Whaddup, otome fans? A wild n00b has arrived.

Okay, I'm not really a n00b, nor do I play Pokemon. I'm a high school senior from good ol' America, off to college to study international relations in the fall. (Woohoo~)

I've played most of the free English otome games out there, or at least the popular ones, but I've never made fan art or fan fiction or created anything. I feel guilty now. o_O But I want to get involved in writing or proofreading one if you're recruiting. And my grammar skills are impeccable; I can promise you that. (Look, I know the correct use of a semicolon!)

Some interests: news/politics, reading (anything and everything), creative writing , environmental science, hiking, tennis, amateur photography, and Korean dramas (Dramabeans ftw).

Some fandoms: Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki, Lord of the Rings, Avatar: The Last Airbender, BBC Sherlock, Top Chef, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

ANYBODY WITH STUFF IN COMMON? If not, feel free to bother me anyway.

Hey DawnFire! Sounds like an interesting major/path, something I might look up.

I was going to say you're not alone with creating fan art/fanfiction but I'm looking back at my unfinished fics and laughing.

I'm taking an environmental class, I've played tennis, and when I can (or am dragged out of the house) I hike. And casual LOTR fan here!

Welcome to the forums!

Hi Dawnfire~

It's nice to meet you, and welcome to the forums. I haven't played many of the free English otome games myself, just RE: Alistair++ and some games that were translated to English. That new game called "Backstage Pass" looks promising, and I intend to play it when I comes out. Were there any that you would recommend?

I see you also like to hike. That makes two of us. Maybe some more people will join the bandwagon if we wait patiently XD.

@Saefiya: Any kind of LOTR fan is welcome. Movies? Books? Both? And awesome, glad to know you share so many of my interests~

@Ace of Hearts: We can virtually hike across the internet? xD And wow, recommendations! Um, let's see...there's a full list on englishotomegames.net, and some personal favorites are:
- (P)lanets (it has a great premise, pretty good art, and everybody is just part of the Kaius fandom because he's one awesome tsundere)
- Katawa Shoujo (a guy chasing girls, but because of the atypical subject, fantastic writing, great CGs, and more, it's absolutely absolutely worth it)
- Get Dumped (a short little game that reverses standard crazy-girl otome mindset; it's hilarious and makes a great point)
- Summer Found Me (a fun otome with a slightly antisocial gamer girl heroine and some nice multidimensional guys, though it doesn't avoid some cliches)
- Star Project (an online site with a lot of stat building but some hilarious scenes and CGs)
- Re: Alistair++

I'm currently enjoying a few short VNs from NaNoReNo 2013 and the PPHS Jam, like The Troll's Fairy Tale, Left of Center, and Rei.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll have to go check those games out.

@DawnFire: Both, but I haven't read the books since elementary school. I've been rereading the Hobbit since the movie came out though, and it's just as good as I remembered it!

I've read the Hobbit...eight times? I think. And I did like the book better than this weird first part of the movie where the plot is totally changed, though Martin Freeman is awesome. I also liked the constant gratuitous shots of Kili's face.

Nice to meet you, Dawnfire! *bows*

I'm a fan of Lord of the Rings and Sherlock as well :3

Dawnfire wrote:Okay, I'm not really a n00b, nor do I play Pokemon. I'm a high school senior from good ol' America, off to college to study international relations in the fall. (Woohoo~)

I've played most of the free English otome games out there, or at least the popular ones, but I've never made fan art or fan fiction or created anything. I feel guilty now. o_O But I want to get involved in writing or proofreading one if you're recruiting. And my grammar skills are impeccable; I can promise you that. (Look, I know the correct use of a semicolon!)

Some interests: news/politics, reading (anything and everything), creative writing , environmental science, hiking, tennis, amateur photography, and Korean dramas (Dramabeans ftw).

Some fandoms: Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki, Lord of the Rings, Avatar: The Last Airbender, BBC Sherlock, Top Chef, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

ANYBODY WITH STUFF IN COMMON? If not, feel free to bother me anyway.

As Kambei says in Samurai7: "I think I'm in love" XDXD
Welcome!