusiastic delight in finding such wonderful little smilies? No? Something else?

Either way, there is just simply almost never a way to use those smilies in more legible/serious/bearable posts apart from only once in a while and mostly in sarcastic or joking contexts.

You mean this guy?

I agree with you on this one. Screw all the faggots who disagree with you.:mp5:

That is an argument based on the majority of experiences you had and the way you perceived them , and extrapolation or induction cannot be applied as a rule.What I'm saying is that this smilie shouldn't label it's users as dumb noobs, nor should it's use be restricted.If,say,I used it as my sig,what harm would it do?And I bet some would even rule out or belittle my opinion on this basis.
The smilie might simply have a certain appeal to shooter games fans,for example.

Knotthole Glade;13209615']That is an argument based on the majority of experiences you had and the way you perceived them , and extrapolation or induction cannot be applied as a rule.What I'm saying is that this smilie shouldn't label it's users as dumb noobs, nor should it's use be restricted.If,say,I used it as my sig,what harm would it do?And I bet some would even rule out or belittle my opinion on this basis.
The smilie might simply have a certain appeal to shooter games fans,for example.

Heh well the smiley is certainly not banned, nor is it's use discouraged. However seeing as the majority of it's usage come from 'dumb noobs' it certainly has been associated here, in this place, as a certain sign of 'dumb noobs'.

So while you are right when you say that this sign should lable it's user as 'dumb noob', here in this place by the majority of people, that is exactly what it signifies.

So use it if you want, as I say it is not banned nor is it's usage discouraged, but be warned, if you do use it, you are more than likely going to be treated as 'dumb noob'

It is fine in a joking context. But when you are trying to argue a point, all they do is muck up what you are trying to say.

Because the user of the sniper smiley shows that he thinks war is cool, and only 12 year old boys think war is cool.

I've always wondered about that seemingly irresistible pull of the gun/sniper/upyours/gundging smilies.

A great many people are immature and childish, in the most literal sense. Ooh! Guns! Colours! Animation! Things that go BANG BANG! What fun! (I spare you the txtspk, spelling errors, lack of capitalisation and multiple exclamation marks that generally accompany such outbursts.)

You mean this guy?He's a bit too literate, but yeah.

Knotthole Glade;13209615']That is an argument based on the majority of experiences you had and the way you perceived them , and extrapolation or induction cannot be applied as a rule.
I'm honestly not sure where you are going with this. You asked for why the sniper smiley is perceived the way it is - how else can we possibly answer this if not by telling you that it is because it is usually used by only the most annoying new posters?
I can see how that would be problematic if it was a really outlandish claim and I was the only one who brought it up, but that's why you have all the other responses by other posters who say the same.
Extrapolation doesn't even come into play here.

What I'm saying is that this smilie shouldn't label it's users as dumb noobs, nor should it's use be restricted.If,say,I used it as my sig,what harm would it do?And I bet some would even rule out or belittle my opinion on this basis.
Now this is where extrapolation comes into play - if we're saying "Ew, everyone who uses the sniper smiley is dumb."
I don't think that is necessarily the case, though. As long as your posts are otherwise legible and reasonably reasonable, a sniper smiley won't really label you dumb.
But of course it begs the question why you would use it to begin with. Apart from the occasional thread on guns or ego shooters there really aren't that many topics here where a legible and reasonable post could conceivably be calling for a well placed sniper smiley - after all, smilies aren't usually used simply as meaningless garnish. If they were, there'd be no need to have different ones to express different moods.

The smilie might simply have a certain appeal to shooter games fans,for example.
That seems like a good explanation for its appeal, I've never considered that. But, again, that's nice and all, but there really wouldn't be many posts where you could use it in a way that was not simply meaningless garnish.

As for putting it in your sig, go right ahead. I think there are one or two other people who have one in their sig. The main problem you'll run into with that is not being labelled dumb but being labelled somewhat annoying because most people hate animated gifs in signatures.

Because the user of the sniper smiley shows that he thinks war is cool, and only 12 year old boys think war is cool.
:upyours: UR SO FAGGOT :eek: <-- YOU :mp5: :mp5: :gundge: :upyours:

And so on and so forth.

As you can see, it makes you look like a total prick :)

I think anyone who overuses smilies should be shot! :sniper::gundge:

:D

Knotthole Glade;13209553']:sniper: :sniper: :sniper:
What's the problem with it?Are you sensitive to violence?Yet on Nationstates there are tons of references to wars and murders.Is it immature?Who says you can't play around if you're a grown up?Is it just some unwritten code of conduct/tradition?I thought reason and freedom are usually well regarded here.
It's a smilie supported by the forum, why are people always drawn attention not to use it?I think it's just pretentious.

Because it doesn't really transmit an argument to well. This: :p shows that a person is laughing. This :) shows that they;re smiling. This :( shows disappointment. Ect. :eek: ect. :( ect. :D

Nobody is actually firing a gun near their computer.

I hate it because the AWP is a cheap-arse weapon that excudes noobishness and arseholeery :)

Most people can make themselves understood without using a picture as a crutch. Therefore, people who use them as the basis of their message, rather than sparingly to punctuate a point, look as if their ideas are not really worth considering either because they're aggressive and lazy, aggressive and unable to form a coherent post, or just trying to be aggressive and obnoxious.

Most people can make themselves understood without using a picture as a crutch. Therefore, people who use them as the basis of their message, rather than sparingly to punctuate a point, look as if their ideas are not really worth considering either because they're aggressive and lazy, aggressive and unable to form a coherent post, or just trying to be aggressive and obnoxious.

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:fluffle: Love ya too, LG! *grins*

Most people can make themselves understood without using a picture as a crutch. Therefore, people who use them as the basis of their message, rather than sparingly to punctuate a point, look as if their ideas are not really worth considering either because they're aggressive and lazy, aggressive and unable to form a coherent post, or just trying to be aggressive and obnoxious.

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