arosia

Let us all pray for Lesiak so he can be the first one in the next event. Anyway, nice pics!

Ages ago I've promised to show a photo or two from the conference in which I've tried to sell VN FTLs as a serious academic topic. It was pretty fun, although once more, I've had the pleasure to talk late in the evening as one of the last few people in the whole event. '-.-
Here's a picture of me looking suspiciously like my porn studies professor (I'm starting to think I'm morphing into a vastly inferior copy of him over time):
...and here's one of me listening to questions and trying to look smart (Rikka's not buying it):
Anyways, thank you all for inspiring this little side-project and helping me gather the data. I hope I'll be able to make some more VN-related stuff for university sooner or later.

Not sure if this fits here, but we're thinking of doing some streaming and one of things we'd like to do is play some tabletop games, kind of like D&D lite.
We're going to keep the system really light and open and not crunchy. You don't need to know any rules or have any experience at all! You can play via voice or chat.
We'll do a mix of Twitch and Discord for it, and we'll be streaming video/audio of us.
I think Ivy is going to do some live sketching of monsters and characters while we play; and she is the official dice roller for everyone even.
We're thinking ~2 hours for our first game, probably around 8pm PST on March 24th, unless we run into technical problems.
We have room for 4-5 players. We're opening it up to you guys first, since you're our favorite community. We can easily fill the slots from other places if only couple people from Fuwa want to join in.
Let us know if you guys want in!

Okay, love. Well let us see what we can do. Maybe a Sat/Sun afternoon would be a better fit for more people. Sounds fun and relaxing, actually.
Scheduling is always the bane of organizing meetups.

Pre-October 16, 2017
Nothing but fuck all happened.
October 16, 2017
I arrived in the forum and things started to happen.

And thanks @DarkZedge, @Kawasumi, @HMN, @VirginSmasher, @Andromis, @littleshogun, and @arosia for the very warm welcome!
Hope I didn't miss anyone  

What time works best for you in Poland? I'll check times here.

Are you kidding, we are so relaxed and cool. And the date is adjustable, and we'll definitely do more rounds.
And if you're super, super shy, you can always type as well. But I would love to hear your beautiful accent. <3

Well, this sounds quite cool, although it would be super-late in Poland and I'm not sure if I can pledge to be available during that weekend (looming deadlines). If you go forward with another round I'd be very interested in joining though. If my shy nature and horrible accent aren't an issue.

Not sure if this fits here, but we're thinking of doing some streaming and one of things we'd like to do is play some tabletop games, kind of like D&D lite.
We're going to keep the system really light and open and not crunchy. You don't need to know any rules or have any experience at all! You can play via voice or chat.
We'll do a mix of Twitch and Discord for it, and we'll be streaming video/audio of us.
I think Ivy is going to do some live sketching of monsters and characters while we play; and she is the official dice roller for everyone even.
We're thinking ~2 hours for our first game, probably around 8pm PST on March 24th, unless we run into technical problems.
We have room for 4-5 players. We're opening it up to you guys first, since you're our favorite community. We can easily fill the slots from other places if only couple people from Fuwa want to join in.
Let us know if you guys want in!

Hey guys~ I'm IvyFetish, the illustrator for Arosia.
Nice to meet you all!  




 
 

@MaggieROBOT Yas girl sing it!
I have no problem with old vn's in any particular way I think they are still worth checking out if you are a fan of the medium.
Tsukihime and Ever 17 are both what you might called old (2000 and 2002) and I would say they are definitely two of my most favorite Visual Novels.
Of course, the main problem with a lot of older Visual Novels is that they are hard to run on new computers but that is true of video games as well.
As far as the aging art style goes would you be reluctant to check out a highly praised anime just because it was made in the late 80's early 90's?
The oldest I ever went was when I played True Romance which was a dating sim that came out in 95. Even though it was bare bones in every respect it still had a stupid charm about it that I liked.

hi, i’m Jean D’Arc, also known as lostarc38 in a few other places. Nice to meet everyone!
i’m a really big type-moon fan, although that means the only major visual novels i’ve read are fate stay night and mahoutsukai, ehehe 
i’ve been learning japanese for a few years now, and i think i’ve gotten good enough to translate something sooner or later!
anyways, nice to meet you all! 

That's so cute. A lot of girls are attracted to other girls (even if they're mostly straight), so I'm sure she doesn't mind at all. It's really healthy when you can share that kind of stuff with your partners. <3
 
It takes serious courage to go full Brony. You have my admiration and respect!
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To answer the question, it's extremely rare that something makes me feel shy. I have had so many life experiences; sex, pornography and VNs definitely aren't on my list of things to hide.
I proudly share that I like anime and VNs with anyone who's interested. <3
 

That's so cute. A lot of girls are attracted to other girls (even if they're mostly straight), so I'm sure she doesn't mind at all. It's really healthy when you can share that kind of stuff with your partners. <3
 
It takes serious courage to go full Brony. You have my admiration and respect!
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To answer the question, it's extremely rare that something makes me feel shy. I have had so many life experiences; sex, pornography and VNs definitely aren't on my list of things to hide.
I proudly share that I like anime and VNs with anyone who's interested. <3
 

High school in India was horrible. The worst. THere was not much social interactions at all. We have no elective choices, and each subject had multiple textbooks (of a few thousand pages) each. To do well, in the final year (12th, the grades you get here determine your college), students are expected to start preparing 1-1.5 years before that. In my final year, I remember putting in 12-15 hour days.
Most of the studying was simply memorisation, and during my masters (I'm in my first year now), I use barely 30% of what I studied. It was a period where I had no time for enjoyment or fun, but simply sat in front of my textbook, day-in and day-out. I had less friends, but more people I grew close too because they suffered with me. We often formed study groups to make it more bearable. We did go out occasionally, but there was no time to commit to anything other than studies. No romance or any real form of social life. It was at this point, anime became an escape for me, and I would watch it in the little free time I had.
It was a horrible period in my life, and I'm glad its over.

Mhmm. High School was "whatevers" for me. Got straight A's with rather minimal effort, did the awkward "Hi's or complete silence" when passing acquaintances in the hallway, ran to the cafeteria to get the best foods, only went to the library to read Cirque du Freak because for some reason i was into that stupid vampire novel, peeked a few glances at my crush whenever i saw her 
The only thing i miss about my HS days was how laidback that part of life was. Everything was easy, no responsibilities... i think that's what makes High School SoL VNs appealing. The easygoing and relaxing atmosphere~

What?! How did I not know of this before now? show me!

For the past few years I've actualy tried comic writing (mostly comedic one-shots based on My Little Pony, with some pretty dark humour - my RL friend is a hugely successful brony fan artist and brought me into that community), had a lot of fun doing that and working with various fanartists in turning my ideas into proper comic strips. But I've realized I don't have the imagination necessary to be really good at it, so I pretty much abandoned it lately, journalistic and academic writing works much better for me. 
The things I do on my studies are also a hobby of mine in some ways, some projects I've definitely done just for the fun of it. I'm nominally a sociologist, but mostly deal with fan studies and porn studies, both are evolving into pretty serious disciplines lately.

+1
I'm also way past the point of being embarrased for the things I enjoy. I wasn't always like that though, and there was a period in my life when I felt insecure telling people about my hobbies or tastes, as I've always been also into very rare, obscure and uncommon stuff and was concerned about how people would react to that, whether it would cause them aprehension and make me less likeable. But, you know what, I've come to understand that the only people you have to care about are those who like you for who you are, and accept your quirks as part of your personality. Those are the people you can hope to get in a long term relationship with, the rest doesn't matter as there will always be people who dislike you no matter how hard you try. Might as well be yourself then. My passions and tastes are a big part of who I am, and I'd rather be disliked for who I am than be loved for who I am not.
EDIT: Gosh I forgot to reply to the original topic 
Many friends and/or acquaintances know I'm into anime, though they're not interested enough to ask me what I personally like. My big brother (10 years older) is actually an anime fan as well. That's a funny story. We were actually raised apart, and never got to see each other very often up until a few years ago. Then we discovered we were both big weebs (maybe it's in our genes? lol). He doesn't read VNs though. I've recommended him a few, but since he now has a pretty busy life I doubt he'll find time to get into this hobby.
My parents also know about my anime and VNs fixation. I got my mother to watch a few animes together, and I think she kinda came to appreciate them at least a tiny bit, considering her first thoughts were "those are cartoons for kids". I never managed to show my father any though. VNs are out of reach not only for them but also for many of my friends and relatives, since they don't understand English well enough to read them, let alone japanese lol.
 

My gf knows more about it than she probably wanted to, but she even somewhat accepts my fixation on yuri and other weird stuff I show her from time to time. At least we're fully honest with each other.
I share my Steam account with my brother so he has full access to my VN library, embarrassing userpage and all the reviews I've written, but I don't think he ever cared enough to check these things out/read them.
My closest friend knows about it but he more or less hates everything anime so there's not much to talk about there. Also he's a bit of a homophobe so my liking for yuri weirds him out.
My mother knows I'm into "anime" becuase she saw it dozens of time on my computer, but she's clueless about the topic and I'm far too old for her to question my tastes.
Basically as I don't read VNs for porn I'm very transparent about my hobbies, I'm way past being embarrassed about watching/reading something after all those years of brony activity and using my fan knowledge for university projects. I don't really care if someone finds it weird - I know well enough myself that I'm a weirdo, if someone can't accept that it's their problem.

Welcome, sweetie. Love your username!
My question is:
What are you most grateful for in life?
So much love and welcome again!

Great answers. Thank you for sharing with us! <3

ooh, a deep question, I am really grateful for all the good things in my life. Like seriously, I am watching the new breadwinner film, and it's rough seeing how people lived in the Taliban. I go to a decent university in the south. I have food, water, shelter, and peace of mind since it's spring break. I mean I have free time to play Kara no Shoujo and join a new forum. That's epitome of privilege. Sure, I am not as wealthy as I want to be, but I am a computer science major that graduates in 2019. So yeah, no worries there.

You make me cry! I'm still on chapter 3 of Cupid. *sobs*
Well done, love. Well done. Will read soon.