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A fan movement supporting the release of Science Adventure (SciADV) visual novels in English. With everyone's help, we've run two successful initiatives so far!

Joined March 2018
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VICTORY! CHAOS;HEAD NOAH will be releasing on Steam! Just as Spike Chunsoft says, this is due to the passion of the fans. Thank you all so much! However, there's a couple more things to talk about—regarding NOAH, plus the future of visual novels on Steam. 🧵 #SaveChaosHead
Chaos;Head NoAH reinstated on Steam, announces publisher kirikiribasara.com/2022/10/0…
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On a brighter note, let's draw attention to this passage. It appears that Valve has re-evaluated the way it handles game approvals to avoid similar situations to NOAH's in the future. As NOAH is only the latest in a series of unjust bans, this is a great victory!
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We couldn't be any more grateful to the nearly *5000 people* that signed this petition! We're so glad it seems to have made a difference. Thank you once again. We hope you all will keep standing up for the freedom of visual novels! This is Operation HiddenHand, signing off.
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We're approaching the big 5000 signature mark on the petition soon! However, don't forget Phase 2 of the plan—the email campaign! We're curious, so we'd like to ask you all (and please be honest): Have you emailed someone at Valve yet? #SaveSciADV #SaveChaosHead
22%I've emailed Valve/Gaben!
57%Only signed the petition
21%I haven't done either yet
752 votes • Final results
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For more details on the email campaign, here's the thread explaining it: nitter.gq/ophiddenhand/status/15…
#SaveChaosHead OPERATION: EMAIL NEWELL! Hello all! First, thank you all for your unbelievable support so far. We'd like to carry this momentum into our plan's second phase: contacting Valve directly. Primarily, we'll be emailing the president, Gabe Newell. (thread) #SaveSciADV
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Spectacular! In less than 1.5 days, #SaveChaosHead has surpassed the signatures on our ROBOTICS;NOTES petition! To all veteran SciADV fans: Isn't it amazing how far we've come? And to those who found SciADV through all this: Welcome! We hope you stick around! #SaveSciADV
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PRO TIP—The English releases of SciADV games sadly don't usually have the best translations, so the ideal way to experience them is on Steam w/ the patches from @Committeeof0. They're also working on a translation/censored content restoration patch for the Switch port of NOAH!
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For all those with hacked Switches, we highly recommend you use the patch once it comes out. Trust us—it'll be worth it. BUT, having NOAH on PC will make the patch way easier to install and use! To ensure everyone gets the best experience, let's keep it up until that happens!
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Regarding OPERATION: Email Newell, we received this tip from a user on Discord about who at Valve to contact and when! Please take a look! #SaveSciADV #SaveChaosHead
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( And here's another link to the thread about the Valve email campaign, for those who may have missed it: ) nitter.gq/ophiddenhand/status/15…
#SaveChaosHead OPERATION: EMAIL NEWELL! Hello all! First, thank you all for your unbelievable support so far. We'd like to carry this momentum into our plan's second phase: contacting Valve directly. Primarily, we'll be emailing the president, Gabe Newell. (thread) #SaveSciADV
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Within less than 24 hours after #SaveChaosHead first went live, we obtained over 3,000 signatures! This is outrageous—it took our last petition over half a year to get this far! Let's keep pushing with the petition and the email campaign so we can make a difference! #SaveSciADV
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Here's the thread explaining the email campaign, in case you missed it: nitter.gq/ophiddenhand/status/15…
#SaveChaosHead OPERATION: EMAIL NEWELL! Hello all! First, thank you all for your unbelievable support so far. We'd like to carry this momentum into our plan's second phase: contacting Valve directly. Primarily, we'll be emailing the president, Gabe Newell. (thread) #SaveSciADV
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#SaveChaosHead OPERATION: EMAIL NEWELL! Hello all! First, thank you all for your unbelievable support so far. We'd like to carry this momentum into our plan's second phase: contacting Valve directly. Primarily, we'll be emailing the president, Gabe Newell. (thread) #SaveSciADV
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If you need ideas, here is a link to an example email we wrote up ourselves. docs.google.com/document/d/1… Of course, it doesn't need to be just like this one. As long as you follow the rules, write it how you please. This example is a good length, but we ask you use your own words.
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This is just one of several steps we plan to take as part of this movement. With your help, we WILL make our voices heard. Make sure you keep #SaveChaosHead and #SaveSciADV trending, and keep on signing the position! change.org/SaveChaosHead Thank you all so much.