The American Gamer's Knowledge of Australia

[Zeromaeus]

º We are not Australian, but in-fact British
º Due to our ancestry we are all criminals
º Our lunch is comprised of kangaroo meat and BBQ'd shrimp
º They saved us in WW2 with a "fashionably late entrance"
º Our primary mode of transport is the kangaroo
º 1 in every 2 Australian's have lost a baby to a Dingo.

[Gathered from over 3 years experience on Xbox Live]
*Disclaimer: This is meant as a joke I know most (hopefully most) Americans are smarter than this, but then again, on XBL most aren't.

Of course most of these are just common stereotypes we're all used to by now, but it never gets easier being called british every day. Care to share the common misconceptions (maybe less known stereotypes about you're country, town, or whatever).

I don't know a single person who believes these things. Except maybe the WWII thing. It doesn't come up in conversation so I wouldn't know.

 

[Berethond]

Sweden: All women are blondes with big melons as tits, we ride polar bears, we have snow the whole year around, and we talk like we're retarded. One of these I wish were true, guess which one.

Please be massive tits.

Maybe your wish, but not mine.

Aha!
So you do want to ride polar bears.

 

[Jaygee02]

Meh, at least Australia is well known enough to get a few stereotypes The only things I ever hear people say about New Zealand either involve sheep or Lord of the Rings.

 

[MelziGurl]

º We are not Australian, but in-fact British
º Due to our ancestry we are all criminals
º Our lunch is comprised of kangaroo meat and BBQ'd shrimp
º They saved us in WW2 with a "fashionably late entrance"
º Our primary mode of transport is the kangaroo
º 1 in every 2 Australian's have lost a baby to a Dingo.

[Gathered from over 3 years experience on Xbox Live]
*Disclaimer: This is meant as a joke I know most (hopefully most) Americans are smarter than this, but then again, on XBL most aren't.

Of course most of these are just common stereotypes we're all used to by now, but it never gets easier being called british every day. Care to share the common misconceptions (maybe less known stereotypes about you're country, town, or whatever).

I don't know a single person who believes these things. Except maybe the WWII thing. It doesn't come up in conversation so I wouldn't know.

Actually, I find that the WW2 part a very touchy subject among quite a few people. I've come across too many Americans who get high and mighty about their part in the war and tread on a few toes at the same time.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

snip.

Haha very much so. I mean people really thought she was a little slow in the head.

Okay, she's an idiot then. Although I will admit, other countries think that the Swedish language sounds funny. But we do know how to speak English well.[/quote]

And I doubt many Americans cant speak English or Swedish, or any other language other then "American", but thats probably me just basing everything off of living in the South. So thats
Sweden-1
States-0[/quote]Yea! That's one more thing we are better than Americans at. [/quote]

You make it sound like alot![/quote]Well, the only other thing I can think of that we're better at is metal. Nothing beats Swedish metal.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Sweden: All women are blondes with big melons as tits, we ride polar bears, we have snow the whole year around, and we talk like we're retarded. One of these I wish were true, guess which one.

Please be massive tits.

Maybe your wish, but not mine.

Aha!
So you do want to ride polar bears.

Yeah, don't you?

 

[Zeromaeus]

º We are not Australian, but in-fact British
º Due to our ancestry we are all criminals
º Our lunch is comprised of kangaroo meat and BBQ'd shrimp
º They saved us in WW2 with a "fashionably late entrance"
º Our primary mode of transport is the kangaroo
º 1 in every 2 Australian's have lost a baby to a Dingo.

[Gathered from over 3 years experience on Xbox Live]
*Disclaimer: This is meant as a joke I know most (hopefully most) Americans are smarter than this, but then again, on XBL most aren't.

Of course most of these are just common stereotypes we're all used to by now, but it never gets easier being called british every day. Care to share the common misconceptions (maybe less known stereotypes about you're country, town, or whatever).

I don't know a single person who believes these things. Except maybe the WWII thing. It doesn't come up in conversation so I wouldn't know.

Actually, I find that the WW2 part a very touchy subject among quite a few people. I've come across too many Americans who get high and mighty about their part in the war and tread on a few toes at the same time.

I live pretty near to the quote-unquote South, so I hear more talk of the American Civil War than any other conflict in human history...
...
God I hate it here.

 

[clutch-monkey]

i had one guy tell me he'd never heard of canberra and i was just trying to trick him with bullshit when i corrected him after he said Sydney was Australia's capital city.

Well, I live in Texas.....so many to pick from.

First of all, your probably thinking, "How is he on the internet, horses don't get Wi-Fi!?!?"

The answer to that question is, I have a specially made cowboy hat that does receive a Wi-Fi signal.


But really, I have neither a horse nor a cowboy hat.

are you wearing a holster with a revolver in it?

I feel sorry for australian gamers because they must deal with an overruling government that limits the games they can access,

this is somewhat misleading. bear in mind our MA15+ rating is somewhat broader than the other countries, which is why R rated games overseas often get shoehorned under this rating. singular examples like L4D2 are baffling though.

 

[Spoonius]

Now look, I may be using somebody else's wireless internet, on a stolen computer, with clothes I took from a homeless shelter, eating food I nicked from the shop... and I might or might not have just buried my neighbour's body... but I am NOT a criminal. Under Australian law, I won't even be imprisoned...

[sub]Until I get caught, anyway.[/sub]


Remember, the sins of the many Irish convict fathers do not pass to the sons.

 

[lyrandar]

Sweden: All women are blondes with big melons as tits, we ride polar bears, we have snow the whole year around, and we talk like we're retarded. One of these I wish were true, guess which one.

I'm hoping the women, runner up polar bears because that would be awesome.

Oh by the way I too am Australia, but I have a lot of fun doing impersonations and stuff whenever I play Xbox Live.

 

[Brian Hendershot]

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I don't know any Swedish Metal. My taste in foreign metal has been tested by Japanese and German Metal Bands (THATS RIGHT TOKYO HOTEL SUCKS!)

Name a few please.

I seriously think the closet I have gotten to any Swedish music is Franz Ferdinand...and he is Scottish!

 

[Arkhangelsk]

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I don't know any Swedish Metal. My taste in foreign metal has been tested by Japanese and German Metal Bands (THATS RIGHT TOKYO HOTEL SUCKS!)

Name a few please.

I seriously think the closet I have gotten to any Swedish music is Franz Ferdinand...and he is Scottish!

Let's see...*deep breath*...In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates, Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Sonic Syndicate, Sabaton, Raubtier, Engel, Passenger and The Haunted.

The ones I recommend most are In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Sabaton, Engel, and Arch Enemy. In Flames is melo-death with emphasis on strong melody. Dark Tranquillity is like In Flames, but a bit darker and with a different angle on the style. Engel is the spawn of In Flames, with more focus on clean vocals. Sabaton is power metal with a baritone singer who sings about war. And Arch Enemy is one of the few death metal bands to have a female growler.

 

[Pandora92]

One of the most annoying things for me is the fact that a LOT of people can't seem to tell a Scottish accent from an Irish one, I mean I have nothing against the Irish at all but we sound NOTHING alike.

 

[Brian Hendershot]

snip

I don't know any Swedish Metal. My taste in foreign metal has been tested by Japanese and German Metal Bands (THATS RIGHT TOKYO HOTEL SUCKS!)

Name a few please.

I seriously think the closet I have gotten to any Swedish music is Franz Ferdinand...and he is Scottish!

Let's see...*deep breath*...In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates, Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Sonic Syndicate, Sabaton, Raubtier, Engel, Passenger and The Haunted.

The ones I recommend most are In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Sabaton, Engel, and Arch Enemy. In Flames is melo-death with emphasis on strong melody. Dark Tranquillity is like In Flames, but a bit darker and with a different angle on the style. Engel is the spawn of In Flames, with more focus on clean vocals. Sabaton is power metal with a baritone singer who sings about war. And Arch Enemy is one of the few death metal bands to have a female growler.

Wow a female growler, thats more hard core then...um...some sort of hardcore porn. I'll check that stuff out when I get done with this stupid college stuff. *face to palm* who needs an education?!

 

[WorldCritic]

When some people found out I am Irish they asked me if I drank nothing but beer and then asked why my hair wasn't red. When they found out I'm as much British they continued with more questions about sterotypes.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

snip

I don't know any Swedish Metal. My taste in foreign metal has been tested by Japanese and German Metal Bands (THATS RIGHT TOKYO HOTEL SUCKS!)

Name a few please.

I seriously think the closet I have gotten to any Swedish music is Franz Ferdinand...and he is Scottish!

Let's see...*deep breath*...In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates, Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Sonic Syndicate, Sabaton, Raubtier, Engel, Passenger and The Haunted.

The ones I recommend most are In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Sabaton, Engel, and Arch Enemy. In Flames is melo-death with emphasis on strong melody. Dark Tranquillity is like In Flames, but a bit darker and with a different angle on the style. Engel is the spawn of In Flames, with more focus on clean vocals. Sabaton is power metal with a baritone singer who sings about war. And Arch Enemy is one of the few death metal bands to have a female growler.

Wow a female growler, thats more hard core then...um...some sort of hardcore porn. I'll check that stuff out when I get done with this stupid college stuff. *face to palm* who needs an education?!

She is a bit creepy, I thought it was a dude at first listen, and a chick doing a growl face is not as pretty as you think.

 

[shotgunbob]

I live in Colorado therefore I know Eric Cartman

 

[Berethond]

Sweden: All women are blondes with big melons as tits, we ride polar bears, we have snow the whole year around, and we talk like we're retarded. One of these I wish were true, guess which one.

Please be massive tits.

Maybe your wish, but not mine.

Aha!
So you do want to ride polar bears.

Yeah, don't you?

Of course.
Who wouldn't?