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    arosia got a reaction from Dreamysyu in Birthday thread   
    Thanks to you three. Busy in the garden, having a wonderful May. Much love back at you all.
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    arosia got a reaction from MaggieROBOT in Contest | VN Couple | Won by @MaggieROBOT | Cardia + Van Helsing   
    Here you go, sweetie, @MaggieROBOT.
    Thanks again to everyone for joining us in this competition. I don't think we'll be doing another, but we loved getting to know all your favorite characters. So much love!

    And you can pick up the file from: http://media.arosiathegame.com/FuwaPair_1920x1080.png
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    arosia got a reaction from Zander in Contest | VN Couple | Won by @MaggieROBOT | Cardia + Van Helsing   
    She's started. I got to see her sketch this morning. Just a couple more days!
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    arosia got a reaction from MaggieROBOT in Contest | VN Couple | Won by @MaggieROBOT | Cardia + Van Helsing   
    I wanted to drop by and leave a quick update.
    When we set the contest up a month ago--over a month ago!--we were in a very different place. We were looking for some exposure, and some eyeballs, and we had a lot more free time.
    Since then, we've shifted the hook of our game from erotic/voiced to community-developed, and we're streaming (and creating) 9 hours a day, 7 days a week! Our poor artist, Ivy, has not had a lot of time to breathe, so it's been challenging to find time to draw this out. I spoke with her this morning, and we settled on putting some time aside each day after stream so she can get this done.
    You can expect your prize by May 5th at the latest, @MaggieROBOT; it'll probably be a day or two earlier, even.
    Thanks for being so patient with us, and so much love to you all!
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Contest | VN Couple | Won by @MaggieROBOT | Cardia + Van Helsing   
    I wanted to drop by and leave a quick update.
    When we set the contest up a month ago--over a month ago!--we were in a very different place. We were looking for some exposure, and some eyeballs, and we had a lot more free time.
    Since then, we've shifted the hook of our game from erotic/voiced to community-developed, and we're streaming (and creating) 9 hours a day, 7 days a week! Our poor artist, Ivy, has not had a lot of time to breathe, so it's been challenging to find time to draw this out. I spoke with her this morning, and we settled on putting some time aside each day after stream so she can get this done.
    You can expect your prize by May 5th at the latest, @MaggieROBOT; it'll probably be a day or two earlier, even.
    Thanks for being so patient with us, and so much love to you all!
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    arosia got a reaction from MaggieROBOT in Contest | VN Couple | Won by @MaggieROBOT | Cardia + Van Helsing   
    First, we want to say thank you to everyone who entered the contest. We're grateful that you chose to share with us!
    We did the drawing on our twitch stream, and the winner was:
    @MaggieROBOT with Cardia from Code Realize and Van Helsing (as a couple).
    I want you to know that Miss Ivy is incredibly excited to draw these two together! Congratulations, love!
    And here is a clip of the drawing:
    https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/223655709.mp4#t=13.417433
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Contest | VN Couple | Won by @MaggieROBOT | Cardia + Van Helsing   
    First, we want to say thank you to everyone who entered the contest. We're grateful that you chose to share with us!
    We did the drawing on our twitch stream, and the winner was:
    @MaggieROBOT with Cardia from Code Realize and Van Helsing (as a couple).
    I want you to know that Miss Ivy is incredibly excited to draw these two together! Congratulations, love!
    And here is a clip of the drawing:
    https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/223655709.mp4#t=13.417433
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Arosia: an Erotic Storybook [Fully-Voiced]   
    So, lots of updates.
    We stream 7 days a week, 11 hours a day now. That's a lot of hours and we're getting a lot done!
    Our stream has become a giant game, filled with stories and minigames, and we're creating a world collaboratively with our viewers.
    We're creating new game art every day, and we're also building up a vibrant community and audience.
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    arosia got a reaction from Thyndd in Contest | VN Couple | Won by @MaggieROBOT | Cardia + Van Helsing   
    Hey guys. I have been swamped with work, so please pardon the lateness of this post.
    We want to do a contest on Fuwa, because we love it here. We already asked for feedback.
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    The Prize
    One lucky VN character/couple (and their admirer) will win a piece of fan art by Ivy Fetish.
    You can check out her work in our OELVN thread.
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    The Contest
    Tell us who your favorite VN character/couple is! 
    Part #1. Describe why you love that character/couple; anywhere from 50-2000 words (and no, we're not counting).
    Part #2. Provide some reference images of that character/couple.
    Note: Your character/couple can be any gender or orientation!
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    Rules
    1. One entry per person.
    2. Contest ends at 200 thread posts or on April 10th, 2018; whichever comes sooner
    3. We will randomly pick a winner based on the post number.
    4. Important! You can discuss yours/other's favorite characters/couples; doing so increases your chances of winning. Put "Vote: MyFavoriteCharacter/Couple" at the top of your replies, and if that post is selected when we do the drawing, then your vote will count for that character/couple. This means being active in the thread increases your chances of winning.
    5. Ivy Fetish will get you your art by May 10th; you can use it anywhere you'd like as a signature, avatar, etc. Nothing commercial though, please.
    6. We'll run this contest every few months for as long as people are interested; if you don't win the first time, then you'll get another chance for sure!
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Anyone interested in joining in for a tabletop game?   
    Our game was an awesome success. We had so much fun and will be doing it again every week.
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    We meet every Saturday from ~9pm-11pm PST / Sunday from 4am-6am UTC
    Game Concept: We use a very streamlined, fun set of rules where you are presented with interesting situations and you can attempt to do just about anything you can imagine.
    Duration: Shorter sessions; ~1h30m to 2h
    Platform: Discord, but we also stream our game on Twitch; you can use a mic or type
    Example Gameplay (on Twitch): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/242601729?t=01h18m17s
    More Info: http://www.arosiathegame.com/quests/
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    This will be my last update here. If you're interested, you might want to grab a spot now before we're full.
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Show yourself off (RL picture thread)   
    Aww, so adorable. That girl on shirt is so pretty! ;P
    Just kidding! Thanks for the pic of you. <3
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    arosia reacted to Ranzo in Show yourself off (RL picture thread)   
    Here's another one of me...YOUR WELCOME, YOUR ALL WELCOME!!
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    arosia reacted to Xehanort in Show yourself off (RL picture thread)   
    I'm rather shy, the only person who knows about my visual novel addiction is my boyfriend and some very long-term friends who I'm hanging out with for years.
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Arosia: an Erotic Storybook [Fully-Voiced]   
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Hello everybody   
    So nice to meet you. Welcome!
    I'm sure I'll read a review by @Plk_Lesiak about one your VNs soon enough. I can't keep up with him at all!
    This is a great community. Have fun. <3
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    arosia reacted to Plk_Lesiak in Hello everybody   
    Welcome to Fuwa! Nice to see another creator coming to the forums, I'll try to take a look at your projects when I have the opportunity.
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    arosia reacted to Plk_Lesiak in Starting a blog about western VNs and VN developers? [EVN Chronicles "Megathread"]   
    So, I’ve been working to bring different types of content to the blog for some time and today I have an immense pleasure to present you my first “Developer Spotlight” post, where I’m talking with Jackie M. from the yuri & otome studio Reine Works, about their recently-released game, The Seven Districts of Sin: The Tail Makes the Fox, and general realities of the OELVN market:
    I will appreciate any feedback on the interview – I don’t have much experience in this field so I’m very interested whether it was a good read and what kind of questions and people you would like to see in the spotlight in the future. Also, feel encouraged to check out my review of the game itself – it’s definitely not an instant classic, but takes quite an interesting and in some ways ambitious direction:
    With this game, the otome event on my blog is officially over. From the next week, we’re venturing back into the world of yuri and I think we’ll stay there for quite a while, as I discover new layers or OELVN yuri goodness and maybe even talk with some creators whose work I enjoy immensely.
    Thank you for following my compulsive literary output and have a great week everyone!
    PS Does anyone have the possibility to share the interview post on the visual novel subreddit? I’ve seen they don’t tolerate self-promotion and I don’t have the time to get involved there really. :<
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    arosia reacted to Plk_Lesiak in What's the future of Fuwanovel now?   
    From what I've seen and from what other says, after all the people that were on Fuwa because of the torrents left, the Forums at least offered pretty steady levels of activity. The frontpage got stagnant because of the admin team having no time and main contributors giving up, but the community as whole isn't dying out yet - it might in the future, but there's not so many VN communities after all, not many places to migrate to and I'm not sure if it's that probable that everyone around here will just lose interest. I'm not sure where I would go if Fuwa wasn't there anymore - other options are few and not that appealing.
    When it goes to purpose, as much as I understand, Tay's vision was to turn Fuwa into a major VN news/review hub. Obviously it would always be smaller than the visual novel subreddit, but that's not the point - Reddit is just aggregating news, not producing them. Fan sites like this are important pieces of every community's life and can contribute a lot to the community. Producing news and commentary is a very different thing than cataloguing media or sharing and ranking external articles. Add to this at least some token effort of promoting VNs among western gamers and we would have just as much of a mission as any site needs - the fact there's no leadership is the real problem.
    Well, that's pretty obvious at this point, but it's also the most demanding thing to do. Not sure if it's doable at all in current situation, even if we try to overcome the clear limitations (Tay and Nayleen not having the ability to work on it), for example making a crowdfunding campaign and hiring someone to rebuild the site, we would still need more involvement from Tay than he's able to give at the moment. I'm afraid we're not escaping that limbo anytime soon.
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    arosia got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Thoughts on vn's with gameplay?   
    I think that it's fine as long as the gameplay is so compelling/enjoyable that it doesn't make the VN worse for it.
    That's a pretty high bar to set, however, and I would say most VNs would be better off if they cut their gameplay mechanisms out.
    It's better to do one thing extremely well, rather than do many things just okay.
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    arosia reacted to VirginSmasher in What's the future of Fuwanovel now?   
    Apparently you making 54 threads a day. 
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    arosia reacted to Plk_Lesiak in What is purpose of this community?   
    Well, having a purpose doesn't mean coercing everyone to fulfill it. I mean, I don't think everyone active on Fuwa in the "Golden Age of Piracy" was actively involved in setting up torrents - you just need some people being involved, for example writing reviews and editorials, the rest can hang around and have fun just the same, but the site gains a bit more personality and appeal that might bring in new people. We're talking about some general, positive idea, not a totalitarian ideology everyone have to subscribe to if they want to stay alive. ;p
    And while I agree with you and @Dreamysyu that VNs will never go mainstream, it doesn't mean they have no space for expanding whatsoever. Especially when it goes to getting a bigger playerbase. Whether Fuwa can do something about it is a though question, but it's at least something worth thinking and talking about IMO.
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    arosia reacted to Soulless Watcher in What is purpose of this community?   
    Honestly I have never seen Fuwanovel as anything other than a place to loiter around with people that have similar interests in a niche hobby. I don't really like the idea that Fuwanovel needs a concrete specific "purpose", having a specific goal will at some degree limit who would want to join the community by adding another qualifier. To be a member of the community you have to be a fan of visual novels and actively champion this "purpose". 
    Sure, it might create a small group of fanatical individuals, but I don't think it would draw in a large crowd. We are talking about a niche entertainment medium, not a civil rights movement. 
    Visual novels have become as popular as they will ever be in the west, at least for the next century. There is zero chance that we would see hard copies of MuvLuv sold next to COD at the local Walmart without a huge culture shift the likes the world has never seen. Having a decent handful of localizers publishing the biggest titles with some random extras, is the best we could have hoped for.  
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    arosia reacted to Dreamysyu in Show yourself off (RL picture thread)   
    @Plk_Lesiak You may want to hide the email in the second pic. How did it go, by the way? Were the questions good?
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    arosia reacted to Plk_Lesiak in Show yourself off (RL picture thread)   
    Well, I'm not sure if I care enough, it's my official university one, so it's public anyways. And if someone wants to out my in RL as this weirdo yuri-lover from Fuwa, I don't think it can beat my openly-admitted involvement with the brony fandom. It's one thing that comes with combining hobbies with research, you can't really keep it all private and I've stopped caring about that long ago.
    And it went well, people seemed quite interested and while questions were a bit mundane (like the relation of VN translation scene to funsubbing and amateur manga/LN translations), I possibly succeeded in making them generally curious about the topic. I've also presented this to some people in fan studies circles on my own university and we had a long, nice conversation about yuri and nukige.
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