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I'm conflicted, too. Please... help... me...

Title says it all. This puppy hasn't changed since September 2012. If so, any suggestions?

I've been tinkering with the partially translated VN Fortune Arterial and was wondering if anybody had strong feelings about which order I should play the game and watch the anime. Has anybody done both? Any advice?

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Welcome to Fuwanovel! We've got a friendly group -- don't hesitate to ask questions or PM a moderator if you need anything. A lot of good questions have been asked. I'll ask: what's your favorite color (and why)?

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Thanks, all (and Steve who told me on Skype). I was writing a blog post about it a few weeks ago (which was never published). Deja vu solved!

Where have I seen this before? What's it from?

Thanks for the great discussion. Let's continue to screen out nukige (sex games), just as we do on the front site. Because walkthroughs are one of the most popular services on the site and bring in a lot of traffic, I think it's fine to post them for games with even a few choices. I'd suggest that in those cases, however, the walkthrough author should do her/his best to make all the other sections as stylish as possible. (The sex game comment's a policy, the walkthrough comment is my personal feeling on the subject. Thanks for the good points on both sides.)

Careful -- your words may summon him!

Happy Birthday Ryoji!! And DrKleiner! And Zelos Wilder and Fiya and Khodan!

These lists are truly phenomenal resources. Thank you for all the time and effort you've put into each one. I'd like to highlight your work on the blog, if that's okay with you, via a series of posts recognizing these fantastic resources, and giving you much-deserved recognition. Let me know if that's ok. In any case, thank you!

Hello Everybody, Let's make a podcast. Let's just... make it happen. For science. I say let's pick a day, get a few core people together (with whoever else can make it), record whatever happens at that point, and publish it for the world to enjoy. Again, all in the name of science. I'm posting this without talking to anybody, specifically, so already I'm off to a great start ; ). First Recording: The weekend of February 21-23, 2014. Featured Cast: TBD Topic: Top 3 VNs we played in 2013 (and why), Top 3 Anime shows we watched in 2013 (and why), Top 3 Video Games we played in 2013 (and why) I think we need a few regulars to show up in each episode (not necessarily all the same people every time). Batman said he was interested in participating the last time this was discussed. Flutterz should make it so we can talk по-русски, shcboomer (I think) was once down with coming on, Lewy may be welcome (if he'll talk clearly and in English), Steve's always welcome, I've always wanted to hear Nosebleed's voice, etc. etc. etc. If you'd like to participate in this episode, respond with a general idea of your availability (Fri, Sat, Sun - Feb 21-23). All times must be in US EST time zone. (Why? Because it's the Bat-standard) We've tried and failed at this so many times! Let's make it happen. Again -- please make a note if you can and want to try and participate. If a lot of people are interested, we may have to invite others to come back in future weeks and not everybody will be able to participate this round.

Introduction Thank you to those quoted in my spoiler for the analysis! Very helpful! I've quoted theme here for easy access so newcomers don't need to necessarily read the entire 3 pages of discussion. We've been discussing this since time immemorial (usually in conjunction with another proposal: review sub-forums, like this proposal), but discussion was mainly kept in the staff forum. Now that we have the improvement board, I'm glad to see the wider community engaging with the idea. I guess that means this board is doing what it's supposed to ; ). Before I move on, I'll repeat again that the main idea behind minimizing the number of boards is to centralize discussion. Here's the forums' current arrangement: More Thoughts The proposals made so far are good, but they're not the only options. In our current theme we have the ability to utilize tags. We could start implementing stricter control of tag use (random examples could include: "VN Review", "Anime Review", "VN Recommendation", etc.) and even put links to them in sidebars. It would require everybody to start paying attention to tags, but we'd quickly adjust. (A good example: after I implemented the "My Followed Topics" sidebar, the "Follow" function has increased ~450%) That said, many people are for some sort of sub-board. Because we're a VN site (and we already distinguish VN talk from General talk), I don't think a combined VN/Otaku recommendation forum makes a lot of sense. It makes more sense to me to embed "Recommendations" sub-forums in both the "VN Talk" and "Anime/Manga" boards (or in just one of them, etc.). If precedent matters (which it probably doesn't), the "Games and Chatter" sub-forum (which was an evolution of the IRC sub-forum) was put into place because "chatter" posts became unwieldy. If many members feel such is the case with recommendation threads, then I'd understand the logical precedent. Now, assuming we want sub-forums, let's discuss the two key points: How do we make sure these new boards will be used often and in a meaningful way? How do we make sure they don't harm the overall VN/Otaku boards? If we make (a) subforum(s), would we want to open it up to more than just recommendations? What about reviews? My Opinion I think the tag idea is interesting, and I think we should investigate ways it could be used effectively. That would certainly be part of this discussion, but clever people who want to think of ideas are welcome to make a new thread for this. Otherwise, I'll put in my two cents for the two questions I raised about sub-forums: 1. How do we make sure these new boards will be used often and in a meaningful way? What about merging this idea with review board proposals? Make "Reviews and Recommendations" sub-forums inside the "VN Talk" and maybe the "Anime/Manga" boards. One idea Steve brought up was to encourage people to spice up their posts (star systems, pictures, etc.). Variety is the spice of life -- do we all agree that we should encourage this? If we have recommendation sub-forums, we absolutely need to highlight Clephas and Kaguya's posts. I'd go so far as to suggest we pin them all. The big question: will there be enough traffic to these new boards to warrant their creation? As I mentioned above, I suspect that by creating these boards, traffic will increase as people see the opportunity. 2. How do we make sure they don't harm the overall VN/Otaku boards? If we make (a) subforum(s), would we want to open it up to more than just recommendations? What about reviews? Will removing recommendation threads harm activity in the main boards? Would removing recommendation threads AND review threads? I don't think so, but I don't always have a lot of time to read the entire board. I'd love to hear everybody else's opinions. Thanks, everybody! Sorry for the wall of text, but now that I'm healthy and my brain is clear, I thought I'd try and add a few more dimensions to the conversation.

(Sunday 2/9/2014) How far did y'all get? Will there be a stream tonight?

Happy Birthday to Sieg, Alistoria, yukiyuki, and nagihsora!

Hello everybody, I'd like to thank many of you for writing me about site issues, improvements, and offers to help. This is wonderful and I'm so grateful for all the support of this community! Unfortunately I've run into some serious health issues, and am in the middle of recovery. I should be back to full-speed by Tuesday, so hopefully I'll be able to start working through my backlog of emails then. I appreciate your help and patience! My thanks goes out to the staff, for doing a great job as usual; to Batman for keeping the Facebook afloat; and to those who have sent me encouraging PMs. Thank you so much! -Taylor

Do tell. Playing Pokemon Y (and a few VNs).

I come for selfish reasons: to test the latest builds of my Universal Translator. (Lewy's accent makes for a close approximation of true alien language.) The VNs are just gravy . **This post brought to you by the PS Vita**

Nosebleed, can you confirm that MotM is now showing up in your sidebar?