How to Cockblock Chat Roulette
Written by Jeshii on 2010.03.12 – 00:10 -
So while most of the world gets nothing but dudes in stormtrooper masks masturbating on Chatroulette, Japan has ニコ生クルーズ (NicoNama Cruise). It literally is NicoLive on random (or at least apparent random). And for that short time that the cruise arrives at a broadcast, all the comments from the cruise go to the actual broadcast.
I’ve been obsessed with NicoNama Cruise the last few days just cause of the wonderful randomness you get out of it. You don’t always have to understand Japanese, but it helps. And if there is a broadcast you like, you can visit that one with the button at the end that says 「この放送を見に行く」.
Sure, it isn’t quite as personal as chatroulette, but I will tell you now, there is a lot less male genitalia. Also, a cute Japanese girl comes up every once in a while. So give it a try!
Tags: ニコ生, ニコ生クルーズ, chat, Japanese girls, live chat, NicoDou, NicoNama, NicoNama Cruise, NicoNicoDouga, NicoNicoNama, NicoNicoNamahousou, webcam
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Year in Review 2009
Written by Jeshii on 2010.01.01 – 03:15 -2009 is over. This was quite the year! For my end of the year retrospective, I’ve gathered up my personal top 10 NicoVideos from the past year.
10.
Although Bad Apple didn’t even warrant a real entry from me this year (it did get a twitter update however), it was pretty much the biggest video of this year. I give it 10 for being awesome, but way overplayed.
9.
There was a major RED ZONE explosion around early Feb. They are all awesome, but Shuzo has a special place in my heart (Although the K-ON! one was pretty close).
8.
This Cirno video was very influential this year. My two favorite mads off this one were the Shuzo one and the K-ON! one (apparently I have very particular tastes).
7.
The Training-type MADs were all the rage, but this one closed the book on them. It was perfect. If you aren’t an Eva fan, then I apologize.
6.
2009 saw the birth of Hammer Day, which is the 11th of every single month. This was the last by the original Hammer Guy and still the best IMHO.
5.
K-ON! was another big part of 2009, and this was the MAD that I couldn’t turn off. It’s just too brilliant.
4.
I personally started watching Haruhi this year, so when I first saw this video, I had no idea who any of these people were (but I loved the video). Now, at the end of 2009, I have seen everything and am anxiously awaiting the movie.
3.
The Family Mart chime remix fad was started by this video. I couldn’t stop listening to it. Simple and shows you a little bit of how to use a KORG to make amazing music.
2.
The last しも (Shimo) medley video practically introduced me to NicoNicoDouga and essentially prompted me to start this blog. This one, which came out in June, was more like a review of my time on NicoNicoDouga. The joy was unspeakable, and so this takes #2.
1.
While it may look like I’m tooting my own horn here, this remix of our video pretty much crippled me with laughter. By far the most enjoyment I got out of a video this year. Thank you みすとん！
Honorable Mention:
The 韃靼海峡 (Dattan Kaikyou) based MADs were excellent before they started getting deleted. Totally would have made the top 10 if not for that.
Tags: akeome, あけおめ, けいおん, チルノ, chiruno, Cirno, Electribe, eva, Evangelion, Family Mart, Famima, hammer, Hammer Day, happy new year, Haruhi, K-ON!, keion, KORG, Matsuoka Shuzo, new year, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, RED ZONE, ritsu, Shuzo Matsuoka, Tainaka Ritsu, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, touhou, training, 東方
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Come Meet R of Kaiguys!
Written by Jeshii on 2009.12.08 – 07:18 -
Yes, the on, R of the 海外ズ (Kaiguys) will be at the 秋葉原 (Akihabara) Gamers main shop on Dec. 13th, 2009 at 1pm Japan Time. Be there!
Tags: Akiba, Akihabara, アキバ, 秋葉, 秋葉原, event, japan, kaiguys, R, 海外ズ
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The New NicoNicoDouga
Written by Jeshii on 2009.10.29 – 23:28 -NicoNicoDouga(9) is here. And it is fabulous.
My number one favorite change? The ability to embed videos on any blog. Yes, Yamatologic will now have the NicoVideos embedded right here; no account needed. The draw backs are that the ads are annoying, and you can’t comment, so you know you want to experience the joy of the site first hand.
There is now a menu that you can bring up that give you access to things like もう一度再生 (“Play Again”), この人の他の動画 (“other videos by this person”) or ブログに貼付 (“post to blog”). These are handy dandy. The other ones are less useful to me personally, so I’m going to skip them for now.
The マイページ (“My Page”) has some neat new features. The most notable is the ニコレポ (“NicoReport”). It is essentially a NicoDou twitter feed. However, in keeping with the anonymity of the site, you don’t get to say anything in it, it just registers when you マイリスト (“my list”) a video or one of your videos goes up in the rankings; just little stats really. You can then register other people in your watchlist so that their accomplishments and actions are listed in your report. That plus community postings makes for an active report list!
Speaking of マイリスト, they now have an extra とりあえずマイリスト (Toriaezu Mairisuto) that is just an extra my list that never gets full, just kicks out old videos if there are too many, first in, first out style. I love it since that it essentially what I used one of my lists for anyway! It’s like a temporary queue, so then you can save the ones you really like later in your normal my lists.
The last major change is the ranking page. It’s no longer one long list of the top 100, now it is a crazy grid of the top 20 videos for various categories. It’s information overload, but I think I like it.
So those are the major changes I can think of. If you have questions, bring them to the NicoNicoDouga Help page, and let’s get some walkthroughs of what you want to do made!
Tags: 9, マイリスト, ⑨, Internet video, memes, My List, new version, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, videos, youtube
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Cute Touhou Animated Gifs
Written by Jeshii on 2009.09.01 – 23:39 -
ニコニコ左上のGIFアニメを東方キャラで再現してみたらこうなった
If you have ever spent any amount of time on ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga), you’ve bound to have seen the silly little animated gifs in the upper left hand corner.
This is a great little video featuring some of those redone with 東方 (Touhou) characters. Expect to see these avatars around the ‘tubes soon. The チルノ (Cirno) is my favorite. エンドレス⑨ｗｗｗ
Tags: Animated Gif, chiruno, Cirno, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, project shrine maiden, touhou
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Farewell Foo-san…
Written by Jeshii on 2009.05.29 – 23:10 -NicoDou is over! (not really, but still awesome)
Tags: ニコニコ動画, ニコ厨, foo-san, Fooさん, NicoChu, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, nicovideo, recorder
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Legend of Hammer
Written by Jeshii on 2009.05.12 – 01:12 -
Today is this month’s Hammer Day. The entry for this month is an amazing reprise of ナイト・オブ・ナイツ. But, the comment says it will be the last one. This episode even is pretty nostalgic feeling, as it is a better version of the first one, so it could be true. The Hammer is a tricky one, so it is hard to say for sure. There is even talk of a Second Generation of Hammer. I guess we can only tell for sure on June 11th…
If you aren’t familiar with Hammer Day, it is the 11th of every month. On Hammer Day, there is a new Hammer video that is uploaded. The entries up until now are after the jump.
Tags: 11th of every month is Hammer Day, チルノ, ナイト・オブ・ナイツ, Cirno, 謎の感動, hammer, Hammer Day, Night of Knights, Night of Nights, RED ZONE, smash bros, Snow Goose, strange emotion
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NicoNicoDouga iPhone Application First Look!
Written by Jeshii on 2009.04.28 – 04:11 -
Finally, after all this time… the NicoDou iPhone/iPod Touch app has finally been released!
After using it, I can safely say it is better than I expected. I guess the wait was worth it after all.
I have a lot to say, but for those of you with limited blog reading time, here are the main points:
1. Views NicoDou videos
2. Shows comments
3. Publishes comments
2. Available on US iTunes Store
3. Runs over Edge, 3G, and WiFi
Remember, you need a NicoDou account to use this app. If you don’t have one, go get one here!
Full review and lots of screen shots after the jump!
Tags: app, app review, Apple, ニコニコ動画, Dwango, edge, gadgets, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone Apps, NicoDou, NicoNicoDouga, screenshots, ss, technology, wifi
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NicoDou? NND?
Written by Jeshii on 2009.04.03 – 04:23 -
The other day, TokyoMango posted an entry talking about RuPaul doing the same thing 兄貴 did (or was done to him… er… ><; BTW, NSFW). This isn’t about that, since I’m not an 兄貴 fan, but rather about Lisa’s use of the abbreviation NND to mean ニコニコ動画 (NicoNicoDouga).
People who read my site will know I prefer to use the actual Japanese, and when I abbreviate the name of the site, I say ニコ動 (NicoDou). And if I have to say it in English, I would probably say NicoDou.
What do you guys think? Is NND the proper English abbreviation for it? I mean, they can both exist side by side, as I call Dance Dance Revolution “DDR” in English and 「ダンレボ」 (“danrebo“) in Japanese. But, for some reason, NND doesn’t look right to me. I’m sure there are forums out there that have been posting videos from ニコ動 forever, and they should have the authority, IMHO. What do they call it?
Tags: abbreviation, DDR, language, NicoNicoDouga, questions, RuPaul, TokyoMango, 兄貴
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Bijin-tokei
Written by Jeshii on 2009.03.10 – 01:11 -
Okay, I admit it. I have a penchant for pretty Japanese girls. What of it? But how will I ever keep track of time if I’m busy looking at Japanese girly pics? What if there was a clock that consisted of just pictures of cute girls holding up signs saying what the time is that refreshed every minute?
Truth is much stranger than fiction, my friends. This is the bijin-tokei. It’s got a Japanese and an English site. Japanese tells you the time in JST, while the English site appears to be in Central Time… Why Central? My guess is that they meant to do Eastern Time, but forgot about DST.
Tags: clock, gadgets, Japanese girls, lol, pictures, silly, time, web, websites
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