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ACO_Ulric
08-23-2011, 01:03 PM
Hi Guys,

As the forums are your home, I wouild like to know your preference / thoughts on the following.

With there being a strong interest in the game in Germany, We can do one of 2 things.

1) Rename each forum area to have the English and German title in it, but still only have the one area for that subject

or

2) Have German version of each main forum topic

There are positive and negative points to each, for example if we go with option 1) we keep everyone together, but people will see threads in other language, whereas option 2) separates out the language threads, but can also slightly divide the community.

Let me know what you guys think, this is your home so I welcome your input / thoughts.

Chris
Ice
08-23-2011, 01:06 PM
I think the first option can be some kind of confusing.

So I would prefere the second option.
gaertner
08-23-2011, 01:09 PM
I would prefer the first option. In my opinion it's less confusing.
snIt wasn't me
08-23-2011, 01:11 PM
In the last two years, there always was a German and a English section in the forum.
Of course, the people are seperated but they would be also seperated in a common as the result of different languages.

I think that is the best way.

Cheers,
Snit
LosioLom
08-23-2011, 02:19 PM
There should be definetly separate forums or special sections for other language. I agree that mix of two languages threads will be pretty confusing.
gaertner
08-23-2011, 02:45 PM
Hmm but many peoples in here are able to write/understand English and German, so they would have to decide in wich forum they would post.
Knaeckebrot
08-23-2011, 03:06 PM
i think he best way is one german and one seperate english forum
Doober
08-23-2011, 04:34 PM
One german and one english section.
HeadBreaker
08-23-2011, 04:41 PM
i think he best way is one german and one seperate english forum


I say: DITO!!!
Wolfghard
08-23-2011, 04:47 PM
My opinion is that we take the first option because english is a world language so every one can read it.....I play also english games and there are no problems to chat with english people or to play with them......!
tuga
08-23-2011, 05:07 PM
My vote is for seperate forums. But not only German and English, I think other languages such as Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese must be avaliable! The more international the game is, the more people it will have!

I can help with the portuguese part. :)
Paint
08-23-2011, 05:30 PM
second option.
snIt wasn't me
08-23-2011, 05:36 PM
My vote is for seperate forums. But not only German and English, I think other languages such as Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese must be avaliable!

That would not be a good plan ;) It is not possible to maintain and moderate this amount of forums.

Cheers,
Snit
Ice
08-23-2011, 05:41 PM
My vote is for seperate forums. But not only German and English, I think other languages such as Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese must be avaliable! The more international the game is, the more people it will have!

I can help with the portuguese part. :)

But we don't need thousands of sub forums , which are just used by like 2-3 paylers.
Prototyp
08-23-2011, 05:46 PM
2) Have German version of each main forum topic

I would take this option! ;)
Evangelion
08-23-2011, 05:54 PM
I think that having to separate forums labeled [ENG] or [GER] would help out the most. A lot of players who might come from the states might not realize that this game is made by a German company and become confused, so clarifying that in the forums might help to ease the confusion
Rose
08-23-2011, 06:24 PM
for me, both options are ok. Maybe a poll with boxes to check would be given a clearer overview of the votes.
z.b.
1) 64%
2) 36%
Ice
08-23-2011, 06:40 PM
for me, both options are ok. Maybe a poll with boxes to check would be given a clearer overview of the votes.
z.b.
1) 64%
2) 36%

I think so , too.
Blackhawkdown
08-23-2011, 06:58 PM
I would just like to see the News in both languages for those who dont understand english
Christophicus
08-23-2011, 07:08 PM
Although I truly hate segregating a community, having English and German threads tangled up in one forum is a big no no. Not only does it make for an extremely poor user experience, but it's also going to increase thread duplication and make moderation/feedback gathering a nightmare.

Having said that, if a German forum is created, I can easily see a mass exodus of all of the German players, and me left here on my lonesome in the English forum :P. You've got to give props to the German community for knowing their quality games and getting involved with them early!

All in all, a separated forum is the way to go.
NinjaBird
08-24-2011, 01:25 PM
Here is my opinion

Do what Webzen International did, same forum - same people - same post but can be translated automatically according to user language
coldwater
08-24-2011, 11:49 PM
I think we should split so that people that dont understand german or english can know where forum conversation is going
and the people that know both languages can just go to both
Divine
08-25-2011, 05:05 AM
I know acony is German and i know the German community is large however I personally think that you should not have any German forums at all (other than in the international section). My opinion is that the forums should be kept all english-international.