;) is also known as the douchebag smiley.
But you can't discuss without the "sarcasm" shield these days.

I understand though personally I feel sarcasm defies the use of smileys and comes with the risk of being misunderstood.

nice!
It's funny how many of the games - which have added german versions now - I already completed in english.
well, at least one can regard it as forced learning process (school has once more failed so badly :D), so maybe I should even be grateful =D
Dankeschön GOG!

Frankly I think it's because the German texts are meant to be faithful to the English ones and some stuff is just lost in translation, that's just how the resulting texts end up sounding (and to make it clear: I'm a German native speaker with some professional writing experience). But to be honest I can't complain about the German texts I've read here so far.

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As far as i know Sie is for grownups, adults so to speak, or people who 'deserve' to be called Sie because they work on certain positions or were part of a royal family.

I dont know if its still valid but if there was a royal kid < 14 they had to call him Sie or sir
In dutch we used to have a similar word:

u or U if it was the first letter in a sentence:

dutch example

U ziet er stralend uit majesteit

or

In dit geval bent u verantwoordelijk als er iets verkeerd gaat tijdens deze missie.

I cant remember if we used a capital U in the mid of a sentence / phrase (whatever you call it)
in the past, nowadays most kids seem to forgot that parents and elder people should be called U or u
Nowadays most kids arent that polite anymore and they often call their parents just you ( that would be jij or je in dutch)
or in some combinations it could be: jou or jouw
Some people believe dutch is fairly easy, but don;t be fooled cause its far from it.

I believe its way easier for a person to make him or herself understandable in english then in any other language.

Of course when it comes to grammar even the english born can mess up, it all depends on how well some one is able to learn/pickup things.

I dont mean the common typoos, cause these have nothing to do if a person can or cant make him/herself understandable.
And there will always be more ways and words to phrase a question, itt all depends in which part of the country you were born (dialect)

So generally you can describe things using more words, while still telling the same, thats why they made dictionaries.

i dont try to talk german cause that would be a laugh if i did.
But dutch or any langauge for that matter are easy to learn, if someone picks it up fast, then its more like a 'gift' to the person who picks it up so easy.

Are there any that you can use without a VPN?

"but starting today we'll be spreading our DRM-free love in one more language"
"Two games from our catalog had to be made unavailable in Germany: Commandos Ammo Pack and Commandos 2+3"

Congratulations to your new achievement "DRM-free love is overrated. Lets introduce Region Lock".
Well, done guys! Shame on you!

Seems I was way too optimistic. I'm very disappointed in GOG. Never thought they'd do that kind of shit.

O_o
Using "du" is completely fine in casual environments, it's not an insult. And we don't live in a time anymore now when adults can only meet in non-casual ways as it might have been 20 years ago.

Ikea has also been using "du" for years in their communication with customers.

Commandos is the only PC game on that list that GOG sells, so they are being consistent.

Wait, now I'm unsure if you're being sarcastic about hating non-annotated sarcasm.

It appears that the Mortal Kombat ban only applies to the console versions (though perhaps Mortal Kombat II PC is banned as well).

It depends if you're in Stuttgart/München or Hamburg...

The social climate in the south is more distanced and cold in general imho.

Look, I've even changed my avatar and my forum title to celebrate another "good news" on GOG!

Edit: Strange, why didn't it change my avatar?