Phase COMPLETE!
Phase COMPLETE!
Phase COMPLETE!
al|together 2005 has now run its course. Over the period of 30 days, multiple small teams of translatorsworked in time-limited production processes to finish off their localizations of free doujin visual novels -- andwe present the fruits of their labors here today. Every single work presented brings something new to the table --and every single translation team brings its own flavor to the localizations that they present. I am proud of everyone of you -- and you should be proud of yourselves.
Where do we go from here? Let's get the first thing out of the way -- there will be anal|together 2006. Iam stepping down as festival coordinator, but let this be my formal nomination forPeter Jolly to fill that position for next year.He has indicated to me that he will accept; I stand ready to offer whatever assistance he might want. Remember thesehectic days; remember how your fingers worked at your keyboards as you strove desperately to get your entries in beforethe release deadline came crashing down upon you; and rise up next year to outdo the feats that you have proven yourselvescapable of this year. I will be looking for all of you out there. And I will be in the thick of the charge.
We now turn this festival over to its final, extended phase. If you are a translator out there who wishes to try hishand at translating one of these free doujin visual novels "for fun" without the restriction of a time limit (well,other than the fact that it has to be done by sometime in 2005), now's your chance. If you are a translator who foundhis original assignment inal|together 2005 to be way too long to finish in a sane amount of time, here's yourchance to finish it and have it presented. If you are someone who just wants to get a translation team together andgive it a shot, that would be welcome as well. Remember: this isour community. We must constantly work tomake it one that we are proud of.
Won't you work together with me?
11 October 2005
Seung Park
insani.org
Outgoing festival coordinator,al|together 2005
Phase COMPLETE!