ohiowar

So many questions at once. Rain will most likely be the producer Idol can't have boyfriend. If I find other loli idol to join me maybe I do a group. YES I WILL SPREAD SMILE AND LOVE TO THE WORLD! 
 

Maybe that is what my profile tell me. Just take it for what it is I am a little loli female who love everyone.
 
 

<Stanleys> The days of the dead Fuwanovel IRC are over! If your name is called, I command you to forth and reclaim the glory days or wallow in silence once again! <Stanleys> kuu Wolfscythe Cybersteel ProBlackbird ACF asfx Astar astro Ayu|off badbwg Coolio|Out dan88 Defendos delta-mm Douggle Dragoon eplightning flamingspinach gamma Gavisi GenTwo george105948 HaxtonFarAway Hei_ HenAi hisuiIBMPower hjandreas HY krill Kumi KuroiHana|Away L4ST Lavi_PC_ Lewycool Melon_Bread Mephisto MeruP momimomi monkeysrumble nanoha-chan Neibs ohiowar phatboisteez RainHeaven RaptorFB rarely_upset realmoecha ruri  <Stanleys> ryonaloli Sakamoto_Neko Sarah shcboomer Soupling Svitkona ThatPlayer The_Bug TheBlackTac TheVoid thewingless Vanto VDZ Vemocleus WarrFork- Xeo ZeoH  <Neibs> what the fuck <RainHeaven> LOL <TheBlackTac> Yes?  <MeruP> wtf <TheBlackTac> XD <phatboisteez> k <WarrFork-> Errr <RainHeaven> TROLL OP <ThatPlayer> Lol <ohiowar> lol <RainHeaven> AHAHA <Douggle> uhhhhhhhhhhhh wtf. <ThatPlayer> Kick please <Mephisto> banhammer <ohiowar> Stanleys you did it <Stanleys> Nice reaction <WarrFork-> way to wake up all the lurkers <TheBlackTac> It's okay. Lol. <RainHeaven> Stanleys calling for war <Douggle> some of us lurkers are actually reading vn's  <Neibs> i was tling a vn <Neibs> pls <shcboomer> And you guys wonder why this place is dead most of the time... <Sakamoto_Neko> or downloading them <Hei_> yes <ThatPlayer> Does seeding count? <krill> lol <monkeysrumble> It has been done.

I read them because I find them to be enjoyable simple as that.

For those of you who haven't had the chance to check out the podcast episodes as of late, take a look at the new series Tay and I have been working on recently in an effort to improve the community and listen to you, the people of Fuwanovel. The 2 episodes posted below are the beginning of the series - a preview into what we hope will be the format for many future episodes going forward. Being very similar to an "ask me anything" thread, Tay will do his very best to answer the many questions the community has in an effort to connect with the many members here on the site.
 
Fuwanovel is on the verge of change, and this is in my opinion a great leap forward, so feel free to tune in by clicking any of the links below, and we hope this helps answer many people's questions.
 
Man Behind the Curtain - Episode 2: Fuwanovel Unification and Concerns
 
And here is the 1st episode in case you happened to miss it:
 
Man Behind the Curtain - Episode 1: Fuwanovel Towards the Future
 
Thanks for listening!
 

I'm gonna sit in here and just hope that nobody bothers me while I do something else and then I'll get mad if I do get pinged in the server I could simply leave whilst doing something else. -#fuwanovel logic

<Stanleys> The days of the dead Fuwanovel IRC are over! If your name is called, I command you to forth and reclaim the glory days or wallow in silence once again! <Stanleys> kuu Wolfscythe Cybersteel ProBlackbird ACF asfx Astar astro Ayu|off badbwg Coolio|Out dan88 Defendos delta-mm Douggle Dragoon eplightning flamingspinach gamma Gavisi GenTwo george105948 HaxtonFarAway Hei_ HenAi hisuiIBMPower hjandreas HY krill Kumi KuroiHana|Away L4ST Lavi_PC_ Lewycool Melon_Bread Mephisto MeruP momimomi monkeysrumble nanoha-chan Neibs ohiowar phatboisteez RainHeaven RaptorFB rarely_upset realmoecha ruri  <Stanleys> ryonaloli Sakamoto_Neko Sarah shcboomer Soupling Svitkona ThatPlayer The_Bug TheBlackTac TheVoid thewingless Vanto VDZ Vemocleus WarrFork- Xeo ZeoH  <Neibs> what the fuck <RainHeaven> LOL <TheBlackTac> Yes?  <MeruP> wtf <TheBlackTac> XD <phatboisteez> k <WarrFork-> Errr <RainHeaven> TROLL OP <ThatPlayer> Lol <ohiowar> lol <RainHeaven> AHAHA <Douggle> uhhhhhhhhhhhh wtf. <ThatPlayer> Kick please <Mephisto> banhammer <ohiowar> Stanleys you did it <Stanleys> Nice reaction <WarrFork-> way to wake up all the lurkers <TheBlackTac> It's okay. Lol. <RainHeaven> Stanleys calling for war <Douggle> some of us lurkers are actually reading vn's  <Neibs> i was tling a vn <Neibs> pls <shcboomer> And you guys wonder why this place is dead most of the time... <Sakamoto_Neko> or downloading them <Hei_> yes <ThatPlayer> Does seeding count? <krill> lol <monkeysrumble> It has been done.

<Stanleys> The days of the dead Fuwanovel IRC are over! If your name is called, I command you to forth and reclaim the glory days or wallow in silence once again! <Stanleys> kuu Wolfscythe Cybersteel ProBlackbird ACF asfx Astar astro Ayu|off badbwg Coolio|Out dan88 Defendos delta-mm Douggle Dragoon eplightning flamingspinach gamma Gavisi GenTwo george105948 HaxtonFarAway Hei_ HenAi hisuiIBMPower hjandreas HY krill Kumi KuroiHana|Away L4ST Lavi_PC_ Lewycool Melon_Bread Mephisto MeruP momimomi monkeysrumble nanoha-chan Neibs ohiowar phatboisteez RainHeaven RaptorFB rarely_upset realmoecha ruri  <Stanleys> ryonaloli Sakamoto_Neko Sarah shcboomer Soupling Svitkona ThatPlayer The_Bug TheBlackTac TheVoid thewingless Vanto VDZ Vemocleus WarrFork- Xeo ZeoH  <Neibs> what the fuck <RainHeaven> LOL <TheBlackTac> Yes?  <MeruP> wtf <TheBlackTac> XD <phatboisteez> k <WarrFork-> Errr <RainHeaven> TROLL OP <ThatPlayer> Lol <ohiowar> lol <RainHeaven> AHAHA <Douggle> uhhhhhhhhhhhh wtf. <ThatPlayer> Kick please <Mephisto> banhammer <ohiowar> Stanleys you did it <Stanleys> Nice reaction <WarrFork-> way to wake up all the lurkers <TheBlackTac> It's okay. Lol. <RainHeaven> Stanleys calling for war <Douggle> some of us lurkers are actually reading vn's  <Neibs> i was tling a vn <Neibs> pls <shcboomer> And you guys wonder why this place is dead most of the time... <Sakamoto_Neko> or downloading them <Hei_> yes <ThatPlayer> Does seeding count? <krill> lol <monkeysrumble> It has been done.

channels dead and me and ohiowar are bored the end result is this   [00:05] * krill throws a poke'ball "defendos i blame you!" [00:06] * ohiowar try to jumps into the way of the poke'vall [00:06] <ohiowar> ball* [00:06] <krill> no!!!! [00:07] <krill> a wild ohiowar appears [00:08] * ohiowar cut krill  [00:08] * krill loses 10 hp [00:09] * krill throws a poke'ball "KUU i choose you!" [00:09] <ohiowar> No not Kuu [00:09] <ohiowar> Kuu will beat me up [00:10] <krill> thats if i can coax kuu out of the poke'ball [00:10] <krill> kuu if you defeat ohiowar il show you a pic of me wearing a mariocart hat  [00:11] * ohiowar cuts Kirll again [00:12] <ohiowar> Look like kuu not going to show up tonight [00:12] * krill loses 10 more hp [00:12] <ohiowar> Krill how much hp you have? [00:13] * krill throws a poke'ball "problackbird i choose you!" [00:13] * krill brings up stats page 50 hp [00:13] <krill> damn noob stats [00:13] * krill gamesharks [00:13] * krill gains 999999 hp [00:14] * ohiowar use yandere stab on krill  [00:14] * Melon_Bread ([email protected]) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [00:14] * Melon_Bread ([email protected]) has joined #fuwanovel [00:14] * Dragoon is now known as Dragoon|Sleep [00:14] * krill gains +100 hp and and affection meter goes up two notches [00:14] * ohiowar hides [00:16] * krill offers ohiowar mt.dew [00:16] * krill offers ohiowar cool ranch doritos [00:16] * ohiowar take the mt.dew adn cool ranch doritos [00:16] <ohiowar> and* [00:18] * krill throws poke'ball at ohiowar and attempts a capture [00:22] * ohiowar is caught [00:23] * krill adds ohiowar to pokedex

Several years ago I wasn't doing a thing with my life, but then I found VNs. Now, a bit over 2 years later I'm sill not doing a thing with my life, but I'm also playing porn games.

I've held off on this debate til now, but I've been asked to weigh in so I'll do so.  I think my conclusions will be a bit different than what some were expecting.  I also address some misconceptions in this thread regarding the role of Steam and other content distribution platforms in increasing VN sales.
 
VNs are not freeware
 
Commercial VNs cost hundreds of thousands of US dollars to produce.  Developers do this for a living, and they're not paid very much to do it.  It's a labor of love.  They need support to continue making more games for us to enjoy.  This doesn't change whether a game is untranslated, fan translated, or localized.  People that play VNs without paying are essentially parasites freeloading off the paying fanbase.  In the end, if too many people freeload instead of supporting a company, the company goes out of business and no more VNs get made.  The parasitic ecosystem collapses.
 
To maintain a healthy ecosystem, people must support the games they love.  When you buy a game, you're basically investing in the company's future.  You're saying "Here's my money--make more games like this!"
 
The role of fan translation
 
More than 95% of Japanese VNs are untranslated.  Fan translators provide a service by allowing us to enjoy titles in English we otherwise wouldn't have access to.  Many fan translators choose high profile titles that are currently beyond the grasp of the nascent localization industry.  Others choose titles that would never be localized due to controversial themes (e.g., lolicon).  Fan translators provide their fan translating services free of charge--but they don't own the game license.  All they can lay claim to is their translation, their derivative work.
 
When you play a fan translated game, you're expected to own the original Japanese version.  Few people actually buy the original game.  This behavior is typically written off because in the end, no sales are lost as a result of the fan translation.  The people playing the game in English weren't the target audience for the game in the first place.  Also, the customer's dollars won't be achieving their intended effect.  "Make more games like this" really means "make more games like this that I can play".  If a fan translator has to act as a middleman, financial support does not have its intended effect.  You end up with more titles you want to play but can't, since 95% of titles won't be translated.
 
In the end, fan translation does not grow the paying fanbase. The true role of fan translation is to promote localization, allowing consumers to support games they love, to see more such titles in the future.  Fan translation promotes localization by calling attention to the medium as well as particular titles.  Many localization deals wouldn't have happened if fan translation efforts hadn't highlighted to Japanese developers/publishers that there was interest in these titles overseas.
 
The role of localization
 
Localization completes the support circuit by bringing Japanese VNs to us in a language we can understand--with the promise of more such titles in the future.  It also promotes the medium more effectively than fan translators ever could, since official localization brings marketing and media attention.
 
When fan translation undermines localization by providing an excuse for people to freeload, its usefulness ends.  This is why fan translations, in general, should not be distributed once official localizations are available.
 
On content distribution platforms (e.g., Steam)
 
These gather funding by attracting a different audience than the VN fandom that typically follows JAST and MG.  The DRM that Steam uses increases sales, but not by converting pirates to customers.  Rather, it was designed to prevent resale, ensuring that every customer is funding the developer/publisher rather than funding resellers such as Gamestop.  Basically, releasing a VN on Steam exposes it to the Steam ecosystem (an ecosystem highly enriched for people willing to support the games they like), attracting customers that otherwise would not have known about or been interested in the product.
 
My stance on Planetarian and Grisaia
 
With my general philosophy on the issue explained, I'd like to qualify it a bit in this particular context.  While there's no issue with Planetarian, the release of Grisaia will be a different version from that which was translated--the all-ages version rather than the original 18+ version.  There are no plans to release the 18+ version.  Putting aside my personal views on this decision, the fan translation has added value for some people, and therefore there is justification for retaining the fan translation on Fuwanovel.  I have strong views on this topic, but they are related to my personal interests in the VN scene and thus are outside the scope of this argument.

If you're a translator, you do just that - translate. Unless you're the author, you aren't really in a position to decide what should and shouldn't be there. The author put those H-scene there for a reason, whether because they thought they would genuinely add to the experience or just to sell more copies. Changing it in the author's stead is basically saying that you know what's best for the VN better than the author does.
 
Imagine the opposite - if a team picked up the translation of a completely all-ages VN, Clannad for example, found a couple of artists and added sloppily done H-scenes. Certainly, there's people who would thank them for it, but something tells me you would be one of the first people to be outraged about it.

The original work had h-scenes. Cutting them off doesn't change the fact it originally had h-scenes. If you're saying translators cut them off because they're for perverts then you're admitting the original work was for perverts as well so why are you interested in it?
A translator that respects a work of literature would try and translate everything.
 
H-scenes are part of an eroge.
 
It's not a matter of being a pervert or not, it's a matter of stepping out of your comfort zone and translating h-scenes. If you don't like h-scenes why are you trying to translate a vn with h-scenes? There's plenty of great all ages vns out there, you don't need to go and cut off h-scenes of an eroge that has them there for a reason. If you liked an eroge's story and want to translate it, then respect the original work and translate the h-scenes as well since they were intended to be there.
 
Calling translators half assed when they don't translate h-scenes because they don't like them is not such a wrong term.
 
It's like a kid that doesn't want to eat their vegetables because they don't like it but want the rest of the dish. It's that childish in my opinion.
 
I get that you really hate h-scenes. You've said it plenty of times. But then you shouldn't try and read vns with h-scenes, there's many all ages vns for one to enjoy, you don't need to go after works that have h-scenes and feel that it's your duty to bash the fact they have sexual content. Are there people who enjoy it just for the faps? Yes, I'm not denying that by any means. But are there people who like it as part of the story? There certainly are as well. But whichever the reason, the work had those scenes to begin with, regardless of the target audience, so don't try and delete stuff that isn't meant to be deleted.

Hello everybody,   I'm grateful to be back! It's been a long few weeks -- I appreciate your patience as I've been gone. The staff has done a great job, we've continued to grow at an exciting rate, and I'd like to thank Steve, especially, for holding things together. Fuwanovel is lucky to have him. I hope we can all drop him a PM or email with our thanks.   I’m here to announce that the Member of the Month feature will soon be returning to Fuwanovel! May/June's MotM will be Down (he was short-changed the first time, too, so at least this way he gets a least a cumulative month of MotM powers). I hope that the community will accept the return of this feature, and celebrate Down and all he does for us, next month.   More changes are coming in the near future. The staff has been hard at work for a few weeks discussing how to maintain our friendly atmosphere as we continue to grow, and we’re getting close to some important policy updates which will streamline moderators’ workloads. Another project: while I don’t have a lot of free time, I am working on some back-end improvements which will hopefully give you greater control over followed topics, the “New Content” section, and more. I’ll be posting as features go live/are tested.   One more thing (which Kaguya reminded me of today) deserves a word. I haven't given out updates in a while (Because A. I’ve been gone; and B. Because the work is coming along slowly, but surely), but the Introduction to Visual Novels Kit is still being worked on, and is progressing nicely. Don’t forget about it, but don’t expect it next week, either – we’re taking our time and making sure it’s a quality production.   Lastly, I’d like to share a thought which comes with >2 years of admin experience. Fuwanovel is growing faster than ever. The forums are more active than ever. Our social media base has grown dynamically. Things are going in a positive direction. That said, emotional states are cyclical, and now and then, because we’re human, we lose focus and we can’t see the forest behind all the trees. We feel stagnant. We feel like the community is going to the dogs. Let me be a voice of confidence to the entire community: we’re doing well – better than ever – and our best months and years are still ahead. If you’re feeling stagnant or tired, raise a voice – we try to run Fuwanovel “by the best ideas”.    Don’t get discouraged. We’re doing well. If you’re feeling stagnation, the best thing to do is grow. USE this improvement board and put forward ideas. Make a gameplan and make them happen.      It’s good to be back. I’ll be posting updates to all the above soon. Tay

I'm a nihilist, you know. Life has no meaning.

What did you all do during the mini Fuwapocalypse, which will be dubbed the Minipocalypse? It was rather eventful for me. I have finally come out as being a Fuwanovel addict, which is summed up here.



Then there was the small spurt of power I gained in IRC. But then Ohiowar had to go ruin it all...

Visual novels for the world...
 
It's funny, isn't it? Fuwanovel's infamous mission statement...ya know, sometimes I stop and think to myself just how powerful those words really are. To some, they are just words plastered on a page to make it look good, but to others they have a much deeper meaning. When I first discovered this website a few months ago, I too like many of you came here for a purpose, a purpose that may have had little to no meaning whatsoever. Perhaps I came here to download a visual novel, or maybe I just wanted to read about the release date of some translation. It wasn't until I stopped to really read the purpose of this community that I started to realize what Aaeru was trying to create.
 
Those 5 words...to me, no, to everyone, those words speak something. They aren't there for show, but rather they are there to remind us that this community is in itself the representation of many cultures from around the world. We form relationships with those around us no matter our differences and interests and unite under one banner to show everyone on the outside that we are brothers and sisters in arms. To us, those words speak a truth, and it is because of them that we continue pushing forward like we do.
 
You may ask yourself, why am I writing this post? I am not running this show as a staff member, nor am I really of any importance seeing as I am just another cog in the wheel, so why bother? To answer that, let me ask you a question instead: why do you come here? For some, we may answer something as simple as "I love visual novels," but when you really stop and think about it, it's more than that. We are family, and Fuwanovel is a home to many of us. No matter our interest, no matter our race, no matter our language, we come here because we separate useless boundaries and unite as one collective mind. Sure, we have some pretty strict parents (the staff) and some rascal children in the bunch, but in the end what we share as a group is far greater than anything I have ever seen. We may not all come here for the same reason, but we come here because to all of us, this is and always will be considered home.
 
People come and people go as the winds of change are constantly blowing. Still, I want to remind everyone that Fuwanovel is and always will be a home for you. The main reason I posted this was to remember who we are, and what this community is. It may seem mundane and sort of useless to state, but take a second and really read these words; remember why you joined Fuwanovel in the first place. The moment you posted something as simple as the word "hello" in the Introduction Forums, you made yourself a part of the family. No matter where life takes you, no matter what happens, this is a place that will always welcome you back. We may be faces hidden behind a computer screen, but we are faces that care. No matter where you come from, no matter what language you speak, no matter what you love, Fuwanovel's doors will always be open, something I am sure the staff and founding members will always agree upon. From the lolicons, to the tsunderes, to the senpais, we are a family. No matter what you love, you are always welcome.
 
Aaeru got it right. She gave us a building block that we as members and staff continue to build upon. There are always trials and tribulations to overcome, but in the end, we as a community and we as a family push through it. For me, that will always bring a smile to my face, as I hope it does the same for you.
 
I just felt like reminding that to everyone...

In light of the miniature fuwapocalypse, and the appreciation thread madness that has gripped this subforum, I have come to the conclusion that the creation of this thread would be the next logical step.
(In case of pantsu, lolis, borderline ecchi stuff, cuteness, bad puns, or other shenanigans, please see your local fake internet doctor)
 
The staff appreciation thread
(And no, this thread is not for appreciating sticks with a special use, such as walking*. This thread was just made to appreciate the members who keeps fuwa going day in, and day out.
 
*not making this clear from the very beginning will just lead to painful punning. And punning needs to be punished.)
 
Thank you Fuwastaff, for keeping this site alive.

as least I tried =P

3000 posts. That is a lot, I shouldn't really be proud of posting so much and start worrying about my life but I'll procrastinate for a while longer. I've been meaning to write something like this back in my 1000th and 2000th post but I literally just forgot about it, guess it wasn't as important as back then as it is now. (Though someone else actually made a thread for my 1000th post).
 
I feel like I've come to a point where I really wanted to write something like this so even if there weren't 3000 posts I'd still eventually write it. I hope you care enough to stick through this text, though it's not really a requirement but I appreciate your effort. 
 
I wanted to write a bit about my life and Fuwanovel, just to give you some form of context, and also because I really like this community and feel like some people might not know me that well so this will probably give you a better prespective on who I am (or at least what I did).
 
You all know me here as Nosebleed, I'd still like it to keep it that way despite not really having any complexes with giving my name away but I feel like this username is a separate identity for me and to give away my real name would somewhat shatter that (maybe?), but I'll give you a hint, my real first name has two R's in it, hope that's something. I am 18 years old and live in Portugal in a rather small town in the middle of nowhere, despite it being small and quiet it's still a nice place to live in and I have no real issues with it aside from slow internet speed. I still live with my parents as well as my younger sister as pretty much a shut-in, I rarely go out unless I am forced to and I try to live my life with as less effort as possible.
 
Last year I graduated highschool, however due to failing my math exam I was not eligible to enter college and thus I've been staying home since then. When I graduated I still was unsure about what I wanted to pursue as my career, I got into highschool not really having any "dream job". All I knew is that I liked learning languages and I liked biology a lot during middle school (English being my strongest subject and biology being my 2nd strongest). I wanted to pursue a language course in highschool and learn new things but since I wasn't sure of what I'd do after with that course I decided to enter a science course due to it having more career path choices as well as an english subject in it.
 
I liked the course and got decent grades, didn't fail any subject in particular (though some had pretty bad grades but not bad enough I'd fail), however even by the end of my senior year I still did not know what to do for a career, all I knew is that it could be something related to biology but I never exactly felt connected to any of the job types I was presented and thus I ended up finishing highschool and still not knowing what to do with my life.
 
Then came my math exam (along other exams), I knew I needed this exam to enter any college regardless of my choice since any biology related college course requires the math exam. However I ended up failing the exam, I was 10 points short from the minimum required and thus couldn't apply for college.
 
After that I was obviously really dejected and my parents weren't really proud of me but since I still didn't know what to do with my life I just told them I'd try again next year and so that's what I set myself up for, I started taking supplementary math classes to repeat my final exam, however midway through them I didn't feel any passion,  I started having thoughts like "Can I really do it?" and "What's the point if it's not something i seriously want?" and I started slacking off math classes, my life had pretty must lost direction and I was just going along with the flow of things without really having any opinion of my own on stuff. 
 
Amidst this messy situation in my life is when I first joined Fuwanovel. Now how did I get here.
I started getting into anime in 2012, I was browsing my TV and found some anime channels and being a 16 year old hormonal teenager, as soon as I discovered there was a genre called ecchi and tried it out, it was like the best thing in the world. It started with Highschool DxD, but then obviously I started getting into other anime and searching for stuff on my own and now my tastes have changed a lot, despite still liking ecchi I enjoy a whole plethora of other genres.
 
In 2013 I started watching Little Busters the anime (while it was only about 14 eps in), I actually really enjoyed the characters in it but was rather disappointed at the lack of romance, that's when I discovered it was an adaptation of a visual novel.
 
At the time I wasn't really sure what that was but I read on wikipedia about it and found out  in this visual novel you could actually get romantically involved with one of the main heroines and this of course got me really thrilled since I loved Kud a lot back then (and still do though back at that time I called her my waifu even. Don't hate me Flutterz pl0x) and so I got myself a copy of Little Busters EX with the patch (thinking i'd get some H-scenes though later I found out there wasn't really any H-content which kind of saddened me but I kept going nonetheless) and I absolutely loved it. I played it hours and hours straight until I got to the very end and I even cried.
 
I had never thought a visual novel could be such an amazing thing. After that I found out about Katawa Shoujo while browsing the enlightening lands of 4chan and also tried it and loved it as well. I wanted to try more of these amazing romances that made my heart ache but at the same time gave me a thrilling experience.
 
Then I found out about Hoshizora no Memoria and I discovered this site. I downloaded Hoshimemo from here and played it and loved it just as much as LB, I started using this site often and then at one point I wanted recommendations and didn't really know where to go to ask for this type of stuff and where to discuss visual novels, that's when I joined the forums back in September last year.
I felt welcomed here and I felt like I could meet a lot of great people and have a great time discussing a bunch of stuff I love. Waking up and coming online here was something I started doing regularly, it put a smile on my face every time I talked to users here. I felt appreciated and I felt like I existed for some purpose.
 
As you can tell I started posting a lot and very often.. very very often. It didn't take long until I became the top poster on fuwa, surpassing boomer, around 3-4 months in. It was also back in December that one of the major things here for me happened. I was messaged and asked to join VNAer as an author.
This was for me one of the biggest milestones at the time, I never would have thought someone would actually see me as capable of helping on one of the things in the front page. I obviously accepted at the time and I still am an author in the blog, though not as active, but it's something I really do like to help with.
At the same time I was also made admin in our official Facebook page which I still work on along with batman and ryou and it's something I'm very thankful to be put in charge of. And as if this wasn't enough, in late January this year, Tay messages me saying I've been selected as member of the month. I couldn't even believe my eyes. Although this feature has been gone for a while and only 3 people were in it, I am extremly grateful to have been selected as member of the month and given such a high praise for being who I am here.
 
But one of the biggest milestones was when in early March Steve dropped this PM in my inbox asking me to be part of the fuwa staff as a moderator. I literally jumped off my chair at that moment, trying to really check if this was happening, and it sure was. Since then I've been part of the fuwa staff and I'm really grateful that they accepted me as such and I try my best every single day to help around fuwa in every way I can.
 
In just about 6 months my role here grew from a complete stranger to being part of the staff. When I put things into prespective like that it really makes me realis these last 6 months weren't just a waste of time, it was and still is worth every bit of time I put into the fuwa community and site and I really do want to continue here being as active as possible and helping as much as possible.
 
So this brings me to the fundamental point of this post, how do my real life situation and my fuwanovel life collide. Well that's because, early this year when I was feeling hopeless and didn't know what to do with my career, meru started this thread about Japan and how she managed to go to college to pursue Japanese and then ended up moving to Japan. This thread really sparked something inside me, as I kept reading it I felt like it was something I could really relate with and it could be something I will like if I tried.
 
So around March I decided to search around the colleges here and found out there does indeed exist a course here in one of the colleges that teaches Japanese alongside other subjects like Japanese culture, history, asian economy, etc. Due to my love of languages and my love for anime and the japanese culture I really did feel like this is something I could aim for and like, I had never felt this way about a career path before and for the first time in my life i said "This is what I want to do for a living".
 
I talked to my parents about it and they were rather accepting though when I told them I wanted to drop math entirely they were somewhat dubious but they still let me do what I wanted to do in this regard. And so I decided to drop math supplementary classes and focus on trying to learn geography since that's the required entrance exam for college. However learning a subject when you never had it in your life is pretty difficult and so things are looking grim this year since the exam is coming up in June so there's a high chance I won't pass. That and since I'm from a science course and not a language course, my average is rather low when compared to language course students so I need to really make up for my poorer grades with the exam.
 
And this is where my life is at now. I'm trying to pursue Japanese in college and for that I need to pass this one exam with a rather high mark in order to enter. And all this would not be possible without Fuwanovel. But it's not only because Fuwanovel gave me a path that I want to follow it, I want to follow it also because I want to give back to Fuwanovel everything the community gave to me. And wether or not I manage to enter college this year I won't regret my decisions and I'll keep trying harder next year!
 
Life direciton and meaning were things I did not have some months ago, but because of this community and the people here I was able to stand back up and find something I want to do, a place where  I feel like I belong, and a reason to wake up every morning with a smile and not a frown. 
 
And it's because of all this that this is mostly a thank you post. Thank you Fuwanovel community for giving me such a wonderful opportunity and making me feel like my existence matters here. Thank you for being as helpful as possible no matter what the situation. Thank you for being who you are and always stay like that, because this is what makes Fuwanovel the best community on the internet and one I want to be part of for as long as possible.
 
I know this is just one single post and I might not be the best at writing stuff like this but I tried my best.
I hope you can continue putting up with me for many months and years to come.
 
So yeah, I guess.. T-thank you.

 
 
And now for some specific people I wanted to mention before finishing this.
 
First paragraph and one I promised I'd write is obviously for Kaguya, not only did she welcome me in her faction in its first stage but now for being like my other half and the person who gets most of my attention and love, even above Shinobu. She's also someone I look up to and I hope one day we can dominate the world together <3
 
I  also want to dedicate one paragraph to KNIGHT, formerly known as Kaguya Faction, for being the first group of people to recruit me. Because of this group, even if the forums wasn't as active I knew that in this group PM even the most random of topics could generate a conversation (and it certainly did..) and obviously I am very proud for being a member and one day we shall eventually take over fuwa, and then the world, it's only a matter of time.
 
Another paragraph is for the osu thread, in particular the users in it, because now osu is pretty much the only video game I play and have a ton of fun playing and because of the people in it I have someone to multi with which is always fun when I am completely bored.
 
Also related to the previous one is Maefdomn who's pretty much my choice player when it comes to playing multi on osu. He's also fun to pester on Skype. And we have many great moments together as well.
 
There's also Down who's someone I always look for when I need new anime, Down's recommendations rarely let me down so thank you for everything!
 
I'd like to thank Steve for thinking I'm worthy enough of being part of the staff as well as the rest of the staff for accepting me. I'll do my best to become the Eiffel Tower!
 
And although she's not active now I wanted to thank Mayumi for giving me the first ever major role on fuwa which meant and still does mean a lot to me.
 
 
If you're not mentioned in these paragraphs it doesn't mean I don't like you or appreciate you it's just that I don't really have anything in specific I want to mention (or can remember now), but if I really did forget someone important do comment about it because I'm kind of tired from writing all this. 
 
And that is all, thank you if you read everything here and if you gave up halfway it's still okay, I appreciate the effort, and stay awesome!
 
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That deserves context
 
<ohiowar> Kuu and Flutterz both think I stalk them. What do I do to fix this misunderstanding?
<krill_drawing> stalk more people if you stalk enough your knowlonger stalking your popular
<krill_drawing> thats krill logic
<ohiowar> sleep deprivarion I need to stop going to school on less than 2 hours of sleep
<Zakamutt> ohio, what you need to to is start stalking lolis. Those two will still think you're stalking them, but at elast you're stalking lolis which will dull the pain
<Kuu> .....
* ohiowar go and stalk some lolis
* Kuu kicks Zakamutt into ohiowar
<Kuu> No
<Kuu> bad
<krill_drawing> no way im telling you increase your targets ten fold all of a sudden you are around lots of people and seem less like a stalker and more like some one with friends
<ohiowar> What are friends?
<krill_drawing> its fool proof it also provides cover for the activites of stalking your real target
<krill_drawing> friends are people you allow to be around you with a slightly lower urge to hurt them

I ask what friends are
<krill_drawing> friends are people you allow to be around you with a slightly lower urge to hurt them

Atlantic Ocean, near the Spanish Coast  The command ship of the Irish Fleet November 1914  

 
A Formal announcement from the countries of the Holy Alliance:

Stockholm, Capital of Sweden:
 
A messenger runs into the Swedish Command center. He quickly hands a dispatch to one of the two Supreme Commanders, before leaving the room.
 
Supreme commander Katatsumuri reads the dispatch, his expression turning grim.
 
SC Katatsumuri: "It seems that the Russians have finally made their move, right into Norrland. Our border guards are in full retreat. It is however fortunate that they have decided to strike at this particular time, since our forces have finished mopping up the Norwegian resistance. Furthermore, this gives us an excellent opportunity to reclaim what is rightfully ours. Finland."
 
*He turns dramatically towards the radio at the table. Then he picks up the microphone and the receiver.*
 
SC Katatsumuri: "This is Supreme Commander Katatsumuri, directly from command. All Forces are to engage the Russian armies in Norrland, and push them out of our lands! And when we are done, we will reclaim Finland, which we lost 100 years ago!"
 
*Switches radio Channel*
 
SC Katatsumuri: This is Katatsumuri. Tell Ohiowar that it's time to destroy the russians."
 
*Katatsumuri leans back in his comfy chair, and starts listening what happens at the front*
 
Simply put it, Sweden attacks Russia, with the intent of Reclaiming lost land, and recapturing Finland.