I hope it doesnt suck:
Added support for the upcoming Japanese Closed Beta Test.
gg
~Zep
Another Update
Zephyr Jackson
twicky_kid
LOL that is the first in all of history. a japanese company and japan DIDN'T get the game first. chop another first up for the GW history in games.
Ollj
GW must have the most complete unicode font by now.
Zephyr Jackson
ill have my chinese FES translate for me.. lol
Fyre Brand
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LOL that is the first in all of history. a japanese company and japan DIDN'T get the game first. chop another first up for the GW history in games.
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XvArchonvX
ummm...is GW not connecting for anyone else after they dl the new update?
Zephyr Jackson
mine is fine, just did it
entropy
ncsoft is from korea you are correct
sybban
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LOL that is the first in all of history. a japanese company and japan DIDN'T get the game first. chop another first up for the GW history in games.
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Skyheart
He thought that GW was made by a japanese company that didn't release their game in Japan itself and that that would be something funny, not that GW was the first online-game not to appear initially in Japan. That's the difference.
twicky_kid
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I'm pretty sure GW isn't owned by a Japanese company but a Korean company. ANet is a subsidiary of NCSoft, and I'm pretty sure they are based in Korea.
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Former Ruling
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NcSoft is a japanese company not korean. they went to the korean market first cuz they eat up games like this.
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Their HQs are in Seoul, South Korea. You can check at ncsoft.com
Korea eats up MMOs because alot of them are made in Korea.....And guess by who.
twicky_kid
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Originally Posted by Former Ruling
They are a Korean COmpany.
Their HQs are in Seoul, South Korea. You can check at ncsoft.com Korea eats up MMOs because alot of them are made in Korea.....And guess by who. |
Swehurn
http://www.ncsoft.com/eng/nccompany/history.asp
They do have several offices (one of which is in Japan), but it appears that head office is in South Korea.
They do have several offices (one of which is in Japan), but it appears that head office is in South Korea.
Eet GnomeSmasher
You actually watch G4 Icons? *snores*
Fear The Destroyer
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Sekkira
ArenaNet developed the game. NC Soft is only the publisher and distributer of it.
Guardian of the Light
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ArenaNet developed the game. NC Soft is only the publisher and distributer of it.
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Swehurn
...but ArenaNet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCsoft Corporation.
Gaile Gray
Alright, you guys, here are some facts: 
ArenaNet was started in March of 2000 in Southern California, as Triforge, and then moved to Washington State (and found a better company name) just a couple of months later. Development for Guild Wars started in 2000. ArenaNet became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCsoft in December 2002. NCsoft is based in Seoul, Korea. Let's see now: There are offices for NCsoft in Seoul, in Austin, Texas, in Brighton, England, and there are also offices in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, too. (There may be a couple of offices I'm forgetting just now.)
Closed testing for Guild Wars is currently going on, or will soon start, in Taiwan and Japan. (That's what tonight's update was all about.) The game will be released in other countries in the future, as well.
Hope that clears things up.
ArenaNet was started in March of 2000 in Southern California, as Triforge, and then moved to Washington State (and found a better company name) just a couple of months later. Development for Guild Wars started in 2000. ArenaNet became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCsoft in December 2002. NCsoft is based in Seoul, Korea. Let's see now: There are offices for NCsoft in Seoul, in Austin, Texas, in Brighton, England, and there are also offices in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, too. (There may be a couple of offices I'm forgetting just now.)
Closed testing for Guild Wars is currently going on, or will soon start, in Taiwan and Japan. (That's what tonight's update was all about.) The game will be released in other countries in the future, as well.
Hope that clears things up.
aismailuk
Wow, that's weird to think I live about 5 mins away from Brighton and didn't realise there was an NCsoft office there!
(/sneaks off to spy through Brighton office windows...)
(/sneaks off to spy through Brighton office windows...)
Sereng Amaranth
Gaile, are they hiring in Austin? I'm moving there soon.
Tactical-Dillusions
What's closed testing?
RTSFirebat
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What's closed testing?
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Beyond that they are the same as a normal beta.
So does anyone know when the game is going to be released? As I have it feeling it will be the return of 300g Ectos and shards again
Sekkira
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The key word is closed... its a beta test which is private. Normally for a select number of people ranging from internal employees, members of the press, people from guild wars related fan sites and others who are luckily.[/B]
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RTSFirebat
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What most people refer to and are under the name and NDA as Alpha testers.
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Pyrii
(retype *shoots Windows*), Holding my hands is EDGE 133 (Feb 2004) which goes on about the difficulties of games fromt he west breaking the japanese market.
Things like them not really enjoying competitive play, rather they prefer to play together, so PvE may be the biggest part of JapGW. And they prefer a different style of gaming, so this bring about the question, is the japanese verions of GW different to accustom for the japanese market. Or is it a straight port with IME support?
And whatever path Arenanet have taken, will we be able to try these changes. I'd like to be able to type some Japanese in game. (Altough I need to fix the IME on my system as it's fecked, only lets me use katakana).
Things like them not really enjoying competitive play, rather they prefer to play together, so PvE may be the biggest part of JapGW. And they prefer a different style of gaming, so this bring about the question, is the japanese verions of GW different to accustom for the japanese market. Or is it a straight port with IME support?
And whatever path Arenanet have taken, will we be able to try these changes. I'd like to be able to type some Japanese in game. (Altough I need to fix the IME on my system as it's fecked, only lets me use katakana).
Alex Weekes
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Wow, that's weird to think I live about 5 mins away from Brighton and didn't realise there was an NCsoft office there!
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aismailuk
damnit! I've been spotted...!
/activates storm chaser and runs...
/activates storm chaser and runs...
Pyrii
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So you're the one who keeps following me home?
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jibikao
Is there a Chinese version of Guild Wars? I can't believe my friend is still playing D2!!! I told him about GW but he said he hasn't heard about it and his English isn't good enough to read the websites. I am sure my friend will love GW!
I pwnd U
couldnt u translate it for him if u can read english? i mean it would be a pain but just translate the parts that got u hooked. possibly that could get your friend to start playing GW instead of D2
jibikao
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couldnt u translate it for him if u can read english? i mean it would be a pain but just translate the parts that got u hooked. possibly that could get your friend to start playing GW instead of D2
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Another tiny problem is there are just sooooooooo many skills in GW, unlike D2. And some of the skill names are tough to translate/prounce. So when he actually plays the game, I doubt he can actually type out the skill names. lol
Kabale
Sucked to get kicked out of halls for this update. One of the teams we were facing actually left so they could meet up quickly and jump straight in again...
Oh well, free sigils ftw xD
Oh well, free sigils ftw xD
Loviatar
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(is the japanese verions of GW different to accustom for the japanese market. Or is it a straight port with IME support?
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there was an official comment about *area specific content* (whatever that means ) for the china/japan/taiwan market.could be different artwork or who knows.
if it is different will we see the difference again who knows
Gaile Gray
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there was an official comment about *area specific content* (whatever that means ) for the china/japan/taiwan market.could be different artwork or who knows. if it is different will we see the difference again who knows |
However, occasionally we do special regional events, such as the North American preorder or the European preorder or the Korean Coke promotion. In those cases we will place that content on the servers and that would be reflected in the Update Notes. When we say "area specific content," in the case you mention, though, we're talking about the GUI, the local language choices, programming that directs certain accounts to the right servers, and so forth.We could, in the future, have some small differences in items, such as the regional promotional items that we offer once in a great while. But the core game -- regions, missions, professions, spells, and items -- will be the same for all of us now (in the first chapter), and will be the same for all of us who venture to the second chapter in the future.
quickmonty
If Anet is capable of doing "area specific content" then why was it necessary for us in other regions to download a Japanese language update? Or was this, with the length of the update, an undocumented nerf .... er .... update?
MSecorsky
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If Anet is capable of doing "area specific content" then why was it necessary for us in other regions to download a Japanese language update? Or was this, with the length of the update, an undocumented nerf .... er .... update?
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Alexandria Kotov
Pft, you're being paranoid. ANet, implementing undocumented nerfs?! Never.