Just about every game I've ever played has regional servers meaning that US players never get to interact with people from other countries, often not even English speaking Europe. There's only a few exceptions to that like EVE Online and their large Russian communities, but even then the groups tend to self-segregate.
Things might be different if everyone was just always forced to play together.
In games I played I went off what hours I'm available. As a child I had bad insomnia and ended up playing with east Asian guilds a lot, as a very young adult for a bit the only time I could play was during Euro hours.
One of my fav experiences was in college playing with an international crew, we didn't understand each other much but we knew we had to beat the other team.
I thought MMOs and online gaming would do this when I was little, nah gamers can't be helped.
Just about every game I've ever played has regional servers meaning that US players never get to interact with people from other countries, often not even English speaking Europe. There's only a few exceptions to that like EVE Online and their large Russian communities, but even then the groups tend to self-segregate.
Things might be different if everyone was just always forced to play together.
In games I played I went off what hours I'm available. As a child I had bad insomnia and ended up playing with east Asian guilds a lot, as a very young adult for a bit the only time I could play was during Euro hours.
What few Russian words I know are solely from staying up late and only finding Russians to play Left 4 Dead with lmao
One of my fav experiences was in college playing with an international crew, we didn't understand each other much but we knew we had to beat the other team.