Such a lightweight. How moe~

>>31562

Well that was a fun family gathering. Even actually had a chance to chat with my brother's GF and she got all excited when she watched Super Robot Wars Z2 on the Psp and saw some of the shows. Even chatted about anime and stuff for a bit.

>>31562
ehh was that fee-ne

ahaha, poor lion~
I only had a sip of wine these couple of days yep
confused a glass of scotch with my apple juice
but was saved at the last second and everything was k

so much candy candy everywhere

>>31565
the Wine I drank was sweet so I decided to taste it and I liked it.so much that I ended drinking 6 wine cups...

Why no stream nerds.

Tadaima.

>>31566
ahaha
I hope I don't encounter sweet wine like that ever ;_;

>>31567
A lot of people are gone!

>>31569
Dont fall in the Temptation like me ;_;

>>31569
omg I can't im you first this sucks

>>31571
Don't worry Feenie......I will .....ahhhhh.......always protect you....

i strem greef sundrim AFTER i draw a gift

>>31572
Is it out yet

>>31569
Why aren't you gone too.

>>31575
cirno magical ne

omg it's big ben 2012
go decide the detectives' traits

Hiiiiii

>>31575

>>31576

I can exist in two places at once.

>>31568
How was your day, etc

>>31574
yes it is out but not subbed feenie~

In England, Christmas was forbidden by Act of Parliament in 1644.

>>31580
Gud etc how was urs

>>31582
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cromwell_england.htm apparently its true.

>>31583
gud, see earlier post as well i suppose

>>31583
Sounds like anime.

>>31587

stream here

I wonder where everyone is right now.

>>31589
I'm here, just woke up a short while ago.

>>31589
Present.

>>31590
>>31591
Merry belated Christmas.

>>31592
Merry Christmas to you, too.

>>31593
You didn't drink too much, did you~?

>>31594
How silly, Santa and I had 3 small glasses of whisky and a glass of cognac each, a perfectly sensible amount.
I only ever get drunk on cheap rum, I wouldn't even dream of drinking more than 3 glasses of a whisky that cost £61 for a single bottle. That's the kind of treasure to be savored over a long period of time, you see.

It seems that Shiei no sona nyl probably won't be translated for quite some time with Forest and Rewrite being Amaterasu's 6th and 7th projects along with new patches for Inganock and Sharnoth.

>>31596
I figured as much. Good thing I've been brushing up on my moonrunes daily, I plan to try my hand at reading through Celenaria as practice after this download finishes, and then Sona-Nyl if Celenaria goes well.
If not, then back to grinding 20-30 kanji a day for a few more months. I'd quite like to read through Cross Channel and Saya no Uta in the original Japanese as well, actually.

>>31597
>Celenaria

I haven't looked at Celenaria since it's not that well received by Ixrec. (7/10 is bad) To be frank, when I read Vns in japanese I rely more on the audio than text since it's easier to understand the general gist of the text.

You could just aim for the harder ones like FSN in japanese etc.

>>31597
hmm she remind me to Shion...

>>31598
The spoken lines also make it easier to determine the meaning of the kanji sometimes, so I agree with you there. I like reading every novel or VN in a series once I've started though, so I'll be reading through Celenaria sooner or later anyway. It's a bad habit, really.

>FSN in japanese
Are you kidding, I had enough trouble getting through that in English. If I'm aiming for difficult Japanese VNs to read through then I'll probably pick up Muramasa or something instead, since translation never, etc.

Somebody remind me tomorrow to dig trenches to keep out goblin invaders.

Merry Christmas.

>The Grand Bishop
>17% Strength, 22% Bloodlust, 42% Intelligence, 60% Spirit, 28% Vitality and 10% Agility!

>>31603
Geeze, that's like the second highest spirit I've seen I think. You must be a moral person.

>>31603

Merry belated Christmas to all~

>>31606
Show up more omg

>>31607
To tell you the truth, I lost this place for a bit.

>>31606
Merry Christmas your majesty.

>>31609
And a merry belated Christmas to you too.

>>31608
>lost this site
>seacats.net
Oh god, moe.

JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME!

Also, holy shit does it KNOW the day IRL?!

>>31613
You should've tried opening up Majikoi on December 24, Umeko-sensei has a special Christmas greeting message instead of the usual "minatosoft" introduction.

It also happens on every single one of the characters' birthdays, there are spoken lines by a bunch of characters wishing each other a happy birthday. It's pretty neat, actually.

>>31610
Thank you and goodnight!

>>31614
Aw shit, I didn't know that. So I guess these VN's know the real date. Well, there's always next year.

>>31615
There seems to be something in the program that reads the time and date from your computer's settings, so you can actually trick the game into thinking it's a certain date to hear the birthday and Christmas introductions whenever you want just by changing the date on your computer.
It's nothing too special really, but I've always found things like that to be a pretty nice touch by the creators. The fact that they bothered to record a birthday message for all of the 30+ characters in Majikoi was pretty nice, too.

>>31602
merry christmas bern

>>31602
Merry Christmas to you too...

>>31606
You have been a bad servant! Come over here so I can give you a spanking!

My perfect remedy for the post-christmas blues....a trip to the city for some nerdy retail therapy.

Picked up GTA4 for PS3, K-ON! Vol.1 and The Girl Who Lept Through Time today

Oh wow, he's had one line and I already like this guy. I think that's the quickest I've ever taken to any character so easily.

Brrrrrrr

>>31624

Hey boys and girls~
You know what I found out today~?
That we have OVER 30 SEACAT MEMBERS!

>>31626
Hoooh? Where'd you get that from? It seems a little on the high side.

>>31627
How did I find out, you ask?
Let's just say that every single one shaved off the usefulness of my right hand, adding more years of Carpal Tunnel to it.

It's shabby work and a day late, but Merry Christmas.

>>31628
Hmm, though only just over a dozen or so post regularly. The rest come and go, more often the latter than the former.

>>31629

>>31630
You... don't like the picture?

>>31631
What makes you say that? I was just making an amused observation of the corner of drinkers and how I seemed to be (and accurately so) the drunkest of the lot. You also earn two bonus points for using "Guest" over "John," though "Onii-chan" would've scored you another bonus point on top of that.

>>31632
Well, drinking seems to be part of Christmas.
Yes, you are the drunkest since you seem to be the top dog when drinking. I'd surround you by bottles of whiskey and beer, but as you can see, the space is limited.

Well, you have been Guest longer than John now, so I think it's appropriate. Though I hope you don't mind sticking you with Amakusa. I know how you and a few others like changing personas all the time.

Onii-chan seems weird since the labeling is third person. Otherwise, I would have labeled me "I" instead of "Illya"

>>31633
Well, I do prefer "Guest" when it comes to things relating to seacats, as it serves to make a distinction between being part of the community or not, but besides that I don't really mind being called whatever. Hell, call me John, Dave, Glen, or whatever you feel like, I don't mind much either way.
Also Amakusa is stylish, so that's cool too.

>>31629
That picture is really good! I especially enjoy the sign Luci has and the Friend-kun blob homage.

Nice detail on the different sub-groups too, nya~

>>31629
what are you talking about choco's too cute of course her fruitcake is harmless

>>31629
Approved.

>>31629
That's so cute! I'm all passed out and Cake is a cake. You forgot Chen though..

>>31634
Well, being in the seacats pic means you are a part of /seacats/, so tough beans~

But thanks. I'm glad you like it...~

>>31635
R, really!? Th, thank you~
I tried to remember specific things about people that made them stand out, or just gave them some.. Christmas thing to wear.

Sub-groups? I just wanted everyone to be interacting in some way. But you could be right. When I was drawing them, it was a kind of a node effect. I remember one person and then connect that memory of them to another and then another and so forth. Which is why people are drawn so close to one another.

>>31639
I think the drawings are cute, but beyond that yeah, you matched up people with their little quirks. The drinkers up top, Piece with beato, Meta on the table smirking; really nice!

I guess you subconsciously grouped them together, either way it looks neat to me~

>>31629
>v>

on another note, it's a really nice drawing~

whrs chen

>>31636
As harmless as any of her other baked goods.

>>31637
It's the heh person themselves..!

>>31638
Having you two sit next to one another was a nice touch.
Ah, what!? Dang, I knew I forgot someone. Tell her to post more.. with actual pictures!

>>31629
Mildly amused when I worked out what it was that I was wearing.

>>31641
Geez, alright! After I nap, I'll add Chen!

>>31644
Now, now. I was just informing you.

>>31641
Reported

>>31643
I'll always remember your fantastic performance at Beato. Which is why I had you wear the Beato-Christmas dress.

>>31644
Ahaha, I didn't mean it that way!
Take it easy, ne

>>31645
Hmph. I don't need you to point out anything besides missing people. But thanks anyways.
Still, less criticism and more compliments and gratitude..!

>>31646
as*

>>31647
I'll take it easy when I deport you.

>>31629
Well done, ne. This is good.

Satan
Knox
Eriko 556

>>31648
Well all I did was point that out anyway <miss> double loli. Very cute picture, etc.

>>31650
Those guys haven't been arou-

>Knox

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>31650
OMG HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED KNOX OF ALL PEOPLE?!

>>31651
When I do the revision, I'm putting a stick up your ass!

>>31654
What did I do?!

>>31655
Tch.
Then say something really nice about my picture.
Anyways, I'll do the add-ons later on.
Chen and Knox. Maybe Eriko, but like Satan, she is long gone to the point where she isn't even a footnote in /seacats/ history.

>>31657
She still has passing interest in meta to be honest, she always thought he was the most interesting. Piece gets an honorable mention too from her.

>>31658
Oh for Christ's sake... fine! I'll add them!

>>31657
If, by chance, the Bern in the image is me, then there's also Lady Predecessor, though she's long since disappeared.

>>31658
>Piece and Meta get mentioned
>I don't
;_;

>>31662
She liked you I think. More than Rin; she said you were correct while Rin was naive, since you two had such opposing viewpoints back then.

>>31661
YOU! YOU SHUSH NOW!!!

>>31662
It happens.

>>31658
I hate losing out to Meta.

>>31665
And I hate losing out to either of you! Mostly Meta though, he's more of a rival if anything.

>>31663
>say something bad about Rin
Oh, you shouldn't have told me that before I drew her in there...~

>>31661
>by chance
Scribble scribble.

>>31664

>>31665
Oniisama is the better Battler etc.

>>31668
ur a scribble

>>31665
She said you're smarter than meta, but less interesting, for whatever that's worth.

>>31666
Sore loser, muahahah~

>>31667
Go ahead, it's not like I'll care or she'll ever see it.

>>31670
Aren't you leaving? Have a nice day.

>>31671
You two, gotta go uwaaa.

>>31670
I can see why she might say that.

>>31669
Biased.

>>31670
Of course! I don't like to lose to anyone. But, well, if it's Piece then it's not so bad I guess. Butler though, for some reason that doesn't sit well with me. Probably because he brings out the competitiveness of my personality, whereas Piece and I agree on many points such that I think of him as more of a comrade than a rival.

>>31672
Byebye!

I don't need this.
I'm out of here.

>>31672
Do come back soon so we can talk about why moralfagging is the right path.

>>31657
Gorgeous work of art.

>>31673
Ask anyone.

>>31674
I was going to say I don't mind losing to you much, either. Although I think I was jealous of your closeness to Belphe once.

I'm not rival material.

>>31678
I'll ask the impartially-minded 556.

>>31680
I like you!

>>31680

>>31681
I'm flattered.

>>31681
If Aniki says so, then I agree as well.

>>31683
No objections.

>>31681
>>31685
Did you two have that kind of relationship?

>>31686
I suppose not, if oniisama really can find the mythical Impartially-minded 556.

>>31687
I just have to find the person in streams who calls me ***.

>>31685
And THAT always flatters me. I wonder if I'm even older than you.

>>31689
I'm pretty sure John is younger than me. And we're the same age.

>>31688
That's a mere Biased 556, a relatively common sight.

>>31689
You are, ne.

>>31691
Well that's a surprise.

>>31691
Perhaps. But then, nobody can really be impartial when you're asking them which of two people they find more interesting. Rather than making certain that someone is impartial, you should make certain that they are giving their real opinion.

Since this witness opinion by getting romantically involved with one of the two people, and calling the other ***, we can probably trust that their actions reflect their true preferences, due to the vigor with which they are expressed.

>>31686
Not until fairly recently, I guess?
我々は兄弟だからね。

>>31689
Pretty likely, I think. Though as to what my exact age is, is a mystery to most of the 'cats anyway.

>>31693
>which of two people they find more interesting
>Oniisama is the better Battler etc.

>>31694
I take if you've never stated your age publicly here, then.

>>31695
I guess I'll have to take your word for it now that I've argued against my own objection.

Still, those opposing extremes are probably more exaggerated than anyone else's opinion on the matter.

>>31696
Not to my knowledge. I have accidentally let my name slip once or twice in streams and the like though, however whether anybody saw or remembers that remains a mystery to me.

>>31697
ne

>>31698
You've told us your age, but not your birthday... as far as I know.

>>31698
If I did see, I've already forgotten to preserve the illusion.

I've learned the names of a few /seacats/ against my will, but I've forgotten each. I believe there's one I even learned a second time after forgetting, and then forgot again.

>>31693
You may have already figured this out but *** = Piss. Just wanted to throw that out there.

>>31694
Hmm, now that I read that sentence over, I think 俺達 would have been a better choice over 我々. Ah well, I'll try and not make the same error next time.

>>31699
I believe the only thing ever revealed was an age range with a margin of error of about 3-4 years or so, along with the offhand comment "old enough to legally drink." At least one or two people already figured out my birthday though, I think Feenie was one of the first to figure that out actually.

>>31701
You can't prove that. It's a catbox. Many things filter to ***. It could well be ***, but it could be *** or *** too, maybe even ***.

>>31702
If I figured it out, I forgot. Also, if it was 3 years ago, we're the same age. If it was 4, you're older.

>>31702
You've told us at least twice.

One event was screencapped by someone or other. It was in a stream. You had told us we couldn't ever guess your age and we did because you'd told us already and you acted surprised.

>>31702
That reminds me, you mentioned in the other post that you were studying Japanese, didn't you? If you're grinding kanji every day you must know a lot more than me already. To me, kanji is a height unscalable.

>>31703
She'd call you Piss on MSN.

Whoo, meteor fell. I'm gonna get some amazing gear from this.

Amnesia works too?

>>31708
You play Terraria? Gimme your Steam please.

>>31704
This vague, conceptual math is making my head begin to hurt. And it's sometime in mid-August, for what it's worth. I vaguely recall the conversation because somebody pointed out that my star sign was Leo.

>>31706
Kanji is difficult, but I only have about 350-400 or so under my belt at the minute. I'm still going to need about 7 times that many before I can consider myself "literate" in the language. Grammar is far easier, in comparison.

>>31707
It's that on MSN, so *** must be that too? Maybe that exactly what she wants you to think. Maybe you're falling into her trap. Maybe *** is something much more sinister.

>>31711
I agree. Grammar doesn't seem that bad, but kanji stops me in my tracks. I can't really say I know kanji at all. I do recognize a few handfuls in context, but only certain readings.

>>31711
It's because you said legal drinking age. In like, every country besides the US, the drinking age is 18. So if it's been 3 years, you are 21 which is my age. If it's been 4, 22. Yeah I think you get it. However, if it has been 3, I am still older since my birthday is early August. Leo brofist.

BB

>>31710
Sakutarou.

>>31715
Hello!

>>31713
The people who find grammar harder tend to be people who have little experience in hearing the spoken or reading the written language before, and are just beginning to see what Japanese language is like and how it's structured. If you've heard the language spoken a lot before, or are exposed to the language on a regular basis, then you become familiar with it more easily and the grammar stops throwing you off as much.
Hell, I actually find Japanese grammar to be easier than English grammar in comparison. English has so many weird rules, rules about when to apply those rules, and then exceptions to the exceptions from the rules that it's just a mess to try and learn all of it.

Kanji is a great thing for determining what words mean in context; for example, I couldn't fathom trying to read a paragraph written entirely in hiragana because there are SO MANY homophones that it would be nearly impossible to try and decipher whatever was written without having the kanji to derive the actual meaning from. Having to memorize 2000-3000 though is pretty tough, and I never plan on writing any of it by hand so I just disregard stroke order completely.

>>31714
Hehe, usually when I say "legal drinking age" it throws people off because they assume I mean 21. Good eye for catching that, by the way.

>>31712
Is SHE sinister enough to lay such a trap on me? I think not. However, I didn't actually ask her what it meant in the stream so I could be wrong about *** being Piss. It just seemed most likely as she uses *** to address you.

>>31717
What a fierce discussion, ne. Hiyas, you, I'm leaving again, be back tomorrow.

>>31720
Kay-o. Cya later then.

>>31718
Yes, I agree with it being less complex than English grammar. And obviously, the written language wouldn't work without kanji. I also disregard stroke order, although I hear it can be mildly useful in looking up kanji you don't know.

Still, kanji is something I'll never be able to make a dent in without a long-sustained effort, and sustained effort is not my forte. Not to mention that even after becoming relatively fluent, you'll still be learning kanji alongside vocabulary for the rest of your life.

>>31719
Even if you ask her and she says *** is something in particular, how do you know she isn't sinisterly lying to you? Even if you witness her type a particular word for ***, how can you say that that's what's being typed all the other times when you're not there?

Personally, I think it's actually ***. But it's not like I'm unaware of the tendency of hers that inspired your take on the mystery.

>>31722
Well, there's such an unimaginable amount of kanji that I imagine most Japanese people don't know even a half of all of them.
Sustained effort over a long period of time is my weakness as well, I try to grind about 20-30 new kanji a day but I often end up forgetting to do this for about 2-3 days at a time so I just end up reviewing 20 that I already learned previously instead so that I don't go forgetting them. I try to do at least that much daily, even if I'm not learning any new ones that day.

I see it as a sound investment of my spare time though, a second language looks good when applying for a lot of jobs and self-taught tends to look even better. Plus, I can't see myself becoming disinterested with anime, manga, VNs or Japanese music or novels at any point over at least the next 10-20 years of my life. If it helps make my hobbies easier to enjoy then I don't mind putting in the effort towards learning it.

>>31724
It would be a worthwhile investment for me, too. So I should probably get around to it. One day.

>>31723
Because we're friends and I trust her of course! I mean ANYBODY could be sinisterly lying to even you right now. Do you think Friend-kun would betray you? Are you gonna be on edge about any of your friends betraying you?

>>31726
I don't think you could really call lying about the truth of *** betrayal, no matter what it is. It's not like in matters. Only the person who typed it knows, the truth only impacts on them.

>>31727
Good answer. You dodged a friendship speech.

....Why are we arguing about this anyway?! Why do your eyes suddenly shine such a radiant blue?!

>>31725
Hilariously enough, the thing that prompted me to start learning kanji in the first place was one thread on /jp/ that I glanced at only briefly, where I noticed a couple of words "Anki" and "Kanjidamage." My curiosity got the better of me and I ended up downloading Anki, and then installing the Kanjidamage deck for it.
Only after I started learning the kanji from it did I realize that I already knew a lot more than I thought I did. And once you get used to the radicals it becomes so much easier to recognize certain kanji readings by associating them with similar words. Some of them still don't make any sense whatsoever, though.

The thing is though, it's really not as big of a commitment as people make it out to be. If you're already familiar with some of the grammar then picking up the rest comes easily enough, and as for learning kanji it only takes about 20-30 minutes a day to memorize 15-20 new kanji at a time. Even less than that if you're a quick learner.
It's a decent way to kill some time as well, if you have an hour or more to spare every day then you could probably manage to cram as many as 40-50 kanji a day into your head, depending on the amount of effort/dedication you're willing to put into it; dedication which I am decidedly deficient in, sadly to say.

>>31728
Don't think too much on it. You'll get a headache.

>>31729
I've heard of kanjidamage and anki, actually, and my bookmarks are full of archived /jp/ threads about learning Japanese, as well as all sorts of miscellaneous resources. I generally don't visit them again.

>>31730
You already almost gave me one with all the *** everywhere.

>>31730
I normally refer to http://pastebin.com/Y3eLSAqV when I feel like teaching myself something besides kanji, since it's full of good resources half of which I still haven't used.
Kanjidamage is a great deck for Anki. It takes a bit of an immature approach to helping memorize some of the meanings of kanji, but precisely because of that it makes it simpler to understand. It also leaves out things that are unnecessary for people like me such as stroke order, and groups the kanji that it shows you in order of ones that share the same radicals and/or have similar meanings or readings.

Well, it's still a difficult language to pick up though. Easier than English at least, I can say that much for it. Getting started is the hardest part, everything after that will either come naturally or become habit after a while. I still forget a lot of stuff and my kanji memorization is going at a slow pace (since 300-400 in 3 months is a decidedly low amount), but it's getting gradually easier the more I stick with it.
Reading untranslated manga and VNs is still a ways off for me though, at best I can understand maybe a third of what's going on based solely on context, machine translators, and wild guessing.

>>31732
Thanks, I've added it to my list.

I actually used to study lightly nearly every day using smart.fm, but it turned into the iknow paysite thing.

Anyway, I I'm going to get some sleep. Good night.

>>31733
See, good discussions like this are why I consider you like a comrade rather than a rival like is the case between I and Butler.

Goodnight then, it looks like this turned out to be a fairly longer and more productive discussion than I had thought it was since it reminded me that it's already 6 PM and I hadn't done any kanji grinding at all until now despite having been awake all day for once.

Sorry about last night.

>>31735
I fell asleep. What happened?

>>31629
pffft

>>31737
not insulting; I thought the picture was funny

and I think that was your goal?

>>31736
I don't know.

>>31629

Sugoooooiiiiiiiiiiiiii

I'm back~

>>31741
where you go?

>>31741
Welcome back.

>>31741
Hello.

>>31741

Okaeriii

I'm back!

>>31744
Since when did you play Terraria? Also there's always a use for Demonite Ore--Demonite Blocks! You can build stuff with demonite by crafting demonite blocks from ebonstone and demonite ore.

>>31746
I got Terraria too now. Gifted by cake around christmas, though i haven't really gotten to play it much.

>>31746
Since cake bought it for me. Was very generous.

>>31742
>>31743
>>31744
I went out for Chinese. I hoped this guy was gonna sweep me off my feet and ride into a glorious sunset with me, but unfortunately there were only women.

>>31745
Sekrit. Duel me and I might tell you ne.

>>31749
Awww...

>>31750
I was joking, dork.

>>31629
This is adorable.

>>31663
I don't need some cynical teen telling me I'm naive! It's ten years too early for that one to say that to me!

So, what'd I miss?

awesome drawing

>>31751
How was I supposed to know that?

>>31629

>>31754
Maybe you should stop getting so concerned over me, I'm older I can handle myself!

>>31756
But what if a meteor struck your house?

>>31757
I'd find some way to alchemise it into a Meteor Sword.

I guess George isn't just useless fat.

>>31759

Dou itashimashite.

Bern's character sheet where?

It seems I couldn't play AC2 and four fifths last night because of Ubisoft's DRM. Their servers were down so it wouldn't accept my username, or let me make a new one, or anything else.

When will paying customers stop suffering for the sins of those bloody pirates?

Even as a fierce proponent of buying things, I think DRM is a retarded system for stopping pirates.

>>31762
Hasn't the studies or research proven that games with DRM end up getting pirated even more because of the fact? And blaming DRM on Pirates is just an excuse really. I think Gabe from Valve had a lot of say on that sort of thing and said it pretty well.

ffsd

hello

Hi

>>31767
Oh god why is his collar popped so high

>>31767
dat filename

Hi, kuma!

>>31767

>>31764
But steam is DRM too, so what would he have to say about it?

>>31771
I'm pretty sure I had plenty of times back in Steam's earlier hayday where I could still play my games even though steam was technically offline or I wasn't able to connect online (steams offline mode, which is a tad bit harder to use nowadays for example) Sure, I wouldn't be able to play multiplayer games, but most of the time I'm not using steam for multiplayer games. It is a lot harder nowadays if it went "offline" cause of its cloud system it uses, but I don't think a lot of the games on steam use that system yet either, and if it does, it's mostly for simple settings/preferences in options.

Yes, Steam IS technically DRM, but it doesn't really restrict you at all like most DRM try to do.

hi

>>31774
hi

>>31775

>>31776

boop

omg colbert armwrestling bond

What a supa kawaii night.

>>31780
Hello Feenie. Can you say me what make it so good?

>>31779
Uwa, did something good happen?

>>31781
>>31782
A raise, new Gintama, and my sister sent me cookies!

Re-edited and placed as the new teaparty
>>31785