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    Time for my first ever Bloodborne stream

    in Gaming Talk

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    Decicided to get back into Bloodborne, since the Return to Yharnam community event is going on, and because I never finished it >.<  I'll be streaming from 2pm PDT (9pm UTC) and I'll probably end around 4-5pm PDT, depending on if my dog will let me walk him later rather than sooner.  If anyone wants to see me stream more, I might do more sessions.

    My Twitch channel

    I might not be able to chat all that much, since the closest computer's in an odd position to view the TV at, but I'll try to check the chat feed as often as possible.  I have a headset, and will have my mic on.  Adult language will be used, since it's a Soulsborne game, so keep the kiddos out of the room, if you have any.

    PLEASE, no spoilers!  I haven't gotten much farther than Father G, so please don't mention events or content that happen afterwards.  Hints and recommendations for stats and items are fine.  Hints for general areas to head towards are fine, but please don't give me explicit routes, or warn me about enemies.

    EDIT: Done streaming for now.  Feel free to give me feedback on BB or streaming in general.  Like I said, I might stream more BB if people will actually watch it lol

    MangaGamer 2018 Review & 2019 Licensing Survey

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    34 minutes ago, NowItsAngeTime said:

    PLease don't be one of the millions that fruitlessly asks for something like Fate/Stay Night. Ask for something different/more possible for a change. There's lots of potentially good VNs out there.

    Nata-Tanshi ran a most desired English VN translation contest last year. There's plenty to choose from there:

    http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?&tid=470705&tclass=Winner's Bracket 

    I voted for the three I stated, but I suggested partnering with virtually every company that was in that contest, and multiple others.  Gotta work around the limit :sachi:

    Irotoridori Kickstarter by Sol Press Funded at over 85k

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    5 hours ago, novurdim said:

    The only person who could, in theory, decently fan-translate IroSeka has founded NekoNyan. 

    [Citation needed]

    I've yet to hear anything from anyone that isn't biased (literally just chuee and akerou) about them being able to handle something like IroSeka.  They couldn't even handle HoshiMemo, FFS, and SakuSaku reportedly wasn't all that great, either.

    Light announces English translation of Dies irae ~Interview with Kaziklu Bey~

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    8 hours ago, Dreamysyu said:

    That's the best part of this announcement. :yumiko:

    Right?  I'll never forget how they confirmed a new Rusalka route without even apparently asking Light what that meant, had someone tell them what they were actually promising, and then deleted the post and walked back the statement, claiming that they actually meant that a Rusalka bad end already existed.  Good riddance :sacchan:

    Light announces English translation of Dies irae ~Interview with Kaziklu Bey~

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    They also announced that they're no longer working with the PR team they outsourced to for the original Kickstarter campaign.  Apparently they're hiring steiner (one of the translators for the original VN) to as a brand manager, and there isn't going to be any kind of middleman company involved.  He's also going to be the sole translator for Kaziklu Bey as well.

    I dunno about anyone else, but I'm pretty hyped.  It's definitely the kick in the pants I need to get around to finishing the original.

    Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    Just now, Antera said:

    Is there way to make them know that this type of TL will tank hard. It will be more profitable if they partner with any of this four (Mangagamer, Sol, Neko or Jast) or Hire professional TL & Editors from English scen 

    I doubt it, honestly.  They seem pretty set on publishing the English TL themselves.  They've had over two years to mull things over, and this appears to be their decision.

    You could try emailing them, but I doubt that will change their minds, and there's a pretty decent chance whoever reads your email won't speak English.  All you can really do is refuse to buy it, and tell everyone that you know might be interested in it to stay away.  The best case scenario is that the game tanks, and Harukaze thinks there's no money in the west and loses interest, never butchering a VN this badly again.

    Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart English Release

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    1 hour ago, Antera said:

    Day 1 buy for me if TL is OK level and has 18+ version 

    Well, bad news for your wallet.  Judging by the site and the fliers they handed out when they originally announced the English translation, the translation is gonna be top notch!  Such gems as, "Once upon a time, mother passing away," and "Some people think she’s kind of a plastic" inspire such confidence in the TL staff, and give the reader a taste of the stunning prose that's sure to follow.  One can clearly see that this VN is in the most capable of hands :sachi:

    Clockwork Alt Works

    in Members' Lounge

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    2 hours ago, Asonn said:

    all past and current mods have alts

    tfw I'm the odd man out because I'm too much of a square \:Teeku:/

    1 hour ago, Clockwork Loli said:

    Sigh... Yeah, it's true. Kaguya did allow me to create the alt, and Dergonu and Zenophilious agreed to it as well. Despite this however, I still felt like I was ban evading because my main account is still flagged.

    Like I said before, though, it's not really ban evading if you're given the okay to do it by multiple mods.  Besides, you'd have just received a warning or a temp ban if you hadn't spammed so much lol  It wasn't meant to be a permanent punishment, just a stop-gap measure until all the spam could be cleared.

    I'll see if I have enough time before work to get rid of the rest of the spam.

    EDIT: @Clockwork Loli So, unfortunately, it appears that there's no way to recover your content, either the spam or the legitimate posts.  The spam tool wiped all of it, and there's no way to recover them.  I unbanned you, as the spam tool apparently applied an automatic permaban to your account.  You can either go back to your old account, or keep this new one, whichever you'd prefer.

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    in Visual Novel Talk

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    35 minutes ago, alpacaman said:

    Umineko uses the episodic format very well imo, but it's probably true that most releases probably don't. The important thing for a good episodic VN is that each episode tells a complete story while adding to the overarching plot. Just introducing the setting and characters and then having a cliffhanger at the end is something you don't want to read let alone pay for when you know you have to wait several months for the next bit of the story.

    I actually haven't read either Higurashi or Umineko yet.  They're both part of my rather large backlog lol  Most episodic VN releases seem to flounder in obscure mediocrity, at least in the west.  You don't really hear much about them besides those two 07th Expansion breakout successes.  Well, that is unless you follow Frontwing's recent releases lmao

    It'd be rather interesting to find out the average rating for episodic VNs on VNDB and EGS and maybe get an estimate of how popular the format is on both sites.  I could look into doing that, but I have no clue how to extract that kind of data besides doing it manually :/  maybe I can ask someone how to go about doing that.

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    in Visual Novel Talk

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    1 hour ago, adamstan said:

    Well, if each "episode" can be considered stand-alone VN - like three parts of F/SN

    That's a slightly different situation.  The story was originally conceived as a single, complete release, and just happened to be later rereleased as three parts.  It coincidentally lent itself pretty well to the episodic format.  All three parts were released on different dates, though, but but the other hallmarks of episodic releases are missing.

    tbh, VNs, as a medium, could work pretty well as episodic releases, I've just yet to see an episodic VN fully take advantage of that release format.

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    in Visual Novel Talk

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    Exactly the same as my views on episodic traditional video games, which are rather negative.

    Disregarding the debate on whether or not it's anti-consumer, it kinda comes off to me as just another way of avoiding any kind of financial risk by not fully investing in a complete release.  If it flops, just axe plans for any more episodes and move on, leaving customers with an incomplete story that will never be continued.  Frontwing in particular, imo, uses episodic releases this way, and it doesn't look all that good.  They can apparently afford to fund development of full JP releases, but after they start focusing on western releases they release a flurry of episodic releases with Kickstarter campaigns?  Those actions just scream, "I'm confident in the future success of these products", amirite?

    An arguement that's typically brought up in favor of episodic releases is that it gets the content to the customer sooner than a full release theoretically would have, but I honestly just don't care.  My backlog of games, books, TV shows, movies and VNs can quite easily hold me over a longer wait, and even if they couldn't, I'd be fine waiting.  I personally don't buy episodic releases of anything until the "full" product is released, which usually means all the older parts are now on sale.  I can see why this perk might appeal to other customers, but it's a bit odd in the western VN scene, where there's usually a delay between the original JP release and the EN release.  We're pretty used to waiting for pretty much everything at this point lol

    I don't really care about the pros of the episodic release format, and the cons don't particularly enamor me with it, either.

    SakuraGames announced Midori no Umi

    in Visual Novel Talk

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    8 minutes ago, SaintOfVoid said:

    btw start blaming the devs for even throwing their eng licenses at them in the first place, just saying.

    wat

    It's SakuraGame's fault for not giving even the smallest shit about the quality of their products.  They're machine-TL'ing scripts, and literally nobody is holding a gun to their head and forcing them to do so.  The devs that work with SG and the customers that buy their games are partially at fault for enabling them, but the blame for the garbage SG craps out lies solely with the people producing it.

    What are you drinking?

    in The Coliseum of Chatter

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    12 minutes ago, Corrupted said:

    I hope your luck holds out. Seems they get worse the more you have them. The worst I've ever had were usually related to cinnamon alcohol for some reason...Fireball, Goldslager. Wine seems to make me feel like I'm "stained" with it the next day, so I tend to avoid it. I experimented with heavy stuff a lot back in my college days, now I'm quite happy with my light beers of no consequence xD.

     

    I see from your signature you're playing Evenicle, assuming it's still accurate. I am too, on chapter 6. Yourself?

    I kinda like the hard stuff, not gonna lie.  I'll take shots of straight whiskey if I'm not feeling in a beer mood, and I've learned to like the less shitty brands of vodka.  I do like beer too, though, but I mostly stick with IPAs, since ales are a bit too weak for my taste.

    I'm finishing up chapter 4 right now.  I tend to get easily distracted when I read VNs, so I'm not that fast at reading them anymore.

    What are you drinking?

    in The Coliseum of Chatter

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    4 minutes ago, Corrupted said:

    Interesting combination. Feel any effects from that the next day?

    A light hangover, which consisted of soreness, dizziness when I moved and general fatigue.  Nothing a cup of coffee and some relaxation couldn't fix.  I've been pretty lucky with hangovers so far, I've yet to experience a really bad one.

    Revamp Rules and Staff List

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    4 hours ago, Kiriririri said:

    Before I get deleted and banned again here have a good double standard:

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    If you stumble upon any piracy links or sexualized loli/shota content, please do report it.  I tried in the past to remove all direct mentions of piracy sites and links in a bunch of old threads, but it was quite frankly exhausting.  I spent hours and hours and hours doing nothing but that for several days before I got completely burnt out.  I still remove them whenever I happen to find them, but I don't have it in me to crawl the entire forum removing every bit of infringing content.

    4 hours ago, solidbatman said:

    To solve both problems, there needs to be a retooling of the entire staff of Fuwanovel. Take a look at the directory and point out all of those who are not active, or no longer even run the project they are listed in. https://fuwanovel.net/about/our-team-fuwadirectory/

    As far as I can tell, Kags and I cannot change that page.  If I had to guess, only admins or users with powers over content on the main site can do that.

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