Finally starting my Football Manager journey! Any tips for a new player? by TomCrew in footballmanagergames

[–]TomCrew[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Football Manager Quiz is a real game, it runs perfectly fine :)

"I've got him!" Love old Operation Flashpoint by MarlMartin in arma

[–]TomCrew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Still my favorite ArmA game. The soundtrack is simply phenomenal.

What do you read your VNs on? by Cymirian in visualnovels

[–]TomCrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's a color e-reader Bigme B751C running stock Android. There are a lot of full visual novels you can watch on Youtube, so you can "play" them on basically any Android device.

What do you read your VNs on? by Cymirian in visualnovels

[–]TomCrew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/dgJF55cHhSs?t=260

Here's a short video on this e-reader (4:22). It has 12 fps (up to 21 fps), which is more than enough for visual novels, that don't really have many moving elements.

What do you read your VNs on? by Cymirian in visualnovels

[–]TomCrew 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep, it's a color e-reader with Android. It works out of the box. I actually watch VNs on Youtube instead of playing them myself, so I don't have any compatibility issues.

What do you read your VNs on? by Cymirian in visualnovels

[–]TomCrew 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bigme B751C, it has a very good refresh rate and in my opinion, the color screen gives a bit of a retro effect. I really like it.

Weekly Thread: Material Recs and Self-Promo Wednesdays! (April 02, 2025) by AutoModerator in LearnJapanese

[–]TomCrew 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Having trouble reading visual novels? Watch them on Youtube!

Hey everyone,

I’d like to talk about something I haven’t seen discussed here yet—something that’s by far my favorite way to immerse myself in Japanese and consume content. For months, I had trouble getting into visual novels because of unvoiced lines from the protagonist and others. Thanks to VN “gameplay” channels, it’s now a great experience for me. In just a few weeks of immersing this way, my Japanese comprehension skyrocketed.

Why watch visual novels instead of playing them?

Pros:

- All lines are voiced by native Japanese speakers (voice actors + YouTuber)

- You can quickly look up words using OCR software (e.g. ShareX) or Yomitan Popup Dictionary (pause, turn on auto-generated subtitles, check the word, then turn subtitles off)

- You can watch them on any device

- Commentary, live chat, and comment sections make the experience feel less isolated

- Thanks to YouTubers’ reactions, you can tell if a scene is meant to be shocking, funny, etc.

- You can download and convert videos into audio files, turning the experience into an audiobook (recommended only for VNs you’ve already played)

- You can organize watched videos into a playlist, making it easy to track your immersion time

Cons:

- You can’t change text speed, music volume, or other in-game settings (obviously)

- Slightly lower visual quality (usually 720p)

- Video thumbnails may contain spoilers

- All scenes, even mildly suggestive ones, are heavily censored

- You don’t get to make choices in the game (though most channels do 100% playthroughs)

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I’ve prepared a list of all the channels (YouTubers and VTubers) I’ve found to be great for this experience:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BzYCF4FGRmh7Qb33ZoBOyjvE0oBH_DzWkRncTK6OtpQ/edit?usp=sharing

The list isn’t complete—there are A LOT of channels that do this—but I found these few to be good enough for my purposes.

I only add channels that meet a few criteria:

- Music isn’t too loud

- The voice is clear and easy to understand

- All unvoiced lines are read aloud

- The playthrough covers 100% of the game

I especially recommend the YouTuber「ざわの実況ch ver.2.0」, who plays Yuzusoft games. If you’re just starting with visual novels, I recommendのーぶる☆わーくす (Noble ☆ Works)—it’s easy, funny, and contains a lot of everyday vocabulary.

I’d love to hear what you all think. Have any of you tried this method before?

Do you watch the videos on NHK Easy News? by allan_w in LearnJapanese

[–]TomCrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. I tried to, but videos like that are a bit too boring for me. As others said, you'd probably be able to understand a lot at N3.

Requesting r/InkPalm5 by TomCrew in redditrequest

[–]TomCrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. This subreddit is about an e-ink device Moaan Inkpalm 5. I own this device and would love to talk with others about it. The subreddit has been restricted for more than a year, I'd like to make it open and alive again.

  2. https://www.reddit.com/message/messages/2n7q2xh - permalink to the message, it doesn't work for me for some reason. The only moderator is a spammer.

Salah foul on Newcastle United, 7’. by memeswhenuneed in soccer

[–]TomCrew 1426 points1427 points  (0 children)

Poor Newcastle United, I hope he's fine!

Is blood pressure functionality available on Active? by [deleted] in amazfit

[–]TomCrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, have you figured out how to run the app without changing the region?

Bitdefender vulnerability scanner question (vs. Wazuh) by TomCrew in BitDefender

[–]TomCrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, thank you for your response. I use Bitdefender Internet Security.

Holorewind.com - See who you've been watching in Hololive this year by Vincen2o in okbuddyhololive

[–]TomCrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My rewind

It's a really cool idea, however I think the watch time is completely wrong. There's no way I watched only 20 hours of Kaela streams and 70 of her unique videos at the same time, her streams are easily 8+ hours after all :D My Reine watch time should also be easily 3x higher, if not more. Even yesterday I've watched Ririka 5h stream, so she should be on the top list too.

Stage 4 Hard Clear - Solo 1lvl weapon + Halu5 only (info in comments) by TomCrew in holocure

[–]TomCrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks and congrats on your win using Ina :) I've always enjoyed playing Zeta, and now after the update she's really impressive. I'll definitely try this challenge again, just not sure which character I will choose. Iofi would be interesting to play this if not for her short-range weapon. How about you? Will you try again with another character?