Curse

Chrono Re delle Ere · May 04, 2008, 09:54 PM // 21:54

oh man sure!

/signed for jap guys, I love japan

Shadowfox1125 · May 04, 2008, 09:59 PM // 21:59

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Originally Posted by SPURLUXE

lol, how do you do to Taiwanese or Korean named characters?

Taiwanese is a dialect of Chinese. Just FYI.

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Originally Posted by Chrono Re delle Ere

oh man sure!

/signed for jap guys, I love japan

If you really do, please don't call japanese men "jap," it's considered offensive. Use jpn if you want to abbreviate.

And finally, /signed. It'll be sad if GW loses its Japanese fanbase, even if it's rather small.

Voltaic Annihilator · May 04, 2008, 10:01 PM // 22:01

Maybe they will do another pearl harbor

j/k

Shadowfox1125 · May 04, 2008, 10:02 PM // 22:02

Now comments like that are just unnecessary..

Chrono Re delle Ere · May 04, 2008, 10:37 PM // 22:37

Aight sorry, didn't really know that, then.....

/signed for jpn guys :P

Burst Cancel · May 06, 2008, 02:43 AM // 02:43

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Originally Posted by Shadowfox1125

Taiwanese is a dialect of Chinese. Just FYI.

You wouldn't happen to be one of those people who believe that Taiwan is just a province of China, would you? The classification of the Taiwanese language is a politically-charged topic; I would be careful about tossing around statements on the subject as though they were established fact.

newgame · May 06, 2008, 04:13 AM // 04:13

Taiwan is one country on earth(everyone know different "made in taiwan" not "made in china",taiwan dollar not RMB)

Taiwan player sign/ (IF Japan player want other region player can go to japan region)

nekopowa · May 06, 2008, 09:33 AM // 09:33

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Originally Posted by MarlinBackna

Wow....even after only 2 years of Japanese 3 days a week, I was able to understand that!

I am okay at Japanese, but got better as I went to Japan for 2 weeks on a school trip. It was amazing, and I tried to tell my host student about Guild Wars. So I pull up Wikipedia (JP, of course) , type Guild Wars, and lo and behold, I find out that Japan pays monthly for GW. I guess that is the way they operate in Japan....I just don't see how all the people in Japan like the subscription model. That's what made it so popular in the States and elsewhere....

But it would be nice to play in the Japanese district, considering it is the only other language I can understand. /signed

Boku wa nihonjin to issho ni osobitai desu!!

(I want to play with Japanese people!)

EDIT: For those who can't understand, nekopowa said don't be impatient and that (s)he is not Japanese, but understands it(?) (I think, not sure about the last part, don't know those characters)

Don't they have both prepaid cards and the option to buy full chapters? I think that's what I've read a while ago.

Yeah I said： Don't worry. (about the merge) I'm not japanese, but I'm learning the language.
You're learning longer than i am. I'm self-taught on and off, as much time allows, for about a year

がんばってください！

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Originally Posted by Shadowfox1125

If you really do, please don't call japanese men "jap," it's considered offensive. Use jpn if you want to abbreviate.

Hehe, that only works for American Japanese, people who are living in Japan don't really care/know about that.

Varkovsky · May 06, 2008, 09:41 AM // 09:41

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Originally Posted by Burst Cancel

You wouldn't happen to be one of those people who believe that Taiwan is just a province of China, would you? The classification of the Taiwanese language is a politically-charged topic; I would be careful about tossing around statements on the subject as though they were established fact.

The language they call "Taiwanese" is very similar to the dialect spoken by Chinese people in Fujian province. This is not surprising since a large amount of Taiwanese people migrated from Fujian, which is Taiwan's neighbor. And yes, Taiwan was and would still be a part of China if the US didn't meddle with it.

DreamRunner · May 06, 2008, 10:02 AM // 10:02

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Originally Posted by Shadowfox1125

If you really do, please don't call japanese men "jap," it's considered offensive. Use jpn if you want to abbreviate.

Japanese hate racism as I am sure many people do, but it is ironic considering that Japan is an extremely racist country.

Varkovsky · May 06, 2008, 12:18 PM // 12:18

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Originally Posted by DreamRunner

Japanese hate racism as I am sure many people do, but it is ironic considering that Japan is an extremely racist country.

Perhaps the word you're looking for is xenophobic?

DreamRunner · May 07, 2008, 12:17 AM // 00:17

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Originally Posted by Varkovsky

Perhaps the word you're looking for is xenophobic?

Yes but I was trying to put it in a very... polite way if that could be achieved at all. However, I wanted to emphasize the point of the irony that is in Shadowfox1125 post.

Burst Cancel · May 09, 2008, 02:46 AM // 02:46

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Originally Posted by Varkovsky

The language they call "Taiwanese" is very similar to the dialect spoken by Chinese people in Fujian province. This is not surprising since a large amount of Taiwanese people migrated from Fujian, which is Taiwan's neighbor. And yes, Taiwan was and would still be a part of China if the US didn't meddle with it.

Funny, as my father's side of the family is from Fujian and I can't hear any similarity.

Taiwan's historical ownership is more complicated than you make it out to be. Large blocks of the population are more pro-Japanese than pro-Chinese, and much of Taiwan's infrastructure owes to Japanese occupation prior to WW2. US influence is what's keeping China from annexing modern-day Taiwan, but the US had nothing to do with China losing Taiwan in the first place.

And that still doesn't address the 'should' question. By now, Taiwan has established its own government, currency, economy, etc. The pro-China arguments that I've encountered use historical basis for legitimacy - they used to be part of China, so they should go back to China - ignoring the fact that other countries have declared independance from their motherlands before.

Burst Cancel · May 09, 2008, 02:53 AM // 02:53

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Originally Posted by guolisong

It's about integrity... I don't want to see a bunch of little countries running around.

Tell that to the Soviets. Oh wait.

Frankly, at this point the most important thing for the rest of the world is that nobody **** with their semiconductor industry. We all like our shiny electronic toys.

eeks · May 09, 2008, 03:03 AM // 03:03

/unsigned due to wasting half my money on your drink vending machines. Who puts irresistable vending machines in temples, anyway?!

.. I kid. /signed.

GaaaaaH · May 09, 2008, 03:38 AM // 03:38

merge everyone into open language districts! (will need to figure out a way of reducing ping/lag though)

SPURLUXE · Jun 18, 2008, 04:21 AM // 04:21

/resurrect the thread
I want you guys to know this matter.
Imagine if Lion's Arch has only #1 dist and you are the only player there.

SerenitySilverstar · Jun 18, 2008, 04:36 AM // 04:36

Uh, dude. This problem was fixed months ago.

kokuou · Jun 18, 2008, 04:45 AM // 04:45

No it wasn't.
They opened up Chinese and Korean districts to the rest of the GW world, but the Japanese district is still isolated.

Prokiller88 · Jun 18, 2008, 05:13 AM // 05:13

/signed for obvious reasons, and the asian districts are pretty empty wouldn't hurt, I don't think there would be any law that would violate anet's terms and conditions.