I don't think anyone realizes exactly how many Brazilian people we have playing this game. Today i took a trip the Balamb Island, where all new players start their journey. What did i discover? Literally 50-100 people standing around outside of the main starting building all speaking Portuguese (official language of Brazil).


They have created an enclave on Balamb Island and on the strip of land leading to the boat that takes you to Balamb Island.


Why this is a problem:

This is problematic for new players. If we continue to allow a specific group of people who do not speak english to loiter at the very first place a new player sees when they download the game, they will be turned off and more than likely say "oh this is just another foreign MMO where nobody speaks english".


I challenge you all to take a stroll down by the boat that takes you to Balamb, and check out the type of people you see loiter around there. Check their profiles. All Brazilian. Dozens of them. Take a trip to Balamb and relive your noob days. Easily 50-100 Brazilians everywhere from the boat you get off of, past the docks, and into the village. Brazilians. Sure you might find another south or central american country there. Maybe El Salvador, Colombia, or Argentina.

This is significantly worse than the enclave of French people who congregate to the right of Azraels Night Club. This is also worse than the Arabs who congregate to the right of the Jesus Freaks. Those people aren't a problem because they arent the first thing a new player sees. The first few moments a new player has in a game determine if he or she will continue playing, or uninstall 5 seconds later.


I do not have a solution to give to you all. Maybe you can brainstorm solutions here. There is no need to say im racist or that i have it out for a specific group of people. This is not true. I just simply see a phenomenon that could negatively impact the game.  

Well I mean the tutorial is in English so I'm pretty sure new players wouldn't confuse this as a foreign MMO game.  

why this sounding like some kinda immigration propaganda

Posted by Basi

This is significantly worse than the enclave of French people who congregate to the right of Azraels Night Club. This is also worse than the Arabs who congregate to the right of the Jesus Freaks. Those people aren't a problem because they arent the first thing a new player sees. The first few moments a new player has in a game determine if he or she will continue playing, or uninstall 5 seconds later.

loled  

Posted by JohnD

Well I mean the tutorial is in English so I'm pretty sure new players wouldn't confuse this as a foreign MMO game.

eh thats not the strongest argument. in fact youre not even arguing against my main point.

you can easily search the app store for a game designed for people globally but end up finding a game infested with one type of people. this is very common.

Posted by Weeno

why this sounding like some kinda immigration propaganda



loled

its true tho  

Posted by Basi

eh thats not the strongest argument. in fact youre not even arguing against my main point.

Either way there's really no way to prevent this. We can't ban players and having admins repeatedly move them away from the place is pointless. If you really want to do something, then spam English sentences there.  

They are the ISIS of online games  

Posted by JohnD

Either way there's really no way to prevent this. We can't ban players and having admins repeatedly move them away from the place is pointless. If you really want to do something then spam English sentences there.

or maybe since it appears we're reaching the 4,000 mark (im not sure if we've hit it before or not) maybe its time to implement servers for different parts of the world? Or impose a rule that says you cant return to Balamb Island if you have over 100 hours or something? I see Brazilians with 2000+ hours hanging out at Balamb just because """thats the Brazilian place to be"""

Posted by Thallen

They are the ISIS of online games

huehuehue  

i agree, brazilians in general are a problem.  

maybe we should build a wall to keep em out  

Posted by RyanB

maybe we should build a wall to keep em out

i like ur thinkin have u ever thought about running 4 adiam  

Posted by Basi

or maybe since it appears we're reaching the 4,000 mark (im not sure if we've hit it before or not) maybe its time to implement servers for different parts of the world? Or impose a rule that says you cant return to Balamb Island if you have over 100 hours or something? I see Brazilians with 2000+ hours hanging out at Balamb just because """thats the Brazilian place to be"""



huehuehue

I agree that the 100 hour restriction limit would help somewhat.  

Posted by Basi

i like ur thinkin have u ever thought about running 4 adiam

o no, im 2 gud 4 adiam j0b  

Balamb island and below graal city ship have been Brazilian territories for the past 2 years now, also when you see a noob exploring parts of the game it's like nine times more likely to be a Brazilian lol, it's not only Brazilians though many other players from other South American countries are also growing quite a bit as well.

They're invading the spar arena and the tower guilds atm.  

Posted by Xenthic

Balamb island and below graal city ship have been Brazilian territories for the past 2 years now, also when you see a noob exploring parts of the game it's like nine times more likely to be a Brazilian lol, it's not only Brazilians though many other players from other South American countries are also growing quite a bit as well.

They're invading the spar arena and the tower guilds atm.

ive noticed all of central and south america seem to be growing increasingly fast. i wonder why?  

Most Brazilian players are very aggressive. Too aggressive. In fact, they are SO aggressive, that the only words they can utter when you beat them at something is "noob".