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Zero no Tsukaima:Volume16 Chapter2

2012-07-17T07:39:39Z

212.219.157.141:

===Chapter 2 - Searching for a Residence===

At the countryside Tristania of the Kingdom of Tristain......, a corner past the '''Rosroll'''forest.

Wales was an estate agent running a business at Tristania, his customers either rich entreprenures or nobles. Today, he was scratching his head in frustration. Though say he deals with nobles, the estate he handles are not "territories" and has nothing to do with title. They are mere "lands" any rich merchant and aristocrats can purchase.

Which explains a lot why today's customer's appeared, he was overjoyed. However one looks at it, these customers must be one of the top nobles of this country.

If someone famed like them becomes his customers, sooner or later his shop will rise to fame accordingly.

If he is able to make a successful deal, this customer may very likely introduce other new customers. Imagining how big his business could become, Wales actively searched for all sorts of estates.

But, this master and servant......

"Isn't my cup of tea"
Both hands crossed in front of her chest, critizing Wales's estates, was the third child of the Vallière family, Louise Vallière.

This morning, around 8 a.m. they came to Wales's office. Without much ado, they had already asked
"Introduce us to a house"
describing how their future home should be made for two, how it wouldn't matter even if it were smaller. Looks like it's a pair of young lover trying to avoid the eyes of the world, preparing a temporary residence before their marriage. Couples seeking refuge because of their difference in statuses like them are common. According to their situation, Wales quickly picked out a few estates for them.

But, it seems like their dream house has still yet to show up. The third lady of the duke's family, this pinked-haired beauty could not stop her grumbles against any of Wales's suggestions.

"What's wrong with it, tell me"
said the frowning servant of Miss Vallière, a black haired teen. Just by the looks of his clothing, it was obvious that he was not any teen. From the silver coat of arms of a Chevalier, he should he the legendary knight of a civilian's background - co-captain Hiraga Saito.

Because of his civilian background, he was a much easier customer to communicate with. So far, for most of the houses recommended by Wales, he had shown much interest in.

"This place isn't so bad, is it?"

In contrast, everytime he says so, Miss Vallière's eyebrows springs into action. Using either the colour of the exterior wall, or the worn out structure, how it faces a bad direction, even going about how the trees planted in the gardens aren't good enough and so on so on, all sorts of reasons to send him off.

Wales is also a person with his own dignity. Displaying the last house possible, it would seem quite unreasonable if they complained even about this one. Wales was in for a surprise
"Yong m'lady, what do you don't like about this one? The one who designed this house was a famous architect, Sir Rosa Venturini. Under the invitation of an artistic grand noble, he designed every inch of this building!"

It was true that this house was filled with an artistic atmosphere.

Compared to the other buildings seen so far, this certianly looked very outstanding.

Piled into a hemisphere with stones, in the middle was a grand staircase and courtyard. In the courtyard grew an enormous tree, running through the entire house.

Its walls were decorated with flowerbeds, planted with different kinds of flowers. The entire house seemed to be cut out from a part of the forest.

"Incredible, how should I say it, it feels like merging with the nature itself. Mhm, this is incredible"
Saito praised while nodding. Wales nodded affirmatively towards Saito's words.

"Isn't it? As expected of the Highness's knights, you see things differently! For this one, you only need 10,000 Écu, it's the absolute exception out of all exceptions! Houses better than this one, you won't be able to find any throughout the entire Kingdom of Tristain!"

''He's got a point'', Saito thought, urging Louise
"Take a look, no matter from which angle this looks very nice, doesn't it?"

"You're annoying, I ask you, how is this good? Which part of it looks good. This is a vase"

"that's what makes it interesting"

With a displeased look, Louise sighed
"Are you dumb? Choosing a home just because of this reason, it's no wonder you have such bad taste!"

"What?"

Seeing them fight, the black haired girl behind them suggested
"Well well, calm down both of you! Since we're here to search for a good home.... let's not fight, OK?"

"How annoying, this has nothing to do with you, does it"

"Of course it does, it's because I'm the caretaker, it's my duty to help choose carefully right now"
Countered the black haired girl with a calm expression. Seeing this incident, Wales began to worry.

From the looks of it..... the only reason this pinked-haired aristocrat is unhappy is because of the black-haired girl. The more she praises the house, the worse Miss Valliere's expressions will look, eventually complaining here and there, such as how the colour of the wall looks bad. If the teen knight comforts then, she mood will take another turn for the worse. Seeing how the pattern has cycled many times, Wales became very frustrated over this.

"Saito! Come and look! This kitchen, is so big, hurray<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>!"
she screamed happily. Saito and Siesta began wandering around the shop for more. Behind them, Louise kept a gloomy expression for the whole time.

"......although I said I didn't need maids"

Just like what happened last night, Siesta followed them in broad daylight. If she complains to Saito, he would then say "where could you find a better helper than Siesta?"

Certainly, on closer inspection one would realise how it's almost impossible to find a maid quicker and more efficient than Siesta for housework. Moreover, the idea of not hiring a maid was incomplete to begin with. There are work that cannot be handed to a male after all.

Rather than hiring an unknown maid, Siesta was certainly a better choice.

On the other hand..... these things cannot be decided with reason. The bright coloured future Louise originally imagined began to turn grey.

"Incredible, I never knew a stove could be so big! This way we can cook anything<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>! Would you like to make your order, Mister Saito?"

"Well..... as long as it's made by Siesta, any food would taste great"

Louise gritted her teeth to the degree where she could rip her hankerchief into shreds. What is this! This is as if a conversation between a newly wed couple! Who exactly does he want to live with<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>!

Feeling as if she lost very badly, Louise began to fight. After searching around herself, Louise discovered an excellent item.

"Hey--, ahem, ahem ahem"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Saito noticed the events on this side. Keeping a calm expression as much as possible, Louise pointed to a corner on the ceiling.

"This is an excellent chandelier don't you think, as expected of something built by an artistic noble, an avant-garde design, but you can feel its elegance through its simplicity"
Louise nodded with a straight face.

".....but that's only a basket used to dry vegetables"
Siesta chuckled, making Louise go red all the way to her neck.

"Please Louise, don't joke around, even I can see that it's only a basket"

"Ha, if the job was given to Miss Valliere, I'm sure we'll never be able to choose a suitable house"

"nobles don't have much common sense, it can't be helped"

Finding it hard to swallow, Louise swung open a trapdoor on the floor
"L-look, there's a basement"

"A storage room, I guess?"

"Possible. Say, Saito, shall we have a look?

"Nah"
Saito swiftly rejected, soon turning back to Siesta's presentations. With the choice completely on the other's hands, Louise was out of ideas and snuck into that storage room sitting down and hugging her knees.

"Look, Mister Saito! This is the ultimate oven! It's the newest product! Look how much effort they spent even on the vents!"

"Although I don't really get it, if Siesta says so then it must be very incredible!"

Hmm--hmm--hmm--hmm.
Louise hummed a song alone, but no one heard. Suddenly in front of her eyes, something popped out.

"F-frog--!"
Louise who have always had a genuine dislike for frogs panicked, unconsiously casting spells. The house was quickly filled with surprised cries and smoke....

After the smoke have finally cleared, Wales told them
"My deep apologies, but it would be impossible for me to suggest a house that is able to satisify Miss Valliere"

"Then, in the end you didn't find a single thing?"
The shopkeep Scarron sighed. After Wales have completely given up, to clear up their gloomy emotions, Louise and the rest came to Tristainia's "Charming Fairies" inn.

"That's what happened, all because of her, only saying selfish things. In addition, even magic was used. Just the repair bill alone was 200 Écu"

Saito complained grumpily. Louise hung her head in shame
"I-it's not completely my fault either"

"And? Exactly what kind of house will you be pleased with?"
Saito asked exhaustedly from the bottom of his heart.

Actually, all she wants is for the maid to be gone, but directly saying so would mean admitting her own defeat.

With no choice, Louise began naming one by one, saying how the position of each room should be like, where the sunlight should reach, so on so on.

Standing next to Scarron, Jessica nodded from watching Louise.
"In short, Louise feels uncomfortable living with Siesta, right?"

Instantly the atmosphere froze. Well that was to be expected. Realising so, Saito couldn't help but turn pale. It felt as if the thing he feels most guilty about has been placed under the spotlight.

On the other hand......, he had always felt that Louise and Siesta had an understanding on this. After all, the one he likes is Louise. Plus, even after clarifying it with Siesta, Siesta was still willing to be a maid..... Siesta completely sees his charming points, the way she feels for him has already surpassed love.....

Just by looking at Louise and Siesta, in addition to the embarrasing atmosphere, one can feel the cold chilly air hanging between them.

"Recently your relationship with each other seemed to have improved"
Saito casually mumbled. Scarron patted Saito's shoulders and said
"Saito-kun really doesn't understand the heart of a woman<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> well, this has been the way it was from the start"

"Eh? Eh? Eh eh?"

Scarron continued, wiggling his waist
"After purchasing a house, that's when your real life begins, isn't it? Cute little Louise wants to settle down, but so does cute little Siesta"

Zero no Tsukaima:Volume16 Chapter2

2012-07-17T07:34:20Z

212.219.157.141:

===Chapter 2 - Searching for a Residence===

At the countryside Tristania of the Kingdom of Tristain......, a corner past the '''Rosroll'''forest.

Wales was an estate agent running a business at Tristania, his customers either rich entreprenures or nobles. Today, he was scratching his head in frustration. Though say he deals with nobles, the estate he handles are not "territories" and has nothing to do with title. They are mere "lands" any rich merchant and aristocrats can purchase.

Which explains a lot why today's customer's appeared, he was overjoyed. However one looks at it, these customers must be one of the top nobles of this country.

If someone famed like them becomes his customers, sooner or later his shop will rise to fame accordingly.

If he is able to make a successful deal, this customer may very likely introduce other new customers. Imagining how big his business could become, Wales actively searched for all sorts of estates.

But, this master and servant......

"Isn't my cup of tea"
Both hands crossed in front of her chest, critizing Wales's estates, was the third child of the Vallière family, Louise Vallière.

This morning, around 8 a.m. they came to Wales's office. Without much ado, they had already asked
"Introduce us to a house"
describing how their future home should be made for two, how it wouldn't matter even if it were smaller. Looks like it's a pair of young lover trying to avoid the eyes of the world, preparing a temporary residence before their marriage. Couples seeking refuge because of their difference in statuses like them are common. According to their situation, Wales quickly picked out a few estates for them.

But, it seems like their dream house has still yet to show up. The third lady of the duke's family, this pinked-haired beauty could not stop her grumbles against any of Wales's suggestions.

"What's wrong with it, tell me"
said the frowning servant of Miss Vallière, a black haired teen. Just by the looks of his clothing, it was obvious that he was not any teen. From the silver coat of arms of a Chevalier, he should he the legendary knight of a civilian's background - co-captain Hiraga Saito.

Because of his civilian background, he was a much easier customer to communicate with. So far, for most of the houses recommended by Wales, he had shown much interest in.

"This place isn't so bad, is it?"

In contrast, everytime he says so, Miss Vallière's eyebrows springs into action. Using either the colour of the exterior wall, or the worn out structure, how it faces a bad direction, even going about how the trees planted in the gardens aren't good enough and so on so on, all sorts of reasons to send him off.

Wales is also a person with his own dignity. Displaying the last house possible, it would seem quite unreasonable if they complained even about this one. Wales was in for a surprise
"Yong m'lady, what do you don't like about this one? The one who designed this house was a famous architect, Sir Rosa Venturini. Under the invitation of an artistic grand noble, he designed every inch of this building!"

It was true that this house was filled with an artistic atmosphere.

Compared to the other buildings seen so far, this certianly looked very outstanding.

Piled into a hemisphere with stones, in the middle was a grand staircase and courtyard. In the courtyard grew an enormous tree, running through the entire house.

Its walls were decorated with flowerbeds, planted with different kinds of flowers. The entire house seemed to be cut out from a part of the forest.

"Incredible, how should I say it, it feels like merging with the nature itself. Mhm, this is incredible"
Saito praised while nodding. Wales nodded affirmatively towards Saito's words.

"Isn't it? As expected of the Highness's knights, you see things differently! For this one, you only need 10,000 '''ingots''', it's the absolute exception out of all exceptions! Houses better than this one, you won't be able to find any throughout the entire Kingdom of Tristain!"

''He's got a point'', Saito thought, urging Louise
"Take a look, no matter from which angle this looks very nice, doesn't it?"

"You're annoying, I ask you, how is this good? Which part of it looks good. This is a vase"

"that's what makes it interesting"

With a displeased look, Louise sighed
"Are you dumb? Choosing a home just because of this reason, it's no wonder you have such bad taste!"

"What?"

Seeing them fight, the black haired girl behind them suggested
"Well well, calm down both of you! Since we're here to search for a good home.... let's not fight, OK?"

"How annoying, this has nothing to do with you, does it"

"Of course it does, it's because I'm the caretaker, it's my duty to help choose carefully right now"
Countered the black haired girl with a calm expression. Seeing this incident, Wales began to worry.

From the looks of it..... the only reason this pinked-haired aristocrat is unhappy is because of the black-haired girl. The more she praises the house, the worse Miss Valliere's expressions will look, eventually complaining here and there, such as how the colour of the wall looks bad. If the teen knight comforts then, she mood will take another turn for the worse. Seeing how the pattern has cycled many times, Wales became very frustrated over this.

"Saito! Come and look! This kitchen, is so big, hurray<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>!"
she screamed happily. Saito and Siesta began wandering around the shop for more. Behind them, Louise kept a gloomy expression for the whole time.

"......although I said I didn't need maids"

Just like what happened last night, Siesta followed them in broad daylight. If she complains to Saito, he would then say "where could you find a better helper than Siesta?"

Certainly, on closer inspection one would realise how it's almost impossible to find a maid quicker and more efficient than Siesta for housework. Moreover, the idea of not hiring a maid was incomplete to begin with. There are work that cannot be handed to a male after all.

Rather than hiring an unknown maid, Siesta was certainly a better choice.

On the other hand..... these things cannot be decided with reason. The bright coloured future Louise originally imagined began to turn grey.

"Incredible, I never knew a stove could be so big! This way we can cook anything<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>! Would you like to make your order, Mister Saito?"

"Well..... as long as it's made by Siesta, any food would taste great"

Louise gritted her teeth to the degree where she could rip her hankerchief into shreds. What is this! This is as if a conversation between a newly wed couple! Who exactly does he want to live with<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>!

Feeling as if she lost very badly, Louise began to fight. After searching around herself, Louise discovered an excellent item.

"Hey--, ahem, ahem ahem"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Saito noticed the events on this side. Keeping a calm expression as much as possible, Louise pointed to a corner on the ceiling.

"This is an excellent chandelier don't you think, as expected of something built by an artistic noble, an avant-garde design, but you can feel its elegance through its simplicity"
Louise nodded with a straight face.

".....but that's only a basket used to dry vegetables"
Siesta chuckled, making Louise go red all the way to her neck.

"Please Louise, don't joke around, even I can see that it's only a basket"

"Ha, if the job was given to Miss Valliere, I'm sure we'll never be able to choose a suitable house"

"nobles don't have much common sense, it can't be helped"

Finding it hard to swallow, Louise swung open a trapdoor on the floor
"L-look, there's a basement"

"A storage room, I guess?"

"Possible. Say, Saito, shall we have a look?

"Nah"
Saito swiftly rejected, soon turning back to Siesta's presentations. With the choice completely on the other's hands, Louise was out of ideas and snuck into that storage room sitting down and hugging her knees.

"Look, Mister Saito! This is the ultimate oven! It's the newest product! Look how much effort they spent even on the vents!"

"Although I don't really get it, if Siesta says so then it must be very incredible!"

Hmm--hmm--hmm--hmm.
Louise hummed a song alone, but no one heard. Suddenly in front of her eyes, something popped out.

"F-frog--!"
Louise who have always had a genuine dislike for frogs panicked, unconsiously casting spells. The house was quickly filled with surprised cries and smoke....

After the smoke have finally cleared, Wales told them
"My deep apologies, but it would be impossible for me to suggest a house that is able to satisify Miss Valliere"

"Then, in the end you didn't find a single thing?"
The shopkeep Scarron sighed. After Wales have completely given up, to clear up their gloomy emotions, Louise and the rest came to Tristainia's "Charming Fairies" inn.

"That's what happened, all because of her, only saying selfish things. In addition, even magic was used. Just the repair bill alone was 200 '''ingots'''"

Saito complained grumpily. Louise hung her head in shame
"I-it's not completely my fault either"

"And? Exactly what kind of house will you be pleased with?"
Saito asked exhaustedly from the bottom of his heart.

Actually, all she wants is for the maid to be gone, but directly saying so would mean admitting her own defeat.

With no choice, Louise began naming one by one, saying how the position of each room should be like, where the sunlight should reach, so on so on.

Standing next to Scarron, Jessica nodded from watching Louise.
"In short, Louise feels uncomfortable living with Siesta, right?"

Instantly the atmosphere froze. Well that was to be expected. Realising so, Saito couldn't help but turn pale. It felt as if the thing he feels most guilty about has been placed under the spotlight.

On the other hand......, he had always felt that Louise and Siesta had an understanding on this. After all, the one he likes is Louise. Plus, even after clarifying it with Siesta, Siesta was still willing to be a maid..... Siesta completely sees his charming points, the way she feels for him has already surpassed love.....

Just by looking at Louise and Siesta, in addition to the embarrasing atmosphere, one can feel the cold chilly air hanging between them.

"Recently your relationship with each other seemed to have improved"
Saito casually mumbled. Scarron patted Saito's shoulders and said
"Saito-kun really doesn't understand the heart of a woman<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> well, this has been the way it was from the start"

"Eh? Eh? Eh eh?"

Scarron continued, wiggling his waist
"After purchasing a house, that's when your real life begins, isn't it? Cute little Louise wants to settle down, but so does cute little Siesta"

User talk:Wildk

2012-07-17T07:26:30Z

212.219.157.141: /* Thanks to WildK */

== Zero No Tsukaima Talk ==

=== Q&A ===
*Q: Does anyone know if this series will be licensed anytime soon? I would really want to finish the translations before they do.
*A: Seriously, I do not think it will get licensed one day... The only time it happened was with Spice and Wolf and that's because the translation was really popular and it was already supposed to go in store one day. About ZnT now, well only volume 1 and 2 were translated and sold in store but these two volume were not licensed... also, it does not seems that the other volume will come out in english one day... It would have been done a LONG time ago ^^
--[[User:Silimir|Silimir]], 29 January 2012 (CST)

*Q: Just curious, but the image at the end of ZnT Volume 14 Chapter 4, shows Kirche and Tabitha. But the translations say that it was Illococoo and Tabitha. Did the illustrator make a mistake?
- Cataccountant
*A: No, looks like I did. Turns out I mixed up the names for Kirche and Sylphid and I hadn't realise until now. Thanks very much, Cataccountant!

*Q: Sorry for bothering you again. In volume 15 Chapter 1, at first it was Kirche who showed up during Malicorne's rampage, but suddenly she disappeared and Sylphid was there. Are you sure it was Sylphid? I thought Sylphid was supposed to be more childish and she didn't seem to treat Tabitha as her Master but instead as a friend in that chapter.
- Cataccountant
*A: Yes, you are absolutely right, another mistake here. I realised it as I was going to school this morning. Again, thanks for noticing!

*Q: Some people were asking me if you are going to continue translating. I told them you have a lot of school work to do but when you will have more time, you will continue. It's ok?
--[[User:Silimir|Silimir]] 19:02, 13 February 2012 (CST)
*A: Sorry about missing in action for these few weeks, I still have 2 midterms remaining on the week after the next. Fortunately, I have a "reading week" holiday in the middle which is when I can make a short comeback. In the meantime, consider me as inactive. I wouldn't be bothered to even touch my computer when I have tests. (OK, I was lying here, fine.)

== HnA ==
:In case you are wondering why it is so different than the Chinese version is because it was translated from Japanese ^^. There might be some light differences. Though for the "Thou art" part, it's just Ancient English. I think the translator used this formulation because she thought that the text was in traditional Japanese language or something like this.
[[User:Kira0802|Kira]] ([[User_talk:Kira0802|Talk]]) 20:24, 13 February 2012 (CST)

:kk, thanks for the notice. So would you guys like me to change all the old english into common english? But anyhow, I don't think I'll be able to make progress on HnA for the time being, though I'll get to it soon. :D
[[User:Wildk|Wildk]] 23:26, 26 February 2012 (CST)

== OreShura ==
:If you want to work on OreShura, you should create a registration page and register the chapters you are working on.
--[[User:Larethian|larethian]] 22:26, 12 July 2012 (CDT)

:Not too sure of the procedures, but I'll do just that. Thanks for the tip! :D
[[User:Wildk|Wildk]] 00:52, 13 July 2012 (CDT)

:hey, thanks for TL'ing something-shuraba-sugiru! also, if i liked ZnT, you would be my favorite person in the world right now. loved your advertisements, man. as a translator myself, i can very well relate to the things you wrote, especially the one about a sentence of praise stopping a translator from dropping a project. that one is just SO true, it's not even funny. it's sad that not much ppl realize this. i've read on a TL blog that the guy translated 2 chapters in a row, slaving away 12 hours straight just because of the feedback he was receiving. <br/>
:PS. i edited in a possible term for opanchu in shuraba chapter 0, but i guess you didn't notice. anyway, how about "pantyshot"? although in that context you can leave it at just panties...
--[[User:Idiffer|Idiffer]] 21:40, 15 July 2012 (CDT)

:Glad to know that I'm not the only translator feeling like that. It's great that Ore Shura is starting to get attention as well. FYI, [[User:Larethian|Larethian]] the one who translated chapter0, but I guess "pantyshot" would work. I have little concerns about more sexual terms, after all, I even stated "underpants" in chapter1. Hope you like the new chapters! :D
--[[User:Wildk|Wildk]] 22:55, 15 July 2012 (CDT)

== Thanks to WildK ==

:thanks a LOT for giving your time translating these novels so we can read them i really apreciate it
— [[someone from far lands]] 04:40, 30 april 2010 (GMT-5:00)

:A simple reader of mine thank you a lot for take you free time to translate this novel, in the same way I take my free time to read your work ! Thanks a lot to your hard-work !
— [[Another one from far lands]] 20:46, 29 May 2012 (GMT+1)

:Thank you! I loved the show, but i'd like a more detailed ending, so i'm reading the ZnT books. If you finish volume 15, please post it as fast as you can!

:Thank you so much for translating ZnT!!!
— [[Special:Contributions/212.219.157.227|212.219.157.227]] 20:27, 15 July 2012 (CDT)
:Oh yay, the advertisement worked. LoL.
— [[User:Wildk|Wildk]] 20:36, 15 July 2012 (CDT)

:You sir, are one of my heroes! The work you are making is just awesome. Fast and accurate translations, good fluency and no was-this-sentence-translated-by-google kind of sentences. Very good job. Also, I totally understand your complaint about the lack of appreciation a translator receives. I myself am a translator (not of japanese yet, I'm afraid) and work mainly on anime (lots of people in my country have below average english skills so watching anime is kind of hard for them). I totally agree that seeing your work praised tottaly helps your morale, and you get better translations, so people should just stop by to say "Thank you" from time to time, it really does help
— [[User:Jonythunder|Jonythunder]] 05:10, 16 July 2012 (GMT)
:This advertisement is amazing! 3 people dropping by for thanks in a single day! Spread the word! It's the appreciation or no translation revolution....!
:Just kidding. But still, it's fantastic to know that I'm not the only translator feel the only way. Personally, I couldn't thank the anime translators more, so my respects here!
— [[User:Wildk|Wildk]] 01:58, 16 July 2012 (CDT)

:Thanks a lot for translating Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru. I'm really glad you picked this up.
--[[User:MaerisCrisis|MaerisCrisis]] 07:57, 16 July 2012 (CDT)

Huh? You have advertisements? --[[Special:Contributions/212.219.157.141|212.219.157.141]] 02:26, 17 July 2012 (CDT)

== Me ==
===Origins===
You from Hong Kong? Heh...I'm from mainland China. XD [[User:Kira0802|Kira]]
([[User_talk:Kira0802|Talk]]) 17:14, 17 January 2012 (CST)
Oh, yeah I remember Chinese being your main language but not knowing it well. LOL.

===Entertainment===
:Well you told us you were playing MMO in your presentation... Which one!!!
[[User:Silimir|Silimir]], 29 January 2012 (CST)
:LoL. Haven't been playing MMO for quite some time. I'll notify you guys if I do get hooked up on some games. You better hope I don't :) LOL