http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/08/19/of-political-sensitiveness/
这篇实在是太爆笑了，我觉得非翻不可...XD
Hello everyone,
some (not many, but some) people blame me that I include posts related to
Ukraine on FTR. Well, the truth is, I try not to at all costs, unless they
are related to tanks, but on the other hand, when we are already talking
about it, I will not hide my opinion. But of course I am a private person,
just one guy.
SS：我尽力避免让FTR卷入俄罗斯/乌克兰议题了，但我个人还是有立场，反正我就只是
一个人而已。
Wargaming on the other hand is a company. A large company. And it has
business analysts. Lots of them. SerB himself for example wrote that he (and
Wargaming) is aware of the specific requirements of Russian market for
example (this includes Russian patriotism – and why not, it’s their market,
their rules). On the other hand, Russian market is not European market. Three
largest communities on EU server are German, Polish and Czech, two of which
with… let’s say problematic attitude towards Russians and the history
related to them.
WG不一样，WG是一间大公司，而且一定有市场分析师。SerB之前提过他们得注意一些
俄罗斯市场的特色(例如说要爱国)，反正他们赚的是卢布，没人在意。
不过欧洲市场不是俄罗斯市场，EU玩家最大的三个族群分别是德国、波兰和捷克，
其中两个在历史上和俄罗斯有点......嗯，问题。
(译注：前苏联／华沙公约国家多半对俄罗斯还是没什么好感，波兰和俄罗斯有点像是世仇
，至于捷克....今天刚好是布拉格之春被镇压的纪念日。
如果还是觉得很难理解，想一下中日韩三国的关系就懂了。)
So who the fuck did have the brilliant idea of naming a set of premium shop
offers “From Russia with Love“? Especially with the recent events in
Ukraine (that, however you look at it and no matter what side you are on, are
tragic and involve Russia)? And to name the “main feature” offer “Hammer
and Sickle?”
所以到底是那个脑包想到在礼品店卖“来自祖国的爱”？外加看一下最近在乌克兰
发生的事(不管你站在哪边都是个悲剧)，为什么要把主打商品命名“铁锤与镰刀”？
I can’t decide whether that’s just a gross incompetence and deliberate
trolling.
我实在不懂到底是有人完全脑洞还是故意troll人的。
As you can imagine, the Polish and Czechoslovak communities did not
appreciate this very much, but neither did anyone else, considering it
(ironically enough given its name) a ripoff. Some of the reactions seriously
made me laugh though. Here are the best of them:
和预料的一样，波兰/捷克斯洛伐克玩家社群并不喜欢这个活动，不过也没有什么特别
的反应，因为这就是个(名字取得很鸟的)大特价。
（参考：
一个月P帐+1000G=13.5欧、一个月P帐+3500G=20欧、IS-6+Tetrach+车库+半年P=85欧）
某些回应是真的让我笑翻了，以下是精华：
- “I see that the Buk and Grad launchers are missing. Weak offer.”
“我没看到山毛榉防空飞弹*和BM-21多管火箭**，很鸟的礼品包。”
*就是把马航MH-17砸下来的防空飞弹
** Grad=俄文的“冰雹”，最近乌克兰军和东乌克兰分离势力互控对方用这款火箭砲攻击
车队。
- “Good that there are no apples in the offer, although they would be pretty
cheap :D”
“还好礼品包没有包含苹果，虽然说现在应该很便宜”
(注：俄罗斯宣布禁止欧盟蔬果进口，波兰原本出口一大堆苹果给俄罗斯，禁运之后价格崩
跌，所以当地乡民发起了出口转内销的活动，口号是“一天五苹果，普丁远离我”
↑这是真的)
- a certain picture
http://imgur.com/jnBd549
↑这张图
- (reacting at “get the 50 percent skill crew for free”) – “green men
with 100 percent skill will go after you”
对“免费得到50%组员”的回应：“会有100%的小绿人来找你”
(俄军士兵？不太懂这则在写什么。)
- “the offer is missing white trucks with volunteers straight from Specnaz”
“没有白色卡车和来自Specnaz的‘志工’。”
（注：Specnaz是俄军特种部队，前几天俄罗斯编组了两百多辆卡车的大型车队宣称要对
乌克兰东部运送人道救援物资，不过乌克兰方怀疑俄国想趁机偷渡战斗人员和军火到当地
，一直到昨天才放行的样子。）
- “one of the offers should be called ‘humanitarian aid’ and the other ‘
white convoy’”
“其中一个礼包应该叫做‘人道救援物资’，还有‘白色车队’。”
Etc. Perhaps next time, instead of “realizing the special conditions of RU
markets”, conditions on EU server should be considered as well.
之类的，下次WG除了考虑俄国国情之外，也该考虑一下EU的状况。