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GamerSpeak:
International Gaming
Xbox Live™ is in 24 countries, so we asked XboxLive members about their experiences playing gamers in other countries. We asked which countries they had played with, what games they played, and if the language barrier was a challenge. Here's what they had to say.
"Certainly the most bizarre game I have played was with a man who spoke French. This game was in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow™, so communication was vital and we both knew that. It started when he crudely said something in English, but I still understood what he meant; he was telling me the location of the enemy spy. I also tried to communicate with him in French using my limited French vocabulary. I often tried to translate the conversations of the spies who were tagged by spy traps and it finally paid off when we managed to work together, when I told him where they were going to be. So as the mission successful screen flashed across my TV we both tried to tell each what a good game we had and at the same time said goodbye to each in the other language.
The experience was a wild one and really made me think about language barriers between people on Xbox Live and how we managed to work around them."
Grog140
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
"Well, there was this one time I was playing Project Gotham Racing® 2 and I entered a room that was labeled 'English,' but everyone in there spoke French. I entered the room, and they all tried to pronounce my name, failing miserably. After what seemed like six minutes of listening to them speak French, I spoke up 'Let's start the game.' Then they all started screaming at me in French for three minutes, laughing, and finally started the game, which I won. Afterwards, one of them kept screaming 'LAG LAG LAG!!' After which they booted me. Amazing."
KnightInArmr
Chesapeake, Virginia
"I played Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3: Black Arrow™ with a bunch of French people and I couldn't understand what was going on. They were all yelling at me and stuff. I can't speak French, so I really have no clue what they were calling me and telling me to do. But, I knew how to play the game and I got the most kills. They kicked me out, I think it was because I'm American, or I showed them what a beating is.
Just about every time I play Halo® 2 I get put in a room with a bunch of British people, not that I have anything against them. But, I would like to play with people that have the same grammar standard as I do. And, sometimes it's so bad that I can't understand what they are talking to me about. If I could live anywhere else besides the US I'd live in the UK, but it can get frustrating when you're playing Team Capture the Flag and you don't understand what they are trying to tell you to do."
NumbeR Tw0
Hunter, Oklahoma
"I've played gamers in the UK, Australia, USA, Germany, Sweden, and Japan. My experience was great; it was a lot of fun playing with them. Maybe because I am Canadian I get an exception. I find that when I'm in an international room that when Americans come in they get a lot of heat from other gamers. I just play for fun; when it gets out of hand I leave. The guys in the UK are off the hook inFIFA Soccer 2005, the guys in Japan are wicked at Street Fighter™. I can't even compete, they're too good. I played a bunch of guys from Germany in RS3: BA and they were really good, they worked well as a team and they even Sub for us sometimes. All in all, it's great to be able to play people from all over the world. The language barrier was a little difficult at times but most spoke broken English enough to understand. Then again, a death in any game in any language has a universal outcome: 'Oh damn I'm dead!' lol ... "
Jabroni
Ajax, Ontario, Canada.
"I live in England, and have only seemed to meet people from America, Germany, France, and Spain. Presumably the servers are too far to play with anyone else?? I have played with people from France and Germany a couple of times, and, yes, there was a language barrier—we couldn't understand a word of what either of us were saying.
Anyway, these days I try to avoid playing with anyone from Germany or France, as, on more than one occasion, I have been kicked from a server simply because I did not speak German or French. I have been asked, 'are you English, do you speak German,' and after I reply 'yes' [and 'no'] I get kicked straight off."
NEMESLS
Surrey, England
"I play Xbox Live quite often, but rarely run into gamers from other countries. The past few nights I have been going into games with players that speak German, French, and I think it was Japanese. The experience was quite exciting due to the fact I'm playing with people on different locations around the globe. It was a fun and challenging game as usual. The only thing I don't like about playing with gamers that do not speak the same language as me is the fact that you cannot communicate easily. Such as Team Skirmish or Big Team Battle on Halo 2; I've gotten partnered up with non-English speaking people, and the game did not go as smooth due to the fact that I could not communicate with them and let them know my position and such. All around, I think that it is cool that Xbox Live is spreading around the globe into different countries, allowing everyone to experience the fun of gaming together."
iLm
Marina, CA
"I have played with all kinds of people from the USA, the UK, France, Germany, and The Netherlands. My best experience was on the original Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3, and I was playing a co-op game with a couple Germans and I wasn't talking for a while, but then I said something in English and I found out that one of the Germans actually spoke some English, so that was cool!"
Aj6627
Ravenna, Ohio
"One time, I played with a group of gamers speaking Spanish and I know a little Spanish, so I swore at them in Spanish ... but then they also knew a little English and swore at me, lol."
srbshooter
San Jose, California
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