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    Why are some Simmers marked as 'General' why others are EN_US or EN_UK?

    king_of_simcity7king_of_simcity7 Posts: 25,102 Member
    edited April 2017 in Forum Ideas & Feedback
    Anyone else notice this under our avatars?

    Why are some of us regarded as 'Generals' while the others are regarded as a language?

    :no_mouth:
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    • Simsister2004Simsister2004 Posts: 3,536 Member
      You are right. And especially me. Why am I categorized as "English" when I am Danish?
    • king_of_simcity7king_of_simcity7 Posts: 25,102 Member
      edited April 2017
      I think that I spelt general wrong :blush:

      @Simsister2004 I think you would be English as you are on the English language forum
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    • TheGoodOldGamerTheGoodOldGamer Posts: 3,559 Member
      Is there something in the settings that some users pick and others don't? (It's been more than a year that I've been here so I honestly don't remember the sign-up process, and it may have even changed since then.)
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    • lisasc360lisasc360 Posts: 19,280 Member
      I'm thinking that it has something to do with when a member has joined the site. I noticed that the ones who had joined dates of 2009-July 2014 back on the old TS3 forums has the EN_US while the ones who had a August 2014 and on up join date having the General.
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    • plopppo2plopppo2 Posts: 3,420 Member
      There are actually 2 English US forums:

      https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/

      https://forums.thesims.com/EN_US/

      You will probably be logged into one of them - but not both of them.

    • plopppo2plopppo2 Posts: 3,420 Member
      What does it say under my Avatar?
    • king_of_simcity7king_of_simcity7 Posts: 25,102 Member
      plopppo2 wrote: »
      What does it say under my Avatar?

      It says nothing, it seems to have changed again :open_mouth:
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    • james64468james64468 Posts: 1,276 Member
      king_of_simcity7 wrote: »
      plopppo2 wrote: »
      What does it say under my Avatar?

      It says nothing, it seems to have changed again :open_mouth:

      How odd. I have to see what it says now that i posted.
    • king_of_simcity7king_of_simcity7 Posts: 25,102 Member
      james64468 wrote: »
      king_of_simcity7 wrote: »
      plopppo2 wrote: »
      What does it say under my Avatar?

      It says nothing, it seems to have changed again :open_mouth:

      How odd. I have to see what it says now that i posted.

      It doesn't seem to show anything now, it has just gone back to the way it was originally
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    • plopppo2plopppo2 Posts: 3,420 Member
      Sneaky stuff going on.

      Mice are scurrying everywhere.
    • MDianaSimsMDianaSims Posts: 4,175 Member
      lisasc360 wrote: »
      I'm thinking that it has something to do with when a member has joined the site. I noticed that the ones who had joined dates of 2009-July 2014 back on the old TS3 forums has the EN_US while the ones who had a August 2014 and on up join date having the General.

      This is the right explanation to this "issue". It doesn't really mean anything.
      I never had issues with it on this forum, however, on the Dutch forums my rights were (unduly) limited because I had the "general" role rather than the "nl_NL" role. Luckily the mods there fixed it for me.
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    • KarritzKarritz Posts: 21,920 Member
      The en_us vs General had something to do with flagging new members when the first started trying to find ways to solve the troll situation at the time. I remember people asking to have their status changed so they'd be able to set up their avatars. Not an expert though so don't know much about it.
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    • Savage_Patch_KiddSavage_Patch_Kidd Posts: 2,937 Member
      edited April 2017
      I never gave it much thought.

      I just assume that roles are IP based. EN_US are US members & General is everyone else that isn't from the US.

      I think had Maxis had a branch or spokesperson on their behalf based in the UK then there would be a UK forum. Similar as to how the AU forum have their own Simguru based in Sydney.
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    • Rflong7Rflong7 Posts: 36,588 Member
      Did it get figured out? :)
    • FairyGodMotherFairyGodMother Posts: 7,406 Member
      Savage_Patch_Kidd wrote: »
      I never gave it much thought.

      I just assume that roles are IP based. EN_US are US members & General is everyone else that isn't from the US.

      I think had Maxis had a branch or spokesperson on their behalf based in the UK then there would be a UK forum. Similar as to how the AU forum have their own Simguru based in Sydney.

      I thought the same thing. If it was General, then they weren't from the US :D
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