User talk:PlasmaFox

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 * [[Image:Ash_Nuke.jpg]] AshRandom (Talk) 09:29, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Ammunition
Despite the fact that I'm on the same page as you are when it comes to this issue, hell I was rather influential in creating the page, so I know you trust me to understand it fully. But I think it should be noted somewhere that "clip" has in the last 40 years become an extremely commonly used slang for "ammo". Perhaps it was the use of the phrase "banana clip" in so many songs and movies, but the slang itself has gained quite following not just in the u.s. but internationally - to a point where many foreign dictionaries don't make a distinction.

As wikia is an international effort I don't believe it's necessary, or even acceptable to correct people's use of the term, especially when in translation they're using it perfectly. Still, I'm not looking to dissuade you from your quest to inform the general public, what I am doing however is notifying you that I have every intention of using DPS/clip as a header and template line, not because I don't understand the term, but because simply put, it's shorter and understood world-wide in its slang form. Also, beyond its brevity, I know the meaning will be conveyed better than "capacity", "magazine" or any other term. Cheers plasma ;) AshRandom (Talk) 19:11, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I dunno, personally I think "Ammo capacity" or "Rounds" or even "Shots" is easier to understand than "Clip". I come from a place where you would pretty much be exiled if you used the incorrect terms (i.e. "bullets" referring to cartridges, "clips" referring to magazines, etc). So I guess that just stuck with me.
 * Quick edit: Even though some people use "Clip" for brevity, "Mag" is even shorter. I used "Ammo capacity" or just even "Capacity" where "Magazine" would be too much.PlasmaFox 19:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I assume by "place" you mean the military, which possibly confirms the rumor that they do terrible things to people's minds. :-) I still agree with you that there is a hefty terminology distinction, however, the use of slang isn't 100% unacceptable among us civilians, now is it? Response to Quick Edit: I'm concerned that foreigners might be confused over 'mag' and then there's the trouble with using 'magazine' itself as it would become incorrect on any of the guns that actually use clips... And i'm not about to create some kind of crazy optional template just to show the distinction. [[Image:Ash_Nuke.jpg]] AshRandom (Talk) 19:23, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * "it would become incorrect on any of the guns that actually use clips"
 * That's not entirely true. Guns that use clips, load the clips into (most of the time) internal magazines. For example, the magazine capacity of the Chinese Pistol is 10 rounds. That magazine is loaded with a 10-round stripper clip. A tricky terminology, though, is with revolvers: while some revolvers are loaded with moon clips, they do not have a magazine, they have a "cylinder". The cylinder is composed of every chamber that is used to fire a cartridge. PlasmaFox 19:27, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's a bit of a conundrum. The only term that could be applied to everything is slang... On the plus side, when it comes to the internet, we're mostly like safe from having anything inserted into our rears by enraged drill sargents ;) [[Image:Ash_Nuke.jpg]] AshRandom (Talk) 19:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

PlasmaFox, nice to meet you and thanks for participating here at the vault. It's best to keep communication here as plain as possible unless you're dealing with someone you have some kind of prior rapport with. Otherwise, as you learned first hand, it can get blown way out of proportion. Take care and keep up the good work. Killzig

Blade-2-Blade
So you Trenched General Jingwei?Impressive.

I have a Jingwei Blade story:)Here Goes...

My friend was messing with console and spawned Jingwei we pwned him.We got a idea to get our Chinese Jumpsuits and a Chinese Officer's Sword.We spawned him again and gave him 10000000 HP,I had my 179 Stimpaks.So we battled for about 1.5 Hours on Very Hard before he died. Im a traitor :)--SixDog 21:29, 28 March 2009 (UTC)