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Off Topic / VOCALOID

« on: June 11, 2014, 07:29:46 am »

This thread is for those of you part of the underground world of VOCALOID, be you fan or producer.

VOCALOID is a series of computer programs that synthesize human voices into singers. First released in 2004, the very first VOCALOID programs were English, followed by Japanese. It did not become popular until the release of Hatsune Miku, a Japanese VOCALOID. It has a huge art following with hundreds of amateur composers and lyricists writing music for VOCALOIDs as well as millions of fanart. In 2010, the first VOCALOID concert featuring Miku was held and VOCALOID began entering mainstream media with support from Lady Gaga.

I first heard of VOCALOID at Anime Expo 2008, but never really looked into it until 2010. The very first VOCALOID concert in the states was held at Anime Expo 2011. I was lucky enough to get a seat 10 rows from the stage. Even though the quality was far below that of the Japan concerts, I still enjoyed it nonetheless. *waves around Len cell phone strap souvenir*

Obviously, my top favorite VOCALOID is Len, followed by KAITO. Not too fond of Miku, but a lot of songs made for her are good. Luo Tianyi from China is also starting to grow on me, but the Chinese fanbase hasn't really impressed me with their original music. I do like me some GUMI and Luka with some Rin. Favorite English VOCALOIDs so far are YOHIOloid followed by Big Al, although Oliver and Sonika are good, too.

Favorite UTAU (fanmade VOCALOID) thus far is Namine Ritsu. I don't know why, but I love her voice for some reason. Also starting to like Kasane Teto a little more.

Share your thoughts and song recommendations here!

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Ragnarok Online / Re: Glast Heim Memorial Instance and WoE:TE Update

« on: June 11, 2014, 06:07:15 am »

UPDATE!

Glast Heim Memorial Instance is now in the game! WoE:TE is still too buggy to implement so it'll be in later.

Right now, the iRO community has voted on Sunday as the WoE:TE day. There's currently a poll for the time. Check it out here. Leading times so far are 8-9AM and 5-6PM.

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Ragnarok Online / Bounty Boards

« on: June 10, 2014, 08:44:42 am »

Earlier this year, I pitched the idea of Bounty Boards to Oda and Campitor (current iRO CMs). Bounty Boards are basically what I think the Eden Group quests should've been. The boards are also meant to replace Gramps TIs since Gramps has unwittingly encouraged KSing and overall bad leveling behavior in the iRO community since its inception.

Here's the feedback thread I started in the forums: http://forums.warpportal.com/index.php?/topic/152853-bounty-boards-feedback/

So far, the reception has been pretty positive. There's only one Bounty Board available at the moment (Juno) so if any of you guys want to test that out on a Level 70+ character, that'd be great.

I've already compiled a list of monsters for the other Bounty Boards on page 3 of the thread if you guys want to see what could be in store once the system is expanded. There would be 2 different Bounty Board systems: High Level Bounty Boards (70+) and Low Level Bounty Boards (69 and under).

In addition, I've also pitched the idea of making it so each Bounty Board lists all the monster suggestions, but players can only earn EMBs if they pick 4 or more.

4 monster kills = 1 EMB
5 monster kills = 2 EMBs
6 monster kills = 3 EMBs
Etc.

According to Oda, it would be possible to make it so each Bounty Board would include ALL of the monster suggestions I've compiled for each particular board and have it so players can pick and choose which ones they want to do. However, he said it'll be complicated so expect a few bugs should that get implemented.

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Introductions / Re: It's me, Talvis

« on: June 04, 2014, 03:36:30 am »

How good is RO / WoE?

Depends on what you're looking for in a MMORPG. Do you prefer PVM or PVP? Do you like a variety of job classes? Do you mind grinding your way to the top? Do you like to go on quests? Et cetera, et cetera.

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Introductions / Re: It's me, Talvis

« on: May 31, 2014, 04:53:09 am »

Yes! we can do it!

:U

I guess we can try on an unwanted castle. What's the most undesirable castle?

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Introductions / Re: It's me, Talvis

« on: May 31, 2014, 04:37:28 am »

Just the 3 of us? :U

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Introductions / Re: It's me, Talvis

« on: May 31, 2014, 04:30:29 am »

Glad to see you finally on here, inuko.

Only took you... 3 years. :U

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Ragnarok Online / Glast Heim Memorial Instance and WoE:TE Update

« on: May 29, 2014, 09:24:14 pm »

After 2 long years of waiting, iRO is finally getting the Glast Heim Memorial instance and War of Emperium: Training Edition updates!

More information here.

The updates are currently on Sakray server for testing. Testers should report any and all bugs to this thread: http://forums.warpportal.com/index.php?/topic/152942-sakray-woe-te-and-glast-heim-instance-bug-report-thread/

War of Emperium: Training Edition is only open to pre-Renewal job classes. That means no 3rd Classes and no Kagerou/Oboro and Rebel job classes are allowed to participate.

Guilds with 3rd Class guildleaders can still participate, but guildleaders will not have access to Recall. Since Mwrip is a 3rd Class, we can either create an alt OOC guild for WoE:TE or we can just use RaidCall as our substitute "Recall." Up to you guys. :3 I'd prefer to just use the RaidCall instead (or whatever external program Trerro wants to use).

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Ragnarok Online / Re: iRO Community Raidcall

« on: May 29, 2014, 07:35:00 am »

Since I'm constantly in the Community RaidCall, I went ahead and created a password-protected Order of Chaos guild channel. Please PM me for the password when you hop into the RC. (You can PM by right-clicking a person and selecting Send Message.)

We can use the channel for guild meetings, hanging out, and maybe as a WoE channel if we get into that again. You can either voice chat or text chat; we're fine with both.

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Ragnarok Online / Re: RO Role-Play

« on: May 29, 2014, 07:25:06 am »

Sounds interesting, though I should probably actually watch that anime first so I have a better idea of what you're aiming for. From what I've heard, somewhere along the lines of .hack?

Yep, just people RP-ing themselves playing their characters in RO. You can just read through the thread to see how the setting is. Should be pretty easy to get into without having seen either SAO or .hack.

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Introductions / Re: It's me, Talvis

« on: May 29, 2014, 07:21:43 am »

Welcome to the Order! :U

Sorry, the guild's pretty much on hiatus from RO for the time being, but maybe some folks might come back for WoE: TE.

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Off Topic / Raptr

« on: May 22, 2014, 06:58:45 am »

Raptr is pretty much like xFire except much better. You can log gametime, chat with friends, and earn reward points you can spend on neat gaming stuff like gaming peripherals or beta keys.

http://raptr.com/

You can transfer ALL your xFire and Steam hours to your Raptr account so you can earn some starter points to use. Raptr's Rewards system is how I was able to get myself this sweet Logitech headset.

In addition, if the Raptr client fails to log some of your hours, you can do manual logging to keep your gametime accurate.

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Off Topic / Countering a Gun to the Face

« on: May 16, 2014, 07:27:11 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnr6Jqqg-Y

I'm gonna practice this. (And you should, too.)

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Ragnarok Online / Re: iRO Community Raidcall

« on: May 09, 2014, 07:04:44 am »

Little update on this...

I may have kinda sorta started a guild rivalry with the Smokies Guild ('cause our guild mascots are squirrels while their guild mascots are raccoons), so don't be alarmed if a Smokies guildmember calls you out because you're labeled as Order of Chaos. :U It's all in harmless good fun, I promise! 

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Ragnarok Online / RO Role-Play

« on: May 07, 2014, 07:20:21 am »

I've started up a RO RP thread in the WarpPortal forums, if anyone from the guild is interested:

http://forums.warpportal.com/index.php?/topic/132669-role-play-ragnarok-online-generation-vr/

Pretty much has an SAO feel to it, but not quite the same kind of story.