In this case, they didn't procure the rights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
They hadn't even contacted the owner of the rights about a licensing deal at this point.
In this case, they didn't procure the rights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
They hadn't even contacted the owner of the rights about a licensing deal at this point.
The company let them have licensing after that :lol?Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
I keep saying, play Paranoia. That way, all you have to do is keep feeding them more munitions, and occasionally shoot one as a salutary example. You'll be considered the best Paranoia GM ever. ^_^Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivolt
Of course, with your luck, they'll probably start working together with the precision and professionalism of Navy SEALs.
Oh, I thought you were talking about people who release their fan patch online, then pull it and start whining about its continued distribution if they sell it. Yeah, people who advertise that they did the work and say "neener neener" are somewhat annoying. Ah, Haeleth, I wish you'd had your sudden bout of morality a little...I don't know, a bit before you finished 99% of the translation patch for Kanon. I'm just glad someone else finished the job you started, several years later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
I guess they wouldn't care if they got offered enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
It would be time for me to redownload those paranoia books. And here I thought 'I'll never use these'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
And then they'll shoot up the complex. Because that's all they do.
In the most recent example, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
Which I found fucking hilarious as fuck.
The fan translator later came back with his tail between his legs.
He has since been tarred, feathered, and widely stated to be an asshole.
He now solely handles projects no one cares about.
Just to rub salt in the wound, they used bits of his translation that was "leaked".Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
I'd feel sorry for Hael, but he had it coming. :lol
The world of fan translations seems to be chock full of drama.
But at the end of the day you get to roll up your sleeves, dim the lights, and fap vigorously to some girl screaming ONIIICHAAAANNN in an eardum shattering tone.
And pirate, don't forget about the pirating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
*gets up looks out window* frost huh? must have gotten pretty cold wait a second thats not frost....yeah November's first snow.
No snow here, was below freezing though.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grouch
Sorry, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
You only get the patch if you break the support disc.
(christ I'm old.)
Flies right by.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
Pork Buns tomorrow.
Why? Well why the fuck not, it's been like, 4 months.
it has been in the 30's all day and they weather forecaster did say there was a chance, but going by their track record I figured they'd be wrong :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
Oh, gods, that. Rarely has a translation group lived up to their name so...inauspiciously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
Interesting. I just dropped by their site, and NNL actually did make it big with minori at some point after that.
The translator group for Wind -a breath of heart- actually insisted on just that while claiming that you don't need it to play the game (technically true, but who would vandalize their own game?), as well as answering a whole host of questions about the packaging and other details that "only people who own the game would know". Oh, and if you bought the CD version of the game that didn't have a support disc, you were just SOL. Internet hilarity, obviously, ensued.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
What a long sentence @_@.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
I'm headed off.
see ya :wav:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
I MUST NEVER BE LIKE BIG PUN.
*Weight loss*
Truly? I feel that, in any ultimate assessment of a wide range of sentences, feel that there are examples of lengthy and verbose sentences, frequently involving the profligate use of prepositional clauses and other subordinate grammatical constructs daisy-chained together into an illegible morass, that could be considered to rival or exceed the longest sentence in that post: in this example, the extension by using an appositive independent clause (this very one, as a matter of fact, though one can be excused for not necessarily understanding grammatical terminology that rarely occurs in practical usage) to extend the sentence far beyond meaningfully practical bounds, and thus serves primarily as an artificial construct that merely demonstrates that the use of rigorously proper grammar, in and of itself, does not necessarily promote the practical functions of language (i.e. to facilitate ease of effective and efficacious communication in a conventional context), but rather promotes lexical ambiguity; ultimately, however, such use of these artifices does promote a certain degree of amusement, and in serving in such an example, itself communicates the fundamental ideal inherent to the conventional use of grammar, wherein while promulgating a set of rigorous strictures and dictates in order to restrict potential arbitrary and acoherent usage of language permits a certain vernacular standard of linguistic and syntactic layouts and structuring that can be taken as a functional baseline from which effective communication can be derived and maintained, the dogmatic adherence to such stringent syntactic specifications outside of a purely axiomatic context from whence such standards were originally codified would, rather than promoting vernacular comprehension, contrariwise simply serve to obfuscate and confuse the fundamental issues at hand - this, I must hasten to add, does not necessarily mean that the entire extent of this sentence must be taken to serve as rigorously grammatical and syntactically appropriate in every particular, if only for the sole reason that such a monstrosity, were it to exist in any context outside of the particular circumstance that has led up to this (which is to say, as a ludicrous and hyperbolic reply to a passing comment), would be taken out into the street and shot by any self-respecting grammatical expert.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shardnax
And I think it's time for me to go nighty-bye.
I'm currently unsure what the hell they're playing at.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
Their response to the various incidents like what I mentioned previously was to harass the shit out of them and advise people against supporting that sort of behaviour.
When Minori blocked foriegn IPs, NNL blocked all japanese traffic to their site.
They're repeatedly pointed out that Minori makes really shit games and that they only translate them because "OOH, PRETTY".
They hosted not just a patch, but the entire games themselves. Their reasoning was "come on, who are we kidding here? We're all filthy goddamn pirates"
When C&D's came about. they effectively wiped their asses with them with their official statement back being something akin to "come at me, bro".
Then they turn the other cheek and begin praising the same sort of thing they said was a blight on the "community" and have begun campaigning heavily in the other direction. Frequently condemning previous members for the strangest of reasons.
Apparently they decided the only way they'd license officially would be if someone met their insane list of demands. Hookers and blow and all. Somehow it happens.
Then they went about leaking the full retail version of EF that nobody even thought about prepping for retail yet. Hilariously it's the exact same product as it was when they hosted it. minus their blatant trolling attempts in-game. Then redacted in an attempt to play it as one of those frequent "rogue member leaks patch" things that have been happening all over since this sort of thing became common.
I'm not sure whether to applaud them or question their sanity. It's like watching some sort of bizarre LARP with parody. Except it's being taken completely seriously by a large japanese corporation and a respected novel publisher.
My brain hurts.
Looks like they trolled a community *and* got paid.
So double win.
Wow. I stopped paying attention to them after the support disc fiasco, so I seem to have missed a lot. That is...holy devil, but that's just insane. I know that brilliance is frequently indistinguishable from very successful insanity, but even so...Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
So yeah.
I'll have Skyrim in an hour and a half. :w00t:
I'm sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Wyrm
I'm rather excited myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
I never had any problems with any Bethesda games in the past. :shrug:
The whole "support disc" fiasco was apparently them trying to satirize everyone's attempts to legitimize fan translations by requiring a "retail product".Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
They're clearly in favor of piracy as was evidenced by everything they've done since the early phases of Wind's release.
So that one's easy.
But I have no idea what is to be gained by having their translator flown out to Japan to negotiate in person.
Aside from the obvious "free trip to japan".
...
I refuse to think any more on this on the grounds that "holy fuck. GIP is out of his goddamn nut"
Although massive points for limiting the translation to one font.
Comic Goddamn Sans.
I think I like their style.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivolt
Maybe.
I'm non committal until I see what's actually going to happen.
That's fortunate. I was mostly being just tongue-in-cheek, and I expect it will be somewhat fun even out of the box. Bethesda may have a reputation for buggy games, but they do tend to be built on a solid framework for gameplay and modification. Ah, well; I'll probably hold off until the inevitable GOTY version myself, or wait even further. I never did pick up Fallout 3 or Oblivion in the end, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Wyrm
No use in holding off when you're not paying for it. :whistle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
Sounds like a plan. First, we need to get a crack team of ace drivers and specialists together...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Wyrm
*looks up*
And so Drew takes out a camera. With a hat. Hunh, wouldn't have thought the cameras would be that easy to knock down.
Arrr! :pirate:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Wyrm
Anyway, man, how's it going? Did you play Xanadu: Next yet?
Those things move very easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tanthias
It's how cameramen are able to get those awesome shots.
Makes them easy to tip though.
I need a 90's sitcom.
somone give me something.
And not Boy meets World or Brotherly Love.
Never really liked the 90s sitcoms. Although I was (am) still partial to the 90s-era shows that aired on Nickelodeon when I was a kid. One's like Salute Your Shorts, Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Clarissa Explains it All, and although it's an 80s era Nick show, I still love You Can't Do That On Television. :-PQuote:
Originally Posted by Ivolt
Na na, na na na! Doo doo doo! Na na na na na na!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beelzebub
I always enjoyed Spin City, for some reason. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivolt
With Michael J. Fox. Not so much with Charlie Sheen.
Morning :)
also sitcoms id recommend
One Foot In The Grave
Only Fools and Horses
Steptoe and Son
Freddie Starr
Brian Conley
hey :wav:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kouen