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Offline Sir Gareth

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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2006, 09:46:47 »
It wouldn't bother me much if we had mixed text of English and German, as most of you know I will just translate it to keep up with the threads.

I have already learnt a few German words from buying on ebay, learning a few more would be a good thing.

After all Isn't German the 1st Language of Playmobil?  :lol:
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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2006, 11:10:16 »
I´ve alreadyoffered a hand in things concerning translations! ;D

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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2006, 11:30:07 »
A warm welcome to the "refugees".  Hope to hear lots from them.
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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2006, 12:45:47 »
We allways have Babelfish  ;)

http://www.babelfish.com/

Agree translations sometimes are very poor

But's better then nothing ;)

Language seems to be a prob sometimes
not everybody interested in playmo speaks or writes different languages
It's often something wich retains people to register on a forum

we are struggeling with the same problem regarding Dutch

Sad thing is , the more forum's the more INFO on playmo get's divided
but am workin on that

I keep coming back to this 'people allways be people' and dunnot have/need to agree

as long we Stay polite and follow the rules the forum we browsing on

and even that seems to be hard sometimes   ;)

greetz  ;)





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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2006, 19:20:45 »
 :)
welcome potzdorf,
i agree with sylvia - this has been and should continue to be an english speaking forum.
the reason why the babel tower colapsed had to do with the quantity of different languages used by the workers in the building site.
although the use of english could be seen as a discrimination to all non-english speakers, i tend to see it as practical way to allow me, a portuguese speaking member, to change ideas with you, a german speaking member.
a century or so ago, people in the sea used what was called "lingua franca" so that they could comunicate with each other.
in the sea, this need, when you are far from home and in need of help, was essential. it still is today and there is still a voluntary obligation to help a fellow sailor in distress.
english, meanwhile, naturally took over "lingua franca".
maybe because i am a pirate's theme fan, i see playmofriends in the same way as i see the sea - a place of freedom where you can help others and be helped by them.
if you are a refugee, you are even more welcome.

 :)
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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2006, 00:24:32 »
It´ll stay english, promised! :love:

Btw,can some Admin or Mod please change my Nick into OLKI?

Thanx

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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2006, 00:43:45 »
Btw,can some Admin or Mod please change my Nick into OLKI?

Done! ;)

It's in all caps, as you had written it, but if you prefer lower case (or a mixture of both) just say so and I will change it to suit. :)


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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2006, 01:00:06 »
Ooops!
Forgot something quite important...
I think you will still have to type in "potzdorff" when you log in, because the forum's software will not recognise OLKI as your username, even though this is what will be displayed beside all your posts from now on. ;)

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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2006, 09:11:02 »
hmm, after my account at playmo-portal has been
removed as well, I should add myself to this list...

For those who are interested into the reasons for my
deletion at playmo-portal, here is the short version:
C&C started to get into a escalating discussion with
some members and suddenly decided in having a
new beginning and have a first start in deleting the
members that caused troubles from their point of
view.

They did not used the ordinary penalty system or
banned them for a time, they removed their accounts.

In a second step, they decided to shut down the board
for some days and prompted to everyone to stay with
them and accept their leadership as it is or to give them
a note that they can remove their accounts as well.

Well, up to this point I was actually not involved in this
fight with just a single post. Okay, yes, there where some
other things that happend before (more part of a long
version.. ;) ) and I clearly have to say that I had strong
objections with their decisions before (and told them!).
So I wrote them a mail and told them that I disagree with
this way of cleaning and their current way of leadership, so
I fit into their target group and they have to delete my
account as well.

So they never commented or replied onto my mail...
...they just deleted my account.
 :hmm:

...still fighting the "prejudice" they would run a dictatorship.  :yup:

Well, to be honest, this is not that kind of environment
where I would like to celebrate my hobby anyway.

Anyway, it feels good to speak about it, as I never had the
opportunity to post my point to these events in the portal.
 :-\

best regards,
socrates
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Re: Der Forums Exilanten Thread
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2006, 09:49:54 »
Hmmm, seems like an arkward way to get rid off members who disagree with the 'dictators' just deleting every account sounds drastic by any standard.

Still don't know WHY the exiles got kicked out in the first place??
Did they broke any guidelines?? Or just disagreed with the bosses??

I would like to give the exiles a warm welcome on this forum :wave:
Rob