That's... long. Okay, let's see if I can make my reply shorter to help us both, lol. Mods quitting would be a more likely outcome, short of the site dying outright. Taking over a community also involves bearing the financial costs. And I don't really think there was a special cause, really. You don't feel like the mod type, hm? The blog was taken down in early 2010. Not sure what you meant by "coro is the new Tessu," but no, coro only appeared after the blog was taken down, iirc. Whereas Tessu had been one of the earliest admins on eXalpha's blog. Zero was made an admin because he led ASL and having admin access would make things easier (as it stands, however, I lead ASL now). Mm, close -- it's more like tampering with the site to make it more favourable to Google et al. And yeah, Hongfire closed down its download sections after receiving too many copyright complaints. Obviously. ASF is much more active than SH nowadays. Would be nice if we had more posts beyond spam and downloads, though. And no... I don't remember if ASF's limit was always 60s, but I think it has always been higher than SH. The server we used to host ASF in the early times was much weaker than now, so. Well, having opinions is human nature; even if you work a job that doesn't require you to talk in front of others, your colleagues will still form their own opinions of you. I kinda sound American when talking too, despite using (mainly) British spellings in writing. As about debates, there's a big downside to doing it face to face, because either side is prone to getting agitated unless they're mutually experienced in keeping cool. Yeah, I know well what student council irl is like. Junior high or high school student council is likely filled with incompetence anyway, as there's lots of favouritism in how they pick staff and manage promotions, rather than basing decisions on the competence factor.
Last but not least Part 4!! One thing I'm worried about now, is that the daki will probably be released few days after the game. My order is combined so both items must be available before it can be shipped, I'm worried that I won't get the pre-order bonus if that happens ;w; (you can see I'm a DAL fan here XD) I hope I get a lazy customs officer checking my order ww There are some online forward services (something like "tell us what you want, we'll order it and send it to your house") here in indo and they seem to be fine with games and dakis without getting a call from the customs office. I wonder why would they get a problem with packages... Officers (security,etc) at indo here are quite lazy, but indo is notorious for corruption. But as far as I know there's only a very few cases with import corruptions. If it is a friend that has the same interest with me, I would actually like to discuss things with him/her. But most of my friends here like soccer a lot so I tend to stay out of their conversation most of the times. Teachers... just can't get along with them. My first thought after reading "defending" : Phoenix wright XD So it's pretty much like a debate? Panel of professors huh... if it was 3-4 I can handle it, but for some reason I'm thinking there's more than 5 professors there.... That I cannot handle at all :\ I noticed that I use a lot of emoticons and "w", sorry if that bothers you in any way ^^ and... well.... I'm really sorry for the long VM ;w;
Part 3 Tsunako, there's just something about her art that "charms" me :3 Well there's also another game called fairy fencer F that also has tsunako art, not surprising if you thought it would be a JRPG. Problem is this is DAL, where the protag is... well... to be safe let's just say "he can't do much" & is only conquering the hearts of spirits (girls) so that he can seal their power. Just by reading the setting, it already seems impossible to make it to a RPG genre. One thing I can say.... "Geh >_________>" I'm sure the invoice will say "PS3" for the game and PS3 is famous already even amongst some old people w so when they open the box and see this : http://www.compileheart.com/date/spec.html I'm sure they will know it's a game and a DVD, but I'm not sure about the extra contents there... about the daki, I'm not sure how they are going to check it because it's in some sort of special box >< check this and you'll know how the box looks like : http://www.sol-i.co.jp/item0-190.html and yes I'm quite the Date A Live fan :p I can say this, being a DAL fan is the suffering ._. There's a LOT of heroines there that can catch your attention (basically you like them w) and right now I pretty much like 5 heroines out of 7. My point is that I will buy a LOT of goodies related to those heroines (I even have a pre-order for 2 items to be released in late july & another one that is going to be released in new year 2014) The novel should be a small one since this is an "original story" by the author (related to the game ofc) I have a LE of halo reach and damn that is quite heavy (I'm not sure of the exact weight since my electronic weight scale only shows "0.0g" for some reason) I know but I have never in my life heard of "genga" before, makes me think of a retro game.
Part 2 As much as I like to delude myself by saying "It's just other people's opinions, why would you care about it", I pretty much care what other people is thinking about me >< I am quite confident about both of them (oral and written) but if it's to those that are of higher position (teachers and the such) I would stutter so much. Also I have quite a bit of an american accent when talking to my friends and all, but my accent would make a complete 180 whenever talking to a teacher ._. I'm pretty bad at debates just because I can't explain things that are in my head clearly so I ended up just staying quiet till the other person's done and say "Alright I get it and now this is over" and just leave XD This student council is not like most animes where they "protect the school's peace". If I were to relate my school's council to an anime, seizon would be quite perfect XD EXCEPT There are no paperworks and such the amount members are multiplied by 5 there are technically 2 student council leaders Females dominate (more than) males, but still quite a few males are there (unlike ken alone) and of course, not in Japan ww I see, but it sounds like it's related to me w (servers) Yeah, browsing japanese sites (or sites directed to japanese) are quite troublesome for me :\ That... would definitely reduce the "level of funniness", but some are still quite funny even if you don't watch the anime. Same here, but for me the best thing that makes me literally ROFL is probably the faces of my friend when they're laughing, it's freaking hilarious XD
It would be a huge impact on the site if the founder quits, but can't other mods just take over? well that can happen OR the mods can get discouraged and ended up thinking "hey, the founder can quit on his own will so why don't we just move on to somewhere else?" XD Since the founder has always been active the whole time, your best bet would be asking him as he might have a more extensive knowledge about it. If I was asked to become a mod, I would probably refuse XD or at the very least ask the admin/founder to put me in a lower position w I did heard of exalpha and the such but that was probably 2 years ago or something XD Is corocoro not an admin in exalpha? (I went & googled exalpha-anime.blogspot and found a yahoo answer page/thread/question and noticed a person saying "new stuffs" & "I see a lot of posts by tessu" so I'm thinking corocoro is the new tessu if I am correct w) and it seems zero became an admin later on? (since he's the 7th member to join AS [5th is someone & 6th is firev1]) The first time reading about check using SEO to get more visitors made me think check was tampering with google itself XD (I had no idea what SEO was) I checked some old threads when I just joined and noticed some people that call themselves HF refugee (freemen has that as his title). Was there a copyright problem or something? Everytime I go there I can't help but feel something's missing. Though that is probably because I joined AS first and there were quite some spams at that time. I have a question : The first time AS was made is october 2010 (referenced tessu's join date), and you joined SH at 2009 so you should know about it's "10 seconds limit" Did AS also had a 10 seconds limit until kingartur, sam, etc comes and spam the heck out of this forum? Ignis.... I am really sorry.... has to be 4 parts ;_;
Hmm, I thought it was some sort of JRPG like Neptunia (since both have the same illustrator!). Yep, region lock shouldn't be a problem; I have a bunch of friends who regularly import Japanese games before the US/EU version is out. 10% VAT + 15% import duty? That might be the value on book, but beware -- that's rarely the final value you'll have to pay. Let's see, the total is $171.5, which is also well over that $50 threshold. As you're purchasing items rather than receiving gifts, there's no way to jumble or manipulate the invoiced price. I'm not sure of the calculations, but iirc different items get taxed differently and there's also the weight factor. Oh, and don't forget the corruption. An LE box should be considerably heavy with all those extra items in it. The price too, of course -- $77 would be too expensive otherwise. But if you get an artbook, drama CDs, and a novel, I suppose that's worth it. As about the term, it's usual; they also use terms like "tokuten" for limited edition bonuses, for example. I mean, you're buying Japanese media. Yes, every item that goes through customs will be checked. How far an item will be inspected, however, depends on the officers in charge. Some might just rubber-stamp them, some might actually open and inspect the packages. In some countries, however, you may want to be prepared to get a call from customs saying something like "we have a problem with your package." If you press and they refuse to inform you of the details, chances are they want some additional bucks to grease the wheels. I enjoy that too. I do what's needed in terms of common courtesy and socialisation, but beyond that, I'm not exactly a sociable person. As about that "thesis," it's some sort of academic research paper that college/university students need to write to graduate. It usually involves making a hypothesis, conducting a research to support your claims, and defending your thesis in front of a panel of professors.
Well, he's the founder. If he quits, there'll be no one else to maintain the site, and I guess he still wants to continue. I'd like to know what caused the massive drop in activity myself. Yep, pretty much that. Besides, I pretty much had no life anyway! I guess since I had lots of time and little to do, I decided to always drop an opinion here and there. As about AS, the main founders (me, Checkmate, Tessu) were administrators of the eXalpha-Anime blog. Ever heard of that site? Simply put, most of our initial visitors were from the old blog. Then Checkmate's wizard-like SEO skills (something that helps you net more traffic from search engines like Google) brought more new visitors. And then Hongfire closed its download section, which made some of its members migrate over to AS. I know what you mean. It IS bland, and nothing can sugarcoat it, sadly. It's mainly just because I am lazy don't like being bossed over. It's not really a reliable source of income, though (unless you're an expert, maybe). Stage fright, eh? I can understand. I consider myself a mouthpiece type, but I'm much, much more confident in written communication than I am in verbal. Probably that's why I can't really be a corporate fast-talker or an attorney! If you ask me, though, school student council's got no worth to bolster real soft skills. Eh, I don't think I know of the problem you mentioned, lol. What I meant is just that Nico was originally only optimised for users based in Japan, and was pretty bad for anyone outside the country. And yeah, those vids. I do like some anime parodies too, but I'm afraid I can't relate to most modern animu as I don't watch 'em. That wouldn't make the parodies funny, now would it. As about what I deem funny, well... I don't think I have any set requirements -- if it's funny when I see it, then it's funny! (Tautology ftw!) Haha, 2000 characters are nothing indeed!
2nd part It's just a VN game, so probably no localization :\ It is in the PS3 so no region lock so importing won't really be a problem. Import tax huh... checked my customs and it seems my daki will have a 10% VAT + 10% import duty. as for my game... probably will have 10% VAT + 15 % import duty daki = $94.5 game = $77 Ouch >_______> My country does have a law where items priced at $50 or below won't have customs fees (or whatever you call it) Actually I bought the LE one, and it contains : "Pre-order bonus: -Situation CD Limited edition bonus: -Original author original novel & game genga collections -Situation drama CD" 2 drama CDs 1 novel (papers, heavy ._.) 1 game genga (googled genga and it seems to be "original illustration", why must they use such terms >_>. and it's probably paper also....) the daki is only the cover yep Is getting stuck at customs and being "checked" by customs different? Cause I heard every item that goes through customs will be checked. Well the daki is not that revealing (not like those VN ones where they must censor some parts with stars in the preview images) and they can only see the face of the chara, unless they open it which I hope they won't w. I guess so XD Though I am quite sociable, I prefer being by myself if I can (I just like peace & quiet w) I'm not sure what this "thesis" is but it seems to be some kind of form filled with your research and findings throughout your semester/year (maybe) Never thought a vm can be this long XD also sent you a friend req ^^
I see, kudos to that one administrator for being active for a long time I wonder what caused SH to be that silent now.. :\ Maybe that's why you are chosen to be a mod? A lot of time & is very active ;p Though I spam a lot, I don't really participate in "all" discussions. If it is a topic that I know little of / know nothing of at all, I would usually avoid posting in that thread till a new topic comes up w I do notice that, but I only checked the first page so I didn't know that the admins also spam XD I wonder how is the forum right after it's created, only 5 admins & they are promoting AS or something? I guess I can but quite troublesome >< Truth be told, SH feels.... bland, for some reason ._. A freeter eh, no experience at all with being a freeter (still in school XD) so I find that rather interesting :p The thought of working in an office doesn't have an impact on me. The only thing I hate is making presentations and such in front of many people, stage fright .___. (though not an extreme one) also anything that I made and is going to be shown to public (like when I was in middle school, was part of the student council and the vice/captains were busy so I had to make a board design ><) [board = You can say it is a bulletin board, but with designs and such] There are some videos that I can't watch due to "not being in the same server as the uploader" or something, I'm not a tech guy but maybe that's the problem that you mentioned. Oh those funny vids XD Yeah I know some of them, RWJ, smosh, machinima, etc. Though those are funny I find good anime parodies to be funnier ww You really should check them out, you will probably find it funny ("probably" because I don't know what kind of things you like but it's funny already so.. ><) PS 2 VMs because : ._.
There's only one active administrator -- no one to actively monitor the staff. It used to be very active during my time... I think it became like this around the time I was MIA. In fact, before I went MIA, it was like on the peak of activity, iirc. I wasn't a mod right from the start, you know~ Before I became one, I was actively participating in all sorts of discussions, including spam. Suffice to say I had too much time in my hands, orz. We admins kinda spammed a little too during the first days of ASF. You may have noticed that some of the spam game threads were created by us. You can just use the "new posts" feature. Not that it has much activity to be covered by a live feed like what we have on our forum homepage anyway, sadly... Ah, I see. As for me, I guess you can consider I'm a freeter. I'm still studying, and I kinda loathe working in an office, though I suppose I'll have to find a fixed job once I graduate anyway. It was horrible. Before they had the English interface, it seemed like the servers were all only in Japan and only optimised for Japanese users. I always had problems loading the vids. But now it's much better. And about funny vids on Youtube, eh, I don't really watch anime-related funny vids, lol. It's more like the kind of vids made by the likes of Ray William Johnson, if you know him. And thanks for the links -- may check 'em out later. Oh, Rinne Utopia is Japan only, huh? Can't wait for the NA/EU release, I assume? (That is, if they'll release it in NA/EU at all, though.) Procedures should be okay, but you may want to worry about the import taxes. A game box and a dakimakura cover (it's just the cover, right?) should be quite light and not charge you too much, though. Just hope it won't get stuck at customs, haha. Yeah, not much choice for forever alones like ourselves, huh? And no... not yet. Technically, I'm done with this semester, but I still have a thesis to worry about. orz
