Shenmue Dojo

The dude is loaded. He could jointly fund Shenmue III with any of his friends who are rich. But he knows it wont make a handsome return, so id say hes ok suffering so long as it isnt his money on the line.

Peter wrote:The dude is loaded. He could jointly fund Shenmue III with any of his friends who are rich.

That's interesting. I'd be grateful for a link to whatever it is you've read that details his personal finances and those of his friends.

Obviously i dont have a link. Its an assumption. Heres a tip. When you want to recruit people to a campaign, maybe not be so much of a smartarse when it comes to posting ya know?

Peter wrote: Obviously i dont have a link. Its an assumption. Heres a tip. When you want to recruit people to a campaign, maybe not be so much of a smartarse when it comes to posting ya know?

It wasn't entirely meant to sound smartarsey, I genuinely wanted more information if you'd been able to verify it. I'm not into picking fights on the Internet (apart from with multinational corporate enterprises, obviously).

But I'll admit there are times when I do and will make somewhat smartarsey comments, like anyone else here I'm sure. I try to reign it in but that's just my personality sometimes. However the campaign isn't about me, so don't let me put you off standing alongside the other fans who are supporting this if for whatever reason I give you cause to dislike me personally.

Its cool bud. No offence felt by either of us (i hope!). Least i will know what way to take you in the future!

Peter wrote:Its cool bud. No offence felt by either of us (i hope!).

None!

Peter wrote:Least i will know what way to take you in the future!

With a pinch of salt is often best.

He could jointly fund Shenmue III with any of his friends who are rich

I'm somewhat skeptical about this. Yu may be very well off, own an expensive sports car, and be pretty loaded in comparison to most of us here, but he's certainly no Warren Buffett and I doubt he's at the kind of baller status where he can drop a dozen or two million of his own on a new Shenmue. He's not anywhere near rich enough. Maybe, he might be able to put up some of the funds for a much cheaper Dreamcast version of Shenmue 3, but he'd still need the IP license to even think about going down that route.

Anyway, well done to everyone who contributed to yesterdays tweetathon, we did it again and outdid ourselves. It was the biggest tweetahon yet!

Here's the write up: http://www.facebook.com/TeamYu/posts/510832038928840

Not long left till the next tweetathon, chaps. We also think it's a good idea to work the Nintendo angle as well.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Z6YVwqUBc[/youtube]

Here's the full write up http://www.facebook.com/TeamYu/posts/515701668441877

And through the power of organisation we've also convinced Game Central to put the question to Sega Europe too
http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/91253 ... -and-limbo

Now go forth and tell your fellow forumites, friends, family, neighbours, lovers, prospective lovers and local newsagents!

ok!

Heads up for the tweetathon, ladies and gents. As soon as it's the 3rd of the month in your time zone, get stuck in!

Well its the 3rd of october so lets all head down to twitter.

Today's Tweetathon coincides with Culture Day in Japan, so what better time to remind everyone of the country's greatest entertainment export (since Takeshi's Castle anyway)?

There's a massive thread on this forum dedicated to trips to Japan that were inspired by Shenmue, which is a testament to the effect the game has had in promoting Japanese culture to the outside world. Take this opportunity to show Sega the responsibility they carry to let that legacy continue. Shenmue III may not be set entirely in Japan, if at all, but its storyline and values are at the core of Japanese culture. Today's the day to celebrate that.

All you need to do to participate in the Tweetathon is include the hashtag #GiveYuTheShenmueLicense in your tweet(s). It also helps to retweet others, as this shows your followers that it really is a group effort that they can get involved in.

If you need any more details about the campaign then TeamYu.net has you covered, but I'm sure everyone gets it by now. All day today, and every 3rd of the month. Go get 'em. Thanks.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTeS8fjgp3c[/youtube] A rendition I personally haven't heard. It's to give you some background music while you tweet :-p

Funny you should say that, as GBR gamebytesradio is running a 24-hour Shenmue playlist in support of the Tweetathon today. It's a great listen.