Re: VROC Lingo for Newbies?

On Mon 13 Nov 2000 02:35:24p, news.erols.com wrote: <snip> >I just have one (maybe silly) question. I know some of the lingo for >chatting (PO=Pit Out, PI=Pit in, S=Sorry, GLA = Good Luck All), but >there are a few more I don't quite know what to make of when I see them. > Is there an unofficial chart of VROC Chat Acronyms for Newbies?<snip> Wow - I've *always* wanted to be able to say this... Please refer to my website. The GPL Scrapyard's quick guide to VROC survival can be found at: http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com/vrocguide.html It's by no means definitive - in fact, some of it is deeply dodgy :) - but it does have the basics there. Look for the table headed "Learn the Lingo" near the bottom of the page. (BTW, any further contributions to the table will be gratefully received.) Thanks Bob - you've made a not-all-that-old man very happy ;) -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Hey all! After owning GPL since Fall 1998, last week I finally took that first baby step...and stuck my feeble nose into the Wonderful World of VROC (tm). It's been awesome! Now, have I won anything? No. I usually just qualify in the middle, and then try and survive the first lap. After that, I'll do my best to hang on and Garcia Jr. (a.k.a. - The CART Vulture) my way up through the field. I just have one (maybe silly) question. I know some of the lingo for chatting (PO=Pit Out, PI=Pit in, S=Sorry, GLA = Good Luck All), but there are a few more I don't quite know what to make of when I see them. Is there an unofficial chart of VROC Chat Acronyms for Newbies? Also - is the red text in the upper left the only color it can appear during a race? I have a really hard time reading if someone apologizes for punting me (seems to happen a lot) or if 2 others are going at it. Any ideas, or is that it? Thanks - so far I'm hooked! Bob Mina Philadelphia, PA (I don't have a GPLRank yet. It'd be about 8,374.5 I'd guess...)

Hi I'm probably not a newbie, but my results would suggest otherwise. A lot of the chat you see, in the race is by a programme called gplome, it lets you set up default phrases for each F key. There may be other programmes too. As for the lingo, I asked a similar question and got varied answers. LOL seemed to be laugh out loud or sarcastically I have seen it "lots of lotuses." I will watch your answers with interest Cheers Martin

The text in the upper left corner appears in red when someone connects or disconnects (discos) and appears in white when there is chat. Sid. "news.erols.com" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8uou7d$kg0$[email hidden]... > Hey all! > > After owning GPL since Fall 1998, last week I finally took that first baby > step...and stuck my feeble nose into the Wonderful World of VROC (tm).It's > been awesome! Now, have I won anything? No. I usually just qualify inthe > middle, and then try and survive the first lap. After that, I'll do mybest > to hang on and Garcia Jr. (a.k.a. - The CART Vulture) my way up throughthe > field. > > I just have one (maybe silly) question. I know some of the lingo for > chatting (PO=Pit Out, PI=Pit in, S=Sorry, GLA = Good Luck All), but there > are a few more I don't quite know what to make of when I see them. Isthere > an unofficial chart of VROC Chat Acronyms for Newbies? > > Also - is the red text in the upper left the only color it can appearduring > a race? I have a really hard time reading if someone apologizes forpunting > me (seems to happen a lot) or if 2 others are going at it. Any ideas, oris

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> that it? > > Thanks - so far I'm hooked! > > Bob Mina > Philadelphia, PA > (I don't have a GPLRank yet. It'd be about 8,374.5 I'd guess...) > > > >

Thanks so much, David! This is *exactly* what I was looking for. Perfect! Bob "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Wow - I've *always* wanted to be able to say this... > > Please refer to my website. The GPL Scrapyard's quick guide to VROC > survival can be found at: > > http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com/vrocguide.html

In article <8upf3e$35q$[email hidden]>, Martin Chapman <[email hidden]> writes

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>Hi > >I'm probably not a newbie, but my results would suggest otherwise. >A lot of the chat you see, in the race is by a programme called gplome, it >lets you set up default phrases for each F key. There may be other >programmes too. >As for the lingo, I asked a similar question and got varied answers. LOL >seemed to be laugh out loud or sarcastically I have seen it "lots of >lotuses." >I will watch your answers with interest >

What I'd really love someone to come up with is an add-on that you could attach the keyboard to and which allowed you to speak the letters into, instead of having to try and type and drive, which always seems to result in one of those 'getting to know you better' moments with the local armcos. -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) Remove ALL_STRESS before replying No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.