John_doe wrote:fansubs_ca wrote:John_doe wrote:Yaaaaaarrrrrrr matey!
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Yaaaaaaaarrrr! Oh wait, I'm the wrong kind of pirate! I specialize in VHS, maybe
some bittorrent.
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You pirate VHS? What is this 1989?
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
No, in 1989 I lived with my parents and they'ld be too scarred of the mounties kicking
in the door to arrest their lawbreaking kingpin son.
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
They seem to tolerate it as
long as I don't do it in their house or get the mail at their house so they don't get
any of the blame.
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Also didn't have internet then for my desperate clientel to
find me.
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Most of the VHS activity was from 1997 to about 2002, however for 2011 so far I have
had 2 people send a "list of demands"* for a grand total of 7 tapes, in 2010 I had one
"list of demands"* for 3 tapes so you can say customer count is up 100% over last year
and total sales is up 133%. Even way back when I joked that I'd get into putting
soundtrack onto 8 track if anyone actually requested it.
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One of my clients this year
is a repeat of last year who is now getting all the tapes they wanted to get when they
were younger but couldn't afford because they were too young.
*There was a huge debate in the anime fansub community that when you go to get tapes
from annother fan it should be called a "request" instead of an "order" like when you got
something from a company. I found the whole thing silly so I instructred people to refer
to their order/request/whatever as a "list of demands" to make fun of the whole situation.
This was inspired by one client in Saskatchewan that sent the original "list of demands"
and everybody rolled with it. I once got someone who sent me a catalog clipping that had
a toy gun pointed at a stuffed doll saying "meet my demands or the cabbit gets it".
I was probably the goofiest fansub distro ever, still am, though now I think I'm the only
one.
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Also Mr. Chavez clearly doesn't read this board as he's not aware of the tragic accidents
that happen when you load precious metals on a boat.
No wonder I'm a fan of subs!
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