ThatDutchPerson Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Marksman said: A prime example of this kind of thing happening. The character in question is a native American, yet verbally attacks a group of Albanians, naming them as such, based on the fact they spoke Albanian. How would they know this is the case, other than the [Albanian] depicted in their lines of text. The character in question is me! Reilly knows its Albanian because, guess what? Guests at this /and the previous party/ told her it is. I am not accountable for any info given to me by others. Wether you believe me or not, is not my problem. No I dont have my shadowplay on 24/7 so no, I dont have footage of people telling me that. I also know OOCly these Albanians are from Club Royale, but do you see Reilly sharing that? No; because she doesn’t know that. Reilly also speaks French as she actually learned that in school ? Now that you know my clarification, Im out, given I am 100% sure this isnt just a blatant attack against me OOCly. And if it actually is, I suggest you to make a forum complaint with solid evidence that I would have supposedly metagamed this information. There are a lot of guests at those parties (which you guys ruin for no reason; unneccesary provoking? Thats a rule breach), and one of them told Reilly the first time this happened. If you guys didnt want to give away you’re Albanian, then maybe next time don’t go to a pool party fully clothed to creep out/assault other guests (totally unprovoked) and then later throw the boombox into the water for no reason at all, totally unprovoked. If you don’t do all that stuff, you stand out a lot less in the crowd. Its almost quite piss poor portrayal of character and I am /this/ close to filing a report myself. Because once, okay. Twice, eh. But three times in a row with this piss poor portrayal and then complaining even is not even funny anymore. Its borderline herassment. Edited June 22, 2020 by ThatDutchPerson 1 Link to comment
Lucie Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Oh it'd be great if you could pick a foreign language for your character. Whenever you switch to that language, a google translator type of program would show that text in that language for any player who doesnt know it. Link to comment
ThatDutchPerson Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Yeah also on topic; I do support the idea of having a script where you have to pick a certain amount of language when you create your character. That way, for you and others that speak it its normal “English”, but for others its gibberish. They should only be able to choose this at character creation, or with admin approval on a later stage. Though, how would you prevent people from just randomly entering languages? Link to comment
Jari13X Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) If this is added PLEASE , regulate it to the fullest extent. I see Italian Americans speaking in full Italian in large groups and normal american people speaking in 3 different languages, the list goes on. This goes back to the same issue with shootings and what is considered DM, if 0.1 % of people speak 5 languages in reality it doesn't mean that every other person on the server has to. Edited June 22, 2020 by Jola 1 Link to comment
Syrike Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 So Albanian is mentioned here, the problem with Albanian is that once you have heard an Albanian speak and discover they are speaking the Albanian language then you are going to recognise other people speaking Albanian. It doesn't really sound like other languages. To me at least the dialect is unique and not like anything else. Link to comment
Fireworks Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just now, Syrike said: So Albanian is mentioned here, the problem with Albanian is that once you have heard an Albanian speak and discover they are speaking the Albanian language then you are going to recognise other people speaking Albanian. It doesn't really sound like other languages. To me at least the dialect is unique and not like anything else. I think they're giving an example. Generally, this is a widespread issue that Nervous has already cleared up in an excising suggestion and has stated that something is in the works to combat this issue. Link to comment
Syrike Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just now, Fireworks said: I think they're giving an example. Generally, this is a widespread issue that Nervous has already cleared up in an excising suggestion and has stated that something is in the works to combat this issue. Which will be nice, however if Nervous has already said something is in the works then all I can say on the matter is that people need to report these instances so they can be dealt with. Link to comment
Valkyria Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just now, Syrike said: So Albanian is mentioned here, the problem with Albanian is that once you have heard an Albanian speak and discover they are speaking the Albanian language then you are going to recognise other people speaking Albanian. It doesn't really sound like other languages. To me at least the dialect is unique and not like anything else. Basically. People fail to understand that reporting someone for metagame is much easier than implementing an overly complex script. Yes, a lot of languages share words. From intonation/contextual clues relevant to the conversation you can oftentimes draw a conclusion as to what is being said. I'm fluent in four languages, yet I can still pick up a bunch of others just based on the context. Sure, I don't know the full scope, but I can make do with what I have. This honestly feels RPG-esque at best, and I don't think it'd fix anything. It'd only be a headache, really. Just report people who metagame, or report them to the RP Quality team. Link to comment
joshua Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 it's not as much of a problem as people make it out to be, really. plus, it's pretty easily reported unlike other things. for reference, an old server i played on had a system whereby you'd use commands to change languages, then when you spoke, it'd print in chat as * [Player] says something in [language]. And if you knew the language, it'd pop up in chat as the actual message. overall, though, a stupidly complex script to code just for this purpose, much better places to put effort into. for once, i'll actually agree with the 'just report them' mindset, as this isn't as grey as other things. Link to comment
Engelbert Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 This is english text server, so guess it's just up to player's courtesy not to metagame over bracketed text, example [SPA] unless your char understands least few words or genuinely speak espanol. You shouldn't take it into consideration. Link to comment
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