valerauko

In contrary to Optic, my desktop is only an image, as I don't use icons (generally).

I had a small, Flash-based personal website called VaLeNet back in I don't even, 2005 maybe? Then came my fansites, but (of course) only Digimon Backup grew to become anything. When I started that even a fifth series seemed like a vain dream... These were all on free hosting of course, gone for good (though you can still check them on the way back machine).

I think the obvious target are us, people who grew up watching Adventure and identifying with the characters. I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled something more mature, though I can't really see how could they fit that into the mostly young kid-oriented Digimon business model. Maybe they're counting on the gamer group of our generation?

I don't know any details yet either. I guess the countdown on the site (disguised as the DigiEgg everyone pets) will end in a week or so and we'll find out more. Adventure and 02 are a continuity though, unlike the later series all set in new timelines, so it'd be kinda weird if a series set in the future of Adventure/02 wouldn't have any references (at least) to 02 characters. Let's not forget about the ending scene in the 02 final either, with all the cast grown up having kids etc. Will they retcon that non-canon or go along with already established pairings? By fixing Tai as the central figure of the season, their options for introducing a brand new cast are quite limited too.

I guess they just needed a reason to do it, and the 15th anniversary served that purpose.

Not only any series, but one featuring the cast of Adventure, the first series many of us grew up watching and loving. Yes, that means that as the 15th anniversary we can expect the story of the first Digidestined as 17 yo high schoolers. Needless to say, I'm hyped as fuck! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pga10PD_u6k

I mainly (only) play ranked, so that's Summoner's Rift. I like the 3v3 map (Twisted Treeline) too. Favorite champs? That's a tough one. I play any role except mid, mostly using Renekton, Volibear, Vi, Skarner, Tristana, Jinx, Lulu or Nautilus. I like heavy bruisers, because they're most suited for my "go in and destroy" playstyle.

I'd say watching all of it in chronological order (eg TV series, End of Evangelion then the Rebuild movies) is the right choice. The third Rebuild movie made no sense even having seen everything before it -- I don't even want to imagine how stupid it would seem to someone who hasn't watched / isn't familiar with the other materials.

Ohhoho, the Rebuild movies... That's a provocative suggestion

I doubt they are planning to open to the abroad market (officially) anytime soon -- they have trouble just keeping up with the demand of the domestic market after all. They keep expanding their serverpark, but the popularity is just overwhelming.

Kantai Collection (艦隊これくしょん Kantai Korekushon, lit. "Combined Fleet Collection"), abbreviated as KanColle (艦これ KanKore?), is a Japanese free-to-play online social card game developed by Kadokawa Games. It's seriously addictive, and lots of fun. I've been playing for like three weeks now, and it just doesn't get old. Sadly (?) it's so immensely popular that all the server slots are full, so you can only get an account through lottery during times announced on the official twitter. Access from abroad isn't simple either, but there are plenty of guides to resolve that. Anyone else playing boting?

I play on NA (~150 ping for me), and this season I managed to work myself up from Bronze 5 to Silver. I think I could've reached Gold with a bit of luck, but the end-of-season lack of interest in ranked players was just too annoying to cope with.

Quite the cream of mainstream-only, huh? There are bunch of really nice stuff airing now that aren't all-so-much in the center of attention (Kyousougiga, Nagi no asu kara, Yozakura Quartet for example)

Honestly, I don't really feel a need for it. I use Dropbox to automatically sync photos from my smartphone, but that's pretty much it. Between my Windows and Linux installs I share files using softlinks, and I don't really have anything I'd need to sync between my laptop and my desktop. (The only thing I can think of would be my music library, and I'm less than willing to sync 40+ gigs of mp3s on services that might or might not decide to suspend my account for alleged copyright infringements without even confirming.) If the need arose, I guess I'd use Dropbox, since it's so simple and so well integrated. I only use Google Drive as far as it got merged with Docs that I use every now and then.

So much space... I have a 300gig external (faithfully with me for so long...) and an 1TB internal HDD. The former is half empty (I have quite narrowed down what I want to use it for), the latter is pretty much full, but I'm still comfy on it.

It kinda is. If you like comedy, then Nichijou is one of the best out there.

Actually I grew up on Pickwick tea. Always had whole kettles of it at home. I kinda stopped drinking tea since I moved out though.

That's just awesome. It always impresses me when people manage to progress with their hobbies to the point of becoming actual professionals, and doing something they love for a living. OMG wow. I feel so left-behind... And I expect some photos posted here when you have your wedding! I wish I could afford to travel... Sadly I've been on quite the short leash for the past 3 years, so going back home once a year is already pushing the limits for me. Maybe from next year on! I applaud your enthusiasm for your field... I wouldn't stay in school for any longer even if they paid me to (though if I stayed, they would pay me for it, but that's another issue). I've just had enough of education for a lifetime -- at least I feel that way now. Actually back in the day (I guess those were the AN days too), I used to run a high school mag (focusing on music and games) -- that was also the last time I was any kind of leader in a group. I got to realize that unless I have a very strong interest in something (the way I cared about that mag), I'm simply not fit for a leader position. I just can't care enough. That's some insane success there. I only knew about your modelling career -- saw the pics on FB. I had no idea that you have -- lemme count -- 4? or even 5? jobs, and so into them as well... Do you even have any free time? As for me... I guess I'm still just a kid compared to you guys. I'm writing my graduation thesis for my BA in economics at an university in Japan -- I've been living in in the land of the rising sun for almost five years now. During those years I got into fansubbing and until I started fading myself out of the scene this season I think I can say I was one of the prominent translators out there. Other than translating, I developed a kind-of serious addiction to gaming (Skyrim, StarCraft, LoL etc). I just need it to keep myself going. I also secured a job, so (unless I mess up terribly and fail to graduate) from next year I'll be working as a producer-in-training at Sunrise (yeah, the Gundam company) in Tokyo.

League can be seriously addictive -- I have literally thousands of games (eg likely thousands of hours spent) in ranked. On the other hand, for me it's an in-and-out game: every "now and then" I get hooked on to it, and then play and play and play. But then at a point it just stops being enjoyable -- for example at the end of season 3 just now in October, I wanted to hit the next tier before the season ended. I played lots of games, but the lack of caring on the side of my teammates ("what's the deal? you can't hit gold anyway") just made it a pain. I haven't played since the pre-season started -- and since I heard that they messed up their new "balancing" experiments quite bad ("League of Targon"), I think I won't be back for a while now.

Today I was in the mood for some gloomier music, so... Sólstafir - Nature Strutter (Masterpieces of Bitterness)

For me it's games. LoL, Skyrim, Starcraft 2. When one starts to piss me off, just move on to the next.

I subbed it.

FLCL? Short and leaves an impression. While Shinsekai Yori is great, it's definitely not a "quick watch" and unless you read the novels too I'd recommend rewatching it a few times to get all the nuances.

I have some Yakult somewhere around in my room, just need to find it...

How do you make yourselves sit down and learn a language? I'm having trouble rebooting my efforts into learning Russian and Spanish...