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No and No, my commitment to CoH defenitly extend beyond my 'main' and personally I have a problem with the 'self asssured' attitude of a lot of Americans. Which in itself could be seen as 'racist' but I generally find it difficult to show respect to those who don't recpricate and in my experience generally Americans tend to have very little respect for non americans or those not 'americanised'. Perhaps this is my own twisted, small minded, petty view of things but whatever my answer remains the same.
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I used to play US servers exclusively for my MMOs - usually because EU servers weren't available - and can attest that Americans run the gamut of faultlessly polite/friendly individuals through to the immature/petty scum that infest every online community, regardless of nationality. Their populations were no more weighted towards one extreme than the other when compared to EU ones (and I got to experience both sides of the Atlantic in the same game in EQ, EQ2 and Auto Assault beta), not to the extent that say games polarise people (e.g. WoW having a higher percentage of immature players than EQ2, for example).
The only tendency I noticed on US servers more than on EU/UK ones is that they were less aware/caring of international matters (I blame their media - though admittedly they have a much larger country to keep track of news-wise compared to most of us) and were more likely to wear their religion/politics on their sleeve and expect everyone to respect/understand or agree with it.
So yeah, a bit more jingoistic and god-fearing than us lot in general, but otherwise the only thing that really hacked me off was every time I ran into a US player who said to me "European? I bet you wished you'd been born here" (and that happened to me a lot in EQ) - they were always rather surprised when I said "no, not really" - and usually even more surprised when they learned I didn't have/need a gun for "home defence" 
But generalisations aside, best to just take each individual as you find them without cultural bias - stereotypes rarely fit absolutely.
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Its just a question
How many of you own a US copy of the game and play on the US side? And of those who don't own a US copy of the game, would you play on the US side rather than the EU side if you could transfer your main Hero and main Villain?
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I play on the US side as well as EU. The Yanks are good fun to play with 
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But generalisations aside, best to just take each individual as you find them without cultural bias - stereotypes rarely fit absolutely.
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That's right, you tea drinking, fox hunting, castle living, rain loving, umbrella carrying, emotionally repressed person 
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
Well GG thats the last time your invited to my castle to shoot pheasants
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Shooting peasants? I didn't know you were that hung up on class
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Well GG thats the last time your invited to my castle to shoot pheasants
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Shooting peasants? I didn't know you were that hung up on class
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I know I almost regreted saying it as I typed knowing the expected result
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Well GG thats the last time your invited to my castle to shoot pheasants
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Shooting peasants? I didn't know you were that hung up on class
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I know I almost regreted saying it as I typed knowing the expected result
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Well, it was asking for it 
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Well GG thats the last time your invited to my castle to shoot pheasants
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Shooting peasants? I didn't know you were that hung up on class
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I know I almost regreted saying it as I typed knowing the expected result
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Well, it was asking for it
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Well if you want to give it to me who am I to say no
At least if you invite GG peasant/pheasant shooting she'll be able to bring her own gun - probably an assault rifle of some kind - you know, just for home defence
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We have no assault rifles in the house
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Ah, you keep them on the gun rack in your pickup truck then.
However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator
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Ah, you keep them on the gun rack in your pickup truck then.
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GG is a redneck? O.o
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Only if they're game
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
I did have a US trial account was gonna activate it but then looked into the game more and found there was a EU version.
So my home is here and very happy I am too.
And should it ever come to the choice of a merge with US servers(but I must be able to keep my characters names, couldn't even start to think about renaming them...it would alter their whole concept etc) or quitting then unfortunately I'd quit.
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They're in the survivalist bunker you built in case the Commies invaded or nuked the US?
One of my US guildmates in EverQuest (one of the many who couldn't believe I didn't own a gun for home defence), who lived somewhere in the Midwest iirc, once told me he used to shoot his rifle at cans in the field behind his home, which was right next to a busy public highway, and the Police never even came out to check where the gunshots were coming from. I guess if the Police are that slack you need to protect yourself
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They're in the survivalist bunker you built in case the Commies invaded or nuked the US?
One of my US guildmates in EverQuest (one of the many who couldn't believe I didn't own a gun for home defence), who lived somewhere in the Midwest iirc, once told me he used to shoot his rifle at cans in the field behind his home, which was right next to a busy public highway, and the Police never even came out to check where the gunshots were coming from. I guess if the Police are that slack you need to protect yourself
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In Soviet Russia cans fire rifle at you.
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And should it ever come to the choice of a merge with US servers(but I must be able to keep my characters names, couldn't even start to think about renaming them...it would alter their whole concept etc) or quitting then unfortunately I'd quit.
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If a merge like this ever happen, probably they will move our servers there instead of deleting them.
I've noticed Americans based in Florida are too friendly.
"Would you like a refill sir? "
"No thank you, I'm quite alright."
"Are you sure? "
"No no, it's fine."
"Are you sure? "
"Really!"
"I'll leave this here with you then. 
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"I don't want to be a bother!"
"I insist! 
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I've noticed Americans based in Florida are too friendly.
"Would you like a refill sir? "
"No thank you, I'm quite alright."
"Are you sure? "
"No no, it's fine."
"Are you sure? "
"Really!"
"I'll leave this here with you then. "
"I don't want to be a bother!"
"I insist! "
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This made me laugh my head off!
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No gun rack, no truck - and our car is totally gunless
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City of Heroes comics and artwork
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I've noticed Americans based in Florida are too friendly.
"Would you like a refill sir? "
"No thank you, I'm quite alright."
"Are you sure? "
"No no, it's fine."
"Are you sure? "
"Really!"
"I'll leave this here with you then. "
"I don't want to be a bother!"
"I insist! "
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Hehe when I worked for a US firm we used to call that being aggressively polite. Just smile and agree with whatever they say - it's much easier - just don't try to rock the foundations of their happy happy world or it gets ugly fast
I remember being told by a 'yank' to go home while playing Mechassault online on my Xbox at home. Also a friend of mine being asked by an American if the UK was in England. Go figure.
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I remember being told by a 'yank' to go home while playing Mechassault online on my Xbox at home. Also a friend of mine being asked by an American if the UK was in England. Go figure.
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I live on Guernsey, second biggest Channel Island after Jersey, and nearer France than the UK (but not a part of either) - imagine trying to explain that. When I played EQ1 I got tired of trying to explain it, and of dealing with the the usual follow-up "so you're French?" (then occasionally the anti-French insults/jokes that would follow). So I came up with a foolproof response that made most Americans instantly accept me without having to explain anything, or even lie...
When asked "so where do you live?" I would answer "near Jersey" and let assumption do the rest
Generally it worked like a charm. Though occasionally I'd get caught out - often because the extra letter I was putting into words like colour made them realise I probably wasn't from New Jersey
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tried a US trial account.
Soon came back here.
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Same here, except that the US trial introduced me to game and when I bought it, apparently it was EU version.
And as long all my friends are here, I am not moving.
It will be interesting to hear GG's story now I am thinking about it...