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Alfonso is offline Alfonso
Emperor
Spain
Apr 2002
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http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/zahury/

alva is offline alva
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Republic of Flanders
Sep 2001
time: 06:24
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No hablas

Alex is offline Alex
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Brasil
Mar 1999
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I could translate it, but I'm too lazy.

edit: and no, in Brazil we do not speak Spanish, we speak Portuguese!

cyclotron7 is offline cyclotron7
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Drowning in Schnitzel
Jan 2001
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Well, I'm sure it's infuriating.

lateralis is offline lateralis
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Jun 2002
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according to the altavista translator:
============================ Manifesto
You consider @ amig @ :

In the first place I would like agradecerte the interest shown by the campaign, that has arisen spontaneously by several users of Civilization III fed up with the constant acts of scorn on the part of Iberian Infogrames, between that emphasize:

*

The terrible translation of Civilization III, neglected, with nonappropriate names to units, letters mounted with others (In all the configurations).
*

The nonexistent service of attention to the client.
*

The nonupdate of its Web.
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The nonupdate of the Web of the game (www.civ3.com/es)
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The patches more recent than Firaxis (company programmer) offer to the users of the English version have not been translated the Spanish, placing in inferiority. In addition, these patches can only be obtained by ordinary mail, after sending a letter to Infogrames Spain.
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The nonpublication of Play the World when there are translated versions (as the Italian) has been available anywhere in the world for some weeks.
*

The mutual incompatibility of the Spanish version with versions of other countries, as far as patches talks about at least: patches of other languages cannot be applied to the Spanish version, even though this arranging to resign to the translation with so updating the version of Civilization III (already we will see that it happens when it leaves the multiplayer update Play The World)

Before all these reasons, the users of Civilization 3 we have been united with a motto?Estamos fed up with the discrimination to which puts under Infogrames to us, Why in Spain we do not have the same service that the Germans, French, Americans? if we paid just like they?

If these in favor of this complaint, aqui signs the manifesto '!
Links of complaints:

* http://www.meristation.com/sc/foros 1
* http://www.meristation.com/sc/foros 2
* http://apolyton.net/forums
* http://www.msdox.com/foros

Next actions:

* Shipment to Infogrames and Firaxis Games of informative email of the terrible work made by Iberian Infogrames.

All the marks are property of their respective owners.

NEVER MORE, PLAY THE WORLD ALREADY!

cyclotron7 is offline cyclotron7
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Drowning in Schnitzel
Jan 2001
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Hey, that does suck. I knew there were some delays with IG translating stuff, but that is pretty annoying...

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NEVER MORE, PLAY THE WORLD ALREADY!


I don't get that. It's funny though.

Alfonso is offline Alfonso
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Spain
Apr 2002
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Thank you very much, lateralis.

My English is very bad.

Alfonso is offline Alfonso
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Apr 2002
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I don't get that. It's funny though.


One does not know when it will leave the PTW in Spain.

lateralis is offline lateralis
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Jun 2002
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i just want to know what "agradecert" means.

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Dec 2002
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Boy they're mad... no wonder Firaxis didn't give the Spanish any banks!

Kramsib is offline Kramsib
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Father and protector of PROGRESSIVE GAMES, SANTANDER, Cantabria, España (Spain), Unión Europea (European Union)
Sep 2001
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i just want to know what "agradecert" means.


"Be grateful to you", I think.



It is a shame what they are doing with us, we cannot buy the Spanish version because there are no up-to-date patches for us, in fact, last patch available in Spain is v1.21f and not in the net, you have to write a letter to Infogrames Iberia in order to get it. There is no technical service either.

So, many of us are buying Civ III American Version from Amazon because we know it is the only version which has guaranteed patches.

We are really angry with them

Perhaps you could help us with our demands

ayronis is offline ayronis
Prince
New Haven, CT
Nov 2002
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There is a "Version in English" button on the top right of the screen for any of you, like me, who do not know how to read spanish.

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España-UE-Canarias-Tenerife
Jun 2002
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Alfonso is offline Alfonso
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Apr 2002
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The Spanish press becomes echo of the news: http://www.msdox.com/noticias/EpupFupZAuSGKmnfjv.php

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Jul 2000
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Bueno.
Yo (SIGNED) está (PETITION)!!!

Thrawn05 is offline Thrawn05
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All Your Posts Are Belong To Ming
Dec 2001
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Damn, I can't remember the last time I saw a thread like this. I can't believe that Firaxis is still giving those in Spain such a hard time.

I said it before Alfonso, and I'll say it again, I side with you.


Frucus is offline Frucus
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Barri de Gracia. Barcelona
Sep 2002
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FIRMAO !!!!

ABAJO INFOGRAMES

Grumbold is offline Grumbold
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London, UK
Mar 2000
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Sounds like IG used the Altavista translator on Civ III

It's no joke these days. I regularly buy the US version of games because even the UK English version cannot be guaranteed full support. Luckily I'm able to afford to pay the extra costs.

If you're going to publish in a local area and use different copy protection, language or other restrictions that make patches incompatible I believe you should commit to doing it properly and supporting the product fully throughout its lifecycle. Having said that, its easy for me to take this stand since if they don't publish in the UK I don't have to learn a whole new language to get most of the games I want (although some Japanese games would be exceptions.)

Chieftess is offline Chieftess
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May 2002
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:hmm: I just can't comprehend some of the Spanish in here.

Hey, I could ask my aunt to translate it... (not sure why they got a bad translation though)

EDIT: I was just going to say "There's a "Version in English" link when I noticed someone already beat me to it.

Thrawn05 is offline Thrawn05
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All Your Posts Are Belong To Ming
Dec 2001
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(although some Japanese games would be exceptions.)



Same here, but only if they use western letters, othewise I'm at a lose.

HazieDaVampire is offline HazieDaVampire
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The British Empire
Apr 2002
time: 05:24
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FIGHT THE POWER

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Dec 2001
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FIGHT THE POWER



POWER

HazieDaVampire is offline HazieDaVampire
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The British Empire
Apr 2002
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wow, didn't see that one coming!

Does :kill: still work?

cyclotron7 is offline cyclotron7
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Drowning in Schnitzel
Jan 2001
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Ricardo is offline Ricardo
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Netherlands
Dec 2001
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Perhaps you could help us with our demands


An alliance ? No problemo, just give us Sanitation, Gems, Coal and 329gpt

FNBrown is offline FNBrown
Prince
of the Sierra Nevada foothills
Dec 2001
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Infogrames won't do a thing about it. There's no way they sell enough Spanish versions of the game to justify any more than their pathetic efforts thus far.

They're a "bottom-line only" company at this point

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Settler

Aug 2005
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They're a "bottom-line only" company at this point


Unfortunately And for that, I hope they fall!

POWER TO THE MASSES!!!!!!

Mad Bomber is offline Mad Bomber
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Columbus, Ohio
Nov 2002
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I feel your pain

It sucks that Firaxis has you on the low end of the Totem pole, but they can't complete all of the versions at the same time (although yiou would think they would at least have a 1.29 version by now) In the US; Mac users are experiencing similar problems to yours, and they are not a happy group of people either.

Drake Tungsten is offline Drake Tungsten
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Knee deep in alien womyn...
Oct 2001
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Just buy the US version and stop whining. You'll all be Americans in a few decades anyway; you might as well get a head start on your assimilation.

Franses is offline Franses
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Aug 2000
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I fully support you on this. Wish we could really do something about the awkward behaviour of this publisher on so many issues by now. It looks like the only thing we can do is not buying their stuff until we are sure it does what it promises to do.

Unfortunately we always hope for the best and buy it anyway. Stupid we.

 
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