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that click bait title lol

Yep. Hurricane is about to hit Leon County sometime today. RIP me. It was a good run. Flutterz can have all my FGO accounts.

My thoughts on this is that it grants way too much power to corporate entities with lawyers and teams of people who can send DMCA notices and now Youtube guidelines notices in order to disincentivize content that is critical of them. I'm mainly concerned about the fact that many of these videos exist only because people can make money by doing them, and Youtube is giving corporate bullies another tool to effectively silence their critics by removing their source of revenue. Youtube's new content restriction guidelines for monetization are insanely restrictive and basically gives them free reign to take down anything that they don't want to hear. Released a video review critical of the new Call of Duty game? Controversial opinion, you're not allowed to make money off that. Released a video "in partnership" with Activision talking about how rad the new Call of Duty game is? Gotta get a swimming pool to fit all this money in. The end result is a future where there are no more professionally produced content on Youtube containing critical thought because there's no money in it for them, and instead you can expect an even greater non-stop flood of paid shills gushing endlessly at the top of their lungs. The problem with this is that I'm not necessarily morally opposed to the move, this change was spurred on by what youtube's advertisers want, and advertisers have a right to select the kind of content they associate themselves with. That itself is a right I want to defend. The main issue is that Youtube doesn't give their video creators any choice in the matter. There's no way to find advertisers that want to associate with the kind of content you produce. Youtube is meant to be an open platform for this kind of thing but restrict all monetization to content that can only appeal to mainstream audiences. This both scares away niche advertisers and producers of niche content, completely defeating the point of creating an open platform. If Youtube wants to go down this road of allowing advertisers to dictate the content they wish to associate with, they really need to implement a system that allows for greater diversity in advertising and for producers of niche or opinionated content to partner with the right kind of advertisers, instead of essentially blocking off large swathes of content creators from earning any money. And they need to protect these creators of niche content from the corporate entities who try to bully them off the site.

It is. There is no inherent ability on Fuwanovel that allows users to childishly hide posts from the community merely because they don't wish to hear it. In fact there is no 'neg' ability on Fuwanovel whatsoever, and therefore nothing to dissuade you from speaking your mind (as long as it adheres to the rules.) Ergo, better.

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Flowers -Le Volume sur Printemps- https://www.jastusa.com/flowers-spring.html Summary Surrounded by immense walls in the middle of a forest, lies the prestigious all-girls school, Saint Angraecum Academy. It's a school that prides itself on growing bright and cultured young women. The academy's special Amitié program is designed to help foster new friendships among students that will last a lifetime. This is why Suoh Shirahane, a painfully shy girl with a mysterious past, has enrolled. As her first year of high school begins, she is filled with hopes of a new life. Follow Suoh as she navigates her new friendships and attempts to unravel the many mysteries at the academy, including occult rituals and the mysterious disappearance of fellow students. As spring warms into summer, so do friendships until they blossom into something more. Suoh's heart opens for the first time, but is it okay to like a girl? Ending Guideline / Suggested Route Order Route Guideline Mayuri Kohsaka Good End Bad End Rikka Hanabishi Good End Attribution Summary and image from the game's official site, http://flowersgame.com Walkthrough created by @Fred the Barber

because of your shitty misleading title

I never bothered writing out the kana, lol. My handwriting might be permanently fucked due to my teachers forcing me to switch from my left hand at an early age. Since my goal only involves communication and reading, I never bothered writing out the kana. It's been a while since I practiced at all, but I didn't have a hard time learning the kana through grind sessions on memrise and realkana. Good luck on your class, Eclipsed. So, I got my 1st paycheck for going to college today!!! It's refreshing to know that I won't have a hard time buying food anymore. Still going to live life moderately though; don't need to be digging myself into a hole on the 1st month. I do see the value in keeping buffer money for those just-in-case circumstances.

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I have a friend who dislikes VNs and I feel the same way... but it is a matter of tastes. If you don't like reading, you probably would prefer anime by a long shot. I'm a hardened bibliophile who loves anime aesthetic, so to someone like me they'd seem like the best thing ever, but for most other people, it would probably be pretty hard to get in to VNs. What doesn't help is the horrendous pacing many VNs seem to have. But as a whole, I do think it's wrong to conflate VNs and boring, it's a medium of storytelling like any other and just like anime, some can be boring, but some can be incredibly engaging.

I have a friend who dislikes VNs and I feel the same way... but it is a matter of tastes. If you don't like reading, you probably would prefer anime by a long shot. I'm a hardened bibliophile who loves anime aesthetic, so to someone like me they'd seem like the best thing ever, but for most other people, it would probably be pretty hard to get in to VNs. What doesn't help is the horrendous pacing many VNs seem to have. But as a whole, I do think it's wrong to conflate VNs and boring, it's a medium of storytelling like any other and just like anime, some can be boring, but some can be incredibly engaging. edit: Oh, no... my window was acting up. If a mod could delete those posts I'd be very grateful. I'm so sorry

Now this is a driver that doesn't give a fuck, lol

I don't think that was the dealbreaker. I think THAT was it.

I saw only this message out of context, and thought "Wow, sasuga Flutterz, really putting it out there." Stay safe, Valmore.

Narcissu - A nice introduction to the world of utsuges Sepia Tears - rejuvenated my faith in OELVNs; it's quite well made One Thousand Lies - Proof of what a dedicated OELVN team can do, plus free Saya no Uta - Gruesome, yet quite touching story of two individuals and the ugliness of the world Kikokugai - Cyber Slayer - - A gripping, short story of what you'd except from N+ Hanachirasu - another one from Nitro+ with a different kind of protagonist Fault: milestone one & two - Very good VNs with stunning visuals Highway Blossoms - An OELVN with a scenario that's a breath of fresh air and overall quite good

That beats the necessary skill for any Nutaku fan: learning Japanese. Not kidding. I rewrote part of the in-game help section for Nutaku's Girls Kingdom, based on the Japanese wiki and my own independent research, because it was wholly inadequate and read like it was translated by an ESL student. You'll notice because it's the part in English.

It's just a way they use to "discourage" users to not speak of certain topics that might be controversial or just offend certain groups of society. They're as wide as possible regarding what kind of content can be considered “not advertiser-friendly”, pretty much everything they want can be subsumed into the category of "Controversial or sensitive subjects and events" The answer to this could be, "well don't use youtube if you don't agree wiht their TOS" but that's a really conformist point of view to this whole issue which I think is much deeper... Is it censorship?Meh I don't want to answer that, but let me tell you that there will be always be those who defend ( or do nothing and by omission they are also agreeing) with this this type of things and those who are against it.

It's not censorship: This isn't the same as banning certain material, it just means you can't make money from it. But hey, if you've got a point of view and you want to put it out there, nothing's stopping you. If you want to be edgy for coin however ... well, you'll need to find somewhere else. I hear in ye olden days people used a soapbox, a megaphone, and a hat. Just sayin'. Basically they're not going to allow their platform to fund people to potentially do some pretty awful stuff. As for the video, it's pretty hyperbolic.

Yup, yup. Simple collor corrction (less gamma, more saturation), and everything looks more pleasan. Not as 'artsy' though. And I'm sure current pallette fits story aand setting better. Anyway - fast comparission.

The "anti-SP sentiment" is very heavily exaggerated by the crowd who believes that their insular and niche communities represent the whole of the visual novel fandom. When in reality the vast majority of VN fans and buyers exist outside of Fuwa, Reddit, 4chan, vndb, etc. At most they're lurkers, remaining silent because they have nothing to say on the matter.

I am a deity, I was talking about planes of existence.

You either need interactivity, or a super unique story, and lacking either of those, really really good execution of a "trope". That rules out things like Katawa Shoujo, Clannad, MajiKoi, or basically any of the really popular VNs in this circle. Also, rule out porn. Big no no for most people getting into VNs. Sure you might be able to name an exception or two, but those people are outside the norm. So, what does that leave us with? Short kinetic VNs that focus on telling a single story, really well, things like Planetarian, and Narcissu. For interactivity, we can look towards Analogue: A Hate Story, Ace Attorney, Corpse Party, Danganronpa and even to a certain extent, the Tell Tale games (I'm aware that these generally are not considered VNs, but in my eyes, they at their core, do the same things that VNs do to make themselves unique). And finally, super unique stories, things like Phenomeno, The House in Fata Morgana, and Cave Cave Deus Videt. "But Bats! What about X VN or Y VN!" Chances are, if you are listing anything with a common route, it will not catch the attention of a "normie". Unless the common route, is short, and generally advances the overall story, you will lose the interest of most newcomers to VNs. I say this mostly from experience. Lets take a look at my early VNs I've read. -Analogue: A Hate Story -- common route line sort of blurry, but advances the actual story -Ever 17 -- common route is like 20 minutes long before splitting off into one of four directions -Clannad -- Long common route, but with enough variation to not wear too much on the reader. Subsequent playthroughs can get tedious with changes based off choices, when wanting to get into the route. Also, main story is locked away, HUGE no for newcomers in my experience -Steins;Gate -- This is a tricky one for sure. Solid story, but takes a while to kick off. Can be a turn off to newcomers wanting the real story (though if memory serves, character routes can be skipped and the true story can be unlocked without character arcs completed. Feel free to correct me.) -Planetarian -- Good for newcomers, short, focuses on two characters and their relationship, lack of world story means little time on lore. No common -Corpse Party -- adventure VN, plenty of trial and error, lack of skip make it a tough pill to swallow except for the patient, and if youre patient, you likely already are reading longer, more celebrated VNs in the community like Majikoi and LB! No common route When I explain VNs to people, for example my girlfriend, they tend to be most interested in the shorter, more unique sounding experiences and less in the long, multi-route, high school setting. I will never get my girlfriend to read Clannad, but Planetarian is something she is loving at the moment. She adores The House in Fata Morgana but has absolutely no interest in Majikoi or Katawa Shoujo. Same deal with a co-worker of mine. Same with an old high school friend of mine. All 3 of these people enjoy anime, but don't watch a ton of it. They enjoy manga but do not read a ton of it. They are "normies" and just like with anime and manga, a VN is going to need to stand out like the color of this text in a sea of same looking text.

Like this show or hate it, it gets across a clear message what is currently happening to a vast amount of content creators right now, as things start to change within Youtube. With Twitter and other major sites also taking steps to change, this leads to some pretty scary concerns over what many took for granted, freedom of speech. sogh, and I was going to stay out of controversial topics for awhile...rip me I guess.

(cough) Konami (cough)

You're right it doesn't have that but it does have shitty clickbait titles, shitposters, and people that think they're funny. And solidbatman.

You're acting like fuwanovel is any better.

No. No.

I'm really feeling sorry for Aroduc, because it would mean that he's wasted a lot of time and effort for a translation that will go to waste. But I still want to hear both sides of the story before I'm starting to point fingers on Sekai.

Nothing new there

No you can't!! Who would write the North Korea game then? Ganbatte ne! Watch this video about Hurricane Irene while it lasts!

People with strong imaginations and reasonably solid reading skills tend to like VNs better, whereas people who lack an imagination or who can barely read prefer anime.

Just like we all assumed G-senjou no Maou would eventually be available on Denpasoft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship disagrees, as do the dictionary definitions. What this doesn't do is impinge on is anyone's right to free speech. To illustrate the problem: Say all roads were owned by one private company. That company one day decides that you may no longer use their roads to transport VNs. Whoops. But ok, let's say they don't own all roads, just most of them - sure, you can go to the guys who own the remaining roads, but you'll be at a severe disadvantage compared to those who can use all roads. Which is to say, at some point (or rather size), the question is whether something is still like a shop or more like a road in that respect. And sure, not being able to make money with something doesn't mean you're not allowed to do it. But imagine for a moment "you're allowed to distribute VNs, but you're not allowed to charge money for them". See the problem? Only difference there is between speech you like and speech you don't like. Of course the flip-side is that the right to free speech does not only mean "you can say what you want", but also "you can refrain from saying what you don't want to say", so you can't exactly force a company to distribute any speech they don't want to.

I know a few that do that, but the real question is if Youtube will change it's stance regarding videos on its platform receiving outside funding. @Deep Blue Pretty much, its mainly a deterant - the question is WHO behind the scenes forced Googles, Twitter, FB, etc, hands and WHY are such large companies buckling to subjective social concerns? I may be a tad paranoid and dramatic - but it really is a slippery slope if such things become the norm.

3- read the art of war 4- do some joga 5- eat healthy 6- feel empathy 7-read kokoro 8- dont do any of the last points (well, 4,5 and 6... and the rest too!) 9- use the file called "start" to execute the novel, it's saying that the discu isu notu insertedu in the drivu pleasu insertu it kudasai origami masu 10- Welcome to fuwa

He shouldn't give the time of the day to these kind of shitposts but instead should grace them with his silence, it's better to just focus on answering genuine questions and ignore the rest. That's how Tabata deals with the "Final Fantasy XV delay whiners": http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/in-conversation-with-final-fantasy-xv-director-hajime-tabata-square-enix-gamescom-interview "VICE Question: And what about the reaction to the delay? A small minority of internet dickheads aside, I think those who've been waiting years for this game aren't about to kick up a stink over two more months. Tabata Answer: I know that people have different opinions on what we've done here, but I do try to avoid the forums where people say things without having to take any responsibility for doing so. I much prefer to listen to the opinions of journalists, and speaking to fans face to face about things. That's where I think the most valuable information comes from."

Yeah, like I said, pretty sure that releasing 18+ versions exclusive to Denpasoft store isn't working out too well for them (low sales), so they are trying something new this time around with Nutaku to have a bigger coverage on this title and try to see how it does from there in terms of Nutaku sales.

Intriguing. Too bad it just happened to be the worst time possible to launch a kickstarter campaign, but I wish you all the best.

Sekai Project has boldly launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund merchandise for upcoming title Chrono Clock. I summarize my initial reaction. Sekai Project launches Kickstarter preorder store for Chrono Clock

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Holy fuck, your avatar. Irresponsible Captain Tylor. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT?

May God have mercy on your soul. Or Beelzebub. Wherever you're headed, really

Harukoi Otome Licensed by MangaGamer Purchase Here Summary Together with his sister Umi, the protagonist starts attending a former all-girls school which will soon be closed down, supposedly because of deteriorating birthrate. Ending Guideline / Suggested Route Order If you want to save some time you can save after you've done the prologue, the prologue choices are always the same so this doesn't affect any ending (After the choie "Let's be honest"). "★ both means it doesn't matter what choice you choose." Umi's route needs to be finished first if you want to do Yuika's route (Thanks Kaguya) Route Guideline Hayasaka Umi Good End Serizawa Yuika Good End Fuyurugi Kisaya Good End Bad End Orito Riru Good End Kusuhara Ayaka Good End Bad End Kiryuu Sonya Good End Attribution Engrish Translator: Charmed. Much thanks to Zakamutt for helping with some of the editing. This walkthrough was formatted by Nosebleed with the help of Kynbound on the editing If you see any mistakes please contact a mod in order for it to be changed.