So I don't think it's a really recent thing. I'm fairly certain I saw it used for years like this.
From what little I learned Arabic, I noticed that paragraphs in newspapers would often just start with an "And". A similar thing, I suppose, so the phenomenon is not just limited to English.
It's like clearing your throat before delivering a speech. Ever noticed how often people do it? And it doesn't really serve any useful purpose, either.

So when I saw your post, I started thinking about this. So I can't really recall this being used more than usually lately. So I don't know any other meaning of the word either, aside from it indicating a conclusion.


_{ps: I'm sorry, I know I'm an annoying ass at times. I just couldn't resist :P}

So I have no idea, tbh... :silly:

So I was wondering why people as of late are using the word "So" at the beginning of every sentence.
Has it got another meaning that im not aware of? is it peoples way of a warning before reading?
When did it first become popular to start a sentence with "So"?
If a person didn't add "So" at the beginning, would the sentence carry the same meaning of what you are trying to say?

Im confused!! lol :woohoo:

I am in no way having a dig at anyone who uses it, I just want to know what the meaning of it is.. and to let you know my face flinches a bit when I see it used


Feel free to add your Pet peeve/non understanding, I know someone in this fleet hates gradients and all types of happy colours..

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Greetings everyone! New member of the fleet here. I sort of randomly happened upon one of your fleemates during a Fleet Alert. I am just getting back into the game and was looking for a fleet that accepted openly gay men. Happy to say that I found one:-)

Not sure what else I should put here. I'm from the midwest - Nebraska to be specific. No, I am not a Husker fan for anyone that asks and yes we do have indoor plumbing and running water. I'm a paramedic for our regional Children's Hospital and work on their critical care transport team. Anything else you want to now, just ask.

You can find me floating around in game on my character Valen'Tor@trek911. Happy gaming all!

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The bots give us spam in-game email.

A few months back they also started pm'ing people, if I recall correctly. They also started spamming friend requests. I actually had to change my ingame settings so that I would not get friend requests anymore, because one of them, no matter what I did, it just didn't disappear.
I changed it back later though and I haven't gotten any spam friend requests since.

Thanks I didn't know that

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I'm quite an altoholic too (12 toons) but I've seen worse

Oh yes, we had people with more than 20 toons in the fleet (and that's not counting those they had that didn't join :) )

Hi all, I'm a gay guy living in The Netherlands. As a kid, our family moved to Australia for 6 years, so I feel a bit like an Aussie too ;)

I've played LotrO, WoW, GW2 and SWTOR but now enjoying STO. I have to admit that I'm quite an altoholic too (12 toons) but I've seen worse cases...denial is the first stage they say :whistle:
Anyway, my main is a KDF Romulan named Duvius, but you can always find me under my handle @teljkon#0821

Looking forward to playing online with like-minded people!

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The bots give us spam in-game email.

A few months back they also started pm'ing people, if I recall correctly. They also started spamming friend requests. I actually had to change my ingame settings so that I would not get friend requests anymore, because one of them, no matter what I did, it just didn't disappear.
I changed it back later though and I haven't gotten any spam friend requests since.

Thanks for the Warning Thurman, I guess even in private messages we have to be careful what we say!

Glad your back with us, yay!

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The people talking about it are usually bots spamming players so alot of these games just insta ban if you talk about these things.

The bots give us spam in-game email. And it wasn't us talking about it but me specifically saying the name of a specific website in private message.

Heard about it and I always meant to play it. At this rate I probably never will, there is just not enough time in the day to play all the games I want.

The people talking about it are usually bots spamming players so alot of these games just insta ban if you talk about these things.

Welcome, [strike]Dirty Harry[/strike] Andrew!

So this is a game some of you might enjoy.

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Buying and selling in-game currencies in most games MMOs is a violation of the EULA. You have to be careful what you say in-game cause of automated filters. If you get caught actually doing it, you may very well be banned permanently so I'd avoid it entirely.

I know buying ec is wrong and I could be banned. I didn't know just talking about it could get me banned.

Buying and selling in-game currencies in most games MMOs is a violation of the EULA. You have to be careful what you say in-game cause of automated filters. If you get caught actually doing it, you may very well be banned permanently so I'd avoid it entirely.

So I was chatting online in the fleet channel about purchasing ec from web sites. We discussed it and had no problem. A little later someone else mentioned buying ec, and I sent them a private message. In the private message, I mentioned a specific website I used to get in game money, for another game, from. Less than a minute after sending the message I was disconnected from the game and banned. I filed a support ticket and a few days later I was reinstated.

So I guess my warning is to never mention a specific site to cheat with :)

The exact message from Arc Games:
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Response By Email (NoEmber) (08/19/2016 09:13 PM)
Hello,

Thank you for contacting us.

I understand your account got suspended. Our servers are outfitted with a functionality that automatically suspends players who have been flagged in violation of chat policies or for spamming. The suspension has been released and you should now be able to log in to the game. Please refrain from using the names of the gold sellers in the chat to avoid this situation in the future.

Thank you for your patience and understanding with this.

Regards,
NoEmber
Game Master
Perfect World Entertainment
http://support.arcgames.com/
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