Help PLZ

**sapi** · 05-17-2007, 11:17

Are you using a no cd crack, mod, or any other modification to the game files (after installation)?

Did you install on the 1.1 patch?

If you answered yes to either of these questions, your installation likely failed.

You should reinstall m2tw and start again, patching straight to 1.2

Umm! if your seeing capital letters and 'z' instead of 'ease' in the opening post I think the problem might be your end. There's nothing weird about sike49's opening post on my PC.

He was referring to 'please' being spelt 'plz' (need a proper 'rolls eyes' smiley here for me

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**Didz** · 05-17-2007, 13:29

Originally Posted by sapi

He was referring to 'please' being spelt 'plz' (need a proper 'rolls eyes' smiley here for me

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Oh! Rite, soz didn't twig. Gratz for the expo

Incidently, he's gone very quiet. Do you think he's sorted it out and is too busy playing the game to let us know, or given up.

**John_Longarrow** · 05-17-2007, 22:45

Didz,
My hope is that he has discovered what is giving him his problems and has resolved them. I have often noted that once a problem is resolved, the one seeking a solution oft goes quiet because they can get on with what they were doing. In this case my guess is he is busy taking over most of Europe right about now.

As to the missing letters, I think most people use too much l33t and TLAs in their online posts. This can make it hard to understand for anyone who is not fluent with their dialect. As such I tend to encourage people to use complete words and sentences. It avoids misunderstandings and allows everyone to enjoy the conversation. This can be important when DFK is an accepted acronym and PLZ could be the same thing in another language.

NOTE: l33t is for 'Leet', a set of abbreviations and letter replacements often found in online gaming communities. TLA stand for "Three Letter Acronym".

As we are not being charged by character count as most cell phones in the US do for text messages, I think we can afford to use entire words without dropping or replacing letters.

**Didz** · 05-18-2007, 08:28

John,

Yes, I realized once Sapi explained that this was the point you were trying to make and despite my lame attempt at humour in the previous post I do sympathise with you view.

I sometimes get caught out by these abbreviations, and they can delay ones understanding of what the writer is trying to say by forcing you from read to investigation mode.

The ones that always catch me out are:

'OP' - I hate this one as I know it means 'Opening Post' but I always read it as 'Observation Post' on first pass and have to correct myself.

'DFK' - 'Dismounted Feudal Knights' but it always takes me ages to remember that, for some reason I always associate this abbreviation with Dvor Archers.

Thats why like you I try and use the complete text even laboriously typing Mercenary Crossbowmen every time rather than MXC, MC or MXbowmen.

Like you say not everyone on this board is communicating in their primary language so it a matter of consideration, but even those like me who are can find the abbreviations confusing.