Ah, it's one of "those" threads. Oh, did you think I meant the thread itself about Portuguese? No, I meant about people who speak English and therefore feel like elitists- despite people hardly ever saying "what a BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE!" because... Let's be honest. It's not. Anyway! For some reason, North America is filled with people who think like this. I'd know, as I literally have lived here my whole life and see the horrible, stupid racist people (many old people- are y'all that old? Why are your ideals so stupidly outdated?) Anyway- I see families walking, talking Spanish, Chinese or Vietnamese (very much spoken in my state) and these idiots say stuff like "go back to your own country" or "learn English!"
I do think if you move, you should learn the language of the place you move to, but that is not the point- the point is that... They are talking to each other. Their sister, husband, friend. I hear so much about people from the USA moving to Japan and Brazil, two countries I really love and you know what? Rarely do they speak Japanese / Portuguese well and how do Japanese and Brazilian people treat them? They're happy they're learning the language! You'll find the most racists are in the US that think that everyone should have perfect English / speak English.
Second, as for the "omg but WHY SHOULD WE HAVE PORTUGUES IN THE GAME!!!!" - I have played MMORPGs since 2004. Outside of U.S. players and some UK players, I've met the most Brazilians. I don't know if I can claim that gaming is a huge part of Brazilian culture, but I know that every single Brazilian I have met in-game is passionate about the game, is eager to learn and teach, and is enjoying everything even if they're forced to play in English. It's ridiculous that that is even happening when we do have translation for other languages- considering Portuguese is so so WIDELY spoken and if you haven't met Brazilian people in every MMO you've played, including GW2, you are just looking over anyone who doesn't speak English... Which sounds like what you people would do. 🙂
(NOTE: This is NOT aimed at the original poster, obviously, this is for the racist people who think everyone should speak English or GTFO when in reality, the U.S. would be better off without said racist North Americans.)