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Dracu-Riot Translation Stalled At 80% – translator retires

ev101a pimg 332 Just saw this on Insem’s site: In pursuit of greater pleasures, he’s retiring from translation because of real life (he found a girlfriend!) o/

“…after recently getting into a relationship, I’ve found it more and more difficult to balance real life commitments with what goes on online. At times, when I get asked ‘What do you do in your free time?’, I’m almost embarrassed to say that I spend it translating porn games. Not a position anyone would want to be in.”

リア充爆発しろ!w

“…Whilst I cannot feel guilty enough about the unfinished work I’ve left behind, and the promises that I’ve broken, I believe my chapter has come to a close. I would like to thank personally all the people I’ve worked with and all those that donated to us over the years; we used every single cent of it on the website. Thank you for all the support and I hope that one day, I will return to the scene.

Detailed information on Dracu Riot will be announced on the 9th, along with the future of the project.

Miu was the character that prompted me to choose the game, and it pains me greatly that I never got around to finishing her route. Whilst work on the game has stalled indefinitely, I will not retire without knowing that the game is in good hands.” [staircasesubs.com/news/]

Good news is the project won’t stay unfinished forever. Hoping he can find a replacement or, perhaps release the scripts out for somebody else to take over in the future?

And where did my comment go??

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ATLiV
10 years ago

good news and bad news 🙁

ConfusedBro
10 years ago

Well, i hope they release the partial patch.

maou
10 years ago

MIu also the reason im interested in this game =(

bDawg
10 years ago

Aww… Sukz, Well thats understandable 😉 I love Elina the most, Miu 2nd, so i really hope someone picks it up and finishes quickly…
Btw, like less than 20% of the VN is sex, so you could hardly call it a porn game. The romance and plot plays a lot bigger part in making it such an awesome VN <3

twoo
10 years ago

is there going to be a patch for the work they have completed up to?

Chaos
Chaos
10 years ago

It’s too bad the translator wasn’t finished Dracu-Riot! project. I hope that shouldn’t be happening again like Majikoi that always 85% Forever.

DeadIEnd
10 years ago

Insem… You trolled us all till the very end.

halzen
10 years ago

just 1 route again T_T a…………………………………….

delapropia
10 years ago

I dont know why none of the users is angry about the statement of the retirement of the translator, because “he found a girlfriend(??)”.

Is that a reason to quit the job you have been working your ass off for MONTHS, only because “im a relationship?”.

I have a girlfriend and im helping with the translation of MAJIKOI from English to Spanish, and also im doing a lot of activities. For me, its not an excuse to say that you have another activities, because i know almost too well that he is doing the translation for free with zero payment, but its because of this reason that you can work at a slow pace, because you are doing it for free.

Im angry with him because he is stalling the translation when the percentage of Dracu Riot is at eighty percent. But this twenty percent that has been left untranslated can be stalled for months if not years, if nobody takes the project.

Im disappointed and sad… he was doing a great job with his projects. He had a good quality in his translations, and he chose enjoyable projects to bring to us.

Silivin
Reply to  delapropia
10 years ago

Well, if you are that angry, why not try translating it yourself? Translating japanese to english is a lot of harder than between european languages. He may have worked on this project alongside his job, and with a gf on top of that. Anyways , like you I hope someone else takes over, though it’s indeed sad since like you said, he had good quality in his translations.

Amon
Reply to  delapropia
10 years ago

I’m disappointed myself, but I think all in all, it’s his choice to make, and there’s little we can do to convince him otherwise. On the bright side, he chose to announce his retirement and (hopefully) look for a replacement. If he had instead kept his lips shut over it and let the project silently die, that’d have been far worse.

Vehn
Reply to  delapropia
10 years ago

Yeah, sounds like a stupid reason to me too. I mean, Everyone has own interests, why should he be ashamed of being an eroge translator?
Too bad, I was intensly waiting for this game…

delapropia
10 years ago

Sorry, it was “im in a relationship”

Johnny
10 years ago

I don’t know at which I should be more angry about. The fact that he found the girlfriend or left the translating position. XD

soladino
soladino
10 years ago

Let’s make aaeru translate it LOL…..just kidding,it’s kinda sad knowing wat i’ve been waing for along time come to stop…hope someone will trans it

Skylord_Ducker
Reply to  soladino
10 years ago

i would translate it if i had the ability to

John117
10 years ago

This kinda sucks……..leaving things unfinished.

Yue
Yue
10 years ago

Well, was looking forward to this VN for a while, now I guess it’s never going to be released. Wouldn’t be surprised if they decide to get rid of the translation done instead of giving it out to another translator.

The Big Guy
10 years ago

I don’t think it was a very good idea to leave out the fact that he needs to quit if he wants any chance of getting a job… Those minor details probably make a difference…

Aaeru
Reply to  The Big Guy
10 years ago

no because it’s insem. i’m trolling him ww

Mike
10 years ago

I’m just hoping for a partial TL patch comes out.

Nooobergoober
10 years ago

This better be some smoking hawt chick that he’s leaving us for.

Luz
Luz
10 years ago

xd I guess being frank is not always the good choice….

Mexibean
10 years ago

10 rupees says he’s just fucking with us.

meowmeow
10 years ago

haha “relationship”. It’s not like he’s gonna get married and forget about VN’s

Don’t worry he’ll be back sooner than he thinks

The Last Melody
10 years ago

On the bright side, he said he would release details today, so he is probably saying that he will give the scripts to an interested translator ^_^

The Last Melody
Reply to  The Last Melody
10 years ago

Told you!

garejei
10 years ago

リア充爆発しろ!w

That made me chuckle more than it should have.

SkyTori
10 years ago

I haven’t played this VN yet, but I want to, and I will… I just saw a post of Insem with the Partial TL Patch. Gonna get the game next! 😀

SkyTori
Reply to  SkyTori
10 years ago

WAIT! It was just Elina’s route patch. We still have to wait for the other ones…

is this guy serious?
Reply to  SkyTori
10 years ago

yea gotta wait because he is either an idiot or just a liar

Digitalcat
10 years ago

Right now I could rather care less about the partial patch, I find the fact that he is rapping up hes run a little bit more important. Sad to see him go, he was a good chap and did some great things! 🙂

Meykkei
10 years ago

Awwww D:
I just wanted to play Miu’s route and Elina’s route T__T ( By the way I’m grateful they at least did Elina’s xD ) Hope someone picks this uppp , I mean.. only 20% to translate right?

Eu Sunt Dracul
10 years ago

if you visit this page http://staircasesubs.com/news/
he said that:
“1. Parties interested in the acquisition of the current project or the completion of the remaining route may contact us by 30th September. Should we find a suitable candidate, we will announce the news.

2. If we are unable to secure a future for Dracu Riot with a reputable or reliable candidate by 1st October, the script files for Miu’s route will be released to the general public for other interested parties.

3. If, by 1st December there are no active or meaningful attempts at translating Miu’s route, I may come out of retirement to work on her route. However, the likelihood of me finding time to work on the game will only decrease year by year. In light of this, if I am unable to give one last attempt at the end of the year, we will stop beating the dead horse, release the remaining routes, and announce the official death of the project.”

in his statement #3 he said he could try and translate it(if he’s in a good mood).or
abandon it and the project will be officially dead(because Im in a relationship LOL ^_^ )

Reverse
10 years ago

I already have ”1” – ”4” chapter with English text.
so now I’m waiting for chapter 5 with English sub,
(before, I only reach 4 chapter, so it’s bad ending, now I trying to restart and I has passed the chapter 5! )

Kanzato
10 years ago

November already.. I finished Elina route and found out some of minor misstyping in the translation.. well if Elina route is the first one he finish i wonder about the other route? I hope it’s not a bad sign.. this made me realize those who finish the translation of VN is really are a hero for me and many other.. finishing what you do is a big responsibility indeed..

baka
10 years ago

If somebody would tell me how to edit a visual novel, I could send you my personal translation. Sure, it isn´t that good (I´m german by the way), nevertheless it should be good enough. My Japanese is at an mediocre- high level and I´m confident, that most of my translated lines are correct.

thisguy
thisguy
Reply to  baka
10 years ago

Your options:
-> Send REtransInternational or some known engineer team a message
-> Create a thread on fuwanovel and upload your translations for everyone to do whatever they want

Izusu
9 years ago

I don’t mind finishing the translations for this…

Lightseeker
Reply to  Izusu
9 years ago

Really?! Then do it, do it! Although i’m not sure if insem is going to give you the translation he did so far. Try to contact him. If he does not give it to you…. I guess you’ll have to complete what was is missing from the current version of the partial translation..
Don’t press yourself to do a patch, the translation will be plenty enough. (Of course do one if its no problem to you)

PS: sorry if I sounded a bit pushy there,,,

keke094
Reply to  Izusu
9 years ago

at least, someone interesting translating for miu route! i hope is not dead n_n

Name
9 years ago

i am happy for you IRL, but also sad that it’ll take longer for this to get translated. enjoy your life pal. i’m cheering for you

Suzuha
9 years ago

it’s understandable. let’s just hope someone will be able to finish what you started

carie
9 years ago

I can understan that hes not making any money with this, but start something and leave it this close of the end its something proper of a child, an irreponsible man its the only impression im getting of this translator, a normal person should finish the job and then retires

Bluetooth-kun
9 years ago

wow insem is an idiot. this kind of novels are not really fit to be called porn games. just look at the tags in VNDB -____-

Sajuuk
9 years ago

Well I am still hoping you will release the characters you finished translating, it would be a shame if you did not for all the work you put into it.
I really loved this game and am still hoping for the best.
please release the translations you have already done.

anyway I wish you the best of luck,

D
D
9 years ago

Well crap, hate when VNs dies (which I hope won’t happen to this one)

D
D
Reply to  D
9 years ago

*die

AJ
AJ
9 years ago

The liar didn’t even translate half of the game, yet he claims he did 80%. lol

Saihyku
9 years ago

Haaaaaa……………….. Someone willing to translate this?……. well good luck People, some one will translate this soon
i hope…

Seven7
9 years ago

i try to translate these but it seem it will take times. It’s really hard. haha..

Saihyku
9 years ago

ok thank you at least someone is doing it.

The chosen one
9 years ago

I love dracu riot, the only problem that it was is that if the main character could talk( really talk, not write) i would understand it at least a bit better then when his writing and i cant understand it at all.

Dracu riot makes me want to translate it, but i never done it before and i dont know what programs to use.

also dracu riot makes me want to learn japanese so that i can finish the rest of the game….

Anon123456789
9 years ago

October 15 2014. Still no update. ITS DEAD JIM.

Anon123456789
9 years ago

Forgot im in new zealand. A day ahead. Oh well. October 14 2014. Still no update

de_clear
9 years ago

wow wat a noob

MaguroSenbei
MaguroSenbei
9 years ago

If you can provide the extracted scripts, I can probably help you translate them assuming you are still keen on finishing this up. =)

necropower
necropower
Reply to  MaguroSenbei
9 years ago

I hope that Insem accepts your offer, but it would be better try to contact him directly.

try here: http://staircasesubs.com/author/insemination/

Ronan
Ronan
8 years ago

well… it’s already 3 yrs ……. good vn untranslated fully … another cold sad christmas

Ronan
Ronan
8 years ago

its already 2015… no its already the end month of the year…. all translators had given up

Some Guy
Some Guy
8 years ago

Wait! This game will be finish ? or is already dead ?