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odd name
Post by GreggRichardson on Jul 6th, 2003, 6:16pm

Is JET-V is real name from japan?
Re: odd name
Post by Webmaster on Jul 7th, 2003, 03:42am

The Japanese players have been given the option of using nicknames. This is for several valid reasons that have been discussed in other threads at various times. We still prefer that they use their real names, but the choice is theirs. I apologize for creating a double-standard, but one positive note is that at least you can recognize and pronounce "JET-V", while Japanese symbols for names would cause much confusion to those who don't know the language.
Re: odd name
Post by Barry on Jul 7th, 2003, 05:14am

on Jul 7th, 2003, 03:42am, Webmaster wrote:
I apologize for creating a double-standard, but one positive note is that at least you can recognize and pronounce "JET-V", while Japanese symbols for names would cause much confusion to those who don't know the language.


Or also for those of us that have studied the language, but haven't had much chance to use it over the years.
Re: odd name
Post by Tonio on Jul 7th, 2003, 08:23am

but they would write their names in alphabet...
Re: odd name
Post by Webmaster on Jul 7th, 2003, 1:43pm

on Jul 7th, 2003, 08:23am, Tonio wrote:
but they would write their names in alphabet...

If you can get them to use their real names, that would be fantastic! But I'm not going to force them to, because I gave them the option, and a promise is a promise.