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This reminds me of some classes I took on human and child/adolescent development. From what I remember, the vast majority of adolescents experience periods of perceived invulnerability (my professor called them "Hercules periods") where the adolescents believe they are above risk. This period is often accompanied by completely normal teen self-centeredness, which results in "hero" complexes of varying intensity. ^ I laughed out loud. Every now and then I find myself thinking that the Japanese have found very healthy and wickedly witty ways of dealing with things like this. I also loved your comment about people getting addicted to Fantasy/Sci-Fi during the "hero complex" periods. I can't speak for anyone else, but that was true for me. ; ) (Link above was to an interesting 1993 study which attempted to discredit the idea of "Hercules periods" in adolescents; yet, despite this and other similar studies, every class I took on cognitive development suggested that the invulnerable/self-centered periods Clephas referred to are widespread and real.)

You said you're a college student. Are you taking the semester off? Have you made a VN before? How long do you intend the game to be? These are the sorts of questions I'd want to get answers to before I'd consider pledging (not because I'm cheap, but because I'm a poor grad student). EDIT: Thanks to nosebleed, below, for pointing out the 10-15 hours goal. I missed that one when skimming the entry. This time-goal makes my other questions even more important. Have you made a VN before? Are you aware of how much writing a 10-15 hour game requires? Do you have the time outside school/work to produce that much writing? Also, any writing credentials or experience? These questions aren't meant to sound harsh. Since you are asking for money, however, it's important to justify the investment.

I'd suggest excluding the "Introduce Yourself" posts -- those often get the "hot" tag and would probably elbow out all the other content.

Thanks, nosebleed. If you have more problems, ules647, please feel free to post them. Just make sure to give us more details. Closing this topic -- PM a moderator if you need it re-opened.

Fantastic work : ). +Rep!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZHURAI!!!! Also a very happy birthday to atchikotchi, Chris, and Rinka!

Sending it by PM in a minute!

Welcome! Glad to have you, and Merry Christmas!

Please allow me to be the one to formally request pictures of this undertaking

Hi everybody! Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! I was wondering what sorts of holiday traditions we have amongst us. My family celebrates Christmas, and we're pretty traditional: Christmas tree, stockings, presents. We get to open one Christmas present on Christmas Eve, but the rest (including Santa presents which show up on our "spot" on the couch, unwrapped, in the middle of the night) have to wait until Christmas morning. Every Christmas Eve we watch "The Christmas Story" and drink apple cider and cocoa. Anybody else want to share their traditions?

Check your PM mailbox. Redeem it before 12/25, and enjoy!

Also late, but want to add my voice: "Welcome!"

It's nice to know there's still justice in this world... Hypnotizing... I hurt inside after watching this... Awwwww Words cannot express...

Thank you for taking the challenge, Flutterz! Mirin can be a pain to find -- thank you for toughing it out : ). Looking forward to the next recipe (Flutterz/Naomi)!

Mare Christmas, Steve.

*facepalm*

Another fan of the rooster here. If you feel like cluing me into this one, feel free. It's interesting, but confused me.

I use MangaWatcher which was taken off the app store. Does anybody else use it?

I've got two to give away, and one of them expires on Christmas day. We can't let a guest pass die on Christmas, people! Somebody take it! Anybody want one?

You've probably answered this before (I haven't had a chance to go read the other thread in full, etc.), but I wanted to check: when you say "based off of the concepts from AB" do you mean it'll take place in that universe, or will the setting bear similarities to the AB setting? Depending on how closely you'll keep to AB the RP site's name could play off of it. Otherwise, if it's thematically/structurally just similar, here are a few that flirt with the original material, but are more vague: Hollow Notes Harmonious Dissonance Naomi's Excellent Adventure Eternal Chords Mapo Tofu Aer

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Hello Everybody, Two weeks ago I held a little shindig on Skype to outline site priorities and projects, as well as take questions from site members about Fuwanovel’s future. It was a little unusual, but it was a blast to get together. Thanks to everybody who participated. Shortly after that little meet-up, I got very sick, and then many problems arose in my graduate school applications as well as in my university. It’s taken me a long time to get back on my feet, so as always, thanks for being patient with me (especially when you send me PMs and I don’t get back to you very quickly -- I promise I’m not ignoring them!) (well… except for Steve’s D&D PM. Totally ignoring that one ). I’ll be available intermittently until December 18th, and back full-time thereafter. This post is meant to convey the gist and information I shared in the Skype call. Let me know if you have questions. Tay’s State of the Union – Winter 2013 The main purpose of this post is to explain how Fuwanovel will function while I’m filling in for Aaeru. I don’t know how I’ll be doing so, but I suspect it’ll go on for sufficient time that it makes sense for me to lay out a road map. The projects/goals listed below are meant as global to-dos over the next few months (read: not a sprint. We shouldn’t kill ourselves to take care of these items ASAP – it’s important to keep balance and enjoy the holidays/time off of school/etc.) First, a review of our major projects/products. There are five core projects associated with Fuwanovel, and I added a sixth during the skype call: Games and game uploads Front site Forums Visual Novel Aer blog Social Media (NEW) Introduction to Visual Novels Kit In the call I assigned a “project head” to each project: someone who has been involved with the project for a while and who will be responsible for: overseeing the project’s progress, providing updates on the Fuwanovel Improvement Board, posting ways members can help with their project on the Improvement Board, and recruiting people to help them. I also laid out a road map for each of the projects. All of this new information is displayed below: Games and Game Uploads Project Head: Kendjin Road Map: Organize seedbox (no small matter) Update old torrents (especially those with the old piracy video, or which need new patches) Brainstorm a good system by which people can suggest new games, and look into ways that members could help upload them Prioritize games which should be added next, and add them Front Site Project Head: Nayleen Road Map: We have lots of proposed changes. Nayleen and Tay need to powwow and make priorities Visual Novel Aer Blog Project Head: Tay Road Map: Lots of proposed work, but Tay needs to talk with Aaeru first Forums Project Head: Forums Staff (moderators) Road Map: (largely keep on carrying on) Continuing to moderate Discussion of specific issues to be handled on staff forums Do a board-wide cleanup (each section needs to be combed for topic moves, general cleanup, merges, unanswered questions, etc.) Social Media Twitter -> We don’t have access right now. Facebook Project Head: Naomi Road Map: We’ve seen a lot of success. Good job to everybody involved and thank you for working so hard. We’ve over 6,500 likes! We have almost hit 7000 likes! Naomi has come up with a plan to increase facebook likes. She’s still ironing out some details, but part of the Facebook Project Head job will be to itemize all the to-dos, and seek out help for making them happen. Share the workload! New Project: The Introduction to Visual Novels Kit Project Head: Tay We’re going to develop a product that you can download, put on a DVD or thumb drive, and hand to a friend. We’ll make an all-ages version, and one with some 18+ content. It will contain: A PDF Introduction to Visual novels 3 VNs of different types which are good intro VNs (Planetarian, Katawa Shoujo, Clannad, etc.) A Fuwanovel Memory book – a second document where people write why they like VNs, how VNs have helped them in life, their favorite games, etc. PDF Introduction to Visual novels Explain the genre Introduce the 3 games (what they’re like, their characters, plot, etc. -- help them decide on which to play first) Game walkthroughs for each of the 3 games (for those concerned: we'll include a note about the philosophical qualms some have with walkthroughs worry not) Recommendations for each type of game ("If you like Fate/Stay Night, you should try...") Explain concepts like Japanese Locale, patching, the translation process, different categories of VNs, Japanese Vocab (senpai!) Tell where people can find VNs – where buy legally and where obtain non-licensed games Not JUST a Fuwanovel product, though we’ll clearly be associated Thus, there will be three sub-projects to making this happen: Intro to VNs PDF Fuwanovel Memory Book PDF Choosing the 3 games All of this will need to fit on a thumb drive and/or DVD for easily spreading the Gospel. The VN community at large can be toxic and sick. Fuwanovel’s different. We’re friendly, and approachable. We are the perfect place to introduce people to VNs. If we do a good job, make a great product, and can spread it well, I believe this is something that will long-outlive Fuwanovel and make a huge difference in bolstering VN sharing. Lastly, Thanks.* (*Taken from my speech notes) Everybody who made it out for the Skype chat, thank you. Beato, Down, Demon Lord Harry Kinomoto, ilegend, Kendjin, Luch, Meru, RETransInternational, Steve, zhurai – for being amazing friends and staff-mates, for tirelessly working on the forums, and for all the good memories. Kaguya for being amazing at special projects for the last forever. Every PM I get from him is helpful. Thank you so much. Walkthroughs: Nosebleed, Stanleys, Flutterz, Mevvrynne, Ryechu, Skeith, Steve, Inspiring! Naomi and Nayleen, for putting in so much time. Aaeru for starting it all. Batman and Ryoji for being my partners during difficult periods unrivaled. And, honestly, everybody unmentioned and mentioned, again, for being a part of this with me. I came to Fuwanovel because of the vision of making a new, safe haven for VN players. I ended up realizing that that’s not something we can ever do in the finished sense: we do it every day by being friendly, choosing to respect each other, and making a welcoming community. You’re all doing a good job of it, and frankly there are times you inspire me. So, there you go. A relic for Fuwanovel history buffs. Thanks for taking the time to read. If you have questions, let me know. Have a great week, everybody. For the many students out there -- hang in there! Finals will be over soon, and then you can finally start working on that back log of yours .