Space Junk

We have threads dedicated to lots of different entertainment but there's none opened about gaming and I was wondering who else appreciates computer/console gaming, and what are your games or genres of choice? I'm mostly a RPG kind of girl, both of the solo and MMO varieties. I have played a variety of both single player RPGS (many of which were Bioware games; Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, etc.) and lots of MMOs (Final Fantasy XIV, SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, The Secret World, among others). My current MMO of choice is Elder Scrolls Online, where I'm a casual level 45 Templar, and I've also been occasionally playing Torment: Tides of Numenera (I…

Starting this topic, because perhaps there are bibliophiles among us? Low key or high key.

We have threads for Yuzu fan art, but what about the rest? Do you paint or draw? Do you make edits? Any other kind of hobby where you build or create something? Do you know an amazing artist whose creations we should see? Post, share, let us see stuff! Check out the Instagram account of Tanaka Tatsuya. He makes amazing miniatures.

World Cup is beginning in...10 minutes! Are there any football fans here? Here are the groups & teams of World Cup '22: https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022 When I was a kid I always rooted for Brazil, and I also liked Croatia ever since they win the bronze at FIFA '98. I like some other Central/South American teams too. I don't follow football as much as I used to before but I still watch World Cup/Euros or some other bigger tournaments (no club football though). World Cup, here we go!

I thought it might be cute to have a topic (strictly pg-13 ofc ) on the dreams that we make about Yuzu. Since I dream him very often, I think it would be fun to have a place to share our dreams! Since so often we ignore them and forget about them, but I think they are cute and all, I don't know. I might be the only one thinking this, but okay! Let me know if it's an appropriate topic. I guess it's just for playing a little, so I put it in the Junk section. So, tonight I dreamed that I was in a big hotel and there was, apparently, Yuzuru coming. I don't know if there was a competition or not, but I was behind, like, two or three of his fans who were walking to…

How did you get your username? Is there a story behind it? Did you make it up or is it based on a real name, maybe your own name? Or did you just pick something from the random word generator and stuck with it? As for mine: As a kid I was obsessed with The Magic Flute (my parents raised a very weird child and exposed me to these things at a young age), and I always loved the names of two of the characters, Pamina and Papagena. Unfortunately both were often already taken when I tried to use them as nicknames on the internet, and then I ended up adding things like * or ~ to the names. At some point I decided to just combine the two and tada, new nickname :grin:

I had a lot of fun adding emoticons, lol. Let me know if there are too many... Anyway, some of these are cute, but I can't imagine what situation they'd apply. But I want to use them anyway so I'm just posting them here <- maybe relevant to our space alien <- some of them look so angry <- sounds like a way to rub it in someone's face that a thread is going to be closed

What kind of music are you into? What's your favorite band or singer? What new album are you looking forward to? What are you listening to right now? Do tell

The XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo is coming up this year, in a bit more than six months (204 days to be more precise), and I thought it would be nice to have a thread where we can discuss anything related to pre-Olympics, whether it's news, the torch relay, or just discuss the Olympic sports you like. Yesterday Thomas Bach said that so far preparations have never been in a better state before at any Olympics. I am looking forward to the Games a lot and I am sure Japan will be an excellent host of this event. As long as I remember, I have always followed the Summer Olympics which is very popular in my country, this time of the year we are in …

Hello! So I created an English study thread. Although it will be mainly by me asking for "proper English expression"!! (^_-)-☆ Anyway feel free to post here, let's help each other in English study!!

A comment in the main Yuzuru thread reminded me about an old poll I had made on GS but I don't have a link either so I just made a new poll. I put it in terms of time zones again (the old poll was made to figure out why the thread had been more active in certain hours) but the poll actually has a geographical breakdown if you click "next" part 5 of the results so it'll show where the answers come from anyway. Well, in my case it shows the country correctly, if not the city. :s_yes Edit: Bumped so that the crowd who joined post Olympics could cast their vote. If you have already voted, don't do it again, your vote is still there! So, tell us where y…

We seem to have a few Potterheads here so... let's talk about it: Your favourite book, movie, ship... AND WHICH HOUSE ARE YOU IN

Welcome! Want to talk about anime/manga, but don't want to create a new topic? Have a random anime/manga question, thought, or opinion you want to share? Want to rant about an anime/manga that is not popular enough to make it's own thread? Like talking about and comparing multiple anime/manga at once? Need a place to hurl because of a terrible anime/manga live adaptation? Give recommendations, make your favorite top 10 lists, share amvs and videos, post your MAL, or just rant. Anything goes, as long as it's related to anime and manga! Some starter questions: …

We've discovered recently there are quite a few LOTR nerds almost quoting Silmarillion over here - so let's get a place of our in the planet and talk about anything on Middle Earth - be it a book or film versions. So when did you start your journey through Middle Earth? And what captured you? Who do you identify with in the Tolkien's world? Do you like Peter Jackson's films? Etc etc etc - be free to discuss anything if you like!!!

I think it would be interesting to see some of the demographics of Planet Hanyu members. All answers are anonymous. :-)

Okay, since these figure skating/Harry Potter-comparisons in the general chat escalated very quickly, I decided to save all these amazing and creative ideas in a seperate post! Can't believe what I've summoned myself there

A place for the winter-challenged to ask for and receive tips on how to avoid a wintery doom of icy doomy deathening.

Good morning from Japan! ^_^ In addition to being a huge fan of Hanyu-senshu, I'm also very active in men's rhythmic gymnastics (男子新体操) fan community here. MRG started in Japan 70 years ago and fans of figure skating may also enjoy this beautiful sport! It is graceful, emotional and athletic, and the competition outfits gymnasts wear are very similar to men's figure skating (some are even custom made by Chacott). I'm trying to introduce more fans to the sport by writing several English-language newspaper articles about some of Japan's top gymnasts and teams. Videos from top MRG high school and college teams (Ibara HS, Aomori, Hanazono, Kokushikan)…

This thread is dedicated to better figure skating photography and videography. There are threads for sharing photos or videos. This one, instead, focuses on sharing experiences and questions about creating figure skating images and videos, such as how to take good photos and videos during figure skating competitions and ice shows; recommended cameras, camera settings, and other equipments; workflows on transferring, organizing, or editing files; recommended software; etc. Edit: Please post photos and videos only when they are related to the experiences that are being discussed or questions you'd like to ask so that this space doesn't become a photo/video shari…