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--- Quote from: Gramity on April 06, 2011, 07:02:11 PM ---What got you into Touhou? --- End quote --- I was aware of Touhou from an earlier rant by Dom (Megatokyo) about PCB, but it was his rant about IN that really got me interested. --- Quote ---why do you like it (or not)? --- End quote --- It's just... different? And it's so big and varied it's very easy to find a niche you like. Plus it's decidedly different from other fandoms I'm attached to and I like variety. --- Quote ---any bad habit you have to work on ? :D --- End quote --- Procrastination :( --- Quote from: Sanya S. Rurovyak on April 06, 2011, 07:12:19 PM ---Are we still on for a Hayate and Signum cosplay at some unforeseen point in the future? --- End quote --- As long as you bring the wheelchair :b I'm open to any other duo (or trio ehehehe) cosplays as well ;). --- Quote ---What are your problems with socialism? --- End quote --- I'm mostly about self determination. We all have the capacity to choose our own destiny and I feel that I should be free to choose what I want to do. And I think we should operate on merit. Some things are simply more valuable than others and the way to attract interest in a lot of these fields is to well, pay more. Pay is a big reason why I'm going for nuclear engineering over music ed. I'm not materialistic by a long shot, but the difference between a guaranteed job and not even being certain if you can pay off your student loans is huge. If I had any sort of financial freedom I'd do music ed in a heart beat. It sucks that people don't see the value in that, but we don't have the right to force people to care about something they don't. All we can do is educate them and hope they eventually see the value in it. And I fully believe in the social contract. We exchange freedom for security, and by design a socialist government has to be large. So increasing the bureaucratic weight inevitably means we're giving up some of our freedom for that. I'm ok with exchanging a little efficiency for a smaller (in the sense of bureaucratic) system. That being said, I definitely see the need for regulation in order to foster competition and keep prices in control. There are some industries that have natural monopolies that need to be heavily regulated (power distribution, physical internet lines) in order to promote fair competition. Basically, I want as much freedom as possible for everyone, but on the same token I want everyone to be on the same playing field. Hence why I'm not COMPLETELY libertarian, but I'm not exactly anywhere near socialist either. I see instances where government regulation is necessary and where the free market isn't even close to the best solution. But on the same token I would like to have as little government intervention as possible. --- Quote ---What is your favourite breakfast food? --- End quote --- Tie between oatmeal and any sort of fried potato dish (home fries, hashbrowns, etc). Oh and grits too :O... and chicken biscuits... and waffles.... and eggs.. and *drools* --- Quote from: The Ammy Colossal on April 06, 2011, 07:33:16 PM ---I understand if this is a touchy subject (and you're free not to answer), but do you think the Touhou community tends to attract more LGBT persons than other fandoms, and if so, what the reason for that is? --- End quote --- I don't think it does. I just think that visual culture communities tend to be more accepting and open about it. Visual culture people tend to be more on the outliers of normal society to begin with, so it's not exactly a stretch that people tend to be more open and accepting. So it's selection bias, you think there's more because there's more people open about it. While it probably would attract more people, it is an escape after all, I don't think it's significant enough of an effect to make a difference. I think the openness matters more. Being gay or straight is just sexual orientation, it doesn't dictate your personality. There's countless gay people who don't fit the standard fashion minded preening pretty boy stereotype and there's all sorts of straight guys who aren't macho beer guzzling football fanatics. --- Quote ---Where'd you get the nickname of TheStupidOne from? --- End quote --- Combination of Courage the Cowardly Dog and how horrifically bad I used to be at StarCraft. --- Quote from: Kips McAmmyson on April 06, 2011, 07:33:56 PM ---Why was my question ignored? /wrists --- End quote --- Maybe if you didn't quote a giant ORZ I wouldn't have blocked out out mentally and shuffled your post away as dumb? Anyways the only question I'm going to ask out of your pile is the game genre one (that death question is absolutely creepy and I really don't like to talk or think about death). My favorite genre has to be RTS. I am a tactical genius and I enjoy bossing around my peons and crushing my enemies. 4X (expand, explore, exploit, exterminate) comes a close second because there is just a mindboggling amount of things you can do with such a simple premise. As for what I want to do in life? Get married, have kids, do something meaningful that I enjoy, and above all, make a contribution to mankind. How I do that is really going to be based on what life throws at me. --- Quote from: Stuffman on April 06, 2011, 07:37:33 PM ---What kind of plans do you have for the front page at the moment (as in, what kind of content would you like it to have)? --- End quote --- Basically everything that's in FPH is of course going to go on the front page. We've also got a really neat new feature where we review the various items in the touhouverse. That includes games, doujins, music, what have you. Then there's another thing I've always had in mind, a Youtube for replays, but I don't know how practical that'll end up being. Not to replace gensokyo.org, but to make it easier for new people to be introduced to the games. To be able to browse replays and watch without having to worry about setting up game, having patches, etc. Basically the idea of the frontpage is to have content that would help someone new to the universe get acquainted. To aggregate news and reviews and to help people explore the wonders this fandom has to offer. --- Quote ---I remember you saying quite a while ago that you hadn't played any touhou games since IN due to your staunch refusal to pirate them. Have you played any of the more recent touhous since then? Do you plan to buy them eventually, if not? --- End quote --- I haven't :\ I just haven't had the money to purchase them. I do plan on buying them eventually. --- Quote from: Sercammy on April 06, 2011, 08:20:28 PM ---Have you played touhou since 2011? --- End quote --- Other than IaMP occasionally no, my obsession right now is DoW2 and the massive RPG backlog I have @_@. --- Quote ---Which difficulty do you usually play? --- End quote --- Hard/Lunatic. I would much rather fail constantly at the hardest difficulty than get a clear on easier ones. This is how I essentially play every game. Go straight for the hardest difficulty option. --- Quote ---What are your current goals in life? --- End quote --- In order of importance. 1. Move out 2. Finish school 3. Get married 4. Get my "dream job" --- Quote ---What keeps you going as the head admin of this place? --- End quote --- I really enjoy helping others. And I know if I went away this place would essentially cease to exist, and I don't want that to happen. It gets hard I'll admit when I don't feel like I'm appreciated, and I will admit I do get discouraged even when it's just the minority making a fuss. But I think what's kept me coming back is just realizing how much this community has given to me. As long as there's a few people here who I think are worth sticking around for, I'll be here. |
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