Player Features and Ideas Discussion

While language specific clients are awesome to attract new players to EVE, let's get the rest of EVE fixed up *FIRST* so no matter what language is involved the game returns to greatness.

The following expansion of the September 30, you have translated EVE to French. Spanish is the third most used language on the Internet. There is a project? to translate EVE to Spanish?, as you have done with the French?

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at no point in this thread anyone suggested otherwise.

the main problem with this is the simple fact that there's a TON of Latin Americans playing many games online already, games like WoW, Planetside 2, EVE and Rift as of late, the reason you can't tell they are there its mainly because Spanish peaking Latin America has a level of English speakers fairly similar to that of northern Europe. countries like Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina have English as a second language since early middle school. so by the time they start roasting their brains online, they already have a fairly good level of English. (far better than any american can speak Spanish for example :p)

comparing Spanish speaking Latin America to Brazil in terms of English speakers is hardly fair, the only places where English is thought on any acceptable level on Brazil is on private schools, and outside of professionals no one takes English learning seriously. this is the main reason for when Brazilians are playing any given game, you can tell.

this is just stats, so hopefully no one will get offended over it. and you can find them anywhere online. a similar thing happens in Russia, the % of English speakers is extremely low. its just a cultural thing.

this is also the reason why on every game you will find strong in-game groups of Brazilians and Russians, but you'll be hard pressed to find Mexicans, Chileans or any other country. not because they don't get along, but because language is not a barrier to them so they easily integrate on any other group.

the point is, if you want the "Spanish speaking market" then fix your game, and market it in a honest way. spending money on a translation is a complete waste of time... in the other hand, a translation to Portuguese would help already established Brazilian communities in game to sell the game to their friends. in a similar way the RUS community has a good way to get new players with their translation.

The following expansion of the September 30, you have translated EVE to French. Spanish is the third most used language on the Internet. There is a project? to translate EVE to Spanish?, as you have done with the French?

Thanks

Los hablantes de español a encontrar cosas como este juego a ser poco elegante y no es digno de su tiempo.

Translation: Hell yeah! Translate EVE for us! We'd just love to join you in a virtual bloodbath! ¡Ole!