Global or local players?
By virtue of English being the most popular second-language, all English-speaking trivia rooms attract global players and cannot claim to be exclusive haunts for local players. This is in stark contrast to trivia rooms in other languages which only attract local players, unless of course an English-speaker wants to improve his/her foreign language skills in a non-English speaking trivia room.
All an English-speaking trivia channel can do is make the request that only English can be spoken in channel; and, failing that, entry by invitation only will assure only local players can enter the room if that is what the manager wants.
PRO:
It's great to meet players from all over the world!
CON:
The #1 gripe of English-speaking trivia players is that their local room gets flooded by global players whose language skills, playing ability, cultural etiquette and/or *motives* may not be up to par, or strictly "on the level".
Being friendly, we wish to make global players feel welcome but if their numbers are in excess of the local players there is a sense of being "taken over". This is especially the case if the global players insist on using their own language in chat, attempt to push political or religious agendas or are using scripts to obtain unfair advantage.
Having good OPs in an English-speaking channel becomes a necessity when this sort of thing is happening.
Another problem arises when a global player may not be up to par and time is spent away from the game trying to help them. Please remember this when you visit a foreign-language trivia room hoping to improve your language skills! It works both ways!
All an English-speaking trivia channel can do is make the request that only English can be spoken in channel; and, failing that, entry by invitation only will assure only local players can enter the room if that is what the manager wants.
PRO:
It's great to meet players from all over the world!
CON:
The #1 gripe of English-speaking trivia players is that their local room gets flooded by global players whose language skills, playing ability, cultural etiquette and/or *motives* may not be up to par, or strictly "on the level".
Being friendly, we wish to make global players feel welcome but if their numbers are in excess of the local players there is a sense of being "taken over". This is especially the case if the global players insist on using their own language in chat, attempt to push political or religious agendas or are using scripts to obtain unfair advantage.
Having good OPs in an English-speaking channel becomes a necessity when this sort of thing is happening.
Another problem arises when a global player may not be up to par and time is spent away from the game trying to help them. Please remember this when you visit a foreign-language trivia room hoping to improve your language skills! It works both ways!
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