Darklord Rooke

In case you missed it - Fiddle-dee-dee: An FBI study looking at terrorism committed on U.S. soil between 1980 and 2005 found that 94 percent of the terror attacks were committed by non-Muslims.[1] If anything, that percentage is higher due to the rather arbitrary classification of terror attacks and a bias that may exist. How many large scale terrorist attacks have there been, just out of curiousity? The idea that you need to specify >100 deaths is pretty telling, because now you aren’t angry at terrorists, you’re just angry at successful terrorists. Terrorists who aren’t successful, well they’re just fuzzy little teddy bears, am I right? But you seem to want to talk about Islam and Islamic terrorism, so lets talk Islam, terrorism, and part of the reason the Middle East don't like America: 1) America’s interference inside Iran’s election process produced one of the biggest Western hating Government’s on the planet. Research the 1953 Iranian C’oup d’etat. 2) America’s influence inside Afghanistan produced the Taliban, and gave them great power. IIRC Afghanistan was a peaceful country until the USSR and America started fighting over it. 3) America removed Saddam Hussain under false pretences, creating a vacuum of power inside a tribal and volatile country. This vacuum of power was filled by toady politicians who a) were anti-Sunni and b) were unable to control the volatile country they were leading. This helped create ISIL/ISIS, who are mostly Sunni. 4) Syria, America supporting the rebels, how did that go again? Who are the rebels comprised of? Every single time America entered the Middle East, they leave the place worse then before they entered. It’s been an unfortunate mistake. America has done a lot of good things, but they helped destabilise the Middle East in many different, consequence-filled ways. And some people inside those countries are seeking to take advantage and take power. It's what happens *shrugs*

That is a very broad statement. Let me give you a few examples of how 'generalities' tend to be 'way off the mark'. Firstly Christianity delved the depths of extremism and terrorism well before followers of Islam did. I believe the West removing religion from all aspects of power helped this sort of behaviour. Secondly, in the not too distant past, England had a small IRA terrorist problem. Thirdly, the Chinese and Russian States have eagerly delved into terrorism to promote an atheist attitude in the community, this is because communism requires a non-religious belief and these countries enforced it through terror and brutality. It's still going on in China I think, or it was until very recently anyway. Russia abandoned it a while ago, so yes even atheists have delved into terrorism. And the list goes on and on. So no, most terrorists are not from an Islam background.

The calendar year really has nothing to do with things, the world is set up under a competition system with countries and belief systems always vying for dominance. And those who lose out will always harbor resentment and ill-feelings towards those who are victorious, and plot their downfall. The world has been comparatively peaceful during recent times because America has been so much more powerful than anything else they've been able to assert their dominance over the world and keep an order that's been relatively beneficial to the West and their beliefs. 'Modern culture' really has nothing to do with peace, and expect more upheaval to happen in the future I'd just like to say my thoughts are with the security detail and police that had to manage this affair. These people get a bad rap in society during peace times, and their mistakes get amplified in the media, but public order (and the ability to defend your country) are almost the most important things to a country and they have a very tough job on their hands. Tougher today, obviously. These guys do a magnificent job. My thoughts and prayers are with anyone effected.

One of the few upcoming VNs I'm interested in - big sucker for steampunk and Koestl does good work.

Yeah, that’s called ‘The Boring Way’. What Ryechu should do is stuff the card in a bottle and hurl it into the sea. If Fate wants Ren to receive it then he will, if Fate doesn’t then he won’t. AND as an added bonus, Ryechu’ll save some cents on postage (although he will have to find a bottle)…

Prostitution can be a great job given the right circumstances, and in fact you’ll often hear select ladies come out and say how much they enjoy the job. This can also be applied to mining, nursing, and almost every other occupation that can, and often does, wither your soul. If you’re making a complex decision on the basis that ‘it can be rewarding if the planets all align and the right children are sacrificed to the right fork-tongued demon’, well… Also, keep in mind that schools change as the surrounding areas change. The school I went to was pretty decent when I was there, it’s now a hot-spot for drugs and crime. The school you graduated from may be a decent school now, in ten years time who knows. Also that ‘get in touch with them’ does not equal a guarantee. And remember, teaching is only getting worse, the profession has generally been considered to have had its day and it's in decline in all facets. That and the education system is outdated, so chances are a major overhaul will be coming in the next decade or so, so I would regard the industry as being in pre-change, or that period just before change. Also, I don’t recommend allowing your decision to be influenced by the opinion or situation of your friends. Seen that happen before, seen plenty of mistakes made, which resulted in lots of laughter from me… cause I delight in misery, obviously. You have a decision to make, and like all complex life decisions with real consequences, I recommend flipping a coin.

There isn't a magical ‘one-word’ solution that can be applied to all situations. Context would have to be taken into account in each instance, and one of the myriad tools available in the English language applied. Everything from ‘sir’ to full use of name, to use of only a surname, to a more respectful/formal/polite wording of the sentence, to nothing at all. You will on occasion find words which don’t translate into another language, this is due to languages being different from one another. That being said, different techniques in each language produce similar effects, in this instance the job of a translator would be to find the effect most fitting in the language they're translating into and applying that. But this takes good knowledge of both the languages in question, not just one. To be honest, if you understand Japanese then the translation isn’t meant to be pleasing on your ears. Japanese and English are incredibly different languages, so of course there’s going to be jarring moments in most translations. The idea of a translation is to get the audience to understand the relationship of those characters, not to keep ‘senpai’ solely for notions of cultural or linguistic purity. Bloody cliches.

Gigolo, then. How exciting for Bats.

Geology, agree with Maef here. Are you guys talking about becoming a teacher in a normal school? My sincere advice would be to stay the hell away. Kids don't respect teachers anymore, teachers can't do anything to bring them into line because 'sensitive' people in the community will cry big, wet, soppy tears, the kids know this and will take advantage of it, and you definitely don't have the disposition to handle that. Also guns and false claims of rape like that grade 9 student whose every accusation was ripped straight from an episode of Law and Order. Not really. It's not the most job-packed field and you'll probably find more job opps as a geologist. Not that there's many job opps as a Geologist either.

People are free to negotiate with Steam (I suppose) as to what cut they're willing to give, but smaller companies will have less power to do so and the default cut seems to be 30%. I think Firecat got 70% by misreading a quote from Phil Fish when he was encouraging people to buy through Humble Bundle - "we get 95% of revenues as opposed to steam/gog's 70%".

Leaving 'san' in is a perfectly fine translation philosophy only when the term and the cultural significance is explained in footnotes (or explained in the game.) If you'll note, more literal translations in literature are accompanied by hundreds of footnotes at the end, and more liberal translations in genre fiction usually aren't. This is because assuming the audience has prior knowledge of another culture while translating is an incredibly flawed translation philosophy. The idea that 'these words are incredibly common, the audience will know what they mean', which is an idea commonly floated, is weird logic that I don't subscribe to -> you translate for those who don't know the language, and thus during that process you don't assume that they already do, in fact, know the language. If footnotes are incorporated, or explanations, sure, feel free to keep honorifics in. But if not, then under no situation is keeping honorifics a satisfactory translation philosophy and I really don't give a toss what culture seekers think on the matter. Because you're translating for ALL non-Japanese speakers, not just a select portion of them.

The problem is you are dismissive of other people's POV's when they don't mesh with your own, and that will always cause you problems. Only good idea on this page.

Nope. Nope. Not only wrong, but approaching the level of 'you couldn't be more wrong'. Nope, and not for you to say. Nope. Nope. This debate is starting to descend into remarkable levels of retardness.

No, that's never been your mistake actually. Rule of thumb - you'll rarely sway your direct opponent with an argument alone for many reasons, one of which is people don't like being preached at, another is they may have a different perspective on the issue. You'll encounter the same problems wherever you go, you should probably become more flexible or you'll only really learn to relax in the company of like minded individuals. Anyway, this thread will probably need to be purged of insults. Calm down everybody, and knock off the abuse.

That was a vague statement by me, I should be impressed at the level of confusion I probably spread. Eliminating eroge from visual novels (not saying whether we should or shouldn’t) won’t eliminate the ‘weird shit’ people can put into VNs, just like how novels may be mainstream doesn’t mean we don’t get any Lovecraftian horrors. What MAY limit the amount of weird stuff is how expensive visual novels are to produce, and the guaranteed audience the companies need to produce a profit. Which is, funnily enough, one of the reasons Key VNs probably tend to bore and why so many lacklustre eroge scenes are incorporated in the first place. Basically, VNs can do whatever the shit they want as long as they produce a profit, which is the biggest limiting factor of all (and just one of the reasons novels remain, and always will be, a superior format :3 )

Key VNs and Katawa Shoujo being boring have nothing to do with the lack of ero content.

One of the biggest hurdles IMO. Majority of VNs are on PCs, majority of readers don't read on PC. Get it on an accessible and mobile platform at a decent price and you might be talking. VN fans are a very small subset of a much larger reading culture, and 'moege' and 'slice of life bogging down plots' aren't really the genres you'll want to emphasise if you want to grow that fanbase. Rather, it'd appeal to the very niche audience already formed. Like Rose, I've got more faith in the OELVN industry.

That's a side-effect of the route structure philosophy most VNs employ. These VNs have a story they want to tell, and too many choices or having too many consequences for your choices introduces too many variables, so most will either have few choices, choices which almost always only effects flavour dialogue, or a lot of bad ends resulting in 'game-overs'.

It gives the mods something to do, which in turn makes them happy. In fact if every member of the forum made at least 1 double post today, they'll be so ecstatic there'll be tears of joy and much singing.

I really don't see this as a sustainable trend. They're increasing the games released without significantly increasing the fanbase, something's gonna give. I'm reminded of the 'market adjustment' the western manga/anime industry had a few years ago. Where the industry tried to expand too quickly, and there were some closures and consequences. I'm also curious what percentage of the non-nukige titles released could be categorised as moe/slice-of-life school romances.

Nohman should be pleased. Welcome back, try not to treat differences of opinion on the internet so seriously. *Inserting customary facehugger image*

I'm not surprised, Sekai Project was no longer useful to Winged Cloud after Sakura Spirit. They have their own brand, now. But I'm incredibly uninterested in Winged's public whingefest. Considering how they've treated their workers in the past, and the disdain they showed their Guardian Spell patreons, I really have no sympathy for them.

Untested in court.

I'm God-damn freaking ecstatic with it. Why pay twice the amount for a feature you never use? It's about giving the consumer options and tailoring their purchase to suit their needs. And giving the consumer more options is never actually a bad thing. 20. But gamers understand how expensive voice acting is, and I'd also like to mention that many, MANY hardcore gamers hate voice-acting with a passion. This is because it drives up both the cost of production and the flexibility available to developers (they can no longer insert witty and funny lines on a whim, because they need to get the voice actor back and have it ratified and so on and so forth) and they feel that content suffers with its inclusion. So gamers will probably understand why it's priced so much.

G-Senjou has been released, both packages are currently 30% off on Steam. That means the voiced version is 28 dollarydoos (US money) and the voiceless version is only 14 dollarydoos (US money.) If I were a fan of G-Senjou I'd be all over that voiceless package like a persistent puppy, but that's because I rarely listen to the Japanese Voice Actors and will skip lines the moment I finish reading them.