Asian Players: Yes And No.
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Posted on: 2010-04-17 01:10 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Okay.
no i DO NOT want to buy ur gold sir!
erm...to be fair if you're not even getting your own proper boxed copies of the game with server languages designed for you...they're probably not considering you a market. They barely bother with the EU market as it is, so a region where they saw their one attempt to crack sink like a lead balloon...they're grateful you've got the game but you're obviously buying US editions aren't you? Or is there a specific edition in your language DKellis?
Welcome to how the EU feels, really =/
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Hello! I'd say 'welcome!', but you've been here ages obviously.
But nice to see that our game has players so far away (I'm in Poland, but use the NA servers too).
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Yes, you *are* all Magical Schoolgirls in short skirts?
No, you will not share your delicious steamed pork buns?
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
I'm a Brazilian player.
There are lots of Brazilians who play (but most are on Freedom) and I could team with them all day if I wanted or get free PLs (but I almost never PL my toons). They are very good players (the vet ones at least) and one of them even has a purpled out human Warshade who can farm fast at +4/x8 with bosses (I've seen it).
The problem is that most don't speak/write English so mixed teams usually doen't end up very well.
And we have normal-priced gamecards here via a Brazilian web store, so very easy to find/buy in 30 seconds (although I pay via credit card in the ncsofct website). It's strange you guys don't get normal-priced timecards.
And we don't care if advertisement gives a **** about us 
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That stuff is dangerously addictive.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
No, you will not share your delicious steamed pork buns?
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You didn't answer the most important question: Will you help us with our math homework?
I'm from Hong Kong, and now in US. I think Hong Kong holds some kind of gaming convention every year.
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You didn't answer the most important question: Will you help us with our math homework?
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Well, Australia and New Zealand aren't part of the Asian continent, so that sort of goes without saying. Then again, some Americans have trouble finding Canada on maps and believe that traveling to New Mexico requires a passport, so...
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Originally Posted by DKellis
No, not all of us are Australian or Kiwi.
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Goodbye, I guess.
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I quote him on everything,includint nationality.Both brazilians,and we both see ONLY COV BOXES and few,if any,booster packs available trough our Local Supplier.|
Originally Posted by Kioshi
I'm a Brazilian player.
There are lots of Brazilians who play (but most are on Freedom) and I could team with them all day if I wanted or get free PLs (but I almost never PL my toons). They are very good players (the vet ones at least) and one of them even has a purpled out human Warshade who can farm fast at +4/x8 with bosses (I've seen it). The problem is that most don't speak/write English so mixed teams usually doen't end up very well. And we have normal-priced gamecards here via a Brazilian web store, so very easy to find/buy in 30 seconds (although I pay via credit card in the ncsofct website). It's strange you guys don't get normal-priced timecards. And we don't care if advertisement gives a **** about us |
Some have seen me discuss this in-game, and i've also contacted Avatea about it.And that new red-name from Marketing.
Oh,Kioshi,speak for yourself.I have a great english
Ok,might not be great,but...well...
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I live in America and have a hard time asking for NCSoft time cards. None of the stores around me stock them (Inland Empire area, east of LA). One clerk at a Gamestop rolled his eyes and tell me condescendingly that NCSoft just recently announced that they accept Visa cards and I should ask my bank for one. Then they proceed to yell at me as I walk out that Banks are buildings that have money in them.
Getting blank stares from a clerk isn't the worst response. Jerks are everywhere.
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Pork buns are called "siu pau" (pronounced "show-pow") in the Philippines.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Yes, you *are* all Magical Schoolgirls in short skirts?
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Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Well, Australia and New Zealand aren't part of the Asian continent, so that sort of goes without saying. Then again, some Americans have trouble finding Canada on maps and believe that traveling to New Mexico requires a passport, so...
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I feel that the Asian gaming market "should", at least in my opinion, be more strongly reached. I also feel as though the game itself could use a bit more advertisement in general, but go figure. I'm not a marketing exec. and I'm not that savy with economics, but I would surmise that reaching our Eastern friends (including the EU of course) would be great for profits and for other Asianic players all ready enjoying the game.
My 7 and a half cents.
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And "nikuman" in Japan (as heard in a number of SNK fighting games spoken by Sie Kensou). And a number of things in China, the only one of which springs readily to my mind being "bao zi". Would that they were readily available here.
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Originally Posted by Evilanna
Pork buns are called "siu pau" (pronounced "show-pow") in the Philippines.
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
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Like the collosal failure of an attempt they had a while back, y'mean.
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Originally Posted by Bookkeeper_Jay
I feel that the Asian gaming market "should", at least in my opinion, be more strongly reached.
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Originally Posted by poptart_fairy
Like the collosal failure of an attempt they had a while back, y'mean.
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/Sigh
You're right on that part. I guess it is kinda a dead-end in that sense. However, trying delicately a second time is never such a bad thing.
I just like teaming with good players nothing else really matters.
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Yes, we are here.
Yes, we live in Asia, East or South or whatever.
No, not all of us are Australian or Kiwi.
No, we're not all RMT spammers. We hate them as much as you do.
Yes, we can speak English. Maybe not as a first language, but we can speak it.
No, not all of us can speak Korean. Yes, we've heard of City of Hero, which was in Korean.
Yes, we have friends we'd like to bring into the game.
No, we don't always play free-to-play/grindy/phat-lewtz Korean games.
No, we have seen nothing in recent times that makes us think we have any sort of presence in Marketing's eyes.
Yes, we have, on store shelves, boxes for the game. Specifically CoV boxes. Not Architect Edition, not GvE. CoV boxes.
Yes, we have timecards. No, timecards are not easy to find, and they are often mis-priced; WoW timecards are 60 days and priced accordingly, while NCSoft timecards are 30 days, but priced like WoW 60-day timecards. Yes, I have tried to correct the stores, despite being met with blank stares.
No, US-based advertising will probably not reach us.
No, conventions in the US do not matter to us. Not all of us can afford the time and money for plane tickets (and not the short hops from one US locale to another, but intercontinental, likely halfway across the world) to attend.
No, advertising on sites that are region-locked to the US for the most part (off the top of my head, Hulu and Pandora) will not reach us.
Yes, we know we're not as populous as the US playerbase. Yes, we are aware that we're usually just lumped in the US population, since we use the US client.
No, we have no idea if we're under any sort of consideration from Marketing, and if so, how much.
Yes, we'd like to know.
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