Fewer players now?

[Krakatit]

Well... i stopped playing because for some reason from about a month ago to nowadays my ping is really bad. I have costant lag spikes when i'm close to the enemies, and i don't know why... so is quite unplayable for me.

Dont forget to register at our new forum when it will be better We have not forgotten you...

[Kong Ming]

Yeah, we learned that at the first year of English, many is for countable things, much for uncountable things. I can't hear "much and many" any more 

Ninja-edited the topic title 

Joker, you make me happy.      It's a very common grammar error that native English speakers make all the time.

[Devilize]

I imagine seeing more players again once strategus is up. its what im waiting for and the reason why i play other games atm.

[Joker86]

Joker, you make me happy.      It's a very common grammar error that native English speakers make all the time.

To derail the topic a bit:

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Here in German we have similar problems. Somehow people start to say "I am bigger as you" instead of "I am bigger than you". And we have the unkillable "there was one millions people"  . And "I was the onliest there." (superlative of "only", think about it: only, onlier, the onliest?  ). It's a shame what happens to the language you love. Especially as you don't see any single fucking clue why people should change something. I understand if you skip a letter or so for the sake of comfort, but tell me why some people change "anders" (= "different") by attaching a "t" to the end: anderst. That's just retarded, but they do it anyway. Heaven knows why. 

[Kong Ming]

I've studied German extensively, never heard the "anderst" thing before.  Weird. 

[Eyerra]

I'm sure people will return after Strategus makes a comeback.

Don't worry, be happy.

[Joker86]

I've studied German extensively, never heard the "anderst" thing before.  Weird. 

Then you will be even more confused by what the people make out of "eben" (= "just", "now", "plain"...): they pronounce (and sometimes even write!) it "ebend". 

[The_Bloody_Nine]

"ebend" is ruhrpott and i've known it since the 90s but only in the meaning of "exactly".
In general I agree with you joker to some degree, but you also have to consider that this is the way languages have allways and will allways evolve. In long therm view (like several hundred years) new languages arise in this manner. Like from ancient greek and latin to roman languages. Of course you can discuss whether it is evolution or decay but in my opinion this is irrelevant and in either way new languages evolve adequate to the needs of people. And you can do nothing agianst it except preserving the written language.

topic hijacked.

[Vibe]

Then you will be even more confused by what the people make out of "eben" (= "just", "now", "plain"...): they pronounce (and sometimes even write!) it "ebend". 

I have even noticed some of ze Germanz pronounce "ich" like "isch" and not "ih". Or am I just hearing wrong? I am quite a rookie at german language.

lol @ derail btw

[cutsomecheesewithmybow]

I am waiting for someone to state that Germans have a very strange perception of gender, for example a girl in Germany is neuter.

[Joker86]

Well, for me the topic has done its purpose. I wanted to know if my perception was fooling me, seems it was not, fine. I think it's senseless to try to gues WHY people stopped playing, as there will be many different reasons. And noone can tell the "percentages" of those reasons making the players stop playing. Even a survey would probably deliver false results, as for example the "Steam sale is over"-people won't vote. 

I have even noticed some of ze Germanz pronounce "ich" like "isch" and not "ih". Or am I just hearing wrong?

No, you're not, it's right. Sometimes it's simply dialect, but in many cases it's being a brainless retard, often compensated by a lot of muscles. I bet you know those people who don't talk "in their mouth" but more "in their throat". When it sounds close to "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"

I am waiting for someone to state that Germans have a very strange perception of gender, for example a girl in Germany is neuter.

I never noticed this, but you are perfectly right 

And you can do nothing agianst it except preserving the written language.

This is what I do. You are right, you can't do anything about it. It's just that I don't get the changes. I even understand "Isch" instead of "Ich", but how is a word supposed to be pronounced easier if you add a "t" or "d" at the end? 

[Kong Ming]

Well, in the case of "ebend", the extra "d" comes from a very simple situation.  To form an "n" sound, you place the tip of your tongue on the gum-line directly behind your upper teeth (the alveolar ridge) and produce vocalized sound that gets directed through your nose (try it).  To form a "d" sound, you place your tongue in the same spot, and then pull it off the ridge while vocalizing.  So in this case, people are pulling their tongue off the ridge before they've finished vocalizing the "n", thus creating an unintentional "d" sound, which has now become socially accepted (though incorrectly) as a pronunciation.  An extra "t" results from the same situation, although with "t" the vocalization has ceased, but air is still released in what is called a "plosion" and is the fundamental difference between "d" and "t" sounds which are otherwise identical.  I also studied speech extensively.  Huge nerd.  Topic thoroughly high-jacked.

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[Ganon]

I am waiting for someone to state that Germans have a very strange perception of gender, for example a girl in Germany is neuter.

Ancient germans had inverted morality, where gay sex was cool and mating with a woman was considered weak Always made me laugh.

[krampe]

Ancient germans had inverted morality, where gay sex was cool and mating with a woman was considered weak Always made me laugh.

Did you see that in a docu on Fox?

[B3RS3RK]

You Guys should know that the "Ebend" and such things are part of a clever system in Germany which allows you to differ the social classes of people by the way they talk.So we start to have 3 german languages instead of one.