Darklord Rooke

We used to have a wish in RPG circles, that we couldn’t wait for visual quality to reach maximum so developers would stop focusing on it and refocus on the stuff that matters. It never did happen, we had to go Indie xD

You haven't seen (dubbed) Strikeman. Funniest anime character in creation, not pervy at all :3

Oops, sorry

Because reading is an activity which can be incorporated in activities you 'play', like you 'play cRPGs' you don't 'read them' even though they can incorporate a good deal of text, VNs with gameplay elements should be said to be 'played'.

Thanks to the mod who did that Just read the review and it was stellar. I have to disagree with @Eclipsedabout the nature of Yuri. A lot of Yuri is written by men and serves as some sort of fantasy thing, but those don't read well as a whole. I can understand the point about the story spinning its wheels at the end. These sorts of stories don't really have much plot to keep them going, so they tend to get a bit forced after a while. Don't really count voice acting as a positive, so to me it's not a con. Music isn't that important to me so I don't think I'd be affected by Tyrael's complaints either. This looks like a real solid Yuri story. @Decay comparison with Flowers in the future

So from what I understand, Discord is a less harmonious form of TS used primarily by Gamers because ‘there’s no such thing as harmony in gaming. It’s a serious business and NOT A GAME, you know!’ I see. I see.

W0000t! Looking forward to this

I didn't really notice it take off until Sanah made his amusing blog post - It was pretty funny then, and Sanah made a good point. However, these days I'm seeing people stick it in most threads when someone asks for a translation. Not complaining about there being no translation, but asking if there is one. I'm gonna be honest with you, I have this thing where if somebody shoves something in my face again and again, I react by just not doing whatever they want me to do. It's not logical, but I really don't care. They could get in my face to shout 'FREE GOLD BULLION JUST DOWN THE NEXT STREET, COME WITH ME AND YOU'LL BE RICH' and I'd just punch him and keep on walking. I don't need a lot of money anyway, I can survive without.

The Meme is annoying! I totally blame @sanahtlig for starting it, too

Also, you sorta have to be a bit of an ass to not sympathise and just say it, and I'm good at that Do you know what the best thing is about having time limits for gaming? Japanese 'save points' in RPGs. Because the ability to 'save anywhere' would be just too convenient for you. An hour in a dungeon and still no save point? Oh dear, oh dear, welp time's up, too bad about all that progress The Western system, which allows you to save almost fricken everywhere, is clearly superior especially when you're under time constraints. Probably because if it does suck, there'll be plenty of people in the audience who will point and chuckle at you. The desire to not look bad in front of people can be a pretty good motivator :3 Best of luck

I think what this tournament has proved quite convincingly, is English readers want Type-Moon

'Quite eventful' ... Surely they don’t … they couldn't mean … it can't be true! Not a massive influx of translated otome and BL titles? Oh, joyful, joyful, this will surely fill VN fans with the light of day! HOORAY!

A lot of people want to support you in this, I’m going to post the other side of the coin. I apologise in advance. Your parents are responsible for your upbringing. They’ll want to make sure you develop in a healthy manner, socialise in a healthy way so you can network, learn the skills necessary in life so you can live independently and scrape out a living when you reach adulthood. Gaming is entertainment, and life isn’t about doing the things you enjoy for 6, 7, or 8 hours a day. Life isn’t about talking about the things you enjoy for 6, 7, or 8 hours a day. If you get into a bad habit when you’re young, it impedes your ability to buckle down and work hard into the future. Preparing you for life means preparing you for life’s expectations. If you’re at the stage where you can’t comprehend your life without gaming, you’re at the stage where you probably have a problem significant enough to impede your quality of life, or your ability to survive or function or whatever. Erm, whether he’s right in taking away your consoles is another thing altogether, and whether he’s diagnosed the problem as an ‘addiction’ is an unrelated issue. People who think parents don’t ‘understand’ is not recognising the issue. It’s not about gaming, it’s not about understanding the cultural acceptance of gaming, it’s about your development. Parents are worried and it’s their responsibility. If your parents are like this, I think it’s about showing them that you can maintain balance in your life, that’s all. I love my books, and many many years ago now, when I used to love to scurry away and do nothing but read, my father stormed up and ripped my books in half in front of me. Why? Because that’s all I’d do all day. If I couldn’t control myself, he’d remove the temptation. Now that I’m living by myself I have a pretty decent library, but I’m not living with them (so I’m not their problem) and I can survive and take care of myself, so …

63 to 37 after 1,100 votes. Type Moon fans are both numerous and scary

England don't even have an air craft carrier atm. How would they get the planes over there? EDIT: In comparison, Britain have 0 carriers, 5 destroyers. When the Falklands were fought, Britain had 2 carriers and over 10 destroyers. Argentina similarly has no carrier, which goes some way to show how incapable these countries would be trying to invade another country a long way away

Also the oil and fishing, because Britain has an Economic Exclusion Zone that extends 200NM, the oil which comes from the Falklands provides a semi-substantial, economic boost (if you ignore the ‘territory is territory’ argument.) I suppose, in this regard, it’s a bit similar to the disputed islands off Japan? Where Japan, China, SK are all scrabbling for it.

It wasn't an inconsequential conflict. Argentina were trying to take something they regard as their own but is (at the present) British and Thatcher got incredibly angry. Tensions survive to this day. It's like if some country had a historic claim to Hawaii, and tried to take it off America. I doubt you'd call it inconsequential. The UK would never be able to bring their full military might to bear due to Britain's inability to field that force in a sensible way many thousands of miles from home. England were desperately lucky in that war, Argentina made some bad decisions, had some faulty gear, and employed some dodgy strategies. America had expected England to lose, like most countries did, not because it was inconsequential but because they don't really have the military it. If Argentina and England fought today over the Falklands, and England sent over an invasion force, they would most likely lose.

That's no fun ...

Let me put the almighty power of the European (+UK) militaries into perspective. During the Falkland war, if Argentina's bombs had actually exploded, instead of being duds, England would have lost the Falklands in the 80s like everybody expected them to. If England, one of the mightier armies in Europe, will struggle with Argentina, how much can they actually do? *insert chortles here* I think France is probably the mightiest military force in Europe, probably around equal to England (which suck) and they're already in there. They won't send ground troops in there because they'll be decimated but they have a fair number of planes over there, bombing stuff. You're not likely to hear much about it because not much damage is being done, though. Let's be frank, in terms of military power you have 'America', then after that comes various forms of 'suck'. Because they all suck And America is still the only country on Earth that can 'project' force at other countries with any degree of consistency due to their carrier battle groups (although there shouldn't be much problem for Europe cause Syria's right next door ...)

Which Admin was that, and why didn't people just close the thread before it got that far? :S However, I can totally understand why 'politics' is a 'close thread on sight' rule for a fair few forums. The article doesn't really touch much on my interests, mostly on the inner stuff of the Obama administration. However the article commented on Syria and Obama's reluctance to go into Syria, and with America in trillions of debt due to Iraq & Afghanistan (and lower Bush taxes,) and the fatigue of war 'on the ground' in America, it was probably a popular decision. However, it did provide a (tragic? engrossing?) example of the future? People have been commenting for a while now that although America has done some suspect shit overseas (like going into Iraq and so on,) the only reason the world hasn’t collapsed into a third world war was because super-duper powerful America was there to police it. Countries may not have liked them, but they respected their strength and feared them. That’s starting to go, America’s waning and trying to pull back, China’s rising, Russia’s trying to rise, and Europe is quickly fading. Syria is a perfect example, the Syrian war threatened to escalate into hell because so many vested interests and no clear dominant side. Turkey and Saudi Arabia desperately wanted Sunni leadership, Russia wanted to keep its strategic navy thingy, the Kurds have their own interests, and of course ISIL. Russia came in to prop up the Assad regime because it can’t let them fall. Turkey desperately wanted them to fall. Threats of an all out war happened. Saudi wanted to join in also, but Iran laughed, pointed at Yemen, then laughed some more. Saudi never did send those ground troops, sparing Iran from more fits of laughter. Obama didn’t go into Syria and the result was a snapshot of the world without Big Brother America to police things.

So one collective mob are yelling out, in unison, that the other collective mob are sheep and not individuals, and the other collective mob are yelling back, in unison, ‘we aren't. We're all individuals!’ Fascinating behaviour. I will continue to observe what’s happening in America with much amusement and a permanent smirk. The Republican debates have been comedy gold.

When I voted, 200 odd votes had been cast and it was 58-42 to Dies. Currently, Dies' lead has been cut to 2 percentage points ... ~~~ And now Fate's in front. That changed quickly 0.0

Awesome stuff, they definitely have a sense of humour, ahahaha ... oh, it's a serious trailer I feel like I just watched a parody skit, mocking the terrible Japanese translations of the 90s.

I can't tell if it's globish or Engrish, and I really don't care. The text offends me at some deep, profound level.

And I see Baldr Sky is drifting behind, now