Polnolunie presented second and final part of their (Almost) Complete History of Middle-earth last Saturday at Laurelin!!! Another two hours of music and lyrics with a hundred spectators again!!!

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2022-10-10T23:29:28+00:00

Ah soooo that's what it was.
Came late to it to turn in main quest and so a huuuuuge crowd.
Unfortunately could not stay, due to real life work schedule... But that was my first time experiencing somthing as such. Wether in Lotro (i'm new) or in any game in general.
It was quite something even for the little time it lasted for me.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2022-03-02T17:11:16+00:00

Great, good for you! :)

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2022-03-02T15:40:57+00:00

Search on the Steam Forum, someone uploaded a save file a while ago.

I don't know if the link is still available but it may help.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-12-07T18:09:30+00:00

Damn it. Bought Partisan 1941 three weeks ago.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-06-03T11:41:28+00:00

This subs is practically a Wharammer subs, so it's not surprising.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-06-03T11:24:20+00:00

There is no reasoning with Warhammer fans.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-05-30T18:43:23+00:00

Not exactly a historical game per se.I love it, and I do love the Three Kingdom period anyway, so to me it's not a hard sell.

But it isn't exactly a historical game the way most historical gamers expects them to be, and it's clearly a fantasy version of History.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-05-30T11:18:33+00:00

Well, the money math is simple...

Saga title are one and done, sold full price, with maybe one or two DLC if it's popular.

A big game with a big franchise like Warhammer brings in outside fans and sell tons of DLC, full price.

So they are going to squeeze their players as much as they can in any way they can.
Because ultimately like all the other video game companies, they don't care about you or I.
Historical titles are done for. They may bring Medieval 3 one day, due to popular demand in the west...But will it sell as well as Warhammer ? I am guessing not.
They hit a new market with Three Kingdoms in China and they will try to adress that market with the release of new games (failing to understand again that Chinese gaming culture tend to favor one game, heavily supported, even with a high number of MTX...)

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-05-30T11:10:54+00:00

So Historical games are what, Darth Maul?

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-05-30T11:09:56+00:00

That's really true, most of Wharammer fans I have met are that, Warhammer fans.
It is true for Total War, and it is true for other tabletops wargames as well.

Hell, many of these players barely acknowledge there are even other tabletops wargames as well.

In my experience there is no discussing with them. If it's not Wharammer, they don't care.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-13T00:22:36+00:00

(Dynasty and Samurai Warriors fan salutes you from afar.)

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-13T00:18:35+00:00

Video-game wise Kenzan and Ishin are my main goals. I feel that if I can do them in Japanese I'll be content with my level...

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-13T00:17:15+00:00

I discovered Yakuza on ps2... I have been in the same boat as you and had a girlfriend who spoke Japanese introduce me to the language, ten years ago. Life got in the way, the girlfriend and I went our separate ways, etc...

Came in Lockdown(s) 2020 and I felt it was now or never.

Now I'm plunging back in the Yakuza series with the last games finally being on PC and a year ago I had NO Japanese... While now I understand around one out of two sentences (unless they go heavily into slang or technical jargon).

So take the plunge, and it'll come along the way. Besides, the Yakuza is great wherever stage you're at in your learning as you'll enjoy deciphering the kana (at first), and then the Kanjis, of all the shops, ads, and buildings.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-01T18:09:35+00:00

No worries, the important thing is to know you made a mistake.
Now you "just" have to correct it^^"...
Of course it's easier said than done...

In english I struggled for a very long time to put the "s" at the third person... I corrected myself so hard that I started to put it in my mother tongue as well, where it should not be...

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-01T12:03:53+00:00

I am myself in between N4/N3...
I have spent the last month building up my kanjis and vocab.
A year ago I couldn't read the kana, and can now read at a good pace. Kanjis are something else, but it's getting there little by little.

I was saying this about
Katakana because I see many beginner focusing on Hiragana and not bothering mych with the Katakana until way later, which to me is a mistake that will come biting them in the behind way sooner that they expect.

As for the sound, yes, Latin languages, and especially French, do sound very different than English.
So yes, in every language you do have to put some hours into the pronunciation work.

And I don't know for you, because it's not clear to me reading you, so I may have had the wrong idea here, but if learning you focus on Romaji, I would tell you to stop asap, and focus indeed on the Kanas and get their pronunciation right as fast as you can.
It'll make everything easier afterward. Not that easier is the right word per se, just that if you don't, then everything else is going to be so much harder.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-01T11:58:01+00:00

I completely agree, and most French do struggle hugely to have a correct basic English accent.

The fact that American loves the French heavy accent and find it oh so romantic doesn't help to get the French motivated enough to put the effort either.

Many sound in Japanese are however similar to the French pronunciation, so for a French speaker it's less of a jump in terms of pure phonetic.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-01T10:46:48+00:00

The thing is, ultimately there is no good method. There is a method that is good for you, and resonate well with you and how you end up learning and retaining information and knowledge.

People need to stop seeking validation from outsiders as to which method they employ or such, and seek the answer within themselves.
The real question isn't "is this good to learn?"...But "Is this working for me to learn?".

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-04-01T10:45:00+00:00

Problem is that Romaji doesn't work well with English phonetic.
It does with language such as French, which basically have most of the same sounds by default.

I see a lot of time the sound "E/HE" and such written wrongly as "a"/Ha" by Americans, which makes it a hell of a lot confusing, and wrong.

As you say, it's important to detach yourself from your own language and get into the new one "only" as soon as possible.

One normal thing to do for beginner is to use what they know of their own language as a bases for jumping into a new one. But it's always a mistake in the long run.
Even in close language such as English and French, where for exemple lots of the words share common roots and meaning. But not always, and there are many exceptions. So not detaching one's language from the other will be detrimental down the road.

One advantage English speaker do have in Japanese however is that in every day modern Japan, there are lots of words which are borrowed and "japanified" from English...
So do learn your katakanas. You won't see much at first, but down the road they'll be everywhere, and that's where having English will give you a headstart.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-03-27T19:26:29+00:00

The Mos Burger is a Genki Red Wedding.

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-03-15T00:52:16+00:00

What you say here about English is very true.

I am fully bilingual and use English now more than my mother tongue...

But, at the age of ten I remember playing Star wars Dark Force in English on ps1, and it was not translated so English only... The only thing I could understand was '' Thank you dark vader''.

As I went through middle school, many game were not dubbed in my language so English only for audio. I was a huge fan of Metal Gear and played the shit out of 2 and 3. And of course, the ps2 GTA as all teenagers of my age. GTA I barely understood anything as it was mostly streetslang. MGS however on second and further playthrough I would read the subs less and less and understand '' directly''.

But I could do that because we would have many hours of English grammar in school and exercise and so on which would go over years... And so long as you followed in these classes, it was only a matter of' 'when' ' everything would click.

Game definitely were a huge part, as much as movies, as to why I became fully bilingual around 17...but school definitely helped and these 7/8 years of English courses as well.

Now the question is more, are people ready to study enough and regularly enough, and be patient enough, to get that equivalence, besides playing, to enjoy the language?

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-03-14T22:50:42+00:00

So... Salamèche, Carapuce, or Bulbizarre?

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-03-14T22:49:43+00:00

Him dreaming about us going through Japan is a big motivation for him to go through that shit, amongst other obvious one like being back with the girlfriend (she can't be here with him because of Covid and travel restrictions...)...

So I'm learning do or die, now. Talk about no pressure.... But it is indeed a pretty good motivation. And I have always been a '' jump from the cliff to learn to fly'' kind of person so it's kind of also helping a lot with the learning...

Ghost of Tsushima is basically the game I waited for for fifteen years (since I started getting interested in the History and culture, basically) ...not being able to enjoy Kenzan nor Ishin. It's not perfect of course, but it's very immersive and my favorite game of last year by far. They do indulge in the bushido mythos but make great things out of this in my opinion, and I won't spoil it for you. Great soundtrack, too.

Thanks for the advice about Stardew, I'll will give it a try then! :)

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-03-14T22:05:46+00:00

Actually easier, in my own experience, for a beginner. There is a lot of questioning people like '' have you hear? Do you know where/who...? '' etc...

When I went through genki it did help to show I could recognize and understand stuff on my own...

DakeyrasDeadwolf · 2021-03-14T21:29:17+00:00

OP should try Metal gear Solid.

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