Comments on: What do you think?

By: James

James — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:23:41 +0000

I hate subbing videos other people did only because I hate when people compare…da da da did this better you should have done this like them blah blah….gets annoying. which is why im only to 3 videos so far…

By: SacredCultivator

SacredCultivator — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:25:04 +0000

Woah… accidently disabled a email-notifications and was curious why there were comments and I didn’t get any notifications.

Well, lol, thanks for all your input on this matter… And for the one project this was primarily in regard to.. The translator decided to drop it despite me showing her this thread. =/

Quite a disappointment really, as I did work hard on it… Translations take up the bulk of the work, but lol, you can’t disregard that just timing/typesetting the project as ‘not a bulk of the work’either.

Bahs on that, it’s a shame really. But in the future, depending on the translator, we’ll see if we will release our own version of something that has already been released.

Again, thank you for all your input on this issue, and we at H!F appreciate your support in our efforts.

By: dbesthair23

dbesthair23 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:15:57 +0000

Having a collection or archives done by a group of people, especially great ones like H!F is great to have. Though we are fans, we are just fans of H!F. There’s no reason to hesitate subbing something even if another group is doing it or released it faster. We support H!F either way and that’s the bottom line. Just keep up the great work on your end guys You guys have established a great fan base as it is and always increasing. H!F’s collection weather it’s been made or not is for sure better than the rest, because you guys are dedicated and always caring of the fans as well as very consistent. If you guys enjoy what you’re doing, don’t hold back on anything

By: Ken-ohki

Ken-ohki — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:27:03 +0000

I actually end up downloading the H!F regardless. If another subber does submit something before you guys, I’ll actually download the H!F version and delete the other one XP I’ve been watching H!F videos for so long, I know that you guys always give awesome subs on high quality video and you’ve never let us down. You even relaese it in H264 AND Xvid! Who else does that? H!F all the way!

By: TheColorofTears

TheColorofTears — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:30:03 +0000

Even if some one beat you to it you should still work on it if you already started it. You’ve spent time on it already so why not finish it instead of canceling the project? If you cancel it then it would seem as though you wasted all your time on nothing.

Knowing that someone else already released thier own version subbed you could take your time and make your version the best.

By: Meyouu

Meyouu — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:37:47 +0000

This happens on the anime scene as well (nothing new here), I wont go into the using of deep words stuff, but if you feel like finishing it, then finish them. I’d feel more wasteful if I started something and then abandoning them for good (another thanks for Koinu no Waltz for your team =P). I mean that for me, I’d feel a bit down when somebody beat me to it, yet empty on not giving them a piece of what I did (something like that).

Off topic:
So on the note of that “duplicate stuff” you mentioned, I really do think that the massive plan on overdoing (110% or 220%) it materialized upon seeing your release, if your team did it in record time, I’m sure the “full crew” mentioned would not take less than a week on doing it.

By: Little Johnny Tebbis

Little Johnny Tebbis — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:42:26 +0000

@SacredCultivator

I think I got what you were saying just fine. I don’t know how all of this fansub stuff works, but wouldn’t the translation be the largest/most time consuming part of the project? If translation hasn’t even begun (or has just begun) and someone else releases the video, then why bother to put in all that work is what I was saying – albeit with the caveat that I mentioned before that if your version offers something special or unique compared to existing versions then I’d complete it.

I knew you didn’t mean you were just going to go around redoing things other people have done before. All I meant was if there is a significant amount of work left on a project and another group puts out a version that is generally equivalent to what you would have released, then working on something else would probably be a bigger benefit to the community.

By: Allen_Walker

Allen_Walker — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:25:54 +0000

I just want to say something more about this topic, I think it’s best if you just continue your works even if the other subbers beat you to it. So what if you have duplicates, like in anime there are also duplicates and people just downloads the better one which I have already said that yours is better. Don’t stop doing duplicates, coz if you stop it then the other subbers didn’t even realesed it or finished it then at least you made one for the fans because this is for the fans that loves what you do for them.

By: SacredCultivator

SacredCultivator — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:28:43 +0000

@Little Johnny Tebbis: Hmm sorta missed the point there =P.

As I was meaning, because I’m able to complete projects within the day I start it, it just pends the Translator’s pace. Which other groups can easily beat us in that department at times. So the problem is mainly, when another group beats us to it so to speak, if we should continue.

It isn’t that we WAIT till another group releases it and then start on the project, don’t misunderstand that. As our version has already been STARTED before the groups more or less make their release. ^^

By: Little Johnny Tebbis

Little Johnny Tebbis — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:59:38 +0000

I don’t see how this will ever come up. You guys release everything so fast, what’s the point of even worrying about this?
Besides, don’t you think the community is better served by people doing videos that haven’t been translated yet instead of having multiple copies of the same thing?

I mean, it’s one thing if your version offers something above and beyond what is already out there. If so, then, by all means release your version, too. But otherwise, I like seeing new stuff.