Monday, October 10, 2011

Scanlation as a Hobby

Word of advice. If you ever want to start helping as a scanlator, BE PREPARED TO SPEND TIME. I also suggest you leave it at that, HELPING. Sure, I suggest you should enjoy doing it, but... if it were ever to into your actual hobby (example, me) stay a lackey. If you continue to ignore my warning here and try to set up your own group or happened to be escalated to higher responsibilities for whatever reason... then GG.

You'll be spending so much time on scanlation. It's very dangerous because a lot of responsibility comes from it. Much expectation and perhaps even a slight bit lack of reward and appreciation. But as a hobby, you like to do it regardless and, sigh... I suppose it's the finished product that really makes it :)

Uhh... so TREK CAREFULLY. Especially when you're trying to balance your education or work with it. Do as well balance your health, or you'll end up regretting it. Preventive measures make all the difference!

...where was I going with this? Oh yeah, if scanlation ever becomes your hobby, it's not too late to turn back now. Otherwise, you're stuck at the point of no return. Good luck fellow scanlators, you guys pull off amazing stunts.

Haha, and here's a good example of my point --> Scanlation to do list:
  • SDS - QC Lunatic Honey Ch.6
  • SDS - Recruitment&all that Admin stuff among surprises
  • OS - Nice and relaxing proofreads when convenient <3
  • OS - [Dangerous] Volunteered typesetting of MASSIVE Oneshot
  • EF - Editing Crush on You once a week til its done
  • EF - Once COY is done, proceed to edit He Was Cool
  • EF - If no one does it, I'm probably expected to typeset Kiss and Never Cry as well (probably won't think about this though... I hope)
Oh, and it's not like I have a bunch of tests this week and this month happens to have no holiday breaks... (wait, that IS the case.) Okay, priorities are a little crooked, but it unfortunately seems doable. Dear God, master of time management, I pray you help me and my unorthodox-ness...

Saturday, September 10, 2011

More Borders Purchases!!

Wow... bought some more stuff 70% off, it only gets better, really XD Haha, yeah, so now I'm trying to make some sort of investment off TokyoPop books (so I can use the money to buy other manga @__@ or whatnot.)

It should be interesting if I actually sell anything. A link to my Amazon Seller's account dacatmango. There's not much in the inventory, but there it is.

Some things I bought for myself were Bakuman V.3, High School Debut V.2-3 and Love.com V.15-16. It was really cheap... there was no point in buying it .___. Now I kinda want buy whole series (USED PRICES THOUGH!!) Such a mangaholic :\

Friday, August 26, 2011

Mangaholic Shopping Again

Ehhhh.... buying so much manga as of late. First, Barnes&Noble with their tempting coupons and already discounted prices online (plus I have a membership to utilize). Then, Amazon, since I have that Prime trial... and that buy 3, get the 4th free thing... And finally, Borders going out of business (this is the sixth week, I believe) and it's fantastic discounts on manga @____@

I am OVERWHELMED with my new surge in manga. I'm trying VEERY hard not to read them all at once and forget my school assignments. Here's the stash thus far...

Barnes&Noble
  • 13th Boy V.7 - $8.79 w/tax (Original - $11.99)
Amazon
  • Otomen V.1 - FREE (Original - $8.99)
  • Otomen V.2 - $8.99 (Original Price)
  • Otomen V.3 - $6.49 w/S&H (Original - $8.99)
  • Otomen V.4 - $9.99 (Original Price)
  • Otomen V.5 - $9.99 (Original Price)
Borders
  • Otomen V.9 - $4.99 w/out tax added (Original - $9.99) Only volume they had, might as well get it while it's cheap :)
  • Yotsuba&! V.7 - $1.20 w/out tax added (Original - $10.99) What a steal!!!
You gotta love a book store that's going out of business!! Some great steals there!! I'm waiting even longer hoping for more discounts.

Monday, August 22, 2011

The Tale of the Crazy Kid(s) Pamphlet 5

Finished mid-August 2011. I am so proud of myself for taking over a year to finish this... I don't know what this is about either. You'd have to be crazy to put up with my comics.
The Tale of the Crazy Kid(s) Pamphlet 5

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

In Need of a GAME PLAN!

All right, I've got a lot of things set up for me to handle AT THE MOMENT. So let's get organized and prioritized. (I sound like I'm on a mission.)

I wonder, how did I get so involved in Scanlation? Is it because I don't play MMORPGs anymore? I think that's it, that's the reason. Gee willykers...

SCHOOL BUSINESS:
  • Obtain books for AP Classes [got the books for English]
  • Attempt to make some effort to read them [effort made...]
  • If time, attempt to execute summer homework in less than a week [oh, heaven's no...]
PERSONAL BUSINESS:
  • Clean/Organize room for maximum awesomeness
  • Make a new Zebra signature/banner [signature done, banner abandoned]
  • Do a YouTube update for dacatmango
SCANLATION BUSINESS:
  • Silent Dreams Scanlation
    1. Relevel Sukitte Iwaseru Houhou Ch.5 [in progress...]
    2. Typeset Sukitte Iwaseru Houhou Ch.5
    3. Nag staff about their projects
  • Omari's Sister
    1. Proofread Zoo Ch.6 [done!]
  • Evil Flowers
    1. Typeset SM Hunter Ch.11 [too many... missing translations]
    2. Typeset Crush on You Ch.10 [in progress...]
    3. Typeset SM Hunter Ch.12
    4. Typeset SM Hunter Ch.13
LET'S DO THIS!! All in less than one week... hooo~