The Festival Closing Party

[dspr8_rugged]

I know this is too early, but we all know that at the end of the week, the Higurashi sub-forum is no more. And I've decided to open-up a week-long party to close the fiesta.

So, to those who have joined (and enjoyed) the festivities for the whole month, what can you say about how everything turned out?

Let me have my say.

I said this in the home thread - I never really expected Higurashi to have its own sub-forum (for some reasons), and I was quite surprised by the turn-out of votes of NF users that led Higurashi to be AotM.

Eventually, I had accepted the result and found myself enjoying the whole month. Enjoying, in the sense of watching newbies get confused/dumb-founded/mind-fucked. :P Seriously, the best part about the whole festival was getting to hear from (and meet) people who I don't usually see posting in the home thread, not to mention, hearing raves about how good Higurashi is for them. That simply caused the "village" to somewhat increase in number. :amuse

And who can't forget about result of the SaiMoe tournament? I mean, everyone who was rooting for the remaining Higurashi girls was just tense. I know it was not as cut-throat as the discussions in other forums, but admittingly, I felt the tension. I wasn't able to work normally because I wanted to know how the tournament was going. Ultimately, all has been said about Rika becoming the SaiMoe Queen for this year. :nod

Lastly, all I have to say is that I really had fun the whole month. And even after the festival ends, we'll go back to our normal lives in the home thread, and still engage in such interesting discussions about this wonderful series.

Anyway, before I start to :cry, I'm passing the mic to someone else. Thank you.

[Paul the SK]

It was an excelent run. SaiMoe was definately a trip. Since this section opened, I don't think I've had discussions this good EVER on NF.

Though I wish this forum would stay open until Kai's finale; we atleast squeezed it in during Kai's peak of popularity. Looks like I'll be living in the home thread after this run.

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

This Festival sure was fun, I had a very nice time doing what I could. :amuse
I met a lot of fun and interesting people here. :nod


As for SaiMoe...

:yell< All hail Queen Rika! >

[BakaOnna]

This was an extremely fun month on this forum. I checked here nearly every day to see if there's any new discussions. It was the month that I frequented the most to NF. It'll be all gone by the end of this month, and even more so when the series ends in four weeks. :cry

I propose we have a last week rush to reach/break 2000 posts! :P :laugh

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

I spent more time on NF this month than I ever have too. ^^

While I was mainly supposed to be here helping T***, I spent more time posting in the Higurashi board I think... :sweatdrop

I propose we have a last week rush to reach/break 2000 posts! :P :laugh

Only 222 posts to go. :amuse

[Paul the SK]

Lets start posting then. (how do you see the post count btw?)

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

Lets start posting then. (how do you see the post count btw?)

You can see it from the parent forum (Channel 12.) :amuse

[Paul the SK]

Ah, okay, thanks. I need to pay more attention. I've been here for 3 years after all.

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

While I joined about six months ago, I've only been active for this one month.

I've posted about 450 times this month I think, that's an unusually high amount for me. I guess that speaks to how interesting everyone here is. :P

I wonder what everyone is going to do once the Festival is over...

[Vegitto-kun]

I gave this forum my 16000th post but kira deleted my topic >_>;

[dspr8_rugged]

While I joined about six months ago, I've only been active for this one month.

I've posted about 450 times this month I think, that's an unusually high amount for me. I guess that speaks to how interesting everyone here is. :P
Yeah, that goes to show how we enjoy talking stuff about Higurashi. :nod
I wonder what everyone is going to do once the Festival is over...
My anime life goes on. There are lots of other anime to watch. Although I doubt I'll find another series that had taken over me like Higurashi did.

[Vegitto-kun]

il probably end up hating on the next anime of the month

and then get addicted to it

[dspr8_rugged]

Now that you mention it, Vegitto-kun, I was wondering if you voted in last month's AotM poll. And if you did, did you even vote for Higurashi? :P

[Vegitto-kun]

I didn't vote

hell I think I mentally blocked the topic

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

Yeah, that goes to show how we enjoy talking stuff about Higurashi. :nod

My anime life goes on. There are lots of other anime to watch. Although I doubt I'll find another series that had taken over me like Higurashi did.

Yeah, talking about Higurashi is pretty fun. :amuse


I think I'll move on to the Clannad AotM sub-forum when this is done but I don't think it has quite as much to talk about as Higurashi. None of the new candidates are quite on the level of TTGL or Higurashi yet...

That's a sad thought, what if each AotM got worse than the previous. :oh

[MarthX7]

I watch other shows like Clannad but I have no motivation to talk about them. Higurashi is one of the few shows that makes me want to discuss it.

[Vegitto-kun]

if it was genshiken I would talk about it every single day

[Paul the SK]

Yeah, its not like I don't watch and enjoy other shows, I just think that TTGL and Higurashi are some of the best.

I voted Clannad because I'm watching it but I doubt I'll ever talk about it.

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

I'm KyoAni addicted so I'll be able to talk about Clannad, but I don't know if it'll have the same level of discussion as Higurashi. It's still pretty early for the Fall season anime...

I doubt there'll be anything as exciting as Rika's one-in-a-million SaiMoe victory happening for Clannad.

[dspr8_rugged]

Meh, I'm not really a KyoAni person. In CLANNAD's case, I just need my fix of light-hearted anime.

I guess Gundam 00 will keep me company until Code Geass 2 comes. :spaz

But I admit, there's no other anime around that is like Higurashi.

[Souten Kishun]

I've enjoyed getting in of the festivities. I still remember the craziness that was marathoning the first season over a day or 2 in the pitch black, wee hours of the morning. Then I caught up with kai much more slowly, started reading all the topics (including the onese I couldn't previously cus of spoilers) and got into the discussion a little bit.

I guess in this fiesta I would be the guy at the snack bar, sitting back, drinking everything in, and tossing out little bits of conversation when needed.

Thanks guys. It was fun. Here's to Casey and Friends finally breaking through and getting the candy in that piñata we call life.

*raises drink*


...guess I'm checking out CLANNAD next >.> but see you all in the main thread :D

[G@R-chan]

Welcome to the new villagers!!!

I'm glad this subforum served its purpose since we have new members in our Higurashi community.

A lot of fun, I'm happy to have spent time with all of you here.

The Fiesta must go on

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

Woo, piñata~! Yep, I stole the piñata from Santen Kesshun's post since I couldn't spell it. :sweatdrop

This has been a pretty fun place, and there's only 157 more posts to go until 2,000. :amuse

But yeah, new people joined and we were able to have fun. This Fee-yay-sta was successful I think. ^^

[Souten Kishun]

Woo, piñata~! Yep, I stole the piñata from Santen Kesshun's post since I couldn't spell it. :sweatdrop


:vegetant


This has been a pretty fun place, and there's only 157 more posts to go until 2,000. :amuse

But yeah, new people joined and we were able to have fun. This Fee-yay-sta was successful I think. ^^

157 in 4 days...

*does math* :twitch

that means we need about 40 per day :O

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

:vegetant

What a strange smiley, I never figured out what that one means though. :amuse



157 in 4 days...

*does math* :twitch

that means we need about 40 per day :O

○△×♪☆◎□＃％＠ー！ :cry

[MarthX7]

We'll get it. Even if we have to spam messages on the last day to achieve it.

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

We'll get it. Even if we have to spam messages on the last day to achieve it.

Yeah, that's the spirit! :P

And since this is the Festival party thread we don't have to be completely on topic either. :amuse




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[dspr8_rugged]

Well, this is the last day, but we're still 40+ posts behind the 2000-post target. :P

Anyway, let's enjoy the last day festivities until it ends later.

[Paul the SK]

Hai guize!~

[Souten Kishun]

Well, this is the last day, but we're still 40+ posts behind the 2000-post target. :P

Anyway, let's enjoy the last day festivities until it ends later.

You must live around the world from me :zaru

[dspr8_rugged]

I guess I gave a hint to my location with my last post, eh? :P

[Amatsu]

Do we get to have an awards ceremony? :P

But yeah it's a shame the festival is ending... I wish it could go on at least one more month... You know just so the anime could finish.

[QBnoYouko]

We should have another festival when it's June again. Of course, that means we'll need one person to get Onikakushi'd and another person to die.

Sorry, guys. :( (:lmao lol)

Well, this is the last day, but we're still 40+ posts behind the 2000-post target. :P

Anyway, let's enjoy the last day festivities until it ends later.It ends tomorrow, doesn't it? It's still November for the next 24 something hours!

[Amatsu]

We should have another festival when it's June again. Of course, that means we'll need one person to get Onikakushi'd and another person to die.

Sorry, guys. :( (:lmao lol)

It ends tomorrow, doesn't it? It's still November for the next 24 something hours!

Hmmm I wonder who will be those unlucky saps XD

Yup I'm sure we'll break the 2000 mark by tomorrow.

[Souten Kishun]

Do we get to have an awards ceremony? :P

But yeah it's a shame the festival is ending... I wish it could go on at least one more month... You know just so the anime could finish.

Yes why must it finish ..before it finishes?! :arg

I nominate Aethos for most provacative higurashi set award :o

We need more categories :oh

[QBnoYouko]

I nominate Vegitto-kun for Biggest Mindfucked Newcomer Ever.

[dspr8_rugged]

It ends tomorrow, doesn't it? It's still November for the next 24 something hours!
Hmm. Yeah, whatever. I guess I got NF's timezone and mine mixed up. :P

I can already suggest the "Best Higurashi Character" award, basing the character discussion thread. :amuse

Or the Newcomer's WTF Moment Award - I nominate Vegitto-kun. :lmao

[Souten Kishun]

Yeah I was thinking V-Kun should get an award for that. Just couldn't come up with a name :thumbs

Marth can be Mr. Higurashi

[QBnoYouko]

MarthX7 - Mr. Wikirashi no Naku Koro ni.

[Amatsu]

Yes why must it finish ..before it finishes?! :arg

I nominate Aethos for most provacative higurashi set award :o

We need more categories :oh

Oh I'm very provocative indeed. ::gropes Mions boobies:: XD

[dspr8_rugged]

MarthX7 - Mr. Wikirashi no Naku Koro ni.
Oh yes, that one too. :nod

He's like our resident Higurashi Wiki master. :amuse

[Amatsu]

So what am I? A bigger perv than Rika? XD

[Souten Kishun]

^Don't let it go to your head :awesome

MarthX7 - Mr. Wikirashi no Naku Koro ni.

There ya go :lmao

[QBnoYouko]

Aethos - The guy that had YouTube videos flooding faster than Shion urine after slaughtering Satoko in Meakashi-hen Award

Actually you got one on the last page too.

[Amatsu]

lol Rika won't lose to the power of Mion's tits. She'll grow one's twice... no three times as big! XD

[dspr8_rugged]

I nominate Aethos for the YouTube Flooder award!

EDIT: Damn, you beat me to it, Youko! :lmao

[QBnoYouko]

lol Rika won't lose to the power of Mion's tits. She'll grow one's twice... no three times as big!She does. All she needs to do is cross over to the Lyrical Magical realm, become Nanoha, and then age 10 years later.

[Paul the SK]

lol Rika won't lose to the power of Mion's tits. She'll grow one's twice... no three times as big! XD
What a sight.

[Amatsu]

She does. All she needs to do is cross over to the Lyrical Magical realm, become Nanoha, and then age 10 years later.

Yeah Rika has to be irritated having to see Mion with a big rack for the past 100 years knowing that she'd never get a nice pair to call her own. XD

[dspr8_rugged]

Hey, let's get back to the awards talk, shall we? :P

EDIT: Getting the 2000-post mark is going to be a reality after all. :laugh

[Paul the SK]

I dunno what I'd get. I dont really do anything but add random remarks to conversations.

[QBnoYouko]

I dunno what I'd get. I dont really do anything but add random remarks to conversations.Paul - The Random Remark Reward Award

Okay, maybe I should've tried less harder there...

[Amatsu]

We're getting near 2000 yay. I knew we could crush fate.

Rugged should get the GAR Keiichi award for crushing fate. XD

[Paul the SK]

haha, well that really is all I do. I'm not always as active as I want to be but I try with the free time I have.

[Amatsu]

I wonder who should get the esteemed GARyuu award.

[G@R-chan]

I nominate myself for Casey & Friends revisionist award:zaru

[Amatsu]

and I think you should get it too. XD

[Souten Kishun]

lol Rika won't lose to the power of Mion's tits. She'll grow one's twice... no three times as big! XD

That, would be disturbing. But cool.

I dunno what I'd get. I dont really do anything but add random remarks to conversations.

:lmao You can be Oishi's sidekick

... I dunno

[QBnoYouko]

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4397/higu2kde8.png

BTW, anyone know where I can get some popsicles? I WANT ONE!!

[Souten Kishun]

I nominate myself for Casey & Friends revisionist award:zaru

G@r-Chan you win that hands down :iria

[Amatsu]

Now THAT is something to Nipah about.

That, would be disturbing. But cool.

It will not be disturbing. It will be hot nano desu! Hau au au!

[Souten Kishun]

Now THAT is something to Nipah about.



It will not be disturbing. It will be hot nano desu! Hau au au!

Can't really imagine her in any other way than she is now. That form + ginormous boobs = :S

But yeah, she just needs to mature some xD

[dspr8_rugged]

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4397/higu2kde8.png

BTW, anyone know where I can get some popsicles? I WANT ONE!!
I somewhat knew you were going to post that. :lmao

And all popsicles have been given out to those who have helped out setting up the fee-yay-sta. :lmao

Rugged should get the GAR Keiichi award for crushing fate. XD
Well thanks for that. Although if there's someone who is more GAR in the village, it's you, Aethos. :P

[Amatsu]

Can't really imagine her in any other way than she is now. That form + ginormous boobs = :S

But yeah, she just needs to mature some xD

I can... and Satoko too. XD

Well thanks for that. Although if there's someone who is more GAR in the village, it's you, Aethos.


Well thank you for saying so. I didn't know I was that GAR Hau au au au au au au...

[Paul the SK]

Yep, I'm Oiishi's sidekick. XD

Sweet, 2000 get.

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

I leave, come back and suddenly the post count has jumped past 2000. :amuse

Yay for 2000 get. :nod

[dspr8_rugged]

It comes as no surpise there, Clouds. We've done quite a lot of feats with regards to Higurashi. :nod

Now what award should we nominate you for?

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

Now what award should we nominate you for?

I'm probably one of the most superfluous posters here, I don't think there's anything to nominate me for. :amuse

[Lord Yu]

Its a shame I couldn't join on the festivities. I watched the first season, but when the second rolled round I didn't have the HD space to pick it up.:D: I'll catch up eventually.

[MarthX7]

Shows how much the Higurashi fanbase has grown here.

Took longer than the entire first season to get 2000 posts on the main thread and here we got 2000 in a month.

[Souten Kishun]

I'm probably one of the most superfluous posters here, I don't think there's anything to nominate me for. :amuse

You could be resident fan art champion :iria

[Vegitto-kun]

so I am the biggest mindfucked newb eh

I should also be the most GAR newcomer ever

[dspr8_rugged]

I also nominate you as Higurashi's gif master, Vegitto-kun. :nod

Shows how much the Higurashi fanbase has grown here.
Well, the village has somewhat increased in number in the duration of the festival, which goes to show that NF's Higurashi fanbase did indeed grow even a bit.

Took longer than the entire first season to get 2000 posts on the main thread and here we got 2000 in a month.
Yeah, the home thread reached the 2K post mark during the first few episodes of Kai. Heck, it was only a few hundred posts when the first season ended.

And I think that in those 2000+ posts in the sub-forum is composed of 60% Aethos and 40% everybody else. :hehee

[Vegitto-kun]

I wonder if clannad will be any good

[MarthX7]

Clannad is pretty good but it's too similar to Kanon.

[Paul the SK]

Clannad is good but its definately not on Higurashi's level.

[Vegitto-kun]

never watched kanon

I barely watch anime because of belgium's download limits

[Amatsu]

TTGL and Higurashi were the two best anime of the month. The rest are just meager scraps and cold left overs. :laugh

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

I prefer Higurashi to Clannad but I still like Clannad. It's the type of anime I normally like best I think.

But I don't know it the fans for that are up to the task of having it be AotM. It definitely doesn't have as much to work with as TTGL or Higurashi... Well I'll still hope for the best for it. :amuse


You could be resident fan art champion :iria

I wouldn't mind being that. ^^


TTGL and Higurashi were the two best anime of the month. The rest are just meager scraps and cold left overs. :laugh

That's one way to look at it I guess. :sweatdrop

:laugh

[MarthX7]

Clannad is KyoAni and anything KyoAni these days is automatically super popular.

They'll probably outdo our 2000 posts.

[Paul the SK]

I doubt they'll break 2000. I don't think they'd have a lot to talk about.

[Amatsu]

Meh popular with the weeaboo you mean...

Honestly what's so great about stuff that KyoAni makes? Not like there's anything special about it.

[dspr8_rugged]

If there's something I liked about KyoAni is that they made Full Metal Panic! fucking better than GONZO did! :yell

I don't have preference for studios to begin with.

Anyway, this would probably be the last time I'll be posting in the sub-forum as I'll be out for the rest of the day. Most likely, CLANNAD's sub-forum is already active by the time I come back.

I guess it's really the real time for me to say goodbye to the fiesta. It's really been fun up to the last day. :cry

[QBnoYouko]

Meh popular with the weeaboo you mean...

Honestly what's so great about stuff that KyoAni makes? Not like there's anything special about it.Well the first and most obvious reason is because they have outstanding animation. It doesn't take long to do it either, unlike most studios, which do but then the episode turns out shoddy. Compare Toei's Kanon to KyoAni's Kanon and you can see the huge difference. Next thing is that the Key games they animated (AIR, Kanon) are very popular among the audience. Not only does it stay consistent with the game story, they even use the game music that every loves so much. CLANNAD's no different.

If KyoAni got Higurashi in the first place I assumed they would have used the original game music next to their great detail. Now, it's fine if you don't care for KyoAni. No one's forcing you to involve yourself in CLANNAD but it's AotM. Besides, it's arguably the best out of the three selections. I can't imagine have a whole subsection for Bamboo Blade, which looks like it's only 12 episodes long.

[QBnoYouko]

Shows how much the Higurashi fanbase has grown here.

Took longer than the entire first season to get 2000 posts on the main thread and here we got 2000 in a month.That's because you weren't here yet. smile-big

[Paul the SK]

Its just the major drawback for most of us is comparing Clannad with Gurren Lagann and Higurashi. Sure Clannad is the best out of December's nominations but man... far from epic.

It'll be lucky if the section breaks the 1000 post mark.

[Amatsu]

Well the first and most obvious reason is because they have outstanding animation. It doesn't take long to do it either, unlike most studios, which do but then the episode turns out shoddy. Compare Toei's Kanon to KyoAni's Kanon and you can see the huge difference. Next thing is that the Key games they animated (AIR, Kanon) are very popular among the audience. Not only does it stay consistent with the game story, they even use the game music that every loves so much. CLANNAD's no different.

If KyoAni got Higurashi in the first place I assumed they would have used the original game music next to their great detail. Now, it's fine if you don't care for KyoAni. No one's forcing you to involve yourself in CLANNAD but it's AotM. Besides, it's arguably the best out of the three selections. I can't imagine have a whole subsection for Bamboo Blade, which looks like it's only 12 episodes long.

As far as animation goes I hardly doubt I'd see that much of a difference. Personally I thought Haruhi was the reason everyone loved KyoAni.

and I'm not saying I hate KyoAni either. Just don't get the big deal with it. People treat it like it's the Akira Toriyama of animation studios. I just don't get that...

Oh well it's sad to see the fiesta is over. It was a fun fiesta though and very enjoyable.

[G@R-chan]

As far as animation goes I hardly doubt I'd see that much of a difference. Personally I thought Haruhi was the reason everyone loved KyoAni.

and I'm not saying I hate KyoAni either. Just don't get the big deal with it. People treat it like it's the Akira Toriyama of animation studios. I just don't get that...

I share your POV, I don't really care about the studio either. The only thing that matters is, if I enjoy the anime.
The only case I'm interested by the studio, is if they are working on other projects than the one I wish they do.
*glares at Sunrise*


Oh well it's sad to see the fiesta is over. It was a fun fiesta though and very enjoyable.

This will be my final word in this subforum,
FIESTA!:occa