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Question: I'm just wondering if you've thought of changing the background color (which is white ATM) to a different color like gray, black or something that is of a dark colored tone.

That will be user specific and is in the works, it will be implemented soon.

That is news to me, I have no plans for that atm.

I could have sworn that background color in user preferences was on the "To do eventually if I have time and nothing else to do" list.

Bottom of the barrel doesn't mean in the works and soon.

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The JManga licensing is always up for debate amongst us (but still currently a no as of this point).
Seven Seas is a 100% no.
There's a released Seven Seas ombinus for Girl Friends so we're going to have to continue to refuse.

last edited at Sep 27, 2013 8:50PM

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Hopefully that's fixed. Not sure what caused that.

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Image Comments 10 Sep 23:16
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Images has been implemented (if you haven't seen it by now).
What will go there are strictly yuri pairing images that will be subjected to the same tagging specifications as a series/chapter would. These images will appear in related series/volume pages it pertains to and gets a dedicated navbar link.
In short time we will allow users to upload images but it will go through a moderation filter to check for troll or solo images.

This will not be a booru.

last edited at Sep 10, 2013 11:19PM

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No Title 03 discussion 31 Aug 13:41
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Replaced with SMDC's version. While the translation doesn't read any better, any reason to get reduce CGRascal's grasp on yuri is an excuse I'll take.

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Since we have implemented an 8 chapter download limit per 24-hours we're bound to get some more popups of the questions of why one has hit the download limit.

So, here are the usual cases of why you've probably hit the limit:

  • You've downloaded 8 chapters beforehand already and just lost count.
  • You're sharing a connection in your household/unsecure WiFi and other people who are using the same connection (and thus have the same IP) have downloaded before you.
  • You're using a download manager/accelerator (people still use these?) and the way they function is that they open up multiple connections to the server in an attempt to download faster, but each connection counts against the 8 per 24-hour limit.

We are still discussing amongst ourselves on the IRC every so often what the best solution for keeping our bandwidth usage down is, and what to do if we can't keep it down reasonably.

last edited at Aug 28, 2013 10:58PM

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Number of y'all remind me of Kokopure before she spent a few years in the IRC channel.
Tend to loosen up your sphincter after hanging with the shit we talk about for so long~

Also, not sure what y'all expected from an incest thing other than... incest?

last edited at Aug 28, 2013 12:02AM

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Inugami-san and Nekoyama-san:
For some reason, when reading, chapter 0 goes after chapter 1.

Doesn't seem to be the case for me. Someone must've fixed it \o/

last edited at Aug 25, 2013 12:20PM

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Spoiler tagged up this topic. Much needed rage, but also much needed tagging. Make use of your equal signs people!

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It's a recent addition in an attempt to help conserve bandwidth since it's skyrocketing.
You can most certainly download the new uploads with the 8 limit, but for the many recent additions our uploaders tend to make it's also an attempt to get you to visit the scanlator's site to get it.

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It's currently based on IP.
If having a dynamic IP is actually screwing with your ability to even reach the limit, perhaps an account-based tracker combined with the IP tracker can be used as well, Omnscient0?

last edited at Aug 17, 2013 3:45PM

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Dynasty Games! 16 Aug 21:34
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Pls turn on hardcore mode kthx.

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maka maka! 16 Aug 02:02
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You mean the part where it's licensed? Nah.

last edited at Aug 16, 2013 2:03AM

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No translators, little editor interest, and no raws.
Resolving the lack of raws (assuming they're even decent enough) doesn't solve the problem that we have only one translator who occasionally translates only yuri works.
Editor interest would probably perk up between either me or mich if the above two qualifications are satisfied, but we're not about to go hunting down a translator for something we're currently not really interested in.

And for the question as to whether we've stopped all work entirely: http://dynasty-scans.com/scanlators/dynasty_scans
We're not dead, but no one really would say we're alive either at the pace we're doing shit.

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I forgot to take that off. We were pretty confused by that suggestion in the previous topic as well.

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Poll #1: The Poll 08 Aug 22:26
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Results were mostly that the reader is getting a bit slow to load pages for many but it's in the manageable area of annoyance. Perceived performance has remained subjectively the same. The Touhou section was filled with slightly more positive smilies but plenty of "fuck it' ones.

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It's all Mich's fault.

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Explain? I'm not seeing it.

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Done.

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Fixed by now and I added the pairings for the chapters.

last edited at Aug 4, 2013 2:16AM

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Old topic is full of pages no one will bother reading (because lol 21+ pages) so time for a new one plus answers to commonly requested stuff.

First off, before you request stuff to upload please keep in mind that these groups do not wish to be on here (this is also on the upload request form):
Doujin-Moe
Hotcakes
Midnight Scans
Starry Heaven
Yurikai

What has been implemented:

  • Pairing tags - http://dynasty-scans.com/pairings and also visible on anthologies, series, and chapter pages. Should be cleaned up from future searches to reduce clutter.
  • Stuff that begins with "The" will not be put under the T section.
  • Finding other posts made by a user.
  • Public reading list linking in forum profiles.
  • Adding something from "To Read" to "Read" will remove it from the former.
  • Uses AJAX to add items to Reading Lists. You will no longer lose your place when adding/removing mid read through a chapter.
  • Spoiler marking in the forums. Use == directly before and after (no spaces) the spoiler phrase. An example may be found four posts below this one. Do note that empty line breaks in the middle of the spoiler will cause it to not function.
  • Subscribed tag notifications with email and RSS. If you have a tag on your subscribed reading list, you will be notified when a chapter is uploaded with that tag.
  • Total download limit per 24 hours to 8 per IP. This is an attempt to reduce bandwidth usage and to also drive people to the scanlator site. Yes this sucks for you, but reducing future risk to having a free server from GOD is totally better.
  • Option to automatically add stuff on your notify to your "To Read" list. By default it's off.
  • Option to make show all covers of series and whatnot in the directory. Clickable options in the upper-right when on the directory page.
  • Search has been upgraded. Click the advanced button for more search filtering options (not seen in the navbar). Should also be able to search for multiple tags at once.
  • Solo image integration. It's not going to be a booru, but more of a sharing repository of related images to the ships/series.

What is going to be implemented:

  • Forum search.
  • Improved read/unread status in reading lists on a per chapter basis (low priority).

What will not be implemented:

  • Volume downloads - We're not aiming to be a download site. We currently already push 25 TB a month as it is. Downloads are also currently capped at a max of 3 downloads at once at 300 KB/s to help reduce bandwidth usage over time.
  • Sort authors by surname first. Honestly, there are a lot of authors that are probably swapped to western and a lot the eastern way. It was hard to tell for me in the initial life of the reader and fuck if I knew which way was the "correct" way.
  • Blacklisted tags will not effect what is shown when browsing general directory pages.
  • Donations or ads.
  • Ratings of any sort.
  • Anything that's mangafox only or mangafox bred will not be uploaded.
  • "Less of not yuri!" There's plenty of yuri and our uploaders are constantly keeping on a lookout for more. I do keep a lookout to see if not-yuri is overtaking yuri in any way (I even make charts with it!).

Suggestions Currently on the Table

  • Consolidation of recently uploaded series chapters into a single segment (toggleable?) to prevent other recently uploaded chapters from getting shoved out of view.

last edited at Nov 9, 2014 11:48PM

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Yeah those tags are currently not used to their literal definition. No plans to make it that literal.

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Pcsx2 is the best ps2 emulator.

really thanks, i find it,

i was ultra-happy to be able to play ni no kuni to stand this summer close in the shop, but it's for ps3...i have to buy the ds

while working i can only play turn-based rpg or VN-like,
now i must choose between persona, that i always wanted to play, or song of saya, that i hear it's the best horror of the century

I'd love to help you choose, but I'd recommend them both immensely.

Pcsx2 is the best ps2 emulator.

From what I gather, it's also "pcsx2 is practically the ONLY emulator, but that's okay since it's really good".

That said, i really do need to get the current version. Hopefully the graphical bugs on Katamari got worked out since I last tried it.

When I played Katamari on it I don't remember any graphical glitches. Although they might've been minor and I ignored them.