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Can I talk during a skirmish in Italian?
asamax64
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During a skirmish I and my friend were talking in Italian, when one of the members of the group told us that we had to speak in English
because the game is English. Precisely American. is it so?
because the game is English. Precisely American. is it so?
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Actually, to be fair - the majority of people in the skirmish probably only speak English.
Speaking a language no one else understands, might be completely innocent, but imagine how the others in the skirmish feel -- did you laugh at something your friend mentioned? Everyone else might assume you were laughing at them, or about something they did or did not do.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it is disrespectful of everyone else, but at least not thinking how others might perceive someone speaking in another language. Now, if the game were based in Italy, and the majority of players were Italian, I'd go the opposite way and say anyone *should* attempt to communicate in the games regional language.
So, I'd say if possible, you should strive to speak so that the majority won't feel self conscious.
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The game is not English. it is international. Hence why lockbox reward notifications are broadcasted in different languages.
These forums are English only because in order for us to moderate the forums it is pretty important that we can understand the posts. Likewise the other language forums such as the French and German Forums are French and German only respectively.
Sometime it's irritating, to listen to some language that you don't understand at all, specially you have no idea if it directed at you.
Then there is the mute function, which just take 5 sec to activate. I generally use it when someone is blasting insults during a Pug PVP.
(I used to play PvP in another game frequently with a Spanish guild, and soon realised that learning ten or so basic words let me be effective and co-ordinate with them)
It's actually why I am really glad that there are separate Russian servers, even if it's probably due to financial/regulatory complexities. For whatever reason, Russians in other MMOs like to crash around bellowing in Russian while all the other peoples of the world wince. It has lead to Russian "ghetto" servers that others abandoned.
Anyway, while it's not forbidden per se, talking Italian in a public channel or international PUG is going to do you very little good, and make people dislike you for your lack of basic courtesy. It will also restrict the number and type of people who'd want to group with you. Whether that's an issue for you is of course your decision.
i think the entire basis here is that english as a global language is not the requirement in-game. if it's insulting to you, then you have the tools to block it. on the flip side of that, if the majority of language spoken by players in-game is english, then you could be alienating yourself by not speaking english especially if you speak it.
i, personally, don't have an issue with people speaking other languages. even if they're talking trash in those languages, it doesn't mean that what they're saying is true. on one hand, it is a perspective issue. on the other, it could be alienating you.
Never ever ever have public voice chat enabled, ever. You only need one chubby racist tween munching his way open-mouthed through a family bag of Doritos while screaming into a headset to understand why
Guild parties are more likely to have standards of acceptable behaviour. If they don't, get a nicer guild.
I was in a pug yeasterday and this guy was talking non stop about how good he was and that he was only getting killed constantly because the other group was a premade. I typed in chat that I didn't think the other team was premade, they were just better. the dude went balistic, called me the N word repatedly, was talking about how I worship obama etc... I was like....**** that is one angry person. Funny how Americans automatically think everyone else American.
All of you in some way are right.
Anyway to clarify, I was just telling to my partner what to do being her first skirmish.
But forcing people to speak a language saying that the game is of that nationality, seems to me wrong.
Should i speak to my partner in English, even if she doesnt know?
Of course when you are in a pug, greeting and answering in the most known language, English, seems right and polite.
As You may have noticed I tryed to express myself in a passable English in this forum,knowing that the used language is English
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Sorry again if I disturbed, thanks again
Personaly, if you were in my group and you were speaking Italian I'd ask you what you are saying and tell you that I don't understand. It is party chat after all, I'll assume you are trying to talk to all of us.
I don't think it is always people being intolerant, just that this is a game that has people from all over the world playing and seeing different languages popping up in your party chat will confuse you. The person might think ''I don't understand your language so I don't know what you are saying''. Who are you talking to? Are you asking for something? Do you want the CW to do something? Are you fighting with the DC? ''I just don't know what you are saying and it is probably distracting me''.
The best is being cursed out by someone who can barely speak English. It's mainly English swearwords mixed in with a foreign language.
Can I make a suggestion, then? Tell your group that- as clearly as you have just told us. Then no-one will be too disturbed, as they know what you're doing and why.
It's very offputting to join a group to see a wall of Italian or Polish if you don't understand that language. I tend to leave a group if they are apparently rudely excluding me. However, if someone says "hi, sorry for the Italian, I am explaining to ZergMaster, she has never done a skirmish before", it makes all the difference. A little courtesy on all sides will help a lot.
But its seems he doesnt care. He just wanted me to speak English cause it is a english game from California, USA.
But it's incredibly narrow-minded to assume everyone knows English, and demand that they always speak English in your presence.
For a lot of non-Americans, English can actually be a tough language to learn, let alone type and speak in a fast-action game like Neverwinter.
as for your experience with this american, not all are like him, and you can get a donkey from every country, just 'cause there are many americans means that you have slightly higher odds to meed one
Then he's an idiot, and I shouldn't let it worry you. There are a lot of them about. I am sorry that you had a bad experience, please don't let it sour you.
"For a lot of non-Americans"? How adorably parochial.
IT would bother me more if people got on and started yelling in English demands to run a pug skirmish.. Skirmishes is where I get to play around, using subpar powers ,rotations, ect ect.. since no one should be dying anyways and its going to be done quickly.. I might stack my DC for damage, just to get a title or something, or my CW, try wierd combos feats just for fun.
Dcs are kind of fun in skirms, as you could be first in all categories.
If the idiot in question here is that small minded just stick them on ignore and you should never hear from them again.
I'm an english speaker but at times I will feel the need to thicken my scots accent and maybe use a bit more dialect, it's amusing to punish the narrow minded by making their little brains overheat.
Also, English in its basic form is quite easy to learn, and most people playing international MMOs can at least understand it (because most countries school system have a mandatory foreign language course and english is often the top choice). There is nothing "nationalistic" about that, it's just easy to learn and spoken by most people, thus whenever you can you should speak English publicly (at least, IMHO).
lol, yes people can be annoying in English too.
Please don't use the in-game voice chat to talk to your buddies. I don't care what language you use, I don't want to hear it. Use it when you have to relay a message or ask a question to the team. There are plenty of voice chat clients you can run alongside Neverwinter to talk with your buddies.
Or you can learn some Italian! :-D Capisci!
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