ProjectJunebug

Don't hate. I literally just clicked this once and bam. 29 points for me.

I will be joining the ranks of those not participating this round. Getting even 3 numbers from 1-50 correct is difficult enough, and that would only be just enough to justify the 5 points that was paid in with.

I will bet 1 point on the number 626.

Somehow, I feel like this doesn't bode well for non-regulars =P

Delay meaning a few hours, or the whole day?

Same as before, except Chief is now referred to as Cap, which is short for Captain. RSTLN -FJ, of which there were originally 16 Fs and 7 Js The original is in the spoilers for reference:

Context: Two sailors, Chief and Duck, are sitting at a bar. Both are somewhat illiterate , if the tale doesn't make it immediately obvious. Not a single R, S, T, L, or N in the story.

R S T L N Because Wheel of Fortune. Because sometimes simple is good. Because consonants are the letters Gotham deserves but not the ones it needs.

My personal choice for iconic visual novel character is Makise Kurisu, representing Nitroplus's STEINS;GATE. SPOILERS AWAIT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT READ OR WATCHED STEINS;GATE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. The first fact that I account for is how Kurisu is portrayed. Visually, one can immediately associate STEINS;GATE with the image of Kurisu on the gears, as this is the cover image for the original release. Additionally, she has a rather unique wardrobe choice that she herself mentions as being a hybrid between the uniforms of Japan and the more casual style of wear in the West. People can immediately recognize Kurisu's outfit in cosplay and art, while the outfit itself does not need complex items or clothing/armor that are not from this time. Also, Kurisu is a tsundere character, although not in a hyper conventional way. To elaborate, she is cool, calm, and smart; that is, until Okabe pushes all of her wrong buttons with his chuunibyou antics. Her appearance in STEINS;GATE is not just as a simple romantic object or a shounen-style bff. To Okabe, who serves as the player's eyes in STEINS;GATE, Kurisu is brilliant, hardworking, cute, irreplaceable, and most certainly something to be protected, even if he literally goes half insane crossing world lines, as well as resisting the temptation to cross world lines. Kurisu was not someone who was always important to Okabe; even in the visual novel, Okabe notes during his dilemma that had he been faced with the issue of who to save between Mayuri and Kurisu before the D-Mail, he would have effortlessly chose the former. The time the two spent together across the world lines brought them together to the point that the Okabe who failed to save Kurisu spent the rest of his life creating a chance (not even a guarantee of success, a chance) for his past self to accomplish what he could not. Yes, we all get how important Kurisu is to Okabe, so what does that have to do with her portrayal? Simply, we, who play as Okabe in STEINS;GATE, see this relationship between the two build from total strangers (with some animosity as well) into a dynamic duo thrown into peril, and ultimately, into a struggle to save the love of Okabe's life. Few characters today are worth this level of empathy. Another main point I would like to bring up is the release and popularity of STEINS;GATE. The original visual novel for STEINS;GATE came out in 2009, while the anime adaption by White Fox aired during the 2011 season. While the Fate series is by no means dead (the second half of the UBW adaption airs as I type), STEINS;GATE is comparatively a recent, and rather powerful hit in the anime industry. Myanimelist, one of the larger anime databases on the internet, ranks the anime adaption of STEINS;GATE at number 2; this is a number that reflects both the community that watches in subtitles and the dub released by Funimation. Both the original visual novel and the anime adaptions of STEINS;GATE are critically acclaimed, and both have been getting numerous spin offs and official releases. Just recently, Nitroplus has announced that STEINS;GATE will receive an official sequel (not a spin-off, a SEQUEL) for the Visual Novel and the anime, "STEINS;GATE 0". One thing that STEINS;GATE has achieved that many visual novels have not is an official English release in the Americas, which was done by JAST. Many people would rather not bother with importing visual novels to patch them into English or learn Japanese to read them (although there are "other means"), but ultimately, an official release makes the game accessible without having to deal with such difficulties. STEINS;GATE draws more power from the fact that the story can be a perfect standalone by itself, but is not hurt by the spin-offs and such that can expand more upon the memorable world of the series. Given Makise Kurisu's visibility as a character and the continually expanding community of STEINS;GATE, I view Makise Kurisu as the face of the modern visual novel, and I am sure that many people feel the same way.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ggea7Qg9eB I've had better days on short notice, but it should be fine

Below are the prologue and first chapter of THE EPIC OF GANGAMAMER. If I am actually interested enough, I may write more chapters.