Mapping the DL.

[superaielman]

Everyone not listed is assumed to be living in the United States.


Canada:

Elfboy
Ciato
Excal
Magetastic
Tide
DomaDragoon
Nitori
Lady Ashe
Ashdla
Just Another Day

United Kingdom:

Clear Tranquil
Yoshiken

Netherlands:

Bardiche

Finland:

Andemon
Tonfa

Australia:

Grefter
Carthrat
Twilkitri
EvilTom

Philliphines:

Trancehime

Brazil:

Psyslaver
Jo'ou Ranbu

Taiwan:

Pipe dreamer (Lurks now, I believe)

France:

Fenrir (See above)

Japan:

Djinn

Assumed to be somewhere on planet earth:

Sei

I'm always a little surprised by how many Europeans we have in the group or have had. I don't think we've ever had anyone from mainland Asia here though, aside from Tai and ID's school trips there. No one from the middle east either besides Corwin, donno if he is ever around though.

On that note: Two of our best editors were from non English speaking countries. (PD and Snow.) 

[Bardiche]

It's still a pretty low number, though.

I'm more surprised by Australia represent.

[superaielman]

Our non US population is a fairly notable amount of the group. This group is heavily focused on  US RPGs and being fluent in English. The latter is harder to get in Europe than the former. Or, PAL sucks.

Australia isn't too shocking, since it's primarily English speaking.

The US DLers tend to be more bunched up , which makes sense with the US population density. We have people from around 20ish states on average, though this varies some. It's mostly gathered up into a handful of states- New york, Cali, New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida all have several people from the group there.

[Bardiche]

If I discount Andemon on accounts of having never seen him active, the amount of active Europeans equals that of Australia. That's sort of surprising to me, since Australia is usually what I find to be underrepresented when taken against Europe, Asia or America.

And hey, fluency in English is as common in America as it is in Europe.

[superaielman]

Andemon's been gone for a while. He does come and go some.

Bard: You clearly haven't tried to listen to people from the UK. That is not English.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

<ClearTranquil> ;_;

Also, this:

On that note: Two of our best editors were from non English speaking countries. (PD and Snow.) 

Just makes me smile. Cheers, PD.

[Dark Holy Elf]

Ryogo was Canadian, though he wasn't around for that long / it's been quite some time.

The Canadians are pretty localised, like the Americans; except for an Albertan who left 6 years ago, mc's grad studies in Montreal, and a brief Newfoundlander whose name I forget, we've all been from BC, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.

[Bardiche]

Bard: You clearly haven't tried to listen to people from the UK. That is not English.

I have, but I was kind of trying to say some Americans fail just as hard at English as Europeans. It's flabbergasting.

[Monkeyfinger]

The US DLers tend to be more bunched up , which makes sense with the US population density. We have people from around 20ish states on average, though this varies some. It's mostly gathered up into a handful of states- New york, Cali, New Jersey, Virginia, and Florida all have several people from the group there.

Plenty of texans too.

[superaielman]

Just Alex, Hal, and Captain K. But yeah, forgot about the captain. *Flees*

[Yakumo]

Oddly large number from Michigan too, really.

[Taishyr]

Yeah, at least five of us from my count.

[metroid composite]

Yeah, I'd divide the US into regions as follows:

Stuff over about 15 million in population is big enough to be considered a region.  For instance, California, Texas, metropolitan area of New York+Northern New Jersey+Long Island.  The other logical division being divisions of language...except there isn't really such a division in the US (where division of language would be relevant is, say, Quebec vs Canada--not that we have any Quebecois in the DL right now).  Islands or large geographic separations are another decent division (Hawaii, and kinda Alaska).

Hmm...wonder what the map of the US would look like if divided up like that in a sensible way....

[superaielman]

Oddly large number from Michigan too, really.

Yakko, Random, Cmdr, VSM, Tai off the top of my head, with you not living there right now. Virginia has five right now (Dune, me, Xer, Pyro, Ciddy). Virginia cheats a bit since Xer just moved here and Cid  lives at the very edges of the state.

California- MC, Dhyer, Andrew, Ashley, Gate, QR, Laggy, Niu, Monkey. Though most of you all are bunched in SF. Florida has... Djinn when he's there, Soppy sometime, Scar, Neph, Donald? I may be forgetting someone as well.

[Clear Tranquil]

I  relatively fail at English aye!

This is because -

a) Scottish slang (will provide notes for minimeet) - No Gaelic though =(

b) Teacher was not qualified to teach mainstream English (no mainstream high 'cause bullying)

c) CT~

[TranceHime]

I've lived in mainland China for a while, and I don't actually come from the Philippines - most of you should know this anyway but many people still don't, so I think it bears repeating. For what it's worth, they say Hong Kong is part of China but I never lived on the mainland part of HK. ^^;;

And yes, I do realize that this is where you currently live, but I'm just kind of sick of people assuming I'm Filipino when I'm not. :V

[Cotigo]

Wah.  People who do not see your face when you talk to them got something wrong.

Guess you should just slit them wrists, eh?

[Captain K.]

Just Alex, Hal, and Captain K. But yeah, forgot about the captain. *Flees*

CAPTAIN K. PAWNCH!!!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Wah.  People who do not see your face when you talk to them got something wrong.

Guess you should just slit them wrists, eh?

* Jo'ou Ranbu thwaps Zenny with a stylus.

Bad. Trance hasn't been publically emo in over a year.

[Cotigo]

Wah.  People who do not see your face when you talk to them got something wrong.

Guess you should just slit them wrists, eh?

* Jo'ou Ranbu thwaps Zenny with a stylus.

Bad. Trance hasn't been publically emo in over a year.

I am Zenny's complete and utter inability to give a shit.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

And I'm Snow's complete lack of caring about not abusing things that give me an excuse to thwap people.

* Jo'ou Ranbu thwaps with a rolled-up newspaper.

[TranceHime]

Way to go me for sounding emo without me having any emo thoughts in mind, just me speaking out my mind!

Clearly I have to go do that if everything I'm going to say is emo.

And even then, that's something that's happened not really online, anyway.

* TranceHime throws up a thumbs up.

[Excal]

Eh, Trance.  The big thing you missed is that Super's list isn't on where people are originally from, but where they are now (mc is a good example of someone who has been stated, in this thread, of having lived somewhere that he's not currently on the list for).

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

And yes, I do realize that this is where you currently live

Trance is just a little whore. =V

[superaielman]

Farthest apart: Clear Tranquil and I think Carthrat. (UK and southern Australia.)  Tonfa and Snow are pretty far apart too. (Finland and inland Brazil)
Closest, ignoring people who live together: Alex and Hal. (5 minutes by car).
Largest country without a representive: China. We have one or two Chinese members, but no one living there right now.
Smallest country with a representive:  Finland. We have two!