Mon Sep 6 19:08:16 2004

At 3 o'clock AM, Day of the Sun, 34th of the Month of the Heat
on the Theran calendar Timalin perished, never to return.

I guess I got bored... roled an other character and I never
play two characters. I am not sure why I keep mudding. The
english language is a huge barrier for me. Timalin didn't have
a role. He was just a warrior in the Empire. At a point, I was
often the only imperial in hero range. Maybe it is because of
the time I play. Anyway, I got a bit tired of dying everytime
I log on and as I said before, I have no other character to
play with better odds. I HATE the fact that people have many
characters, log with a lowbie and look who they will log on
depending on who is there.

Blitzenturg ( or what ever) You rule! And I found you very
understanding. I have a job, a girlfriend I love and a live.
Sometimes, I have to leave cf fast because I want to keep my
real life going smoothly. You never punished me because of
that. So many players don't understand that sometimes you MUST
leave.

Grurk Didn't know you as Timalin but I find you a bit harsh
sometimes... you must have your reasons and after all.. this
is Empire. I would say good work.

That svirfnebli that pincer all the time... name starting by
D... was fun

I never log on chatroom about cf and I don't read the forums
much. I prefer play the game but I don't know where to get the
preparations to haste myself and as a non-speaking person, I
have the feeling the elite raise their nose on me more then
often.
I appreciate the game and I don't want to bitch about it but I
think most of it is a bit too american. The way people handle
power because they have great items or powers... that makes me
sad. Material and power is not everything in life... I am not
saying all americans are like this and I have many american
friends that are among the best human being I meet in my life.
But after mudding for many years, you learn to feel people
through the mud ( did I really wrote that?).. and what I see
in many players is spoiled kids. Why do I stay on this mud? It
is great, the immortals are great and I am addicted!!!


Kamba

Is that your English is probably better than many of the
"native" English speakers.

I don't think I've ever seen a Battlefield post that read like:

"I thought this character was gutsy, original, and fun to play with/against. But his grammar wasn't good, so I hated him."

As long as a player is able to communicate and has something interesting to say, my impression is that no one (staff or playerbase) really cares about the fine details of the language too much. It's pretty easy for a native speaker to tell the difference between someone who is just sloppy/lazy, and someone who isn't fluent- I'm sure Kamba can do the same in his primary language. Given the choice for groupmates or opponents, I'd take "fun with language difficulties" over "speaks entirely in 'Group?' 'Rest.' and other one-word boringness".

valguarnera@carrionfields.com

The fights were fun. I never even picked up on the English as
a second language thing.  I just assumed you weren't the type
that roleplayed much.  Hope you enjoyed most of your time, and
good luck with the next.

There are a whole lot of players who don't speak English as a
first language.  There are literally dozens of Finlanders and
Swedes. Swing by qhcf or dangeroom sometime.

- Timmy