>>18777
Elementary, my dear boy.

It all started with that infamous story called "Gensokyo High". The author, Taisa, went mad after all the shitstorms that had happened on his story. Thus, he cursed THP. Never again shall we have a finished high school story for if his story never finished, no one else's will.

And speaking of trucks, I hope Rumia gets run over by a truck!

Also, I thought the curse's gone now since we have Myouren Academy still alive and kicking.

>>18780
To be fair, the original Gensokyo High was a side-story that occurred inside a bigger story and that did turn out fine.

Then, he made a full-fledged spin off and that died horribly of Hiatus B. You know who you are.

> Trucks

Am I missing something here?

>>18783
Some writefag can't update because he was hospitalized after getting hit by a truck.

>>18783
Kira died in an accident with a truck.

Norseman was in a coma for, I think it was 18 months after a wreck.

Glen was hit as a pedestrian, though he wound up being fine and that isn't the reason he hasn't been writing.

Fuck trucks.

One of these days I am going to write a High School AU story that is not an absolute trainwreck.

It will be routelocked from the start and there will be no naval warfare.

THP: Trucks Hit our People.

>>18786
Well, if someone can do it...

This reminds me of a question: who's the author with the highest number of finished stories?

>>18785

Holy shit, seriously?

>>18785
Kira died?

>>18790
Are you including shorts, or only medium/long stories?

>>18785
Is that true? That's oddly specific...
If I ever write I'm not touching Highschool then.

>>18793
I was thinking about medium/long stories. But the one with the most short stories is cool too.

>>18790
>This reminds me of a question: who's the author with the highest number of finished stories?
...Y-Y-Yaf?

This ride never ends...

>>18796
C—Can’t be, right?

>>18794
Thankfully I make a habit of wrestling with trucks. They aren’t terrible, provided the engine is off.

I was bored and curious, so I went into the storylist and tallied all of the stories under the completed and the shorts categories. I haven't been around THP for a terribly long time, so people who have gone under more than one name will probably listed as separate authors. If you notice that, feel free to correct me.

I may have gotten all of YAF's under one category, though. Probably.

Full-fledged CYOAs:
Authors with (1) completed story: Aeolist, Angerwing, Choja, ddyk, EZMode, Fell, HY, Jerl, Kirakishou, Krisslanza, LandScout, Luminous, Patchwork, Rabbit, SolusLunes, Teruyo, Twitty
Authors with (2) completed stories: Dr. Q, Keymaster, Klaymen, Owen, SLDT
Authors with (3) completed stories: Sukima
Authors with (7) completed stories: YAF
Additionally, there were (6) stories posted without a name, trip, or parent-story to identify them.
Total: 43

CYOAs that were finished within one thread:
Authors with (1) completed story: Snake, Kedama, Gekko, Shanghai, MSiG Writefag, Twitty, ddyk, Kahi, balistafreak, !T1e/DmU8Jg, BSD
Authors with (2) completed stories: Owen
Authors with (6) completed stories: YAF
Total: 19

Shorts
There were (46) authors who completed one short, (11) who completed two shorts, and (4) who completed three shorts. There were also 26 shorts posted without a name, trip, or parent-story to identify them.

Authors with (4) completed shorts: Mystia, !lggAzV5pXw
Authors with (7) completed shorts: Treia, Dr. Doujin, SLDT, Oracle, Moral
Authors with (8-12) completed shorts: Scorn(8), Patchwork(10), NewAgeRetroHippie(11), Taisa(11), W-I-T the 8th (12)
Authors with (13-20) completed shorts: Owen(15), EZMode(18), Sukima(19)
Authors with (21+) completed shorts: YAF(22)
Total: 255

This all comes to 62 completed CYOAs and 255 completed shorts, for a total of 317 completed stories of Touhou fanfiction on Tea Hat Party. Note that this is only based on the story list, so any stories that have been completed since its last update (which was in July, I believe?) are not accounted for in this tally.

Of these, YAF has written 35 of these works, making him the writer with the most completed fanworks on the site. Runner-ups are Sukima (22), Owen (19), and EZMode (19).

So basically, it took two hours or so of browsing fanfiction about magical girls to confirm that yes, YAF has a brilliant work ethic and a lot of time. I hope you enjoy this data.

Also, for the sake of curiosity:
Second runs stemming from completed stories that are abandoned or on hiatus:
Beautiful Killing Chamber 3, by YAF
Deluge of a Lunar Fantasy, by Teruyo
Expectation of Sanguine Disorder, by HY
Hakugyokuro LA, by Patchwork
I, Youkai / Phobe's Outing, by Klaymen
Misadventures in Gensokyo, by Kirakishou
SCIENCE!, by Klaymen
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne Touhou Edition, by Anonymous

>>18799
>35 belong to YAF

Yeah, but how many of them are actually any good? We shouldn't count his shitty works or the ones he half-assed. Which is most of them

>>18799

Ddyk (Docteur Hartmann) completed 6 stories, although 4 of them are very short.

YAF a shit

>>18800
I wouldn't know, I haven't read any of his works yet. Really, though, if it were based on what "good" or not, we'd have to judge every single one of those stories that way. And that could take a long time. Long enough for more stories to be completed, even.

>>18801
Ah, yes, that's right. Thank you.

>>18799
Thank you for your hard work!

And thanks to you too, based YAF.

>>18804
>Byakuren
>saviour
Back the fuck up before you get fucked the fuck up.

>>18793

>Kira died?

>>/th/118703

>>18807
What the actual fuck

>>18806
What was that? Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of people stuck in the past.

>>18809
It sort of addles me knowing there are people around who arn't even aware of this.

It's already been three years.

>>18832

In my defense I just got here last year.

>>18832
I joined around a year and half to two years ago. I never read Kira's stories so I never learned much about him, besides the fact that he tormented Anon.

>>18832
Sorry, I got here only a year ago, two at most. Yet it saddens me to hear it.

>>18834
>tormented Anon

Don't worry! No one here holds that against him!

Right guys?

>>18799

Did you link authors to anonymous stories where possible (i.e. after writing contests, christmas shorts, etc.)? I can think of at least 3 of those that I've done.

>>18839
No, I missed any writing contests or similar formatted threads.

>>18839
Yo Treia.

Remember this? http://touhou-project.com/th/res/153324.html

I've been waiting for 1 year and 8 months for update, and the thread is on the last page now. Will you continue the story or not?

>>18856

Yes, I will be updating it.

>>18856
Oh yeah, that story exists.

Congratulation, Suwako, Kanako. You are featured on Cracked

http://www.cracked.com/article_20761_5-terrifying-festivals-you-wont-believe-are-legal_p2.html

>>18878
>riding logs down a hill
Well that takes me back.

Also, speaking of rage, I’m sure you guys’ll be delighted furious to hear that I’m writing up a proof-of-concept scene (or two) for a High School AU just because my brain conjures up pretty cool ideas when it’s drying out. Seriously – every week I think “oh, I’ll get so pissed this Saturday and not write a single fucking thing!” some four or five fuckwits come out of the woodwork and vote in a story that was dead for two whole years before picking up out of the blue and should have been dropped long ago due to lack of interest.

GIT A BRANE, FUCKWITS.

>>18807
Oh my god. Honestly the only thing I knew about Kira was that he wrote MiG among other things, and something about despair and snow end.

>>18882
He was just starting a very interesting Magical Girl Mokou CYOA as well.

>>18883
>Mokou
>interesting ever

props to whoever does these things for getting that Replies: listing over here

>>18886
>Mokou
>not interesting
I will fight you, and I will break you.

>>18888

He won't be alone.

>>18894
Eirin's a bitch, Kaguya's a cunt, and both are terrible. They're no real factor.

>>18895
>Eirin's a bitch
>Kaguya's a cunt
>both are terrible.

See this, children? These are the sorts of things bad people believe. Bad, awful, horrible people who speak only in lies.

>>18897
Quiet Teruyo.

I found this through IRC today: http://touhou-project.com/transient.php
I can just feel the rage washing away from the meta-humor.
Are you autistic enough to find all the messages?

>>18911
It's pretty funny as the messages are true.

>>18911
I don't need to defend the honor of the touhous I like. I prefer to recline slightly in my chair, snifter of brandy in one hand, mouse scrolling through threads with the other, while Bach plays in the background, adding to the ambiance of the lit fireplace. I'm already satisfied with my superior taste and refinement and that's all that matters, you plebian.

Also you're 2-3 years too late for that gag.

>>18916
>irc masterace
>addressing directly a boarder plebian

>Oh look. It's a new doujin featuring your favorite character(s). It's translated and in color too!
>translated
>color
I fucking wish.

>>18859
>>18856
Tree please. Its called a Dead Thread for Aya for a reason.

>>18859
To hell with that. You go find moral and write more excuses for Aya, damn it!

>>18859
I hope that's not another empty promise that you give.
And please, really really please, do not make another side story. Continue the main story already.
And more Sanae.

So, what's the deal with the Lunar War actually? I heard two conflicting accounts about it. One says it actually happens and the Apollo missions were a coverup for that (also, who downed the rocket? Eirin or the Lunarians?) The other says it never happens and it's just the Lunarians (and Reisen) overreacting.

Also, did Eirin do all that shit in IN to hide Reisen from being forcibly taken back to the Moon?

Teruyo >>18916, explain please.

>>18923
AFAIK First one is fanon (and more entertaining) second one is canon.

But Teruyo probably knows more.

>>18924
You sure about that?

>>18923
IN was caused by Eirin trying to protect Kaguya from being dragged back to the moon, Reisen was just the incidental trigger for the incident.

SSiB hints at the Lunarians being behind various other things, such as the war that Kanako and Suwako's battle was a part of (they were backing Kanako's side), and the imprisoning of some other gods (including Lord Daikou, whose praises Tewi sings)

>>18928
So, what's up with IN saying that there's a real war between the humans and the Lunarians?

I think it was in Kaguya's profile or something.

>>18929
I didn't say that didn't happen but it never got directly touched upon, just referenced by a few things. It's prime story fodder in how vague it is.

>>18931
I thought SSiB retconned that.

Can we just go one day without being overly negative on this site?

in b4 no

>>18934
We're negative? Could've fooled me.

no seriously this is a pretty positive community without crossing the line into shitty hugbox

>>18934
/blue/ is not the best place to find it, especially the rage threads. You'd have better luck in some other area of the site.

>>18936
>without crossing the line into shitty hugbox
Explain why Taisa’s arse still remains un-kicked then.

>>18938
he got kicked hard over that april fools joke a few years back.

>>18936
Your trip is familiar but I forget what story it goes to.

>>18941
Paper Football/Banki Days

>>18941
The shittiest of stories

>>18967
Self-depreciation, ho!

Not really rage per se, but this is basically a NY Times article that reads like fanfiction.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/navigating-love-and-autism.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

>>19094

For some god-forsaken reason, continuing won't work in ghosts and goblins in my arcade emulator, which means I'll have to 1cc it if I want to beat it. The fucking game is harder than the NES version, known for being one of the hardest NES games.

This is hell. Someone help me.

>>19111
Well did you try going into the dip switch menus? Or putting in more than one credit? But you should really check the dip switch menu to see if continuing is enabled.

What do you think of that scat thread on /at/?

What do you think of that one guy who always respond to a post with a single word of 'No.' without giving you a reason whatsoever?

>>19122

It's shit.

Sometimes a simple 'No' can work wonders, but sometimes it's just annoying. To me, he fits into the former category.

>>19122
http://www.myinstants.com/instant/its-shit/

>>19122

>>19122

Its shit.

>>19122
No.

Holy fucking jumping ballsacks, is it so fucking hard to make a decent word processor? I just spent 5 motherfucking hours downloading random fucking free software shits before finally relenting to google docs.
It's not like I wanted anything complex either, fucking hell. All I want is smart quotes, dash insertion, spellcheck, the freedom to choose what god damn language the program interface is, and for it not to crash and be slow as shit to boot. Is that really so much to ask? Why did nobody other than google manage it? Fuck 'free software', I'm not gonna download some linux thing and learn command line or program a script or whatever to get a program to do what I want.

FUCK.

>>19211

>>19211
Sounds like PEBKAC.

Here's a fun little story for everyone.

>Stay at a friends house for a week.
>Go to leave and see the tire is flat.
>The jack is broken.
>Calls insurance agency to get tire changed.
>On hold for 30 minutes.
>Gets picked up by family instead.
>Go back the next day and gets the tire replaced.
>Family and tow truck that came leave shortly after.
>Van doesn't start.

Well fuck my life.

>>19211
> not using sublimetext

If someone doesn't write a real Youmu story this year, I'll scream.

>>19269
Paging Dr. YAF

>>19269
Don't tempt me. I have an idea sitting on the back burner.

Also have you read Youmu's Journey? Sure it is on hold on account of the writer being burglarized.

>>19270
ＲＥＰＬＹ： ＹＯＵＭＵ ＴＯＯ ＳＯＦＴ． ＲＩＮＧ ＬＡＴＥＲ．

>>19271
>>19277
Well one of you write something.
do it do it do it

>>19271
I thought it was on hold because the writer was hit by a truck.

Either way, godspeed to him. He was an awesome guy and a pretty good writer.

GENTLEMEN, IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR YET AGAIN. TURN ON YOUR CRUISE CONTROL, BUST OUT YOUR TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS AND PREPARE TO FEEL THE FREEZING BURN OF IMPOTENT RAGE AS WE CALL OUT IN DIFFERING DEGREES OF POLITENESS THOSE LAZY ASS FUCKING WRITERS THAT DID ONE STORY AND DISAPPEARED FOREVER OR LEFT THEIR POOR ABORTED STORIES BLEEDING IN THE DITCH. AND IF YOUR EXCUSE IS SOMETHING LIKE "OH I WAS DEPRESSED!!" DON'T EVEN BOTHER. DEPRESSION DOESN'T PARALYZE YOUR HANDS AS FAR AS I KNOW, AND IF IT DID, TEXT TO SPEECH EXISTS FOR A REASON.

WHY DON'T I GET THE OBVIOUS ONES OUT OF THE WAY FIRST



PATCHWORK
TAISA, YES I KNOW THIS IS LIKE TALKING TO A WALL BUT BITE ME, HOPE IS THE LAST ONE TO DIE. GO WRITE YOU COCKLORD
SUKIMA, I KNOW YOU'RE STILL AROUND TOO, YOU DON'T FOOL ME
STOVE, UPDATING ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS DOESN'T COUNT
NOBODY, ESPECIALLY YOU YOU FFFFUCK, I'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS ON THAT DELIVERY NOW
LION... I GUESS YOU'RE BETTER OFF THAN THE OTHERS, BUT IT'S BEEN LIKE 5 MONTHS DUDE

WHAT'S THE POINT OF HANGING AROUND THE IRC IF YOU NEITHER WRITE NOR READ ANYTHING ON THE SITE? MIGHT I REMIND YOU ITS THE ***THP*** IRC? CENTERED AROUND THE TOUHOU-PROJECT SITE WHERE THE ONLY FUCKING THING WE DO IS WRITE AND READ FANFICTION AND BITCH AT EACH OTHER. YOU MIGHT AS WELL MAKE A NEW CHANNEL AND MOVE THERE GOD DAMN, SEVER ALL CONNECTIONS TO THIS PLACE TO END ALL HOPE AND GIVE ALL OF US SOME PEACE OF MIND GOD DAMN I AM FUCKING MAD



Oh, and props to fell.
You are an oasis my man.

>>19329

See, I just stay away from #THP, and exempt myself from this whole system~

>>19331
You also finished two stories, far more than most 'famed' writers in #THP.

>>19331
Well, we can hardly blame you for not updating if you're not in the site anymore no? Although it's nice to see you visiting every now and then

>>19329
Wait a second, are you also raging at writers who finished one story and then went on with their lives?

>>19334
No. I guess that ragepost may have been slightly misguided. I have no problem with people that are simply too busy to write, like HY or Klaymen or YAF. Or those that simply decide they're done writing and clearly state it.


I guess I was just mad at IRC AGAIN.

Because it hurts. I might not have been here from the beginning, even left for periods of time, maybe not read as many stories as I could have.
But I still read, voted, argued my votes, waited anxiously for updates, read some stretch of story over and over again while waiting anxiously for updates. Shit, it even prompted me to write, which is something I wouldn't have done in a million years if not for this place. I actually have more of emotional connection with this site and its stories than most things in my life I can think of, and I know I'm not supposed to actually care about anything on the internet but fuck that. So you know, I go ahead and enter #THP because I'm interested in touhou stories, and what do I see?

The same bunch of people that wrote those stories I enjoyed, and none of them seem to have any interest in any of that anymore. But they're still hanging around the chat connected to it for no reason at all. So I get to sit there and watch these guys sit around and jack each other off about the latest video game or giant robots or whatever, clearly not intent on involving themselves with touhou or writing ever again, not even to read it, or worse, brag and joke about how they haven't even opened the site in x months like it's a competition.

We all know the site is slowly dying, and its format and content are unique enough that I have scarce hope of ever seeing anything quite like it after Teruyo finally figures it's not worth the server bill anymore and shuts it down. And some of the few people that could have any hope of revitalizing it couldn't give a drop of piss about it. Yet they're still around, I guess to rub salt in the wound.

I should probably just leave the place and stop torturing myself like this, but there's those glimpses of hope, you know? when there's a 5 minute convo about some story or some writing thing before it's bulldozed by the latest anime thing.

Man. I just don't know anymore.


tl;dr irc is gay

>>19335
First of all, there was a thread a while back over on /gensokyo/ about the IRC.

Second, how much time do you spend on the IRC yourself? Do you participate in the conversations? If you just sit there and watch, you should have seen that we are a fairly close knit community and we try to have fun with each other. Hell, a group of us met up at Anime Weekend Atlanta a few months back.

Third, next time you say that the site is dying just think that you could be trying to do something other than whining. Sure, you say that you are writing, but how often do you update? If we have people updating, even if it's erratic, then we will have readers. Writers inspire readers, readers can tell their friends, friends can become readers and in turn writers. If you're too embarrassed to tell your friends that you're writing Magical Girl Fanfiction then don't complain about the site being "slow" or "dying" because you aren't making an effort to get more people here.

Fourth, I realize that it is a "Touhou Dedicated Channel" but that doesn't mean we have to talk about it 24/7. Shit gets old after a while. Think about how many "active" stories there are and then compare to how many people are on the IRC. It only takes so long for people to run out of things to say about a story they may or may not be interested in.

Finally, stop putting people on pedestals! You say they are, and I quote, "And some of the few people that could have any hope of revitalizing it couldn't give a drop of piss about it." Just stop. You want to know who can "save" THP? YOU! ANON! THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY WRITING! It isn't a group of asshats who gave up/became lazy/had a mental breakdown, but EVERYONE ELSE! Sorry guys, but if you aren't writing then people need to stop acting like you're still something special. You guys are cool, but they need to stop living in the past.

tl;dr Stop your bitching and do something about it. If you want people to talk about it on the IRC, then TALK! No one is stopping you! You won't get everyone involved, but you can still talk! And just let sleeping dogs lie! The dwelling on the past is, for a lack of better words, pointless and a waste of time.

Anyway, that is my spiel. Take it as you will.
Sorry if I'm coming off harsh but the whole "site is dying" mentality is infectious. When people see this mentality, they are put off of contributing.

That feel when #touhouporn actually talks about, you know, touhou porn, on a literally regular basis. Without it I probably wouldn't have ever come out of my early-in-the-thread slump and kept writing, I wouldn't have made the genderswap shorts thread and inspired others to create so much good content, etc.

So I really can't speak for the main #THP, I connect but never actually go in there to look at what they're talking about, it goes by too fast for me, but #touhouporn is legitimately stronk. People who actually write and create content, and we talk about a lot of lewd touhou shit. Regularly.

Not always, of course, sometimes DOTA or whatever is king, but nobody minds because before it has a chance to get old we're back to it.

The site sure doesn't feel like it's dying if you visit /at/ and #touhouporn and see the writers actually, you know, writing.

>>19335
There's other THP-related IRC channels that have a higher chance of story discussion, such as #touhouporn. Sure they might not be as big but generally the active people in them are more mindful of the now than days long since passed.

>>19336
>the whole "site is dying" mentality is infectious

Took the words right out of my mouth.

>>19329
>DEPRESSION DOESN'T PARALYZE YOUR HANDS AS FAR AS I KNOW
It does paralyze your brain, which you need to write.

>>19336
Out of curiosity, I did check. I seem to be one of the little more than half dozen or so people updating more often than once a week. I have no friends, off or online, who are interested in Touhou. I often give stories I'm not reading second, third, fourth chances to see if I can get engaged and get voting. I'd happily give away one of my testicles if it'd revive this site. I think I'm doing everything I can, here. I thought about ponying up the 20 or 50 dollars and dropping an ad on /a/ or /jp/, but I'm really not in a position to spend money that isn't mine.
Maybe I'll do it anyway, eventually.

I'd be very happy if the 'site is dying' thing was really merely a mentality, but the admin himself reported a regular 14% drop in views per year for the site's entire lifetime.
It's a slow death that is and has been happening. It's a fact. Unless someone does something, it's going to keep dropping.


>Fourth, I realize that it is a "Touhou Dedicated Channel" but that doesn't mean we have to talk about it 24/7. Shit gets old after a while.
Are you really trying to tell me that the people in that channel have discussed touhou or writing so much that they've completely gotten sick of it and exhausted the topics of discussion?
Who are you trying to fool?

>>19338

>>19341
THe issues I see are a general decline in stories (mainly due to more people dropping than people making new ones that last), the general mentality of "i'm not good enough to write", and the general "things are dying" mindset that feeds itself.

I say the first step in trying to imporve the site is getting more people to step up... and avoiding #THP (some have nicknamed it the place where stories die)

>>19341
>Are you really trying to tell me that the people in that channel have discussed touhou or writing so much that they've [...] exhausted the topics of discussion?
Yes?

>>19329
Nobody still writes, mate. He's like the main touhoumon guy.

>>19336
Your Caps Lock and exclamation points are moving on their own.

>>19337
>>19338
Touhouporn is as much about some mobile puzzle game as it is writing. That said, they do discuss writing some.

>>19339
>>19340
Both of these are correct.

>>19344
But that's wrong. It's perfectly possible to always find more things to discuss about touhou. People just want to discuss dicks or Armored Core or whatever most of the time. There are touhou discussions, they just aren't constant.


Personally, I don't have any ideas of changing things. Trying to make a story post every day and voting and discussing more are pretty much all I can do.

The two main problems I'm seeing are stories updating at an absolutely glacial pace or getting outright dropped everywhere, and the fact that ways of getting new blood that doesn't have a high chance of poisoning the patient are limited to say the least.

I'd say the second problem is even worse than the first one.

>>19341
>Are you really trying to tell me that the people in that channel have discussed touhou or writing so much that they've completely gotten sick of it and exhausted the topics of discussion?

I never said that we exhausted every possible topic, I'm just saying "shit gets old". Plain and simple. I used to play and talk about Skyrim all the time and now I don't. You know why? It's because it got old. Sure, I still talk about or pop it into the Xbox for an hour or two, but it doesn't consume my life like it once did. If you think about how long the IRC has been around, wouldn't it make a lot of sense for the people on there to be a little bored of it? I'm willing to bet that the Armored Core hype will die down again in a month or two, and then it will suddenly be back when someone new decides to play or when the next game comes out.

What it sounds like is that you want us to talk about Touhou until we're blue in the face and your ego is satisfied. As someone had said in #touhouporn, "why do you guys keep having a community if you are not writing for me". Now, that may have been said in #touhouporn, but the same person is pretty active in #thp.

Now, I'm not you, I don't know what you're thinking. I'm not going to pretend I do. But come on, Strawman, you seek magical answers for your Magical Girl Fanfiction. One person can't change the world, but they can make a difference. So either be that person, or just stop. It's up to you. This goes for the rest of Anonymous that likes to complain about the site dying and how nothing can be done to stop it.

>Who are you trying to fool?
Who are you trying to fool? I'm not trying to fool anyone. It isn't a matter of "He can be tricked into our way of thinking", it's a matter of, "How can we fix what has gone wrong and get this guy on board?" If you have complaints about something, make a scene in the IRC! You won't earn any friends by sitting here doing the same old shit that gets repeated every couple months.

>>19345
I was trying to go for EMPHASIS! But, it seems I failed. I apologize.

Meanwhile, there are a bunch of good stories scattered over the boards that are in dire need of more attention and votes. And you still complain about lack of stories? Or is it just yearning for the writers of old?

Times have changed. Most of them have probably moved on from this fandom and are busy with other things. Others might have lost their spark of creativity and prefer to laze away their days, playing videogames. Good for them. But do not forget that, in their place, there appeared other new promises that put their all into writing interesting stories for a random bunch of strangers of the internet.

And yet all you do is cry for the Precursors. Who you know they won't write again no matter how much you yell at them. Seriously, stop being so picky and saying that this site is dying, and give the newbies a chance. Some of the veterans weren't even that good, anyway.

>>19348
>yaf's a shit
Indeed. Anyway, yeah, there are stories lacking readers and voters RIGHT NOW! Lower/open your standards and READ and VOTE and SHIT.

Finally, I agree that #THP should change its name or just disappear altogether but since that ain't gonna happen, I'll continue my yearly checks to see if it is still worth something (Results; no, no, no and no)

>>19343
I disagree.
I say get them on #thp and bind them to this community even further.
I wouldn't have had planted such a deep interest into the site within a year if I hadn't began to make friends on the IRC channels.
It wouldn't feel as much as a community with sense of closeness if it weren't for all the shit flinging and off-topic arguing offsite.
I wouldn't have written for the various contests if it weren't for the IRC channel passively encouraging me to write.

At least for me, the IRC channel has been nothing but a positive. It'd be great if more people from the site logged on and became a part of the group.

>>19349
>Yearly checks
>expecting to get a feel of a community by popping in once a year and taking a glance

I shiggidy diggidy

>>19335
Writing discussion actually does happen on the IRC on a relatively regular basis, despite what you think. All that really is required for that to happen is for a writer to talk about it.

Of course, it won't start spontaneously because nobody on the IRC actually reads stories, but there you go.

>or worse, brag and joke about how they haven't even opened the site in x months like it's a competition.

And then there's this. I have done my best to stop that sort of thing, because it's actively toxic to the community. Pretty sure Taisa regularly puts me on ignore for tearing into him whenever he does this.

But >>19348 has the right idea. There are lots of good stories going on now that nobody reads because they're too busy going on /blue/ and bitching about how the old writers aren't writing. Here's what's going to happen:

A. They continue to not write, you continue to bitch without actually trying to improve things, and nothing gets done.
B. They continue to not write, you go and read stories that are currently running on the site and talk about them, and all things are happy.

Why not adopt a board? It is asking quite a lot to read all of the currently active stories on the site, but one can easily keep up with a single board, even /th/. Pick one. Or two! Hell, if you pick /eientei/, /shrine/, and /underground/, you can get all three for the relative speed of /th/ or /others/!

So adopt a board. Read all the stories on that board that are currently updating. Vote, even if it's a landslide for one option. Make the current writefags feel like it's worth writing, and maybe you'll find something worth reading.

>>19353

Poor, poor /Eientei/ and /Border/. If there's an update maybe once a month for those boards, it's a miracle.

>>19355

>>19353
Or for that matter people not writing as they're waiting for some better writer to show up and do it.

Sometime the only way to get something in writing is to do it yourself. You'll certainly see it far sooner than waiting for some super writer to appear or an old writer magically resuming something.

>>19357

That looks to be about right, sadly.

>>19355
>>19357
>>19359
At the risk of blatant self advertisement, I would like to inform those that did not know that I have personally posted updates in /eientei/ twice this month. A little bit more if you count my drawing. So it's a little hard to call it a miracle just yet.

How to fix /eientei/: make Eientei cast not shit.

>>19367

You see this shit, >>19349? This is what happens when someone summons him in a totally unrelated topic. The faggot tries to start another shitstorm again. And it's all your fault.

>>19366
Nah man, it ain't a problem at all.
And on another note, I'm tempted to make a "IT WAS I, YAF" image cause goddamn he is everywhere.

I think this site "dying" has something to do with the decline of Touhou itself. Kancolle is shaping up to be Touhou's replacement on the future.

Also, Touhou 14 was just "meh" for me. After all the exciting religious shit we got, now we're back to "random people causing an incident" thing.

>>19367
Hey, Yaf, guess what! The Eientei cast includes Mokou!

You know, to all the people who cry "the site is dying"?

We need fresh blood. Without an influx of new readers and writers the site will slowly die out. Yet I see not one of you doing shit. We have a part of our readers coming from TvTropes and Spacebattles yet only balista has even touched the later and almost no one has touched TvTropes except for one anon who's using the THPAnonymous name (Dude. Change your password). TvTropes has five fucking pages dedicated to touhou fanfic and maybe three? Four? Of our stories are on there?

>>19370

Much like how Touhou replaced girl-filled niche titles like idolmaster or precure right? Oh wait...

>>19368
I humbly apologize.
>>19353
>Taisa's a shit
I agree too.
>>19352
If it matters (and it does) I spend no less than 3 days and no more than a week each year.
I wait a bit (or a ton) comment on the topics I know something about, read up on those that I don't but sound good and ignore those that I don't know nor care. And it always starts good: it really seems like a decent place.
And then someone spouts something that reminds you that the people posting are a ragtag band of misfits (not hollywood 'quirky' people, this is the real deal) with more issues than Vista and the empathy and mental stability of a mental ward patient.

That said, there are four outstanding guys there. Not even in the 'land of the blind' sense: they're really cool people. I've wondered if it was worth staying there just for them and it kinda was, but I don't really want to stay in a room with 12+ regulars to talk with less than half of them.

>>19370
>>19373
Touhou hasn't really replaced either of those, though the Kancolle thing seems mainly a fad than anything else.

>>19372
What about getting people to accept the fresh blood of Touhou? PEople seem sort of slow to do stuff on the newer characters and most newbie attempts usually end up being about the /sdm/.

Besides that, there's the whole /eientei/ and /border/ issue, though I think part of that is related to being mired in the past.

>>19373
Idolmaster is an idol franchise and Precure is for little girls.

Nothing really similar to Touhou.

>>19376
>the Kancolle thing seems mainly a fad than anything else.

We'll see, my friend. We'll see.

I never knew that hating on Taisa is still a thing here.

>>19378
Outside of IRC it isn't really save for 1-2 non-IRCers.

>>19374
>Not even in the 'land of the blind' sense: they're really cool people.
Might I ask who?
If I had to take a guess I'd say two of them are Dan and Rapestove, but otherwise I'm stuck. Kapow's a real cool guy though.

>>19372
>We need fresh blood.
The problem is, where to get it from?

I don't want to fire too many shots here, but TVTropes and Spacebattles are full of insane puritans, and I'm afraid even the current-day 4chan won't be of much help here.

>>19379
Outside of IRC all they (we) know is that he was a pretty cool guy that did cool stories but then his two stories got stuck, he tried to force it out and ended up being shit (Touhouvania) so he had a panic attack and left forever. Not much to go on.

>TVTropes is full of puritans
So is that from where the 'Touhous can't have sex' guy came from? Oh man.

As for your question (where do we get new blood) I really don't know. Reddit, Facebook and 4chan are shitfests. Tvtropes is still a good spot, IMO.

>>19384
I don't mean the community exactly. I came from TvTropes despite never posting on their forums or even having an account. Most users far as I'm aware just browse through the site. Nothing wrong with attracting that group.

>>19384
dunno it's a question worth asking as there's been a rise in Puritan minded "all H-scenes must go in /at/" voters.

>>19384
>'Touhous can't have sex' guy

What? Who?

>>19387
Maybe that's from a misunderstanding or maybe some writers wish to separate their sex scenes from the actual story? I mean, it's understandable. Rabbit's Favor Owed h-scenes would have been very out of place in the story thread.

>>19377

Late reply, but here's what I can see from personal experience in the various meatspace "weeaboo" clubs at my school.

Precure is for true "moefag" weeaboos.
Nobody actually cares about Idolmaster
Kancolle is that thing which there is a lot of art but nobody actually plays.
Touhou appeals to the more misanthropic and reclusive members. (read: potential suicides and sociopaths)

>>19389
I can understand that case but when Keymaster mentioned doing some H-scene there was practically a chorus of "Put it in /at/!" It's almost as if Keymaster brought a bunch of people with him (not making any accusations but the fact such people seem to read mainly his story makes that implication)

Though on the other hand there's some people who will go for the sexy option when it's out of place.

>>19392
Not exactly a good sample of all the internet.

>>19393
>explicit H-scene
>In the middle of what had been for seven straight threads, light-hearted slice of life

There's a time and place for porn. Some places, it just doesn't fit. HLA? Shove it in. All of it in. Patch. Lily Black scene when? Stories like Keymasters? It'd feel odd to suddenly start reading porn given the feel of the thread.

Some stories, yeah, it totally should go in the main thread. I'm looking at you Demetrious. I want my WizardxKeine scene holy cock it's almost been a year.

>>19393

>>19393
>the fact such people seem to read mainly his story
May I ask where you got this information from?

>>19387
>there's been a rise in Puritan minded "all H-scenes must go in /at/" voters.
Moving h-scenes to /at/ is a gradual shift in site culture that's been happening for years. There's been like a dozen stories with /at/ spinoff threads, the first one was in 2010 and YOU MADE ONE OF THEM. HOW CAN YOU BE THIS STUPID.

>>19393
>but the fact such people seem to read mainly his story
YOUR PARANOIA IS NOT FACT

>>19392
>potential suicides and sociopaths
Potential Gensokyo residents, you mean.

>>19398
When I mentioned puritans I meant the /jp/ approach:

-Women can't enjoy sex
-Any non virgin woman is a slut
-Etc.

See the shitstorms in /th/ and /forest/ for more details.

Now, carry on. If you want my two cents, adult content in any board is okay (if you want to go te extra mile, you can spoil it I guess)

>>19399

>>19400
When I mentioned "crazy puritans" in >>19382, that's not what I was talking about at all.

>>19399
Oh hey I have one of those. GENSOKYO HOOOOOOOO

>>19393
I was actually one of those people who suggested putting it in /at/, but it was really just a suggestion. I wouldn't really have cared either way. I put mine in /at/ for Favors because I didn't feel like putting SURPRISE PORN in my story, as I don't prefer to come across (hue) SURPRISE PORN in the stories I read.

>>19399
See you on the other side.

>>19399
>>19403
>>19405

Okay, you want rage? Here's my rage.

What the heck even is this whole "commit suicide -> enter Gensokyo" thing, darn it? Where does it come from? Why does it persist? Not only is it patently contradictory with established lore concerning Gensokyo and the afterlife, it's also nonsensical with regard to anything else, and doesn't have a shred of evidence in its favor.

Maybe it originated based on misconceptions regarding Yukari and the Road of Recollections both spiriting away suicidal people. But A) that's people who are suicidal, but have not yet killed themselves, and especially who are in places and times where their corpses wouldn't be easy to find if they did; and B) the print works in question are fairly clear that upon entering Gensokyo, the vast majority of them are devoured by stage enemies and other youkai, which seems like hardly the type of entrance anyone would even consider taking if they could possibly avoid it.

So, why is this something that people talk about?

>>19407
I may be completely off the mark, but it could be that to some Gensokyo = Heaven. That in turn is contradicted by the belief that if you commit suicide then you go to Hell.

We could also just say "It is magic, we ain't gotta explain shit".

>>19407
> the vast majority of them are devoured by stage enemies and other youkai, which seems like hardly the type of entrance anyone would even consider taking if they could possibly avoid it.

Well, to be fair, if you're deliberately trying to get in via the "be an hero" route, I somehow doubt survival is much of a concern for you.

>>19407
It's just a running joke, I think from /jp/. Many people there are suicidal and into touhou, so it's just an euphemism that naturally came up.

>>19407
It is joek.

>>19409
Are you shitting me? If I tried to kill myself and woke up in Gensokyo, only to die again, do you have any fucking idea how pissed off I'd be in the afterlife?

>>19412
LaughingGhostGirls.jpg

Can we not talk about YAF please.

Besides, he should write. Daily 5 updates.

>Glance over some story thread in a board
>It looks interesting
>Go read the first thread
>The writing sucks

Well shit. I don't want to power through like 2 threads of "I looked at the sunset. It was beautiful. I cried." before it stops sucking.

>>19416
which story and board?

>>19418
You can't expect me to answer that.

>>19420
Why the hell not?

Can I rage here about how the boards are mostly dead all the time?

>>19434
Are you always this dense?

Why the fuck is there still no normal English patch for Double Dealing Character? I'm still stuck with the slightly buggy Chinese version and the only other option is made by that fucking brony. Which has more built in bullshit than his rants.

Pic unrelated.

>>19443
>the only other option is made by that fucking brony. Which has more built in bullshit than his rants.

He's probably making all of that just to make actual translators go translate something else, thinking "Eh, this guy's already doing it, so I should just translate some other things instead. Like that new Touhou rape doujin that just came out"

And I think he's an ex-brony now, since he also ragequitted the MLP fanbase sometime ago.

Also, no one cares about TH14 because both the plot and the characters suck.

>>19444
>Also, no one cares about TH14 because both the plot and the characters suck.
Fuck you, buddy. There are a total of three newhous in TH14 that suck, everyone else is awesome.

I hate cryptic choices. We readers have absolutely no idea what is each option supposed to mean, and personally I think it's just a way for the writers to railroad their stories while still giving us the illusion of choice. Now I know most of you claim this is not true, and I'm sure some of you writers actually do have several choices prepared for that situation, but it still feels to me like you're cheating your readers.

Same goes for the "roll dice"/"coin flip". How do I trust you are really leaving the choice to Luck, instead of you picking the option you like? I realize you usually do this to break a tie, which is even a worse situation, but...

Well, I could be acting too mistrusting of you guys when you don't deserve it, but I still despise that kind of choices. I just needed to let that out.

>>19444
You mean like CGRascal? Shit like that more than anything is a bad sign how Touhou might fare in time.

>>19447
I think Cryptic choices are done more for the sake of being cool.

>>19447
I try to avoid cryptic choices for this reason. Or, if I have to go the cryptic route, I'll leave clues nearby so that it's not completely cryptic.

As for coin flips... well, I'll be honest: I've cheated on one or two of those before. If I do cheat, I choose the best option for the story overall. I'd never make something bad happen; it would be unfair to punish Anon simply because I can choose the outcome of a tie.

>>19449
I actually flip coins usually best out of 7 if I have to flip coins.

I mean gotta have some way to resolve ties when we have jackasses that like making them.

>>19451
That still averages out to a 50% chance either way. What does it matter if you flip 101, 7 or 1 coins?

>>19453
Greater sample size reduces noise and gives you a result closer to 50%

I know this is a rage thread but I need to test something:

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>>19456
Pretty sure it only works with certain browsers. I just couldn't tell you what they are, beyond not Chrome.

>>19456
>>19458

Works for me at least; I'm on Internet Explorer 9. I think it might actually have to do with the unicode font you have installed on your computer rather than your browser though.

>>19459
>2013+1
>Still using IE

>>19460

Hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Besides, Firefox makes my computer run so slow that it makes Yuuka look like Aya, Chrome is ugly as shit, and I can't be bothered researching and experimenting with other browsers.

Bkub's Chen is the best Chen.

>>19461
I like Opera.

But fuck version 15 and later; that's just a copy of Chrome. Try using 12. There's unfortunately a decent number of compatibility issues with fancier sites (mediafire, megaupload) but for the most part it works just fine.

>write update
>reread it
>realize it's substandard
>too lazy to rewrite substantial portions of it/the whole thing
>post it anyway

>>19477
One person’s substandard is another’s Twilight. I mean, Hamlet. Shit.

>>19456
Chrome here, it works.

This board is dead as shit and it doesn't make me happy.
Look at this, the second latest bumped thread had its last post ten days ago. What in the balls.

I'm mad as fuck that people let their dicks guide them in shit. "Go make up with Character" "Go talk to character" and the second gets picked because roouuuttteee. Come the fuck on you fucks.

>>19563

Any story in particular, or are you just raging at the trend in general?

>>19532
It can't be helped since Touhou is in decline nowadays.

>>19591
>Touhou is in decline nowadays

Where is this coming from anyhow? Touhou isn't in decline. In terms of gameplay, DDC was very possibly the best game since ZUN changed the game engine, in terms of gameplay at least.

>>19592

"Touhou is declining" is a forced meme from /jp/.

YAF is dead. Long live YAF!

>>19634
Shouldn't that go in, I dunno, the Joy Thread or something?

>>19634
What are you talking about?

>>19634
Source?
Otherwise you're a little late for april fools.

>>19638
Chill, I was speaking metaphorically.
...sorry. I guess I should consider our recent past before using ambiguous statements.

>>19639
He posted in /shorts/ just yesterday.
Are you retarded or what?

Have you ever suffered from broken smartphone, being scammed, volcanic eruption and earthquake in a quick succession? if you do, then it would make me feel less bad.

>>19642
I assume you are Chilean?

Indonesia.
Island of Java.
That means I have about 120 Gaia pimples ready to erupt on my face at any time.

>>19644
Unless you lived on the foot of one of that volcanoes(Or near them, depends on your definition of 'near), you won't feel a shit when they erupts.

Unless we're talking about about Toba. In that case, we're all fucked. On the flip side, maybe the catastrophe will be bad enough that youkai return from Gensokyo to the real world again.

I have yearly flood instead, if that could make you feel better.

>Unless you Unless you lived on the foot of one of that volcanoes on the foot of one of that volcanoes...

funny you say that....


anyone got any advice on dealing with razor sharp, lung destroying volcanic dust? Like using wet mask front side back or such?

Jesus christ shaving your legs is hard. It's probably easier when you've been doing it for years, but when you're a guy and that shit builds up it's like trying to drill through a mountain by yourself.

>>19648

I've shaved my legs but twice, and the second time I only went to just above my shorts line. Both times I went through an entire razor. I only wear pants now.

Damn my gorilla legs.

Why does Eirin wearing clothes that look like a police car designed by Lady Gaga?

>>19650
ZUN secretly funds his Touhou hobby by designing clothes for Lady Gaga. Rejected designs become new Touhou.

So I should look up Gaga's videos if I want to write native female OCs? Got it.

>>19685
MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS MEAT DRESS

Teruyo you colossal faggot , webm support when?

>>19709
Like Touhou has anything worth making webms out of.

>>19709
Why do we need this?
The site is coming to an end soon anyway. Just wasted effort.

>>19712
Last I checked, the domain is taken till sometime in august. So nope.

>hurr durr site's dyin cloud

>>19714
excuse me I am not a cloud. A cloud couldn't wear this nifty fedora.

>>19715
in this moment, I am cumulus

>>19715
Unzan pls

>>19715
>>19717
>>19718

The soothsayers have spoken, THP shall be no more. Spread the word, prepare for the apocalypse!

>>19712
>>19720
>TH-P is dying lol
Is this sort of like that "Touhou is in decline" garbage from /jp/?

>>19721
Yep.

I'm interested to see just where KanColle will be this time next year.

>>19722
We have no reason to believe it won't be stronger than you could ever imagine next year. Touhou is dead.

>>19723
Maybe for your porn if that's all you care about but we'll be getting doujin albums for ages, and that's why I'm here in the first place.

PS, posting best 2hu

>>19723
Go to bed, Wiseman.

>>19723

>>19712
Because then I can make jokes about writefags in HD.
This is important.

IT IS EASTER
THERE ARE NO TEWI OR REISEN STORIES CELEBRATING THIS FACT
THIS MAKES ME ANGRY

>>19738
EASTER IS NOT OVER FRIEND

BUT WHO CAN TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME?

>>19738
Then fucking make one yourself. Problem solved

>>19739
'09 Taisa could. HY, if he was still writing for this site. Maybe a few others, maybe. Perhaps, in better circumstances. Hmm, maybe we should make a time machine to bring back all writers in their prime and make them write in a diabolical lotus eater machine thingie. Actually, forget the time machine, just the lotus eater thingie would work.

>>19724
Yukari is the best touhou, that's common knowledged, but for fans of lesser touhou we must exclude her from all "best 2hu is" discussions, lest the plebians would lose their fragile minds and rebels with pitchforks, screaming nonsense such as "Remilia is prettiest 2hu" "No, Yuyuko prettiest" "Mokou best 2hu". This would escalate in civil war and the end of 2hu as predicted by >>19720

Oh my.

>>19742
The best 2hu is obviously Rinnosuke!

>>19742
>>19743

>>19742
Civil war it is!

>>19743
>Not genderswapped Rinnosuke

Maximum pleb

>>19746
Hey, I'm a man of taste. Gender-swapped Rinnosuke is fine too. Mighty fine.

So many old hag lovers in this thread. Disgusting.

>>19748
Go back to your dolls hun. It's not like you have any other friends.

>best 2hu discussion

FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE DEMON REALM BEST 2HU HAS ARRIVED. THOU MAYST BEND THINE KNEES AND ELBOWS IN WORSHIPFULNESS, ABANDONING ALL THY FALSE PROPHETS OF 2HU BESTNESS.

GAPS? EYEGAPS? YUUGENMAGAN HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, MOST EVIL OF EYES, AND THEY ARE YUUGENMAGAN'S OWN. DOST THY PURPORTED "BEST 2HU" HAVE FIVEFOLD GIANT FLOATING LASER EYES, OR ARE HER EYES MERELY MOUNTED IN HER HEAD, AND TWOFOLD, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE'S?

2HU MEN? 2HU WOMEN SWAPPED FROM MEN?
YUUGENMAGAN WAS OF AMBIGUOUS GENDER BEFORE ALL 2HU WERE LADIES. DOST THY PURPORTED "BEST 2HU" HAVE A BODY OF ANDROGYNOUS LIGHTNING?

BEST 2HU IS NOT ABOUT SENSUALITY EITHER; BEST 2HU MUST MORE IMPORTANTLY BE BADASS AS EVERY INSTANCE OF GET-OUT. YUUGENMAGAN WILL PIN YUUGENMAGAN'S DETRACTORS DOWN WITH BULLETS, MAKE THEM DANCE WITH ROCKETS, AND DROP A LASER PENTAGRAM ON THEIR COLLECTIVE HINDQUARTERS. CANST THY PURPORTED "BEST 2HU" EVEN PIN THOU DOWN AND GO LASER ON THY HINDQUARTERS?

>>19755
I'm sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of your 2hu getting its electrical ass stomped.

>>19756
>Reimu
>Best
Dickish cunt is only the best at suppressing religious freedom and scientific progress going "boink"

>>19742
>>19743
>>19745
>>19746
>>19747
>>19748
>>19753
>>19755
>>19756
>>19757
Hey. Hey. Hey, guys.

Which 2hu has the highest power level?

>>19758
Shinki.

Hers may not be the most difficult danmaku to get through, but nothing else in the Touhou series has quite as much raw power behind it as her patterns do, although some Seihou patterns come close or surpass it. The fact that she's only the 5th game's final boss says quite a lot for the importance of technique and beauty in Touhou-style danmaku.

>>19758
>>19759
Oh no, not this shit again. We never come close to an agreement every time this topic pops out.

Can we just agree that without the Spell Card Rules, the first girl to strike wins because everyone is OP as fuck?

>>19760
Other candidates include Yukari because of gaphax, Shinki because of judgementhax, and (otherworld) Yumemi because of being able to use a world-destroying bomb as a joke.

>>19761
Bitches don't know about Cirno's potential to reach absolute zero and destroy entropy.

>>19758
>>19760
>>19761
Powerlevels are irrelevant in spellcard battles, it's like an art competition that can turn deadly. The more important question is...
Which 2hu is the biggest slut?

>>19763
Canonically unpure

>>19763
Now you're asking the real questions!

It's obviously Mima. She left Gensokyo because she ran out of things to fuck, and had to visit other dimensions to find new victims partners.

>>19763
Just look at that brazen hussy. LOOK AT HER.

im mad that others dont like what i like and vote for what i vote for

>>19767

Yea I hate when that happens. Why don't authors understand that my votes should count for more, since I'm smarter and more experienced at CYoAs that the other readers.

>>19767
>>19768
Pull a Wiseman then! Nothing can go wrong from spamming the vote for your waifu!
ISHYGDT
Please don't do this.

>>19769
Why do we hate Wiseman again? He seemed like a decent guy to me when I talked to him. Except the part about thinking that there is a secret Cabal on THP which is controlling everything. And hung up on the past.

>>19772

Uhhhh...nobody here said they hated Wiseman.

>>19772
>thinking there isn't a cabal

Good goy.

>>19772
It's mostly just IRC. They hate a lot of people.

>>19775
I call bullshit.

Man Border is DEAD right now.

>>19789
Right now? Border is always dead. It's a shame, really, but at least it's more active than Eientei.

The Internet needs to be more polite.

>>19801
The internet should be more polite, eh? So it degenerates into a miserable hugbox where everyone is entitled to sympathy and care, to the mildest of critics?

I suppose it is already happening, the internet is no longer as harsh as it used to be. You can even face charges for name calling in multiplayer games, something unheard of in the days when we encouraged people to an hero and posted gore with no restraint, even /b/ was the legendary brood mother of memes. Even memes have become a shadow of their past self. Doge? Harlem shake? Please.

But that's alright, politeness is a positive concept, after all.

>>19807
well this place could certainly use some kindness, which I think is in progress. Now if only people get off their asses and try writing instead of holding out for another HY or Keymaster.

>>19810
THP is usually harsh because someone hates your guts (rare case) or because they find that they can only tell you how to write better through harsh criticism.
I'd like to point out an analogue in Dieter Bohlen from Germany's "America's got talent". He finds the harshest words for people that can't sing, destroying their dreams almost instantly, but for a good cause. The music industry, much like writing, is a very hard business to succeed in if the right people on top don't find you good enough.

Dieter said that he might have had technical talent, but his voice sounds awful unless he's falsetto. He was lucky to find someone pretty, Thomas Anders, who could only perform five tones well. Together they were two shitty singers, backed by catchy music, but at least they knew what they were good at: one at falsetto, the other at five tones in mid-range. Together they were Modern Talking, the most popular German act since the Nazi party.

They were only successful because they knew themselves well and got lucky. Those young people with mediocre talent and nothing else to stand out from the rest, though, they won't make the break.

tl;dr - harsh criticism usually hides good intentions, but that's the good impoliteness, most are already aware of that.



Second, the problem with writers not coming out to write is mostly performance anxiety. I know I have it, I can't write a single thing without fearing that it'll be a bunch of crap. Whenever I overcome that fear, I actually wrote, but then I lacked the persistence to keep going, for one reason or another.

Once I wrote myself into an imaginary dead end because I didn't know to write and pace a freaking birthday party. Next I got bombarded by anon in a fresh story, one persisted that my character was a Mary Sue, I couldn't defend it with anything, he'd just tear my arguments a new ass and turn them against me.

The wish to write remains. I've got ten story concepts in different stages of planning, some are just beginnings and endings without a proper middle, others are reconstructions of older stories that range from 150 to 1200 pages, one is a proper high school year dissected into sections with all possible ideas surrounding events. I made the latter for a possible Neo-GH, not that I have the guts to try that kind of stunt.

tl;dr - performance anxiety and sensitivity to criticism

>>19812
That's why I think the attitude needs to be worked on: having standards is one thing but with how far THP took things, it's counter productive to getting new blood to give it a shot.

>>19814
The best thing any would-be writer can do (here and everywhere else) is to learn how to recognise real feedback and be damn well ready to listen when they get it. Having a thin skin and getting defensive is a surefire way to make people dislike you personally, which will not bode well for your writing.

Also, THP's "standards" are really not that high. A story that's weak on the technical end can survive on its own merit by simply being interesting. All it really requires is a bare-minimum level of competence in putting a sentence together. Hell, if you don't have that, you can ask people for help. I think all but the most asshole-ish of anon are willing to accept that not everything is going to turn out as a brilliant masterpiece that shatters the literary world.

>>19816
Dunno, the tales of Anon running amok on a story that fails to meet their standards are sort of infamous, even though these days there's not much in the way of such things (the closest was with that average joe story and the guy quit before that point)

>>19816
>>19817
Even when anon doesn't attack the writer they can cause shitstorms due to waifufaggotry. This puts a lot of pressure on the writer. Prime example: GH

>>19818
>Even when anon doesn't attack the writer they can cause shitstorms due to waifufaggotry. This puts a lot of pressure on the writer. Prime example: GH

You know what also puts a lot of pressure on a writer? People with a stubborn, almost pathological refusal to let shit go, who insist on sharing their sad and baffling inability to move on with everyone else who has.

I mean, honestly, what's worse: fucking up something in your first story, or having someone make a point of reminding you of your fuck-up at every chance they get, even if it happened years ago and you've long since learned from it?

>>19820
It doesn't even have to be a fuck up, even making a great story results in a ton of pressure with later stories.

What is HY? What is RaAN? what's AWiY?

This site is not NewFag friendly.

>>19840
In order:
Hungry Youkai, one of the most prolific writers from the elder days of the site to relatively recently. He was one of the first to actually finish a story.

Retrospective and Astronomical Narration, a well liked story with a modern mafia type premise. The writer had it removed from the archive for some reason, but a few people still have the story in a downloadable form.

A Wizard is You, a Dungeons and Dragons crossover thing that became a hell of shitstorms and bitching. The story is now dead.

You could learn the answers to most of your questions by simply reading archived stories, checking the boards, and possibly visiting IRC. The site is perfectly fine if you simply read the rules, have coherent typing, and don't go around causing problems.

>>19840

Also, the Questions for Veterans thread is over in >>18124. You can ask questions there if you need to.

I think it's time to create a new rage thread.

>>19841
Not the acronyms man. Some of them are a pain if you aren't a regular. It's been years and I still blank on some of the abbreviated names.

>>19778
>>19776
>>19775

I will. Never. Stop. Finding. Uses. For. This.
It's perfect. In so many ways.

>>19847
may I ask what inspired that picture?

Who knows. I didn't draw it.
Found it in another thread either here or on /tg/.
Might be one of the drawfags on IRC.

>>19884
>>19945

Probably this.