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    Quote Originally Posted by DNO View Post
    I do not like that people are ok with some groups not wanting to party with you because of what you speak. I am sorry but i do not ike it.
    You have a right to your opinion, and I can accept that. But as I've already elaborated on early, you simply have to understand why they choose not to group. Its simply a cultural thing more often than not.

    In my eyes, wanting to split up the servers because you want to block off an entire region simply because there are those who are too intimidated to speak English is just as bad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DNO View Post
    Again reading the thread would help you realize im not demanding anything. I said SE idea of Single speaking servers is not bad. Why? Because i hate that half the server does not invite NA. I never made a thread or anything on this topic i just posted in here and everyone went crazy.

    I do not like that people are ok with some groups not wanting to party with you because of what you speak. I am sorry but i do not ike it.
    Emphasis added. 50% of the server population sounds highly exaggerated to me.
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    At least Pokemon games are kanji-less Could probably been done quickly.
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    Oh come on Japanese people use Latin characters a lot in their daily life... Especially now with the computer/internet era... You don't bloody type https with a Kanji last time I checked.

    I won't even mention all the acronyms they use, again made with Latin alphabet. Could it be in game, at work, etc. Latin characters aren't for Japanese what Kanjis are for westerners. Impossible to compare it this way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Antipika View Post
    Oh come on Japanese people use Latin characters a lot in their daily life... Especially now with the computer/internet era... You don't bloody type https with a Kanji last time I checked.

    I won't even mention all the acronyms they use, again made with Latin alphabet. Could it be in game, at work, etc. Latin characters aren't for Japanese what Kanjis are for westerners. Impossible to compare it this way.
    This has nothing to do with the issue. I'm simply saying if the intention is to "keep it Japanese" then certainly it's less offensive to stick with non-Latin alphabets than qualifying the Latin letters in your text with an oft repeated "JP Only" at the end.
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    One day a Japanese friend was shouting for a party and included "JP Only" in the shout.

    I know he is not a racist person, so I asked him why he said "JP Only".

    He said he meant that he could only communicate in Japanese.

    I asked him if he knew many English speakers feel it is discrimination and get upset when they see that.

    He was shocked and felt ashamed.

    He said would actually like an opportunity to play with English speaking players, but he could not communicate in English and he did not want to cause problems because he could not use the language.


    This will not explain all situations of JP Only, but this is one side of the story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikita View Post
    One day a Japanese friend was shouting for a party and included "JP Only" in the shout.

    I know he is not a racist person, so I asked him why he said "JP Only".

    He said he meant that he could only communicate in Japanese.

    I asked him if he knew many English speakers feel it is discrimination and get upset when they see that.

    He was shocked and felt ashamed.

    He said would actually like an opportunity to play with English speaking players, but he could not communicate in English and he did not want to cause problems because he could not use the language.


    This will not explain all situations of JP Only, but this is one side of the story.
    I think this is the case most of the time actually. If I had a time for every time a word looked like something in English but meant something different in Japanese...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spellbinder View Post
    I think this is the case most of the time actually. If I had a time for every time a word looked like something in English but meant something different in Japanese...
    I'm sure there are people who aren't trying to be offensive with "JP Only" and just don't know any other way to get their message across or don't realize it may offend some people. But you can't ever get this to change unless you make it known that it bothers you.

    In the same way, I'm sure there are plenty of habits and phrases westerners have that are offensive going the other way. But communication is the key to ever settling these issues, not separating servers and ending communication entirely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AmyRae View Post
    In the same way, I'm sure there are plenty of habits and phrases westerners have that are offensive going the other way. But communication is the key to ever settling these issues, not separating servers and ending communication entirely.
    +1 good sir or madam, +1...
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    Quote Originally Posted by AmyRae View Post
    In the same way, I'm sure there are plenty of habits and phrases westerners have that are offensive going the other way. But communication is the key to ever settling these issues, not separating servers and ending communication entirely.
    And what about those of us who just want to play in a server with a much higher density of people who talk english?

    I am sure there are people who feel that way on the japanese side too.

    I'd like to see this matter sorted pragmatically, not in an idealistic/romantic way. Gameplay should always be king and in a MMO gameplay is tied to communication.

    If you really are dying to have contact with other cultures there are better ways.
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