It was an interesting read. I too would love to see these comics! Especially if theyre decent enough, get them printed and put on the soon-to-be resurrected EVE Store :)

It seems a shame that something like games can be so deeply influenced by international politics - I'm sure I am not the only one that thinks merging the servers at some point in the future to great one big universe (note - not overlayed; moar systems) would be super awesome.

Thanks to CCP for the statement; it was nice to have been given an up-front "this is the situation, yo" - though i do agree with a previous poster that you should have tried to sneak in at least one diagram :P

EDIT
Regarding the notions of forcing everyone to speak English; i actually thoroughly enjoy wandering through a system and seeing people converse in a language that I have no hope of comprehending without months of tutoring. It create a cultural diversity that implies a far greater depth to the universe than any high-definition space background ever could (@ccp: hint hint), and enriches the world of New Eden. I distinctly recall a long jaunt i took in a stealth bomber once, and flying through Russian territory was actually really cool. I'd occasionally wave in local, after many systems with only myself and my single Tourist in the cargohold (this is for luck) to keep me company. What i got back were lines of utter nonsense. Russian! Cool cyrillic writing! What was it they were saying to me? Was it a greeting? Some sort of warning? I don't know! But it was amazing.
That wander through space and the experience i had (inb4 "i was there") was made all the more interesting and memorable because i didn't have a clue what they were saying. Live with the Universe dude, don't try and force it to live around you.

Hating botters and gold sellers and account thieves is not racism or xenophobia, get over yourself.

It's an English speaking server, people should all speak English.

If you can't understand that, and why me and other people have a big problem with that, then it's your problem.

It's an English speaking server, people should all speak English.

It's an English speaking server, people should all speak English.

Unless CCP comes up with an universal translator like Google Translate in game, I am not cool with my public chat screens being spammed with letters I can't even understand.

If you can't understand that, and why me and other people have a big problem with that, then it's your problem.

Why should we even question the glorious chinese and their cultural differences. Of course they are right about anti-addiction techniques.

Unless you mean, you are a convert and just want more truth to shine down upon your bronzed face.

I have taken the liberty of using our nice new bounty system to place a price of 250 million on Freezehunter's head. Find him. Kill him. And use Google Translate to post something appropriate in Russian in local.

Current location (0550) is Jita 4-4.

Du bist ein Idiot.

See? Not that difficult, is it?

actually, it's not Idiot, it's Dum kopf (proably mispelled, but that's how it sounds)

I have taken the liberty of using our nice new bounty system to place a price of 250 million on Freezehunter's head. Find him. Kill him. And use Google Translate to post something appropriate in Russian in local.

Current location (0550) is Jita 4-4.

Or here is another option which you are probably not allowing yourself to consider: I wish to develop an informed opinion. Part of forming an informed opinion is to be informed.

Of course I recognise that some people prefer to form uninformed opinions, but I take offence when such uninformed opinions are expressed as personal attacks. In debating circles it is widely recognised that ad hominem arguments are a form of surrender: you have no way to refute the argument so you resort to slinging mid at the person. Because you are not smart enough to do anything else, you resort to primate behaviour, the very basest of which include faeces slinging.

In Australia we are currently debating the issue of methods to reduce the damage caused to our community by gambling machines. Ideas on controlling addictions are widely discussed, and I have only heard of Chinese MMO-addiction controls in passing. So can you comprehend that there might be reasons for wanting to learn more about something other than because one is a drone of the Party?

actually, it's not Idiot, it's Dum kopf (proably mispelled, but that's how it sounds)

Can you please create an ISK sink on the Western server that allows us to send Incursions to the China server. Just for fun...

Of course they could send back incursions to, but that's not to be promoted ;).

That would be a nice server crossover function ;).

And no real players would need to cross servers, just the battlesuccesreports or -failures of such "send" incursions.

Lots of Chinese players out here on Tranquility.. Pangu Coalition anyone? Funny pilot names too.

..but where are the Japanese and Korean pilots!

I cannot find any reference to these places called Japan or Korea in any of the recently published geography books I have, only references to China...starting with "printed in China".

where can we find the Chinese version?

ONLY 250m? Sheesh, cheap date, much?