Petition: Falcomist's ban

[+Tequila+]

Its because America doesn't really have "culture". We're a melting pot, so we can't say we're "American" because thats not really a cuture, America is only a few hundred years old, not old compared to most. We can't say America is "Italian" or "Irish" or "African" because there is no set culture here. But countries like Japan can say they are Japanese, Koreans can say they're Korean, because that is their race an culture. So if they make a game and want to limit it, they can without worrying about people in their country complaining.

America can't do that since we have a bunch of different races and languages, in which they can just complain and get into legal issues if they feel discriminated.

I don't totally agree with that. We have our own dialect or dialects of the english language. We may have many different sub cultures which have their own styles and way of speaking but we are still a *culture*. You maybe Caucasian*maybe mispelled*, African American or Asian-American but the keyword in all that is we are American. Koreans , Japanese and Africans differ in culture from town to town or *state* same as we do. If you goto Africa no two villages will speak the same dialect its the same here. So why are we not a culture o.0?

[Yosei]

I meant more in a heritage sence. You can say you have Irish blood in you, or Italian, Greek, etc, but you can't exactly say you have American blood in you, because really, nobody knows what you mean by that. I could say I have American blood in me, but I'm Irish, German, and Scottish, then Spirit could say shes got American blood in her, but she may be French, Italian, and Polish (I don't know Spirits heritage). My point being... America is a culture, but it technically isn't, if you get what I mean. We have to satisfy many cultures in one, while most other countries are dominantly one culture.

So... in American, we have many cultures, many people who speak different languages. We believe in freedom and equality, so we have to be able accommodate our entire country. While Korea... probably 99% of that country is Korean and speak Korean, their laws are most likely stricter than ours, so they can do as they please, and that includes not allowing non-Koreans play the game.

[Lady-Loki]

I agree there is something referred to as an "American culture" but I think that is generically used to refer to a U.S. culture more so than an "American" culture, because, think about it, America is South America, Central America (Falcomist's adversaries I believe) and North America, which encompasses the U.S & Canada.

And, the French-Canadians speak French, which means that language is part of the North American culture.

And, truth be told, the native language of the US was not English in the beginning, so this is basically an argument that could go on for ages.

Maybe I should have said English should be the "official" language on the NA server since American is too broad a term and North America is truly a melting pot of those from true true true Native American heritage and those whose families migrated here since.

[viasta]

I dont think a petition would work to get someone unbanned. But it's worth a try, GMs probably won't unban him. There's no good enough reason to unban anyone in any game

[Hyper]

Personally, and this is just my opinion, I think since this is the NA server that no launguage should be acceptable other than the american (I didn't say english cuz we americans don't always use proper english). Not only do the majority of people in this game NOT speak all other languages, apparently neither does the Outspark staff and as such cannot adequately police the chat and any possble racial slander from those speaking any language other than american. So, again, IMHO, that should be a reportable offense.

I agree 100%.

People who only speak Tagalog (just a common example) shouldn't play the game.

[viasta]

Fly, what's Tagalog?

[Ivramire]

Language in Philippines.

[Yosei]

Yeah, I honestly wouldn't mind there being a rule of English only. Atleast for say and shout mode. May seem a bit harsh, but it'll prevent a lot of problems.

[viasta]

I don't think you can have a rule that takes away freedom of speech though

[Spirit]

I don't think you can have a rule that takes away freedom of speech though

It is a game. They can make any rule they like. The solution if you don't like the rules of the game? Don't play the game.