Speaking english in public areas

[sugarcorgit]

As of late it's been unreal the huge amount of players that suddenly entered TMW, who refuse to speak English in public areas. Several have asked them to do so for days. Generally they do so for a short time then revert back to foreign languages. Thus, we know they are capable, yet they choose not to. I feel its rude. One hates to put them on ignore as they might want to speak with you in English in the next moment.
Frustrated
sugar

[kr0n05931]

+1

This is getting out of hand.

Isn't this what /whisper is for?

[Rotonen]

What's wrong with speaking your native language?

[kutaho]

I feel really bad when I read this post...
I totaly agree with Rotonen.

so tell me what is wrong with other's LANGUAGE?

[MasterKenobi]

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they are referring to rule #5.

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[kr0n05931]

The problem is that the more people we have speaking a language, the more people who can only speak that language hear about the game. Thus, we get the Portuguese Language epidemic of '07.

[tarax]

It was my understanding that this server was an English Speaking server for public areas.
There is a Portuguese Brazilian based server for those that can't or don't want to speak English.
When i am in France, I speak French and when I am in TMW, I speak English.. simple enough....

[Ces]

Well, I speak other languages than English in TMW now and then. But keeping it out from the crowded, NPC/resource rich places. And if other players come along it’s just to switch to English or use whispering (if the client is enough up to date). Happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy!

Well, at least in the newer client there will be a much more extended chat, so then — as long as the game rules allow it — there could perhaps be specific language (group) chat channels or something.

[kr0n05931]

Too bad the Germanic -> Romance translation, or vice versa for that matter, isn't smoother. The internet would be a much more understandable place.

[sugarcorgit]

Refer to Rule 5. Why have rules then?
sugar

[karol]

sugar.
unfortunately I already talked to you
with people from Brazil,
I speak in Portuguese,
to who speack spanish,
i speack spanol
what's wrong to speak Portuguese or spanish?
I will be interfering with play you?
what is the abuse?
will be doing that badly?
sorry .... I see no problem with that!
and I think it will not interfere in anything in your game!
unfortunately iu can't STOP
ty for you attention ... and see you all

[kr0n05931]

sugar.
unfortunately I already talked to you
with people from Brazil,
I speak in Portuguese,
to who speack spanish,
i speack spanol
what's wrong to speak Portuguese or spanish?
I will be interfering with play you?
what is the abuse?
will be doing that badly?
sorry .... I see no problem with that!
and I think it will not interfere in anything in your game!
unfortunately iu can't STOP
ty for you attention ... and see you all

karol: The problem is that the more people we have speaking a language, the more people who can only speak that language hear about the game, play it, and make it impossible for people who speak english to interact with other players. Seriously, knowing English needs to be a requirement for internet access

[Rotonen]

I'm strongly against forcing English only in-game. You are most likely to find someone who speaks English with relative ease within a minute.

If you get afraid and lonely in an environment where you don't understand what is going on, go hide under your bed or something. If you flip it around: how about the people who don't know English, but have local friends? We're a world community, not a tool to make English into a more popular of a language.

For the forums, wiki and such, of course there needs to be a common language set, but that is rather different. Here it really matters if everyone understands each other. (Still it doesn't count out translating relative parts of the wiki into other languages by the users for ease of usage.)

[Platyna]

The rule is set and is not a subject for discussion anymore.
* Any person catched breaking the rules will be banned.
* Use /whisper.
* Any thread challenging the rules again will be instantly closed. Not because censorship, but because the subject was discussed gazzilion of times and it already becomes boring.
* I am Polish, and I do value my native language very much. So there is no need to make up plot theories that I want you to speak English, because I am British/American and hate foreign people.

Regards.