Darklord Rooke

Ugh, why didn't Evangelion die 20 years ago like it should've xD

Going by the video, the worst part is the beginning bit ... which is the bit everyone will ignore. The daily descriptions are phrased poorly, but considering it's an 80s game and that's the sort of English that everybody was accustomed to in 80s games xD. The dialogue looks okay, as in not good but serviceable. It's definitely not a good translation, but probably serviceable for what it is and how big the audience will be. I can live with it in this instance. However, it'd be bad if it were actually a novel and not a sim with a lot of gameplay 0.0

It's one of the classic 'raising sims' the West never got. I'll be picking this up, for sure.

Many old accounts that never posted were eliminated at some point. Possibly by aliens, more likely by Tay conducting some mad experiments while chuckling and wearing odd hats. Welcome to the forums ... again. May your experience be a pleasant one ... again.

They Greenlit the first one also - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=216264919 I would imagine it's just a process they have to go through. Nothing to worry about. Also the $100,000 would have paid for license costs, which are expensive, and there's a 10% Kickstarter fee. It also includes people who pledge but don't pay. Kickstarter rewards are also funded with this money.

If Sekai Project don't release games you enjoy, that's a very different criticism to "where's all the games". Also a wait of 1.5 to 2 years is pretty piddly in this industry, I'm actually not in awe at how long "you've had to wait". To be honest, the VNs I enjoy the most have been OELVNs. I had much more fun playing VA-11 Hall-A than many of the translated VNs released. Same with 7KPP (even though I've only played the demo.) My favourite sim is Academagia (not anything that Japan has released.) And Just Deserts, and Highway Blossoms which have just been released by Sekai looks pretty okay.

Sekai Project has published well over 50 games. There's plenty to choose from if you really want to indiscriminately buy their games.

False. And I can bring out the graphs and studies to show that the West reads more than Japan. Like this one: That people keep spreading this rubbish makes me want to facedesk xD Whether the West are more willing to read IN GAMES is another matter. But seeing as the sales of IF in the West are at least comparable to the sales of VNs in Japan, which is still niche, then I would wager against that also. I would wager this is more complicated than people want to believe, and will therefore reach for the simplest answer (the West doesn't appreciate these masterpieces because they don't like to read) rather than face up to the actual reasons, which is partly that maybe these VNs are a little overhyped and struggle to reach an actual sizeable part of the community because they're not very good or relatable. Especially when half the time the translation is dodgy

In that time, Conjueror and Garejei have completely finished translating 2 other games, and are now onto their third. It's legitimately had delays. Not an excuse, it's a comparison of responses. As in, JAST are much worse and yet don't get nearly as much hate. SP have had quite a few missteps but they're a new company and they'll learn, given time. The business world is a pretty different place to what people expect when going in.

Good luck with your games, infellune/Lunar Wings And welcome to the forums

Talent.

No. Allocation of translators most likely. Everybody’s been waiting for Django Orange from JAST for … I dunno, close to 5 years with no end in sight. 2 isn’t very long in comparison. People need to get over their anger at fan-TLs being licensed. Here’s something you probably didn’t know, Himawari was 100% fan-translated by Conjueror before he offered it up to Mangagamer (and probably would have been fan released if MG turned him down.) And still not released, because official localisations take time. But at the end of the day, people aren't entitled to a fan release in the first place. If it happens, it's a bonus. If it doesn't, then people'll just have to stomach it. True. They're learning. Yes EDIT: I don't view the Visual Novel Localisation industry as a very professional one at the moment, TBH. Just my opinion on the matter.

No, SP gained a bad reputation from Dovac. The 'constantly breaking promises' thing is just an excuse people use to try and present their irrational hatred as something which stems from reasonable reasons. Often it doesn't. SP don't constantly (relative to how many promises they've made and titles they've released) break their promises at all. They've been a few, but nothing to justify the amount of hatred in the community. Are they actually expanding their 18+ catalog a whole lot? I don't think there's been a noticeable increase, and I think you're reading too much into partnering with Nutaku. Attempting to expand visibility by partnering with a platform that hosts a large eroge community could have very little to do with a shift in direction at all. In fact, I'm looking at their upcoming games and don't see anything too different :S

Seven Kingdoms: A Princess problem is a very underrated example people should really be keeping an eye on: https://sevenkingdomsgame.com/

I never use that button anyway because I'm not on mobile and know how to scroll, so feel free to break it to your heart's content. In fact I have one or two suggestions regarding the "Go to top" button. My primary suggestion would be linking it to the "delete account" function. My second suggestion would be linking it to the "delete a random followers' account" function ... :3

That term runs into similar problems when trying to describe VNs made in Vietnam or Indonesia.

Western RPGs are where it's at ... for the moment. JRPGs have stagnated pretty badly.

Studies show religion benefits humanity

What a thoroughly un-Democratic suggestion

Marx was just trolling everybody

Most modern JRPGs have to work on the 'gameplay' section of the game. Exceptions exist, of course.

Sargon of Akkad, this is how he’s viewed by the wider community: https://idledillettante.com/2015/08/12/sargon-of-akkad-a-thief-a-liar-and-a-bully/comment-page-1/ Considering this MODERATE (according to you) member of Gamergate is viewed by the community as an angry arsehole who likes to tear people down in videos that are borderline harassing and defaming, think hard why people view Gamergate the way they do.

Since when did a) you ask for proof that Sargon is a misogynist and b) I seek to provide proof that Sargon is a misogynist? Ethan Ralph having people distancing themselves from him in no way proves he wasn’t an influential figure within Gamergate. Something even Gamergaters themselves admit. While feminism does not automatically equate to women, targeting people arguing for the equal treatment and representation of women under the banner of quality gaming journalism is very telling. Especially in an industry dominated by men and therefore with most of the problems created by, and indulged in by men. My understanding is that your insistence of denying any responsibility by Gamergate hurts nobody but the Gamergate community themselves. That you now want to deny ‘harassers’ exist despite earlier conceding the point is telling. That you seek to move goalposts (plural) is also telling. That Gamergate has nary a leg to stand on is almost a certainty. Gamergate never needed to ‘stop’ the harassment, all they needed to do was publicly denounce them (when all this shit started) and disassociate them with the movement. This never happened, despite your squealing.

No. I'm going to flat out say here that I've been there from the beginning. Qhen Twitter was whining about SJWs reporting their tweets, the creation of #notyourshield, their move from 4chan to 8chan, all of it. The Gamergate movement was quite different in the early days, which is where the image in the community was formed. Ethan Ralph was a very prominent and visual campaigner for Gamergate. His supporters were numerous and rabid. It's only been recently that his reputation (within Gamergate) has been on the wane. You can see this on the KIA thread where he still has quite a few supporters. To try and dismiss him means ignorance on your part. As for Ralph's misogyny, when you're all about ethics in gaming journalism, but a very large section of what you do is about SJWs and feminism, and I'm talking about Breitbart here as well (the dude who just got banned from Twitter which caused his supporters to have a cry,) I would suggest your goals have become confused. As for Sargon ... well you mean the guy who helped Breitbart attack feminists? Breitbart, as in the one who got banned from Twitter for relentlessly abusing Leslie Jones. That guy? Yeah, he's obviously a Saint. Anyway, he’s two faced imo - prelude from Wiki: Towards the end of 2015, the split within Gamergate crystallized: Paolo Munoz, a popular Gamergater and a respected "moderate" known as Game Diviner on Twitter, authored a manifesto that called for "A Guide to End Gamergate." This meant advocating for the movement to admit that there was harassment on their side, dropping the cult-like identity of the movement, recognizing the failure of the movement, and criticizing the hive mind mentality of the movement. The idea was to get the movement to "reclaim the gamer identity" and take what they learned from the movement back into the gaming community as a whole.[49] According to Munoz himself, Sargon, Yiannopoulos, Oliver Campbell, and others supported his manifesto. Predictably, Gamergate interpreted Munoz's manifesto as an infiltration by SJWs, a betrayal of the entire movement, or a coup attempt within Gamergate by Sargon's ethics proponents. Once Netscape9 released the manifesto against Munoz's permission, Munoz was immediately and relentlessly cyber-bullied. This led him to post his mental breakdown online,[50] quit the internet, and seek professional help. Of course, Sargon did not come to Munoz's defense, and used him as a scapegoat to prevent the shitstorm from reaching his own channel. Kotaku in Action is a place reserved for Gamergaters to circlejerk amongst other Gamergaters. Posting on that board means you will not be allowed to post on others. People within Gamergate view it as a great community, people outside Gamergate view it as a way to keep all Gamergaters in their own little box. And no, nobody reads that subreddit but Gamergaters. It’s laughable to think that something which reaches prominence on KIA registers with the outside community. So, once again, Gamergate talking amongst themselves about not engaging in misogynistic behaviour is completely different to publicly disavowing misogynistic behaviour. In other words, grow a pair and do it in the public sphere. The actions of Gamergate were not blown out of proportion, it was a horrible strain of abuse brought about by angry men directed largely at women to which the community as a whole cringed at. I have no doubt they were in the minority, I also have no doubt little was done by Gamergaters to take back their banner, it was a passive endorsement and they paid the price. I mean to say that when Twitter took down offending accounts, Gamergate supporters got all up in arms about it and started whining loudly in their own circlejerk. About how it was the SJW’s doing the reporting, how they band together and report them back, how they would never be silenced etc etc. It may be different these days but like I said, I’ve followed THE ENTIRE Gamergate drama. Because my argument never relied on concrete examples. I'm not arguing that Gamergate is misogynistic, I'm arguing they publicly did nothing to stop abusive people from using their banner in a crusade. And because of this, they deserve the reputation they have.

Nup. A select portion of Gamergate control their image among another select portion of Gamergate. This is not 'controlling your image'. They were constantly bombarded with those accusations because prominent people using their banner started harassing women. Of which Gamergate said 'we're not about that, but we'll do nothing or say nothing about those doing the harassing.' The goal is not in question, the means is, and when people step well past the line of decent human behaviour in pursuit of goals most people view as trivial, then naturally the reaction is to the group will be negative. In short, Gamergate entirely deserve the reputation they currently have. Exactly my point. 'Go to the hidden Gamergate subreddit and see where we've endorsed misogynistic nonsense' - Not Good Enough. That isn't protecting your reputation, that's called hiding in your own circlejerk. You mean like Ethan Ralph, who's misogyny lies in his actions? Let me post something I said about feminism the other day in a private group: Another aspect is what I've been talking about the past few weeks. If someone seeks to pursue an agenda, they'll often wrap themselves up in a flag with strong emotions related to it to try and give their argument more weight. So let me give you an example, if you rock up to feminism clubs in University sometimes they'll be infiltrated by women who've been hurt by men, and are not really interested in equality so much as they're interested in lashing out. But by wrapping themselves in the veneer of feminism, it gives them some protection in doing so. There was a case in America where feminists at University were going around stamping 'rapist' on the body of random men they pass. Not so cool. So feminism is losing the language war around the debate, and losing it in a big way. Yes, feminism is losing the language war and it's partly their own fault. They give airtime to trivial issues (like trying to ban men standing up and peeing in Sweden) and they allow people who are looking for revenge to run unchecked. Infighting is the key word here, implying 'internal'. Also, the Gamergate twitter watchdog obviously wasn't doing a good enough job considering the Gamergate accounts that Twitter got reports about. And were shutting down. Of course. Ethan Ralph is a visible leader of the Gamergate community. The point is the type of people Gamergate have who are visible and leading campaigns are often violent people using violent means. What was Ethan Ralph arrested for again?