Signs of a Rough European-American Forums Merger
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Posted on: 2009-08-05 08:31 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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The only thing:
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Britain and France's flags are also red/white/blue | The Official Color of Praetoria is white.. which gives us red, white and blue sides to the game… oh dear lord they were right! The forums HAVE gone to the Americans! |
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*choke* If you value your life, don't EVER tell a French man that his flag is red, white and blue!|
Originally Posted by Zikar
Funny
The only thing: Britain and France's flags are also red/white/blue |
It's blue, white and red!
@FloatingFatMan
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Hah! That's why we Mexicans rock! Our colors are unique (if you don't count those Italians! At least we got an eagle for coolness factor!).
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Originally Posted by Zikar
Funny
The only thing: Britain and France's flags are also red/white/blue |
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That sound you hear? That's the sound of me feeling stupid... it sounds kind of like... |
Originally Posted by Zikar
Funny
The only thing: Britain and France's flags are also red/white/blue |
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh...
Only to the tune of a dial tone on an empty phone line.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
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Not if you read it like you're Japanese |
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
*choke* If you value your life, don't EVER tell a French man that his flag is red, white and blue!
It's blue, white and red! |
Is it wrong that I actually want about half of that to happen? 
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
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I could have sworn it was just white...|
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
*choke* If you value your life, don't EVER tell a French man that his flag is red, white and blue!
It's blue, white and red! |
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I was going really good not laughing out loud at work until this.|
Originally Posted by DechsKaison
I could have sworn it was just white...
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Good show.
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Of course not. 'Wrong' is the opposite of what the majority wants.
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Originally Posted by Rooks_EU
Is it wrong that I actually want about half of that to happen?
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Now this made me laugh out loud! Well done, my friend.
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw
A sign is hung above the doors of Notre Dame stating The Cathedral of Pain Trials Have Been Temporarily Suspended
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I live just a wee bit too close to France to risk cracking THAT particular gag. They might hear me! |
Originally Posted by DechsKaison
I could have sworn it was just white...
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@FloatingFatMan
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
I don't know if I should feel happy or sad that us Swedes were excepted from the list.
//Jack
The Kickers base.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
-Groucho Marx
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Count your blessings. You probably would have gotten stuck with an IKEA joke. |
Originally Posted by Jack_Power
I don't know if I should feel happy or sad that us Swedes were excepted from the list. |
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Sartre once said, "Hell is other people." What does that make an MMO?
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* The Swedes start demanding a copyright fee for every version of Thor or the other Norse gods running around Paragon.|
Originally Posted by Jack_Power
I don't know if I should feel happy or sad that us Swedes were excepted from the list. //Jack |
* When fighting breaks out between the other Forumites the Swedes take a strict stance of neutrality and refuse to comment.
* The Swedes insist that any prize awarded in Forum contests be named "Nobel"
(added after a nifty idea offered by Basilisk)
* The Swedes insist that all Robots from Robotics Masterminds have the option of an IKEA custmomization insignia.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
I don't care how many forums we merge, I still refuse to socialise with people that throw that much tea away for no justifiable reason!
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Ba-dum bah! *rimshot*|
Originally Posted by DechsKaison
I could have sworn it was just white...
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Right in the wheelhouse and it is OUTTA THERE!
"How do you know you are on the side of good?" a Paragon citizen asked him. "How can we even know what is 'good'?"
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In Mother Russia, forums merge YOU!
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neither happy nor sad, but neutral |
Originally Posted by Jack_Power
I don't know if I should feel happy or sad that us Swedes were excepted from the list. //Jack |
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You forgot:|
Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* The Swedes start demanding a copyright fee for every version of Thor or the other Norse gods running around Paragon.
* When fighting breaks out between the other Forumites the Swedes take a strict stance of neutrality and refuse to comment. * The Swedes insist that any prize awarded in Forum contests be named "Nobel" (added after a nifty idea offered by Basilisk) * The Swedes insist that all Robots from Robotics Masterminds have the option of an IKEA custmomization insignia. |
All superbases start to look very similar and no-one can make sense of the names for the different items. eg "Why is my teleporter suddenly called Plonkeg?"
Pyrokine
"Live forever or die tryin'"
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And some Americans are unable to distinguish between Britain and England. |
Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Some of our friends from England start referring to American Forumites as Colonists.
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I suppose you call all cars Fords as well?
@craggy see me on Union for TFs, SFs (please!) or just some good ol fashioned teaming.
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... why don't we have a Norse hammer or gaelic Greathammer as options for the War Mace powerset, dual axes for the dual blades option, or dual hammers for the dual blades options?!
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* The Swedes start demanding a copyright fee for every version of Thor or the other Norse gods running around Paragon.
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Explorer: 93%. Achiever: 40%. Socializer: 40%. Killer 33%.
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To all the devs, past, present, (and may there be) future: /salute
To NCSoft: Understand that you reap what you plant, and you cannot gain what you throw away.
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No, but all sodas are Coke.
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Originally Posted by craggy
And some Americans are unable to distinguish between Britain and England.
I suppose you call all cars Fords as well? |
Explorer: 93%. Achiever: 40%. Socializer: 40%. Killer 33%.
Current Heroes and Villains (altitis holding at 50 currents)
To all the devs, past, present, (and may there be) future: /salute
To NCSoft: Understand that you reap what you plant, and you cannot gain what you throw away.
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Pepsi!!!
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Originally Posted by Myrdinn
No, but all sodas are Coke.
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@craggy see me on Union for TFs, SFs (please!) or just some good ol fashioned teaming.
Well.. the European boards and American boards have joined and while I have strong and highly optimistic hopes that we will all get along phenomenally I do believe it is wise to discuss potential problems or bumps in the road
So here is a short list of Warning Signs The Forum Transition Isnt Going Smoothly.
Some of our friends from England start referring to American Forumites as Colonists.
Unfounded accusations towards the Germans that they broke the 5th Column.
Arguments about the proper spelling of words like Armor/Armour or Color/Colour . . Oops.
The British refuse to acknowledge our mastery of Monty Python quotes.
Fast food advertisements, links to naughty web sites The Official Color of Praetoria is white.. which gives us red, white and blue sides to the game oh dear lord they were right! The forums HAVE gone to the Americans!
All forum contests must now have a judge representing each country involved and the Romanian judge STILL wont give any other country higher than a 6.5 out of 10!
When Britain hosts Royalty-Con 10 next to no Americans show up. When the Germans run Oktober-Con two weeks later they have to turn em away at the door.
Pressure mounts to allow costumes specific to individual countries and the devs give in to it. English flag designs begin to appear everywhere in Paragon. French fashion make the lady heroes and villains look ooh la la! And still no one will wear German lederhosen.
The Germans completely take over Pinnacle, both in game and in forums.
The French eventually get tired of being asked to cater every Forum get together or reunion.
On Pinnacle, the French can be recognized by their insistence on saying Here, hold my wine.
Americans steadfastly assert at the top of our lungs that our game methods are better, our costumes are more stylish, our market savvy is eons ahead the older countries shake their heads and pray that well come out of national adolescence sometime soon.
The Canadians start getting surly at how many times they have to insist were not a frickin American Suburb!!
The Australians insist that Dundee and Irwin not withstanding not every Aussie has the word crocodile worked into their name somewhere.
The Australians REALLY get peeved when the suffixes for multiple people having the same name change slightly to Bob_NA Bob_EU . Bob_Crocodile.
CNN reports on rising hostilities among allied nations after a troller thread from the forums is e-mailed to them.
The Swiss take one look at the Clockwork, sniff and mutter amateurs.
The world is rocked when its revealed that after Going Rogue is released the most popular AT in Vatican City is MasterMind Demon Summoner/Pain Domination.
In rapid response the Catholic Church releases a press statement where the Pope unequivocally renounces the MasterMind rumor as he believes Dual Pistols is Totally bada**
Forum dares get TOTALLY out of hand Big Bens face bears the legend Blue Steel was here In Milan the Last Supper has its attendees replaced with members of the Freedom Phalanx The historical remnants of the Berlin Wall are painted blue to resemble War Walls A sign is hung above the doors of Notre Dame stating The Cathedral of Pain Trials Have Been Temporarily Suspended the famous Sydney Opera House is altered to look rather similar to the old Super Friends cartoons Hall of Justice with the word GENERICD! painted across it aaaaaand Five thousand gallons of green paint make the Statue of Liberty appear to be wearing Sister Psyches outfit.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw