EcchiOujisama

EcchiOujisama, 3 minutes after being charged for admission at Golden Corral...

I do wish. It's a key part of my three step plan to get me some of that.
Step 1 - Natalia wins Russian Presidential election in 2018. 
Step 2 - EcchiOujisama wins American Presidential election in 2020.
Step 3 - Use our jobs as an excuse to get her alone and grab her by the pussy.
I've got 2 and 3 in the bag. You've got step 1, nee Nacchan?

Maybe just a child.

Sooo tempted to email Peter Payne and ask when this is coming out like it's a real thing they're working on...

The sequel with Nyasha vs. Puchin for the presidency would be beyond epic. BEYOND EPIC I tell you!

3D women in a nutshell.

I do wish. It's a key part of my three step plan to get me some of that.
Step 1 - Natalia wins Russian Presidential election in 2018. 
Step 2 - EcchiOujisama wins American Presidential election in 2020.
Step 3 - Use our jobs as an excuse to get her alone and grab her by the pussy.
I've got 2 and 3 in the bag. You've got step 1, nee Nacchan?

I do wish. It's a key part of my three step plan to get me some of that.
Step 1 - Natalia wins Russian Presidential election in 2018. 
Step 2 - EcchiOujisama wins American Presidential election in 2020.
Step 3 - Use our jobs as an excuse to get her alone and grab her by the pussy.
I've got 2 and 3 in the bag. You've got step 1, nee Nacchan?

Natalia Poklonskaya, recently elected MP and the next President of Russia.

I appreciate the responses so far. A couple things on points you guys have raised:
Hong Kong =/= China. Like, at all. It's been the freest economy in the world as long as such a thing has been measured, and should remain that way until at least 2047 when China is no longer bound by treaty not to fuck it up. The main reason in setting up shop there is it would make all of the taxes that make doing business in the US too expensive and the paperwork too much of a bite in my ass go away. You know, so I can focus my attention on making something worth your money. 
For those of you thinking Steam will result in a lower price point - not so much. The way I see it they want an undisclosed percentage off the top I wouldn't have to lose if you just bought it from my website instead. Steam also means I'm going to have to pay someone to go into the game, suck all of the H scenes out, then build a patch that puts them back in. I see this as money going down the drain for no good reason. Do you know who will be paying for that?
Whatever it costs to do business on Steam will be added to the Steam price, and could conceivably be more than a physical copy depending on what Steam's commission is per sale. I recognize they provide a service in handling the digital delivery and customer service, but this is a small enough niche where I'm not expecting to be overwhelmed with 10,000 people buying it the second it goes on sale.
I'm old school, my first instinct would be to just sell you a physical copy and leave it at that, but I know the kids these days need their instant gratification. I have no problem offering a download for the same price as a physical copy (less whatever it costs to print the physical copy) since that won't cost too much to set up. A Steam copy would be the same price as the direct download, plus the real costs added by Steam.
On the Majikoi translation, I was not impressed with Yandere either. I am a cheap son a bitch thrifty at times, and won't ask you to buy anything I wouldn't be happy to buy myself. 
Unfortunately holding events in Japan is unfeasible. As a foreigner doing any kind of business in Japan is extremely difficult under the best of circumstances, and there isn't enough money in this to go through the expense of finding a lawyer to navigate it. Even after that, it's the only country in the civilized world with taxes, regulation, forms, etc. worse than the US. I looked into running a wrestling show at Korakuen Hall a few years ago and the costs of doing business were beyond outrageous. Now if I could find a nice otaku yakuza partner to help me do everything on the down low and keep the police out of it....Seriously though, there's no way to break even with all of the costs of doing it in Japan. No one is going to pay 100,000+ yen per ticket, and it would take a lot of people paying that to make it work. It's cheaper to give the Japanese guests a free vacation in Hong Kong or Thailand than run Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto or Okinawa. If people wanted to go somewhere more affordable, like the farms of Gunma, I'm sure Peter Payne would have done it years ago. 

1. I know some people get their tits riled up about this kinda thing, but honestly I'm a non attentive reader, so I kinda just gloss over the fine details.
2. This one is a bit hard, usually it comes down to how good the product is and pricing, both are difficult to control. 
3. Well, I have no problem with it, but considering its' political status it may become a nasty battlefield in WWIII.
4. To be honest, I would be hard press to buy one of those titles since I have already read them, but if you could somehow manage a physical release fuck yeah! I would buy the fuck out of those.
5. Almost definitely no, well unless Trump is elected. It would give me a decent excuse to flee the country. 
6. I know allot of people have issues with steam, I personally have had worse experiences with origin and impulse, but it would undoubtedly give you a boost in sells. Personally though I would be delighted with any way I could purchase a title for a cheaper price.
7. I would like to say yes, but it is doubtful my pitiful bank account could withstand it. 
8. Ehhhhhh, as long as they are not assholes 
Unless it's Kindred Spirits for some reason.

- No, I'd expect the script to be in "English". Liberal doesn't mean Americanized, but literal oftentimes means leaving phrases that sound unnatural in because it's in the "original". Not to mention any professional translator would laugh at you if you told them to purposefully make a literal translation in addition to a more liberal one. 
- If I'm interested in the game, also physicals go a long way in getting people to buy something. After all, you can't pirate a physical copy of a game. 
-No, not really. Though I guess I don't know if Chinese law would come into play with ability to localize certain types of games (loli, etc). 
-If it's something I've played, chances are I wouldn't buy it again, unless it had a physical release. Also Majikoi is far from a decent translation if you're counting the parts done by Yandere translations. I would have a fit if anyone localized that and didn't heavily change the sections done by them. 
-If it's big enough, sure? But of course, it would have to be a really big time event for me to even consider spending the large amounts of money it would take to fly off to China. 
-I don't care about a steam version. I only buy steam versions of all-ages only games since it's easy and convenient. 
-Sure. Not that I could just find most dakimakuras on action sites, but why not if it's a reasonable price. 
-Buying only really hinges on whether I want something or not, but regardless it's a generous thing to do, so if you can, sure go for it. 

- If you can do it adequately, I'd pay more, but probably not enough more to justify the work.... - If you're an English localization company and I have access to your products, I'll support you either way. I don't mind DRM either. Whatever you'd need to do. - Don't mind Hong Kong. - I would, if the translation was improved/looked over again.... and I really enjoyed it the first time. Which is wishy-washy, I know. But I didn't, for example, buy G-Senjou's new release, but I liked the vn enough I gifted it to my brother for him to read. Majikoi I'd buy two copies of, probably. Anything in physical form would definitely make it worth it for me to buy it as a consumer rather than a gift. -Hong Kong's a little far from Canada, so no. - Steam means a lot to me, seriously. Most of the VNs I buy now are on Steam. The exchange rate is better, and I don't care about H-scenes and I get to pay less for them to not be in there! Win-win-win! - I might if it was reasonably priced... but I'd lean more towards the 'merchandise of guys' side than the 'merchandise of girls' side, and like jewelry and cute clothes. Wouldn't be worth aiming for me unless you're planning on entering the female side of the market. - Depending on how you market it, more/as likely. If it's not a big point in your company, as likely. If you market it as a big part of the company, more likely. Or it might be 'less likely to buy from your competitors'. Especially if you can bring the quality.

While 2 different translations is a good idea, I don’t see it happening. Because to do this properly you’ll need to translate the game twice. It isn’t a case of the first run being ‘translating literal’ then a quick mop up to make it ‘localised’, you’d need multiple runs to make the literal section decent and multiple runs to make the localised section decent. It would take a boatload of time, unless the game you’re translating is quite short.
Furthermore, if your heart isn’t in one of those philosophies, then inevitably one of those translations will come out substandard. That is, if you’re only localising to appease the fanbase and you actually don’t like translations this way, this will come across in your work and it will be a substandard product.
I’m all for multiple translations for each game, but IMO it would have to be done by multiple translators. I suspect quality would suffer if a single translation group did both versions.

I don't care for Steam, the only time when I pay money for VNs is when:
- It's an official localization release with an english physical copy either as a reward on Kickstarter/IndieGogo or if it's a physical copy up for sale on MangaGamer or Jlist Online Stores.
- An English Fan-Translation Patch was released and I go and buy a japanese physical version of the game on amazon.co.jp/getchu.com/YJA/amiami.com to use with the patch.
The only time I use Steam is when I get a Steam key with a Kickstarter/IndieGogo campaign that I backed and in the physical reward a Steam code was included as well, so I just play the game on Steam as soon as it releases and leave my physical copy sealed when I receive it months/year(s) later.
I might make some exception if the price on Steam is really low due to a sales, but yeah you'll never see me buying something that cost 39.99 or 49.99 on Steam.
No physical, no buy.
I still haven't been able to play eden*, The House in Fata Morgana, Tokyo Babel, Gahkthun and such due to them not having gotten a physical release.
Also I expect physical editions to be DRM-free of course.

1) I think that's a great idea, I'd like to have both version and decide case by case
2) DRM are fine for me but you have to implement the latest and most expensive ones or they are 100% useless
3) I'm a china hater, but well, I can swallow this
4) Yes but not those three.
5) In china and Thailand... nope. That's anoter story if ypu manage to do something in Japan.
6) I avoid steam when possible 
7) nope
8 ) probably yes...
 

You or Derg should read the one that feels is right (I think you already read it xD).
I like literal translations (the more literal the better for me), I hate when the translator takes liberties just to make it sound good for the English audience but this is something not many people agree with and I understand that, they also changed many things on how miki talks, is not bad or good it's just different but I personally don't like it.
Still, is not a bad translation, just different.

The real issue here is if you want to wait until alternative gets released or not, maybe read extra and unlimited and if you see that you cant wait for the release of alternative then read the amatersau version of alternative xD
I don't know what was cut from the muv luv all version, there isnt much to cut aside from the h-scenes (i skip them when I read it) and i didnt notice anything being censored (like when miki falls you can still see her panties) maybe certain scene... but either way there is nothing really important being cut from the novel. 
Now, reading the censored version of alternative... that would be a shame and I don't recommend it at all, alternative doesnt have a release date yet, probably next year and seeing that it takes them around 5 months to release a +18 version of the same game... maybe it will be released by the ends of 2017, so it would be a pretty long wait and like I said before, reading extra and unlimited without alternative is like cutting a movie in the best part.

Mmmmmmm, yummy Rooke. Tastes likes chicken.

Macross. All of it. Even Zero. When you're familiar with the whole franchise Frontier and (16 episodes into) Delta are beyond tremendous. The original changed all of the rules for anime and Plus has greatly grown on me over the years. 
Kidou Senkan Nadesico, and then of course, my fansub of the Gekigangar 3 OVA. It's a different take on the genre, definitely made by fans for fans. If not, it certainly comes across that way.
As people have mentioned, Evangelion and Gunbuster are both required viewing.

The first one. I'm pretty sure Mizunokuchi is the name of a place, not a person.
The second one 2010年宇宙の旅 is 2010: Odyssey Two, the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. In 2010 the film climaxes with Jupiter gets turned into a miniature Sun to fuel the growth of new life on Europa. So obviously someone is a sci-fi nerd. How that relates to gaming I have no idea.
Also the formatting for this site sucks. Is there a way to edit in HTML?

Well...if you're into traps you don't need games for that. Craigslist is full of them. Type t4m into the search bar and you'll find a whole bunch that are only 1 choice away from being your own 3D trap nukige.  Even though choices don't come up quite like they do in games I'm told you don't need much more than "hey duud ill pee white in ur pooper" to trigger the H scene. 
Unlike the nasty fat chicks on Craigslist, who seem think a guy build like a Greek god with a 10" cock is going to waste his time banging them when the picture I see completely kills my arousal. Not that I've ever perused the w4m ads looking for something warmer than my trusty Fleshlight. *whistles innocently*

Now I haven't gone through this one, and I was more interested in the miko aspect than the anal aspect, but it may be of interest to you.
https://vndb.org/v378
I also seem to remember more anal that I was expecting in one of the older translated VNs. Idols Galore? Virgin Roster? Something from around that era. 
In addition to whatever game I'm thinking of there, Mio in Pick Me, Honey will only let you have her ass until you marry her. As a bonus, if memory serves she's supposed to be your first cousin to boot! 

Nobody has mentioned yet the first Western release of a Japanese visual novel with an English Dub; Casual Romance Club? They even Americanized all names, so normies don't get a culture shock!

Those shifty, diabolical commie bastards! What will they think of next?!?!?!?