Recreation Yes, there is a chatroom.

Aw, come on. We are doing efforts on reviving the channel, and all we get are "some" users that are logging onto the page. I demand more members to join our chat, and make it great again, like the old days...

For you mIRC users:

#boards.jp @ quakenet.

- Teddz

 

I idle there regularly; every once in a while I look in, especially if there's activity of some sort. In other words, if folks were to be there, I'd be there more often.

 

well some people are busy with there lives that is why they don't visit chats rooms

 

er we know that sak deary, but for those that haven't copped on, that there is a chat, we are telling them !. And tbh you aren't busy everyday every minute . But whatevers hence why there is a constant invitation to join so that newbies that havent seen it... and or old timers who want to join up on the laughs should stop in when they get the chance and not to be shy!!
Tis a good way to get to know the community a bit better !

 

Or, like it's been said, idle aimlessly for many, many minutes. Seriously, whenever I'm there, people don't talk. Most of the time they just sit and enjoy the peace and quiet. I thought chatrooms were for talking, not idling for an hour and staring into deep space.

 

Well, if there were more users, it would be more fun to talk.

- Teddz

 

ah well ... chat room doesnt work for me ... dont really care ... not interested in chatting.

 

I've been poking my head in periodically but there never seems to be anyone in there to talk to. I guess I'll just keep trying.

It seems like this message board in general has died down a bit compared to how I remember it. I took a two year break (college got nuts) and now that I'm back its like no one is here....weird.

 

Got real busy with a lot of off topic posting and folks crying about one thing or another. Then one day I logged on and it was all quiet. I actually don't mind it like this. I've said it before but I actually feel a little closer to those who post now than I did back when it was really busy. It's a little more personal imo.

~W

 

Do you suppose that makes us a dying breed?

~W

 

Hardly, think of it as being elite.

Or something like that.

Ok, dying breed.

 

I couldn't agree more. I swung through the bookstore looking around for some manga to pick up and I must say, most of it looked awful. Perhaps there was some new great stuff out there but its hard to see through the bog sometimes. And I dunno, I kinda miss the older art style in manga and anime, stuff like the Nausicaa manga and Mononoke-hime. Stuff that wasn't all excessively large hair and weapons and lite on plot.

Elite fans don't just kill anime fandom, they kill fandom in general. No one likes the trekkie who *****es about every single thing and looks down on you for not knowing the correct pronunciation of Klingonese.

 

In general I think most companies are taking the wrong approach to internet bootlegs. Don't fight it, capitalize on it. You're right, use bootlegging as market research. Sure people can get a series for free on the internet but they can't get the 2-disk collectors edition with 2 hours of special features and a fold out poster. Our kind love gimicks like that and will pay good money for a special collectors figure that comes packaged with the series we just watched for free and know we love.

Don't fight it, use it. The sooner the media companies pick up on this the sooner they'll start raking in $$ like they used to before the Great Bootleg Revolution.