Are there groups of VN to talk about VN outside of the internet?

[Nekolover]

Are there groups of VN to talk about VN outside of the internet? 

Please hit reply so I know you have said something.  

[AaronIsCrunchy]

I'm not totally sure I understand. Do you mean 'are there places and groups you can go to discuss VNs outside the internet'? (If that's not what you meant feel free to totally ignore me )

To which I'd say... I guess? Otaku conventions are a pretty safe bet, but aside from that I'm really not sure if there are any formal establishments. It's just look where the people might be?

[Barktooth]

Depends on your area, I guess. If you're in Japan I'm sure you'd find some places like that, but as for where I live, there aren't even anime meetups, so there's definitely nothing for VNs  

[Fred the Barber]

Can confirm anime conventions are a decent place to talk about VNs, although even there most of the people won't know what you're talking about, or often will have certain preconceptions about "porn games". Additionally, MangaGamer representatives, if present on the show floor, will do their best to reinforce the aforementioned preconceptions.

[Fiddle]

My basement.

[VirginSmasher]

>implies people who play VNs talk to anybody that's not on the internet

39 minutes ago, Fred the Barber said:

Can confirm anime conventions are a decent place to talk about VNs, although even there most of the people won't know what you're talking about, or often will have certain preconceptions about "porn games". Additionally, MangaGamer representatives, if present on the show floor, will do their best to reinforce the aforementioned preconceptions.

Not gonna lie, Mangagamer lost a little respect for enforcing that preconception despite having 2 all ages VNs released in the last 2 months.

[sanahtlig]

I'm pretty sure real people don't talk about VNs.

[Eclipsed]

The day I see some VN Club at some skoo is the day Tay reveals himself to be Okami.

[Darklord Rooke]

Just now, Eclipsed said:

The day I see some VN Club at some skoo is the day Tay reveals himself to be Okami.

Tay, or should I say Aaeru, or should I say SolidBatman, or should I say Nayleen, or should I say Okami ... that Tay?

Wow, I wouldn't be surprised if he's half the forum in disguise at this rate ...

[Hayashi]

I might start an actual club once I start my studies in Tokyo U next year.

[Arcadeotic]

I would want to say yes... but definitely not

I'm still hiding the fact that I'm playing these Chinese porn cartoons from everyone, except for one of my friends

Maybe one day

[LeonidasTan]

5 hours ago, Eclipsed said:

The day I see some VN Club at some skoo is the day Tay reveals himself to be Okami.

Well 5 people in the computer club at my school play vns. None of them including me have had the guts to make it till the h-scenes though 

[Fred the Barber]

11 hours ago, Rooke said:

Tay, or should I say Aaeru, or should I say SolidBatman, or should I say Nayleen, or should I say Okami ... that Tay?

Wow, I wouldn't be surprised if he's half the forum in disguise at this rate ...

Well, I know you're Tay, and I know I'm not Tay, so half seems about right.

[Dergonu]

12 hours ago, Fiddle said:

My basement.

Can I get in on this?

[AaronIsCrunchy]

5 hours ago, LeonidasTan said:

Well 5 people in the computer club at my school play vns. None of them including me have had the guts to make it till the h-scenes though 

I honestly can't tell whose side I'm on in this situation - yours or theirs

[Zalor]

11 hours ago, Kiso said:

I might start an actual club once I start my studies in Tokyo U next year.

Weird, cuz I will most likely be in Waseda next year lol. 

[Hanako]

59 minutes ago, Dergonu said:

Can I get in on this?

Come to mine there is yuri waiting for you

57 minutes ago, AaronIsCrunchy said:

I honestly can't tell whose side I'm on in this situation - yours or theirs

choose the ghost side

11 hours ago, Kiso said:

I might start an actual club once I start my studies in Tokyo U next year.

I could make one in my fapanese uni but too lazy + sickness so welp 

 

More seriously, it depend of the importance of the VN "market" (which isn't really a market outside Japan but I used "" so it's okay, right? ). Also I think it's the other way around, given few enlighted human found the worth in VNs manage to create a solid group/association, sooner or later it will draw attention and other human may recive the enlightenment, and once they grow enough a new group as solid as the first will be born, which in turn will enlight other human, spreading the VNs teaching faster and faster, always faster, never stopping, never ending, always growing, like a snowball rolling down a bottomless snowy pit.

Also to answer the question it seems that there is one here, in France (namely KawaSoft)

[Nekolover]

On 5/17/2016 at 10:12 PM, VirginSmasher said:

>implies people who play VNs talk to anybody that's not on the internet

Not gonna lie, Mangagamer lost a little respect for enforcing that preconception despite having 2 all ages VNs released in the last 2 months.

 

What did mangagamer do? I am lost. 

[VirginSmasher]

On 5/17/2016 at 6:52 PM, Fred the Barber said:

Can confirm anime conventions are a decent place to talk about VNs, although even there most of the people won't know what you're talking about, or often will have certain preconceptions about "porn games". Additionally, MangaGamer representatives, if present on the show floor, will do their best to reinforce the aforementioned preconceptions.

That is what Mangagamer did. It doesn't help that they announce more physical copies of VNs than they do actual licenses.

[Darklord Rooke]

7 minutes ago, Nekolover said:

What did mangagamer do? I am lost. 

They revel in the sexually tacky aspects of VNs nature. Their site and booths are examples of this and I cringe a little when I'm forced to navigate ... anything of theirs, really. You get the feeling you're visiting a naughty 18+ shop in an out-of-the-way section of a deserted area of the commercial district. Complete with gaudy flashing red bulb and sticky doorknob.

[Fred the Barber]

At SakuraCon I was hanging around the MangaGamer booth for a couple of minutes trying to chat with the staff. As much as I fed them hints about how I largely enjoyed VNs for story, plot, characters, and then tried to say positive things about their games like "I hear Kindred Spirits has a pretty solid story", I literally only got the response "Yeah, it's got gay ghosts!" (in the exact words of the staff).