I ACTUALLY MEANT TO POST THIS ONE BUT GODDAMN I FORGOT ABOUT THAT OTHER ONE

what in the fuck

>>21814

I really wish you would have posted the one with sound.

Bah! I finally get around to finishing up a rough draft of my update (after a year) and all of my usual opinions people are either missing or busy.

>>21819
It's shit. There's your opinion.

I LIKE TO WRITE I'M JUST SO TORN BETWEEN COLLEGE AND WORK AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS AND AAAAAAAAA I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL MY READERS 24/7 I'M ANGRILY APOLOGETIC PLEASE HOLD ME WHILE I YELL IN YOUR EAR

I want to write, but I'm too tired and apathetic and possibly actually medically depressed and if that last one is true I won't be able to get any help for it until at least mid-November.

Also my smartphone keyboard has weird troubles with the text fields here for some reason.

>>21823
Are you me? Feels really fucking bad man.

>>21822
>>21823
>>21824
I think we all know that feeling. November is both NaNoWriMo and the most frustrating time of year in one for me.

>>21822
>>21823
Meanwhile, I'm writing but I'm not writing Toohoo.

>>21825
I'm not doing NaNo. I'm not even thinking about doing NaNo.

I'm just tired and tired, and I want to sleep for a long time, and sometimes I want to sleep forever, but when I'm in bed I want to write, and when I'm in front of my computer I want to be in bed, and when I'm anywhere I want to be anywhere else, because if I were anywhere else, maybe I'd enjoy being there more than I'm not enjoying being here.

I'm so tired.

>>21828
>when I'm in bed I want to write, and when I'm in front of my computer I want to be in bed
Get a fucking tablet and type in bed, dumbass.

>>21828
You need help.

/Eientei/ is still freaking dead.

>>21833
All of the boards have had their highs and lows (and probably more of the latter), but /eientei/ dead for years barring the rare new story that often dies quickly. It's really not hard to see why.

The only guy who liked the Watatsukis got banned for voting in his own stories because nobody else cared. That leaves you with what? Four characters, five if you count Mokou, who probably fits just as well with the village in /shrine/. Only Reisen seems to have more than minimal contact with any other characters.

It's not that the characters and their home of the Bamboo Forest can't be made interesting, but they're a pain in the ass to write. Writing the otherworldly super-genius Eirin is frustrating if you want to get it right, even before factoring in whether or not you actually like her. As far as I know, Reisen is all over the place in characterization, but at least has popularity and a few fairly workable traits. Kaguya, even on the occasions she isn't stuck as the butt of a bad joke, doesn't seem to actually do much in comparison to the other characters both within her home and especially outside of it. And then Tewi, the playful trickster with barely anything in common with the others, save for place of residence. There isn't even a common theme to tie their cast herd together like the others tend to have.

After four years, I STILL miss a goddamn 4 update-story about a professional outside world doctor competing with Eirin.

So much wasted potential goddamnit fuck.

>>21835

Do you remember the name by any chance?

>>21835
If it's that promising of an idea, recycle the concept and turn it into something new, if only to keep it from lying disused in the archives.

>>21836
Gensoukyou M.D

>>21834
I'd think that Eientei would experience a new revival with the inclusion of the new moon rabbits, Junko, CP and Hecatia, but...

>>21834
Rename it to /bamboo/.

>>21839

Considering how long it took for people to start actively use newer characters (Byakuren, Miko, Seiga etc) I was kinda doubtful.

Not rage, but a dearth of votes is disheartening.

>>21873

That probably means your story is either boring or on a low population board.

>>21873
What story? I'll go vote without reading anything.

WANNA POST A SHITTY STORY THAT'S SHITTY THAT CAN BE DECIDED IN A SINGLE VOTE, IF ONLY TO GIVE EVERY BOARD A STORY THAT FINISHES, ACTIVITY TO DRAW SOME KIND OF ATTENTION TO IT (IMPROVING CHANCES OF STORIES BEING WRITTEN FOR THESE BOARDS) AND HAS AN UPDATE AND ENDING IN DECENT TIME, ON TIME, MOST EVERY TIME, BUT I'M TERRIFIED STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET WILL HATE ME FOR POSTING ONE-LINERS!

MY OWN COWARDICE MAKES ME RAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!

>>21945
Dude, people will hate you for anything. Hell, I already do and I don't know you at all.

So chill, and do what you want to. The only thing we ask here is decent writing quality. The rest is hit and miss.

>>21945
But for real, one-choice stories seem like an interesting concept to explore. I'd even try my hand at them if it wasn't because my academic life is kicking me in the balls non-stop.

>>21947

You know what?

I'm gonna' do it.

It's gonna' be nothing/next to nothing, but the grammar will be correct, and punctuated properly.

And it's gonna' be in Eintei.

Not right now. I'm tired right now.

But it WILL happen soon.

>>21951
Godspeed nameless person on the internet. May the eternally frozen eientei board reawaken once more. Hopefully those aren't just hollow words, got to believe!

>>21951

You get respect from me for just breathing life into that section of HP.

Every time I want to update my story, my translation bureau sends me some work that eats up my entire evening and burns out the writing section of my brain.
But I need the money.
Fuck.

>>21951
Good luck!

Remember that slow and steady wins the race.

Fuck, its been more than a year since the author of White Wolf and Cub on /youkai/ just up and dissapeared without a trace.

You'd think I'd be used to it after all these years on this board, but I'm still pretty sad about it. It was just getting good too.

>>21957
Some people have updated that late. I did after a year and some change; I still hate myself immensely for it taking that long.

After almost a year of hiatus, I managed to find a bit of free time and muster enough willpower to write an entire new paragraph of a story I initially planned to turn up on the Writing Contest.

Y-yay me, I guess.

>>21959

Why didn't you post this in the joy thread? I'm happy to hear there only a few short decades left before we get a full update.

>>21958
Those tend to be the exception not the rule, if I'm gonna be honest.

>>21959 here, I finally managed to update the story I was working on. Now the hard part is keeping the updates coming. I'll try to do my best.

That said, is it just me or did most of the frontpage announcements disappear? I mean, it became so much shorter overnight.

>>21969

Off topic, but I was speaking to one of the admins while he was getting some work done on trying to prepare the site for an upgrade and he said he'd clear it out.

Yesterday, I couldn't fall asleep until around midnight because I was itching to write.
This morning I was restless because I didn't have time to write anything.
All day I've been unable to focus because my mind was buried in my story.
And now that I'm home with time on my hands, I'm unable to write even a single sentence.

One of the most interesting stories in the site is not getting votes. GODDAMMIT ANON VOTE NOW.

>>21973
Which story?

>>21973
Make me, nerd.

SOME FUCKER IN THE HAPPY THREAD USED "R U" AND I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS BEING "IRONIC" OR FUCKING WHATEVER AND THAT PISSES ME OFF.

>>21974
You know the one

>>21976
fite me 1v1 me rl

balista updated Tainted Bonds?

I'm calling bullshit.

>>21983
...I fell for that you bitch.

>>21981

>>21985
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, MOTHER FUCKER? YOU'RE IN THE RAGE THREAD.
SO
GO
FUCK
OOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

>>21986

Surely you must agree that there are different levels of rage that an individual might experience. An entire CAPS sentence is about 31.8% more rage than that "R U" required. You sir, are degrading the carefully and meticulously cultivated rage community we built here by so carelessly dispensing rage like a common plebeian.

>>21971
Welcome to a writer's life where upon having a chance to write you end up wanting to do other things. You've gotta work through it.

>>21973
It'd really help if you told us what it WAS!

>>21987
IF YOU'RE GONNA RAGE YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR BACK IN IT.
NONE OF THIS PUSSY ASS "SEMI-RAGE."

THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE SITE BUT I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT.

>>21990

SHIT IT'S LIKE THIS FOR EVERYONE ELSE!?? I JUST ASSUMED I GOT BANNED AND THIS WAS THE CACHED VERSION OF THE WEBPAGE.

MAN THAT AYA SURE IS A SHIT
BITCHIEST CHARACTER AND A STUCK UP KNOW-IT-ALL REPORTER THAT DOESN'T DO HER JOB

>>21993
Go away Momiji, this isn't the waifu thread.

Wait, we don't have a waifu thread in here yet? WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR THEN!?

>>21991
>I JUST ASSUMED I GOT BANNED

THAT IS HOW A GUILTY MAN WOULD THINK! ADMIN, BAN THIS FILTH!

(USER'S SON WAS KILLED FOR THIS POST)

>>21993
Speaking of jobs, how hard it is standing still for a few hours? Does it needs previous experience?
Literally factory security guard tier.

>>21996
>(USER'S SON WAS KILLED FOR THIS POST)

DUDE
DUDE
TOO SOON

>>21996
My nigga your son just got ROASTED

>>21996

>>21993
I'm angry about how common this factually wrong opinion is and how Aya's always the butt of jokes.

ANYONE ELSE PISSED THAT THE CARNIVAL IS SO AMAZING IT FORCES YOU TO THINK HOW MUCH LIFE IS GOING TO SUCK IN COMPARISON AFTERWARDS!?!?!?!??

>>22045

WHAT PISSES ME OFF IS THAT EVERYONE ASSUMES THAT. I KNOW I'M GONNA KEEP WRITING MICRO FICS AFTER THE FESTIVAL. MAKE THEM SO SHORT I CAN WRITE THEM EVEN WITH A JOB!

>>22048
SAME HERE. THIS CARNIVAL OPENED A NEW WAY TO THINK OF WRITING CYOAS FOR ME

IS HE WHO DOTH START THIS THREAD THE SAME PERSON AS ANGRY MARINE?!
WE SHALT NEVER KNOW!!

>>22050
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I KNOW BECAUSE I STARTED THE THREAD

WHO AM I?

WHO DO YOU THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK

>>22048
Bold words, bold words.

>>22052

BOLD FAGGOTRY TRUMPS SAD FAGGOTRY. I'D RATHER SAY I WILL THEN FUCK UP THEN NEVER TRY!

IF HUMANITY CAN PUT A MAN ON THE MOON, CONNECT THE ENTIRE WORLD AND LAUNCH THEMSELVES IN A PLANE AT A BUILDING KNOWING THEY'LL DIE, I CAN FUCKING WRITE!

DETERMINATION! DETERMINATION!! DETERMINATION!!!

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS TESTOSTERONE AND THAT MAKES ME RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!

>>22053
Bro, you need to chillax a bit. You sound like you're about to explode any minute now.

I don't think even the RAGE THREAD can contain such raw emotions.

>>22054
I'M JUST VERY EMOTIONAL. I USE RAW EMOTION TO SAY FUCK YOU TO MY NATURAL SLUGGISHNESS. IT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO STOP BEING A NEET I HAVE DISCOVERED.

TRY IT SOME TIME. WORK HARDER, THEN SMARTER. IT WORKS WHEN THE SITUATION CALLS FOR IT. WHEN THE BRAIN SAYS "it's a two hour walk there and back, what kind of idiot do you take me for?" SOMETIMES, YOU GOTTA' SAY FUCK YOU, BRAIN, WE'RE FUCKING WALKING AND WE WILL FUCKING ENJOY IT BECAUSE WE HAVE FUCKING GOALS TO MEET!!! AND WE WILL FUCKING SUCCEED!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!

>>22055
cool it fuccboi

>>22055
THAT'S THE SPIRIT

all i want is a kokoro x mamizou story is it too much to ask

>>22093
There's not enough Mamizou full stop.

Guys.....it's over. It's all over. Everything is going to go on forever haitus and the joy we once shared is going to end. I don't even have the energy to make a proper rage post.

>>22096
we need more people. maybe we should shill on 4chan. their culture is the same as ours anyway

>>22098
4chan is infinitely more toxic than even the worst of us. I'd rather this site stay in a low activity state than see it filled with an influx of 4chan users.

>>22099
Well, a lot of the old writefags did come here through the 4chins and we still have a bit of a crossover in posters a lot of the time.
Also this is a rage thread so:
DAMN IT FAGGOTS WHY CAN'T THE ENDING JUST BE BITTERSWEET. THOSE ARE MY FAVORITES.

>>22099
>unironically using toxic
>Disliking 4chan, where all of us originated from

After complaining about newfags fucking the site up, I decide to post drunk and fuck the site up. Fuck me.

>>22102
>implying I give a fuck

>>22102
Thing is our culture isn't the same as current 4chan's.

Though /tg/ quests are awfully similar to CYOAs where, just faster paced.

GO VOTE FOR FUCKING CARNIVAL WINNERS YOU FUCKS

>>22106

Nah. I don't feel the need to single any one story out. I liked them all.

I should have been a mask.

>>22109
For god's sake there hasn't been a post on /blue/ in over a week. Not one!
This is distressing!

>>22112
Those of us with jobs are likely being murdered by Christmas. Not to mention those of us that have to deal with family and general holiday bullshit.

>>22113
also the site was broken for a little bit

>>22113

As someone who works retail, holy shit yes. Dear god I have never wanted to see so many people less in my life.

>>22115
If you see someone smiling all the time, not saying a word when there are delays and never forgetting the 'Good day!' and 'Merry Christmas' that's me. And that isn't kindness, it is empathy.

Everyone should be forced to work a year in retail.

>>22115
>>22116
Try doing customer support for a big-name consumer electronics company. Good god, I hate the average consumer so much now.

>>22117
Share us your tales of woe, anon.

REREADING ANIMATOR IN GENSOKYO AND THE 5TH THREAD 404, RRRRRREEEEEEEEEE

>>22122
got the thread saved in my phone, dunno how to to move it to computer though. i can give a summary if you want

>>22123
oh youve already read it nevermind

>>22124
I would really appreciate it if you could regardless, I've not read it sit went up originally and i don't trust my memory

I'm dropping in to display my rage with Xcom 2.

I mean it's a great game, BUT HOLY SHIT HOW THE FUCK DO YOU MISS A POINT BLANK SHOTGUN BLAST YOU HAD A 95% CHANCE TO HIT

AND WHY DID MY SNIPER JUST GET CRITTED FROM ACROSS THE STREET WHILE IN FULL COVER

FUCK

So I just saw Aya's new outfit in Forbidden Scrollery, and whether it's the artist's ability to make every single 2hu in the book absurdly hot and/or pretty or not, I find her wearing shorts to be somehow hotter than her wearing a skirt, and that angers me for reasons I do not understand.

>>22140

>>22140
And my sniper keep nailing below 50% shots.
You need to meet Hina brah.

>>22140

Explosives are the solution to all your problems.

ALL OF THEM.

>>22143

I want more hentai with this outfit but I don't have time to look any up now and that makes me RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>22140

I'm guessing this is similar to Fire Emblem where a dude with a decent weapon and 1% crit chance can ruin your whole day?

>>22140
I'm angry because I want to Play Xcom 2 but can't touch it until all those bugs get sorted out.

>>22143
Yeah, except every engagement is like that.

>>22143
>I find her wearing shorts to be somehow hotter than her wearing a skirt,
Bite your tongue.

>>22149
No.

>>22150
>>22149

The fact that you fuckers can't get it through your heads that Aya is LEWDNESS in anything she wears equally makes me fucking RAAAAAAAAAAAGEY

>>22150
She looks like some little boy in that. That's not sexy!

>>22151
Fair enough. But skirts still beat shorts.
If you want to rage about something, rage about the appalling lack of Aya stories.

>>22152

How can you not Appreciate the Aya leg in anything and everything?



I'll give you the point on the stories, though. There's no excuse for her lack of story-related shenanigazifying.

I've lost interest in everything that I used to enjoy. The only thing I have left is the vaguest notion of writing. Except my mind is bereft of ideas, and I can barely find the will to do anything about it. It feels like I spend more time staring at blank walls than doing anything on my days off anymore.

Just end me, please.

>>22154

Where do you work?

>>22154
Try something you've never tried before. It won't get you out of depression (that's a monumental task) but you might find something entertaining for a bit

>>22155
Just finished a job doing customer-facing support for a large, brand-name company.

All of my favorite stories decided to play dead.

I'm used to it.

I can't seem to pull myself from distractions long enough to update.

I want to start a story, but I cannot for the life of me think of a good plot. I have the characters I want, but I just can't string it all together. It's so frustrating.

>>22168
Who are the characters, how would they interact, and what kind of story might be suitable for them? Try going from there.

Or you could just write "You meet X, wat do" and wing it from there, maybe ideas will flow afterwards.

Also look through the writing advice threads, they might have some more helpful tips about making a story.


I want to make one too, but I feel like it'd be utter trite and drop it early if I did.

>>22170
Yeah, I'm trying to find a nice theme between the characters that could hold a narrative together.

And I think by now I've memorized those writing threads, haha.

Both of our stories would probably be trite, but it's about the experience, improving oneself, and community, r-right THP?

>>22168
If it's your first story, you're better off just going ahead and eating the frog; sort out a starting point, get some goal in mind to head towards from there, and jump right into it. Planning is all fine and well, but it means nothing without action. Besides that, more often than not, you come up with stuff as you go along that may or may not displace your plans anyway.

And I need to take my own advice and get back to both of my stories -- as soon as I'm done with this goddamn move, ugh.

>>22172
Of course, you could always do what I do, and get a basic idea for a story, then literally make up everything as you go based on which choices are made.

And if you don't like the way people are voting, subtly lead them back onto the path you want them to go on. What could go wrong?

>>22171

You know what you can do to just test the waters? Place scenario. Find character. Place goal. Write down before you can say no.

Provide some options, make sure Write-in is up there and wait. If you make it super (and I mean SUPER) simple, it doesn't have to be good to start with. Heck, simple can literally be something like this:

"Suwako and Koakuma are together for some reason. Koakuma looks nervous. They are both standing on the roof of Eintei.

"[]Kiss the devil
[]Kick the devil
[]Take the shot, now!
[]Write-in."

Heck, it can even be simpler than that, if you want. You can make better updates as each set of votes rolls in. If you let Anon have a hand on the wheel and leave your free hand writing notes as you think of them, you'll find yourself writing something better than you ever thought.

>>22172
>>22173
>>22174

Thank you for assuaging my rage with your advice, kind anons. Hopefully you will see a new story pop up on the site in due time.

WHEN THE FUCK IS AN EXCUSE FOR A FAGGOT UPDATING FUUUUUUCK

>>22176
Fuck that stupid bullshit story for supplanting the superior Aya version.

>>22178
>Aya
>superior

>>22179

>Unironically preferring Awoo over Aya Showmeyourmoves

>>22179
>>22180
>2016
>still arguing over best tengu

>>22181
>>22180
>>22179

Guys, guys, seriously.

How do you not understand that Tengu Mountain is simply too lewd for ranks to matter?

All of Tengu Mountain is too wonderful to truly judge as best or worst.

Embrace Tengu Mountain, all of it, as best Touhou. Tengu stand at the top. All three of them.

>>22182
>implying the best thing on the mountain is a tengu

>>22176
LITERALLY NEVER HAHA
I updated.

>>22183
You bet your sweet ass the best thing in the mountain isn't a tengu.

>>22184
>>22185

Forgive me, Youkai Jesus, for I have sinned.

>>22182

Tengu are collectively second best, under Booty Turtles and loli-milf frogs.

>>22183
Woah, I meant to reply to you

>>22184
not you. Sorry, Moral.

>>22186

It's good that you understand the delineations among the lesser, plebeian booties on Youkai Mountain; but to fail the mention the One True Booty God above the classification system? For shame, Anon.

>>22188

Hina's ass is fantastic. But her breast and hips are the major points. This discussion is ass, correct? Hina is tied with Tengu in Ass, which is to say that it's worship worthy, but not suicide-cult worthy.

I wish for death

>>22190
Sucks. Can't you use some kinda proxy, like pretty much everyone else?

>>22190

Da fuck is this shit? Is this what's it's like living in countries that aren't America?

>>22192
>>22191
Fortiguard is some kind of anti-virus.
Anon >>22190 brought this upon himself.

>>22193
I bet that he's looking at this site from a work PC without admin permissions.

Why? Because the same thing happens to me. I'm forced to check THP on the phone unfortunately. FUCK THIS

what the fuck is this shit, just look at it, the artist itself is fine and the game looks fun but why does he thinks attaching two cowtits on lilly is fine, this shitty oppai loli trends needs to die

>>22196

People not appreciating the glory that is the Ultimate Shortstack known as OPPAI LOLI fills me with OVERWHELMING RAGE


Even if I see why you'd be mad about this one.

>not wanting a bountiful spring

I'm not sure if I should feel pity or disgust.

>>22196
That's just what Dai N Honpo does

Take a touhou and copy paste their face onto a tittymonster.

>>22194
You're only 100% correct

too bad Orfox drains my battery too fast to feasibly use ;_;

>>22198
I think it's more execution. Dai N Honpo's well....

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF. HALF THE POSTS I'VE MADE ON THIS SITE HAVE BEEN FUCKUPS IN THE EXTREME. FIRST I FUCKING FORGOT HOW TO SAGE AND BUMPED ONE OF HY'S THREADS, THEN I FUCKING SOMEHOW MANAGED TO TURN A REPLY TO ONE OF PLATEMASK'S THREADS INTO A NEW THREAD ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FUCKING BOARD! AAARRGH!

>>22205
Well I'm sorry to hear that.
You considered joining the Fuck-Up Corps?
"We fuck up so you don't have to!"

>>22205
Hahahaha

I'm angry about fan-scanlated manga. It's so inconsistent! One chapter's translated alright, the next is by some fucking illiterate idiot with a dozen translation notes on every page. Is it to much to ask for at least a little quality control?

I'm angry about ungrateful little shits who trash talk free stuff nobody is forcing them to read/watch/play/do.

>>22210
I'll trashtalk whatever I want to, thank you very much. The fact that a game is free doesn't take away its shitiness. If anything, it fits some games the most, since they are worthless. TF2 is an imbalanced shitfest. Heroes of the storm (literally who?) is my favorite MOBA yet it is still casual as fuck. And let's not even talk about the thousands of pay to win bullcrap that is infesting the multi-player genre.

A price tag, or lack thereof, will not stop me from calling a spade a spade.
Nice going with the 'You don't HAVE to play the game' thing though. It actually is a good point when you compare those to all the other games that do force you to play them. The bastards!

Fuck ants.

>>22211

Those aren't really apt comparisons. The individuals who make TF2, HotS, and other paid bullshit are paid to make that bullshit. The people who make fan scans/translations get shit on all day at work, and then come home to scans/translate for the sole benefit of you and others who will no doubt never send them a word of thanks.

That being said, however, you are still 100% correct in that you are free to trashtalk whatever you want to.

I'm still really fucking pissed off at people sneering at an attempt to do something and yet contributing nothing themselves.

How the fuck has this not been scanned!? How!?
The best non-h Touhou doujins in years and the third volume just quietly slips past? How is this possible!?

>>22210
And you! If someone takes a wet shit on a plate and calls it a meal, is it wrong of me to take issue with their cooking? Should I not berate the restaurant that puts that on the menu? 7 out of 10, good try? Well sorry, I'm not that stupidly, hopelessly nice.

>>22258

Your metaphor is excessive to an extent that detracts from this conversation. Fans complaining about sub-par fanfiction or other aspects of a fandom, especially in this niche market, is more akin to a starving vegan complaining about a sub-par home cooked vegan meal someone made for them.

>>22258
When it involves people spending their own money on something that they're going to share with everybody for (presumably) no profit, it's going to come down to personal taste, how deep their pockets are at the time, and the availability of the thing in question.

>>22258
> If someone takes a wet shit on a plate and calls it a meal, is it wrong of me to take issue with their cooking?

When your taking issue with it takes the form of something that sounds more like a child complaining about what's on his plate because "it smells bad" rather than any form of criticism that would be worth taking seriously? Yes, I would say that is wrong of you.

Believe it or not, but in the vast majority of cases of people making something, the something they made isn't really shit, and the people who made it typically put in quite a bit more effort than simply squatting over a plate and squeezing one out. What they made might not be very good, and you certainly aren't obligated to like it no matter how much work may have been put into it, but to completely dismiss that work is still a rather dick thing to do.

I realize that it's usually faster, easier, and often more fun to go all hyperbolic on somebody's ass rather than make any attempt to give any sort of genuine, honest critique, but it also doesn't really do anything to help fix whatever problems you have with the thing you're verbally eviscerating.

>>22261
This is the RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread, not the constructive criticism thread.
If the author of the translation in question had some contact information, and the translation wasn't dozens of years old, then sure, I'd give him a genuine, honest critique. But he didn't and it is, so instead I'll just rage.

>>22260
It also depends on the person who would buy it and share it with everyone not being a fucking idiot and assuming it's going to stay in stock long enough to wait a bit, and/or assuming that if the first two were bought, scanned, and translated, the third book would receive the same treatment.
Never again. Except that's a lie. Damn it.

WHERE ARE THE DOUJINS, EGGMAN? YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE DOUJINS.

I HAVE A SHORT STORY PRIMED AND READY. BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME I AM NOT SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT IT WITH THE EXTREMELY CONVOLUTED SYSTEM I HAVE IN MIND FOR BOTH THE WRITER AND ANON.

HELL, IT PROBABLY ISN'T CONVOLUTED AT ALL. JUST EXTREMELY META. AND THAT'S THE JOKE OF THE STORY.

HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO BANK SO MUCH TRUST ON ANON.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

>>22375

NIGGA, WHY IS THIS HARD, YOU BRAINDEAD CUMSLUT!?!?!?

BE BLUNT, YOU COCKSUCKING SHIT HEAD.

HAVE THE AUTHOR BE THE MAIN FUCKING CHARACTER. INTERRUPT EVERY FEW PARAGRAPHS WITH DAILY EVENTS SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THOSE OR SOME SHIT. COME BACK AND HAVE SHIT GET FURTHER DELAYED. FINISH POST. HAVE WRITEFAG GET DELAYED EVEN FURTHER. HAVE HIM MENTALLY THINKING UP SHIT IN HIS HEAD FOR THE UPDATE HE'S BEEN PUSHING ANON TOWARDS.

HAVE HIM COME BACK TO THE VOTE HE DIDN'T EXPECT.

NOW GET THE FUCK OUT THERE AND WRITE US A GODDAMN MASTERPIECE! DO YOU HEAR ME!?

>>22376
Are you encouraging people to write meta stories? Those always suck, especially if they're 'comedy' attempts.

>>22378

I don't fucking care, so long as they try. It might be shit, but, god fucking dammit, if there's even a chance it'll turn out good, I'll support it.

>>22375
Motherfucker I want to help you figure this shit out but you just had to pick the most meta of fucking plots goddamn you

CEREAL ATA AND FOOTS, WHERE IS MY PORN?! IT'S WELL PAST 6 MONTHS NOW DAMMIT! WE'RE ALL WAITING YOU, GET BACK TO WORK!

>>22383
FORGET THEM, WHAT ABOUT TEN THOUSAND EROWATT CANNON? WHERE IS OUR DRAGON PORN, MISTER CANNON? YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE DRAGON PORN.

You know what raises my hackles? Recruiters wasting my time. I can understand somebody new on the job might make some mistakes, but holy fucking shit. Double-check fucking everything before getting someone's hopes up, you fucks.

>>22413

Recruiters are going to lie to get you to join.

>>22414
No lies thus far. Just heavy pushing of call center jobs and help desk jobs in far-off cities.

>>22415
Aaaaaand yet another just completely fucking flaked on me despite setting a goddamn appointment. Fucking cold calling cubicle monkeys.

>>22424
call their managers and complain, they're probably filing you as a successful recruit so they meet their quotas and if you fuck that up for them they'll get fired
and then there will be a position available, too

>>22413
>>22414

My bad, I assumed you ment military recruiters. Those dudes will lie like champions to get people to join. Can't speak for other types of recruiters.

>>22427
It's cool. Headhunters will definitely promise the world and deliver nothing too, but they're all I have to rely on since I don't have nepotism working for me.

WHY THE FUCK IS THE LINK FOR /BLUE/ ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LIST WHEN IT USED TO BE ON THE RIGHT


THIS MAKES ME ANGRY WITH RAGE

>>22434
>>/gensokyo/14240

WHY THE FUCK AM I SO SLOW

HOW THE FUCK DID MY SHITTY WRITING GET EVEN SHITTIER

WHO THE FUCK TAKES TWO WEEKS TO WRITE TWO THOUSAND WORDS OF A TWO-BIT STORY WITH NO FUCKING PLOT TO SPEAK OF

I UPDATED EVERY FUCKING DAY FOR A MONTH AND NOW I CAN'T EVEN SQUEEZE ONE UPDATE A FORTNIGHT OUT OF MY LAZY ASSHOLE, THIS SHIT DOES NOT FLY

OTL

>>22444

WHY THE FUCK IS THIS HAPPENING TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE!?!?!?

>>22444
Take a deep breath and get back to work.

After rankling for weeks about /jp/'s dumbshit Sekistory meme, I decided to write a short story about the girl. This was a few days ago, and to this day the story post has not seen a reply.

Granted, it wasn't about spanking, which most of the degenerates in the threads are concerned with, but I am moderately upset all the same. THP is more generous with replies, and THP is deader than Elvis.

>>22444
>>22445
Write fast. Seriously. Just throw a fucking word salad down if that's what you have to do, and fill out space. Your inner critic will bitch and moan and tell you that it's garbage, but fuck that asshole.

Once you're done filling space, then you let it sit. Yeah, you heard me. Don't fucking touch it right away. Walk away and work on something else; don't use this as an excuse to bury yourself in vidya instead of writing, of course. After a day or two at most, come back to your wordpile and let your inner critic out of its crate like the gimp it is. Then, disregard any urge to restart and just find a goddamn way to polish it. Remember: Perfect is a motherfucker who likes to curbstomp Good at every turn. Don't aim for perfect. Don't even aim for "holy shit this is fantastic". Just go for what makes sense.

And one last thing: Inspiration doesn't exist beyond that fickle little mood you might find yourself in once in a while. Waiting for it to strike you is a recipe for never fucking writing again. So, don't wait for it. Write all the fucking time. An hour, thirty minutes, what the fuck ever as long as it's regular, consistent, and makes words happen. Is it going to magically make you update faster? No. Is it going to make it to where you can get to updating faster? Yes. It's all down to dedicating yourself to the craft and not relying on some ~spark~ to carry you forward.

So, yeah, go fucking write.

Forgive me for the tryhard post.

>>22445

OH FUCK IT'S CONTAGIOUS

SOMEBODY DISINFECT /SHRINE/

>>22451

HOLY SHIT, ARE YOU ME? 'CAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M ALREADY DOING

EVERY LAST FUCKING LETTER OF IT

BUT TEN TIMES STOP IS STILL SLOW AND POLISHED SHIT STILL STINKS

UPDATE IN AN HOUR OR THREE, FINISHED OR NOT

>>22451
But it's hard seeing how an update you spent so much time writing only got one or two replies. You wonder if it was worth it.

>>22460
Personally I wanted to, but I was without the possibility of having a connection for a couple of days. When I came back votes were already called.
I guess I'll vote next time.

>>22460
Writing a CYOA is a thankless pursuit that relies on unreliable people. All you can do as a creative entity is to keep creating, and do it as reliably and as steadily as possible.

>>22463
>CYOA is a thankless pursuit
Well, I'm thankful that a sizable proportion of dudes write interactive magical girl fanfiction.

It's fun.

>>22464
This is something I can agree with.

>>22460
Keep at it as a story lasting past a time will get attention, especially in /th/.

Look, people, failure isn't a sin. You make a mistake or otherwise cock-up something, and it goes sideways, the wheels fall off, and everything catches fire. Did anyone die? No? Then there's no problem.

And I know the big thing that everybody's afraid of is having others throw their past mistakes in their face at every opportunity. There are people like that. They're also inconsequential in the big picture. People who make mistakes are people who do things; conversely, anybody who never does anything for themselves never makes a mistake. Anybody who wants to blame you for making an attempt is someone who should be ignored with prejudice.

Stop being afraid to fail. Your ego will hurt, sure. It's a simpering dummy that needs a good beating anyway. Just make your damn mistakes, learn from them, and move on.

I'VE REALIZED THAT WITH THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN OTHER GAMES AND WHAT-NOT MY ATTENTION IS GETTING MORE AND MORE DIVIDED AS MY INTEREST IS TURNING TOWARDS THOSE THINGS.

I'M RAGING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE I'LL ACCIDENTALLY SWITCH FANDOMS AGAIN AND MOVE ON FROM THIS PLACE.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I CAN ALREADY TELL THE FIRST SIGNS OF IT HAPPENING IS WHEN I'VE FORGOTTEN DETAILS FOR STORIES I PLAN TO WRITE HERE AND GET REPLACED WITH STORY IDEAS FOR THE OTHER FANDOMS.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

>>22509
What a nonsensical complaint. Do you lack all self-control or something?

>>22510
They're a THP writer.
So, yes.

>>22509

Yo', you can always write crossovers in others or as one-shots!

Or, fuck, just join IRC. We'll always be with you (and may even share your interest) in this way.

>>22509
Please. I do this all the time.

In my main fanfiction, I can't really tell who the background villain's crew is aside from Sariel and Queen Sectonia (not to mention that it originally started as a bizarre mix of BIONICLE, Kingdom Hearts, Guild Wars and Neopets, and Touhou only entered about three-four years ago.)

So yeah. If you want to keep a thought, try writing it down. That's what I did with Touhoumon Puppet Play: I wrote out the entire first post.

Comicket is around d the corner and I'm not in Japan. What did I do to deserve being born in a poor third world cluster fuck?

>>22514
I feel your pain from (probably) across the ocean.

>tfw any and all plans to go to Japan, including three separate Comikets, have fallen through at the last minute due to "life"

>>22514
>>22515


Let us all share a moment to, not rage, but weep for our brothers, and for ourselves who share this pain.

MY ISP IS A GIANT GODDAMN SHIT THAT CAN'T KEEP ITS FUCKING INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER. FIVE DAYS OUT OF THE PAST FUCKING WEEK, I'VE HAD THE INTERNET BE DOWN FOR THE ENTIRE GODDAMN DAY. TALKING TO SUPPORT AMOUNTED TO PROMISES OF CALLBACKS THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED. REPEATED CALLS LED TO CONVERSATIONS WITH UNHELPFUL TECHS WHO CLAIMED TO BE DOING THINGS THAT DIDN'T HELP A BIT. IF THESE FUCKS DON'T GET SOMEBODY OUT HERE SOON, I SWEAR TO FUCK I WILL MAIL THEM MY SHIT. FUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

FUCK I POSTED MY JOY IN THE WRONG THREAD

Sometimes I can put up with picky older customers, but when that results in having to walk home, I wish they'd actually get ran over by a reindeer.

>>22509
Just go, faggot.

I myself no longer have the old burning passion I have for Toohoo. Mainly because I'm already satisfied by the two official manga.

>in the end,it truly was...An Excuse for A Woo™

jesus fucking christ moral

>>22582
>rage thread
If anything it's about damn time the la-woo happened.

>>22583

amen.

>>22509
learn how to sort out story ideas so your touhou ideas are unaffected. It's okay to have other interests and if you want to remain interested in Touhou you'll have to mentally focus on it no matter how the other game is distracting.

THERE ARE EXCELLENT WRITERS WHICH UPDATE DAILY BUT RECEIVE ONE VOTE PER CENTURY.

THERE ARE EXCELLENT WRITERS WHICH UPDATE ONCE PER MILLENIA BUT RECEIVE LIKE 30 VOTES EACH DAY.

DO THEY EVER OVERLAP? FUCK NO.

Best thing anyone can do is vote and support stories they love and push them to others as loudly and proudly as possible.

>>22609
Or perhaps update frequency has nothing to do with the number of readers and their emotional investment.

>>22610
READ OTHERWISE OR GO TO HELL
>>22611
Probably not. I didn't mean to imply otherwise®

>>22609
who's in the first area? As it might be a promotion issue.

Wrote about 4k words since yesterday evening.

What's the rage, you ask? The creeping suspicion of a drop in quality subconsciously filtered out by the writer's mind.

And I don't have any pictures of Koishi on hand.

>>22622
Post it and ask. We are nothing but honest. Except when it is convenient

>>22623
The writings have already been posted, and I didn't really mean to attention-whore, not to mention I've full confidence in my work on any other day. Just sharing an angry, irrational sentiment rattling about in my skull.

And still no Koishi pictures. What a fate.

I am miffed.

>>22619

Well, I dunno who he's talking about, but I know my stories update technically daily. Only thing that slows me down is voters on the one.

Just hop on over to /th/ and they'll usually be the top two.

I think there's also one in SDM, but I don't really go there.

>>22629
Me estas jodiendo? Que mierda es eso?

>>22629
>Aye-yai-yai

https://youtu.be/B_qwUS8Uqjg

Oh frak, is image upload b0rked? I was gonna post an update, but the entire thing just hung up.

>>22633
Son of a bitch, THP.

>>22631
Genso Rondo, that who-gives-a-shit fangame that got an official, translated PS4 release. Complete with DLC, a collectors edition, a display at E3, the whole shebang.

I'm TRYING, to WRIIITE!!!! AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!

>>22635
I guess an official game was never in question but... How much did they charge people for a game with skin-deep gameplay, terrible graphics, non existent storyline and a blind idiot translation?

My story makes no sense and the prose is trash. It skips from scene to scene because I can't put out the words to bridge them and the timing of the scenes is completely off the rails because it's determined entirely by however much I can write before my momentum bleeds away again. I want to re-write the previous update to salvage it a little, but with my already glacial update speed it would probably just kill my story stone dead.

>>22645
You think I care about how bad your story is?

Unless you're story is worse than fanfiction.net's above average, which is not a difficult barrier to overcome, I'm not going to bully you. But you will never, ever improve if you're not going to sit down, concentrate and fucking write.

Your head will never reach that state of ZING where you just know what to write if you will not fucking practice, you fucking retard, even if you're imagination is overflowing with creativity and positive energy.

I don't expect your story to be an unconditional masterpiece. But for fuck's sake, write, and I won't bully you. Give up and my bully will transcend space, time, matter and everything else to ensure that you are properly bullied for being a pussy who lost all motivation to improve.

>>22645
Call it post-modern and watch the praise roll in.

>>22645
Hello, me. How are you doing?

It's almost like writers are often their own worst critics or something.

Good.

I'm teaching in Japan at the moment (gap year), and on the side I'm learning Japanese. Rage comes in when I learn a new word, and discover just how LAZY ZUN is when naming his characters. Dammit Yukari!!

>>22637

They're charging $30 for digital only. $50 for the "Collectors" edition. and an extra $2-3 for Aya's DLC if I remember correctly.

I love Touhou and all. But this is just...Euugh.

I put my money to Scarlet Curiosity, which is $20. As well as having more content.

IMO the only thing Gensou Rondo has going for it is Multiplayer and some of the music.

>>22701
As I mentioned, I'm not sure if any publicity is good publicity in this case...

Anyway, I'd buy it, but only because I'm a fanboy. It's hard to think many people think it is worth it at that price.

>>22701
I want both. Just as collector's items.

I don't care if I don't have a PS4.

Jeez, can't wait till STRATEGIC EMPHASIS and memes month is over.

Everything I write turns into a clusterfuck of background factors that complicate everything -- even when I try to write something simple. It's little wonder I spend 80% of the time rewriting my updates and taking months to finish.

>>22742

If that's an issue, you could always disallow write-ins and keep it simple on votes. Less you give, the less the story becomes an example of chaos theory.

>>22742

I feel like you're underestimating your own power as the author, Anon. Are those vague and nebulous background factors really so important? I can almost guarantee your readers don't think so. The only thing they see is the ridiculous update schedule forced on them while you fight imaginary story demons.

>>22744

I can agree with that! I'm fairly certain I only vaguely remember half the content I've written since the start of November, and yet nobody seems to notice!

Or care enough to point it out. Heck if I know.

>>22742

Still, if you have those troubles, why not ask your fans? Have a Q&A! Get feedback!

An issue never addressed is the biggest issue of all, if you ask me. You don't have to grin and bear things forever. That's usually the best way for it to get worse, like with a broken arm! Don't put a bandaid on it and jump back into the fray! Address that gangrene, as nobody likes amputation!

Some butt banana sneaking in a post in a new thread before I can post all the updates proper makes me slightly upset.

>>22779

I totally had the chance to do that in the 6 minutes between the two opening posts in Kurodani Yamame Has no Route, but I resisted the urge.

>>22781
>6 minutes
Is that really the delay it gives you? That stuff drives me mad, man.

Wait a tic. A touch of a delayed reaction here, but what do you mean she has no route? Are you implying things?

>>22779
Come on! I deleted it, no?

Wait, you are talking about the second thread of "Kurodani Spiderbutt has no luck", right?

>>22784
Aye, bossu. I’d made that post before you deleted it. It did upset me, though, and that’s all that matters in today’s world: being upset and outraged – right? Well, I was.

The name’s Kurodani Yamame Has No Updates. Now get it right!

WE'RE LETTING ALL THE GOOD STORIES DIE BECAUSE WE'RE TOO APATHETIC TO READ AND VOTE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>22786

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF YOU LAZY FAGGOT, I READ AND VOTE EVERY SINGLE DAY

UNLESS OF COURSE THERE'S NOTHING TO READ, WHICH IS A FEELING EVERYONE FOLLOWING MY STORIES WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH

>>22786
And yet people are apathetic because good stories die.

The ciiiiiircle of hiaaatuuussss~

Do we need to start up the "how do we get new blood" shitshow discussion again?

>>22787
IM DEFINITELY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF HERE PAL IM LAZY AND SELFISH. YOURE DOING GODS WORK

>>22791
I MEAN, YOU CAN TRY, BUT I DONT THINK YOU WILL SUCCEED

>>22791

It's not something you discuss, but you initiate efforts to change. It's why I started the themed contest, after all.

>>22794
Believe me, my dude, I've been here for a while pushing for increased involvement to no avail. Repeated failures have a way of sapping further motivation.

That said, I sincerely hope your contest does well.

>>22791

Just do it the easy way; find some Patreon shills and pay them to write 2hu.

>>22794

I really wish you would have chosen a theme that isn't boring. Maybe something that could transition naturally to a story like..."Touhous fighting villans crossover" theme, or "Mahou shoujo spinoff" theme.

>>22798

There will be a new one each month for three months at this point. The entire reason it's boring is because it's simple so as to not strangle one.

If all goes well, it will keep going after the third month. If all goes poorly, I will be progressing to stage two of my plans.

Plus, winter has a lot that you can do. Letty vs x seasonal character, x character celebrating y oddball holiday for that character to be celebrating, and those two alone are rather broad in potential. Plus, people are having trouble coming up with a story with a broad theme. Imagine a very focused one. It would limit them in an entirely different way.

Focused will be the third month. For now, I'm probing for where the interest is without having to actually attempt to try and get some form of concrete answer. In the end, I'm not the type to have extremely intricate plans, story or otherwise.

>>22799

Also, winter theme contest has already been done. I didn't read any of the stories, but I'm sure we covered all the Letty x "random character" combinations anyone could ever ask for.

>>22804

That depends on many factors. It's nothing to do with who one pairs Cirno or Letty with, but how. You can play Letty as a proper yukionna, you can have alternate interpretations, subversion, rape, OCs, crossovers, and the list goes on for quite a while.

Heck, that gives me an idea for one, on that note. You underestimate creativity of a writer. Those were ideas off the top of my head. If I actually put a few minutes of thought into it, I could come up with even more varied things.

Plus, seeing as I plan to throw a seasonal contest every season, every year, it being done already is a bit of a moot point. Assuming one of my seasonal plans goes wellish, mind you.

>>22799
I'd like to see contests with a narrower focus myself. It's nice having wiggle room to come up with whatever, but sometimes guidelines can be just as nice, y'know? Even just going "use these characters because something something theme" could have interesting outcomes.

>>22813

That's contest three, more or less. First three months will be seeing what goes over best for future reference.

>>22814

Why are you so adamant about doing another winter theme contest? Why not take a few minutes to change it so everyone will be happy? I mean...I would never presume to speak for the entire community, but I can speculate and say we probably don't want a contest theme repeat.

>>22815

Because people who have already written things in part would then be angrier than the minorly peeved over this issue. The fact of the matter is, it's a seasonal contest simply because Christmas is too selective for those that don't celebrate it, and strangles creativity. It's also too late in the month to do such a contest, as then it would end on the 25th. This is meant to be a baseline, where as future years are meant to be alterations to the formula.

If I changed it, it would also defeat the purpose of the contest to begin with, and that is to test the waters. One cannot learn without trial and error, and if this is in error I need to first confirm that it is as such. Others have voiced an interest in the contest. That's plenty enough reason to keep it the way it is, as spitting on their hard work will hardly be according to plan.

Furthermore, the fact that a winter contest was held some time in the past doesn't simply invalidate the idea. At the least, it happened a year ago. There are new touhous, new canon, new possibilities. Touhou isn't a static series of just one game. There was a new game announced recently, even.

Plus, if one thinks that all there is to winter is Letty pairings, they need to be more creative. I've already listed some of those possibilities. There is more to a story than waifus, after all. Hibernation for insects and a certain eyeball thing is a topic that can be broached. The harsh Winter months can be trying on one's coffers, and threadbare linens are far from suitable to keep out the cold. Winter is a thing of death, where as Autumn is dying, Summer is life and Spring is birth. If all goes well, I'll take your words into consideration in Spring, but as of right now they will simply muddle my intentions of establishing something to judge the state and opinions of the site by.

>>22816

Well, I obviously can't stop you from starting contests. I would like to offer some advice though. It might be a good idea to start up a contest intrest thread or survey before making a multi-part contest plan. Involving the community in the decision making stage would help to solidify both writer and reader turnout.

>>22834

I participated in the contest poll after the most recent. There was an interest, which is why I'm doing it to begin with.