All night I dealt with people wanting some stupid ass wrestling thing. WrestleRama or mania or something. Bunch of rednecks bitching because they couldn't order it. I had to be nice to those people because they pay my salary. When I come home to a bunch of people bitching about not getting Sailor Moon how they want it... I don't have to be nice. My bills are paid :D
In all honesty I let us take crap for Sailor Moon because there are a few special people in my life that love it. My girlfriend loves it so much she edits it. (Because I got too busy :O) I don't like you people talking shit about how we're slow or we don't word things the way you want them to be worded. (Don't fuck with me.) When you insult TV-Nihon you're not insulting one person. You're not just insulting KingRanger. You're insulting a FAMILY of people who work their asses off all the time because they simply enjoy Japanese entertainment.
I asked nicely to not BT our episodes. Nicely in the fact that I hadn't come to your house yet. But rest assured, "thatdog", we're very good friends with the people who own the IRC server we're on. I already have your address and I have some time off this next week. So you and your pubic hair can certainly expect a visit if you decide to go against what I've asked.
Most of these threats and bitchings come from the people who hide in their 5-dollar-to-view forums. Yeah! Isn't that fucked up? You have to pay just to discuss Sailor Moon or whatever. Do we charge to download? Do we charge to use BT? Do we charge to join IRC? No. But we're the bad guys. Uh-huh. Okay.
I got called an "egosubber" tonight by a guy using the IRC nick of "Killshok". If any of you know who Killshok is you'd find that kind of funny. I seriously doubt it was the real thing, but I appreciate the comedy.
I get death threats, viruses, fake letters from Bandai/Toei/Toho and a lot of other shit everyday. I don't even have my e-mail address on the TV-Nihon website. Isn't that fucked up? I don't reply to those e-mails. I don't send warning letters to their ISP. I don't single people out or drop our projects because of all this. It sucks. I can't help but feel frustrated that these people who are supposed to be my fellow "fans" are absolute fucking retards when it comes to showing some respect to people do something with their spare time.
I'm sure people will write "That Cyber uses terrible language and blah blah blah blah". Find something new to bitch about.
We don't get donations that often. We don't beg for them either. It's there if you wanna help out. There's have been some really awesome people who have and I thank them from the bottom of my heart and my empty wallet. I could say things like "I can see who the real fans are" but the fact is you guys are probably just spoiled. Fansubbing isn't that hard...it really isn't. All you really need is someone who can speak Japanese and whole shitload of patience. I'd say we have a decent amount of both. It could be any of you people writting on this site. You may not do everything the same as I do but I can bet a lot of you would feel how I feel sometimes. You'd feel pretty helpless to a bunch of your peers giving you crap everyday because they want something.
I don't want much from you guys. I really don't. I won't hate you if you don't donate. I will love you, though, if you do. I won't hate you if you don't come to the channel and say "Hey, guys, what's going on?" and initiate in a chat with us that can be very friendly and productive for us both. I will respect you and enjoy a diversion from SubStationAlpha, though, by speaking with you and getting to know you. I won't hate you if you break a rule. I will love you, though, if you apologize and ask nicely for some help. I won't hate you if you download our releases and don't serve. I will love you, however, if you spread the joy and set up and fserve or volunteer to make copies for people who have trouble downloading and keep them away from e-bay where they will be ripped off. I won't hate you if download our work and enjoy it...I'd love for everyone to do that.
I will, however, be very upset if you download our work and refuse to show some common respect. I will never say that fansubbing is a task nobody can do except for me. I'm just a fan. I do this with my own time. We all do. We've made awesome friends with people doing it and greatly enriched our lives. Be a part of the solution. Be a part of what makes this fun. We'll keep pumping out episodes the best way we can with what we have if you guys all show a little respect back. I'd say that's a pretty low cost for what you're getting. I hope I don't sound too egotistical when I say we put a lot of work in these subs... We don't do it just for you. We do it for ourselves. For the people we love. And you. ^_~
We're getting a lot of shit because we can't BT an episode. I'm sorry. I wish we could put it up right now because I'm kind of sick of all the complaining ^^;;;
We had some server issues and they're getting fixed, but people only work so fast, y'know? I mean...I wonder how you guys would react if Takenoko-sama was sick and couldn't translate. Would you call him an elitist bastard then? Did you guys know KingRanger was in the hospital and that's part of the delay? He didn't want me saying that because he thinks you guys would just say he's lying... but yeah, it was pretty serious too. He made it okay, though. (Because he's the man!) But don't you guys realize we're human? I just got notified we're being bashed on Japan Hero's forums again. I'm banned there because the admin refuses to listen to facts. It's pretty lame, but I'm not really starting any sort of ANTI-JAPAN HERO movement. I could...but I really don't have time XD
My final message... Please... Give us a break... We're doing what we can with the full knowledge that you guys are always watching this website and waiting for the next episode. We are too...because we're all fans ^_^
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