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Language Chat Channel Consolidation With Oceanus

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Micrihael Smith
Eve Engineering Authority
Eve Engineering
#281 - 2014-09-30 09:22:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Micrihael Smith
No.

The much vaunted "player experience" will be as dust in my mouth.
I already have to feel my way through Cyrillic spam in supposedly English - only channels. I am not about to invest in a monitor purely for Google Translate, either.

I have made attempts - a long time ago - to join ISD. I have few skills beyond penmanship and wordsmithery, so was understandably ignored, ignored, ignored and finally refused. Perhaps those with a skill for multiple ( i.e. two or more) languages might make their mark, and become Champions of New Eden, Diplomats in their own right?

I have low expectations of a happy resolution, though. We expect CCP to be loyal to us because we pay money. Perhaps some loyalty to our native languages, and being volunteer - in - channel moderators might be a sufficiently small step? If it allows us clear communication, and unhindered information flow, that, surely, is where the future is.

I'll be in my bunk if you need me.

Edited to say I only found out about this on Twitter, from a post by the awesome Chribba, this morning.
Katrina Bekers
A Blessed Bean
Pandemic Horde
#282 - 2014-09-30 09:52:56 UTC
Mike Azariah wrote:
All caught up and yeah, I am gonna go ask some questions.
[...]
m


Thanks Mike!

<< THE RABBLE BRIGADE >>
lachrymus
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#283 - 2014-09-30 10:53:13 UTC  |  Edited by: lachrymus
There's a big red cross outside Jita 4/4 to mark the occasion - RIP language channels
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Darkblad
Doomheim
#284 - 2014-09-30 11:17:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Darkblad
lachrymus wrote:
There's a big red cross outside Jita 4/4 to mark the occasion - RIP language channels
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Another shot can be found here. Next to that I've also set a temprorary redirect from anything on my site to a notification page to raise the awareness of this. At least for the German language players, of which quite some visit the site every day. This is in effect only for 24 hours, so everything will return to normal there tomorrow.

NPE – ISD – RIP
flakeys
Doomheim
#285 - 2014-09-30 11:54:50 UTC  |  Edited by: flakeys
Still amazed this only reached page 15 so far .


Just goes to show most players only give a damn about what effects their own playstyle and don't give a crap about the new influx untill they can be a means to an end for them.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Naburi NasNaburi
Doomheim
#286 - 2014-09-30 12:10:01 UTC
I am pretty sure that people will realize after dt.

Darkblad caught me red handed.. he was like: Nabs did you read the motd ? Nope.. of course I had not - and this coming from me.. *hangs head in shame*

30 minutes before dt we had people ask why we were saying bye bye to the channel... they had no idea.
lolcorpholder alt
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#287 - 2014-09-30 12:50:30 UTC
We're CCP! We march on fearlessly!
Excellent is what we strive to be!

Indeed CCP

Indeed
Indahmawar Fazmarai
#288 - 2014-09-30 13:22:49 UTC
Mike Azariah wrote:
(...)

btw, I liked the basque quote, even if I did have to use google translate.

m


Congratulations, my Google Translate made no sense at all so I had to ask for a human translation...Lol

"A language is lost not when those who don't speak it don't learn it, but when those who learned it don't speak it"
lolcorpholder alt
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#289 - 2014-09-30 14:04:39 UTC
That channel does not exist (channel: 49)

R.I.P

Thanks CCP, excellence hard at work as usual
Karl Stranne
Hollow and Naught But Ash
#290 - 2014-09-30 14:06:16 UTC
Language channels gone.

*slowclap*

=(
lolcorpholder alt
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#291 - 2014-09-30 14:08:30 UTC
So


Any chance to get a CCP guy into this thread now that the damage is done?
Naburi NasNaburi
Doomheim
#292 - 2014-09-30 14:37:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Naburi NasNaburi
NOW that this "beauty of a patch" has gone live.. we have CCP sightings in the help channels and even in the EVE radio channel.

Really?!?
Samsara Toldya
Academy of Contradictory Behaviour
#293 - 2014-09-30 14:43:50 UTC
lolcorpholder alt wrote:
Any chance to get a CCP guy into this thread now that the damage is done?


No...
Erlendur trolled me pretty hard on Twitter... he celebrated September 30th as "day of translation" and when I said that this is a perfect date to sacrifice 39 language channels he asked me to see this thread...
As if I hadn't seen it before...

https://twitter.com/erlendur/status/516895916973096960

I can't even... that's worse then being rickrolled.

But hey... they asked us to give feedback in the forums on Oceanus.
And if we are happy this might not end in a "talk to a wall" feedback.
SM SinneR
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#294 - 2014-09-30 15:08:57 UTC
Russian stay where he can stay =)
lolcorpholder alt
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#295 - 2014-09-30 15:14:28 UTC
CCP goliath wrote:

TehEbil1 > CCP Goliath > TehEbil1 Cynda DeFleur the people who make these decisions are not in this channel right now - I have made notes of both your ideas and will send them on to the appropriate parties


In reply to a question on getting player moderated language channels into the language-part of channel lists.

Situation might still be salvaged
B0T0
Dzieci we mgle
#296 - 2014-09-30 15:20:13 UTC  |  Edited by: B0T0
Owner of channel "polski", please change it to "Polski" and change it to unlimited member list.

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Kosh997
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#297 - 2014-09-30 16:26:08 UTC
CCCP like in good old times. F.. freedom of speech.
Migui X'hyrrn
No More Dramas Only Llamas
#298 - 2014-09-30 16:48:28 UTC
B0T0 wrote:
Owner of channel "polski", please change it to "Polski" and change it to unlimited member list.


See? This **** was what we were trying to prevent.

...

Migui is running for CSM10!
Topper Harli
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#299 - 2014-09-30 16:56:41 UTC
Hello,

I have the same oppinion as the most people here and I want to have back the offical "language channels".

Thank you in advance
Ezk1
Fistful of Finns
#300 - 2014-09-30 17:55:58 UTC
So you really did it. This part in patch notes made me allmost laugh "In our continuous effort to support our international playerbase". Are you ******* kidding me? While you localize for French people, you remove allmost every language channel, some that were heavily used. All this, without good explanation.

Good thing my subscription is ending in few days, good reason to quit. And no, you cant have my stuff.

This was really douche move against whole community.
Good thing we finnish people have term for this, its calld "Reilu meininki"

ps. Lepää rauhassa Suomi kannu o7