Introduce Yourself

[johnnyrocketfingers]

What makes SciADV special to you and what's your favourite entry?

I don't know what that is. I found this place on gikopoi

What's are your favourite pieces of non-SciADV otaku media? (can be other visual novels, anime, manga, jrpgs, etc.)

I like anime, games some. I've tried visual novels and that can be ok but I haven't gotten very into them. I've also read a handful of manga and light novels.

How'd you find this forum?

A website I chat, there was a conversation going on about delchan and I was invited here.

What's your opinion on cyberspace as it is now?

You kind of have to find little undergrounds in order to get past what I don't like, which is mass platform content and media, but it's doable a lot of the time even if a lot of things I have loved are no longer a thing.

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

I like playing pool, browsing the internet, I love cars, eating at restaurants.

Nice to be here.

[tsubokun]

The name's Tsubo.

What makes SciADV special to you and what's your favorite entry?

I'm always curious about all sorts of stuff. I don't have a conclusive 'favorite entry' as of now.

What's are your favourite pieces of non-SciADV otaku media? (can be other visual novels, anime, manga, jrpgs, etc.)

Fighting games and old school first-person shooters, if they count as 'otaku media', at least.

How'd you find this forum?

First found out about it through the Dixie admin's site, got reminded about it through Gikopoi.

What's your opinion on cyberspace as it is now?

It's very much a cool place if you look past the soulless husk that is the mainstream web. I'd love to share my interests with all of ya!

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

I'm very much a Linux snob myself. I use Ultramarine (a Fedora-based distro) as my daily driver, and I've been happy with it. I also love using old computers from around childhood-era, i.e. mid/late-2000s~early-2010s and tinkering around with them.

Have a good one.

[Parzival]

Love to see all the newfriends! Welcome, everyone!

[glass]

Hello all. I am glass, and I've been lurking for a little bit to get acclimated before introducing myself properly here. It's nice to meet you all!

What makes SciADV special to you and what's your favourite entry?

Uh... I haven't really gotten into SciADV yet, lol. I saw a few episodes of the anime nearly a decade ago but I remember very little, honestly. I think they microwave bananas and drink Dr. Pepper? It's one of the highest priorities of my endless VN backlog, though; I promised a friend that this would be the year that I finally read through F/sn, so maybe after that?

What's are your favourite pieces of non-SciADV otaku media? (can be other visual novels, anime, manga, jrpgs, etc.)

I mostly like retro video games and manga, but I enjoy all sorts of things that fall under the general otaku umbrella, really. As far as VNs go, my favorites have to be Tsukihime, Mahoyo, and Higurashi for sure. With manga, I greatly love Tezuka's work and other super-retro stories, but my overall favorites are really varied, which you can see listed over on my Anilist. My favorite game genres are fighting games and platformers, but I dabble a bit in most everything else as well.

How'd you find this forum?

May found my site and emailed me about it, inviting me over here!

What's your opinion on cyberspace as it is now?

I don't have much more to say that hasn't already been said in this thread. I'm tired of social media and corporate slop, and hate having to use socmed more than necessary these days. I almost entirely missed out on the heyday of forums and am looking forward to experimenting with posting here.

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

Besides gaming (I'm a major OSRS junkie these days), I really like writing. I've been brainstorming ideas for longform fictional stories for ages without making any substantial progress, but I also write rambly reviews about things I like over on my webzone sometimes! I haven't pushed out any major updates in several months now, but I intend to clean things up very soonly!

[Amlux]

Hi there! Call me Amlux. I'm pleased to make everyone's acquaintance and hope to start contributing to this quality side of the web soon! I have a personal site of my own that I spend a lot of time working on and hopefully aim to turn into more of a communal space as well.

What makes SciADV special to you and what's your favourite entry?

I've read the original Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate. I do eventually want to read the follow-up series as well, though nowadays I read VNs in untranslated Japanese which means it takes me a lot longer to get through them, despite it being a more quality experience overall ^^;
I like these stories overall because they strike a perfect balance of a lot of things to me: philosophical depth, emotional pathos, real quality humor (I laughed out loud through so much of S;G especially), and everything unique and special about the particular era that was 2000s Akiba culture (right on the tail-end of it, I guess). I love science fiction in general because at its best it is the most philosophical of genres.

What's are your favourite pieces of non-SciADV otaku media? (can be other visual novels, anime, manga, jrpgs, etc.)

Too many to count! But I do love visual novels, and some of my other favorites are Subarashiki Hibi, Cross Channel, Ever17 -the out of infinity-, Symphonic Rain, and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (I'm still in the midst of reading that last one, but I'm on the last chapter now!)

I'm also a big Touhou Project fan and my current top 10 characters are Sanae, Suwako, Reimu, Kaguya, Yuyuko, Kanako, Patchouli, Byakuren, Kogasa, and Remilia. My favorite games are Shoot the Bullet, Double Spoiler, and Great Fairy Wars, but I love all the classic run of 6-12. I'm currently trying to get a Lunatic 1cc in Undefined Fantastic Object and it's kicking my ass.

Also I love miko (shrine maidens) to an unhealthy degree.

How'd you find this forum?

I was invited by a close friend who is already a member!

What's your opinion on cyberspace as it is now?

I don't like to be fatalistic about it. Does "the internet" at large now suck? Sure, but it's not like we have to be a part of it. There are a lot of worrying trends about censorship and so on, but for the most part we should just carve out our own space and ignore large social media websites. One of the best ways to do that is having a forum like this. I've always loved forums like this and often felt somewhat orphaned without one to call home. I have to support anyone operating a forum.

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

Video games, reading, writing, drawing, studying Japanese, spirituality, cinema, music, and updating my website (in the interest of becoming increasingly more and more self-hosted).
Never feels like I have time for all of them these days!

[Maypews]

Hi there! Call me Amlux. I'm pleased to make everyone's acquaintance and hope to start contributing to this quality side of the web soon! I have a personal site of my own that I spend a lot of time working on and hopefully aim to turn into more of a communal space as well.

What makes SciADV special to you and what's your favourite entry?

I've read the original Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate. I do eventually want to read the follow-up series as well, though nowadays I read VNs in untranslated Japanese which means it takes me a lot longer to get through them, despite it being a more quality experience overall ^^;
I like these stories overall because they strike a perfect balance of a lot of things to me: philosophical depth, emotional pathos, real quality humor (I laughed out loud through so much of S;G especially), and everything unique and special about the particular era that was 2000s Akiba culture (right on the tail-end of it, I guess). I love science fiction in general because at its best it is the most philosophical of genres.

What's are your favourite pieces of non-SciADV otaku media? (can be other visual novels, anime, manga, jrpgs, etc.)

Too many to count! But I do love visual novels, and some of my other favorites are Subarashiki Hibi, Cross Channel, Ever17 -the out of infinity-, Symphonic Rain, and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (I'm still in the midst of reading that last one, but I'm on the last chapter now!)

I'm also a big Touhou Project fan and my current top 10 characters are Sanae, Suwako, Reimu, Kaguya, Yuyuko, Kanako, Patchouli, Byakuren, Kogasa, and Remilia. My favorite games are Shoot the Bullet, Double Spoiler, and Great Fairy Wars, but I love all the classic run of 6-12. I'm currently trying to get a Lunatic 1cc in Undefined Fantastic Object and it's kicking my ass.

Also I love miko (shrine maidens) to an unhealthy degree.

How'd you find this forum?

I was invited by a close friend who is already a member!

What's your opinion on cyberspace as it is now?

I don't like to be fatalistic about it. Does "the internet" at large now suck? Sure, but it's not like we have to be a part of it. There are a lot of worrying trends about censorship and so on, but for the most part we should just carve out our own space and ignore large social media websites. One of the best ways to do that is having a forum like this. I've always loved forums like this and often felt somewhat orphaned without one to call home. I have to support anyone operating a forum.

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

Video games, reading, writing, drawing, studying Japanese, spirituality, cinema, music, and updating my website (in the interest of becoming increasingly more and more self-hosted).
Never feels like I have time for all of them these days!

Welcome to the forum, I've been looking through your site and it's quite interesting and content-rich, cool stuff. Very much agreed regarding carving out your own space on the net and what you said regarding forums is precisely why I made this place actually; I've always loved them but didn't feel like I had one to truly call home. Hope to see you around!

[rancher]

How'd you find this forum?

Saw it linked in a suspicious chatroom. Looked pretty neet, so I figured, why not join?

What's your opinion on cyberspace as it is now?

The internet was pretty bad for a while, but now that all the NPCs have sent themselves to quarantine zones (i.e. "social media", "discord") and opted out of cyberspace proper, it's been getting a lot cooler on the margins.

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

making software toys, clandestine chemistry & gardening , tabletop games, reading. especially literature and philosophy but I am reading all kinds of things all of the time.

[AipiqiA]

Hello I am AipiqiA.

What makes SciADV special to you and what's your favourite entry?

Steins;gate has always had a special place in my heart, mostly due to the weird and fun friend group that is at the center of the story. I also liked Occultic;Nine, mostly due to the wit of the funny detective guy. I'm still playing CHAOS;HEAD NOaH, and I like it quite a bit mainly due to Takumi and the early 2000s otaku culture shown in the VN. I look forward to getting to the Sena route especially since she had the most interesting things to say so far, atleast from my perspective. Ofc, I also like the science aspects and cultural references in the series.

Currently I'm leaning towards Steins;Gate as my favourite due to its slice of life and relationship aspects.

What's are your favourite pieces of non-SciADV otaku media? (can be other visual novels, anime, manga, jrpgs, etc.)

Currently I'm really into Type Moon. I was also into Nisio Isin stuff a while ago. I list more of my interests on my site.

How'd you find this forum?

I found it on owner's post in Cidoku's guestbook while I was lurking through it a while ago.

What's your opinion on cyberspace as it is now?

The internet? It's mostly slop due to the main mediums of big centralized social media platforms and they're recommendation/popularity based algorithms for displaying content encouraging less than likeable behaviour and content. When people aren't being political or pricks to each other, it's pretty nice. There are lots of nice places and people in the web. This site seems really nice too!

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

I like to listen to music, consoom otaku media, watch video lectures (though i want to read more texts instead), read internet articles.



I also like to make art, figuring out local ant populations, talking to my friends, working on my computer, and recently working on my site, where I will try to share a lot of my interests as well.

[cidoku]

I found it on owner's post in Cidoku's guestbook while I was lurking through it a while ago.

Hey, hello! It's so cool that you found this through my site! It would seem that @Maypews owes me some ad revenue now.