The biggest issue I see so far is the lack of tolerance and that players don’t understand that Arispotle is the dedicated server for Spanish and Russian and English players. The server already covers both British and American English speaking players and whiles they are the majority they still need to have some tolerance and be more mature about this issue. The attitudes I see aren’t very welcoming and frankly shameful. It is for this very reason I made my suggestions.
The channels are already in place, adding a visible Spanish universal channel and a Russian universal channel is what needs to be done in my opinion. These channels should work just like Uni, with the option for players to turn them off. Universal is policed by the players and the CSR’s, we already see the abuse in the English Uni channel and it is often very bias from what I’ve witness. I don’t see any problems with Spanish or Russian players policing their own channel.
The other day we were conversing politics in the Spanish channel and the next we was talking about harvesting and crafting, we also talked about linux and mac users and connection issues, we cover a lot of topics and nobody minds because we can have conversations and help players at the same time. There really is no difference between English Uni and Spanish Uni except the language. And I am so tired of the bigotry I keep seeing in the English Uni channel against these players. There is no tolerance and no patience and from what I see no room for anyone else in Uni but English speakers.
Opening a Spanish Uni and Russian Uni is a good idea and not one so difficult to handle like some players may think. From these communities GW can find bilingual CSR. I may be mistaken but as far as I know CSR only serve one year and then new CSR are recruited from the community by GM’s. And if GM don’t start recruiting multi lingual players then they need to, otherwise why make the game available in French, Russian, English, Spanish, and Germen if they can’t provide adequate support for these players? In order to have these communities grow changes need to be made to help them establish themselves within the server they are assigned to.
I’m not pointing fingers here, and I don’t want Meagon to feel that I am targeting her. I actually like that she tries to keep a balance in Uni chat but I also see those who try to push her buttons when she does. Meagon obviously likes to help, and like she states sometimes she tries and it doesn’t work and sometimes she can’t tell what language players are speaking – I can understand that. My advice is that when you don’t understand then don’t bother and let someone who can step up. Saying English only is senseless because like I already pointed out these players are told the Uni channel is for Q&A in their language when they enter it for the first time. I can see how someone asking a question in Spanish and someone answering in Spanish look like they are having a conversation, obviously they are, but how else can the player get a reply to their question, certainly not by telling them English only.
If a multilingual channel isn’t tolerated, and a visible dedicate Spanish or Russian channels isn’t feasible, then I suggest changing the current message these players see that tells them to ask questions in universal channel and to include one that directs them to the proper channel of their language. I will go as far as suggesting an MOTD message in Uni that provides the addresses to the other channels. When these channels are blatantly obvious to these players the issues we have now will stop. English players won’t have the need to feel they need to defend their precious uni channel from foreigners, because multilingual or foreign language speakers will have no need for thier channel. I personally will be very happy to turn off the English uni and use cult and civ and region and all the other channels to speak to my friends in English, and at the same time help answer questions in a Spanish Uni channel.
The channels are already in place, adding a visible Spanish universal channel and a Russian universal channel is what needs to be done in my opinion. These channels should work just like Uni, with the option for players to turn them off. Universal is policed by the players and the CSR’s, we already see the abuse in the English Uni channel and it is often very bias from what I’ve witness. I don’t see any problems with Spanish or Russian players policing their own channel.
The other day we were conversing politics in the Spanish channel and the next we was talking about harvesting and crafting, we also talked about linux and mac users and connection issues, we cover a lot of topics and nobody minds because we can have conversations and help players at the same time. There really is no difference between English Uni and Spanish Uni except the language. And I am so tired of the bigotry I keep seeing in the English Uni channel against these players. There is no tolerance and no patience and from what I see no room for anyone else in Uni but English speakers.
Opening a Spanish Uni and Russian Uni is a good idea and not one so difficult to handle like some players may think. From these communities GW can find bilingual CSR. I may be mistaken but as far as I know CSR only serve one year and then new CSR are recruited from the community by GM’s. And if GM don’t start recruiting multi lingual players then they need to, otherwise why make the game available in French, Russian, English, Spanish, and Germen if they can’t provide adequate support for these players? In order to have these communities grow changes need to be made to help them establish themselves within the server they are assigned to.
I’m not pointing fingers here, and I don’t want Meagon to feel that I am targeting her. I actually like that she tries to keep a balance in Uni chat but I also see those who try to push her buttons when she does. Meagon obviously likes to help, and like she states sometimes she tries and it doesn’t work and sometimes she can’t tell what language players are speaking – I can understand that. My advice is that when you don’t understand then don’t bother and let someone who can step up. Saying English only is senseless because like I already pointed out these players are told the Uni channel is for Q&A in their language when they enter it for the first time. I can see how someone asking a question in Spanish and someone answering in Spanish look like they are having a conversation, obviously they are, but how else can the player get a reply to their question, certainly not by telling them English only.
If a multilingual channel isn’t tolerated, and a visible dedicate Spanish or Russian channels isn’t feasible, then I suggest changing the current message these players see that tells them to ask questions in universal channel and to include one that directs them to the proper channel of their language. I will go as far as suggesting an MOTD message in Uni that provides the addresses to the other channels. When these channels are blatantly obvious to these players the issues we have now will stop. English players won’t have the need to feel they need to defend their precious uni channel from foreigners, because multilingual or foreign language speakers will have no need for thier channel. I personally will be very happy to turn off the English uni and use cult and civ and region and all the other channels to speak to my friends in English, and at the same time help answer questions in a Spanish Uni channel.