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The grimdark dystopian future is finally here, but it's not nearly as rad as we all thought it would be. Instead of cyborgs, flying cars, and smokestacks perpetually shooting jets of fire, it's lawyers, impenetrable legal codes, and people being threatened with fines for having an opinion on the internet.

Someone for the love of god please get those pants and post pictures. In public.

Heh. This is nothing. This simply pales in comparison to Pregnant Boys. Step up the game, boys.

Tested all the codes I wrote in my thread and here are the results BB Codes that still work: b, i, u, ssizeleft, center, rightcolorfonturlspoilerhrlist (with bullets only)acronymmemberimg (shortened version doesn't work though)BB codes that no longer work twittermedia (while the code seems to be interpreted since it goes away when you post, it's not actually embedding anything)Things that still embed: gfycat (only if you paste the URL in the "insert image" option)common image formats (embed automatically now)youtube videos (embed automatically now)Things that won't embed anymore: mp3swfgifv

Man, this is really heart breaking, I can't even begin to imagine how he and his family feel. I really hope he can pull through all the chemo and be that person that goes beyond the average. Either way, really really sad news.

Nope, which kinda irritates me. If we are going to have the site conform the laws of the world, technically we should not be talking about anything relating to sex. We already got rid of loli, let's not get rid of the best genre as well. the day incest is banned, I'll probably quit this site (hyperbole, but it won't be the same) btw that's not too bad https://vndb.org/v3002 :^) Mmmm adding that one to my "play next" list. After reading lots of tentacle eroges, pretty sure I can stomach some insect/monster sex, Inseki a subgenre of incest is a lot more common and used as a bypass to incest so it looks "more right". Basically sexual relationship with a family member who is not blood related. (i.e doing your stepsister, stepmom, adopted daughter, etc.) Blood is thicker than bond when it comes to incest I guess.... Sounds like incest, but boring Blood is where it's at when it comes to wincest

What do you mean? Neither of those is a crime

So. Turns out the BBCode plugin is poison. We won't be re-implementing it. Let us all praise Nay for saving our lives, and for teaching me to make regular backups. Longer Version:

As a great character said before. "MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!" Oh why... Oh why did I disable warnings for NSFW images?! Quick, we need to find a way to completely forget about this!

For those of you who don't know, TPP stands for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and it's basically a big "fuck you" to just about every regular citizen in every country that it will apply to. We don't know all the details yet, but part of it was leaked to Wikileaks, and there are some pretty concerning things in here. First off, you'll probably want to stop pirating if this does go through, since companies will be able to force your ISP to give them information on people who pirate their work (something that doesn't happen very often, if at all currently, since it's actually pretty hard to trigger the three warning flags and have you get fined). The average citizen can get fined insane amounts of money, and even face jail time. Now I don't think this will mean a shit ton of people are going to get rekt with charges or anything, since not only is suing someone really expensive, but incarceration fees are insanely high as well. It just wouldn't be worth it to them. Another pretty concerning thing, maybe even more concerning given that most of us are anime/manga fans, is that you can get charged with a criminal offense for doing fansubs, making doujins, making AMV's, and even cosplaying. And the copyright holder doesn't even have to file a complaint, you will just get charged regardless if you are caught, even if the copyright holder doesn't care about it. Here is an article on that whole shabang: http://goboiano.com/original/3219-anime-and-cosplay-fans-could-become-criminals-with-new-international-trade-agreement There is also something in the TPP that could raise health care and medicine prices, to the point where there might be a considerable amount of casualties just because people won't be able to afford the healthcare and medicine they need. Obviously there is a lot more to it, and we won't know all the information for about another month, but it isn't looking good at all. Anyways, I just wanted to spread the word about this ludicrous agreement, in hopes that more people will be vocal about it getting turned down. What do you guys think about this? Do you think it will go through? Sorry for the wall of text

I see many frequently encountered issues in the visual novel community. I've taken some time to address them, with a focus on pragmatic solutions rather than long-winded explanations. Issue: I really like <insert type of VN>, but I can't find others like it, or I've already played through all the suggested titles. Answer: There's over 17k VNs in VNDB's database. 2356 are available in English. The sorts of VNs you're looking for are almost certainly there. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: JAST USA is really slow, and it licenses nearly finished fan translations and sits on them for years before releasing them. Answer: Time to learn Japanese. You'll probably finish before JAST does. Issue: Companies keep licensing eroge and releasing them censored on Steam. Answer: They're doing this because few people buy eroge, whereas Steam users are more than happy to overpay for softcore porn. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: JAST/Nukaku is censoring my lolis / guro / scat / all the content I'm interested in. It's really ticking me off.Answer: Distribution of offensive pornographic content is restricted in much of the English-speaking world. Time to learn Japanese. Also, best not to import the stuff, or you could end up like this guy. Issue: Original English VNs are terrible. Help! Answer: Yes, the English VN market has thus far failed to attract professional game developers, especially when it comes to sexual content. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: The game I'm interested in has a fan translation or a fan translation in progress, but the translation is terrible or the project is stalled. Answer: Fan translators cannot be relied upon to provide high-quality translations quickly and reliably. They have real jobs / studies that take precedence. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: Localization companies pick mediocre or short titles I have no interest in. Why can't they release something I want like <insert title from Type-Moon, Eushully, or other famous developer here>? Answer: Japanese companies don't care what you want, and neither do localization companies. They want profits, and releasing titles people want is often unfeasible or unprofitable. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: I tried text hooking with machine translation so I could play Japanese VNs, but I can't understand it or it's too frustrating to use. Answer: Understanding machine translation requires practice and exposure. It's a bit like learning a new language. If you'd rather not learn machine translation, you could learn Japanese instead. Issue: Learning Japanese is hard. Like, really hard. Answer: Yes, it's one of the most difficult languages for a native English speaker to learn. The US government estimates that 2200 hours of intensive study is required to gain basic proficiency in Japanese. To add insult to injury, Japanese has a special asterisk next to it reading, "Languages preceded by asterisks are usually more difficult for native English speakers to learn than other languages in the same category". That means they lied; it actually takes significantly more than 2200 hours to learn the language. Good luck. So there you go: practical solutions to frequently encountered issues. I hope everyone finds this guide helpful.

Been there done that, get on my level. >done that ...Well, shit. Sorry to hear that.

Just finished AA1 ...Woah ...Woooooah Case 4 was far and away the best AA case I've played so far (played AA1 and AA5) Hated investigation sections, trials were great stuff Last case was quite confusing and I was somewhat spoiled, but pretty great nonetheless. It's built from ground up for the DS, and it shows. 4>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>5>>>3>>2>1

No, Incest isn't a touchy issue in the world like child pornography is. While there's laws against it in places, it's not a wide spread crazy level protection like child pornography is.

What a bunch of lightweights, this is nothing compared to the horrors of vore. Although my computer may disagree, my internet explorer crashed when I clicked on the link. I would like to provide a kindly reminder that we may want to be careful discussing lolicon and shotcon here, I'm pretty sure even the op that linked to the vndb page is breaking some forum rules.

Thank you for that. I also played the Maro series because I was curious about their other works, (I only played Yu-No and Doukyuusei from Elf before all this) and I was definitely hooked with the rest. They are definitely a company worth putting in the VN hall of fame.

Confession: The past few days have been pretty terrible, hopefully today doesn't suck quite as much

try it out. Could be amazing. I'll need to do a full backup before I'd try this one. I have no idea how this could affect existing content... But yeah, worth a shot, guys?

Thoughts? Stuff I Think We're Missing: Line Utilities - (Link: http://ckeditor.com/addon/lineutils) A set of utilities to find and create horizontal spaces in edited contents. Paste from Word - (Link: http://ckeditor.com/addon/pastefromword) Self-explanatory Hmmm. Take a look at this one. This could be great, or terrible. BBCode Output Format - (Link: http://ckeditor.com/addon/bbcode) This plugin configures CKEditor to output BBCode format instead of (X)HTML. It also customizes the editor configuration to better match the BBCode environment. As BBCode format has several flavors, current implementation of this plugin is based on the following specification: https://www.phpbb.com/community/faq.php?mode=bbcode

Alright, this is as close as I could get to the previous editor layout with a few minor changes. Buttons added: Undo/redoBackground color (this was missing from the previous one as well but I think it's a nice feature)PreferencesIncrease/decrease indents.Buttons that don't exist in this editor and were in the previous one: Swich to raw BB code formSpecial BB codeMy Media (not like it was ever used)FindReplacePaste from WordRemove hyperlinkImageTwitter

I'll do it. Time to abuse my powers!

Ayy, now it's there. I guess that fixes the issue then. Other possible suggestion, what do you think of re-ordering the editor options to make it look more like it used to be, just for aesthetics sake? Of course getting usedd to a new layout is fine, but using something that's closer to the old one wouldn't hurt.

I have no option to add more colors.

My body is ready for this, hopefully you guys are able to finish it by mid-2016, really want to read Benkei's route

that reminded me of this...

Elf has been downsizing for over half a decade... this comes as no surprise to me. The only surprise is that they actually released anything in the past few years. Most of the companies from the early part of last decade and the late twentieth century disappeared long ago... and those that remain are usually those that branched out a lot (Will) or those that managed to gather a stronger, more varied audience (Key)... this is opposed to Elf (the main company) which remained pretty much the same company, with the same audience... and though that audience was hardcore, it was also relatively small, even as VN company fan groups go.

Were these the guys that made YU-NO?... Fuck

The only thing good about them is that OriginalRen made an amazing stream out of Sakura Swim Club, most hilarious thing I have seen in months.

Still waiting for Sakura Netorare. Can't wait to see the steam fanboys start raging.

I will give away: Hatoful BoyfriendSakura SpiritPM me, but no new accounts created today.

It'll be done in about 3 weeks

too generic & clichee, might have been excusable regarding their very first title, but after its great success going down the same path over and over again, instead of spending the ressources on affording better storywriting etc is simply abig no no for me.

Meh, if you don't like it don't buy them, if they keep making them is because people like that shit, same thing with nukige so there is nothing we can do about it.

Sakura Spirit killed this bundle for me. I can't stand the Sakura games cause I see them as a disgrace to visual novels and what they're capable of and all they do with it is put a ton of fanservice in. It's pathetic, at least in my eyes. Plus, I already have both World End Economica games which was the only good VN in this bundle.

i am on amene route now. Already played sachi and yumiko routes really liked them but cant decide who is better, kuudere or maid? Yumiko is my waifu from that game and Sachi was in a close second. Loved all the routes in Grisaia and I can't wait for the next games to be translated.

I have three steam codes to give away, as I only wanted two of the VN's. AsphyxiaLoren The Amazon Princess - Deluxe EditionThe Royal TrapI'll give away one here to whoever can make the biggest mark on me, and the other two on my twitter tomorrow ( @Jason_OCE ) Sorry about hijacking the thread, but I didn't want to make a new one about the exact same thing. So, yeah. Post away

WEE1 was on many many bundles in the past so that's probably why they are not including it now. "Ooo, all the cool kids already own WEE1, so we don't gotta put it in there. Oh, you don't have it? I guess you're not a cool kid." I'll just buy a damn economics textbook in that case. well daahh, you are obviously not a cool kid, but you are lucky because you can still get those pants, so buy them start being cool right nao

0/10 didn't even include HuniePop

Representing the 10% of Fuwanovel, according to some dude whose name I forgot. Here's me, your typical petite nerdy Filipino girl. Can't remember when we took this, but it was still back when I was in college, when Bleach and Naruto were still very popular. I'm 26 now. I have the urge to hug cute things....

Quoting is pretty messy now. You end up with a series of 5 quotes nested within each other that can't be edited out. I used to trim out the unnecessary parts of the series in IPB3, but IPB4 won't let me do that.

Unless you've been sick or (suspiciously) indisposed, you may have realised that reddit was doing a census. Well, the results are in (with over 500 participants, you sad, sad individuals) and you can go over the results in full on the thread below. If you'd rather a short summary, I'll provide that for you guys here. https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/3ogp56/rvisualnovels_census_results/ Average age - 22ish. Not surprising that VNs are a young people's medium. A nasty man would tie 'age' with the need for 'pictures' and conclude something rather inappropriate, but that's not me :3 Gender breakdown - 90% males. Again not surprising, Reddit is a young man thing. Females consisted of 6% of respondents, at least half of which were also males. First VN - The vast majority experienced Katawa Shoujo first, with Fate/Stay Night and Ace Attorney a distant second and third. A cynical man would link Katawa Shoujo's tendency to be experienced first with the medium's low participation rate Path into Otakudom - Anime ranked highest, followed by vid games and manga. Don't ask me what this means, whether it's the Japanese medium you experienced first, the one which had the most influence over you, or something completely different is something I can't be bothered interpreting. I'll just press my lips together tightly and make thoughtful noises. The oldest VN you have read - Tsukihime is the oldest VN most people have read, followed by Phoenix Wright and Muv Luv, because they're mostly youngsters and will never experience the glory of 90s VNs. I grieve for them. Other VN communities you visit - Steam, VN discord (NFI), 4chan /vg, Fuwa, 4chan /jp. It should be noted that Fuwa has the largest number of lurkers, because we're all lazy here. Let's see... what else is interesting: Most important VN attributes - Story came in top, followed by writing then visuals. This means there's an awful lot of liars who took the Reddit survey. Favourite kind of dere - Dan was 1st, Kuu 2nd, Tsun third, Bambi didn't rate and I hate you all for it. Best translation - Grisaia was first, daylight 2nd and third. Favourite Western Publisher - Sekai was 1st, MG 2nd, JAST third. This is where Dovac sits in front of his monitor laughing at all the guys constantly shitting on him, then starts banging his desk with his fist, then pointing, then more fist banging, at which point he clutches his heart and tips off his chair onto the floor. A thumb will then catapult up into eyesight from below the desk giving an enthusiastic thumbs up, before slowly sinking down amidst gurgles and giggles. And there's a bunch of other stuff you can find by reading the thread.

Just think: if you took all the time you spent Internet posting about the inadequacies of the English VN market, you too could be playing VNs in Japanese--10 years later!

Here's your example (pulled from the community blog sidebar): Games for Adults Halloween: Cartagra ~Affliction of the Soul~ I kind of see firecat's point. This is an issue involving the inflexibility of automation and conflicting incentives, unfortunately. I'm not sure there's an easy fix that would satisfy everyone.

Not that i even have many pictures but i found one. Sweg

I fucked my shit up recently. Now I have a 2 year break from long hair.

Boukyaku no Rakuen Due to neglect, the protag starts "talking" to plants, and is sent to a remote academy that doubles as a mental institution for children who are "psychologically challenged". He becomes the only member of the Gardening Club and is effectively given complete control over the academy's extensive gardens. Over time, he comes into contact with other students and/or faculty who all have their own problems, to which he provides relief in the form of illegally-cultivated opium. Will he be able to provide the relief they seek, or will his relationships devolve into addiction-driven exploitation? Homeroom Teacher A cheerful woman who serves as the protag's homeroom teacher and Gardening Club's advisor, but has Dependent Personality Disorder. She often wastes class time talking about how lovey-dovey she is with her lover, who lives in the city. As time goes on, however, she talks less and less about him. Eventually, she finds out that he had been cheating on her, at which point he breaks up with her. During this period of time, she starts acting more and more nervous, and finally suffers a nervous breakdown. Protag provides some opium to help her back on her feet. Over time, however, she becomes addicted. Choose:Take advantage of her dependence Protag starts demanding sexual favors from her in exchange for the opium. As her dependence grows stronger, protag's demands also grow increasingly violent.One day, he finds her dead in her room, having overdosed. Protag leaves the academy and never comes back. BAD ENDYou can't give her any more of the stuff Protag decides it's best to cut back on the stuff. He starts taking care of her, helping her through withdrawal. She starts developing feelings for him out of gratitude, but fears that it's from her dependent personality disorder, which they work out together. Choose:You convince her that you'll always be there for her.A few years later, she still works as a teacher at the academy. The protag, after graduating, became officially employed as a gardener at the academy. They live together happily. GOOD ENDYou fail to convince herShe starts suffering nervous breakdowns again, and protag has no choice but to provide opium to ease them. Her addiction relapses. One day, protag finds her dead in her room, having overdosed. Protag buries her under a newly-planted cherry tree in the gardens. After graduation, he becomes officially employed as a gardener at the academy. There, he spends the rest of his days caring for the cherry tree. After his death, he is buried under the same tree according to his will. ENDOther heroines? Sources of inspiration: Under the Cherry Tree by Watanabe Junichi Norwegian Woods by Murakami Haruki Le Fruit de la Grisaia by Frontwing