Upcoming: 2nd year anniversary of VN of the Month (new post)
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Should VN of the Month Remain?
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On the twenty-fourth of September, 2015, it will officially have been two years since I started doing VN of the Month. In that time, I've read just under 200 VNs, just under one hundred of them for VN of the Month. Even if you take my abnormally fast reading speed into account, that is several thousand hours of VN playtime... so naturally, I am a lot more jaded than I was when I started this. I've become more forgiving in some areas and less in others. I've struggled to keep bias out of my mini-reviews as much as possible - though with the filter that all VNs are meant to tell a story ever-present - , and, much to my bemusement, I've found that there are actually people who pay attention to my reviews before choosing which untranslated VNs they will play.
To be honest, VN of the Month can be one of the most grueling tasks I've ever taken on outside of work. Where I would normally just ignore certain VNs, I play them so that people will have an idea of what to expect, and if a new company puts out their first release, I'm the first to jump on it. I filter VNs through my long (seven year) VN experience and attempt to put them in perspective, and I even succeed at times. I hit my favorite type of VNs - chuunige - with levels of criticism I wouldn't bother with with a moege in order to counter my bias (which can be painful at times), and I give even the most puerile of moege a chance to show me its good side. At times, I'll outright refuse to play a VN, but I usually end up getting to it later, in my Random VN thread.
So why am I waxing nostalgic? Because, just like last year, I'm giving Fuwans a chance to shut me down. Oh, I'll still play VNs - most likely from every month - but I'll probably ignore anything I'm not already interested in. I'll use that time for other pursuits, and if I don't want to give a VN an honest chance, I won't. VN of the Month will cease to exist, leaving only the Random VN series.
So what is your choice, Fuwans? If I don't get at least thirty Yes votes by September 24 (the anniversary) or the No votes outweigh the Yes ones, VN of the Month gets shutdown. That might not seem like much, but it is more than you probably think, considering how few people actively pay attention to this blog and the thread that is its sister.
Edit: Redid the post.
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