Video games have existed for over 50 years and they have remained an entertaining invention for many years and more to come. The video game industry is still huge in today’s society and has many people who continue to love them. The gaming community, or better addressed as gamers, devote a significant amount of time to playing video games and many like to play alone or with others online in gaming sessions or a parties. The gaming community is very intriguing to me because I consider myself an avid gamer. This assignment will allow me to take a deeper look into this particular discourse community and its language practices as well as their distinct jargon. For this paper, I will use my observations on another fellow gamer, Delanders2k, as well
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Many gamers like to play different types of genres such as adventure, sports, shooters and many more. These different genres separate gamers into genre groups that they choose to be in while playing a certain game. Each set of genres enable gamers to chat and play with other people who play the same type of game that they are playing. The genres enable gamers to develop their own lexis within their particular genre group. As gamers are interacting with another, they use the distinct lexis that they have developed to communicate about the certain genre that they are partaking in. The gamers create these words to express emotion, refer to a weapon, or relay an action. An example of this is RPG, which can be used to mean role-playing game or a large explosive gun such as a rocket …show more content…
Their chatting was mostly composed of banter and name-calling, but as I was listening I learned a few terms that I was unfamiliar with. He and his opponent used the words come-up, try-hard and game time. Delanders2k later informed me on what these terms mean. A come-up is when a player who was at first losing starts to win. Try-hard is when a player is visibly trying extra hard to win and game time is the equivalent to checkmate because it is used when a player makes a game winning
Many gamers like to play different types of genres such as adventure, sports, shooters and many more. These different genres separate gamers into genre groups that they choose to be in while playing a certain game. Each set of genres enable gamers to chat and play with other people who play the same type of game that they are playing. The genres enable gamers to develop their own lexis within their particular genre group. As gamers are interacting with another, they use the distinct lexis that they have developed to communicate about the certain genre that they are partaking in. The gamers create these words to express emotion, refer to a weapon, or relay an action. An example of this is RPG, which can be used to mean role-playing game or a large explosive gun such as a rocket …show more content…
Their chatting was mostly composed of banter and name-calling, but as I was listening I learned a few terms that I was unfamiliar with. He and his opponent used the words come-up, try-hard and game time. Delanders2k later informed me on what these terms mean. A come-up is when a player who was at first losing starts to win. Try-hard is when a player is visibly trying extra hard to win and game time is the equivalent to checkmate because it is used when a player makes a game winning