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CommunityScabies

Just because I speak fluent Chinese it does not make me an active hacker/RMT player. Please take a chill pill?

I have been Chinese my whole life. It wasn't something I started yesterday. I live in Maryland, USA and I am a US citizen. My adoptive parents are white, my birth parents are 100% Asian Chinese and currently living in PRC.

While I have sold gold for $USD in other games (Jade Dynasty, City of Heroes/Villains, Final Fantasy XI), I haven't sold/bought any gold in Guild Wars 2, and I do not plan to in the future because:

1.) I am playing this game for pleasure and there is a constant supply of things I can spend my own gold on. Colors, armor/weapons/legendary, crafting, gems for cashshop items like fashion, minis... I want them all

2.) It places my character at risk of getting banned. Wtf would I do that to something I love doing.

Besides, it has been almost 2-3 years since I last sold gold as a RMT. And when I did, it was with white Americans who did not know anything but English.

...I'm getting off track. What I'm trying to say is, just because I am speaking in common or map or team or even party chat with someone in fluent Chinese, it doesn't make me a gold seller, despite my past experiences in OTHER gastric games like I mentioned earlier.

You are not going to see a gold seller farming it up in the Ascalonian dungeon specifically for fashionable equipment, or talking about cool scenery locations, or doing fun events where you turn into a pig and sniff around for truffles...

Just... Please try to take into consideration that not everyone who speaks Chinese to others is in the RMT business. I play this game to have fun. Like you. My existence not ruining your game. I do not require multiple whispers of hate from other level 80's as I play Guild Wars 2.

To the dozens of people who have been Added to my block lists and reported for this shit, I hope you get banned. If you aren't yet on my block list, take this chance to understand that I have feelings, too. Hopefully this post helps just one person realize he's being a total douche and stops harassing us and slinging violent and ruthless insults. (By us, I mean non-RMT Chinese speaking players. There are hundreds of us.)

Please forgive my misspellings if any, typing is difficult on my iPhone 4S.

Posted Oct 18, 2012, 7:50 PM UTC

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xTyd•

Don't know how much gaming experience you have but you should know that this happens in a lot of games. Some people will start giving you a hard time just because you speak a different language. This is the internet after all.

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CountOaklandMinions of Grenth [MoG] - JQ•

Huehuehue.

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xTyd•

jajajajaja

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Minimumtyp•

xaxaxaxaxa cyka

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ThreeStepTarnished Coast•

We envy you for having iPhone 4S and not just 4. Or any other phone, for that matter.

On a more serious note, you can report players for harassment, and probably should. If you do that, they could get banned for a few days and maybe give it another thought before offending people in the future.

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CommunityScabiesOPCommunity•

I've reported well over 30 people so far and added them all to my block list. It is all I can do. I certainly won't unblock and give them a second chance though. There is only one chance for a first impression using foul language. ;)

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SlammAndrewsBlackgate•

Good on you for standing up against this kind of shit. I work with multilingual students at a university and I've had discussions with Chinese students who are gamers about this very issue. People tell them to play on Oceanic servers or to stop typing in a different language not realizing that they are living in America where people speak many languages. English is not the standard language of North America (people just love to forget the Native languages that existed long before Europeans showed up). Anyway, you're doing the right thing by persisting and reporting these assholes.

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ZannX•

You can take offense to what people say on the internet and be outspoken about it...

But really, what did you expect?

PS I'm Chinese as well.

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swtor•

Between this and assuming every group of 5 people running close together = bots.. Its just silly, please educate you selves a bit on what exactly is botting and what is multiboxing. It is possible to play MMOs with one person operating more than one character even without macros or program assistance.

Just because someone does not answer you does not mean they are a bot either. Honestly my chat box and im sure others are as small as possible and rely on VoIP applications to communicate.

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7sigma•

Multiboxing is a violation of the Terms of Service, though.

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swtor•

Multiboxing in itself violates no part of the ToS. Using a 3rd party application in order to Multibox would however. As I stated above it is possible to play more than one character in most MMOs without the need for any additional programs.

Alot of major MMOs out there eventually make a statement saying multiboxing is okay as long as 1 key press is one key press. There are programs that accomplish this where pushing one key will push a key on each instance of the game you have running.

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7sigma•

Multiboxing is not allowed at all. Here's an official quote.

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MaNurseNSP•

This actually reminds me of LoL and how I would get teams that spoke different languages... Annoying because you can't really communicate and well the LoL community is pretty damn competitive...

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jmuzz•

Sorry about the racism. Good luck in AC hope you get your glowsticks soon.

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DuplicatedWhy should I tell you?•

May I ask for the story behind your rant?

The first thing that came into my mind after I read your story: "Ok... who the fuck are you again?"

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ieatrox•

is this... it's gotta be game of trolls up in heah.

"Im not a gold seller" "I only gold gold in every other game ever" "Im an american, and I'm not ruining your game" "I blocked and reported tons of people while chatting in chinese in alltalk" "PRC" "iPhone 4S" <--capitalized correctly?

NICE TRY GAME OF TROLLS.

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CommunityScabiesOPCommunity•

My accurate spelling and grammar makes me a troll? mmmkay buddy. Have a nice day.

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WarscythesAetheri•

I am curious as to why would you speak Chinese in the first place, to friends perhaps? Over map chat though? People perceive this way because it is often the case, do not be surprised by the prejudice. As a fluent Chinese speaker, I do not see a situation in which you feel the need to communicate in Chinese, if you are willing to use it, then be prepared to tolerate the misunderstanding.

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CommunityScabiesOPCommunity•

I do it to speak to other Chinese players that I know in the same zone. It isn't often that I use Map chat, but sometimes I have to.

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WarscythesAetheri•

Therefore as I said, if you are willing to use the language, then be prepared for the prejudice.

Like it or not, we are in America. Think about it, when you talk loudly with your Chinese friends or co-workers in real life, don't you think it is a bit out of place when everybody around is speaking English? Wouldn't you at least tone the volume down a bit? There is nothing wrong with using the language, but there is a time and place for it, if you are prepared to ignore them, then be prepared for the possible consequences.

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CommunityScabiesOPCommunity•

LOLWUT? Absolutely not. I will not tone down the volume of my conversations when speaking Chinese in public in the United States just because we are not speaking English. Not everyone speaks English. For those who speak little English (my Chinese friends for example), the time and place for their own language is almost 24/7.

All I'm asking is that people be more kind to us and stop telling us to go back to our country, calling us chinks, and saying other foul things. It happens every single day I play this game. edit: We are not "Ruining the game" like I am constantly hearing.

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WarscythesAetheri•

You might not feel the need to, but it does not mean it does not affect others. I am a firm believer that speaking a foreign language loudly in a public place is rude.

That is what is essentially happening in game, speaking it in map chat in Chinese is the equivalent of you yelling to everybody in Chinese. People do not understand, there has been precedence before of Chinese speakers which led to the stereotype, it is why you are being disliked. If people were to speak in Portuguese, you would see the same thing of people making fun of them being BR. Or cowards if they are French, there is no some sort of racial discrimination here. It is simply an unspoken rule, if you wish to speak with your friends in Chinese, go ahead. If you wish to use it over map chat, be prepared to some comments.

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SlammAndrewsBlackgate•

Dude, GW2 is a game, not a country.

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fax_machine•

lolwut, I live in sweden and people speak in their own language all the time, it's not an issue at all...

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[deleted]•

Play on oceanic servers or speak english if you are on NA servers

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SlammAndrewsBlackgate•

He can play wherever the hell he wants and speak whatever language he desires.

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[deleted]•

He can, but if you certainly won't blend in and will be judged at face value.

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SlammAndrewsBlackgate•

Who cares about blending in? He's just trying to speak to other people who know Chinese. Only people like you are going to judge him.

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SugarCoatedTape•

But he shouldn't be. I, for one, don't want to exist in the same game as people with such shallow and idiotic perspectives.

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MaNurseNSP•

Not every North American speaks English... Don't mistake NA with USA... Not the same

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[deleted]•

Of north american countries that have considerable video gamer populations, english is dominant. NA servers are essentially english speaking servers. If I lived in china, I would still use NA servers

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MaNurseNSP•

well yeah demographically but come on Canada speaks French in certain areas and also the Latin American countries. Also there's plenty of people who pick their server based on where they live.

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pootytang324•

I read a wvw qq thread about french canadians ruining eu wvw.

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