/jp/ - Otaku Culture

what could she mean?

Close games are fun, no matter the outcome.
Stomps are shitty for the receiving end, and may be shitty for the winning team if they crave a fun game.
Casual vs tryhard is 100% attitude. Not skill based.

We have been playing since february, with a hiatus 2 - 3 months ago. It is only normal that people who keep doing something get better at it in time. The base skill level of /jp/dots has risen and this may be seen as tryharding by some people who crave for a plain, blind, dumb fun game like the ones we played back in february when we had no idea what anything did or was.

By virtue of getting better through repetitive play, people now make suggestions on items and try to coordinate their teams to certain extent, which should be normal and expected in a dota-like team game.
However, this is far from taking the game seriously and tryharding, this is merely the way this kind of games are meant to be played. Tryharding would involve counter picking, picking actual team comps and insta-locking Reisen/Aya/Cirno every game but what really happens is randoming heroes most of the time which is what many /jp/sies do, me included, or simply picking cutehus. We don't see Reisen/Aya/Cirno every game.

As it stands, the way I see it is that you can make the game fun/unfun for yourself depending on how you view it. We can't just go back to being awful at the game and knowing nothing about it, people who have issues with suggestions and the likes need to realize that the skill level is higher than before while at the same time staying just as casual as these games have ever been.

Of course non of the above is excuse to bully anyone! Always be nice to others and try to keep your cool if you aren't in the best mood, /jp/!

What exactly should i learn to start reading VN in Japanese?
I mean, should i learn hiragana? katakana? kanji? all three of then?
I started memorizing hiragana at realkana, but i am not sure if this is the way to go.
What should i do /jp/?