Webnovel at it again xD

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  1. MianaXenia

    MianaXenia Well-Known Member

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    Just saw that one of my daily novels
    Worlds’ Apocalypse Online
    Just got bought out to webnovel. So now 700 chapters are just gone. And the translator now has to reupload everything from the start again at nearly same rate ( 2 chapters a day ) which is going to take like 6 months before we even get to a actual new chapter. So disappointed rn cuz we HAD to stop at a good part and now I’m going to need to wait months to even continue reading. Are they just milking out the money from the novel or what...
     
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    Macrendil Ysmir Well-Known Member

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    Sucks when that happens. There's no MTL anywhere?
     
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    FranckOA Killer Klown From Outer Space

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    Don't forget about the probable paywall-only access of the end of the novel too, as it is one of their habits... :notlikeblob:
     
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    MianaXenia Well-Known Member

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    Not even probable, it’s definite

    There probably is at like MTLNovel that goes to the raws
     
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    DragonMage18 Outcast

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    END? more like 90% is behind a paywall...
     
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    Shaiole Mad scientist

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    Are they making you pay twice for chapters you already brought/unlocked?

    There is nothing wrong with paywalls. Webnovels isnt the only site that asks money for access. However... with paying, at least give quality service and openness.

    Anyways, i had a friend found out about webnovels. Told her pirate sites exists. Never went back.
     
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    FranckOA Killer Klown From Outer Space

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    It depends on the novel, some have more than half of their chapters paywalled, and if you want to read all of it you'll need to pay more than what it would had cost you for a full dead tree hard back and color illustrated collector edition of all the volumes... :blob_catflip: :blobcurse: :blobdevil:
     
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  8. Deep

    Deep NO TITLE

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    Simple solution just show the middle finger to QD, I as well as many users done it pretty long ago.
    Nowadays I don't really read CN works as u don't know when they gonna be swallowed by the likes of QD.


    Side note: Wuxiaworld does the whole money making thing in best possible way. Others should try to follow there method which is pretty much good for everyone.
     
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  9. Green Apple

    Green Apple Actually I'm secretly an orange.

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    Best possible way isn't equal to maximum monetisation.
     
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    Deep NO TITLE

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    Yeah tell that to QD XD :)
     
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    Vincent1873 Well-Known Member

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    Well, that only applies if you pay actual money. There's nothing stopping you from making 30 disposable emails and 30 accounts. Then you could get 90 free chapters a day.
     
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    LNMTL even started before the HTL did afaik, though under a slightly different name.

    All Heaven Armageddon or something? not sure because I didn't read it there.
     
  13. Westeller

    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    The translator joined Webnovel and will be continuing the translation there. While that's not ideal for various reasons, it's probably one of the best possible outcomes for the fan translation of a Qidian novel. Just roll with it.

    The translator said in the LCD for the novel that it'll take at most 14 days to transfer everything over to Webnovel.
     
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    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    FranckOA Killer Klown From Outer Space

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    Too bad that many CN novels are more than a thousand chapters long then... :blob_patpat:
    And that's too much of a hassle, especially if most of the chapters you trudge through this way are fillers. :blobsalt:
     
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    Kuroguma [Cyber Lich] [Aspie] [SOX][Forgotten Perv]

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    On the web page announcement he has changed to to 4-7 months since he couldn't upload all at once.

    And anyway I don't really care too much about the move to chidian since one can always find other ways to read the novels. ;)
     
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    Sharudeis Semi-narcoleptic

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    Ah, Qishit. They're the only exception I have to the 'no aggregators' policy I take. Maybe it's hypocritical, but I honestly don't care. They paywall an insanely large chunk of the novels they acquire, and on top of that the translations aren't exactly that great despite the amount of money going in.
    Though at least this time they aren't outright stealing the translation and dmca'ing the og translators and their website
     
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    norach212 Unknown being

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    Oh well, that novel is on my "waiting for more chap" list.
    I guess there is no reason to wait any longer. :blobexpressionless:
     
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    Tbh if the translator doesn't have a choice, then I think him moving to webnovel and still continue being the translator is for the best imo instead of someone else coming and messing up the terms.
     
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  20. Beer_Kitty

    Beer_Kitty Just a very very drunk kitty that likes beer

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    All i know is Qi also have the Solo Leveling season 2. So i got a ton of worries waiting for the next manhwa chapters.
     
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