Not enough Pride

GaS · Post by **GaS** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:23 pm

I've noticed how people from other countries abbreviate their country in their name like
Ger_Name
TR_GUILDNAME_TR
HEROESVN
Tigergirl_PL
Name_Br

Some go as far as repeating it 3 times in guild names and character names.

But you dont see BoB_US or a guild name US_Guild_US
Why?
Why don't American players show pride. Or is something else?

Have any of you considered trying this before x)?

Fat_Smurf · Post by **Fat_Smurf** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:26 pm

cause we have nothing to prove?

Chaby · Post by **Chaby** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:28 pm

People with country codes in their names annoy me. They are spammers, I do not care where from anyone is, until I ask them.

Blurred · Post by **Blurred** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:28 pm

i think it looks ugly in ur name... Whats the point of doing it? Just play the game...

BlackFox · Post by **BlackFox** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:28 pm

why show pride really ?

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:29 pm

well u dont see Vandango_UK in my name

ive only seen turkish people do it really some time i see a few polish people do it

GaS · Post by **GaS** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:33 pm

My friend tells me its so they can tell each other apart x) not pride necessarily. But I dont know.

MaSaMuNe · Post by **MaSaMuNe** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:34 pm

Talk to me for 5 minutes and you know where im from

Putting your guild initials in your name makes you look ignorant. Americans(and brits) pride themselves as individuals, not as a collective.

And it just looks ugly. UGLY. UGLLLLLLLLLLY.

Shiver · Post by **Shiver** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:39 pm

I like my names to not have the following characters: all numbers _ - and anything that's not a letter.

minitone · Post by **minitone** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:46 pm

If they want it in their names let them.

It aint hurtin anyone imo so i dont see why people hate seeing it on players.

zZh4ku · Post by **zZh4ku** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:51 pm

sigh* not to mention turks...

Chaby · Post by **Chaby** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:55 pm

minitone wrote:If they want it in their names let them.

It aint hurtin anyone imo so i dont see why people hate seeing it on players.

Because they are giving information nobody cares about.

minitone · Post by **minitone** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:56 pm

Chaby wrote:
minitone wrote:If they want it in their names let them.

It aint hurtin anyone imo so i dont see why people hate seeing it on players.

Because they are giving information nobody cares about.

Maybe they care and so we shud respect them with that.

numatan · Post by **numatan** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:56 pm

When most people in the world show national pride, that's generally regarded as a good thing.

When Americans do it, we're regarded as racist and xenophobic.

ZeFrog · Post by **ZeFrog** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:59 pm

Chaby wrote:
minitone wrote:If they want it in their names let them.

It aint hurtin anyone imo so i dont see why people hate seeing it on players.

Because they are giving information nobody cares about.

Except them ofcourse, if all you can speak is your native language, then knowing whom to ask questions and converse with is important to further ease the player into the game and make that time more enjoyable

phresh · Post by **phresh** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:01 pm

edit- no racism, this is not your first warning - hells

that wasn't racism ****** - phresh

DresAn · Post by **DresAn** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:02 pm

It is a game, there should not be any need to make other know where you are from, race, or sex, if such comments were avoided there would be less intolerance and discrimination in the game.

Ult1 · Post by **Ult1** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:13 pm

You're talking about the JoyMax anti-pervert/anti-paedophile/anti-scammer/anti-spammer system.

Those with Country codes in their name are perverts, paedophiles, scammers, and/or spammers.

Edit - no racism - hells

justaskphil · Post by **justaskphil** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:16 pm

I think they do it to let other players know who they are...there's always a language barrier there with so many different countries/nationalities playing the same game and it must help them to find players they can understand.

I will say I'm a bit judgemental (not racist), because every time i have a giant, rest assured if the name ends in a certain country's initials, it's guaranteed that he's coming to get a piece of my giant. Must be custom or something to share everything.

So just from what I've said above, there's a good point to putting the country in your name (to find other similar players) and also a bad reason to put the country in there (preexisting judgements from others about what type of player you are based on previous run-ins w/ people from that country).

All we can really do is be civil to someone, even if at first they don't return the favor.

"C-c-c can't we all just g-get along?" - Rodney King, 1992.

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:16 pm

Do NOT single out any one country or nationality or you will go on the short list to be banned with all the others that have already been banned for doing so.

This is a mass warning.

woutR · Post by **woutR** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:16 pm

my god this is so pointless, I'll bet you 5$ it's just habit for them, they did it once for recognition or something and kept doing it or something.
Doesn't have anything to do with the collective, pride or something else imo.

DresAn · Post by **DresAn** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:24 pm

justaskphil wrote:every time i have a giant, rest assured if the name ends in a certain country's initials, it's guaranteed that he's coming to get a piece of my giant. Must be custom or something to share everything.

lol thats pretty accurate, it is too bad that players that have their country's initials in their name tend to be rude, disrespectul, or plain annoying, not everyone is like that tho.

i play silk road · Post by **i play silk road** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:25 pm

edit - you must not know how to read, qoute provided below to help you - hells

SuicideGrl wrote:
[*]2) Be a bigot. Post SS of globals, whispers, or other interactions with a member of a particular race, nationality, religion, sex, etc. that is meant to defame, degrade, or ridicule them for being a member of that class. Make threads about how much you hate people from X and how they are ruining the game for you. Put racist slogans, images, etc. in your sig/avatar. Screw it up once and you get a warning. Ignore that warning and you will lose the right to post, display signatures, etc. Continue to defy and you will be banned, period.

***IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER HERE. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY POSTS YOU HAVE. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU ARE GONE. END OF STORY.***

-SG

shousuke · Post by **shousuke** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:27 pm

ahh the good days when we were flooded with _CN

Fat_Smurf · Post by **Fat_Smurf** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:37 pm

edited for racism - SG is gonna have a busy day. - hells

rangah · Post by **rangah** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:49 pm

MaSaMuNe wrote:Putting your guild initials in your name makes you look ignorant. Americans(and brits) pride themselves as individuals, not as a collective.

I'd say that that goes for us swedes aswell.

Chaby · Post by **Chaby** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:50 pm

minitone wrote:
Chaby wrote:
minitone wrote:If they want it in their names let them.

It aint hurtin anyone imo so i dont see why people hate seeing it on players.

Because they are giving information nobody cares about.

Maybe they care and so we shud respect them with that.

I dont care about their emotional needs. People with country codes it their names = emo attention whores.

urtoasty · Post by **urtoasty** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:54 pm

GaS wrote:I've noticed how people from other countries abbreviate their country in their name like
Ger_Name
TR_GUILDNAME_TR
HEROESVN
Tigergirl_PL
Name_Br

Some go as far as repeating it 3 times in guild names and character names.

But you dont see BoB_US or a guild name US_Guild_US
Why?
Why don't American players show pride. Or is something else?

Have any of you considered trying this before x)?

first of all, waste of space for names.
second, we are not american, we are eurpeans or mexicans or asians that migrated here.
third, its retarded to put your name there, when turks or germans put there name with their country, it makes people want to kill them for being that race or heritage.

borat2 · Post by **borat2** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:01 pm

well it kinda makes finding members easier especially when you are non English speaking
Some might have used it as a "sign" and some might have done it for their pride as long as they keep their pride for themselves and stop spamming ot hatting other cultures then it is all fine by me.

Chaby open your mind for once and get out of that box you are living in, there is more explanations to a same situation (problem)then you might have thought of. a country behind their names has probably nothing to do with feelings

minitone · Post by **minitone** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:02 pm

Chaby wrote:
minitone wrote:
Chaby wrote:
minitone wrote:If they want it in their names let them.

It aint hurtin anyone imo so i dont see why people hate seeing it on players.

Because they are giving information nobody cares about.

Maybe they care and so we shud respect them with that.

I dont care about their emotional needs. People with country codes it their names = emo attention whores.

How is putting their countries initials at the end/start/somewhere in their name mean their a attention whore?

Its your own choice to put what you want in your name and if that mean puttin initials of their country in it then let them.

It isnt doing any harm to anyone but people who make the fuss about it and ridicule them because of it make out like it is.

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