This wasn't what I meant. There's a reason why I italicized the word something.
I'm not sure how I'm meant to interpret your post then. I've added what you have implicitly said in green below:
To be serious, using perfect grammar on a community forum about a video game just makes you look like a smartass.
1. Using grammar on this forum makes you come across like a smartass
You're obviously trying to prove something.
2. As a result of using grammar, I must be trying to prove something (have intent)
I wholly disagree. As I said, I do not assign intent (
2) or emotion to someone's usage of punctuation/grammar. I completely agree with Bisjac in saying that it does not matter. My basic (by no means perfect) use of it is by my own choice, and I do not hold that standard to others. I believe you judging me as a smart-ass based on my punctuation (
1) is a matter of personal interpretation.