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This is a feature request. Feature requests can be voted up by supporters.
Current Priority: +63
Lapis-
407 posts
Joined June 2011
Topic Starter
Lapis-
Basically, a channel for the UK osu! players that would obviously be a english speaking channel.
I'd like this to happen so that the UK community has like, a chat room where we can all talk and shizz, rather than awkwardly trying to meet the other dudes here and make like, stupidly big skype convo.
Not much to it.

edit:
Just #english for general discussion in English.
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Deni
Deni
#osu is already a english speaking channel, where the UK community can chat..
Kurokami
osu! Alumni
4,024 posts
Joined February 2010
Kurokami
I don't see the point for the #UK. Sure, why not, but still there are plenty of english speaking channels out there. Just use one of them.
deadbeat
osu! Alumni
9,218 posts
Joined June 2009
deadbeat
channels are normally for languages, not countries. sorry
Stefan
Global Moderator
10,407 posts
Joined January 2011
Stefan
For the sake of less threads like this one: Make a attention thread for what are Language channels.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
I feel sorry for all the English speaking countries for not having their own community chat. but I guess you'll be forced to speak in any of the game mode specific chats, #modhelp even.
Many form their own little communities by talking to just their friends on osu!, Skype, Teamspeak, Mumble and/or Vent.
MMzz
Elite Mapper
3,979 posts
Joined June 2009
MMzz
I don't think this should be shot down automatically.

#osu is just a giant place of offtopic/spam accounts/SPECTATE ME!/directing people to the proper language channels. There is no actual channel for just regular English discussion.I say offtopic because afaik #osu was made for gameplay discussion and it's far from it. The only place where actual chat happens (sometimes) is #modhelp, (well, used to happen there. Now it's just a group of babbling trolls or occasional mapping/modding talk.) and we don't want that happening anymore, we want #modhelp to be a mapping/modding channel. So what is the harm of giving English speakers a designated channel, free from all the interruptions of #osu?

SOLUTIONS:

Less complaints about #osu
#modhelp possibly becomes more mapping/modding oriented.
People can actually talk about something without the spam/nonsense in #osu.

Think about it.
Shadow
188 posts
Joined March 2010
Shadow

MMzz wrote:

I don't think this should be shot down automatically.

#osu is just a giant place of offtopic/spam accounts/SPECTATE ME!/directing people to the proper language channels. There is no actual channel for just regular English discussion.I say offtopic because afaik #osu was made for gameplay discussion and it's far from it. The only place where actual chat happens (sometimes) is #modhelp, (well, used to happen there. Now it's just a group of babbling trolls or occasional mapping/modding talk.) and we don't want that happening anymore, we want #modhelp to be a mapping/modding channel. So what is the harm of giving English speakers a designated channel, free from all the interruptions of #osu?

SOLUTIONS:

Less complaints about #osu
#modhelp possibly becomes more mapping/modding oriented.
People can actually talk about something without the spam/nonsense in #osu.

Think about it.
Very good points. I think MMzz is onto something here.
Galkan
Global Moderator
2,023 posts
Joined September 2009
Galkan
#english (old thread warning)
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
Yes, please
It is nearly impossible to have a conv in #osu with those retarded spam
That's why people are often using #modhelp to have decent conversations but #modhelp should be beatmap related only (as said on channel topic)
Someone throw stars for me since I don't have any please
edit: rename the topic to #english ?
Landere
65 posts
Joined November 2012
Landere

[Luanny] wrote:

Yes, please
It is nearly impossible to have a conv in #osu with those retarded spam
That's why people are often using #modhelp to have decent conversations but #modhelp should be beatmap related only (as said on channel topic)
Someone throw stars for me since I don't have any please
edit: rename the topic to #english ?
Gave 2 stars for you :)
MillhioreF
Pro Tester
5,004 posts
Joined July 2011
MillhioreF
Alternately, we could add an #offtopic for the meaningless discussions and let #osu be #english. The downside to that would be that the Off-Topic community here would probably complain.
Twaintoss
141 posts
Joined January 2013
Twaintoss

MMzz wrote:

I don't think this should be shot down automatically.

What is the harm of giving English speakers a designated channel, free from all the interruptions of #osu?
Think about it.
This is the main reason this should be implemented. I was actually very surprised discovering there is no #english channel...

I'm looking at it from the other side:

For me it certainly would be very annoying if continuously and repeatedly the #german channel gets questions about osu! and information for the osu!-community instead of having just German discussions. The only reason there is no #english channel is #osu! is supposed to be the English one.
This basically puts #osu! (being #english) above all other #language channels through having the advantage of the general osu!-information there.
OR it ends being not a full #language channel, just an annoying hybrid version of osu!-information and english.
EITHER WAY, in terms of sheer logic this is discrimination (either to every non-English community or to the English-speaking).

To conclude, it's just one new channel to make the whole idea of #language channels more fair.
jesse1412
1,457 posts
Joined January 2010
jesse1412
#osu is for osu!
#ctb is for ctb
#taiko is for taiko
#osumania is for osu! mania

So where is the general English discussion channel?

EDIT:

Also calling it UK is silly, English would be better. I for one welcome our:
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda,
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Belize
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guernsey
Guyana
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Jersey
Montserrat
Nauru,
New Zealand
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
Saint Lucia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Singapore
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
United States

Overlords.
TheVileOne
osu! Alumni
8,431 posts
Joined March 2010
TheVileOne
That is a waste of stars. This isn't going to happen.
It's already been marked. #osu = #english. This is a redundant feature.
Lapis-
407 posts
Joined June 2011
Topic Starter
Lapis-
Why not?

---

>implying the UK community will talk there
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MMzz
Elite Mapper
3,979 posts
Joined June 2009
MMzz

TheVileOne wrote:

It's already been marked. #osu = #english. This is a redundant feature.
Did you even read my post? Let me show it to you again. ALSO SORRY TVO I ACCIDENTALLY SPLIT THE WRONG POST. (I added it to your first post.)

MMzz wrote:

I don't think this should be shot down automatically.

#osu is just a giant place of offtopic/spam accounts/SPECTATE ME!/directing people to the proper language channels. There is no actual channel for just regular English discussion.I say offtopic because afaik #osu was made for gameplay discussion and it's far from it. The only place where actual chat happens (sometimes) is #modhelp, (well, used to happen there. Now it's just a group of babbling trolls or occasional mapping/modding talk.) and we don't want that happening anymore, we want #modhelp to be a mapping/modding channel. So what is the harm of giving English speakers a designated channel, free from all the interruptions of #osu?

SOLUTIONS:

Less complaints about #osu
#modhelp possibly becomes more mapping/modding oriented.
People can actually talk about something without the spam/nonsense in #osu.

Think about it.
Love
osu! Alumni
1,267 posts
Joined August 2010
Love
Wish I could get more supporter for this.
XPJ38
osu! Alumni
3,570 posts
Joined February 2010
XPJ38

MMzz wrote:

#osu is just a giant place of offtopic/spam accounts/SPECTATE ME!/directing people to the proper language channels. There is no actual channel for just regular English discussion.I say offtopic because afaik #osu was made for gameplay discussion and it's far from it. The only place where actual chat happens (sometimes) is #modhelp, (well, used to happen there. Now it's just a group of babbling trolls or occasional mapping/modding talk.) and we don't want that happening anymore, we want #modhelp to be a mapping/modding channel. So what is the harm of giving English speakers a designated channel, free from all the interruptions of #osu?
What if those same people of #osu talk in both #osu and #english because they can't see the difference? I suppose that would boil down to the same thing.

(I'm not against the idea, I'm just wondering what this feature request would give in practice if it was implemented)
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
They won't since #osu is mostly for lost people and "anyone from <insert country here>" or "spec me" or "join my game" and because this is a chat that opens automatically with osu!
Only people who actually want to talk would join #english
Stefan
Global Moderator
10,407 posts
Joined January 2011
Stefan
It would be so much better if we could create own (private) Chat-Groups if you want some serious Talks with other people. I am not talking about creating custom channels because this would be a mess but I think about to have the ability to invite people, that friends (mutual) can join it, blablabla.

I am to 100% sure there was already a Thread for this idea but.. I cannot find it. lel
Otherwise, just make another channel but remember that there will be also troll who are spamming, talking crap, shouting "SPECC ME PLS" or some other shit. This is already in other language channels. The only difference will be that on the english channel will be less non-english Spammer (mostly asians, no offense)
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]
and less people asking "wat is dis"
jesse1412
1,457 posts
Joined January 2010
jesse1412

XPJ38 wrote:

MMzz wrote:

#osu is just a giant place of offtopic/spam accounts/SPECTATE ME!/directing people to the proper language channels. There is no actual channel for just regular English discussion.I say offtopic because afaik #osu was made for gameplay discussion and it's far from it. The only place where actual chat happens (sometimes) is #modhelp, (well, used to happen there. Now it's just a group of babbling trolls or occasional mapping/modding talk.) and we don't want that happening anymore, we want #modhelp to be a mapping/modding channel. So what is the harm of giving English speakers a designated channel, free from all the interruptions of #osu?
What if those same people of #osu talk in both #osu and #english because they can't see the difference? I suppose that would boil down to the same thing.

(I'm not against the idea, I'm just wondering what this feature request would give in practice if it was implemented)
Same reason they don't speak in #taiko, #osumania and #ctb

TheVileOne wrote:

That is a waste of stars. This isn't going to happen.
It's already been marked. #osu = #english. This is a redundant feature.
Opinions. Forced ones at that.
TheVileOne
osu! Alumni
8,431 posts
Joined March 2010
TheVileOne
I don't really care if it's included or isn't included. I would have marked it already if I forced an opinion. I don't think there has been a recent request for this idea or I can't find one and the thread that had the debate that osu! is #english I can't find. osu! doesn't let you search for "#' for some reason. I still feel it's redundant, but it does give an area that is away from the main traffic.
Starry-
osu! Alumni
1,074 posts
Joined December 2012
Starry-
Would give stars if I could. #osu being the #english really isn't good.
Saten
Global Moderator
3,866 posts
Joined August 2010
Saten
I agree what MMzz said

@MillhioreF
Calling it #english would probably be the best.
Having it called #offtopic would either make it unclear for non-english speaking users or making it like a nonsense channel. And that's not what this feature request was aiming for.
Twaintoss
141 posts
Joined January 2013
Twaintoss
I really would like to see this for reasons of inner logic:
_________________________________________________
Now:
#arabic, #finnish, #italian, #french, #chinese, (...)

#osu! (= #english)

#taiko, ctb, #osumania _________________________
Implemented:
#arabic, #finnish, #italian, #french, #chinese, #english(...)

#taiko, ctb, #osumania, #osu!_________________________

Makes more sense, is easy, everyone happy (since there is no bad side about it;
except eventually more troll-space, but they are everywhere so that's no reason at all)
ychao
493 posts
Joined August 2010
ychao
I agree with MMzz's points as well.

Too much bull going on in #osu! to ever want me to visit again. Simply renaming the channel will not solve anything.
My only concern is that if implemented, #english will be another #osu! but I suppose this can be kept to a minimum by moderation or something.
Jazz
674 posts
Joined March 2011
Jazz
I agree with mitten's point

The language for #osu is English because it's the universal language, meaning everyone can understand it (even a little bit of it) thus making it easier to converse with other people from other countries (not neccesarily America and UK).
So basically it's a big lounge (..? or a common room..? correct me if i'm wrong with the word i used) where everyone from different countries can interact with each other; which makes it look like a channel full of spam messages coming from different people with different intentions.
And since almost every country with their own language is having their own private channel, it's kind of unfair for the Englishmen to not have theirs.
Every channel is composed of the majority of the people who has that language as their native one, and not as a secondary language like the other countries.
So why not make an #english channel where native english speakers can converse with each other more properly and not be caught up with spam messages from other users who doesn't have it as a native language.

As for what the other people's point that #osu will just be the same with #english (if ever it happens). I suggest you think about what's happening right now first.
#osu = #english was the intention before, but based on what #osu is being used for, I don't think #osu can be an #english anymore.

The same with what MMzz just said, if people do not agree with making #english, the alternative solutions would be
SOLUTIONS:

Less complaints about #osu
#modhelp possibly becomes more mapping/modding oriented.
People can actually talk about something without the spam/nonsense in #osu.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest

MillhioreF wrote:

Alternately, we could add an #offtopic for the meaningless discussions and let #osu be #english. The downside to that would be that the Off-Topic community here would probably complain.
#offtopic has a bad reputation and a spammy vibe to it. let's just have #english instead.

edit:

Saten wrote:

I agree what MMzz said

@MillhioreF
Calling it #english would probably be the best.
Having it called #offtopic would either make it unclear for non-english speaking users or making it like a nonsense channel. And that's not what this feature request was aiming for.
looks like we had the same thought.
DerekMcD
1,484 posts
Joined February 2009
DerekMcD
That makes sense, but I don't know if it's included or not included.

If it's added, then...

#english/US
#english/CA
#english/AU
#english/NZ (New Zealand)

Throw a little #welsh along with UK.
jesse1412
1,457 posts
Joined January 2010
jesse1412

Koro McAlpine wrote:

That makes sense, but I don't know if it's included or not included.

If it's added, then...

#english/US
#english/CA
#english/AU
#english/NZ (New Zealand)

Throw a little #welsh along with UK.
We don't have #Portuguese/BR or Portuguese/PR. This is pretty pointless imo.
DerekMcD
1,484 posts
Joined February 2009
DerekMcD

jesus1412 wrote:

Koro McAlpine wrote:

That makes sense, but I don't know if it's included or not included.

If it's added, then...

#english/US
#english/CA
#english/AU
#english/NZ (New Zealand)

Throw a little #welsh along with UK.
We don't have #Portuguese/BR or Portuguese/PT. This is pretty pointless imo.
This is pretty pointless we don't have #spanish/ES (Spain) or #spanish/XX (Mexico or any South American countries) also.
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theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
Don't be silly. Just #english.

This is about language, not region.
DerekMcD
1,484 posts
Joined February 2009
DerekMcD

theowest wrote:

Don't be silly. Just #english.

This is about language, not region.
We're talking about region, according to the name of the request thread. It's better for us to talk locally.

The US community is large.
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Jarby
2,963 posts
Joined August 2008
Jarby
#osu can be sprawling, but #modhelp isn't. There is no need to add further channels, is there?
DerekMcD
1,484 posts
Joined February 2009
DerekMcD

Jarby wrote:

#osu can be sprawling, but #modhelp isn't. There is no need to add further channels, is there?
Well, #modhelp are just use to ask questions about modding and technical help about modding.
Bittersweet
2,031 posts
Joined February 2010
Bittersweet

jesus1412 wrote:

Koro McAlpine wrote:

That makes sense, but I don't know if it's included or not included.

If it's added, then...

#english/US
#english/CA
#english/AU
#english/NZ (New Zealand)

Throw a little #welsh along with UK.
We don't have #Portuguese/BR or Portuguese/PR. This is pretty pointless imo.
And that's the reason why most portuguese people dont use the chat, you don't even see them on portuguese foruns. I believe they hate brazilians or something like that. :P
boat
2,369 posts
Joined February 2010
boat
Since #osu is quite literally piss puddle filled to the brim with people who are there only because it forces you to be there, it shouldn't be more than right to implement a channel for general discussion which you are free to join if you wish to.
[Luanny]
8,248 posts
Joined April 2011
[Luanny]

Jarby wrote:

#osu can be sprawling, but #modhelp isn't. There is no need to add further channels, is there?
we can't use #modhelp for general discussion anymore.
XPJ38
osu! Alumni
3,570 posts
Joined February 2010
XPJ38

Bittersweet wrote:

And that's the reason why most portuguese people dont use the chat, you don't even see them on portuguese foruns. I believe they hate brazilians or something like that. :P
There are 10M of Portuguese and 200M of Brazilians. It's not surprising that you don't see them so much :P
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest

Koro McAlpine wrote:

theowest wrote:

Don't be silly. Just #english.

This is about language, not region.
We're talking about region, according to the name of the request thread. It's better for us to talk locally.

The US community is large.
I changed it.
Bittersweet
2,031 posts
Joined February 2010
Bittersweet
According to the country ranking, there's 4,589 portuguese players on osu. I can name less than 6. And only one is active in the #portuguese community.
Stefan
Global Moderator
10,407 posts
Joined January 2011
Stefan
Wow guys, make it even more complicated as it needed.

Just put #english and everyone is happy. Nobody in the world would give any *bling* about the small differences in canadian English or american English or british English. The german language got like 50 dialects.
jesse1412
1,457 posts
Joined January 2010
jesse1412

Koro McAlpine wrote:

theowest wrote:

Don't be silly. Just #english.

This is about language, not region.
We're talking about region, according to the name of the request thread. It's better for us to talk locally.

The US community is large.
I'm sorry but why would you want to divide English speaking countries? Maybe it's just because I don't really care about the fact that I'm in a certain country or something, to me everyone who speaks English is a person who speaks English, not an American, Englishman, Scotsman or anything else.
DerekMcD
1,484 posts
Joined February 2009
DerekMcD
Well, I don't care if it's happens or not but just saying. Since the thread name was changed, it's doubtful that UK should get its channel.

Do you think #osu should change to #english? They're are many player outside English speaking countries went on it, as their second languages.
jesse1412
1,457 posts
Joined January 2010
jesse1412
No, #osu should be #osu for osu! and English should #english for English.
Nyquill
osu! Alumni
1,781 posts
Joined February 2011
Nyquill
Why can't we just have community channels.
The fact that we are discussing the possibility of #english means we need specific community channels.

Possibly a feature when teams arrive?
Ephemeral
Inland Empire
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Ephemeral
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Dai
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Dai
oh god :D
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