Thyndd

Been binging Muv-Luv Alternative pretty hard.
And.......
..... Jesus, this VN is intense

So, I finally started this beautiful thing.

Well, technically I already read the prologue once when it just came out, but it doesn't count as I was only checking that everything works and wasn't going to actually read it.
My first impression - it's epic, bring me more!

I finished Umineko's 2nd episode with its respective Tea Party. This game is such  troll and addictive af. Ok let the rant start. Perhaps for those who have already read it it's not that interesting reading the nonsensical theories of someone new to Umineko, but oh well, at the very least it'll help me put my thoughts in order 

Something like that, indeed. I came home at, let's say, 4 PM, wanted to read for an hour and to start preparing right after that, but ended up stopping at 1 AM. I honestly don't know how I didn't fail those exams.
Actually, it was literally the only time when I was that engrossed in reading a VN.

I finished Umineko's 2nd episode with its respective Tea Party. This game is such  troll and addictive af. Ok let the rant start. Perhaps for those who have already read it it's not that interesting reading the nonsensical theories of someone new to Umineko, but oh well, at the very least it'll help me put my thoughts in order 

I finished Umineko's 2nd episode with its respective Tea Party. This game is such  troll and addictive af. Ok let the rant start. Perhaps for those who have already read it it's not that interesting reading the nonsensical theories of someone new to Umineko, but oh well, at the very least it'll help me put my thoughts in order 

You are going to give him a wrong idea. We all know that Alternative is just a short and funny game about cute girls fighting aliens, right?
 
Oh, wow, it's so early on, and you already got everything! I'm seriously impressed!

Aye, of course, but also consider that left does similar things, dilluting racism and misoginy into general slurs that slowly lose all meaning. There's little room for common sense and moderation in how polarized and emotionally-loaded the discussion is, especially on the internet.
The way you state your arguenent about Attack Helicopter meme reminds me of Funyarinpa's arguement why trap characters shouldn't be a thing - they perpetuate negative stereotypes about transgender people. I mean, maybe, but it doesn't mean that context and intent is irrelevant. Cross-dressing "trap" characters are usually not written as transsexuals and shouldn't be read at such, discussing the issue with other fans and shaming actually offensive cases feels more appropriate to me than raging against the whole trope. 
The Attack Helicopter meme was made by a guy to break gender identity discussions on a game chat - definitely a form of trolling, but not necessarily that malicious. People can easily get offended by it, but it was targeted above anything else against bizzare identity declarations made in inappropriate contexts. You can't reasonably argue that this kind of thing don't happen on the net. I believe that everyone deserves respect as a human being, but people's behavior is always up for criticism. Even if they find it offensive or insensitive - I'd never go out of my way to insult people, but if mocking Mormon lore or the fact some people identify as deers and ask people to accept it as a fact makes me an asshole, the are relatively few meaningful things that can be said without being one.

Well, what do you know, I might as well be pretty progressive myself then, because I can't bring myself to disagree with anything @Plk_Lesiak said. Really, you just summed up pretty much everything I was struggling to express in a few lines.
 
This is what I was referring to when I made the knife analogy. This meme can be either directed to a genuinely opressed collective, or towards the noisy minority making ridiculous claims and demands and giving said collective a really poor public image, hardly helping their cause. How you use it it's up to you, that's why it's a matter of intentionality. Denying such problematic political groups exist and are much more than just some crazy teens on tumblr is closing your eyes to the truth; at the same time I'm not denying that the other side of the coin also exists, where trans people and other minorities are overly discriminated. Where we might disagree is on the impact each of these problematic groups have on our society as a whole, and I'd be open to different opinions.
Well, on the one hand I find myself agreeing with a big chunk of this. On the other, I was called transphobic just a little while ago. I'm not sure what to think anymore 

You're overreacting, but TBH, you'll be in monority pretty much anywhere on the Internet with how far your views go. I consider myself pretty progressive and I'm probably closer to you than Thyndd on this, but it's not like the progressive groups don't create intellectual aberrations of various sort, probletic political demands and institutional biases (those are of course much stronger in the opposite directions, at least in most places, but still). Things for people to criticise and while many blow it out of proportion or misunderstand the severity of the position some minorities are in, they aren't without legit arguements. 
Fuwa is a pretty tolerant place and the VN fandom, at worst, have some very progressive niches that are friendly to all kinds of diversity. You won't find much better than this over the internet, unless you close yourself in some kind of narrow, progressive echo-bubble. And that is never a healthy thing to do. 
And with the Attack Helicopter meme, I find it both questionable and genuinely funny, because it touches on various identity groups (ex. otherkin) and their public demands of respect that I personally find ridiculous. It's an interesting question whether there can exist a society of unlimited noncomformity, but people who ask me to take into account their identity as a dragon or gender identification I can't decipher even after my extended contact with feminist literature aren't helping the ligitimate opressed groups in their fight. 
This game, however, probably have little to do with all that - I'd be surprised if it was more than just something playing on the absurdity of out-of-context memes.

Sigh.
 

We are very concern with vehicular representation here on CurseBox, and also to prevent the objectification of helicopters. 

Thank you, beautiful people. I love me some warship waifus, don't get me wrong, but as someone who sexually identifies as an attack helicopter, it was always my dream to get to date one with a good pair of M230 canons.

Hi guys! our game Attack Helicopter Dating Simulator is out right now on steam. In this game , as someone that identifies as an Attack Helicopter you will be able to go on missions and of course date other Helicopters. 
Steam  Page Link
The game has 11 endings, with more than  6 variables each one.
I would love to hear your opinion about it. 
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I feel ashamed for actually feeling bad for bing-chan

How?..

Well, to be honest, I'm really not sure if I'd like it the same way if I played it for the first time right now instead of when I did it. There are certain plot points that I found absolutely amazing back then, but, considering that a lot of things about my worldview changed since then, I could easily find them annoying now. Well, I guess I should just follow @Silvz and @Funyarinpa and replay it at some point to see if I still like it the same way as I did back then.
The characters are still amazing though.

Finished Muv-Luv Extra.
Started Muv-Luv Unlimited......
About an hour in.....
..... I'm already afraid.....

I feel ashamed for actually feeling bad for bing-chan

And you thought those porn plots were fake?

Well, the music in 07th Expansion VNS is always top notch. I feel like I could flood this thread with RGD and Umineko tracks, and it would never feel enough.
I'll just go with classics then.