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Man, we are getting hella off topic.
If any of you are actually interested in skype or teamspeak, feel free to fire me a request at anonymousafu
@aikibujin S-sorry senpai…
Anyway, I misread the problem, and I apologize that. If you’re in the rigorous process of working towards something as grand as a PhD, then there’s not really much you can do time-wise except work your alternative studies/hobbies when you can without burning out. The only other way is to use my magic Igmdust to freeze time, but I’m afraid it’s far too valuable for me to give to you.Sorry for derailing your thread, Helen. :c
Noice.On the topic of art/gaming: I’m actually a bit of an animator right now. I primarily use Adobe Flash, so it’s not anything 3D, but I can do some pretty cool Egoraptor-y stuff. I think we gaming-based Fugunites should host group skype convos or something, since the Teamspeak is…uh…yeah.
@Aikibujin I believe TextFugu was designed with the thought that your memory of older lessons may degrade, which is why a lot of stuff is based on Anki as well as explaining things in a way that’s very easily memorable due to the content and pace. I’m always sure to clear all my Anki decks and do at least one lesson every two days. However, I can understand if this is either too much for some people, or if others simply can’t retain it. I have extremely strong- nearly photographic- memory, which is obviously a huge catalyst for learning tedious things like Kanji.
In the event that you do all of the things I mentioned above(and I’m sure you were doing it all before I bothered typing this), then I highly recommend finding a penpal that speaks English on top of native Japanese. Not only is it much, much more useful to talk to an actual person in the language you’re learning, but you can get constant feedback, learn many different colloquialisms and slang, and probably best of all, there’s a good chance you’ll make a great friend.
Since there’s a lot of programming talk going on in the thread, I’m just going to make a quick analogy. Learning foreign languages is very similar to learning programming in that classes and lessons will only take you so far. You have to go out and dissect real examples of it being used so you can learn more efficient ways to do something and discover new tools you can use.
I understand if some of this isn’t feasible as I can only speak from my own experiences, but I just hope that some of this helps you out.-
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Noice.@Eihiko I didn’t necessarily say origin. I’m aware that America is basically responsible for the inception of it, but as you know, it barely survived due to the fact that almost none of those developers necessarily knew what made an interesting and memorable game, and even those that did hardly had the marketing means to spread it. At that point, Japan just walked in with the NES, which basically shocked the world in sales and ignited the market. I could cite evidence, but it does truly come down to opinion. I believe that, internationally, there would a very distinct lack of variety and popularity in gaming had Japan only kept their market domestic, but everyone’s entitled to their own opinions on the matter.
(In case you haven’t noticed, I like to write a lot.)OT: I really appreciate the warm welcome. I hope my learning experience can be all the more enhanced by the company of all of you.
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