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How many players will be online after eve launches in Japan on the 28th?
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AraniFyr
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#41 - 2012-03-12 05:48:04 UTC
Heck, if we got 5k more people on at all times that would be huge!!! Shocked
Florestan Bronstein
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#42 - 2012-03-12 06:27:45 UTC
Arakazzi wrote:
Rakshasa Taisab wrote:
Chribba wrote:
Oh what, the 9000 is not used any longer Sad

If you watch the original clip, they clearly say 'over 8000'.

This 9000 thing is totally based on mistranslation of the original works.



I'm lost, what are you referring too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik
Azure Moonlight
Atomic Core Industries and Science
#43 - 2012-03-12 08:07:19 UTC
AraniFyr wrote:
Heck, if we got 5k more people on at all times that would be huge!!! Shocked


Though I cant imagine the Japanese have always been waiting for a localised Eve and now tens of thousands subscribe.

Id rather guess those who were enthusiastic about Eve play with the english client already, so maybe we see an increase of a few hundred players, not thousands.

Yay 10 years! :D
Azure Moonlight
Atomic Core Industries and Science
#44 - 2012-03-12 08:07:33 UTC
Plz delete, forum issue

Yay 10 years! :D
Cannibal Kane
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#45 - 2012-03-12 08:38:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Cannibal Kane
in my time zone is see 40-50k people online. Should be interesting since now I won't just get insulted in russian, but hopefully Japanese as well.

Space needs to be more crowded.

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Xpaulusx
Naari LLC
#46 - 2012-03-12 12:10:17 UTC
First, most Japanese speak english, read and write it as well. I hope Eve will appeal to Japanese mmo players on a large scale and we welcome them into the Eve community.

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Karn Dulake
Doomheim
#47 - 2012-03-12 12:12:56 UTC
Well i cannot wait to kill a japanese pilot in single combat and then have him destroy his own pod in dishonour
I dont normally troll, but when i do i do it on General Discussion.
Raneru
Viper-Squad
Pandemic Horde
#48 - 2012-03-12 12:19:21 UTC
Karn Dulake wrote:
Well i cannot wait to kill a japanese pilot in single combat and then have him destroy his own pod in dishonour



I used to do that when I had a low SP clone, mainly because I couldn't be bothered flying back to empire in a pod though Blink
Henry Haphorn
Killer Yankee
#49 - 2012-03-12 12:35:08 UTC
Vaal Erit wrote:
In before a fleet full of these and these come and gank us all.


Real men wear pink.

Adapt or Die
Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#50 - 2012-03-12 12:47:59 UTC
Henry Haphorn wrote:
Vaal Erit wrote:
In before a fleet full of these and these come and gank us all.


Real men wear pink.


Only men that wear pink think real men wear pink.
Henry Haphorn
Killer Yankee
#51 - 2012-03-12 12:50:58 UTC
Sasha Azala wrote:
Henry Haphorn wrote:
Vaal Erit wrote:
In before a fleet full of these and these come and gank us all.


Real men wear pink.


Only men that wear pink think real men wear pink.


It's tough pink. Get use to it.

Adapt or Die
Valei Khurelem
#52 - 2012-03-12 13:27:40 UTC
I can't tell you how much I want to see a massive hello kitty fleet engaging Goonswarm.

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Docter Daniel Jackson
Fleetworks Training
#53 - 2012-03-12 13:42:38 UTC
The numbers will not jump crazy, but a nice number, it will add to the sandbox and give more fun and fresh players to see going around killing stuff.

They rely need to look at getting Eve out to more places for more people can play it thats how they will get there name out there and grow some subs for there game. Because there are way too many people that I know that have never heard of Eve online.
Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
#54 - 2012-03-12 14:18:48 UTC
Docter Daniel Jackson wrote:
They rely need to look at getting Eve out to more places for more people can play it thats how they will get there name out there and grow some subs for there game. Because there are way too many people that I know that have never heard of Eve online.


Best to disband some big null-sec alliance then, because that is what makes the news...

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Doc Severide
Doomheim
#55 - 2012-03-12 14:48:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Severide
Ptraci wrote:
I am fluent in 3 languages and can get by in a 4th. I have no idea what my Russian colleagues are saying but I do notice they try a lot harder to speak English than English-speakers try to speak Russian...

Good for you. I block any russian IMMEDIATELY. It is obvious that they aren't talking to me and why bother typing when the chat is obviously English? I don't want my chat filled with their gibberish so blocking them is perfect...

And please save the racist whining. I simply don't care...
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#56 - 2012-03-12 14:55:17 UTC
Arakazzi wrote:
Rakshasa Taisab wrote:
Chribba wrote:
Oh what, the 9000 is not used any longer Sad

If you watch the original clip, they clearly say 'over 8000'.

This 9000 thing is totally based on mistranslation of the original works.



I'm lost, what are you referring too?


PC games don't do too well in Japan, they prefer consoles even more than we do. Those who do play PC games tend to be retired men with a little too much time on their hands. This is from first hand experience from my visit to a PC game show in Tokyo.

I think Japan's still a little behind the rest of the tech world, as far as home PC use goes. They missed the PC/internet boom of the late 90s because their monopolistic local computer maker Oki insisted that they stick with it's clunky old OS. So they were kind of isolated from the rest of the world using Windows/Mac/Linux. Eventually they gave up on the Oki system, around 2005 maybe, and started using the standard OSes. But I think PC/internet culture still isn't as well-established in Japan as it is in the rest of the developed world. They're comparatively a few years behind still.
Terminal Insanity
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#57 - 2012-03-12 14:57:45 UTC
I for one welcome our new Concubine-Owning overlords

"War declarations are never officially considered griefing and are not a bannable offense, and it has been repeatedly stated by the developers that the possibility for non-consensual PvP is an intended feature." - CCP
Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#58 - 2012-03-12 15:19:32 UTC
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Not be racist or anything but the Japanese tend to be more into video games than most people of other cultures. So we can expect a huge jump in players.

However they also tend to be rather biased against western games and tend to prefer the games that were made in their own country so we might not see much of a change at all.

CCP is going to have to advertise harder than they have ever advertised before. And they are going to need to add a handful of ships that can turn into fighting robots.


We enjoy games from the zany to the tactically complicated.

Eve is the disgia of MMOs, it will be enjoyed. Nexon is known for its ability to advertise for sure though.

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TheBlueMonkey
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#59 - 2012-03-12 15:28:32 UTC
I'll bet you a million isk that at least 7 japanese peoples join eve.

Although I don't entirely get what's stopping them from playing at the moment anyway.
Gouki Masters
Lazarus Triumvirate
#60 - 2012-03-12 16:23:04 UTC
I'm in Japan and joined eve 5 weeks ago.
I can confirm that the client already supports Japanese as well as having Japanese chat rooms in the game.

As some of you have mentioned, if Japanese people wanted to play eve they would have already joined up.