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d3kst3r · Feb 08, 2006, 08:10 AM // 08:10

Well I've seen quite a lot of Japanese players in the arenas lately. A few days ago I took a few of them on in Random Arenas. Initial reaction - unskilled: I was able to walk my mesmer right up to their monk and kill him while 2 japanese rangers shot away at me. I received no interrupts and the damage I received was low enough for me to survive on self heal.
Today however was a different story. Once again in random arenas I noticed their monk was luring and doing a great job healing, they had a Ranger/Mes with IW using Tiger's Fury, they had knock down hammer wars and the works. Overall my impression is that they learn extremely fast.

Divine Elemental · Feb 08, 2006, 08:13 AM // 08:13

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Originally Posted by d3kst3r

Well I've seen quite a lot of Japanese players in the arenas lately. A few days ago I took a few of them on in Random Arenas. Initial reaction - unskilled: I was able to walk my mesmer right up to their monk and kill him while 2 japanese rangers shot away at me. I received no interrupts and the damage I received was low enough for me to survive on self heal.
Today however was a different story. Once again in random arenas I noticed their monk was luring and doing a great job healing, they had a Ranger/Mes with IW using Tiger's Fury, they had knock down hammer wars and the works. Overall my impression is that they learn extremely fast.

Probably why they have the Latest Tech

Japanese Pug Groups are really Nice.. @ HA...
i saw a r3-6+ Japanese Pug Group.... Wow!

d3kst3r · Feb 08, 2006, 08:15 AM // 08:15

How the heck would the Japanese get to rank 6? They've only had the game for a very short while.

Divine Elemental · Feb 08, 2006, 08:18 AM // 08:18

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Originally Posted by d3kst3r

How the heck would the Japanese get to rank 6? They've only had the game for a very short while.

This one Wonders as you do.

MrScaRy · Feb 08, 2006, 08:36 AM // 08:36

eh... how do you know they are Japanese in the first place? and also, one group of "Japanese" do not represent the whole "Japanese" community either

Avarre · Feb 08, 2006, 08:40 AM // 08:40

Presumably they can order the game from somewhere they understand the language of and play?

d3kst3r · Feb 08, 2006, 09:07 AM // 09:07

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Originally Posted by MrScaRy

eh... how do you know they are Japanese in the first place? and also, one group of "Japanese" do not represent the whole "Japanese" community either

Well four guys with Kanji characters in their name don't coincidentally mix up in the same team in a Random Arena. Since I've studied asian forms of writing myself I can tell the difference between Japanese, Mandarin(Chinese) and Korean.

Vermilion Okeanos · Feb 08, 2006, 09:28 AM // 09:28

Both JP and CH(TW) had been in alpha/beta test of their version since dec.

The Real Roy Keane · Feb 08, 2006, 12:39 PM // 12:39

I haven't yet lost to a Japanese group,but my team's victories become less substantial every day. They're not nearly there yet,but well on their way..

phreek · Feb 08, 2006, 12:49 PM // 12:49

Kanji is a chinese character system, but used in japanese language ( I myself study Japanese at University)

Japanese people names are written in Katakana as are english names or words in japanese.

Katakana and Hiragana are strictly japanese, so its possible they were chinese then no?

Esuna · Feb 08, 2006, 12:57 PM // 12:57

I don't understand the point of this thread. If a community is new to the game, then of course they wouldn't be as experienced as those who have been exposed to it for nearly a year. At least that would seem logical to me... why does it become so intriguing? And as MrScaRy said, it doesn't represent the entire "Japanese" community either.

DevilStick · Feb 08, 2006, 01:01 PM // 13:01

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Originally Posted by Esuna

I don't understand the point of this thread. If a community is new to the game, then of course they wouldn't be as experienced as those who have been exposed to it for nearly a year. At least that would seem logical to me... why does it become so intriguing? And as MrScaRy said, it doesn't represent the entire "Japanese" community either.

Well, it beats another "give monks a break" or "mending sux0rz" thread.

antialias02 · Feb 08, 2006, 02:24 PM // 14:24

Japan is indeed learning fast. I'd wager that if we thought korea was tough, we are in for a double treat once Japan comes into its own.

myword · Feb 08, 2006, 02:54 PM // 14:54

yes, GW has only been 'officially' released in Japan recently, but this doesn't mean that they haven't been able to obtain copies of GW all this time

fiery · Feb 08, 2006, 02:59 PM // 14:59

well japanese kanji is from chinese kanji and korean is similar to the two, im in japanese 4 right now i should know kanji. if they are rank 6 japanese, doesnt mean they are living in japan playing the game, they can be anyway playing with the japanese version, say someone living in america asking for a shipping of a copy of GW in japanese version to give as a gift to his japanese friend living in america.same kanji diffrent region. hence he is in the american districts.

ehh people scared of korean, have you noticed america keeps favor more than europe and korea put together. a build is a build it only counts on the experinced player who can play the build better.

LordDeArnise · Feb 08, 2006, 03:22 PM // 15:22

Soon it'll be Asia v. Europe and their Commonwealths v. The Americas...and Asia and Europe will dominate HoH.

Deathqueen · Feb 08, 2006, 03:30 PM // 15:30

Looks to me like EUROPE has been dominating lately. I haven't been able to enter UW/FOW at my times to play in days now. waaaaahhhh (smile)

ShadowVoid · Feb 08, 2006, 04:58 PM // 16:58

For some reason I think that the Japanes players overall are still catching up to the more experienced countrys in terms of game wise, but when I came upon my first Japan represented team they put up a good fight but still lost.

I think that foreign people have a lot more times and the brain capacity to devote to games and adapt very quickly to differant playing styles.

but thats just my experiences

tafy69 · Feb 08, 2006, 06:39 PM // 18:39

Japan are just new atm and get rolled in tombs or GvG, they will learn eventually but it will take some time for them since they need to be UAS to be truly competative.

But they will learn faster than we did, Observer mode will see to that, they will copy/modify current builds untill they use their own builds when they unlock enough things.

LordDeArnise · Feb 08, 2006, 09:03 PM // 21:03

Europe has been dominating HoH lately. If it's not for the players actually playing from the European countries, and they do have some dominating guilds, then it's more likely the Aussies and Kiwis.