Forged Alliance Forever

Re: about the chat rules

2013-03-01T15:43:43+02:00

good idea, together with Deathly maybe

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 01 Mar 2013, 15:43

Re: about the chat rules

2013-03-01T15:34:12+02:00

Ze_PilOt wrote:
Because I don't speak german or russian, and people will try to get help/info on these language, and it's not good that they don't have a reliable source (or an answer at all).

Maybe you could promote Maverick to Russian community liaison?

Statistics: Posted by Eukanuba — 01 Mar 2013, 15:34

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-21T15:25:32+02:00

Eukanuba wrote:
Having multiple languages in main chat would be a shambles,

Statistics: Posted by ZaphodX — 21 Feb 2013, 15:25

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-15T13:07:36+02:00

Because I don't speak german or russian, and people will try to get help/info on these language, and it's not good that they don't have a reliable source (or an answer at all).

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 15 Feb 2013, 13:07

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-15T12:59:14+02:00

Having multiple languages in main chat would be a shambles, but I see no reason why there couldn't be additional language channels like the Nomads one.

It should always default to Aeolus on login though, or you risk fragmenting the community too much.

Statistics: Posted by Eukanuba — 15 Feb 2013, 12:59

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-13T03:12:42+02:00

Would it not just be possible to add a couple of other chat channels say for a couple of major languages spoken on FAF? As the server knows the location of players it shouldn't be too hard to find out where the most traffic is from, then perhaps add the top two or three languages that are not english? (I would guess french and german, but I might be wrong).

Alternatively, perhaps a single multi-languange (nonenglish) channel. Although that could be a mess...

Statistics: Posted by MajorPluskat — 13 Feb 2013, 03:12

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-12T17:03:12+02:00

Right well it was only a suggestion but as TartarusMkII pointed out a rewording of the rules couldn't hurt

But again there's no need to overdramatize. In no way was I making a go at english or why it is the chosen language of faf. I'm not trying to burry English in a sea of other laguages or anything. As sheppard pointed out it's never too late to learn another language, I totally agree with that, and I believe this applies to languages other than English

Anyways I guess we can close this topic

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 12 Feb 2013, 17:03

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-11T17:24:28+02:00

RoundTabler wrote:
someone could type "Hola", and it would show up as "Hello" for me.

and if somebody "writes hey waz up, does anyone know howto host game" you got a problem, most games have only english chat/forums, english is the most important language on the the world and esspecially in europe, guessing that 90% of all users here are <30 it's not too late to learn english

and nobody needs to speak perfectly english, seriously if people would correct all my english fails (or ZePs english fails lol) ....

saying that people may feel unwellcome cause its an english chat is just weired

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 11 Feb 2013, 17:24

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-11T17:05:52+02:00

Because automatic translators work so well

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 11 Feb 2013, 17:05

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-11T16:53:52+02:00

Is there a way to embed a translator in the chat? If this were moderately easy to accomplish, you give players the option of what language they want every post translated to. For example, if I want every post to be translated in English, someone could type "Hola", and it would show up as "Hello" for me.

Or, could you create another/several channels for other languages in the chat? Channels that are always there, like #Aeolus?

Statistics: Posted by RoundTabler — 11 Feb 2013, 16:53

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-11T16:34:02+02:00

Personally, I agree with both ideas here. It's important to have a centralized language, but it is a death sentence to turn off Europeans by making them feel that their language is not welcome.

I suggest a re-wording of the rules. Speaking in another language should not be against the rules, but the rules should include a 'suggestion', such as: "English is the standard language of the chat. When possible, please use English." Instead of saying that it is the 'rule'.

I don't know how our IRC works exactly, but it may be useful for moderators to maintain the ability to remove the voice of users in the room, which removes any reason to kick or ban anyone.

Statistics: Posted by TartarusMkII — 11 Feb 2013, 16:34

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-10T22:48:35+02:00

tatsujb wrote:
But I strongly believe most people (yes most does not encompass absolutely all) are of good will and will be casual and respectfull of the chat rules when using another tongue, for say in stituations as innocent as when saying "hello".

No one has ever been banned for simply saying "hello" in their respective language, they have however, been banned after being kindly asked several times to use english in #aeolus, which they failed to comply with. And that borders onto disrespecting moderators, which is another rule

Statistics: Posted by eXivo — 10 Feb 2013, 22:48

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-10T20:35:28+02:00

I see the OP point but please NO, It would be a mess

Statistics: Posted by Bliss — 10 Feb 2013, 20:35

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-10T18:30:26+02:00

Ze_PilOt wrote:
How does this related to the patch ?

I thought about that and obviously, being a change non code-related it is not but it would be nice to see this change at the same time as the upcoming patch it still fits here because of the relation to the novelty of the idea. I'm ok with moving the topic

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 10 Feb 2013, 18:30

Re: about the chat rules

2013-02-10T17:18:41+02:00

there has to bee one language for communication and the only viable choice for that is english, if people are not able to speak english AT ALL i would suggest them to learn it anyway (and i say this as a german)

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 10 Feb 2013, 17:18