Dude?

[ibusoe]

Is it okay to say Dude in game?

[Malken]

Is it okay to say Dude in game?

Only if you're a dune surfer, silt grinder, yoinker.

[Synthesis]

Only if you're a halfling.

[brytta.leofa]

Is some city slicker pokin' around yer ranch an' spookin' yer critters?

If so, most definitely.

[Jingo]

I voted no.

I think there are plenty of words you can make up for similar use in game.

Unfortunatly I have yet to see "taffer".

"Don' make me come out an' find ye', ya taffer!"

[spicemustflow]

I voted no.

I think there are plenty of words you can make up for similar use in game.

Unfortunatly I have yet to see "taffer".

"Don' make me come out an' find ye', ya taffer!"

If I ever play a guard of some sort, I'll yell 'Taffer', while looking around and waving my sword in confusion

[Ammut]

I tend to steer clear of any slang used by people in real life.

[Taven]

I tend to steer clear of any slang used by people in real life.

Adding to that, I find any "modern" slang or talk used ICly as very jarring and disturbing. Dood, chick, whatever, like totally, gangsta, all that jazz are NOT something I feel belong in the game.

That's my opinion, but it's a firm one.

[Malken]

Whoever voted yes needs to explain why.. Or were you just trying to be funny? EXPLAIN THYSELF!

GDB is Serious Business.

GDB for life.

[Jenred]

I voted yes because I don't consider it slang, its been being used since the 19th century in reference to people that have never lived outside of a metropolitan area, or big city.

If its being used in the slang way, then no... but that same rule can be applied about alot of different terminology.

[LoD]

I voted yes because I don't consider it slang, its been being used since the 19th century in reference to people that have never lived outside of a metropolitan area, or big city.

If its being used in the slang way, then no... but that same rule can be applied about a lot of different terminology.

I'm certainly not one to tell people lists of words they can or cannot use, but it seems prudent to avoid the use of certain words no matter their original meaning, or how accurate it might be used by someone in a given scene.  The question really isn't how you perceive the word, but how the general player base would likely perceive it.  Perhaps we disagree, but I wouldn't expect even 10% of a poll of 50 Armageddon players to return the definition you provide above for the term "dude" if asked in a casual manner.

Certain words have transcended their original meaning and, through use as slang, become the rule rather than the exception. And the potential problem is that they would seem jarring because their use as slang has so heavily influenced my perception of the word.

And example might be the following:
"Grab that faggot and get inside before the guards fine us again."

It's a completely accurate and appropriate use of the word by one definition (a bundle of sticks), but I'd personally find it jarring and imagine other people might as well.  Granted, it's slang definition is much more harsh than "dude", but it's the same basic concept.

-LoD

[jhunter]

Exactly, certain words and expressions are extremely jarring to some people. Dude is one of those words for me.

[Ourla]

This reminds me of the thread over the use of the verb "facepalm" IG. 

Hell.  No.

[Jenred]

I was more or less playing devil's advocate.
I'd have no problem with people using it, but I'd probably never use it myself.

[Zoltan]

Sometimes I really, really wish I could use dude IG, but I never will.

[Rhyden]

The figure in a hooded, black cloak says, in sirihish:
   "Yo dude."

The figure in a hooded, brown cloak says, in sirihish:
   "Sup."

Yeah...no.

[Yokunama]

Hell.  No.

[SMuz]

This reminds me of the thread over the use of the verb "facepalm" IG. 

Hell.  No.

Lol, I've emoted facepalming in the game a few times back in the old days.
I suggest making up your own term to replace 'dude'.

"Ey, nice sword, chub!"

[Ashes]

The leathery, nappy-bearded guard exclaims, in sirihish:
                                  "Ya fuckin' smuch!"

Seriously, make up words.  I voted "no" because seeing any sort of modern vernacular really, at least for me, jars the entire game-world out of its context.

[Delstro]

Yuh fuckin' dangling lizard berry!

[Rahnevyn]

Dude, where's my kank?

[mansa]

Sweet

[Synthesis]

Dude, where's my kank?

Done.

[Delstro]

You fuckin' rotten Kankleberry!

[AJM]

My char had like a 10 minute think session after a sarge used 'cool'.  as in thats cool.