VTubers

Astel from Holostars committed the cardinal sin of "mentioning publicly he ordered McDonalds" (tweet / archive). Yes, really.

And his replies got flooded by mostly western fans posting a JP translation (archive) of that stupid boycott infographic as well as several of them having embarassing breakdowns on their own timelines over the fact Astel talked about french fries on twitter. One person went so far as DMing him to "educate" him and was promptly blocked leading to the person having a meltdown of their own (twitter / nitter).

screenshots of the dumb

Whether related or not the "storm" concluded with Astel tweeting out (archive) he would be taking a week off. I'm doubting it's a punishment as I don't think Holo gives two shits about this boycott noise and Astel didn't even say or do anything actually inflamatory. Could be he's just peacing out till the dust settles and people calm down, or could just be he's taking time to practice for the upcoming concert for Holostars which is less than 2 weeks away.

New posting is restricted and the only posts from the past two months are from their official account.

Took them long enough to realize how "negligible" the impact has been on the english community.

Nitter / Twitter

Announcement / full details: Xitter (check her followup posts as well) | YouTube

Art asset scams are notorious in the vtubing scene, and just as infamous are what I'd call recalcitrant artists - artists who seem to take forever when working on small indie clients' jobs but are suddenly on the ball when doing work for more renowned streamers, with few if any updates to their worried clients about what's going on.

Thus, Vgen has sought to implement a minimum guaranteed delivery date of a 2-year period to create some sort of safety net for clients, as well as restricting users' accounts who have 3 or more overdue jobs for clients.

Twitter thread links, Nitter / Twitter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Over-entitled artists were upset at very basic buyer protection measures for works that can cost clients sometimes several hundred dollars (particularly with models or art assets) and seethed about it on social media. The only real direct changes were that Vgen delayed implementing these new measures until June, and pushed back the guaranteed delivery date to 2 years instead of 150 days.

For a day or two twitter was filled with an assortment of screeds about how this is "literally killing artists" by making them work under realistic delivery conditions.

Links to the tweets

Nitter / Twitter

Nitter / Twitter

Nitter / Twitter

Nitter / Twitter

Ollie's tweet about it. Twitter / Nitter

Story

After so much waiting, the day has finally come. Interview day. The day that will determine whether or not you’ll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the reporter for the amazing and talented Kureiji Ollie! Wonder what goes down in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it’ll be like to spend Days with Ollie!

Hello reporter!
This is it! You’re just a step away from interviewing and living out the life with the super kawaii zombie idol! Not everyone gets a chance to hang around with THEE Kureiji Ollie, so you’re as hyped as ever!
Wonder what events will unfold from this time together?
Well maybe you’ll go on a picnic together!
Or even walk through the office together?
And… Get kidnapped by aliens?!
What!?
Join the Kureiji adventures in Days with Ollie!

Has EN and ID language support, with JP coming soon.

Twitter / Nitter

Twitter

Her Twitter

Also she is going to do a podcast with VShojo's MataraKan. Here's the first episode, https://youtu.be/JgamkncHH1Q.

Call me crazy, but she sounds like Pomu Rainpuff.

Twitter / Archive

Her channels

Twitch

The Main Youtube

The VOD channel

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/662568

It's a pretty fun 2D beat-em-up made by the dev of HoloCure, with contributions from others in the fandom. It's the latest Steam release under holo Indie.

Proper online mode had to be delayed, so its currently single player, but there's an option to use Steam Remote Play to play with friends that way

Works fine for me on Fedora Linux with Proton Experimental

Game Description from Steam:

Fight your way through endless waves of holoX's minions! Gear up with all sorts of equipment and items in this action packed beat-em-up to reach the 5 bosses of hololive's "holoX", and put a stop to their plans!

DL: https://twitter.com/NIJISANJI_World/status/1773546921279598811

Before

After

The tweet who pointed this out, https://nitter.poast.org/FlipsieVT/status/1773560562565136516

DL: https://twitter.com/KizunaAIinc/status/1773560806036197460

EDIT Tweets from Kasuga Nozomi

Tweet 1: https://archive.ph/239cg

Translated tweet

Tweet 2: https://archive.ph/uMNC0

Translated tweet

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16846273

Kiara's dead, long live Frogiara kero

Twitter / Archive

Twitter / Archive

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/641726

Billboard Japan talked with Hakos Baelz about the new album, ZODIAC, which represents the culmination of her musical activities.