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Atlas Hugged posted:People spend money on Line?
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Oct 31, 2013 08:52
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Line is basically God. Like 7-Eleven (IIRC) was offering Line merch as giveaways even. And yeah, people spend money on line. Mostly dumb people, but they're basically what the "freemium" model is built on the backs of anyway. Also I don't know about Puzzles & Dragons, but Candy Crush is everywhere.
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Oct 31, 2013 09:48
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In Japan LINE makes hundreds of thousands (USD) a day, I know LINE is more popular in Taiwan than Weixin so I was curious. I'm really wanting to know what people in Taiwan are doing to outspend every European country except Germany when they have like a third to a half the population of most of these countries. I guess it could have a lot to do with the fact Taiwan is [url="http://www.techinasia.com/2g-nearing-death-taiwan-continues-rapid-3g-growth/"]one of the most 3G/4G connected places on the planet.
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Oct 31, 2013 10:00
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Magna Kaser posted:In Japan LINE makes hundreds of thousands (USD) a day, I know LINE is more popular in Taiwan than Weixin so I was curious. 4G my rear end.  this is both a statement and a request
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Oct 31, 2013 10:58
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Taiwan doesn't have LTE?  Yeah I wouldn't pay for line stickers but I do spend money on this internet forum, then the archives, and then platinum. Oh and bought people forum custom titles....
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Oct 31, 2013 11:11
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caberham posted:Taiwan doesn't have LTE? If you could pay money to change other people's icons on LINE or Weixin people would totally do this.
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Oct 31, 2013 12:25
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Is poker on indefinite hiatus or something? I'd like to do it again sometime.
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Oct 31, 2013 14:19
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LINE isn't just "more popular than Weixin", it's basically the be all and end all of apps here. I never see people use any other messenger and LINE is probably more popular than even Facebook (even for features such as sharing pictures despite Facebook obviously being more efficient in this regard) Not sure how things are outside of the student bubble though...
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Nov 1, 2013 13:47
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Wasn't Whatsapp popular for a bit?
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Nov 1, 2013 13:59
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quadrophrenic posted:Is poker on indefinite hiatus or something? I'd like to do it again sometime.
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Nov 1, 2013 13:59
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Atlas Hugged posted:Wasn't Whatsapp popular for a bit?  stickers.My personal thought is that Whatsapp is really slow to evolve too though; it used to offer stuff like share location and audio before LINE, but then LINE had stuff like sending multiple photos at the same time and it also has a desktop client. Add to this that they now want a yearly fee(a dollar) for service, and welp
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Nov 1, 2013 14:02
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LINE is doing pretty well in Taiwan and Japan and a bit of SE Asia. Taiwan's residual love of all things Japanese/Hate of all things mainland is always interesting for me  No one knows what Tencent is going at not monetizing Weixin for so long despite having like 110% of mainlanders and a lot of SEAsians using it. Apparently WeChat is starting to take off in the US because it which is the most  thing of all.I've had friends in the last couple months who live in the US and have no real connection to China tell me they're switching from WhatsApp to WeChat and it's freaking me out. WhatsApp costs money to use even to basically chat, which is why it's steadily losing ground in everywhere and changing it's whole model around. It was popular in Japan and Korea for a hot minute as well.
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Nov 1, 2013 14:14
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Atlas Hugged posted:Wasn't Whatsapp popular for a bit?
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Nov 1, 2013 15:06
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Whatsapp is still dominant in Hong Kong, I think. But WeChat is gaining ground and LINE has a massive marketing campaign going on. 7/11 here is offering LINE stickers or something and I just today saw that LINE bought like the entire Kowloon Tong MTR station.
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Nov 1, 2013 16:02
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When I was still in Taiwan everyone I knew was using Line. The only competition was Facebook, and honestly most used Line over Facebook for chatting. WeChat isn't really taking off in the US from what I can tell. I've logged on a few times here, and all the Chinese locals will be on, but you don't see many Westerners on there.
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Nov 1, 2013 16:14
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LINE is everywhere. I told my family back home about LINE, we started using it instead of Skype. It also worked when I went on vacation to China, which was nice.
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Nov 1, 2013 16:18
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I'm not sure if chat apps will ever take off in the US as long as all carriers offer unlimited inter-network SMS with just about every plan.
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Nov 1, 2013 17:33
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I think chat apps will eventually take over regular sms because chat apps handle chat logs and group messenging in a much better fashion compared to old sms. Sure, you can argue that US carriers offering free text/video/picture is a big draw, but people in the states also tend to use lovely phones. So they don't really see the merit in getting a smart phone, I wouldn't blame them when US data plans are so drat expensive. Heck, an empty sim card can cost you $15 USD when that's already 1GB of data and 500 minutes of Voice.hitension posted:LINE isn't just "more popular than Weixin", it's basically the be all and end all of apps here. I never see people use any other messenger and LINE is probably more popular than even Facebook (even for features such as sharing pictures despite Facebook obviously being more efficient in this regard) Depends on what kind of "efficiency" though. All these chat apps make sharing pictures/contacts/things much easier through specific lists and contacts where as facebook is more permanent when you post things to your wall. facebook messenger app isn't that great compared to LINE. It's funny how everyone likes LINE "because it's Japanese" when it's actually run by a Korean company. LINE is my favourite chat app, with its  stickers Wechat is a buggy piece of crap.
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Nov 1, 2013 18:02
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Kakaotalk is the best, praise Banao.
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Nov 1, 2013 18:05
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I have a sticker of a 60s-style comic dad slapping his kid with a word bubble "SHUT UP, BOY" You can't really top that.
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Nov 2, 2013 02:26
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I'm putting together an introductory game of Dungeons and Dragons 4e for some friends here in Tainan. If anyone around the area wants to join, that would be cool. Details aren't set in stone yet but so far we only have three players, and the more the merrier. Any other cool dudes wasting their lives down here are more than welcome to join. It is as much an excuse to get drunk and ruminate on how goblins and hobgoblins are different as it is a serious game.
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Nov 3, 2013 17:16
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Oh. My. Zeus. posted:I'm putting together an introductory game of Dungeons and Dragons 4e for some friends here in Tainan. If anyone around the area wants to join, that would be cool. Details aren't set in stone yet but so far we only have three players, and the more the merrier. Good luck with that. Remember that if you need more books, just take a pdf to a print shop and you can get it printed (black and white) and soft bound for like 1nt/double sided page. I ran 4e a few years ago, then got annoyed with the system and changed my group over to 2e. Ran that for a few years, ending it a few months back because I'm leaving Taiwan finally.
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Nov 3, 2013 17:24
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I was having a lot of fun doing some DND NEXT with some friends of mine. I should really get back on that.
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Nov 3, 2013 18:14
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Hey guys did you know that Hong Kong politics is under heavy influence from Taiwan? It's true! Just look at all the signs:An enlightening article posted:the reality is that Hong Kong's post-handover political development has witnessed some degree of "Taiwanisation".
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Nov 5, 2013 08:21
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quote:Hong Kong people participate in politics show striking similarities with Taiwan's political culture. quote:conflicting views can easily lead to violent confrontation between citizens and the police - another trait shared by the two societies. All the rest of that is "democracy is scary". e: Oh no poo poo, that's from the SCMP? Man, I remember when that paper was good....
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Nov 5, 2013 09:58
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quadrophrenic posted:Is poker on indefinite hiatus or something? I'd like to do it again sometime. As Duckfarts mentioned the owner of the venue was in shanghai at short notice for an extended period. She returned mid-last week and is expecting us to rock up tomorrow evening. Be nice to see some familiar faces. I'm shy on plat/archives atm, so I'll leave it to duckfarts or someone to trawl the thread for the details 
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Nov 5, 2013 11:45
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TetsuoTW posted:e: Oh no poo poo, that's from the SCMP? Man, I remember when that paper was good.... It's still probably the best paper in Greater China, unless Taiwan has some surprise good ones I've not heard of. And to be fair the column is by Some loving Guy from HKIEd, which isn't even a university. Still, since Wang Xiangwei took over it's supposedly gone downhill (he's been in HK way longer than I have so who knows). He's been noticeably cleaning out the gweilos though. White people names really only show up in wealth and finance-related columns now.
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Nov 5, 2013 12:03
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Bloodnose posted:It's still probably the best paper in Greater China, unless Taiwan has some surprise good ones I've not heard of. Uh maybe you haven't heard of a little paper called The China Post which has an amazing copy-edit department which totally doesn't let two people who have only worked there a month handle copy-editing the entire paper on a weekday? Don't read Tuesday's edition. I actually like my new job a lot.
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Nov 5, 2013 17:53
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You work at a newspaper now Moon?
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Ravendas posted:Good luck with that. Remember that if you need more books, just take a pdf to a print shop and you can get it printed (black and white) and soft bound for like 1nt/double sided page. I ran 4e a few years ago, then got annoyed with the system and changed my group over to 2e. Ran that for a few years, ending it a few months back because I'm leaving Taiwan finally. Yeah I was just going to print off character sheets and anything necessary at 7-11. Otherwise I'm just using the rules compendium on an ipad and a notebook with campaign notes. Still working on making the maps out of whatever I can scrounge up.
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Nov 6, 2013 06:03
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You may already know it, but a print shop might be a better choice than 7-11 for some things. Okay, you'd be splitting hairs over NT$1 a page versus NT$2, but as Ravendas mentioned, those print shops can bind stuff as well. I always preferred it much more to printing off stuff at 7-11. If you're near NCKU in Tainan, basically all of Shengli Rd. (near the Dasyue Rd. intersection) is littered with these print shops.
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Nov 6, 2013 06:12
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Oh. My. Zeus. posted:Yeah I was just going to print off character sheets and anything necessary at 7-11. Otherwise I'm just using the rules compendium on an ipad and a notebook with campaign notes. Still working on making the maps out of whatever I can scrounge up. I use this website to make grid paper: http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/ I use one size for dungeons and such, and another size for world/area map types where I need precise dimensions for zooming in. Then I sleeve them and slide them in a binder for easy lookup. Just make the pdf's and go print them at a copy shop.
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Nov 6, 2013 06:16
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http://roll20.net/ Check this out. It's an online implementation of DnD, it lets you make virtual maps and tokens for all of your characters and monsters and run the tabletop portion of the session over a net connection if you have to. Super useful if someone's going to be absent for a game but still wants to play remotely. Takes a bit of time to set up, but is totally awesome once you get going.
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You can ask the Korean goons, they have a secret DnD kakao group. With google hangouts you guys can do live casting too! But according to Bloodnose, That's just wrong and is against the spirit of RPG. Rolling actual dice creates tension and through this tension, a sense of accomplishment. Using an app, pressing a button, or some random generator just isn't the same. That's why it's time to use game science dice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2FZoc6HEcg
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Nov 6, 2013 07:16
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caberham posted:You work at a newspaper now Moon? Yeah I got a job copy-editing at The China Post. It's interesting work and I'm glad to get out of the English-teaching game. Definitely not as much free time now, though.
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Nov 6, 2013 07:47
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Okies poker details: Zhongshan N Rd. Section 2, Alley 115 No. 15 中山北路二段115巷15號 Name of the place is 川娃子 If you Google Maps the address it will show the proper place, more or less. There's a big red and white sign with 川娃子 on it out front. If you're going north on Zhongshan Rd, take a right at the tiny alley in front of Mr. Onion and it's just a bit down that alley. Prepare to buy-in for at least 100NT. Beer and food are available for non-exorbitant prices. My number is 0970229902 if yo get lost/need me to LINE you a location. This:  will be parked out front
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Nov 6, 2013 08:50
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caberham posted:You can ask the Korean goons, they have a secret DnD kakao group. With google hangouts you guys can do live casting too! My favorite part is his disdain for those other dice from Taiwan.
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Nov 6, 2013 09:20
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Spanish Matlock posted:http://roll20.net/ We used it and it worked well, but even with that it was near impossible to get people to actually 'show up'. Even when we all lived in Seoul, but this is the same place where a 20 minute subway ride is a long way. Hopefully you guys have more fortitude than us. It's a nice system. Is there any scuba programs in Taiwan worthwhile? I was looking at Bali or Thailand, but i kind of just want to go back to Taiwan.
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Nov 6, 2013 11:08
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I am really tempted to end up in Taipei from the 6th to the 18th. Anyone gonna be around?
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url posted:Okies poker details: Shenme shihou?
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