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I think the mouth being open is more a part of the facial expression than displaying that they're talking.

maggot baits

^this If you're going to stalk a girl, at least keep at it until you learn something about her. You're already a stalker, but if you give up you're also an incompetent stalker.

"MoeNovel wanted to make KonoSora a game that “even 12-year-old French girls could enjoy.” I find this hilarious every time I read it. France is a very liberal country; the film Nymphomaniac: Part 1, which featured close-up, unsimulated sex, was rated as suitable for twelve-year-olds there. French girls are not the issue.

Loving this vn atm...but but Belial really looks like Dojima from p4, i cant unsee it.

As someone who's watched GameTheory for like a year now, I am very, very saddened by these 2 latest videos. The bottom line is: There's no secret flawless formula to dating, just meet people you can feel comfortable around and form bonds with them. Don't assume it's a set of specific choices that will magically make them fall in love with you like in a game. Yes, there are some things you can do to make people like you more, but love will come as long as you're not a jerk about it. As for me, I am happily married to my anime pillow. Also don't spend your money on dating books and online courses. Seriously. Don't. You're better off spending your time watching random shit getting crushed by a hydraulic press.

I feel like this is where I usually say a little something about myself. However, I'm a bit short on time. I'll just leave this here. Hi everyone!

No. People and terms are under "lore", weapons are under, well, "weapons". Again, you will unlock all of it once you finish a route. A little "extras" section will appear in your menu and everything will be there... It's pretty standard for VNs, lol.

Yep, both are there. The encyclopedia covers people, weapons and terms used in-game. You'll unlock both after finishing a route (bad endings don't count.)

Oh good, some of us will become girls.... Can't wait to see how that turns out.

I'm guessing as with most VNs unlocking CG Gallery requires completing at least one route No idea about in-game Encyclopedia, and I'm about to start the second layer. A shame if there is none, that would help a lot with the lore.

Constructive. Take a chill pill, come back again on Tuesday, and consider yourself warned for trolling and abusive behavior - yes, even mods are people.

Aww hell yeah, user interface thread. First rule of UI: Shizzle's gotta be shiny TO THE MAX. Buttons gotta be shiny, background image gotta be shiny, characters in background image gotta be shiny, sound effects gotta be shiny, et cetera. Here's an example of PRIME SHININESS. They even got floating shiny animated stuff all over the place. Shiny is bae. Here's some more shiny, yo. It ain't as shiny as the first shiny, but when you open up the config and all that, there's some legit shiny in that faded background image, and buttons enter BLUE SHINY MODE when you hover your cursor over them. And we ain't even got to SHINY SOUND EFFECTS because I don't know how to make webms with those. But them sound effects gotta be high-pitched, not too long but not too short, et cetera (because I ran out of stuff to say). YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE SHINY. Actually, that's the only thing I can think of. I don't care what else you do, so long as shizzle's shiny.

Why hath thou forsaken me

This your daily reminder that Motoki Ougi is the best character in the history of everything That is all

Well I should just get new glasses already

Update time: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hNQ-u36mto5xgYT_zPGikLGbu95XwrF5fx9m0KnGJac/edit#gid=0

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Nope.

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Akeiro

Not yet, no.

Nope.

It's actually been long enough that I remember pretty much nothing about Dracu-Riot! other than Elina being the most yummy heroine ever Why isn't her emote a thing yet?

having a character mouth open just because it's talking would look weird, characters should exteriorize expressions with their sprites, including the mouth, not what they are "actually doing", having the mouth open should mean something like being angry, expressing happiness or surprise but not the reflect of an action they are normally doing.

Happy birthday to @Ryechu and @Arkamondal Ryechu - Haven't really talked to you, but I do see your influence every now and then. Happy Birthday. Arkamondal - Liked your topics very much, looking forward to more. Once again, Happy Birthday

It's still around 4,000-ish lines, he's not going to finish it in a weekend. Oxford Comma guy said 2 months so I'd stick with that estimate for now.

@Valmore Interesting! I'm very fond of Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend, which seems to be generally regarded as his best, but I haven't even ever tried anything else, and I've often felt like I was doing him a disservice because of that. I'll give that album a spin. @Kawasumi - I picked up Uchu Conbini's first album a long time back. Great stuff. That song, especially, is perfect for when I'm in the mood for some prog rock. Their guitarist is something else, and I love the vocalist/bassist's voice. I haven't heard any of the other bands you linked before, though. Unfortunately, some of what you linked is blocked by record companies for me , including that second one. But I listened to the tricot song (which is great - fantastic musicianship and really unusual harmonic choices that are quite appealing) and the Cuushe song (which is really unusual, and I'm still trying to get a feel for). I picked up albums from both of them, though that Cuushe song is definitely stretching the range of what I normally listen to - but that's a good thing @Mugi letlive was interesting - at times they reminded me of Fall of Troy, but a little more listenable and with a little more range. Might keep listening to them. Hands Like Houses, the vocal style just didn't click for me. And, pssh, of course I've already got the Persona 4 soundtrack, and the P4 Reincarnation album, and both the OST and Reincarnation for Persona 3, and the Persona 4 DAN OST, and... I should just say, yeah, I like Shoji Meguro. The music is a big factor in my hype for P5

Its not Maruyu Senpai~~~~ I just hope we wont need daihatsu for the next event....My Iowa.

gonna link some of my favorite japanese bands, you might like it.

So, the second vid is out: While I do understand that both the past video and this one don't exactly bring new discoveries to how you should date, I think it highlighting the important parts of what you should and should not do to get a real grill is very enlightening, and self assuring. I personally think I'm going to take Huniepop, and games like it, more seriously after watching this. I never considered giving gifts to be a big deal for example (I thought it was just a cheap way to get a grill), but now I understand both how important it is and how to do it right. Whether you look at it the same way or not, I would like to ask if you think the same can be said about the popular VNs in this community. The kinds Matt brings up as an example are mostly dating sims, which aren't really the same as your average Japanese VN. The latter tend to have more story and less mechanics, it's not as simple as getting to sleep with a girl. The methods used in things like KEY VNs in particular feel a little... Extreme and unrealistic. It's been a few years since I last read Clannad so I don't remember it too well, but I recall thinking "who dafak does this irl, these silly fapanese VNs" I suppose it would require me to read VNs in a whole new light in order to come to a satisfactory conclusion, taking them a lot more seriously than I usually do. But what do ya'll think? : >

I feel visual novels are usually too nonsensical to provide any realistic portrayal of love. I might end up loving the characters. But I can't actually think of the story and the love development as realistic. To be honest. I think Visual novels are even worse to at reflecting real life than dating sims are. Even the thought of it is so far out there. I find it hard to point where it stands. Although I think the concepts of dating sims are overly simplified as well. I do have a certain lack of faith that some people might understand this. For an average sociable guy I guess it won't be much of help. But a person who has never understood social settings. Or perhaps never really had much normal social contact with people. Perhaps It would be in some sense worthwhile? If actually dating sims makes people understand some social concepts, I can't say they are useless. Hopefully the people playing will have some hobbies or interests to talk with other people as well. Rather than just talking about dating sims, or the weather. Alright. Then I'd just say. "Then I'll give you Flutterz a glass of cognac." And you will be like:

Sharin no Kuni and G-Senjou no Maou both have beyond capable protagonists. The former has one where being superior is quite literally his job.

Might sound weird, but I wonder if the video is onto something I haven't actually played any dating sims as far as I can remember, aside from vn's in general. But if you believe the statistics from the video and the concepts it spurs. The sims does actually promote the basic concepts of dating. But not in that you should try to imitate how dating sims work. But rather understanding the concepts that dating sims have and the similarities they have in real life. The nuances of language, communication and relations to others. Knowing the difference between saying "how's it going" compared to "hello". "Do you like the taste of beer?" means more than just liking beer. Rather, saying yes to it. Would mean yes I'd like to drink with you as well. These should be might obvious for any functioning human being. But I am afraid for some people they aren't. That sims have a value is based on that those statistics in the video are actually legit/good.. Their reliability aside. Actually talking to people is the only way to will actually become good at it. Also trying to randomly use dating advice without knowing how your actions work. Frankly is retarded.

You and your assumptions... Anyway, I seem to have found a fitting avatar. I've never watched Nichijou (because I didn't like the few episodes I tried) but what do you think of this chap, chaps?

Sounds good - find a thread and tell us what you thought about Comyu at some point. I'm almost as big a Comyu fanboy as I am a Gahkthun fanboy, so I'm always curious to see what other people think of it (unless, you know, they didn't like it, in which case they can keep their opinions to themselves).

Because of the Audrey Fan Club, I have now found myself playing Huniepop for the first time. I started at around 8 PM last night. I wasn't able to make myself stop until midnight. That is so far past my bedtime it's not even funny. Curse you people for getting me hooked on a gem-matching game with cute girls. This may be even more addicting for me than Puzzle Quest was. Additionally, I'm really looking forward to the Destiny content patch landing in 10 days. Prison of Elders was my favorite Destiny release (I don't even know how many times I killed Skolas...), and I have a regular 3-person group to play with now, so we should have a lot of fun with it. The 6-person raids are just too much cat herding for my taste, and my group already does a lot of PvP together, so some fresh 3-person PvE content is pretty much perfect.

Come on, KoiChoco anime wasn't that bad It had Michiru in it, no way it can be bad

Well since I've been using this site as a lurker for awhile now, I thought I might as well contribute something I'm able to do. A lot of people have been initiated by this in the medium of visual novels so it should be familiar to most.

It gets me pretty emotional too, every once in a while.

For me even though they have the same song list, day 1 and day 2 are really different. For one thing the crowd of Day 2 is amazing. When it's time for a group skng almost everyone stand up and sing along, one girl even screaming 'Rippi' 'Mimorin' and 'Pile' behind me, though i did the same when Ucchi came As for the live show itself i think i don't have to comment much, if you there then you know how emotional the concert was. All in all i definetly happy that i got to see Day 1 and Day 2 concert and i am definetly happy that i have become a part of Love Live. LOVE LIVE FOREVER!

I started to do these as well, so I'll be editing this one post as I gradually finish these Alternative Kindred Spirits banner Alternative IMHHW banner

https://vndb.org/v5841 ~~~ I fucking had to. edit: gonna edit this thread with stuff that i come up with instead of mass posting lol

Wow thanks, someone noticed! Yes I really am that old and have been playing VNs for longer than some of you have existed (and have kids to rival some of your ages). I'm not sure if I'm the oldest here, but definitely one of the oldest, though I'm still 14 at heart forever. I think people will be even happier about me working on Clover Day's than To Heart 2, but TH2 is one of the great classics and after starting it I had to make sure I finished it. Seeing a project through to the end is one of the things us oldies feel passionate about.

Your opening post has warmed my heart. Good thing I went by to take care of some business. Anyway, I'd interact with you more, but I'm kinda going home at 1AM in the morning and waking up at 5AM to prepare to go to class. Yes, it's mostly a four hour sleep schedule on average. Again, it's because theater has started once again and it's screwing up my whole schedule. I go home everyday with the fear that I might get mugged, but I don't get mugged. Probably because I'm usually bigger than them. So yeah. Pretty much. Life got me again. I'll be a cool kid and finally finish the second Ace Attorney for you after my theater activities. Then I'll observe you as you state all the good things about Ace Attorney in a biased way. Also, you wake up at a time where I'm in the middle of college. Regarding your comments about most of it applying to Shiko, goddamnit man. I have not pegged myself to be a Shiko too. I will now reevaluate myself and think about how I should reinstate my status as a fag. Thank you for opening my eyes, Tiag. A late happy Easter to you. I do enjoy these threads.

@Shikomizue - What the hell's with your voice, man? I'm fond of you, but for some reason, I don't quite know why, I seem to have you pegged for being a bit thick or slow. I think it's because you're one of those people that let me win or can't be bothered to fiercely fight back when we start an exchanging of ripostes. But I really do like you, because I like people who like me (clearly superior taste) and I believe you like me. Most of what I said here applies to @KosakiFag, except the voice and except that I barely interact with him. Once every couple of weeks, at the most? And @Cyrillej1, too. What the heck have you guys been doing? Getting lives? @babiker - It's because I don't remember. You were one of the first members I was really fond of. That's all I remember. I don't remember why, or how, or anything at all. I keep making a point of reading everything you post in case it sparks my memory. So let's put it like this: I liked you, but I don't remember why. By that logic I shouldn't like you any more, but you haven't done a single thing that'd make me dislike you, so in all technicality I'm neutral with a positive bias. Or something. I was guessing most people would mistake sanah's for Steve's, BUT SINCE NOBODY TRIED TO DO THE EGG, I HAVE NO IDEA. I didn't quite get if by being on the egg you wanted my opinion...? The people who I put on the egg were completely random. For instance, I haven't interacted with shcboomer. In fact, from my point of view he's more of an urban legend or something, hardly ever seen him. @LiquidShu - I seem to remember liking you, and I certainly think you're nice. Your previous Yuuji avatar's probably helped. I think you were in a similar position to @Fred the Barber, I occasionally chatted with you on some random Coliseum of Chatter thread and I came to find out our tastes were rather compatible. Kept an eye on your posts since and that's about it. With Fred it went a bit further in that he's more talkative than you are, so I see him more often, interact with him more often, but I'm fond of both. Presuming you're asking me for my opinion, I'll give it to you. @Kurisu-Chan - Always had some issues understanding your English. C'mon, how many years have you been on this forum? You gotta English better than that by now, surely? I remember being rather fond of you, back when we interacted often in the Unlimited Chatter Works thread and later, Fuwachat. You also seem to have a bit of a short fuse, or if not, occasionally you blow up. I'm terrible with that kind of people. Somehow, completely unbeknownst to me, my words only seem to aggravate said people further. These days I'm more or less neutral, but when I very very rarely pop into Fuwachat, I'd rather x100 you were there than some random folk I don't know. <3~ Or something. Sheesh. Keep at it. Yes, one of those seldom games where most stuff went smoothly. I remember it had something to do with you. I don't remember what, but I do remember you were the first to completely identify the people on the egg. Since then I haven't seen much in the way of people trying it out.

Cool, I shall post it then \o/ I like the 'or lolis' part hahaha Disclaimer: Monshiro is 18! and... not a loli in... Link is for the Calendar images https://mega.nz/#!0pBW3AhY!nE2qM2Yvcs9QQAivth691f4Y-c5eLDNlTLm8IKRrBv0