I understand why players may not want to group or even play with those that cannot atleast type "perfect" English. However I am from British Columbia, Canada and play WoW a few days a week. Passed Grade 12 English and can type/write/speak English fairly well, and I am accused of being a Gold Farmer as well as not being "White" a min. of 19 times daily while I am only playing for at most 4 hours a day.
I've played WoW for less than a year and for more than half of it the only ones that would group with me and wouldn't accuse me (to this very day) are those I know from work that play or THOSE THAT CAN'T TYPE ENGLISH PERFECTLY! I've had nothing but issues playing with other English players and have several times wanted to go to the over seas servers so I'm not being accused left, right and center that I'm Farming.
Unfortunatly people seem to forget that Canda is included so of couse not every one is white that play any game since we has such a large population base that is from other countries or have lived here for years. One player I regularly meet online to group with was hesitant to group with me when I asked her the first time, and I quote her message back to me after asking "You sure? I'm Chinese and sometimes can't type well...I'm not careful enough...". I've been lucky and have had quite a few exchange student in my life but I've never felt so sick as to hear anyone say that they feel I wouldn't group with them because they were "Chinese".
I'm sorry but everyone out there needs to get to know a player BEFORE they decide that just because they are of a different nationality or don't seem to be "White" that they deserve to be treated any differently than how you yourself want to be treated. Hell I'm white and get accused of not being "White enough" to group with others all the time. It seems as though the players on the Canadian/American servers will look for any excuse to not group with someone because they typed too fast and didn't type a word perfectly/that they tend to not listen to others in the group/they can't read English well or they think that person acts like a Farmer.
Fortunatly I've managed to find a Guild that has plenty of players from different nationalities which I prefer and I love hearing other languages over Team Speak but then again I'm open minded and will give plenty of time to those that need some time to learn how to interact when we group.
Thank you for your time and I hope others out there can be open minded about making groups work and not limit themselves by being narrow minded.
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I understand why players may not want to group or even play with those that cannot atleast type "perfect" English. However I am from British Columbia, Canada and play WoW a few days a week. Passed Grade 12 English and can type/write/speak English fairly well, and I am accused of being a Gold Farmer as well as not being "White" a min. of 19 times daily while I am only playing for at most 4 hours a day.
I've played WoW for less than a year and for more than half of it the only ones that would group with me and wouldn't accuse me (to this very day) are those I know from work that play or THOSE THAT CAN'T TYPE ENGLISH PERFECTLY! I've had nothing but issues playing with other English players and have several times wanted to go to the over seas servers so I'm not being accused left, right and center that I'm Farming.
Unfortunatly people seem to forget that Canda is included so of couse not every one is white that play any game since we has such a large population base that is from other countries or have lived here for years. One player I regularly meet online to group with was hesitant to group with me when I asked her the first time, and I quote her message back to me after asking "You sure? I'm Chinese and sometimes can't type well...I'm not careful enough...". I've been lucky and have had quite a few exchange student in my life but I've never felt so sick as to hear anyone say that they feel I wouldn't group with them because they were "Chinese".
I'm sorry but everyone out there needs to get to know a player BEFORE they decide that just because they are of a different nationality or don't seem to be "White" that they deserve to be treated any differently than how you yourself want to be treated. Hell I'm white and get accused of not being "White enough" to group with others all the time. It seems as though the players on the Canadian/American servers will look for any excuse to not group with someone because they typed too fast and didn't type a word perfectly/that they tend to not listen to others in the group/they can't read English well or they think that person acts like a Farmer.
Fortunatly I've managed to find a Guild that has plenty of players from different nationalities which I prefer and I love hearing other languages over Team Speak but then again I'm open minded and will give plenty of time to those that need some time to learn how to interact when we group.
Thank you for your time and I hope others out there can be open minded about making groups work and not limit themselves by being narrow minded.