Ru Ci the Confucian Templar - A Fish?
orangeitis
Posts: 183 Arc User
When you're initiating the level 79 spiritual cultivation, both the Celestial Elder and the Dreamweaver Elder refer to Ru Ci as a "fish". But when you get to the thing... it has very little features of a fish. In fact, it's reptilian. That seems to be a bit of an error.
Okay, it has fin-like structures along its head, elbows, etc. But those are small and minor.
Now as I understand it, thousands of years ago, before we had classifications of life based on what said life is, life was classified by what it does instead(as in, everything that flies is a bird including bats, everything that swam is a fish incuding whales, etc). This could be Perfect World's attempt to simulate that way of classification, as the game simulates ancient China, except with Chinese myths being real in the game world. After all, there are texts in the game that more obviously follow a similar way of thought.
But if it isn't that, it's an error in text. Or an error in intended character model for Ru Ci. Cause reptiles aren't fish.
What do y'all think is the problem?
Okay, it has fin-like structures along its head, elbows, etc. But those are small and minor.
Now as I understand it, thousands of years ago, before we had classifications of life based on what said life is, life was classified by what it does instead(as in, everything that flies is a bird including bats, everything that swam is a fish incuding whales, etc). This could be Perfect World's attempt to simulate that way of classification, as the game simulates ancient China, except with Chinese myths being real in the game world. After all, there are texts in the game that more obviously follow a similar way of thought.
But if it isn't that, it's an error in text. Or an error in intended character model for Ru Ci. Cause reptiles aren't fish.
What do y'all think is the problem?
Helpful Tools: Dictionary.com - Logical fallacies - Random generator - Word generator - Color tool - Extra Credits - List of common English language errors - New T6 Big booty tutorial
0
Comments
-
I think we should call it Loch Ness
The only fitting image for this forum.0 -
Loch Ness is a place in Europe that has nothing to do with Ru Ci. Why...?I think we should call it Loch Ness
Helpful Tools: Dictionary.com - Logical fallacies - Random generator - Word generator - Color tool - Extra Credits - List of common English language errors - New T6 Big booty tutorial0 -
Because this is an important matter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_fishZentVedr - Retired at last. Or am I?0 -
I'm pretty sure we can file Ru Ci under the "just because" category.
Even if it's based on Chinese lore, it's still a fantasy game.0 -
PWI 2018, debating if a miniboss is a reptile or a fish, we should definitely get CN to patch this, it's of the utmost importance, it broke my immersion into the game.
10/10 wouldn't recommend this game to my friends over this.
Mr. Justice0 -
Huh? We wouldn't need CN to do anything about this. Or am I wrong? Doesn't someone at the PWI team handle translation issues?PWI 2018, debating if a miniboss is a reptile or a fish, we should definitely get CN to patch this, it's of the utmost importance, it broke my immersion into the game.
10/10 wouldn't recommend this game to my friends over this.
You're overreacting.
Helpful Tools: Dictionary.com - Logical fallacies - Random generator - Word generator - Color tool - Extra Credits - List of common English language errors - New T6 Big booty tutorial0 -
a "bit of an error"? Now i know you just finding dumb ish to complain about.0
-
Dude, those blue foxes in Frostcovered City are called Ice Siren. If I would search more I am sure I will find more errors.
0 -
I wasn't complaining. I was just pointing something out. After all, the translators are human, they make mistakes too. No reason to fault them for it.yayoblow#4632 wrote: »a "bit of an error"? Now i know you just finding dumb ish to complain about.
But it's funny, you have all the time in the world to tell everyone here that there's nothing to complain about, @yayoblow#4632, yet you rarely have anything substantial to add yourself. Really? Telling someone that they don't have a girlfriend wwhen the topic of the thread wasn't even close to related to that? How pathetic do you have to be to do that?
Helpful Tools: Dictionary.com - Logical fallacies - Random generator - Word generator - Color tool - Extra Credits - List of common English language errors - New T6 Big booty tutorial0 -
When you start your spiritual cultivation you are told that beings with a high cultivation become something else and can take any shape or form they desire but often choose a form resembeling a human. Maye Ru Ci didn't wanted to be lumped in with the other fishes in pwi and choosed to look more like a reptile ?
0 -
bloodedone87 wrote: »Dude, those blue foxes in Frostcovered City are called Ice Siren. If I would search more I am sure I will find more errors.
Those blue foxes are probably hulijin/jiuweihu in chinese mythology that are depicted as good or bad. The most famous one seduced an emperor and commited various cruelties. I guess that they tried to find a western equivalent to that.
0 -
That... actually makes a whole lot of sense. Thank you for that.When you start your spiritual cultivation you are told that beings with a high cultivation become something else and can take any shape or form they desire but often choose a form resembeling a human. Maye Ru Ci didn't wanted to be lumped in with the other fishes in pwi and choosed to look more like a reptile ?
Helpful Tools: Dictionary.com - Logical fallacies - Random generator - Word generator - Color tool - Extra Credits - List of common English language errors - New T6 Big booty tutorial0 -
> @nbreaking said:
> PWI 2018, debating if a miniboss is a reptile or a fish, we should definitely get CN to patch this, it's of the utmost importance, it broke my immersion into the game.
>
> 10/10 wouldn't recommend this game to my friends over this.
This cracked me up so bad xD
Genies, dragons, magic, rebirth, resurrection, flying swords, teleportation, elves etc etc are all fine but
"HEY Ru ci - a fish ? really pwi ? that looks like a fish to you ? you people make me sick, seriously compare it to a real fish before you go around mis informing ppl about what a fish is..."0 -
PWI- a game based on actual life forms of our world and they got one mob wrong. That mob dosent confirm with the actual real life definition of a fish/reptile. Outrageous.0
-
There are more important things to complain about, so we shouldn't bring anything minor to anyone's attention.
If this is all anyone has to say, y'all have just lost all ability for any form of rational conversation. Blatantly hypocritical posts and anti-QOL trolling... it's ridiculous, guys.Stop nitpicking about something I personally don't feel the need to worry about dedicating any time to.
Helpful Tools: Dictionary.com - Logical fallacies - Random generator - Word generator - Color tool - Extra Credits - List of common English language errors - New T6 Big booty tutorial0 -
> @orangeitis said:
>" lost all ability for any form of rational conversation"
oh no guys, we have lost the ability to make rational conversations about a FANTASY game based on make believe myth and imagination.
this is ridiculous, we need help 0 -
Yer Closing this Thread.
The information is their. Its also gone down hill.
Thanks.0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 181.9K PWI
- 697 Official Announcements
- 2 Rules of Conduct
- 264 Cabbage Patch Notes
- 61K General Discussion
- 1.5K Quality Corner
- 11.1K Suggestion Box
- 77.4K Archosaur City
- 3.5K Cash Shop Huddle
- 14.3K Server Symposium
- 18.1K Dungeons & Tactics
- 2K The Crafting Nook
- 4.9K Guild Banter
- 6.6K The Trading Post
- 28K Class Discussion
- 1.9K Arigora Colosseum
- 78 TW & Cross Server Battles
- 337 Nation Wars
- 8.2K Off-Topic Discussion
- 3.7K The Fanatics Forum
- 207 Screenshots and Videos
- 22.8K Support Desk