Alrighty, welcome to the forum steve~
First of all, I really don't mind any long intros, I might actually say I prefer them, though my intro was pretty short. As a part of a VN community, it's a given that most of us likes reading anyway.
I've met and befriended a lot of people who like loli and/or is a lolicon, bot in internet and some in real life, so even though I wouldn't prefer them, I totally understand the reason to like them. And I'm pretty sure that the fanbase for loli is actually quite big, otherwise you wouldn't be seeing so much of them
Right now, I don't have a personal set-up like what you have there, mainly since I can't really afford it, but I agree that you need to get in the mood and one way of doing that is to be getting a good position and angle.
as for hcg and something like that, I always prefer to play the game, nukige or otherwise and since my japanese comprehension is decent, I can play them with little assistance.
Just like you though, my japanese and english started as more of a passive learning, ever since I watched my first anime with english subs. though I ended up learning very high english skills in high middle school up to high school, which is not the case for japanese. I have recently take more japanese lessons though. I really love the language and the country and I want to be fluent at it, if possible as fluent as I am in English now, but that's enough about me.
Anyway, welcome once again, and I may visit the server chat sometimes~