Quote Originally Posted by HiirNoivl View Post
Sure it is, like how they're shouting in Japanese isn't enough to state their preference. They take the time/effort to type out JP Onry in ENGLISH. Also the word "only" kinda takes away from your "I would prefer JP" theory.
When you get asked "Can you speak (Language)" in Japanese it generally translates to "Can you speak Japanese Language?" What you seem to not be understanding is Japanese =/= English, therefore a lot of interpretations are different -- English is much more open-ended where you can interpret things in multiple ways as you're doing here, however 'JP Only' generally means preferring people who can speak Japanese. As with everything there's exceptions, however with the people I run with who says it are referring to speaking it. Also quit with the "Onry" stuff, you honestly don't even see it, you don't even see it in the OP's Image, so if anything you're just furthering a generalization that doesn't exist most of the time, just because of the way the language is, you'll hear it, but rarely will you see it typed out -- Even native Japanese make fun of those who end up writing out certain words with an r.


I can understand in the case of Garuda and other endgame content. But for SB parties
So you're basically saying it's ok for one but not ok for anything else? You do know people can have preference for anything and everything, right? What if the leader was german and wanted only people who can speak the same language in their party? Would you raise the same stink over it?

Is it just that they don't wan to see the english letters on their screen? You don't have to be JP or speak JP to communicate in this game in Japanese. Especially for SB parties.
Once again "JP Only" generally refers to wanting people who can speak Japanese. It's not stating "Japanese person only". During XI's prime you even had someone interview a lot of Japanese players and the majority were referring to just that, so few were actually saying "no thank (NA/EU) person." The problem is very few people actually take the time to try to communicate in Japanese, they expect everyone to communicate in English -- I wouldn't have even bothered with English if it wasn't required for the international business world.