Why Are There So Few Japanese Apolytoners?

[TCO]

AS,

1. They generally have poor English (say what you want about their second language prevelance.)

2. Their culture is more insular and different than ours.

[Chowlett]

Sorry, but - their culture is more different than ours?

[DaShi]

Is their culture different?

[Apocalypse]

Japanese don't generally come to console forums on US sites either, as I learned from my one year crusade. There was a good amount from South East Asia (which were surprisingly pro-PC and pro-Strategy).

[TCO]

Chowlett.

Finland-US < Japan-US

I should have said "even more different"

Or just said that they are not Western and that the primary culture on this board is Western.

[TCO]

dp

[DarkCloud]

...It may be because many Japanese
a: like consoles (already stated)
b: don't own computers.
:hmm:

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I'm learning Japanese, and I'll be living in Japan in a while.

congratulations and good luck

[Lodi]

Perhaps the online community is not as well developed in Japan. If most people do not have computers as Dark stated then it follows there wouldn't be many people online with a further lacking in ISP developement throughout Japan. How many of their housing choices would even be capable of a high bandwith system anyway?

[Tingkai]

I would think that language would be the big factor. They also have a large enough population base to support Japanese language civ sites.

By the way, Urban Ranger is in Hong Kong (and I'm pretty sure he is from Hong Kong)

[Adam Smith]

Saw some figures somewhere today that the percent of people with internet access in Japan is the same or maybe a shade higher than in Germany. Didn't see anything about price though. NTT must surely be involved in some way, and IIRC they are a bit pricey.

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
UR is from Korea IIRC, and Zopper is from the Netherlands

Zopper originates from... Singapore? though

I'm fairly sure Urban Ranger is from Hong Kong or another coastal Chinese city.

[Ecthy]

OK, so he's Hongkongese. But then Xin Yu is Korean

[Ecthy]

When I come to think about it, Xin Yu is a Chinese that has moved to the US.

So Yin26 is Korean, but that should be for certain

[phoenixcager]

Originally posted by kassiopeia
I think Zopperoni is from Japan, but I am definitely not sure. He is the only one I can think of. Maybe Urban Ranger?

Wrong. They're both ethnic Chinese.

Zopper did mention that he lived in Singapore for a little while, and now lives in Europe, and UR lives in Hong Kong.

btw, I thought Yin26 is an American living in Korea.

[rah]

It's simple, we don't speak Japanese, so we're beneath them.



RAH