Just curious to know the geographic spread of worms fans and to see if any correlations between location and game tastes can be attained from this small study. It seems that there are no asian worms fans can this be true?

< Location.

It's "Donde vive usted" by the way.

I've never seen someone divide Europe like you did... What would a Russian vote?

The west of Ireland.

My guess is that most are from the UK, which isn't suprising considering that that's where T17 are based.

My location fits none of your voting options.







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I'm from England, but I live in Los Angeles. Way to poorly word the English part of the thread title, Genius.

Err, isn't Europe more commonly divided in Eastern and Western Europe?

< Location.

It's "Donde vive usted" by the way.

I've never seen someone divide Europe like you did... What would a Russian vote?

hmm my mac translater application says that 'why do you live?' is 'donde usted vive?' in spanish. Are you calling the Apple mac company a liar or poor at languages?

europe is sometimes divided into north and south as it is sometimes is west and east. southern= mediterranean eg spain italy, northern = colder places eg britain sweden.

a russian could vote central and nortern asia OR northern europe.

Ok bonz where do you live, i can't beleive i missed you out!

Antarctica

Bahaha .

hmm my mac translater application says that 'why do you live?' is 'donde usted vive?' in spanish.

I think we've found the problem, there.

hmm my mac translater application says that 'why do you live?' is 'donde usted vive?' in spanish. Are you calling the Apple mac company a liar or poor at languages?

Assuming you're using the dashboard widget - that's a third party app, not Apple's.

And online translators are NEVER any good at translating, that is a commonly known fact. They cannot cope with all the different forms of English verbs.

And online translators are NEVER any good at translating.

If that was true then my father would have gone out of business very quickly, seeing how he's a translator and he's online like, all the time.

If that was true then my father would have gone out of business very quickly, seeing how he's a translator and he's online like, all the time.
OK then, AUTOMATIC online translators that don't have a human translating the text for you.

I'm from New Zealand, but live near Los Angeles. The poll and thread title ask two different questions, which is kind of confusing, so I answered the question that the thread title was asking. I voted for Australasia/Oceania, which I assume includes New Zealand and Australia.

I'm from New Zealand, but live near Los Angeles. The poll and thread title ask two different questions, which is kind of confusing, so I answered the question that the thread title was asking. I voted for Australasia/Oceania, which I assume includes New Zealand and Australia.

forgive me, the english questioning is consistent however as where are you from and where do you call home is almost the same. The question 'where do you call home' is the overriding question here.

Goodness i can't believe that a scientist working in antartica is a worms fan and on this site! I wonder which research station he is at...?

wave, you're a bit thick, you know that? "Where are you from?" is not the same as 'Where do you live?" - those are two different questions, like "State your origin" and "State your location". I live in LA, but I am from England. This entire thread thus far consists of people discussing your complete inability to actually do a Poll, so perhaps you should refrain from them in future.

hmm my mac translater application says that 'why do you live?' is 'donde usted vive?' in spanish. Are you calling the Apple mac company a liar or poor at languages?



Yes I am. Want me to explain you why or did you just want to hear my opinion on Apple mac company translator thing?

I actually suggest you use another translator program, because the one you use is clearly crap and yes, it's poor at languages (which doesn't really matter, as the purpose of these things is just to provide a base of understanding and not perfect grammar, so you should be ready so stand corrected by people who actually know the language).

Considering you did type the correct phrase in your mother tongue, which would be:
'Where do you live?'A good English-Spanish translator would have given as a result: ¿Donde vives? -Were 'Donde' means 'Where' and 'Vives' means 'Do you live'.

Instead, your translator not only translated word for word, giving as a result a wrong placement of words, as if all languages in the world followed the English pattern of word order, but it also, for some reason, used 'usted' (which means 'you'), instead of including the person into the verb 'Vivir' (to live) giving as a result 'Vives' (you live). But there's more, 'usted*' is only used when you refer to people of a higher status than yourself or to people you believe you should talk to with added respect, it doesn't exist in English, and it's not the main translation of 'you', that'd be 'tu'.

*Usted is used as 'you' in many south american countries, but that doesn't mean it's the main form of 'you', as they still have 'tu', but choose not to use it in day to day life.

Goodness i can't believe that a scientist working in antartica is a worms fan and on this site! I wonder which research station he is at...?
In todays lesson, we learn that the internet is not to be thrusted. :cool:
I love being in Antartica btw. :cool:

It seems that there are no asian worms fans can this be true?

Your poll fails. Have you ever heard about a game called Online Worms ?
Asian people just never come here.

Africa.... South Africa...

I have a group of japanese friends living in Hokkaido/Tokyo/Ibaraki
who all play worms BIG TIME...

so Asia has at least 5 players... :D

Where are you from?
Where's the option for Olympus?

You left out my location :(

Just move to antarctica, there's plenty of room here. :cool:

wave, you're a bit thick, you know that? "Where are you from?" is not the same as 'Where do you live?" - those are two different questions, like "State your origin" and "State your location". I live in LA, but I am from England. This entire thread thus far consists of people discussing your complete inability to actually do a Poll, so perhaps you should refrain from them in future.

please refrain from the name calling and insults squirm it doesn't suit you. Where are you from and where do you call home could mean the same thing. For example you could call england your home still as that is where you may think your roots still are and where you intend to return one day. Note the words 'could' and 'may' in my writing.

You people are so frivilous

the question is ' where do you call home! ' got it? Its asks this above the poll anyway which is what you should always look at and answer in any poll. Gees.

Just admit you made a mistake.

please refrain from the name calling and insults squirm it doesn't suit you. Where are you from and where do you call home could mean the same thing. For example you could call england your home still as that is where you may think your roots still are and where you intend to return one day. Note the words 'could' and 'may' in my writing.

You people are so frivilous

the question is ' where do you call home! ' got it? Its asks this above the poll anyway which is what you should always look at and answer in any poll. Gees.


'Where do you call home?' sounds a bit weird to me. It sounds as if you're asking, what is the place from where I'm calling (phone) home.

oh gee, these people here are such perfectionists.

'Where do you call home?' sounds a bit weird to me. It sounds as if you're asking, what is the place from where I'm calling (phone) home.

that, yes, technology-wise. wave meant "call" as in "label", etc etc etc.

e.g. what do you call people in nigeria?

here the question OBVIOUSLY doesnt mean "what do you ring* people in nigeria?"

*ring = call

D'OH!

p.s. i'm from SEA!

'Where do you call home?' sounds a bit weird to me. It sounds as if you're asking, what is the place from where I'm calling (phone) home.

in the english language it is perfectly reasonable to ask someone where they call home. It means what place on the planet do you TRULY think of as home. Ever heard of the saying 'home is where the heart is' ? Well this means that deep down you must know where your home is.

But apologises for getting the spanish wrong, i blame my apple mac application. But i don't know how you would possibly translate 'where do u call home' into spanish?

Are you saying "Where do you call home?" makes sense? Because it doesn't to me, I might be wrong, but 'Where' should be 'What'.
The only way 'Where do you call home?' would make sense to me is if the person asking the question wanted to know from what place I'm calling home, like I previously said.
But apologizes if that's the way you say it, it just doesn't sound right to me.

Are you saying "Where do you call home?" makes sense? Because it doesn't to me, I might be wrong, but 'Where' should be 'What'.
The only way 'Where do you call home?' would make sense to me is if the person asking the question wanted to know from what place I'm calling home, like I previously said.
But apologizes if that's the way you say it, it just doesn't sound right to me.
"Where do you call home" is perfectly acceptable. Although normally it would be "where do you live".
And yes, 'where' is the right word to use. He's quite definitely asking about a place.

Goodness i can't believe that a scientist working in antartica is a worms fan and on this site! I wonder which research station he is at...?

Its number 4432, enlightened?

Its number 4432, enlightened?

is that the rothera british research station you are based at? It appears theres another antarctic scientist worms fan as well, i'd never have thought it, amazing really. I guess you guys must have to have something to do in those long cold dark winter days down there.

Yeah I mean, it's not like we have research to do or someting. :rolleyes:

North America :D

sea!

fact.

sea!

fact.

do you live on a boat?

Maybe he lives under the sea?
Yauhui is.. A MERMAID!

Maybe he lives under the sea?
Yauhui is.. A MERMAID!

i fail to believe that i haven't included the territory yahhui resides in, anywhere in the pacific ocean is covered by the list of options.

do you live on a boat?

no, i live in SEA.

South East Asia.

Damn.

no, i live in SEA.

South East Asia.

Damn.

uh duh, can you not read, s. e asia is on the list.

uh duh, i voted for S E A, as it is on the list.

uh duh, i voted for S E A, as it is on the list.

uh duh. ok but two people said their options weren't there. the south pacific is oceania right? if you live in hawaii you can go with north america. If you live in the atlantic you can go with whichever country your island belongs to.

RUSSIA! MOSCOW!:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Frankly you'd have been better off saying "¿Donde vives?" and ignoring the "usted". Usted's only for formal usage.

We can ask a mod to change the name of this thread, right? *giggles sinisterly*

We can ask a mod to change the name of this thread, right? *giggles sinisterly*

yeah alright, change it to 'where do you call home?' and ask him to put it in french and spanish as well!:D chuckles.

We can ask a mod to change the name of this thread, right? *giggles sinisterly*
The thread creator should be able to change it by double clicking the title when in the forumdisplay or search page.

The thread creator should be able to change it by double clicking the title when in the forumdisplay or search page.

Hang on, what?

*tries on a couple of his threads*

Not working, Tom.

Hang on, what?

*tries on a couple of his threads*

Not working, Tom.
Hmmm, I thought it worked here... obviously not.

Oh well.


*Thread title changed*

Hmmm, I thought it worked here... obviously not.

Oh well.


*Thread title changed*

doesn't look changed much all you've done is tidy up the spanish bit.

doesn't look changed much all you've done is tidy up the spanish bit.
Most likely because that's all I changed :p

doesn't look changed much all you've done is tidy up the spanish bit.

Er, I thought that was all that required tidying :confused:

Er, I thought that was all that required tidying :confused:

er? people were moaning that 'where are you from?' is not consistent with 'where do u call home?' which is why i want the title to be changed to the same as the poll title and the french and spanish changed to conform !!

Actually, it should be changed to "Where do you live". Would make a lot more sense than "Where do you call home".

where do you live isnt same as where do you call home nor is it same as where are you from.

lets say, an example:

bob lives in california but he prefers his parent's home in atlantica but he's from canada.

where you live: where you stay
home: a place you are comfortable living/staying in
where are you from: your first nationality/where r u born.

where do you live isnt same as where do you call home nor is it same as where are you from.

lets say, an example:

bob lives in california but he prefers his parent's home in atlantica but he's from canada.

where you live: where you stay
home: a place you are comfortable living/staying in
where are you from: your first nationality/where r u born.

EXACTLY ! spot on.

which is why i want the thread altered to eliminate confusion and quibbling.

I'm from South America (chilean).

oh, so you're from chile? i thought you were from italy or france.. never mind.

Just like Yauhui, I'm a SEAsian. 'nyways keep a look out for our animation "High School Never Ends" on youtube. If only I could get the freaking file size down from 200mb for 4 minutes to something lower. hmmm

'nyways keep a look out for our animation "High School Never Ends" on youtube. If only I could get the freaking file size down from 200mb for 4 minutes to something lower. hmmm
There are some good times, and there are some not-so-good times, to talk about your own little life in a conversation that's completely and utterly different.

Guess which one of those times is this one.

... Oh no ... Mikhail posted in the wrong place at the wrong time...

but this thread doesnt serve much purpose. once you have told your home location, thats it. you cant post anything else.

but this thread doesnt serve much purpose. once you have told your home location, thats it. you cant post anything else.
Previous posts seem to disagree with that theory.

thats why i said "doesnt serve much purpose".

thats why i said "doesnt serve much purpose".

this thread and poll is a 'serious' invetigation into the geographic location of worms fans. The fact that we have THREE research scientists from antartica who are worms fans is quite a shock and intriguing, the lack of asian fans is also. What conclusions can be drawn?

The fact that we have THREE research scientists from antartica who are worms fans is quite a shock and intriguing"Some people are jokers and like to pick the least likely option" is a more likely explanation.

this thread and poll is a 'serious' invetigation into the geographic location of worms fans. The fact that we have THREE research scientists from antartica who are worms fans is quite a shock and intriguing, the lack of asian fans is also. What conclusions can be drawn?
Well, we can conclude the following two points:


Statistics can be made to prove anything.
73.5% of people know that

The fact that we have THREE research scientists from antartica who are worms fans is quite a shock and intriguing,
Oh no no, they're not research scientists at all. They're just ordinary people.

the lack of asian fans is also. What conclusions can be drawn?
...that:
1: Team17 never released a worms game in Asia (although there were two worms games released anyway, by other developers)
2: That this forum has yet to be translated into an Asian language.

"Some people are jokers and like to pick the least likely option" is a more likely explanation.
Hey, I really am in antarctica. :mad:
I'm researching the English language. Apparently, the queen invented it. :eek:

Hey, I really am in antarctica. :mad:
I'm researching the English language. Apparently, the queen invented it. :eek:

Really so your not a youngun from south africa who has yet to emmigrate to the UK and work in the pub? If you do you'll learn how to speak english with an english accent sometimes refered to as 'queens english', forget researching in antartica dude.

If you do you'll learn how to speak english with an english accent sometimes refered to as 'queens english', forget researching in antartica dude.I doubt it, who actually speaks like that?

If you do you'll learn how to speak english with an english accent sometimes refered to as 'queens english', forget researching in antartica dude.
No dude you got it wrong. 'queens english' means the english that the queen invented.
Do some research before you post things like that, you're only making yourself look silly.
Thrust me, I am a scientist. :cool:

No dude you got it wrong. 'queens english' means the english that the queen invented.
Do some research before you post things like that, you're only making yourself look silly.
Thrust me, I am a scientist. :cool:

no i will not thrust you! thats the second time you've written that, learn how to spell english, lol.

Mr. bunsy you're from surrey i thought people from the home counties spoke like that.

no i will not thrust you! thats the second time you've written that, learn how to spell english, lol.

I know how to spell english. Look: E-N-G-L-I-S-H. :rolleyes:
See you're just being silly again. Stop.

Look: E-N-G-L-I-S-H. :rolleyes:
Damnit dude, you forgot the comma-space-L-O-L-period! :mad:

I know how to spell english. Look: E-N-G-L-I-S-H. :rolleyes:
See you're just being silly again. Stop.

you crack me up:rolleyes:

Mr. bunsy you're from surrey i thought people from the home counties spoke like that.The typical modern Surrey accent is pretty posh, so to speak, compared to a lot of the country. But I've not actually met anyone who speaks really posh(ly?). Most people just sound normal.

I do pronounce 'bath' as 'barth', mind you.

i pronounce bath as "buff". so to say. ass as pronouncing the letter "S".

The typical modern Surrey accent is pretty posh, so to speak, compared to a lot of the country. But I've not actually met anyone who speaks really posh(ly?). Most people just sound normal.

I do pronounce 'bath' as 'barth', mind you.
Hooray for Essex accents :D (Yes, I'm from essex... but the posher end!)

I wonder, if there at least 1 more member of Team 17 forum who lives in Russia. Like me:D

this poll isnt all so accurate. not EVERYONE is voting. and not EVERY worms fan is a member here in this forum. I mean, do you think it is believable that there are only 35 worms fan across the world?

If you do you'll learn how to speak english with an english accent sometimes refered to as 'queens english', forget researching in antartica dude.You do realise that you're alienating the majority of England (let alone the UK) by repeatedly saying this.

You do realise that you're alienating the majority of England (let alone the UK) by repeatedly saying this.

no, why do u realise this? But this is how most of the rest of the world thinks english accents sound like from the region where the language and its interntional status probably derived from.

(Mt angelus: hey wave blah blah queens blah blah.....):cool:

Hey wave did you know that all companies are 100% pure unadulterated evil?
I mean, they seek PROFIT!
HOW DARE THEY!? :eek:

no, why do u realise this? But this is how most of the rest of the world thinks english accents sound like from the region where the language and its interntional status probably derived from.
Mabye, if you had said 'in South-West England'. But it's ridiculous to say that you'll lean a Queen's English accent anywhere in the UK.

Mabye, if you had said 'in South-West England'. But it's ridiculous to say that you'll lean a Queen's English accent anywhere in the UK.
But the queen invented english man, so any english you speak is actually the queen's english, because SHE INVENTED IT. :rolleyes:

Seriously Plasma, learn some Geography man. :cool:

edit: I must admit, I lied. I'm not from Antarctica. I'm from the moon. But wave sucks and didn't put the moon as an option, clearly because he is jealous of us mooninites being superior in every aspect. But Antarctica is the place that feels closer to home. :cool:

But this is how most of the rest of the world thinks english accents sound like from the region where the language and its interntional status probably derived from.They're wrong :p

Mabye, if you had said 'in South-West England'. But it's ridiculous to say that you'll lean a Queen's English accent anywhere in the UK.South-East. South-East.

And even then, nice big chunks of the South-East don't speak it (East London and Essex, for example).

why do u realise this?Because, born in London though I was, my mother is from Manchester, my dad is from Leeds and I've lived in Swansea for eighteen years of my life. The rich variety of regional accents in a country as small as the UK is, for me, one of the great things about living here. It ****es me off when people from other countries generalise British accents, and it ****es me off even more when people from this country do it.

South-East. South-East.
Really? I had presumed that Wave was boasting about his own accent as being superior...

It ****es me off when people from other countries generalise British accents,
You think that's bad? Think of the Irish, and how they're always portrayed as having only one strong accent. Really, there's four major ones, one for each direction of the country you're in.
Even our Irish aural exams have to be made using people from all four areas combined, to give eceryone a fair chance.

You think that's bad? Think of the Irish, and how they're always portrayed as having only one strong accent. Really, there's four major ones, one for each direction of the country you're in.
Even our Irish aural exams have to be made using people from all four areas combined, to give eceryone a fair chance.You have my sympathies there.

To be honest, I'd worked out that Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have distinct accents (working with the general rule that NI accents are generally harder and harsher), but I hadn't got much further. Of course, I never ruled out the possibility of further regional variations, but I wasn't particularly aware of them. I knew there were four regions, though. Ulster (NI), Leinster (east), Munster (south) and Connacht (west), right? (It helps if you follow rugby :p)

Of course, I never ruled out the possibility of further regional variations, but I wasn't particularly aware of them. I knew there were four regions, though. Ulster (NI), Leinster (east), Munster (south) and Connacht (west), right? (It helps if you follow rugby :p)
Yeah, that's it all right. Four provinces.
The only thing is that only 2/3 of Ulster makes up NI. The rest is still ROI.

Also, some of the bigger cities in Ireland have their own accent. Such as Dublin and Cork (which has a stereotype of ending all their sentences with 'boy')

Yeah, that's it all right. Four provinces.
The only thing is that only 2/3 of Ulster makes up NI. The rest is still ROI.

Also, some of the bigger cities in Ireland have their own accent. Such as Dublin and Cork (which has a stereotype of ending all their sentences with 'boy')So far, so "Britain, but with a few less after adjusting for population" (and to be fair, adjusting for population that probably is a higher "regional accents per capita"). Didn't know that bit about Ulster being sort of split, though.

Saying that, I can't even profess an encyclopedic knowledge of UK accents. I'm well aware of most of the regional variations north of, say, Derby and west of, say, Bristol, but my knowledge of accents in the Midlands and South is sadly lacking, extending to "Erm, Brummie, Cockney, Esturine, some sort of odd accent from Portsmouth and a whole bunch of people who sound like they're from West Swansea*". In the North and in Wales and Scotland I can speak of "Cairdiff", Wenglish, Cornish, Westcountry, Bristolian, Scouse, Mancunian, Lancastrian (brilliant, brilliant accent, as anyone who's heard David Lloyd speak can attest. In fact, cricket is an excellent sport to watch if you want an aural glimpse of the UK's accents, listening to the commentators and the players speak), various varieties of Tyke, Geordie, Glaswegian, Edinburghian, Borders, Highlands, and curious fact that the Lake District doesn't so much have an accent as everyone there speaking one of the accents from the the surrounding cities.

I know for a fact that this list is not comprehensive, because it fails to take into account many of the accents of the various towns and cities of Lancashire, Yorkshire and the North East (for example, the differences between the accents of Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesborough). But that just reinforces my point about the accent variety we have.

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* West Swansea, like Chester and the Richmond in Yorkshire, is a curious little enclave of Received Pronunication speakers where you frankly weren't expecting them, presumably because rich people moved there due to Gower's spectacular scenery. I know this because Gorseinon College, where I did my A-Levels, is in West Swansea, and it took me ages to work out why the heck half the students sounded like Tim Nice But Dim. For reference, I live in East Swansea, which has an accent that's a bit like Wenglish minus the confusing bits. Still haven't picked up the accent, though (my own accent is the kind of crazy chimera you're going to get when your parents come from opposite sides of the Pennines).

And even then, nice big chunks of the South-East don't speak it (East London and Essex, for example).


OI! Wot u suggestin' 'bou' ma accen'?


Hmmmm, it's very hard to type an Essex accent on t'internet.

then dont. :p hmmm... accents are really confusing.. theres sooo many accents in the world i cant remember any!