Agree, the title of this article sounds like some kind of spell in the unknown extinct language of the ancient peoples. Most ordinary people are completely unfamiliar with any of these words. The third part of the same inhabitants naively believe that the troll is some kind of evil fairy-tale creature from the Swedish epic, which brings with it negativity, annoyance and certain destruction. In fact, the phrase “offtopic” is the simplest example of the imagery of a gaming dialect, and nothing else.
Lack of education
Offtopic is a “translation of arrows” on another topic, a purely philistine definition. “What kind of translation? What kind of arrows and who does this? ”- an ordinary person will think. But for the gamer, everything is clear. Offtopic is like moving away from the topic of conversation, masterfully skipping to something completely unrelated to the previous one. This is in real life such a “horse” from topic to topic can be considered an idiot. In the realm of gamers and moderators, everything is different. Offtopic is first of all a professional. The purpose of his life is offtopic. This means that this person should constantly try to annoy, confuse, bring to irritation, get away from ban (punishment) in the gaming world. In it, such figures and “horses” are called trolls.
Meeting in real life with such a supernatural creature always leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. No wonder the Scandinavian storytellers so skillfully described such creatures, giving them ugly features.
Therefore, any site is guarded by moderators who strictly monitor discussions on forums and are ready to apply strict sanctions to insufferable trolls - a ban on participating in online correspondence, and even appearing on a forum or in a game.
Offtop is a vital necessity
What to do to a person who is divorced from reality, spending most of his life in a role-playing game under the guise of a hero, which he really is not? Buy superglue, stick yourself to a chair and continue to live a life that is after your heart, keeping your mask at all costs. But unfortunately, there are dishonest players who are pleased to take out of the game a novice gamer - noob, showing the cheats. To a simple layman it may not be clear: what is the difference between trolls and cheaters. Most likely, the latter use the latest software development, and the trolls act in the old fashion, annoying with simple methods, but very sophisticated. Against cheating cheaters can be offtopic to cover their tracks. Poor Nubs have to find out early what offtopic is when entering the samp with caution.
Offtop as a lack of tact
If there is a discussion on the forum of a site on the topic of, say, the uneven illumination of high and low beam headlights, and suddenly something like “Guys, where do you issue a customs clearance?” Appears among the messages - this is one of simple examples. And then they are still indignant: the ban is for nothing! “So, offtopic took place, gentlemen!” - the moderators responded to them. By the way, offtopic is a phenomenon characteristic of both online communication and real life. Therefore, we can assume that any person at least once in his life has met with pure water offtopic.