Really, the character limit to posts here is absurd. Everyone knows that you can get around this limit by editing your post. What is the value of having a time sink mini-game to the forums?
Is the restriction the same on the Japanese forums? I tried it out and it also had a limit of 1000 characters but I don't know if that is tied to the forum or to the language selected (which was still English for me).
If they also are limited to 1000 characters, the restriction is not equal between Japanese and western language forums. A character count of 1000 characters amounts to about 500 words in Japanese, 200 words in English (166 in German). Using a character limit results in Japanese players having twice as much space in forums before forced into the mini game of editing.
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08-24-2015, 11:10 PMWaeksynSE, fix this rediculous character limit to posting on these forums!
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08-24-2015, 11:33 PMEekiki
They'll fix it the moment that every English speaker on earth stops spelling ridiculous with an E.
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08-25-2015, 12:11 AMAntanias
You can thank the massive amount of spamming on the beta forums for this limitation. We can't have nice things because of that.
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08-25-2015, 12:16 AMDevils_LawyerThis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antanias
Good things will always be limited thanks to the few that uses them for abusive means. -
08-25-2015, 12:24 AMWaeksynI always get that wrong! At least I spell colour correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eekiki
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08-25-2015, 12:42 AMKosmos992kIndeed. It's rather ironic that English is so thoroughly misspelled by the most populous nation that uses (abuses?) the English language as it's official language...One might say, in all good humour, that they should perhaps do everyone the good favour of learning to speak and spell English correctly. Assuming of course that they are going to continually claim that English is their official language. It's such a controversy, although one would hope that they would also learn to pronounce words such as controversy correctly. But alas that is unlikely, it sometimes seems as though the Americans believe that *they* invented the English language, rather than the English themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waeksyn
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08-25-2015, 12:48 AMEye_GoreHmm don't know many people that think this. America also has no "official" language, so American English could be considered a language in it self, depending on where you live the same phrases can mean different things also spoken and spelled different. We are all mutts just a mash up of just about everything thats out there. We rid ourselves of the Kings English back in 1776.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kosmos992k
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08-25-2015, 12:51 AMNaria
Er. . . the US doesn't have an official language. Some states like Mex Mexico do (English and Spanish) but there is no official language at the federal level.
American English is based on an older form of English so I'd say all those people on the other side of the pond use far too much slang. :P
Teasing aside, I'd love for them to get rid of the 1000 character limit. The posts per day restriction is fine. -
08-25-2015, 01:19 AMKaurie
but if they increase the character limit they'll reduce our inventory space! because reasons.
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08-25-2015, 01:23 AMWaeksynI see what you did there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kosmos992k
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08-25-2015, 01:29 AMAshkendorI feel a sudden urge to dump some tea in a harbour. Too bad I live in the middle of the desert!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kosmos992k
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08-25-2015, 01:37 AMMistyMewBeta is over..time to remove the limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antanias
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08-25-2015, 01:55 AMWaeksynThere is still hope!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashkendor
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08-25-2015, 02:06 AMYumi_umi
Also can phone ppl get an edit option?
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" you can bypass the character limit with edit etc"
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08-25-2015, 02:13 AMKosmos992k::rolls eyes::Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashkendor
Pour yourself another glass of sweet tea and chillax, everyone knows they only did that because they could get cheaper, smuggled tea from the Dutch, and weren't exactly going without tea as a result of ditching the East India Company's shipment.
Except that your you're still speaking a bastardized version of it today. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Eye_Gore
It's kind of funny though that you are attempting to fence off 'American English' as it's own thing, when it's simply one of thousands of regional dialects of the English language. Even within the borders of a single state of the Union, there are multiple accents and dialects. I'm not sure about whether the US Government has ever stated that English is the official language, however all governmental documents since 1776 have been written in English making it the de facto standard language for the USA, supported tacitly by the federal government since the US constitution was originally ratified and subsequently amended (in English).
;) Yes, I am being a pain in the neck, I hope you'll take this all with a pinch of salt since I am a permanent resident of the USA and have been for more than two decades of my life. I would hardly have chosen to live here if I felt any animosity towards the country.
P.S.
Whats this then? "English Language Unity Act of 2013" I believe that it was referred to committee after two readings...
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08-25-2015, 02:30 AMMykllAl Gore did. Years before his internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashkendor
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08-25-2015, 02:37 AMEye_GoreMany would disagree. With my heavy masshole accent many don't know what I'm speaking. It was purposely left out "official language" that is by the founding fathers, the wretched wretch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kosmos992k
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08-25-2015, 02:44 AMmyahele
http://25.media.tumblr.com/c624259e3...z5nyo1_500.gif
Honestly, modern English no matter where it is: New Zealand, UK, S.Africa, any former English colony is far different from "Ye Olde English" which really wasn't a thing till ~ century ago. Unless she's specifically targeting America? -
08-25-2015, 02:45 AMKosmos992kAn official language was not a topic of conversation when the founding fathers founded the USA because the vast (and I mean vast) majority of the people that the constitutional convention represented were of British descent and spoke English. It simply wasn't a matter of debate - even in the former Dutch colonies that had been under English domain for more than a century at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eye_Gore
But I digress...and in response to the comments about modern English, I don't think anyone speaks Ye Olde English unless they are at a Ren Faire, on a stage or reading from the King James.... ;) English as spoken in the UK is as blended and bastardized as any other dialect of English. The closest you'll get to the Queen's English today, other than the Queen of course, is the RP English as spoken by the BBC. And even that has decayed in recent years... -
08-25-2015, 02:51 AMEye_GoreBest fish and chips this side of the Atlantic. Hit it up in Rhode Island if anyone is ever there.Quote:
Originally Posted by myahele
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08-25-2015, 02:55 AMKosmos992kAs long as they have Malt Vinegar....I hate the lemon juice which so many places think is an acceptable substitute. Even white vinegar would be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eye_Gore
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08-25-2015, 02:57 AMEye_GoreAbsolutely, they don't have it any other way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kosmos992k
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08-25-2015, 03:03 AMmyaheleAfter making all those Battered Fish during this year's summer event, I have been craving Fish and Chips, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Eye_Gore