Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4715:BABC:E5EE:8D84:DE84:C7C6-20191013085511

Well, in case we ever have to defend Germany, I certainly won't come. They didn't train me, so I'm not interested. We will see how far they will go with their professional army. Really? I remember 2012 where the winter was cold and just wouldn't end (still snow in late April IIRC). There was apparently also another "bad" year but it's 2012 what I remember the most. Even apart from that, I'm not a fan of cold temperatures.

Hehe, funnily enough, there is a decent number of old people here that also use smartphones. Pretty bad. I would laugh evilly if something came along and rendered all of them useless. If their search is any good though. Many forwarding services have options to search YA and other websites but it's practically useless. At least I've basically never found what I was looking for if I didn't just c&p the URL of the item I wanted to buy. Maybe Buyee is better in that regard.

What do you define as an ignorant collector? Technically I'm one as well, since I pay for prices that are above retail prices and likely above market prices. Then again, the competition isn't really there in my niche, so that's probably beside the rest. But yeah, people have too much money to spend, I guess. Doesn't help that the "geeky" type aka programmers and the like earn tons of money. Funnily enough, the Alicesoft links work basically all the time but their website design has changed, so they aren't directly accessible anymore. It will some day resurface, probably. Duke Nukem is a pretty popular game to be fair. So it getting extra material to spend money on isn't that surprising. The difference is that Japanese developers/publishers released stuff for small titles as well. I guess them selling the games for such a high price helps in that regard - helps them stay profitable more easily. I know I would buy all the extra stuff if it releases alongside (or later) good games that I bought. Good think I basically only buy VNs now since they are the last kind that are DRM-free and physical (excluding some garbage publishers like Key).

Absolutely. Forcing money out of you is pretty annoying. Do you also have to pay that fee when it's below 22€ or only when it's above? DHL did introduce some 6€ flat fee (this year) but I only paid for it when getting a package from the US and I wasn't here to pay the delivery person the import tax and had to go to a local DHL place instead. There I was forced to pay.

Nah, doubt it. It wouldn't be "grand" enough for Alicesoft. They are still a software company, so it would likely be a software collection like it was previously. Something like Rance 04 would be too simple in that regard, unless they connect it with extra games etc. And don't forget, they would have to include their mascot(s). I mean, they were looking to hire someone just a few days ago....was for some title in the Haruka series/franchise though IIRC. And is TADA even back? Wasn't he gonna sit quietly and recover?

The latter group? I don't think the ones I mentioned are on any other releases. At least VNDB shows no such thing. I guess they were special event releases exclusively (minus the Manana releases but that was only a download-only rerelease with voices missing, so worse in every regard).

Yeah, I had tried that before but geoblocking and waybachmachine didn't work well together. Good think you found a direct link, thank you. It should technically complete an entry in my Excel list, even though "download only" content is excluded from being collected (like the Tsumamigui 3 Spin-off stuff).