Introduce Yourself

[Saki]

I've been ghosting my way through this forum for a little while, it was about time I introduced myself for real! I am Saki, though you might have already encountered me elsewhere as Saki Mondo, or Sakimotor. I used to upload video game music on a YouTube channel, but it was someday massively DMCA'd by hasu, so I'm not doing that any longer, it was good while it lasted.

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

The SciADV series has been a part of my weeb life for as long as I can remember honestly. Steins;Gate was my first anime, Chaos;Head followed soon after as I didn't really know better. Once I'd get into visual novels, S;G1 and 0 would be the first ones I'd go through, followed by the Chaos duology many years later. I like sci-fi, conspiracies and pseudoscience like it's likely the case of many people here (Zero Escape is another series I'm fond of for that). Steins;Gate's characters are appealing, Takumi is my top guy, and chaos;child had a very fun detective story to untangle, just the way She intended it. I should eventually read the robotics entires and A;C, someday, surely...

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

I love the Xeno series, especially Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode III, very impressive J-RPGs. The most otaku interest of mine is likely rhythm games, I've been a BEMANI-head for about a decade at this point and couldn't imagine living without DDR or IIDX! Another game that defines me is Radaint Silvergun, I owe Hitoshi Sakimoto my nickname.

How'd you find this forum?

Shogun.

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

Quite bleak. I wish decentralization was still important for most people. I liked finding out about video game trivia and game mods through more outlets than a Bluesky thread and/or a half-private (and likely to be deleted soon) Discord server. I don't really see a problem in the existence of massive social media, their relevance and the way they are used reflect what people currently seek out of the internet. Mass consumption, short-spanned content, "entertainment". Forums like this one fell out of general relevance as more and more normies got access to the web, and that's fine. It becomes a problem when even the pioneers of the Internet are "forced" to use such networks to remain in reach with the new audiences.
Some people still take the time to make their own little home, I like them. I don't count myself into that category yet, my personal page is a bit too neglected to count.

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

Reverse engineering of video games is a field I've been getting into reliably for the past 3-4 years, one small step at a time. We were given Assembly and Compiler classes for my CompSci Master's, I use that knowledge as a pillar for the rest. Otherwise, as I mentioned before, I play a lot of rhythm games and try getting good at DDR mostly. Lately I've been 1ccing shmups too, Radiant Silvergun is the one I'd love to conquer the most. I already cleared the Very Easy Arcade mode half a year ago and even got the WR for it on the Steam release. I would like to eventually be able to clear the Story mode as well, and on the Normal difficulty instead.

[Erin]

I've been ghosting my way through this forum for a little while, it was about time I introduced myself for real! I am Saki, though you might have already encountered me elsewhere as Saki Mondo, or Sakimotor. I used to upload video game music on a YouTube channel, but it was someday massively DMCA'd by hasu, so I'm not doing that any longer, it was good while it lasted.

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

The SciADV series has been a part of my weeb life for as long as I can remember honestly. Steins;Gate was my first anime, Chaos;Head followed soon after as I didn't really know better. Once I'd get into visual novels, S;G1 and 0 would be the first ones I'd go through, followed by the Chaos duology many years later. I like sci-fi, conspiracies and pseudoscience like it's likely the case of many people here (Zero Escape is another series I'm fond of for that). Steins;Gate's characters are appealing, Takumi is my top guy, and chaos;child had a very fun detective story to untangle, just the way She intended it. I should eventually read the robotics entires and A;C, someday, surely...

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

I love the Xeno series, especially Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode III, very impressive J-RPGs. The most otaku interest of mine is likely rhythm games, I've been a BEMANI-head for about a decade at this point and couldn't imagine living without DDR or IIDX! Another game that defines me is Radaint Silvergun, I owe Hitoshi Sakimoto my nickname.

How'd you find this forum?

Shogun.

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

Quite bleak. I wish decentralization was still important for most people. I liked finding out about video game trivia and game mods through more outlets than a Bluesky thread and/or a half-private (and likely to be deleted soon) Discord server. I don't really see a problem in the existence of massive social media, their relevance and the way they are used reflect what people currently seek out of the internet. Mass consumption, short-spanned content, "entertainment". Forums like this one fell out of general relevance as more and more normies got access to the web, and that's fine. It becomes a problem when even the pioneers of the Internet are "forced" to use such networks to remain in reach with the new audiences.
Some people still take the time to make their own little home, I like them. I don't count myself into that category yet, my personal page is a bit too neglected to count.

What are some of your foremost hobbies?

Reverse engineering of video games is a field I've been getting into reliably for the past 3-4 years, one small step at a time. We were given Assembly and Compiler classes for my CompSci Master's, I use that knowledge as a pillar for the rest. Otherwise, as I mentioned before, I play a lot of rhythm games and try getting good at DDR mostly. Lately I've been 1ccing shmups too, Radiant Silvergun is the one I'd love to conquer the most. I already cleared the Very Easy Arcade mode half a year ago and even got the WR for it on the Steam release. I would like to eventually be able to clear the Story mode as well, and on the Normal difficulty instead.

Nice, I've only played Xenoblade Chronicles 1, 2 and X but I enjoyed them a lot. Cool that you're into IIDX, I'm into Sound Voltex myself, although I've only gotten into it very recently. Would like to get into IIDX at some point too, rhythm games are great.

[Blond]

Flower, Sun and Rain pfp. Hell yeah!

[Parzival]

Takumi is my top guy

Hell yeah, that's my GOAT!

I love the Xeno series, especially Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode III, very impressive J-RPGs.

A fellow Xenochad! Let's GOOOOOO!

Shmups and FSR too? A man after my own heart.

[Maypews]

You know, we could really use a shmups thread. I'm not any good at them (still don't even have a 1CC lol) but they are a lot of fun. I've always wanted to read more about the Japanese scene and playerbase they've got going over there. seems like a very interesting competitive scene and is rather otaku in nature too.

[Nova]

You know, we could really use a shmups thread. I'm not any good at them (still don't even have a 1CC lol) but they are a lot of fun. I've always wanted to read more about the Japanese scene and playerbase they've got going over there. seems like a very interesting competitive scene and is rather otaku in nature too.

I am a shmup player. I can make one.

[aeon]

I am a shmup player. I can make one.

That would be nice, I have been wanting to get into Touhou for a while but I have been kinda lost on where to start and how to improve :o

[RadioHades]

Yo, I decided to sign up here after being kindly invited by our host. Let me summarize by announcing myself as an imageboard oldfag (so excuse any possible abrasiveness from me, I'm not mean, not even in an E. Naggum way) who likes weird music, computers and old anime/manga; peruse my website if you have a Desire to Know More™.

Note that my VN experience sadly doesn't go past Katawa Shoujo and I've only watched the Steins;Gate anime (which I thought was decently good but gave away its being a VN adaptation too often). Too tired to fuck around with WINE to run VNs, to be honest, might give a chance to any available on Steam though.

[NonoEnjoyer]

I forgot to do one of these. I was cold approached by Maypews and invited to join the board. Ordinarily this isn't really my cup of tea, but so far I've actually come to really like it.

I got into Science Adventure last year when I bought Steins;Gate on a whim. I had heard years ago whilst browsing the FSN subreddit that it was "basically a perfect" anime adaptation of its VN source material. Fate was rather infamous among its VN readers for poor adaptations, so this intrigued me. It's absolutely NOT a perfect adaptation, of course... but it's still pretty damn good. From there I read S;G 0, then Linear Bounded Phenogram and then Chaos;Head NOAH, Chaos;Child, R;N and so on. C;C has ended up as my favorite but Steins;Gate is a vey close second, with C;H not far behind in third.

I'm really not that much of an otaku. I do like Fate and I guess TM in general, but FGO has had me falling out of love with that for years at this point. Most of the animes that I have watched are Fate stuff. I guess I'm not super excited about anime as a medium in general, so it's difficult for me to just watch it or want to get into it. Part of the reason I've come to live Science Adventure so much is because it's rare for me to consume any kind of story-driven media and really... uh, feel things? I think the stories in most media (video games especially) are pretty terrible, or at least mediocre.

I'm not as blackpilled on cyberspace as some people here, but my normie tolerance also might just be higher. The worst thing about the internet is when people act like it's their first day and act Very Serious over some stupid shit you post or w/e. That shit's exhausting.

I'm a variety gamer, I play a lot of different stuff. 4X games, FPS, RTS, it just depends on what sort of cycle I'm on. I also write quite a bit, mostly low fantasy type stuff. I also have collected a few guns and really enjoy going shooting. I feel for people who don't have access to this kind of thing, because even if you don't like firearms, going shooting is a lot of fun. I guess that's about it.

[RadioHades]

Small notice: I've been looking at the websites linked in the profiles associated with these intro posts and there are a lot of cool ones missing a functional feed (that means with dates, not just passing https://validator.w3.org/feed/). Please do something about it, I'd love to add them to my sfeedrc!