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U[Sic]M

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"Hey, man!... Was like, yeah, I was jus browsin da forum. Did you know der were othur boards besides dis one here? I wus like WoooOoooWwWiieeeEE, deeeeeaaamn! There is like life beyond this forum right in here, n dis I didnt´ noww. Is apparently part of anodder great big un forum called Ultimate MEttul or sumthin like dat. Did you know dis, biatch? Yeah, anyways, lov on ya n hail da metal n da bomb tranquill darkity, man! ´Prospector´ rulezzz n so duss ´Mortgage Done´!"

Dear fan,
yes, the fact that there are other forums than this one is widely known. In fact, this is part of a conglomeration of forums. This, however, is the end of the line; there is nothing else beyond the boundaries of this collection of forums. Not even something. You can try and brave the wilderness of the internet, though, but I fear all you will find is nothingness. Nothingness and Metallica. Nothingness, Metallica, nu-metal (which is the arch-rival of metal, in case you didn´t know) and so on.



This brings me to my main issue. Well, I too - as I most articulately and gloriously mentioned above - have ventured beyond the gates of this forum. It came to my attention that several boards hade specially crafted sub-forums, e.g. the Children of Bodom had a Finnish-speaking forum (and had the In Flames-forum been around it would probably have an American-speaking forum etc etc...).

So, here is my suggestion: make a sub-forum here where the only allowed language is swedish! Yes, this would be highely appreciated by everyone in here (trust me, I have made an extensive poll on the subject, and everyone - EVERYONE bar none - thought it to be a great and supremely divine idea). Here are some of the statements from people in favor (which is all) of the idea:

"Yeah, man, do it! You should have the Nobel-prize for thinking this up, U[Sic]M. It is so original and mindboggling."
"Yo, dats dope, homeboyieeeaszzz."
"This would be so awesome, du store och fantastiska människa. Yes, because Dark Tranquillity are swedish and it would make sense to have swedish-only forum attached."
"NoooOOOoooooOOOOOOoooooooOOOO, FFFFuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUcccKKKKK UUUuuuuuu, (Sickkccckk}, U should DIE viulentli and never be allowed to spiiik...everr again...FOREVUR...AND ever...and eternoullee..."
(Ignore this last one by the way, that was from a person from another forum on the internet, beyond the boundaries of which I spoke before)

I cannot even begin to write down all the positive aspects an augmentation of this kind would entail. So, do we have an agreement here, or what (rhetorical question, I know)?
 
honestly, if we were to choose the language for a sub-forum, italian ppl would outnumber any other non-english speaker, except maybe the finns. ;)

as a more general consideration, i don't think it'd be a great idea since it only breeds segregation. there's already a million places where non-english minorities can post in their own language - not to mention the fact that if you really really want you can start an official thread in swedish (though i still fail to see the point).

however, i'm not exactly the guy with a sign saying "the buck starts here". you might want to ask hedon's and mark's opinions. whatever you choose to do, i'd ask you not to start any more "forum feedback" threads since we already have one. you know, i'm flattered by all the attention i indirectly get ouf this, but it might become a little boring to be so self-centered all the time. :)

rahvin.
 
I mildly entertaing post there Sic...my thoughts...

I agree with Rahvin, there ae enough "other language" forums out there already...besides...most of these bands sing in English anyway...so who cares? Even the Fininsh metal scene forum on UM has mostly English threads.

Nice antogonismn towards "ebonics":lol:
 
I vote for a greek-subforum where only me, mel and melonaki will post and understand what is being said.

But wait... we do that now too, right? :p
 
Originally posted by rahvin
honestly, if we were to choose the language for a sub-forum, italian ppl would outnumber any other non-english speaker, except maybe the finns. ;)
The hoards needs to be accounted for!

Finn hoard:
~Zeanra~
Hearse
Ormir
Villain
RealHazard
Shrieker (bordering, but he has lurked/posted since the beginning)
Qsilver
Salamurhaaja
Wannabe finnish: lumi

Heheh, this is a very "special" looking cast. :D Maybe it's just me, but the Finns seem to be the most characterful group around.
 
well well,du store och fantastiska människa :D, even though swedish is a language i can understand and thus i would very happily read and post my crap in swedish,i wouldn't like to see a swedish sub-forum,since as our beloved rahvin suggested it would cause segmentation and this is definitely sth i wouldn't like since this board would never be the same due to the fact that some of our fellow-posters wouldn't be able to speak their mind :cry:
(unless they payed me for translations of course :D )
 
hehehe that's practically the worst idea since the coca-cola dudes thought Spain wouldn't be such an special country to have Vanilla Coke be sold in it!!!!

fathervic (let's make it double)
 
Most swedes are more than able to understand and adapt to english anyway so there's not really a need for it? If it's about the band, why shouldn't the rest of the pack be able to share their thoughts and reflections about it?
 
I think one of the reasons CoB for example has a Finnish board is that they have "conquered" Finland, and are more popular here than anywhere else. #1 singles and gold selling albums, etc. I think it was a fair homage to their fans (many of whom are quiet young) to have a Finnish board. I'd say Finns account for over 70% of the people on the CoB board in any case (how much of that is due to the Finnish board is a bit of an egg-chicken question). From what I can recall though, Finns performed better than Swedes on English comprehension tests, but that's another story. :p

DT isn't nearly as popular in their home country as CoB is in Finland, and from what I can tell, they sell most of their albums outside of Sweden. Even on the board, you'll find that the great majority of people here are non-swedish. So there has never really been an outcry or need for a Swedish forum.
 
@ormir: the italians now:

hyena
alfred
hiljainen
atlantis
rei toei
miolo

and the less-than regulars:

lethedon
aeonstream
dominus ac deus
malveaux

not to mention one brief appearance by wolfy and my ex-gf serenla, who's still lurking in the hope of catching me making a faux pas. ;)

rahvin.
 
Originally posted by rahvin
...i'd ask you not to start any more "forum feedback" threads since we already have one.

Oh, shit, I didn´t see that one! You have my permission to merge that other thread into this one, then.
 
Originally posted by U[Sic]M
Oh, shit, I didn´t see that one! You have my permission to merge that other thread into this one, then.

do i detect someone playing beginner level of "mr. clever dick" (tm) here? ;)

rahvin. (arsenic for the girls and boys)
 
Originally posted by Ormir

Finn hoard:
~Zeanra~
Hearse
Ormir
Villain
RealHazard
Shrieker (bordering, but he has lurked/posted since the beginning)
Qsilver
Salamurhaaja
Wannabe finnish: lumi

You listed me as 5. You fuck!
You can suck your own suklaamuna for now on.
*Squeezing his fist wildly and screaming*

NP: Vintersorg - Algohol
 
Take it as you are in the middle of them....because you are the one who is to bring the balance to de finn force ;) or else you can go on complaining :p

fathervic (no finn - no list)