[U]nstylish: Lack of Effort in Viera & Hrothgar Hairstyle Releases

[Midareyukki]

the JP players aren't really happy with us doing that. probably because Google translate doesn't really translate languages very well.

It doesn't, especially in context-heavy languages like Japanese. Japanese is incredibly idiomatic, and the mere sentence structure you use, or the use of a certain word to express an idea as simple as "me and you" can come off as inappropriate in the wrong context.

But if nothing else works, might as well go there and hope they see it, right? ...except Square will know it's us and ignore it either way. If anything just from seeing our profiles before reading awkward grammar.

Alternatively, JP players aren't happy with us going to their forum because it could give off the wrong impression or drown their voices out.

[whitemoonflower]

So.. get the japanese players so fed up with it that they complain to the devs. "Please listen more to the feedback in english forums so those google translate folks don't come over to our forums and spam them with their silly japanese"

It doesn't, especially in context-heavy languages like Japanese. Japanese is incredibly idiomatic, and the mere sentence structure you use, or the use of a certain word to express an idea as simple as "me and you" can come off as inappropriate in the wrong context.

But if nothing else works, might as well go there and hope they see it, right? ...except Square will know it's us and ignore it either way. If anything just from seeing our profiles before reading awkward grammar.

Alternatively, JP players aren't happy with us going to their forum because it could give off the wrong impression or drown their voices out.

If the "hidden ears" aren't some kind of painful April Fools' joke, I don't want to imagine what female Hrothgar will be like or the backlash they'll receive… If they continue disregarding the EN community, more and more will come to view the JP forums as the only forums to be heard. Both communities have valid feedback to share, interesting ideas to propose, etc. There's no reason why both can't be recognized and valued.

[Lauront]

It doesn't, especially in context-heavy languages like Japanese. Japanese is incredibly idiomatic, and the mere sentence structure you use, or the use of a certain word to express an idea as simple as "me and you" can come off as inappropriate in the wrong context.

But if nothing else works, might as well go there and hope they see it, right? ...except Square will know it's us and ignore it either way. If anything just from seeing our profiles before reading awkward grammar.

Alternatively, JP players aren't happy with us going to their forum because it could give off the wrong impression or drown their voices out.

Which ironically would be an incentive for SE to pay more attention here to avoid that scenario, which should not be the case in the first place if they were paying proper attention to this side of the forum.

[Midareyukki]

Hey you guys wanted these races. This is just the monkey paw closing one of its fingers.

Mate, you're a Male Miqo'te. Your race only exists because players demanded it. Same for Female Roegadyn. If you're going to go for that argument, see if you're not the pot calling the kettle black. You're just lucky it didn't happen to you, that's all there is to it. It doesn't prevent people from being sympathetic or feeling empathy toward others.

Which ironically would be an incentive for SE to pay more attention here to avoid that scenario, which should not be the case in the first place if they were paying proper attention to this side of the forum.

Assuming it's a JP player to begin with. According to Divinemights it could be a CN player. And I don't know how much they actually pay attention to the foreign forums past what they claim to.

But one thing is certain: regardless of how vocal people have been, the prevailing sentiment has been that these hairstyles are not okay. That should count for something.