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Originally Posted by chatoman
But if the people you are talking about were cheating, i hope titan ban them |
I was in a
PokerStars room with a couple of people who started speaking Norwegian. According to their avatars, they were actually in different countries. From the context in which they started speaking, and from the linguistics I know, I could pick out some of the words. They were clearly (to me, anyway) not cheating, just pleased to find someone else who spoke the same tongue.
However, a guy in the room went ballistic on them, demanding they speak English only and accusing them of cheating. They complied, but his rancor caused tension at the table from that point on, because a couple of us could tell they were just making small talk.
I think it's fine if people use other languages, but I also think it's important that any requests for cheating investigation be honored (just as if two English speakers appeared to be colluding.)
Poker sites make money hand over fist. They can afford to outsource a few translations in the interest of keeping the playing field level, I think. (Play money games would be an exception to investigation, unless the game involves a prize with real value, like cash or a real money tournament seat.)
Of course, if the rules of a tourney clearly state "English only," that should be respected. And, in another tourney where the rules state "French only," or "Spanish only," that should be respected as well.