The Use of I and L When Naming Grids

[RELEASE_THE_KRAKEN]

Just fyi folks, a lower case "L" and an upper case "I" look the same on the ingame chat font.
Please for my sanity when calling out a grid target in the I or L columns use a lowercase "I" or an Uppercase "L".

example:
"Tank in I7kp3" should be --> "Tank in i7kp3"
"Cache in l5kp2" should be --> "Cache in L5kp2"

[PatrickLA_CA]

Heard of Nato Alphabet? India and Lima should be used for no confusion, but i and L work too.

[Spush]

If the kindergarten has taught me anything it would be the alphabet.

[H.Maverick]

If the kindergarten has taught me anything it would be the alphabet.

shit you guys learn the alphabet then? I didn't learn it before 2. grade, i was like.....6-7 years

[Poi_Medic]

Cheers!



Learn it and use it.

[Cassius]

Good news you need it only up to mike. One more reason to use mumble.

[sparks50]

This is about text chat though.

[RELEASE_THE_KRAKEN]

Im talking about when you are typing it to the whole team. The phonetic alphabet is nice when using voice communication, but its a waste of time to type out "Lima" when simply "L" does just fine

[Mantooth]

Seeing as the NATO alphabet, and others like it, are designed for clarity in communications, I generally use it whenever I am talking or typing about a grid reference. It may sound silly to some, but it is something that most people playing can understand, without the need to clarify or be misunderstood.

[Mantooth]

Oops, let me clarify what I meant. If I'm talking then I say "Bravo" instead of saying just "B" and when typing into any chat (squad/team) I type out "Bravo" instead of typing "B" or "b"

[RELEASE_THE_KRAKEN]

I'm just trying to bring awareness to the fact that 'i' and 'L' look the same for the people who choose to just type the single letter.

Yes I would agree that you can't get much clearer than the NATO alphabet, but I never see anyone using it in game.

[Doc.Pock]

if im typing i use lower case 'i' and upper case 'L' since like always but over voip mumble teamspeak i use nato alphabet

[AncientMan]

I'll see if I can make the chat font a little clearer for these 2 letters.

[Doc.Pock]

make it comic sans

[BoZo_135]

Cheers!



Learn it and use it.

Spelled Alpha and Juliet wrong
Hail spelling nazi

[Spec]

Depends. As ugly as it is, "Alfa" isn't entirely incorrect. It's one variant. And since Juliet is a name, several variants may also be used.

[Arc_Shielder]

Heard stuff like this before:

F - Fox
I - Indiana
J - John
L - Lime
M - Maria : D


Anything works though, it's just a first letter reference.