But yeah. RyanDG is just lazy

Yeah.  Just a little bit.  Though I would like to make up an elaborate excuse about how it's because of my extremely busy "real life", I know that everyone is in the same position that I am in and it is simply an excuse for me not doing more background checks on other sites' sources when its not clear what the original source was.  It is something that I'm going to try to work on a bit more (even though, in a lot of cases my Japanese language skills are pretty rough around the edges) - because above all else, it is just basic common courtesy to give the appropriate credit where credit is due.

By the way icy - I enjoyed your review on Guilty Gear II Overture plus the Overview you posted today.  I've been considering importing Guilty Gear II Overture but haven't gotten around to doing so yet.  You've piqued my interest enough though that I think I'm going to finally do it...

But at least he is not deceitful.

Yeah. Never meant that.

.

I mean it's only natural. It's why people like Gaijin Punch and Tim Rogers still check English websites, even though they can get a lot of the same information much quicker (and oftentimes more reliably) from the original source.

But yeah. RyanDG is just lazy, and so are many Western bloggers. But at least he is not deceitful.

.

If they were, they'd need to repeatedly mention too many non-Japanese sites where the info is explained much better and directly from the Japanese sources, hence, they could see themselves missing their own readers and reputation. It's the same issue Hayama has with his Gamer Cafe.

This is true for those of their readers who are comfortable with English. Most of them are not, however. The French- or Spanish-speaking people who are comfortable with English are already reading those other sites you mention.

For people who are only comfortable with their native language, however, sites like Neo-Arcadia are providing a valuable service. They could be doing a better job, but what can you do. At least they are not charging anyone for their poor service.

(And please don't tell me that all young Spanish and French people these days are comfortable with English. It is astounding the degree to which this is not true.)

Neo-Arcadia is the best French-speaking source of arcade news on the net. Is this true or is it not?

I hope it isn't! ...

I disagree there. It's a bad "service" at it -- they hide info/sources and sometimes they're even wrong/misleading. It's not different to that discussion about giving thanks to HG101 for talking about obscure Japanese games for English-versed people despite doing it with so many mistakes, misconceptions and lack of actual interest. I, of course, will not.

Anyhow, if they _steal_ news, they don't deserve ANY _linking_. That's my point.

If they were, they'd need to repeatedly mention too many non-Japanese sites where the info is explained much better and directly from the Japanese sources, hence, they could see themselves missing their own readers and reputation. It's the same issue Hayama has with his Gamer Cafe.

Neo-Arcadia is the best French-speaking source of arcade news on the net. Is this true or is it not? Are they providing a service to those who don't speak Japanese and who don't have the balls to try navigating Japanese websites? Any way you look at it, Neo-Arcadia is providing a service. So at least SOME of their traffic is deserved. It's just too bad that they are not being honest about how they work.

And you know what, I bet that if they were being honest they would have had even MORE traffic. They are just too stupid and too small-minded to see this.

.

That's why I asked you not to link stuff like Neo Arcadia's on IC's frontpage. That site's popularity is all thanks to their dirty methodology and the people's ignorance/idiocy.

Time to revise Postback's link page, I guess.

Edit -- Ditto:

http://guardcrush.net/majoria/

http://www.arcade-renaissance.com/2007/ … cades.html

: )

I'll be honest.  I probably don't do as much link back checking as I probably should on my original sources.  If the site I link to ends up giving credit elsewhere, I'll post both sources.  If not, I just cite them as where I find the information.  I'll try to be a bit more conscious about it in the future.  I'll also be sure to fix the link on my blog to go to the Postback forums in the above post (from Arcade Renaissance). 

I've seen your information cited a couple of times before, but I really haven't spent that much time on your site previously.  It is a great treasure trove of information though - so kudos to you.

http://www.gamercafe.cl/?p=5390

No "acknowledgement" there, though he clearly used this forum as his source for that (notice this time I didn't mention the Japanese source I used, so he doesn't have it either). The funny fact here is that he supposedly likes this site and is an active member here and whatnot. And he does it once and again, I've learned! Is there a worthy news only Recap has found and posted on his obscure forum? Let's steal it and be the "original source" for all the idiots who haven't realize yet what's Postback's forum.

That's why I asked you not to link stuff like Neo Arcadia's on IC's frontpage. That site's popularity is all thanks to their dirty methodology and the people's ignorance/idiocy.

Time to revise Postback's link page, I guess.

Edit -- Ditto:

http://guardcrush.net/majoria/

http://www.arcade-renaissance.com/2007/ … cades.html

: )

I kinda figured that out on SB but I didn't want to say anything in front of those morons. I was going to email you about it to ask for clarification, so it's good you mentioned it.

Oh, forgive me. I thought I was quite clear in my last post there regarding this subject. Hence my "though I hardly believe this thread is being read by anybody else" line.

.

I had no idea. Sometimes I saw them quote 2ch as the source, but I just figured they had someone buy the latest magazines and just scanned them. I'll stop linking to them and when I have some time I'll go back and delete all the old links.

Worth mentioning too (though I hardly believe this thread is being read by anybody else) that it indeed was "Itsuwari no Rondo". !!