Dick being a nickname for Richard probably came about for pejorative reasons, borrowing from one of the other meanings of “dick”, such as ‘dick’ as in ‘jerk’ or ‘dick as in ‘penis’.
You aptly show how this slang came about.
You would make a good politician, with your spin & IQ!
Desi I feel that there is a big difference in WL now and years ago. It feels like you are playing on dial-up now rather than broadband.
There is alot of interference from the ads. Simple tasks take ages as the system spins refreshing. Others do not feel the same, fine.
I do not feel it is acceptable that Richard Sharpe's reply is so personally insulting & full of vulgarity.
It shows his level that he resorts to language "Give me a fucking break. Stop being a cheap bastard and buy a membership or stop your complaining you entitled asshat."
"Dick being a nickname for Richard probably came about for pejorative reasons, borrowing from one of the other meanings of “dick”, such as ‘dick’ as in ‘jerk’ or ‘dick as in ‘penis’.
You aptly show how this slang came about."
Not only are a miserable entitled brat, and a whiny bitch, but you're a coward.
There's no question of what is being implied, quit pretending it isn't clear.
Backpedaling does not behoove you.
Quit trying to downplay others IQs and talk down to them in a condescending manner. If you were half as smart as you are trying to make others (and perhaps yourself) think you are you'd be a whole shitload better at warlight than you are. It's a game based on math and logic, and you suck at it.
I suppose that's possible, but I doubt it. The account has a ton of games, likely someone that just plays team games vs. randoms 99% of the time. I don't think his 1v1 stats are good enough to be Wuka's alt either. Wuka's not great, but he'd win over 60-70% of the time vs. random nubs.
There is fundamentally no difference between calling someone a dick and implying that someone is a dick. the only difference is the former person is braver and takes accountability for their actions.
Good Kid, not defending anyone but it's difficult to criticise someone for talking to Sharpe in a condescending/rude manner when that's all he does ;)
Temujin, this isn't your game. But I see the problems. Although it's improved in the last couple of days, WarLights servers have for some reason been overloaded. Even the dashboard refused to load at some point. Fizzer, is it possible that most players are having trouble simultaneously? All other sites responded fine for me. Maybe Anonymous has dDosed the site ;) whatever the reason you can't just deny there's a problem when thee definitely is/was. I don't see any problem now though.
@Arun I don't really have an issue with someone being an asshole. I am an asshole a decent percentage of the time, I just find hypocrisy obnoxious. Don't whine about others being rude to you when you're just as guilty as they are.
Good Kid when you are attacked on the forum like this, you generally fight back particularly when you feel you have a valid point. You attack back (seemingly) righteously.
In my opinion Sharpe was wrong to be so heavy handed, but hey is that news! Sharpe taking full advantage of his thought of moral advantage to abuse some forumer. Temujin was wrong to insult Sharpe, but didn't he have it coming? Good Kid was wrong to try and beat Temujin down in an apparent attempt to join in the bullying (being sure he'd have everyone's backing as he is on the 'correct' side).