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| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: txtworld on February 07, 2008, 10:27:15 pm ---Of the visits from country specific domains, Poland is "way out there" in first place. They're blazing a trail with 3.6 GB of bandwidth, more than 5 times the volume of their nearest country specific competitor. I never knew that arcade gaming was so popular in Poland ... Any Poles care to add their opinion ? --- End quote --- yeah, this isnt a very good indication. to me it was pretty obvious that this would be (more or less) the order of the most members: USA CANADA UK AUSTRALIA NZ/NETHERLANDS there's just something about certain cultures that combines both access to those games back in the day and ALSO our nostalgia for it. Holland has a much smaller population than france or germany, but there seems to be more dutch here than any other european country. part of that i guess is that germans and french prefer their own language forums whereas the dutch arent fussed. a notable french connection is youki. he created the awesome atomic FE (",) |
| divemaster127:
I ship parts all over the world my ship ranking would be: US CANADA UK SPAIN FRANCE GERMANY AUSTRIALIA BELGUIM DENMARK Something I cannot figure out, is I ship a lot of parts to Spain, but only maybe 2 or 3 orders a year south of the border of the US. I do not know if the economy of the latin american countries or just no interest. I speak Spanish so its not a langage problem. I was stationed for many years with the air force in Alamogordo & my wife is Spanish. That's one reason I sell so much to spain since I speak the langauge. dm |
| Level42:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on February 08, 2008, 07:56:09 am --- --- Quote from: txtworld on February 07, 2008, 10:27:15 pm ---Of the visits from country specific domains, Poland is "way out there" in first place. They're blazing a trail with 3.6 GB of bandwidth, more than 5 times the volume of their nearest country specific competitor. I never knew that arcade gaming was so popular in Poland ... Any Poles care to add their opinion ? --- End quote --- yeah, this isnt a very good indication. to me it was pretty obvious that this would be (more or less) the order of the most members: USA CANADA UK AUSTRALIA NZ/NETHERLANDS there's just something about certain cultures that combines both access to those games back in the day and ALSO our nostalgia for it. Holland has a much smaller population than france or germany, but there seems to be more dutch here than any other european country. part of that i guess is that germans and french prefer their own language forums whereas the dutch arent fussed. --- End quote --- Yep, I agree. France, Germany both have own forums (And don't forget about Italy !!!Mame was born there !). I visit the German site once in a while. My French is really poor, so I don't visit that one very often. Since English is no problem for me (or at least I pretend :D) AND the US is still _the_ place for our hobby both in knowledge and available parts and other stuff, it was only natural to find this forum and f.i. the KLOV forum. I guess there's a good amount of reading Dutchies that never or rarely post. Reading English is easier than writing.... Also, there just is no Dutch alternative to this forum. There are too few of collectors and Mame builders here I guess to keep such a forum alive. |
| patrickl:
I'm surprised that there are so few dutch folk here actually. I guess it's around 10 or so? Indeed we really have no dutch alternative and, (at least where I lived) arcades were pretty popular. BTW talking about eastern block arcades: Soviet Arcade Games Museum |
| ark_ader:
--- Quote from: txtworld on February 07, 2008, 10:53:33 pm --- --- Quote from: ark_ader on February 07, 2008, 10:35:41 pm ---Heck, we (Brits) had more home computers per household than anyone in the world in the 80s. Go Figure! :cheers: --- End quote --- Does that also explain why the Brits have dropped off the international sporting radar ? Soccer being the only exception - but even there, I believe the last time England won the World Cup, was way back in the 60's ? Good old Tim Henman tried his hardest at the great old British tradition of Wimbledon, but alas, he's now gone to pasture. Computer games are great fun ... heck, that's the passion we all have, especially for the arcade games, fueled by fond memories from our childhood ... but they can lead towards a tendency of sedentary indoor lifestyles. How are the preparations going for London 2012 ? --- End quote --- Yes that could be the reason. Also the British government do not invest in any Olympic sponsorships, do not build pools, or tennis courts or offer funding to do so. Most of the time, the councils want the playing fields converted into Tesco supermarkets. Kids in the UK have very little choice to occupy their time when out of school, thus the yob issue currently. In the US its completely different, and shows as the number of Gold Medals Britain won or any medals were a lot less than in the 80s versus the US or any other country like Kenya. Oh I'm sure glad to be back home in the USA. Living in Britain is depressing. :dizzy: |
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