The World God Only Knows

[YoakeNoHikari]

We know which group you guys really are. Yeah, we can prove it. We'll give you a week to think this over. Watch out; we're not like those other victims. We fight dirty, and we solemnly swear that whatever hits it gets you won't be worth it.

I thought we were going to see some DDOSing : (

[j112]

is that from 2 groups trying to Tl twgok?

[hobogunner]

Yeah, they are going to war now...... which is beyond stupid in the sense that ones should let the people decide as opposed to others holding a monopoly over one thing. Scanlating manga is not necessarily a business where one should be able to monopolize an entire series, if the newcomer comes along and they do something you are, let them, eventually they will give up as people have your trust more.

I'm waiting for them to start charging their lasers.

[Teh_ping]

We know which group you guys really are. Yeah, we can prove it. We'll give you a week to think this over. Watch out; we're not like those other victims. We fight dirty, and we solemnly swear that whatever hits it gets you won't be worth it.

I thought we were going to see some DDOSing : (

I thought we were going to see catfights...

At least RHS is still translating the LNs.

[YoakeNoHikari]

I don't think they're doing it, but an affiliated (?)/forum user.

[Mystes]

Well, anyways...

The ones who are the most happy are the readers.

It's somehow good though. It means that scanlators teams didn't pay for the licencing rights, so they don't hold a monopoly on a manga. And attacking RHS, which is probably one of the strongest group outta there, reminds us (the teams) of that.

I would be happy though if someone declares war on B-T. More novels.

[larethian]

Well, anyways...

The ones who are the most happy are the readers.

It's somehow good though. It means that scanlators teams didn't pay for the licencing rights, so they don't hold a monopoly on a manga. And attacking RHS, which is probably one of the strongest group outta there, reminds us (the teams) of that.

I would be happy though if someone declares war on B-T. More novels.

that will never happen. it's too time consuming to translate novels to play this kind of game.

[Mystes]

Well, if it happens, I guess BT will just let go of it.

[ben1234]

I remember there used to be a group that did their own translation of Haruhi while we were doing it

[YoakeNoHikari]

I bet Chinese people have translation wars all the time.

Culminating in one person a page.

[hobogunner]

We should definitely employ that method for Horizon....

However back to the off topic topic, any declarations of war other than the quote from Hikari's post? (Is the "aggressor [second translation group]" giving up after RHS's threat?)

[ainsoph9]

Here is a post from their site:

This early? Better believe it. We actually got raws yesterday, but this chapter was a nightmare to work on for every single job. Let it be known that no shameless profiteers cowering behind a bogus group name will ever disgrace this series on our watch. If you haven't reconsidered your plans yet, now would be a good time.

Next time we won't do you the courtesy of keeping your anonymity.

[hobogunner]

....wow.....this is being taken to a near extreme....

I know! I'll get Poke to start translating TWGOK....
(Just need to get an inside man to steal the raws.....)

However, in all seriousness.....why not just ignore it? Do they see it as that much of a threat?

[ainsoph9]

Who knows? At times like these, I find it helpful to remember that into the world you came naked without anything and out of the world you will go with nothing to become worms, insects, and dust.

[hobogunner]

...how does that help this pending war...?

(What is the name of the other translation group? I want to watch to see if they respond.)