Instead of the title mentor can se allow us to choose senpai

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10-07-2016, 07:19 AM
KoroushSensei

Instead of the title mentor can se allow us to choose senpai

i think it se should allow us to choose mentor or senpai. so when i am roaming the world it will show karen araragi senpai instead of karen araragi mentor
10-07-2016, 07:24 AM
Dreamsoap

No. We're on an English server.
10-07-2016, 07:29 AM
Lokier

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Originally Posted by Dreamsoap

No. We're on an English server.

I wouldn't so much say it shouldn't be allowed because English. More that it should remain mentor simply because the title chain literally is "I hope mentor will notice me"... Had it been a chain named "notice me senpai" I'd have been more inclined to agree with the option to choose between both, simply because it would have made sense with the chain, but it doesn't, so no....
10-07-2016, 07:36 AM
TarynH

How about pleb?
10-07-2016, 07:38 AM
Atoli

Weebs everywhere D:
10-07-2016, 07:41 AM
Dreamsoap

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Originally Posted by Lokier

I wouldn't so much say it shouldn't be allowed because English. More that it should remain mentor simply because the title chain literally is "I hope mentor will notice me"... Had it been a chain named "notice me senpai" I'd have been more inclined to agree with the option to choose between both, simply because it would have made sense with the chain, but it doesn't, so no....

It should be completely disallowed because of language. What if we just started interchanging any random word with other foreign terms? Hey, let's change cat to gato, and dungeon to vankityrmä. Oh, what about changing friend to przyjaciel because that's a totes more kawaii word!!! x33333333333333
People choose servers so they can have a smooth experience without any translation issues. If you wouldn't change other random words around to non loan words, don't do it with Japanese. It's just being a weaboo, and new players shouldn't have to struggle for it.
10-07-2016, 07:53 AM
Lokier

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Originally Posted by Dreamsoap

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Wow, okay. Calm your tits there, speedy. Read what you literally quoted from me. I am saying that references would have allowed for 'senpai', but it's 'mentor' so it should remain English. I'm not asking them to change everything into Japanese, if I wanted to read Jap I'd turn my dialect to Japanese, then be confused as fuck because I can't read Kanji.

I've read enough fanfiction to know when using Japanese randomly in an English story looks dumb as fuck.

http://i.imgur.com/nH7qg1z.gif
10-07-2016, 07:58 AM
DamianWayne

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Originally Posted by KoroushSensei

i think it se should allow us to choose mentor or senpai. so when i am roaming the world it will show karen araragi senpai instead of karen araragi mentor

Best Monogatari girl.
10-07-2016, 07:58 AM
KitriaLuon

Wouldn't sensei be more appropriate than senpai? Considering the context and all? Idunno, *shrugs.*
10-07-2016, 08:00 AM
Dreamsoap

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Originally Posted by Lokier

Wow, okay. Calm your tits there, speedy. Read what you literally quoted from me. I am saying that references would have allowed for 'senpai', but it's 'mentor' so it should remain English. I'm not asking them to change everything into Japanese, if I wanted to read Jap I'd turn my dialect to Japanese, then be confused as fuck because I can't read Kanji.

I've read enough fanfiction to know when using Japanese randomly in an English story looks dumb as fuck.

http://i.imgur.com/nH7qg1z.gif

My response to you was simply my stance that it should be disallowed based on language reasons (servers are split into region and languages for ease of access.) The rest was direct towards the OP.
10-07-2016, 08:01 AM
DamianWayne

Master or Dark Lord or Kami-sama should suffice.
10-07-2016, 08:02 AM
Melorie

Stahp weebs 2k16
10-07-2016, 08:03 AM
DamianWayne

At least it's Monogatari this time and not the overrated Jojo requests.
10-07-2016, 08:09 AM
Chalbee

weebs! WEEEEEBS!!!

weebs
10-07-2016, 08:09 AM
Heliantheae

From now on I will be Super Kami Guru.
10-07-2016, 08:09 AM
Lokier

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Originally Posted by Dreamsoap

My response to you was simply my stance that it should be disallowed based on language reasons (servers are split into region and languages for ease of access.) The rest was direct towards the OP.

Is 'senpai' really a confusing word to people though? It's practically a joke at this point on the internet. Even if you don't know Japanese you recognise words that are (for lack of a better word) mocked;
I mean, look at words like senpai and sempai, kawaii and desu. Basic internet access would lead you to knowing instantly what these words mean simply because people use them a lot. I wouldn't expect anyone to understand complex Japanese or romanji though, obviously. I think when it comes to the game mocking or referencing well known memes a language barrier isn't so much of an issue then.

That being said... Soon as they let them have senpai people would be begging for more stupid words like kawaii to be a fore-title, etc. Like, fuck that shit. Japanese as a culture and language is already mocked enough, lol. Then again, we're playing a Japanese game with a largely anime/Japan-favouring player-base, I'm not remotely surprised that people are begging for Japanese related titles, etc.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/7ed4f5d9...x588o1_500.gif
10-07-2016, 08:15 AM
Dreamsoap

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Originally Posted by Lokier

That being said... Soon as they let them have senpai people would be begging for more stupid words like kawaii to be a fore-title, etc. Like, fuck that shit. Japanese as a culture and language is already mocked enough, lol. Then again, we're playing a Japanese game with a largely anime/Japan-favouring player-base, I'm not remotely surprised that people are begging for Japanese related titles, etc.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/7ed4f5d9...x588o1_500.gif

This is more my point. It sets the precedent for anything to be changed, and why just stop at mostly well known Japanese words? Though to this day I still meet people who don't know what words like Senpai mean, despite playing Asian games.
10-07-2016, 08:20 AM
Lokier

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Originally Posted by Dreamsoap

This is more my point. It sets the precedent for anything to be changed, and why just stop at mostly well known Japanese words? Though to this day I still meet people who don't know what words like Senpai mean, despite playing Asian games.

Really? That's just painful ignorance to me, or maybe an uninteresting in learning about the culture you seem to enjoy. Like, I love Japanese culture (not so much their politics or beliefs, or even how they treat women) but I enjoy learning about their country, as I do most cultures. It seems a shame / waste when someone just simply likes something just because. >_>
10-07-2016, 08:24 AM
Dreamsoap

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Originally Posted by Lokier

Really? That's just painful ignorance to me, or maybe an uninteresting in learning about the culture you seem to enjoy. Like, I love Japanese culture (not so much their politics or beliefs, or even how they treat women) but I enjoy learning about their country, as I do most cultures. It seems a shame / waste when someone just simply likes something just because. >_>

Not really, most of them just play those games on English servers but aren't into anime/ manga. I only learnt them myself because my art style had attracted those types and I had to refer to urban dictionary to decipher what they were saying to me. I can see how they'd have never been exposed to it.