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Re:Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game by ducktective on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:44AM (#28196984)
You mean the development language is German?
Re:Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game by movedx on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:12AM (#28197157)
LOL! Sorry - I just picked a German programming language. Damn.

I think they meant the community is mostly German. Germans tend to have very good English skills, but if most of the people around you in the (game's) community are native German speakers why speak English and struggle along?

That's probably what they meant.

Re:Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game by rswskg on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:13AM (#28199044)
That is what I meant. There are great youtube communities, but it's mostly german.
Re:Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game by scbrg on Monday August 16, 2021 @09:31AM (#28197822)
> Germans tend to have very good English skills, but if most of the people around you in the (game's) community are native German speakers why speak English and struggle along?

Because most is not the same as all.

Unfortunately, this is sort of a self fulfilling prophecy, as rswskg's original comment indicates. The fact that the community is German speaking means that non German speakers won't join (effectively restricting the pool of potential contributors by ~99%), and thus the German speakers won't have any reason to not speak German.

Re:Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game by FeepingCreature on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:28AM (#28199212)
Well, the same applies to English.
Re:Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game by scns on Monday August 16, 2021 @09:05AM (#28197554)
This. Text in the community forums.