Gaming / Gamer

[max power]

[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1286064979' post='2725215']
Good man.

I forgot about the [i]your/you're[/i] and [i]there/their/they're[/i] issue. Very galling. Albeit not as jangling on the nerves (or, at least[i] my[/i] nerves) as misused apostrophes that are so glaringly out of place that they have you shaking your head in disbelief. Not everyone's got a degree in English, I know, but when [s]your[/s] you're reading a thread where someone is asking 'I'm thinking of picking up some new club's. How many of you guy's are gaming Mizuno's? What do you think of there iron's?' it's pitiful really. And particularly so when someone replies that they are, and goes on to describe them as 'like buttah.'

Also irksome is someone mentioning a new club they've seen and someone chiming in with 'No picks?' Er, no. Sorry. If you're looking to dig a hole in some tarmac I can't help, I'm afraid.

'Prototype' and 'proto' are other overused golf-related nouns that also get on my wick. It's not the words themselves. It's simply that half of the supposed protos (proto's?) aren't anything of the sort; just new clubs that the writer hasn't seen before. Crack on and get the all-important buzzword in though. It makes it all sound a bit 'tour.' What's especially annoying for me, a man who detests a needless or spurious 'proto' monicker, is the fact that I'm currently using - sorry, [i]gaming[/i] - a lob wedge with the damn word stamped on the toe end of the bloody thing. Thinking about it, I should of got something else. I wish I would have went for a bog standard Vokey instead.

Oh, I nearly forgot: [i]Fit. [/i]And[i] fitted. [/i]

If you tell me that you're [i]getting fit [/i]for some new irons, I assume that you're going to be out jogging and hitting the weight room at the local gym prior to picking the things up. [i]
[/i]
[/quote]

Best post ever.

[KMeloney]

Let's not forget the erroneous spelling of "loose" for "lose":

"When I game a little knuckle-fade, I loose the ball way right."

[BarronDDS]

What irritates me is in the for sale section someone prefaces their clubs condition by saying "I'm a scratch golfer" Who cares, are they saying that an 8 handicap takes less care of their clubs? I wonder if these "scratch golfers" could break 80! Probably not, if you have to broadcast your handicap in the for sale section.

[Sawgrass]

I would rather game this club then that club.

No, wait, than.

[size="7"]Then! No! Than! No!
[/size]
Get it straight dude!

[mat562]

What will be the affect of changing the shaft length? Will it effect the way the club performs?

[honketyhank]

[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1288991639' post='2776479']
What will be the affect of changing the shaft length? Will it effect the way the club performs?




[/quote]

Absolutely. It will defnatly be defect.

[Desert Golf]

[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1288991639' post='2776479']
What will be the affect of changing the shaft length? Will it effect the way the club performs?


[/quote]


If there Mizuno's, theyl still feel like BUTTAH!

[mat562]

Your not wrong.

[SafariThomas]

In the heat of the moment, we sometimes forget to think rationally.

 

"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father"

-Greg Norman

"I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf."

-Johnny Miller, TV analyst and pro golfer.

 

"Then I was skinnier. I hit it better, I putted better, and I could see better. Other than that, everything is the same."

-PGA Senior Tour player Homero Blancas.

 

"(We) should be allowed to wear shorts. God almighty, (LPGA) women are allowed to wear 'em, and we've got better legs than they do."

-Greg Norman

 

"His nerves. His memory. And I can't remember the third thing."

-Lee Trevino on the three things that go as a golfer ages.

 

Of course mizuno feels like butta.......

[golfortennis]

[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1286064979' post='2725215']
Good man.

I forgot about the [i]your/you're[/i] and [i]there/their/they're[/i] issue. Very galling. Albeit not as jangling on the nerves (or, at least[i] my[/i] nerves) as misused apostrophes that are so glaringly out of place that they have you shaking your head in disbelief. Not everyone's got a degree in English, I know, but when [s]your[/s] you're reading a thread where someone is asking 'I'm thinking of picking up some new club's. How many of you guy's are gaming Mizuno's? What do you think of there iron's?' it's pitiful really. And particularly so when someone replies that they are, and goes on to describe them as 'like buttah.'

Also irksome is someone mentioning a new club they've seen and someone chiming in with 'No picks?' Er, no. Sorry. If you're looking to dig a hole in some tarmac I can't help, I'm afraid.

'Prototype' and 'proto' are other overused golf-related nouns that also get on my wick. It's not the words themselves. It's simply that half of the supposed protos (proto's?) aren't anything of the sort; just new clubs that the writer hasn't seen before. Crack on and get the all-important buzzword in though. It makes it all sound a bit 'tour.' What's especially annoying for me, a man who detests a needless or spurious 'proto' monicker, is the fact that I'm currently using - sorry, [i]gaming[/i] - a lob wedge with the damn word stamped on the toe end of the bloody thing. Thinking about it, I should of got something else. I wish I would have went for a bog standard Vokey instead.

Oh, I nearly forgot: [i]Fit. [/i]And[i] fitted. [/i]

If you tell me that you're [i]getting fit [/i]for some new irons, I assume that you're going to be out jogging and hitting the weight room at the local gym prior to picking the things up. [i]
[/i]
[/quote]

mat, if posting were a competition, you would be the dominate poster on this site.

I should start gaming your language skills.

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For the record, I have never heard anyone in any other sport say they were "gaming" anything. A "game ball" is the closest phrase, but it's also a very different phrase.

[honketyhank]

[quote name='Bluefan75' timestamp='1289087423' post='2777935']
[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1286064979' post='2725215']
Good man.

I forgot about the [i]your/you're[/i] and [i]there/their/they're[/i] issue. Very galling. Albeit not as jangling on the nerves (or, at least[i] my[/i] nerves) as misused apostrophes that are so glaringly out of place that they have you shaking your head in disbelief. Not everyone's got a degree in English, I know, but when [s]your[/s] you're reading a thread where someone is asking 'I'm thinking of picking up some new club's. How many of you guy's are gaming Mizuno's? What do you think of there iron's?' it's pitiful really. And particularly so when someone replies that they are, and goes on to describe them as 'like buttah.'

Also irksome is someone mentioning a new club they've seen and someone chiming in with 'No picks?' Er, no. Sorry. If you're looking to dig a hole in some tarmac I can't help, I'm afraid.

'Prototype' and 'proto' are other overused golf-related nouns that also get on my wick. It's not the words themselves. It's simply that half of the supposed protos (proto's?) aren't anything of the sort; just new clubs that the writer hasn't seen before. Crack on and get the all-important buzzword in though. It makes it all sound a bit 'tour.' What's especially annoying for me, a man who detests a needless or spurious 'proto' monicker, is the fact that I'm currently using - sorry, [i]gaming[/i] - a lob wedge with the damn word stamped on the toe end of the bloody thing. Thinking about it, I should of got something else. I wish I would have went for a bog standard Vokey instead.

Oh, I nearly forgot: [i]Fit. [/i]And[i] fitted. [/i]

If you tell me that you're [i]getting fit [/i]for some new irons, I assume that you're going to be out jogging and hitting the weight room at the local gym prior to picking the things up. [i]
[/i]
[/quote]

mat, if posting were a competition, you [b]would be the dominate poster[/b] on this site.

I should start gaming your language skills.

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For the record, I have never heard anyone in any other sport say they were "gaming" anything. A "game ball" is the closest phrase, but it's also a very different phrase.
[/quote]

Yeah. And you would be be the poster child.

[golfortennis]

[quote name='honketyhank' timestamp='1289088677' post='2777963']
[quote name='Bluefan75' timestamp='1289087423' post='2777935']
[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1286064979' post='2725215']
Good man.

I forgot about the [i]your/you're[/i] and [i]there/their/they're[/i] issue. Very galling. Albeit not as jangling on the nerves (or, at least[i] my[/i] nerves) as misused apostrophes that are so glaringly out of place that they have you shaking your head in disbelief. Not everyone's got a degree in English, I know, but when [s]your[/s] you're reading a thread where someone is asking 'I'm thinking of picking up some new club's. How many of you guy's are gaming Mizuno's? What do you think of there iron's?' it's pitiful really. And particularly so when someone replies that they are, and goes on to describe them as 'like buttah.'

Also irksome is someone mentioning a new club they've seen and someone chiming in with 'No picks?' Er, no. Sorry. If you're looking to dig a hole in some tarmac I can't help, I'm afraid.

'Prototype' and 'proto' are other overused golf-related nouns that also get on my wick. It's not the words themselves. It's simply that half of the supposed protos (proto's?) aren't anything of the sort; just new clubs that the writer hasn't seen before. Crack on and get the all-important buzzword in though. It makes it all sound a bit 'tour.' What's especially annoying for me, a man who detests a needless or spurious 'proto' monicker, is the fact that I'm currently using - sorry, [i]gaming[/i] - a lob wedge with the damn word stamped on the toe end of the bloody thing. Thinking about it, I should of got something else. I wish I would have went for a bog standard Vokey instead.

Oh, I nearly forgot: [i]Fit. [/i]And[i] fitted. [/i]

If you tell me that you're [i]getting fit [/i]for some new irons, I assume that you're going to be out jogging and hitting the weight room at the local gym prior to picking the things up. [i]
[/i]
[/quote]

mat, if posting were a competition, you [b]would be the dominate poster[/b] on this site.

I should start gaming your language skills.

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For the record, I have never heard anyone in any other sport say they were "gaming" anything. A "game ball" is the closest phrase, but it's also a very different phrase.
[/quote]

Yeah. And you would be be the poster child.
[/quote]

Um, it was a joke. "Dominate" when the word is dominant is one of my major pet peeves.

[WilCox]

And then there are those who game Mizzys, Tittys, and Callys...

[Arafel]

I to want to go to the golf store to buy to dozen golf balls today.

[dlygrisse]

Great thread......in fairness to the word 'gamer" I have heard baseball analysts speak of a player having one ball glove as his gamer, and a backup he is breaking in. This is very typical in the sport, being that it takes considerable time to break in a new leather glove and gain confidence in it. For those of you from Europe who probably don't know much about the sport I am sure what I am saying might be somewhat foreign.

That being said the term gamer has become very overused on internet forums such as this, and frankly I have never heard anyone use it on the golf course, at least with the group I play with which tend to be over 35 years old.

Another over used term is "cannon" as in "I picked up a new 7.5 degree Callaway Octane with a XX Whiteboard and it is a cannon!! it is totally sick! I'll be gameing this baby for at least two weeks!! Anyone tried the new Titty driver I heard it is da bomb?"

[Stampa]

Let us not forget the term 'balla'. Now that is a powerful word, especially if you put 'platinum' in front of it.

Platinum balla > gamer

[OpusX20]

As it was alluded to earlier, the comparing of forged irons to butter is very odd to me. Don't they know that butter is cast?

[Sawgrass]

[quote name='OpusX20' timestamp='1289663013' post='2788457']
As it was alluded to earlier, the comparing of forged irons to butter is very odd to me. Don't they know that butter is cast?


[/quote]

Very nice, Opus.

While it's true that you can forge butter too, it's very hard to get your logo clearly defined.

[Spitz]

[color=#1C2837]Point of order:[/color]
[color=#1C2837]
[/color]
[color=#1C2837][quote]"Game" is not a verb. At least not yet. [/quote][/color]
[color=#1C2837]
[/color]
[color="#1C2837"]"To [i]game[/i] the system."[/color]
[color="#1C2837"]
[/color]
[color="#1C2837"]That said, I don't take exception to different tribes adopting their own terms. I've spent the past decade working amongst videogame "gamers", some of whom aspire to a pro "gaming" career. Their wanton destruction of language online make the most buzzword-prone, jargon-laden golfer seem like Tolstoy in comparison. [/color]
[color="#1C2837"]
[/color]
[color="#1C2837"]The main culprits: the internet and SMS texting limitations. And now, twitter.[/color]

[dlygrisse]

[quote name='Spitz' timestamp='1289684640' post='2788866']
[color="#1c2837"]Point of order:[/color]
[color="#1c2837"]
[/color]
[color="#1c2837"][quote]"Game" is not a verb. At least not yet. [/quote][/color]
[color="#1c2837"]
[/color]
[color="#1c2837"]"To [i]game[/i] the system."[/color]
[color="#1c2837"]
[/color]
[color="#1c2837"]That said, I don't take exception to different tribes adopting their own terms. I've spent the past decade working amongst videogame "gamers", some of whom aspire to a pro "gaming" career. Their wanton destruction of language online make the most buzzword-prone, jargon-laden golfer seem like Tolstoy in comparison. [/color]
[color="#1c2837"]
[/color]
[color="#1c2837"]The main culprits: the internet and SMS texting limitations. And now, twitter.[/color]
[/quote]


Well............I agree.....




BUT I STILL DON'T LIKE IT!!!!

[WilCox]

[quote name='dlygrisse' timestamp='1289660835' post='2788417']
Another over used term is "cannon" as in "I picked up a new 7.5 degree Callaway Octane with a XX Whiteboard and it is a cannon!! it is totally sick! I'll be gameing this baby for at least two weeks!! Anyone tried the new Titty driver I heard it is da bomb?"
[/quote]

Thanks, I needed a good laugh.

[mat562]

Where has this fad of typing 'makes since' instead of [i]makes sense[/i] come from?

Phonetic spelling. It's the fewcha.

[mike03a3]

[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1285973213' post='2723915']
Don't get me started on extraneous apostrophes, people who type 'should of' and 'could of' or those people who think [i]per se[/i] is one word; 'persay.'

Not golf-specific errors, I grant you, but irritating nonetheless. How can you look at a post that contains the words 'I wish I would have went' or 'should of' and not immediately twig that it looks a bugger?
[/quote]

How can I worry about extraneous apostrophes when I'm still parsing the phrase "immediately twig that it looks a bugger"?

[Arafel]

[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1289838710' post='2791302']
Where has this fad of typing 'makes since' instead of [i]makes sense[/i] come from?

Phonetic spelling. It's the fewcha.
[/quote]

This one bugs me[s] two[/s] also. But that's just my too sense worth.

[OneBowTie]

[quote name='JASONR5' timestamp='1290038507' post='2795691']
[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1289838710' post='2791302']
Where has this fad of typing 'makes since' instead of [i]makes sense[/i] come from?

Phonetic spelling. It's the fewcha.
[/quote]

This one bugs me[s] two[/s] also. But that's just my too sense worth.
[/quote]

none of it makes any cents to me

[mat562]

 Not golf-related, but along with many other pedantic people the world over, the [i]Ten Items or Less [/i]sign displayed above the endmost till in our local supermarket always rattles my nerve endings when I catch a glimpse of it. 

[rascre]

[quote name='KMeloney' timestamp='1288984468' post='2776265']
Let's not forget the erroneous spelling of "loose" for "lose":

"When I game a little knuckle-fade, I loose the ball way right."


[/quote]

This thread has created some great laughs. Although that use of the word "way" always seems funny. I am not sure if it is ever appropriate to use "way" as an adverb. For example, "Dude, that was [i]way [/i]killer!" My favorite phrase goes something like this: "I crushed that drive, I mean I [i]literally [/i]killed it." Really? You must have some fancy golf balls if you can actually murder them. My golf balls always seem to start out so lifeless.

Lastly, I have come to realize that I must be missing some sound functionality on my computer because I haven't found a need to utilize the "mute" point.

[mat562]

Ah, the good old [i]mute[/i] point. 

Another one which always raises a smile is[i] [/i]'to all[i] intensive[/i] purposes.[i]' [/i]You'd think that those purposes would already be purposeful enough; without having to get all intense about their purposefulness. 

One I heard the other day, whilst a chap was describing his custom-built driver, was [i]'it's pretty unique.' [/i]

Now there's a statement that's[i] very wrong. [/i] 

[Arafel]

I've seen the "it's a mute point" statement made here a few times lately.

[Arafel]

[quote name='OneBowTie' timestamp='1290050986' post='2796122']
[quote name='JASONR5' timestamp='1290038507' post='2795691']
[quote name='mat562' timestamp='1289838710' post='2791302']
Where has this fad of typing 'makes since' instead of [i]makes sense[/i] come from?

Phonetic spelling. It's the fewcha.
[/quote]

This one bugs me[s] two[/s] also. But that's just my too sense worth.
[/quote]

none of it makes any cents to me
[/quote]

If you can't make any sense of it maybe you can make some change instead.

OK I'm off my high horse now I just realized that I need to start using better punctuation.