EraTheMonologuer

Part time bum, full time H-game translator.
Work @ Otaku Plan.
Opinions mine. Open to freelance projects.

日本語能力試験 (JLPT) N1
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[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@commamion5 @osaka0904 I personally apologize for the extra month of delay that occurred during our localization of it. Due to wanting to translate the game well, I ended up requiring 6 months instead of 5.

But please know that due to that, the game came out in a much better, fully translated state!

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@commamion5 @osaka0904 Hello. I'm the English translator for Starherd from Otaku's side.

Please know that we did our best to make sure that your game came out as soon as possible and without bugs and text issues.

Please know that as far as western releases go, we'll be always on your side.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn You cannot regulate piracy away. You can try, it won't stop anyone.

It's not like Japan where people believe in following every law no matter how unreasonable they consider it to be.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn Piracy can only be eradicated through good services and through what people consider to be a fair exchange.

Steam is one such platform considered "fair" by the people, and it is why I work for my current employer (we only publish on steam).

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn The people who pirate regardless of whether they have incentives or not, i.e. for reasons other than these--

1) They cannot afford to buy (imo reasonable, ymmv)
2) They morally do not want to support the publisher (to each their own)

Will continue to pirate regardless.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn Again, what are you going to do about it? You keep going around in circles saying it's unnecessary, but the truth of the matter is that software piracy cannot be stopped, you can only provide a product in a reasonable enough manner that people willingly choose to buy.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@stain_goat If you ever end up making your artworks into a real game, I would absolutely love to do the EN localization for it. I love your work.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn I cannot agree.

If the gaming community decides that the work my employer does is not valuable, and I end up without work, I would not blame the community myself. It helps that we charge fair prices for decent products, so people tend to buy fairly.

It will be what it will be.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn For sure, that is one possible outcome.

I cannot tell you whether that's a good outcome or not. I also work for a Japanese videogame publisher, and I would prefer if my current employer stayed solvent. But that's for the gaming community to decide.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn The entire point was that Netflix was providing a service that everyone considered valuable enough to stop pirating media.

But you are unwilling to see the practical reality of things, so what can I say? I have expressed the entire issue as it stands to you.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn Sure, but that is simply never going to happen. People who think of piracy as a form of protest will continue to pirate. What are you going to do to stop them? Make software piracy illegal? It already is, that alone won't stop them.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn That is what evens out the playing field for both consumers and producers. You can disagree, but piracy will never die as long as sellers and producers continue to treat consumers as a hostile enemy in an "us vs them" paradigm. Everyone paid for Netflix, don't forget that.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn @IvanRejmer @osushi_yee Remember, piracy is a service issues, consumers are always willing to buy but if you annoy them they will pirate.

There is also the realm of pirating media when you do not like the seller, but that's getting into the weeds a bit too much.

[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@Rimengsuokn @IvanRejmer @osushi_yee They will cite "the seller is unwilling to meet me at a price I'm comfortable paying" and do whatever it is they please. Is it 'fair' to the seller? Maybe not, but this is how the real practical system works. You simply have to make the consumer willingly buy it.

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[EraTheMonologuer @09eragera09]

@rbheiss @narendramodi It is relatively elementary (at least the basic concept) if you take the time to look into it. The Prime Minister has to use more generalized language, for the sake of the less technically literate people.
Of course, that does not excuse the people insulting you for not knowing.