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  1. Pfft, my 720p resolution devices disagree! Damn rich people!
  2. Yes, but unless you have an appropriate display (read: a high resolution display), it probably won't be that noticeable. There's also better audio quality in general, but again it won't be noticeable if your audio device isn't particularly sophisticated.
  3. It's not, the guys are still working on it: https://trjr.wordpress.com/
  4. Well yes, obviously there are countries with bigger security problems, but travel agencies will typically warn you about things like that. There are certain types of conduct you should have when you travel anyway so you don't get robbed. Every single country has robbers after all. What I meant with my post is that most countries have good things to offer if you're a tourist. That includes African countries, despite the security concerns with some of them. Europe in particular though tends to be the most tourist friendly, as long as you're in populated tourist zones, so OP shouldn't have to worry much.
  5. @Mr Poltroon I don't like Nagi no Asukara, which should be an indicator that you'll probably like it.
  6. You have to understand as a tourist you're not going to experience the same hardships as the locals. Most popular cities are filled with tourist attractions for you to enjoy your time in. For example, I consider my country a pretty shitty place to live in, but if I was here as a tourist there's so many things to see that I would likely not even be bothered by the many problems the country is facing. As long as it's not a warzone, most countries are a pretty nice place to visit.
  7. Shakugan no Shana is an interesting series because it's one of the few that ever adapted the entire source material from start to finish. I watched it a long time ago and enjoyed its first 2 seasons, the 3rd being a bit of a hit and miss as it went on, but the ending was satisfying. Considering your tastes, you're likely to enjoy the sort of drama Shakugan no Shana aims for. It has romance as a somewhat central element but the world is vast and many things are happening alongside it. If you like the idea of fighting for the ones you love, you're likely to be into it. I do not know how you'll feel about season 3, however. I personally thought the way they pushed the setting and drama in it was pretty forced to say the least in comparison to previous seasons, but it wasn't all bad either.
  8. I started reading it the other day and plan on finishing soon. I am amazed at how enjoyable it is. It is not the type of game I'm usually into, but the pacing and the issues are really well done and I'm enjoying every minute of it. Already cried, too.
  9. Yes, that is why they die off, they begin adopting a language to communicate with other communities and stop using their native language, thus not passing it to the next generation, thus killing it. But that cultural value is still important to take into consideration, that's why there are organizations dedicated to creating ways to preserve minority languages. They are part of human history and should, at the very least, be properly studied and documented (most languages in the world don't even have a writing system, meaning they basically have nothing to leave behind once they disappear). One of my college teachers was part of an organization that worked to create a writing system for a certain African language, because it was in risk of dying. I think projects like this are awesome and should be encouraged. I know it seems like I'm just being pedantic, but killing off part of a culture to me is a bit sad. Plus a world that only uses one or two languages is boring
  10. This is also an issue. A lot of minority languages are dying (or are critically endangered) at an increasingly faster rate because of the globalization of languages like English. I don't have the exact numbers on me but in 100 years, at this rate, the diversity of languages in the world will be much smaller. There is little support to keep these languages alive though, sadly. It is particularly difficult for languages that have no writing systems (some have even begun adopting one just for the sake of preserving it). I wouldn't say this is an argument against the globalization of a language though. But it is important to take the problems that come with it in consideration and then work to mitigate them.
  11. That's the thing though. Language variants exist, but something that has no cohesiveness can not be considered one. For example, if everyone in China speaks a different kind of English, what do you call Chinese English? The reason this article ticks me off a little is because it seems to imply every way of using English is totally cool and should be accepted as being part of the current English standards. I'll clarify my position on this though: Yes, English is a global language and there are more variants appearing Yes, those variants need to be recognized as such No, that does not mean American or British English (the 2 big English variants) should adopt these variants' rules into their own or that their native speakers have to relearn English No, not every way of using English can be a variant, some things are just mistakes (it's only when these mistakes are widespread that they can become a standard) . English grew so rapidly that its originaring countries didn't properly adapt or consider the appearance of new variants, so a lot of these variants are still in the dark and deemed as broken English. I think the issue here is often the lack of studies around these different variants (which are often just seen as not proper English). If there were more we could maybe clear some of these issues up. We can all live in the world with different Englishes, that doesn't mean Americans or British people need to suddenly relearn their English though. I'd love to one day see grammar guides of Chinese English btw
  12. What an awful article. Language is always evolving, and English throughout the world is being used in all kinds of different ways, giving us all sorts of English variants. That much should be obvious to anyone who's stepped outside their houses. But saying natives have to conform to this? What the hell does that even mean? That they have to learn every single variant or something? That they have to somehow accept these differences as valid in their own variant? That makes no sense. More importantly, a language variant still has to abide by rules. You can't simply misuse English and call that a new English variant, there needs to be consistency. Grammatical and vocabulary mistakes foreigners make will keep being mistakes until they're widely used enough to be considered part of a different variant, and when they do they need to stop being called American/British English. I'll give you another example. In Portugal we have long accepted the existence and independence of other Portuguese variants in countries like Brazil. But the existence of those doesn't mean we suddenly have to conform the way we speak with the way they speak. That's why now in most media and websites you see European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese as 2 languages, even though they're mutually intelligible languages. It does not make sense to say American English or British English must conform to something like German English. First off, German English needs to be accepted as a proper variant of English (I'm not sure of it's current status so I can't say much). Then, once it is, it can easily live separately from the origiating countries. There's nothing wrong with that. But if what you call German English isn't a variant and is really just a name you gave to the way Germans misuse the English language, then it makes no sense to say English natives should conform to it. It is important to note I'm not saying English can't have other variants. It absolutely can. And those should be recognized as such. But you can't say everything should be part of one big blob called "English". I think the problem with this article is really just the way the author worded themselves.
  13. Unexpected. I like it. Now I can redirect people who were disgusted by the anime to actually read the source.
  14. Being naked ≠ pornography A lot of the difference comes from the intention of the work in question. Nudist paintings aren't there to turn you on, they are usually representing something, even if that something is only the beauty of the human body. Porn exists for you to fap to, and is thus seen as having less artistic value by many. If you think hentai is the exact same thing as someone being painted nude, then I think you should study a bit more before making a presentation on this subject. I don't think your teacher was wrong in the way they reacted. I myself would probably react the same way, and I read hentai all the time.
  15. Well, I know Persona isn't a full on VN, but the idea I wanted to convey is that this type of media is the only one that still goes out of its way to purposefuly keep honorifics, even when most of the time they are not needed. Also, if Persona kept them, it could also be that they were relevant to the overall comprehension of the text. I haven't played either game though so I wouldn't know. I think what should happen more often is companies should tell the fans why they do/don't keep things like honorifics when translating. Any proper book translation should have this, and I wish it was more common. If you explain to your fans why you make certain decisions (objectively), then you only have their trust to gain from it.
  16. Except those "flaws" are a completely subjective thing and are, in fact, the industry standard when it comes to official translations. Visual Novels are literally the only medium that still keeps things like honorifics in their official translations, likely because of the niche community that supports the games and demands things like honorifics be kept. Any other medium, be it books or movies, removes honorifics from their translation, because 99% of the times they are not seen as needed for an English audience to comprehend what's going on and they make the text less confusing. But what do I know, those companies and professional translators are all hitlers who hate the Japanese culture.
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  18. BIGGER MEMES, BIGGER DREAMS I have decided to expand our ability to express emotions on the forum with bigger emoticons. These emoticons can be 300 pixels wide by 200 pixels in height. Please do not spam them! Use common sense! Why am I doing this? It seemed like a nice idea as a one-time reaction thing to posts and the like, when words just aren't enough. "You just wanted a big Ren emoticon didn't you?" Yes No. For now I'm going to see how people use them and then decide whether or not we should keep them, but I trust you guys aren't going to abuse the feature. I figured I'd also use this opportunity to add @Tiagfvarela's I mean @Mr Poltroon's crappy phoenix wright emoticon that no one but him will use. Currently I only have Ren as a macro emoticon, but the idea is to of course add more, so please feel free to give suggestions, but do keep in mind I will be much more selective with these than I am with the smaller ones (though if they make me laugh they'll probably get in anyway). Enjoy.
  19. That patch was an accidental leak and shouldn't have been released. So yeah, I'd appreciate it if it wasn't posted here.
  20. That is because that patch is for Noble works, not Dracu-Riot. We do not have any downloads for a Dracu-Riot patch.
  21. I only use twitter to follow hentai artists and stuff.
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