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Left 4 Dead developer calls for Brits to pipe up in online games.
British gamers are "notorious non-talkers" in online games on Xbox Live and PC. Click here to read the full article
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Valve: British People Are Quiet [Uk]
Kotaku —
... 360 and PC. Americans are just chattering away, working together as a team. If you want to work together as a team you've got to talk!" And talk a lot just like Chet is doing. Talk, talk, talk. "You can go into a random 360 game on US servers and it's crazy talk. It's fun. I think a lot of people knock that community but again and again I'm surprised by how fun that is." Crazy talk! Fun! Click the link below to read more chatter from Chet. Read it aloud, even. That's talking, no? News: Valve: British gamers are "notorious non-talkers" [CVG] Send an email to the author of ...
Valve: Brits are too quiet in online games
The Inquisitr » Technology —
A recent CVG interview with Valve produced an interesting comment regarding online gaming etiquette: apparently, British gamers are “notorious non-talkers.”
Valve’s Chet Faliszek has urged British gamers to “[...] communicate. Don’t be scared of a microphone. You guys are notorious non-talkers on both 360 and PC. Americans are just chattering away, working together as a team. If you want to work together as a team you’ve got to talk!”
Faliszek’s comments come just two weeks before the global launch of Left 4 Dead 2, a game where success often depends on good communication between ...
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