Dangers of writing

As a gamer, writing electronically includes dangers that aren't reflected when working with a pen and paper. Normally I try to obey the rules of the English language, but there are situations where shorthand is necessary. When you wish to reply to someone, and you have x amount of seconds until you are attacked by another player or an NPC, the advantages of proper punctuation are outweighed, and so the message suffers. Consider your favorite author and written work. Now, consider that writer having to complete their work in the path of an oncoming train. Variations would undoubtedly occur. Those variations would take away from the artistic value of the work, but the functionality added would be of immeasurable value.

Electronic mediums do have a reputation for taking away for the writer's mastery of language, but it is more likely that those who most frequently write electronically have little to no idea of the rules of grammar to begin with.