Yeah, pretty sure this is true in EU as well. I think? Don't actually remember now.
Confirmed from my Italian (with english settings) launch Switch like stated before.
Yeah, pretty sure this is true in EU as well. I think? Don't actually remember now.
Empires uses imperial
Metric is for peasants
Of course changing standards are hard. That's part of where pride comes in though. I'm not suggesting people who individually use the imperial system are selfish or anything, but it is more of a collective thing. Tradition sticks, and no one likes to admit that they have to change anything because their standard failed to be accepted anywhere else in the long run. The reason America can keep this going despite the rest of the world is because America is a huge country with a lot of sway. If the only country using the imperial standard were a much smaller country, they would have been pressured to adapt ages ago. That's basically how I see it.
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Not sure I follow
YY/MM/DD format isn't good. Most of the time when I'm writing a date I omit the year anyway because the stuff I'm labelling won't be there for year.
It would just add confusion. DD/MM/YY is easier IMO.
Yes, and rename the Imperial system to the French system while you're at it. Come on US I assume even your military and NASA use it, why can't the rest of you?Maybe we should just rename the metric system to the freedom system. Problem solved.
fucking hell MMDDYYYY is the stupidest shit
Hah.
I'm pretty sure that country that put a man on the moon used metric to do so.
Not saying i disagree, but might be useful to say how the lack of use of metric system makes your experience worse.
I was playing Baldur's Gate the other day and one spell description said it would affect everyone in 36 feet. I had no idea if that would affect the whole map os just people who very close until I looked up how long is a foot.
I don't know why Americans are so proud of imperial units, it clear that metric is better and more accurate, even their scientists and soldiers uses metric instead of imperial.
Most of the ammunition their soldiers use are in metric too, such as 9mm, 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm.
It's so weird to see imperial units in games as only a small portion of people on earth use that system.
How about YYYY/MM/DD? We use it in Asia and it works flawlessly. There is zero confusion and controversy
It's good for being different. Like, that's the only reason someone could prefer such an arbitrary date system.YYYYMMDD is great for filing and DDMMYYYY is better for day to day use, but either is fine. MMDDYYYY is good for
I was playing Baldur's Gate the other day and one spell description said it would affect everyone in 36 feet. I had no idea if that would affect the whole map os just people who very close until I looked up how long is a foot.
Cause we dont instinctively know what a mile, feet, Fahrenheit is.Not saying i disagree, but might be useful to say how the lack of use of metric system makes your experience worse.
I think it's difficult to put yourself in the position of someone not intrinsically knowing Imperial measurements from the perspective of someone who is used to bothCause we dont instinctively know what a mile, feet, Fahrenheit is.
Basically, yeah. We're in MERICA! To quote a line from Fury, "You wanna talk Mexican, join a Mexican tank."
I understand what you're saying and I'm fine with that. My concern is that some developer will eventually just leave out the US option and that would catch on. Maybe it'll be patched in later, maybe it won't. I wouldn't want that. Just let me keep mine. You know what you can do with yours.
The most asinine, ridiculous, ignorant, condescending, borderline racist, rude and overall stupid posts I have EVER read on this forum, and that says a lot.Nah cause what's going to happen is they'll eventually either do one or the other and I'd rather keep my feet, miles and inches than be bothered with a system I have never previously had a reason to touch.
I'm in Australia and I'm like 99% certain my BotW units are metric.
The most asinine, ridiculous, ignorant, condescending, borderline racist, rude and overall stupid posts I have EVER read on this forum, and that says a lot.
I agree with Alex, the imperial system is a bunch of nonsense only two countries in the whole world use for some idiotic conservative "I'm special" reasons, and if developers want to reach a global audience, they should at the least serve their public at the most basic level, and that includes the use of commonly, internationally accepted used measurements.
I'd like to keep imperial out of spite at this point in the US purely because of how mad it makes people.
I'd like to keep imperial out of spite at this point in the US purely because of how mad it makes people.
I'd assume that was a highly hyperbolic and inappropriate way of telling Americans are stubborn as fuck for not switching to the global standard and that message is right.So you have been skipping the posts where Americans are referred to as rednecks and retards for using a different system of weights and measures?
I'd be fairly certain that most engineers and scientists in the US use the Metric system. It would be borderline impossible not to. It's everyone else that's the issue.
I don't know why Americans are so proud of imperial units, it clear that metric is better and more accurate, even their scientists and soldiers uses metric instead of imperial.
Most of the ammunition their soldiers use are in metric too, such as 9mm, 5.56x45mm and 7.62x51mm.
It's so weird to see imperial units in games as only a small portion of people on earth use that system.
How about YYYY/MM/DD? We use it in Asia and it works flawlessly. There is zero confusion and controversy
Not saying i disagree, but might be useful to say how the lack of use of metric system makes your experience worse.
France were the first country to adopt the metric system, so it wouldn't surprise me that's part of the reason the US still hasn't.Yes, and rename the Imperial system to the French system while you're at it.
https://qntm.org/abolishAnd since we're venting and I'm a programmer, fucking timezones, y'all. I just can't even.
the fun part about this entire argument is that Americans do understand metric. We understand both. Its not hard.Or you losers in yank land could learn the same thing 98% of the other world uses.
FFXI had its own system of measurements. Yalms and Malms. We figured it out as players.Imagine you are playing a game and it says the weight of an axe is 579 Bloofels and the next village is 314 Goomblits away and the temperature is 475 Ooblits.
Yes! Anyone that has the opportunity to make anything using any sort of measurement should be using the metric system. If you're making something that will be consumed in America, then you're able to play a small but important part in fixing one of our country's simplest problems.Even better: use the metric system forever because the imperial system is hot garbage and should be abandoned in every way as soon as is possible. Video games can lead the charge!