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Titos said:
Probably an autistic question but that's never stopped me from asking questions before. How exactly does the "permission" shit work? Are they needing permission from management or do they just need it from the dev/publisher? If it's the developer I can really only think of Atlus that puts restrictions on that kind of stuff, some other Jap devs probably do too but thats only jap devs. I can't think of any western developer or publisher that actively tells people not to stream their games. Hell companies like Microsoft/Xbox have had clear cut rules on streaming/making videos using their games for almost 2 decades thanks to machinima and they're basically just "Don't use our assets to make another game or break the law". So is it just management dictating what games they think will attract viewers?
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They need permission from both management and the rights holders. And permissions are apparently fine-grained enough that one girl can be playing a game and another might not be allowed to mention it at all.

This is one of the reasons why the holos play so many foreign games. Most western studios consider streamers to be free advertisement and encourage it. I imagine the biggest hurdle for most western titles is waiting for an intern to answer the email from Cover with, "yeah you can stream our games we don't care lol."

Japanese IP culture is way different. For example, many high profile games will have separate IP assignments for even their own music (not like licensed pop music in the game but actual music composed for the game) or specific voice talents. You should google some of the shit that goes down with stuff like Dragon Quest. Mind you, the younger generations in Japan aren't really so uptight about this shit (having views about IP more in line with what you'd see in Europe or North America) but most of the country's institutions are effectively gerontocratic and so this shit is going to continue for a long time.
 
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I was hoping the EN Collab this week was going to be Payday 2 but then it hit me that it's all 5 of them. Who knows, maybe there'll be a Gen 5 collab instead in the future where they play it and Botan can carry the others. Honestly kind of sucks with having 5 members in each Gen, missing out on games like Deep Rock Galactic and stuff. (Which if they got permission for that, they could play Satisfactory too which I really hope one of them tries) Although I admit that doesn't stop groups like Bakatare, OKBR, FAMS, etc from playing them.

Edit: Also sounds like Polka is going to be doing a Duolingo stream in the future.
 
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Islamic Heisenberg said:
That's interesting. So you're telling me that she's a real college student irl and it's not just her lore? does that mean she really did work as a model/idol before too? I've seen posts about Moona's roommate hundreds pages back but im still on the fence if that really was her and if so, the ID girls are springkling some of their real life information in their characters bios then. Also following that pattern, Iofi must've been a real college student too irl then because her backstory is too spesific on what she majors in and i'd assume Risu chose not to put any real life stuff in her bio.
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This weekend, Moona's member streams started off as help her with her homework. One was coming up with research topics, so chat suggested something like vTubers influence on choosing a second language to study.
 
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darkestraven said:
Even Coco says as much.

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Machine translation suggesting that Coco wants to do a gangbang substory got me thinking things I should really dial down on.

I think the separate elements of Yakuza games can be average or plain bad, but the mainline titles combine all the different minigames, exploration and combat into one great package. Dead Souls spin-off seems to be doing only few things and also badly.

jankhater said:
Alright, you can ignore the bad man, here:

I have a friend who told me Vtubers are a bigger waste of time than gacha games. Vtuber friends, how can I convince him that it is a worthwile investment of my time without seeming like I'm trying to drag him into the hole?
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You don't have to pay at all to have access to almost all the content. If you watch a vtuber speaking some other language than your native one, there is a chance you will pick up some words, which is usually a good thing ("tekoki" from Kagura Mea, for example). Also, if your friend is a gachafag, I recommend to stop being friends with him immediately.

Titos said:
Also some of them need to play Ori, partially because it's fun and partially because I've never seen a woman who can get through Ori and not cry at least once which is always funny to me.
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I think the same is with Link's Awakening, with Okayu, Watame and probably few others crying at the end of the game. Can't blame them.

Biobreak said:
The issue is the copyright strikes on their channels.
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In theory, if you think the copyright strike by the copyrights owner is unlawful, you can fill a counter-claim, but you need to give your real name, address and so on. If the copyright holder wants to uphold the strike, they need to take the case to the court and with both Cover and Capcom being in Japan, Cover didn't want to go that way.
I had a similar case when I did a review of a Japan-only manga on my YT channel (my most popular videos sometimes even get up to 30 views!) and got copyright strike from the publisher (who was using gmail address...) for using pages of the manga. Since it was few panels only for the sake of a REVIEW, I filled up counter-claim and my video was released eventually. Oh and I live at the other end of the world from Japan.

Grass4Cats said:

Reine/Marine: Dadah~
Neighbor: Drugs?

Marine: Suki
Reine: Suka
Slavs: Blyat?
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Speaking of cultural exchange: I was watching some clips of Risu streams and she said in Indonesian (I think) something like "wadu?" and the chat went fucking crazy. Googling "wadu" gives nothing and I have no idea what could it be, maybe someone here can help? I don't have the clip in question though.

ChuubaVital said:
In other news
A JP indie bear who's stuck in Windows XP goes to /vt/ to ask for advice and it somehow doesn't end in disaster.
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Eventually wholesome, subbed if even to support with +1 number.



Some clip on twitter, which I found to be incredibly funny:




 
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horni said:
Speaking of cultural exchange: I was watching some clips of Risu streams and she said in Indonesian (I think) something like "wadu?" and the chat went fucking crazy. Googling "wadu" gives nothing and I have no idea what could it be, maybe someone here can help? I don't have the clip in question though.
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I guess it's not "wadu" but "waduh" which is informal way to say "aduh" which means "ouch".
Other possibility is it's Sundanese "waduk" which means "lying", or practically expressing "you're such a liar". Though, I found "waduk" also apparently means "human feces" in Sundanese, basically a swearing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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What is your gameplan here Discord? The only thing I can think of is merch-related, why else DM talent instead of management or something.

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Avokado said:
I guess it's not "wadu" but "waduh" which is informal way to say "aduh" which means "ouch".
Other possibility is it's Sundanese "waduk" which means "lying", or practically expressing "you're such a liar". Though, I found "waduk" also apparently means "human feces" in Sundanese, basically a swearing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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It's the first one. Yes, it's our way to say "ouch".
 
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Another madlass doing subs singing stream in dead night. Can't wait until daytime to do it huh. It's currently around 4.35am as of right now in Japan.


AlphaKilo said:
It's the first one. Yes, it's our way to say "ouch".
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Or the millennials like to use: Oof.
 
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horni said:
You don't have to pay at all to have access to almost all the content. If you watch a vtuber speaking some other language than your native one, there is a chance you will pick up some words, which is usually a good thing ("tekoki" from Kagura Mea, for example). Also, if your friend is a gachafag, I recommend to stop being friends with him immediately.
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Some clip on twitter, which I found to be incredibly funny:




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It's worse than gachafag, he's a game journalist. I was just trying to get people to stop feeding the shitter though, that clip is proof enough of what's best in life

darkestraven said:
What is your gameplan here Discord? The only thing I can think of is merch-related, why else DM talent instead of management or something.

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Someone mentioned a few pages back that Discord said they wanted to send them some merch. Beyond shameless simping, who knows what angle there could be though.

Also, all you guys who fed the troll are sentenced to read this wall of text I found on /vt/
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MemeGrey said:
What merch do you send a Vtuber? A png of a hoodie and hat? Some stickers?
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According to Cubanodun this:

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Which looking it up, is usually only given away during charity streams or on sale at events or rare giveaways. So all in all pretty limited. Would make sense if they wanted to give them to the Hololive members as a show of good faith.
 
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jankhater said:
It's worse than gachafag, he's a game journalist. I was just trying to get people to stop feeding the shitter though, that clip is proof enough of what's best in life


Someone mentioned a few pages back that Discord said they wanted to send them some merch. Beyond shameless simping, who knows what angle there could be though.

Also, all you guys who fed the troll are sentenced to read this wall of text I found on /vt/
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Game journalists used to be incredibly cool and based, but it was like 25 years ago. I think anyone actually wanting to write about video games has his/her own blog or niche website, while the popular news sites are full of clickbaiters and shit-stirrers - correct me if I'm wrong.

Regarding the wall of text I read it and it was not worth it in my opinion. As expected, the author is mixing facts with opinions, and the latter get progressively more biased to the point of being retarded, it a non-amusing way.
 
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jankhater said:
It's worse than gachafag, he's a game journalist. I was just trying to get people to stop feeding the shitter though, that clip is proof enough of what's best in life


Someone mentioned a few pages back that Discord said they wanted to send them some merch. Beyond shameless simping, who knows what angle there could be though.

Also, all you guys who fed the troll are sentenced to read this wall of text I found on /vt/
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"Local man takes photo of a giant turd, inflicts it on everyone"
 
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