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Ah, my response was mostly to "don't release it on CD then". Unfortunately, as its been pointed out already, most fans don't get into a band through randomly seeing them live (because it's expensive or inaccessible), so bands have to rely on CD or digital releases to reach more potential fans (that hopefully will go see them live one day), even if they're not a band that's strong when it comes to physical releases.
 
I don't think it's wrong to critique or bring up those shortcomings of that band. I just don't think CD/digital releases should be the sole factor in judging whether a band is "good" or "bad".
 
 
I somewhat disagree. To be frank, visual kei, like most art in Japan, is not made for the international community or international recognition. I mean, you are free to your opinion, but I don't see why a band should be judged on the basis of not appealing to a fanbase they were never trying to appeal to, if that makes sense.

i want to regain interest in some of the hobbies i've completely dropped (drawing, guitar, learning japanese) and stop being such a lazy shit who doesn't get anything done, yet is constantly feeling sorry for herself, but doesn't do anything to change it

I don't know what happened, so I'm going to assume there is some reason the mods have all  converged towards that ban and they weren't just being bullies. But even if Trombe was in the wrong, that does not in any way invalidate all the valuable contributions this person brought to the News section and the forum in general. I find it in poor taste to suddenly start acting as if his work wasn't such a big deal or even worse, that it was inconvenient this person was so thorough in news coverage.  I didn't see anyone complain about this before, so It feels disingenuous to start downplaying his/her work now that he/she won't post anymore.  I'm sure it's not the same for everyone here, but take a step back and it's easy to realize some of us were really appreciative of all the news posted, either minor or major, and in very due time. Just an opinion from someone who barely posts and has no  particular sympathies for anyone.

i'm sad to see that it has come to this.
 
not gonna take sides since I hardly know the details of the drama, but no matter how you look at it this is a blow for people who actually care about the 'no 1 curr' bands, or random ad-hoc sessions, or what live-limited cd is being distributed in sendai next weekend. whether the news is of quality is for the audience to judge; however without an appreciable volume of news filtering in there's nothing left to know about, much less to judge. and regardless if you like trombe, or however questionable his motives may be, it can't be denied that he's been a great service to not just you and me but the international vk community since it should be patently obvious that every self-professed 'vk news source' out there is basically a c+p of what's posted in MH.

Blaming Pokemon Go itself for the actions of people playing it is like blaming McDonald's for people having obesity problems. At the end of the day, it's up to you as an individual to take the necessary steps to keep yourself safe, and to be completely honest most of those steps are just common sense; things like not walking into the middle of a road or not walking around alone at 3am with your phone all lit up for prospective burglars to see. With regards to children, just take them to parks or other open areas without cars and traffic to play. You know, be a responsible parent.
 
As @SEKHMET's post helps to illustrate, for every negative story to have come around since this game's launch, there are plenty of heartwarming and positive ones too. I think people are just looking for a reason to hate the popular new trend, as often tends to be the case. 

I feel like the main reason I like it is truly for the social aspect of it. 
I downloaded it first out of curiosity more so than the hype and excitement of another Pokemon addition to the franchise. 
But once I roamed around with friends and met new people it made it that much more interesting.  
 
Personally where I work we've managed to have different departments pick different teams, so my work place is under constant battle. 
 
I've already met a lot of people and I talk to someone new everyday just by using the game as a gateway. 
 
I like it not just cuz it's pokemon, but it sort of brought people together a bit. 
 
it's interesting.

I guess so but I don't believe disallowing pictures is "treating fans poorly" just my opinion. 

YES YES YES! This looks so good, and might I add sounds even better
Sept. 15 released date for JP, still no date for the west, but I assume we'll get that at E3 in a month.

I don't know, but if a band ask me to not take any photos I usually respect them enough to not to take any pictures? It's like that with everything.. If someones ask not to, why do it? I would've understand if they didn't say anything and then got upset that people were taking photos but if they actually ask not to.. Then I don't see the problem. I don't think they try to enforce anything... And well, I'd like to be kind to the bands  I like, especially if they do a oversea tour since everyone can't go to Japan and see them. And if the band suddenly decides to stop touring because fans can't listen or respect them - then you've destroyed for other fans. Maybe your actions doesn't effect you as much and maybe you think that the band are idiots for being so sensitive, but it effects other fans and I don't see why that would be worth it. 
 
And not doing favors by doing live shows? I think it depends who you ask, for some music is very ver very very  important and I, personally feel happy when I've the chance to see my favorite band and I am always thankful if the band decides to come to my country /or in this case near my country. If they want to play the music I like, then I can respect them enough not to force a camera up their faces and take unflattering pictures and spreading them online to laugh at - like some people do.

When you multiply taking one or two pictures with the amount of people in the audience, it's an instant "sea of cameras."
 
I'd rather spend my time dancing and headbanging than taking a few shitty pictures I will never watch again. 

I think I'm one of the few people to actually say this is a good thing. Not specifically for the reason they say it is, but have you ever stood in a pit with people dancing and moshing around while a whole bunch of people are trying to film things and take pictures? You know how many times they look at you like you've murdered someone just because "oh no, my picture got ruined thanks to you". Then when they drop their phones and the screens crack, it's also your fault because you bumped into them. First few rows or balcony places are totally something else but don't take pics when you're in the middle of a moving crowd :/ (it's also annoying when other people who aren't filming are trying to look at what's happening on stage. You just get arms flinging around trying to take the perfect shot of their idols)
 
I'm also not really sure on what's so fun about watching a full gig through your phone/camera's screen while the people are playing right in front of you.

So far I've started most of what I wanted to watch this new season.
Bungou Stray Dogs: I read the manga of this so I was a little hyped at it getting an anime. Looks good so far.
Endride: Can't say much yet other than that it's your obvious "I'M A DENSE KID IN A NEW WORLD AND I WANT TO GO HOME" plot. One of the main boys looks like his voice actor and since I can't unsee it, I've just been calling him by his voice actor's name instead.
Flying Witch: started this randomly. It's cute, I guess.
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk S2: I watched the first part, so I guess I have to watch the second part too. At least I'm glad we'll be seeing some more fighting.
Joker Game: Few minutes into the episode and I was totally sold tbh. Serious series don't show up too often, and it's always nice to see them done nicely.
Kiznaiver: Learned of its existence in the same way as I learned of Joker Game being a thing: they share the character designer (who's the managka of DOGS). Looks interesting so far.
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri: This thing got more fear across in one episode than SNK did in 25. Main boy's got some guts, and I'm ready for more. When is it time for the next episode?
Kuromukuro: Not entirely sure why I started this but I guess it'll be my new mecha of the season.
Kyoukai no Rinne S2: Same thing as with Asterisk. I watched the first season, so why not the second. First season was entertaining after all. Nothing too serious or deep, but fun.
Macross Δ: Let me admit I'm mainly here for the (male) voice cast, but I won't say no to nicely animated mecha either.
Mayoiga: I don't really get how someone can write a script in which I get annoyed with every single character apart from one. But it is a thing.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096: TV Anime cut of the original OVA episodes. Considering I never got myself to watch the last two episodes, I might as well just watch it again in one go.
Re:Zero: Now, while this plot might sound familiar because it's about a kid getting pulled to another world, that's not exactly what I thought about when watching the first episode. It's more the fact he's stuck in some kind of loop thing that makes it interesting. Animation's done well too. I'll keep watching this for now.
Seisen Cerberus: I should have known the main kid was going to be a mess.
Sousei no Onmyouji: I have no idea about the story (and tbh, the whole thing of them being fated to be together is a little lame) but I'm here for the fights and animation so far. I also totally get why Hanae was cast for the main role.
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge: Listening to main boy talking with such a listless voice just makes me want to flop onto my bed and disappear into my mountain of pillows for the rest of the day.
Terra Formars S2: While I'm not really a Terra Formars fan and I have no idea why I'm even watching this, I'm still sad they changed the artstyle and animation. I liked the darker tone a lot more than this.
Still have to start Concrete Revolutio S2.
 
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I'm watching way too many series again... Why do I do this to myself?

lol that's what I like about Grimgar tho xD I like that's it's slow paced and depressing, it's way more realistic that way. If you or I was transported to some fantasy world with no memories of anything prior to waking up I imagine our experiences would be very similar to that of the characters in Grimgar. The world is gritty and hard to survive in, much more so since you wouldn't have any of the skills to do so, you would literally have to start from the bottom. It would be like being a newborn babe trying to learn how survive again.
 
 
I don't want another show with overpowered main characters and plot armor so thick that they couldn't die even if they tried to. I don't need a definitive protag that has some hidden potential and all that mess. and I don't want some major time skip or training arc to progress the story to the point where the characters are godlike. Characters should struggle and have a hard time adapting to this new strange world they've been thrown into, they should have inner conflicts with what is happening to them and they should die if they make critical mistakes or hell just die for being unlucky. having characters who just automatically accept their situation and be totally okay with it would so unrealistic and just unappealing to me.
 
The show has progress but it's just not the kind of progress you want, you want something to happen to give the show a focus and the characters a goal. and then for the character to work towards that goal and triumph or whatever. but that's probably not gonna happen because from what I've seen so far this show seems more about these specific characters and their struggles in adapting to this new environment and their relationships and bonds with each other and not about the world or anything else happening outside really. I would almost say it has a very "slice of life" vibe to how they are focusing on the more mundane things that are occurring around these characters sometimes. and that's the charm of this show if you ask me.

I just noticed that Onmyou-Za's Kongou Kyuubi (Indestructible Ninetails) that was released on 2009.09.09 was their 9th full-length album, and the conceptual Ninetails suite starts from track 9 onwards, not mentioning the second track in the suite is 9 minutes length.

I made some pumpkin soup and chocolate chip cookies this week!
 

 
 

I don't even remember how long it's been by now and i'm STILL disappointed by how Gantz ended

I have such an urge to keep on buying books, but knowing I'll end up reading them two years afterwards because I keep purchasing others.

SNK is PR done right with just enough bait for different types of readers/watchers to stick. While the idea itself is rather typical, (I mean, how many "society threatened by other world creatures" things are there) it could always be done in a refreshing way. I don't mind Eren. I'm actually kind of okay with the main kids being a trio of childhood friends too. The only character I ever really cared for was Levi, and I'm actually kind of sad he wasn't the lead of the anime. Even just the ova with him for a main is a dozen times more interesting than the actual anime will ever be able to be.
 
From the moment they revealed they were planning to make a live action I've basically taken it as a big elaborate joke. Then the actors were revealed + the new characters and the ones that were axed from the story. After learning earlier this week how much they changed about the characters, I'm 100% sure it will be a joke. Yeah sure, it'll be impressive to see if the CG's done well, but the story as a whole lost a lot of its already thin worth. I guess the joke's on me though, because one of my fave actors got cast in it. He would have been the perfect Levi if they'd actually bothered writing Levi in the script (but no, their actual reason for him not being in it is "his name is not Japanese so it would be off in the Japanese setting of the movie" because I'm sure Armin, Eren, Hans, etc are all Japanese...)

Ohhhhh *______* 
*comes running back from watching the 3rd episode*
Ok, sold XD, now I only need to overcome my initial dislike for the guys. 

D will resume activities at their one-man live "HAPPY UNBIRTHDAY" at Akasaka BLITZ at 2015/08/29, and their new maxi single "HAPPY UNBIRTHDAY" will be released at 2015/09/16, although details have not yet been announced
 
 
they will also hold their one-man live "HAPPY UNBIRTHDAY" at Umeda CLUB QUATTRO at 2015/09/19 and at Nagoya E.L.L. at 2015/09/21
 

after i ran out of shelf space i began dumping some of my CDs under my bed.
now that was a terrible idea. i ended up with this mess that will take me at least a few days to sort thru D: (last few rows are in some vague alphabetical order but after that i just gave up lol)

Been shooting a lot lately, so here are some new images that I took at Acen.
 

 

 

Here's another new one

Because the new generation wants to play it because of all the hype and they cringe when they see the out dated graphics, it's not nostalgic to them.  I don't understand why everyone has to get all anal about people getting excited about a new gaming experience from an old game.  Ignore them and move on.  I love the original but I wouldn't mind playing it again in HD, just saying.

Wow this thread's so quiet.
 
Here are some pics of my room!
 

 
^ The back of my room. Books, books, and more books (I even had to shift 2 bookshelves into my bro's room >.<) flanked by some random posters...
 
 

 
^ Front of my room with my bed, working area, and a CD rack - my collection's too scattered and the rest are in a cupboard outside cuz my room's way too small...