How many people do you think will buy "Unspielbaren, alten Schrott, von dem man ja Augenkrebs bekommt! Und dann wollen die auch noch 18 Euro dafür!!!"? You know how Germans are. People who really want Quake 3 already have Quake 3, because they're older than 30 and know how to order a game from another country.

A question for anyone who might be willing and able to help me out. How do you say "attention whore" in German, exactly? =)

There's no good translation for it. You could say "Er sucht bloß nach Aufmerksamkeit", which means "He's just looking for attention". But you can say attention whore to a German too. Most Germans know what it means. I've seen this on quite a few German forums ;)



ps. *lol* I just threw "attention whore deutsch" into google search. First result was google translate and... it suggestet "Aufmerksamkeitsdirne" :D :D :D Sounds as absurd as "attention courtesan" would sound in English :P

Thanks for the laugh. XD

Most likely you would use an adjective like "aufmerksamkeitsgeil" or "aufmerksamkeitssüchtig" to describe the person.

There is the word "Rampensau" which is kind of similar but not used that much and has a different connotation.

Maybe "geltungssüchtiges Luder" is close but it would only apply to females.

This is more a large company problem. They don't have someone who cares enough and they certainly won't hire someone for it. You might disagree with their reasoning but they won't be the first or last company making bad business calls out of inertia.

Google translate gives a quite useable translation for this one ;)

Unplayable, old junk, from which one yes gets eye cancer! And then even 18 Euros want it !!!

edit: Correct translation would be "Unplayable, old junk, from which you get eye cancer! And they even ask 18 Euros for it !!!"

Now attempting to say that in my head and already mutilating the crap out of it, I'm certain. No surprise there. -laughs-

Oh well. Regardless, thank you very much for helping me indulge my curiosity.

This might be interesting:
http://www.telemedicus.info/article/1911-SchwenkeMoeller-Infografik-zum-JMStV-Update.html

Doesn't that apply for most of the old games GOG sells. And yet there seems to be a market for it.

Yeah well, didn't want to assume that everyone would know the English version just because it's English.

And that's why I don't use Google translate without expecting problems. But on the other hand, I'm liking the term "attention courtesan" just because it sounds odd. I could say that to Americans, and nine times out of ten they'd have no idea what it meant.

Also, noticing that the forum is behaving strangely. Some posts aren't showing up in threads until a while after they're posted. You posted before Piranjade did, but the thread didn't show it at all until maybe 20 minutes later.

Same goes for Wolfenstein by the way since it's been over 10yrs and the banned status is expired.

Yes, a world wide market and not a small German market ;)

Oh that is such a cliche Tarnicus. Only Bavarians do look like the ones on your picture and only some of them. I am really sick of non Germans thinking that Germans are wearing Trachtenkleidung and that they are always drinking Bier and eating Bratwurst and Sauerkraut - it's just not true.