Agree, the title of this article sounds like some kind of spell in an unknown extinct language of the ancient peoples. Most ordinary people are completely unfamiliar with any of these words. A third of the same inhabitants naively believe that the troll is some kind of evil fairy-tale creature from the Swedish epic, bringing with it negativity, annoyance and certain destruction. In fact, the phrase "offtopic" is the simplest example of the figurativeness of the gaming dialect, and nothing else.
Lack of education
Offtopic is a "transfer of arrows" to another topic, a purely philistine definition. "What's the translation? What kind of shooters and who is doing this? - an ordinary person will think. And for the gamer, everything is clear. Offtopic - it's like moving away from the topic of conversation, skillfully jumping to a completely unrelated to the previous one. It is in real life that such a “horse” from topic to topic can be consideredidiot. In the realm of gamers and moderators, things are different. Offtopic is first and foremost a professional. The purpose of his life is offtopic. This means that this person must constantly try to annoy, confuse, annoy, get away from a ban (punishment) in the gaming world. In it, such figures and "steeds" are called trolls.
Meeting in real life with such a supernatural being always leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. No wonder the Scandinavian storytellers so masterfully described such creatures, giving them ugly features. Therefore, any site is guarded by moderators who strictly monitor discussions on the forums and are ready to apply strict sanctions to unbearable trolls in the blink of an eye - a ban on participation in online correspondence, and even to appear on the forum or in the game.
Offtop is a vital necessity
What should a person who is out of touch with reality, who spends most of his life role-playing under the guise of a hero he really is not, do? Buy superglue, glue yourself to a chair, and continue to live a life that is to your heart, keeping your mask at all costs. But unfortunately, there are dishonest players who take pleasure in taking a novice gamer - a noob out of the game, showing the manners of a cheater. It may not be clear to a simple layman: what is the difference between trolls and cheaters. Most likely, the latter use the latest software developments, and the trolls act the old fashioned way, annoying with simple methods, but very sophisticated. Against the dishonest game of cheaters, you canofftopic to cover your tracks. Poor noobs have to find out early what offtopic is, entering the samp with caution.
Offtop as lack of tact
is one of the simplest examples. And then they are still indignant: a ban for nothing! “So, offtopic took place, gentlemen!” - in response to them moderators. By the way, offtopic is a phenomenon that is typical for both online communication and real life. Therefore, we can assume that any person at least once in his life met with pure offtopic.
