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by Habari » 21 Aug 2009, 11:42
Here is a better suggestion : Create a house in each town , were volunteers can teach newbies how to speak English
The international houses with flags and all that has a little problem: suppose you put a compartment with a Spanish national flag , some day (it WILL come i promise) a guy will write in these forums : hey our language doesn't belong to that imperialists pigs , i want a Mexican national flag up there , and the next day a guy will write stupid Mexicans , i want an Argentinean flag .
AND YES , people ARE that stupid.
I havenn't actually played the game for a long time now , it is quite sad that people only interact in closed nationality groups , it is quite akward to see people walking around asking " you from Brazil?" and stopping to talk with the ones that say yes. The few social open minded people , seem to have been all elected for GM duties.
The only international house that should exist is the game itself , but people do not apreciate this opportunity to know new cultures , for example most of the european players cant afford to go to brazil to meet brazilian players , but when they play TMW , they join the germans club or the polish club .
I used to do some severe campaigning against rule 5 , because i thougth it will help people willing to speak a range of different laguages , but now i can see the only reason someones want to allow THEIR language is to promote ,
pseudo nationalism , TOO SAD.