*Wipes feet on the door*

Oh, did I misread that?

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: SalvatosAnd this is why I'm always a little dubious when companies ask for crowdsourced translations and don't even hire professional reviewers. It's hard enough to ascertain you're getting quality work from professionals in a language you can't even read, but there's really nothing stopping random schmoes from pulling stunts like these if you don't even check.

I was taking part in the crowd sourced translation of Wasteland 2 to German, and while I didn't see something malicious, the result was so bad that I ended up (content spoiled of course and) playing the game in English. There was especially one person which was very diligent, but not very good at it.

Small world, I was part of the French team :) If I remember correctly, we had an actual reviewer or at least coordinator overseeing things, plus we had good communication among the translators, so even though I didn't agree with every term we chose, everything contentious was talked through and we reviewed each other’s work, so it was a decent process overall. I never checked the end result in play, though.

Your mention of "very diligent, but not very good at it" reminds me of some things I’ve seen on the Linux Mint Launchpad. Clément Lefebvre (lead developer) is a French speaker, so of course a lot of the French strings for the project come directly from him. Sometimes I see that other people have gone through and changed his translations to other interpretations of strings that could mean something different out of context - but of course he knew the context he was writing for and the replacements are totally inadequate.

It’s sad but true: when you accept everybody’s help, sometimes you’ll get contributions that aren’t really as helpful ;)

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I'm confused on two points.

1. How can Ubisoft have the streaming rights and Microsoft non-streaming rights? Who owns/develops the actual games??

2. Isn't Game Pass essentially a game streaming service?

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And this is why I'm always a little dubious when companies ask for crowdsourced translations and don't even hire professional reviewers. It's hard enough to ascertain you're getting quality work from professionals in a language you can't even read, but there's really nothing stopping random schmoes from pulling stunts like these if you don't even check.

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Quoting: EdwardHamburgerI mean, do we comment on god of war guys looks?

Assuming a rhetorical "we", yes.

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Yeah, I was going to ask if anyone has dirt on Songtradr, because Epic letting go of Bandcamp before ruining it is (tentatively) a big relief.

As for the rest, can’t say I’m surprised. That’s what they always do.

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Considering my 1050 Ti just barely runs HZD comfortably, this one might be pushing the envelope a bit too far, but someday hopefully :)

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Quoting: KimyrielleAlso, what the heck is "initial engagement"? A term you come up with when you attended too many board meetings? Or had to much coffee?

I imagine it's first install for traditionally purchased games + first interaction with the game on streaming services + maybe first time players via WebGL clients but that last one seems like it would be just about impossible to track accurately.

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I remember The Night of the Rabbit getting really weird towards the end, but enjoying it overall.

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Quoting: Installcool. anyone played firewatch? how is it?

Been a while, but it felt a bit too slow and contemplative for my taste. Like walking from one place to the next so the story would continue, but not really doing anything to influence it. Not really my cup of tea but beautiful and well made for what it is. I still played it to the end (and I don’t remember much of anything regarding the actual story so I won’t comment on that).

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