Which three languages should Tanki speak?

[KoKoRocha 9]

Since the merger of servers, there seems to be mixed emotions about it. Some players are angry, some are neutral, others are compromising by learning enough Russian to communicate with teammates in battle. If Tanki were to open 3 language dedicated servers, out of the ones listed below, which ones do you think they should use?

 

Top 15 languages spoken world wide (in order according to the 2010 Census). Please note: These are Native spoken languages, not languages chosen as an alternative language. 

 

#1...Chinese (Mandarin)--955 million speakers

 

#2...Spanish--405 million speakers

 

#3...English--369 million speakers. Up until 15 years ago, English was #2 and Spanish was #3. English is still considered the most influential language. 

 

#4...Hindi/Urdu--310 million speakers. These 2 languages have a different written form but share many common spoken words. 

 

#5...Arabic--295 million speakers. This language has influenced many other languages, including Spanish which shares 4,000 words rooted in Arabic. 

 

#6...Malay/Indonesian--77 million Malay and 170 million Indonesian equals 247 million speakers. These 2 languages are listed together because they are closely related and both are spoken on the Malaysian Peninsula. 

 

#7...Portuguese--215 million speakers of which 150 million speak Brazilian Portuguese. Other than Portugal, it's also the official language of Angola and Mozambique. 

 

#8...Bangali--205 million speakers. The official language of India and Bangladesh.

 

#9...Russian--155 million speakers

 

#10...Japanese--125 million speakers

 

#11...Lahnda/Punjabi--102 million speakers. German held the #11 slot until 15 years ago. 

 

#12--French--80 million speakers

 

#13...German--89 million speakers

 

#14...Javanese--84 million speakers

 

#15...Korean--77 million speakers

 

The official languages of the United Nations are: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Spanish and Russian. The Hindi speaking countries have applied to be added to the list. 

 

So, of these 15 choices, which do you think Tanki should use, it they were to open 3 language dedicated servers? If, in your opinion, 3 isn't enough, then let us know how many you think would be fair and list those languages. 

 

My choices are Russian, English and French.

 

Edited: I'm mainly talking about battle modes. From the lobby, you could choose which language the battle would be associated with. 

Edited February 14, 2018 by KoKoRocha

[Maf 32,300]

Instead of dedicated servers the game needs a better communication feature that would allow players to communicate between each other. Something like an optional hotkey chat that sends pre-made messages that are automatically shown in each player's preferred language. And as for translating the game and creating different language server chats - that should be done in as many languages as possible.

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

The game is translated into 6 languages: Russian, English, German, Polish, Spanish, and Chinese. They used to be separate servers (Brazil and China still are).

[KoKoRocha 9]

Instead of dedicated servers the game needs a better communication feature that would allow players to communicate between each other. Something like an optional hotkey chat that sends pre-made messages that are automatically shown in each player's preferred language. And as for translating the game and creating different language server chats - that should be done in as many languages as possible.

For the first part, I agree to a certain extent. Yes, words like "Flag down" "Cover right/left" "Attack" "Defend" and such. But if a flag bearer made a "leap of faith" and landed upside down, how would the flag bearer or anyone else tell the team where the flag is down?

 

At times, I've noticed (myself included) in CP the winning team gets so involved in TDM that they kind of forget the CPs. When the players get back into the right battle mode, they sudden realize that the CPs are the color of the opposing team. How would you say in one or two words "Stop playing TDM and look at the CPs!!"? If you were in enemy territory and saw that the enemy Magnum was between two buildings wreaking havoc on our team. How would you say in one or two words "The enemy Magnum is in the middle between the red building and the grey building"?

 

Some players, new ones especially, don't know how to ghost tanks into enemy territory. That used to be a tactic used occasionally before the merger. How do you explain that in one or two words?

 

As far as the second suggestion, I agree. I'm mainly talking about battle mode. 

Edited February 14, 2018 by KoKoRocha

[KoKoRocha 9]

The game is translated into 6 languages: Russian, English, German, Polish, Spanish, and Chinese. They used to be separate servers (Brazil and China still are).

I'm mainly talking about battle mode. I edited my main post. 

 

I was here when there were all the different servers. Sometimes I would go into another server just to see what types of tactics were used. 

Edited February 14, 2018 by KoKoRocha

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

The game is translated into 6 languages: Russian, English, German, Polish, Spanish, and Chinese. They used to be separate servers (Brazil and China still are).

BR isn't seperate anymore. It got merged together with ES.

 

and it in 7 languages. Russian, german, polish, spanish, portugese, chinese and english.

Edited February 14, 2018 by GuidoFawkes

[Maf 32,300]

For the first part, I agree to a certain extent. Yes, words like "Flag down" "Cover right/left" "Attack" "Defend" and such. But if a flag bearer made a "leap of faith" and landed upside down, how would the flag bearer or anyone else tell the team where the flag is down?

AFAIK there will soon be an indicator that shows where the flag is located at all times (unless you get close).

[Ralphas 56]

The game is translated into 6 languages: Russian, English, German, Polish, Spanish, and Chinese. They used to be separate servers (Brazil and China still are).

Exactly. There is nothing more to do. :)