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  2. WEB-1476

Czech IP addresses default to Russian language on minecraft.net

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      Hello, I have tried to connect to minecraft.net from various Czech IP addresses and all of them seem to have the same issue - they default into the 'https://www.minecraft.net/ru-ru' domain, which is a fairly problematic issue, as only about 7% (and only 2,5% of ages 15-34) of Czech inhabitants speak Russian (https://languageknowledge.eu/countries/czech-republic) (2012 Eurobarometer data). It would make much more sense to make the site automatically connect to the 'https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/' domain, as English is far more prevalent in the Czech Republic and is a mandatory language in schools.

       

      I am not exactly sure whether this is a bug or just a misunderstanding, but it makes no sense to redirect Czech users onto the Russian site, if anything, even Polish would make more sense than Russian since Polish is at least partially mutually inteligible with Czech.

       

      I hope that you address this issue. Signed, Jakub Horký

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            JayManty Jakub Horký
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