A peculiar distinction exists with younger-generation videogame hobbyists, in that unlike most other jargon-laden hobbies (and sailing comes to mind particularly), they do not seem to care much for precise use of said jargon – or even approximate use. I’ve seen thousands of posts in which players do not just misspell or mis-use terms of art, but completely subvert them, saying things entirely unrelated to what they turn to to have intended, and often enough, asserting the exact opposite of what they later are revealed to have been trying to communicate. When this is brought to their attention, they typically insist that even though their poor understanding, horrific spelling, sloppy usage, and inattention to detail resulted in their communication going completely astray, it doesn’t matter.
I’ve been doing it for years, and IMHO a significant portion of all online-game-related communication is spent trying to interpret, refute, correct, or explain online-game-related miscommunication. “I wonder what that meant?” and “Well, my guess is the OP meant X,” are extremely common elements of such discussions.
And that’s just limiting the topic to the communication itself. Misunderstanding, making up, and lying about the way the actual game rules work is also flagrant, even on easily-testable and long-established game functions. It’s baffling to me, but it happens. I suppose a thick layer of emotional fantasy and egotism impairs a lot of players’ ability to accurately describe what they’ve seen happen the same way thousands of times, night after night. Or maybe it’s related to the more general “eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable” issue.