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Are you living in America?

Rabbitpie333Rabbitpie333
edited March 2012 in General Chat
I sometimes wonder if we (and telltale) take it for granted that most fans live in the US, which is probably the case. But just how many non-US fans are there here on the forums?
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  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2012
    I don't think this was the case earlier on. I remember a more diverse selection of nationalities before Telltale started working more diligently on American films and American television and American comics. Sam and Max Hit the Road was American-made, yes, but it(and adventure games in general) had a more international audience.
  • JohroJohro
    edited February 2012
    ...Except most recently. Say what you will about the quality and enjoyment of the games, but BttF and JP were huge international franchises as well as domestic. The only thing lacking were languages or subtitles such as German, Japanese, Swedish...huge gaming markets.
  • MihanickMihanick
    edited February 2012
    I am from Russia.
  • StrongBrush1StrongBrush1
    edited February 2012
    Yep. Born and raised in the US of A.

    But honestly, I wish I lived somewhere else.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited February 2012
    I do... but yeah we have a pretty diverse community here.
  • Nintendo Boy1Nintendo Boy1
    edited February 2012
    From New Jersey, the Garden State. (A.K.A. USA) Though what I've always loved about this forum was the number of creative people from many different parts of the world.
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited February 2012
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I don't think this was the case earlier on. I remember a more diverse selection of nationalities before Telltale started working more diligently on American films and American television and American comics. Sam and Max Hit the Road was American-made, yes, but it(and adventure games in general) had a more international audience.

    Are you saying that Jurassic Park and Back to the Future don't have an international audience? They have done a fair amount of non-American licenses, like Wallace and Gromit, Hector and Puzzle Agent, but their focus is mainly on US based stuff, but probably because they are an American company and staffed mostly by Americans I would imagine.
  • ArmakuniArmakuni
    edited February 2012
    Not from the US, no... but I'd love to visit someday!

    I'm from Norway.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited February 2012
    Canada. Love it here.
  • JohroJohro
    edited February 2012
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Canada. Love it here.

    ...well, it's better than Saskatchewan.
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited February 2012
    Turkish. In Turkey. All Turk.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited February 2012
    English. Or British. Whichever floats your boat.
  • RetroVortexRetroVortex
    edited February 2012
    I am one of those English Pig-Dogs ptooh!
  • Alex IDVAlex IDV
    edited February 2012
    Northern European here.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited February 2012
    Yes and no...I've declared my house a sovereign state that is located with in the united states.
  • RemolayRemolay
    edited February 2012
    Of course I am.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited February 2012
    Not sure this poll will yield remotely representative results. But while the thread title would attract more people which do live in the US to this thread, the actual reason of the poll would tend to attract more non-American Telltale fans. Interesting. ;)
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited February 2012
    Born, raised and still living in Denmark.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited February 2012
    Automobile in America.
    Chromium steel in America.
  • KuroShiroKuroShiro
    edited February 2012
    RetroVortex wrote: »
    I am one of those English Pig-Dogs ptooh!

    Fetchez la vache!

    I am American, but I haven't lived there for a few years now.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited February 2012
    KuroShiro wrote: »
    Fetchez la vache!

    I am American, but I haven't lived there for a few years now.

    I went down to Oxford once and all the American students kept scrubbing cigarettes off me, seriously it happened like eight times in the one pub. Bit of an odd coinkydink I thought.
  • KuroShiroKuroShiro
    edited February 2012
    JedExodus wrote: »
    I went down to Oxford once and all the American students kept scrubbing cigarettes off me, seriously it happened like eight times in the one pub. Bit of an odd coinkydink I thought.

    Weird. There is something of a tradition of buying people rounds/smokes here, but you're usually expected to reciprocate soon after. Guess not everyone follows the rules.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited February 2012
    Johro wrote: »
    ...well, it's better than Saskatchewan.

    Canada is better than Saskatchewan? What? Also, what's wrong with Saskatchewan? Other than being incredibly flat (like Manitoba).
  • JohroJohro
    edited February 2012
    ...I was talking about Manitoba specifically. It was an attempt at a little humour. Speaking of geographical differences, I have noticed, that of all the forums I've been on, I've seen a surprisingly little amount of people from the east coast(Quebec excluded)? I've been around forums for 15 years and have met....maybe a handful.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited February 2012
    KuroShiro wrote: »
    Weird. There is something of a tradition of buying people rounds/smokes here, but you're usually expected to reciprocate soon after. Guess not everyone follows the rules.

    It wasn't a getting the rounds thing though, just strangers with no smokes. Still they were all pleasant and polite (and I was quite tipsy) so I didn't really mind, certainly beats the usual "GIS A FAEG" that you get on the high street, pretty much the reason I quit. Also it's supposed to be bad for you or something.
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited February 2012
    Born in Singapore, lived in Australia since I was 4. I'm not Asian though, my parents are Aussie, so, yeah...
  • Pony BonePony Bone
    edited February 2012
    Looks like us oversea-ers are in the majority! ;)
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited February 2012
    Pony Bone wrote: »
    Looks like us oversea-ers are in the majority! ;)

    As it should be.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited February 2012
    I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    I've never lived anywhere else outside of Oklahoma for longer than a year, my parents having moved to Tulsa from Oklahoma City when I was about seven years old, and my wife and I moving to Tulsa after college.
  • JohroJohro
    edited February 2012
    I'm not overseas :P
  • skeeterskeeter
    edited February 2012
    Born in Britain, emigrated to Australia...
  • MolokovMolokov
    edited February 2012
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Also, what's wrong with Saskatchewan?

    It's very difficult to spell properly.
  • FriarFriar
    edited February 2012
    Molokov wrote: »
    It's very difficult to spell properly.

    Not it isn't. Properly. See? :p
  • Rabbitpie333Rabbitpie333
    edited February 2012
    Well, this is surprising, I thought the outcome would be more yes than no, I guess you can never take things for granted.
  • RetroVortexRetroVortex
    edited February 2012
    Rabbitpie333 wrote: »
    Well, this is surprising, I thought the outcome would be more yes than no, I guess you can never take things for granted.

    Ah, but one has to take into account activity though.
    There may be a lot more american consumers of Telltale's products, but maybe only a few use the forums regularily.
    (Plus in this sample, say only a few people in each country regularily use this forum, then the results are going to be skewed in the non-us' favour, since there are a lot more "other" countries)
  • Rabbitpie333Rabbitpie333
    edited February 2012
    Very true, But I was also thinking about the active part of these forums as well. However as many before has pointed out, telltale have gotten more "international" with their licences and releases. Or maybe they are just making more games as they are a bigger company now? They have four new franchises and are re-releasing their older series for ipad and so on.
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited February 2012
    RetroVortex wrote: »
    Ah, but one has to take into account activity though.
    There may be a lot more american consumers of Telltale's products, but maybe only a few use the forums regularily.
    (Plus in this sample, say only a few people in each country regularily use this forum, then the results are going to be skewed in the non-us' favour, since there are a lot more "other" countries)

    Or maybe the rest of the world is bigger than North America and the market for the games they sell is broad and international...
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited February 2012
    New Zealand.
  • JohroJohro
    edited February 2012
    again, I'm in North America and I'm not an American.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited February 2012
    Indeed. I kind of find the fact that the US calls their population "American" pretentious. There are two whole continents with dozens of countries comprised of people who are all American.
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