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Title: Where are you from
Post by: Tovi on April 24, 2013, 07:53:53 pm
From wich country do you play (usually)  :?: :?:
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Necrorave on April 24, 2013, 07:57:21 pm
Murica, where we are all fat slobs who do nothing but blow stuff up.

At least we have dentists though ;)
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: [ptx] on April 24, 2013, 08:20:26 pm
Russia (+Baltic) ? What the hell is that supposed to mean? :|
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Tovi on April 24, 2013, 08:25:28 pm
You know, all those little countries close to Russia : Lithuania, Belarus etc.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Uther Pendragon on April 24, 2013, 08:30:56 pm
Quote from: Tovi on April 24, 2013, 08:25:28 pm
You know, all those little countries close to Russia : Lithuania, Belarus etc.
Thats insulting.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Tovi on April 24, 2013, 08:37:03 pm
Ok, all those great, glorious and well known countries...
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: IR_Kuoin on April 24, 2013, 08:39:04 pm
Tovi, Scandinavia consist of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Finland is not part of Scandinavia. All thought I doubt us Norwegians and Swedes would care if Denmark got kicked out and Finland took their place :P
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Armpit_Sweat on April 24, 2013, 08:39:26 pm
Quote from: Tovi on April 24, 2013, 08:37:03 pm
Ok, all those great, glorious and well known countries...

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Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Tibe on April 24, 2013, 09:33:12 pm
Russia + baltic? Thats like ultimate insult buddy.
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Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Panos on April 24, 2013, 09:35:15 pm
Quote from: Tovi on April 24, 2013, 08:25:28 pm
You know, all those little countries close to Russia : Lithuania, Belarus etc.

You forgot to add poland.  :twisted:
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Leshma on April 24, 2013, 09:43:39 pm
2 x Switzerland?
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: oprah_winfrey on April 24, 2013, 09:46:27 pm
Quote from: TiberiusX on April 24, 2013, 09:33:12 pm
Russia + baltic? Thats like ultimate insult buddy.
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Would you prefer former soviet union?
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Tibe on April 24, 2013, 10:02:32 pm
Quote from: oprah_winfrey on April 24, 2013, 09:46:27 pm
Would you prefer former soviet union?
Baltic countries exsisted before that aswell. Russia has always been a nonstop invading asshole of a country to us. You can get why all the bad blood still exsists. Mainly cause of this attitute:
Baltic:" you murdered alot of us for no reason."
Russia:"And? Your point is? Fuck off! No we didnt...."
or if nobody brings up the subject for a while.
Russia: "We wantz more land for no apparent reason cause thats what we simply do. Althou we cant govern a single fuck with even this pointless huge chunk of land we already have."
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Necrorave on April 24, 2013, 10:06:21 pm
Quote from: [ptx] on April 24, 2013, 08:20:26 pm
Russia (+Baltic) ? What the hell is that supposed to mean? :|
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Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Prpavi on April 24, 2013, 11:13:47 pm
As a Croatian i don't consider myself eastern european ( if i had to pick a side of the world i'd say more south than east ) and definetley not even close to Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary ( i do have Hungarian last name so my roots are from Hungary from couple of centuries back ) cultural and laguage wise.

I have no problem being put in the same basket with ex-Yu nations, we share allot of cutural, language and other similarities and basically i consider us to be the same ( or very similar ) people of different religions in this Western Balkan region. Bulgaria, Romania are quite different and we share nothing in common.

So pweeety please add a ex-yu or whatever you want to call it option so i can vote.

cheers!

edit: Now when i look better at you options i feel you have a quite weird seeing of Europe and grouping people together.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Kafein on April 24, 2013, 11:19:16 pm
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Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Teeth on April 24, 2013, 11:25:10 pm
Hehe the grouping of the countries is so excellently insulting

+1
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Leshma on April 24, 2013, 11:39:33 pm
Quote from: Prpavi on April 24, 2013, 11:13:47 pm
As a Croatian i don't consider myself eastern european ( if i had to pick a side of the world i'd say more south than east ) and definetley not even close to Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary ( i do have Hungarian last name so my roots are from Hungary from couple of centuries back ) cultural and laguage wise.

I have no problem being put in the same basket with ex-Yu nations, we share allot of cutural, language and other similarities and basically i consider us to be the same ( or very similar ) people of different religions in this Western Balkan region. Bulgaria, Romania are quite different and we share nothing in common.

So pweeety please add a ex-yu or whatever you want to call it option so i can vote.

cheers!

edit: Now when i look better at you options i feel you have a quite weird seeing of Europe and grouping people together.

That's all fine and dandy but it's not quite true. Also the main reason why people fight pointless wars. People who live close to each other are very similar or they become like that after some time. It's only natural. You guys were on other side of the state (Yugoslavia) so you weren't direct neighbours to Bulgarians/Romanians but they surely had impact on Serbian people, mixed marriages/kids etc. And Serbians did the same to Croatians and vice versa. The greater the distance, the less similar people are.

Today, it's pretty easy to get from one place to another, thousands of miles apart. And there's that murrican thing called globalization. I expect people to mix even more in the future and doubt that will matter who's coming from where because whole planet is going to become a place for all of us to live.

What separates people the most are religion and tradition. Although they are making us different (which is good), both are backwards and set in stone, can't adapt to changes. People change and both religion and tradition will die or be replaced by something similar but modern and not so ignorant.

Both our countries are similar in a way. It's not that common to see a person of middle eastern, african or asian descent in these lands. I believe that we're more racist than Brits but there aren't that many potential victims living among us, for us to show our true nature.

For someone living in France, Germany or England, it's pretty normal to live among people of different cultures and races.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Panos on April 24, 2013, 11:48:09 pm
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Prpavi on April 24, 2013, 11:50:04 pm
Agreed to all that you wrote.

I am not a racist and don't care for religion and nationalist crap.

But if asked to choose i still recognise differences, ofc Serbia has a closer relationship with Bulgaria than Croatia, Croatian nobles also cross/married with Hungarians just to strenghten the power lines but i still don't think we are closer to Hungarians than we are to Serbians. Especially after decades of Yugoslavia where all the nations were enchouraged to mix together so i still thisk you and i are closer to each other and to bosnians, monteblack in spanish ppl etc. than croats are to Hungary or you are to Bulgaria.

once again if asked to group my nation I would choose to be grouped with ex-Yu nations just because that was the most recent mixing of our people. the further you go in history the wider the influences and connections you will come across. I mean one of the theories from where croatians came from even goes back to Iran. do i consider myslef part Iranain, no. my last name is Hungarian, do i have anything to do with Hungary or consider myself Hungarian, no. so it's only the matter of perspective, if you go far enough we all end up coming from the same place. mother Ethiopia!
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Christo on April 24, 2013, 11:50:41 pm
Quote from: Prpavi on April 24, 2013, 11:13:47 pm
( i do have Hungarian last name so my roots are from Hungary from couple of centuries back )

You do? What is it, Kovacs?

Just a rough guess  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Miwiw on April 25, 2013, 12:00:17 am
Any arab country includes Turkey. :P
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Prpavi on April 25, 2013, 12:00:41 am
Quote from: Christo on April 24, 2013, 11:50:41 pm
You do? What is it, Kovacs?

Just a rough guess  :mrgreen:

no lol  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: [ptx] on April 25, 2013, 12:01:27 am
Quote from: Teeth on April 24, 2013, 11:25:10 pm
Hehe the grouping of the countries is so excellently insulting

+1
I guess it does take some sort of a special skill to insult such a wide variety of people with an utterly useless poll.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: no_rules_just_play on April 25, 2013, 12:16:29 am
im germ, obviously
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Miwiw on April 25, 2013, 12:21:59 am
I feel insulted by including Ö/CH to GER :P  :lol:
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Tovi on April 25, 2013, 12:22:25 am
The poll is mainly about area and some common languages and culture.  It's just to have a global view about cRPG players, not to insult anybody...

Balts and Russians can speak together (in russian) and understand each other.  For example.

You know, there are more than 250 countries in the world. I can't put them all in the poll.

 But I'm curious about the "other". Any african country ? Could you detail (I may add 1 or 2 more country).
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: [ptx] on April 25, 2013, 01:24:56 am
Quote from: Tovi on April 25, 2013, 12:22:25 am
Balts and Russians can speak together (in russian) and understand each other.  For example.
Keep it up, pleaaase!
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Cyber on April 25, 2013, 01:46:51 am
Baltic states are just like russia only more poor,  like 50% of the population is russian anyway so it's pretty much the same.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: zagibu on April 25, 2013, 02:06:39 am
They are not poor, they just don't have soap because it's against their religion. Their roads are made of pure gold, but you don't see it under the layer of dirt. Too bad soap is forbidden in the Kalashnikov (chapter 1, verse 1: "Улла говорил: мыло нет").
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Vibe on April 25, 2013, 09:12:16 am
ex-Yugoslavia is more like central/south Europe I'd say
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Kafein on April 25, 2013, 09:28:27 am
Quote from: Vibe on April 25, 2013, 09:12:16 am
ex-Yugoslavia is more like central/south Europe I'd say

FACT : Nobody wants to be Eastern Europe.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Araxiel on April 25, 2013, 02:44:54 pm
Let us vote 2 times. I gotta vote for Greece and Turkey.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Mala on April 25, 2013, 02:58:22 pm
Is the Czech Republic not part of Central Europe?
And i miss Iceland.
PS: Ohh, and Liechtenstein.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Uther Pendragon on April 25, 2013, 03:24:55 pm
Quote from: Mala on April 25, 2013, 02:58:22 pm
Is the Czech Republic not part of Central Europe?
And i miss Iceland.
PS: Ohh, and Liechtenstein.

As we all know, Czech Republic is a muslim state, ergo - it's not a part of central europe. (http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/23/czech-republic-forced-to-remind-the-internet-that-chechnya-is-a-different-country-after-boston-bombing/)
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Overdriven on April 25, 2013, 03:27:43 pm
How dare you put the UK and IRELAND together. In fact, I demand you make a separate poll for England, Wales and Scotland to boot.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: JackieChan on April 25, 2013, 03:43:31 pm
add Morocco please
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Araxiel on April 25, 2013, 05:51:13 pm
Quote from: JackieChan on April 25, 2013, 03:43:31 pm
add Morocco please
Any Arab Country is your option.
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Franke on April 25, 2013, 07:57:37 pm
I really like where this thread is going

Quote from: Mala on April 25, 2013, 02:58:22 pm
Is the Czech Republic not part of Central Europe?
And i miss Iceland.
PS: Ohh, and Liechtenstein.

Funny how Czech Republic is considered Eastern Europe and Poland isn't
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Tovi on April 29, 2013, 10:25:33 am
No one to say this poll is interesting ?  :(
Title: Re: Where are you from
Post by: Prpavi on April 29, 2013, 11:15:18 am
Quote from: Tovi on April 29, 2013, 10:25:33 am
No one to say this poll is interesting ?  :(

You can call it interesteing, I would however call it something else.