@anongos: There are some kind of rating boards in other countries like Japan, but ours are run by government and enforced by law and full of stupid moralists and famous for being extremely slow. Oh, and it applies to every games in Korea including PC games, consol games, arcade games, flash games, fan made games, indie games etc. Even if you are a 10 years old kid and made an extremely simple game for your friends, that should be previewed. Of course, those 'previewing' costs a lot. And this is the reason that we don't have 'game' category in Apple's appstore.
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So they're not only slow, but they don't leave any exceptions as to what can be released without being rated first?
So all releases in S.Korea are basically always delayed because of the rating board? Wow.
So all releases in S.Korea are basically always delayed because of the rating board? Wow.
Yeah, even demo should be previewed. Good way to avoid this is simply do not officially launch the game in Korea. Well, Koreans still can buy games from overseas market, lol
Oh and this is one example that shows how the board running by government is stupid. This is the story of a poor programmer that he couldn't make a game due to a roof of an apartment where he lived.
Oh and this is one example that shows how the board running by government is stupid. This is the story of a poor programmer that he couldn't make a game due to a roof of an apartment where he lived.
1. A game programmer wanted to make a new game, so he made a game. Then he needed to submit the game to Game Rating Board to get rated.
2. In order to submit the game he must register a webpage of the board, but in order to register, you need to get a 'public key certificate'. Ordinary ones that is used in some work like internet banking won't work for this. He needed 'public key certificate for game'.
3. He needed to visit the company that can give him a certification.
4. After checking a few things, employee of the company said 'check your e-mail to get a certificate'.
5. He tried to register the website again, but he failed. He should get another authentication and should send some fax to some other company for some reason.
6. Every stage of registering required several certifications, authentications, signets, etc.
7. He even had to pay KRW 60000(=USD 50~60) to pass those things. No one told him about this payment before.
8. Now he needed 'certificate for game producers'. But this certificate can be printed only once. No network printing available and you have to use colour printer.
9. Next he should visit district office to report that 'I am making a game'.
10. After 3 days, the report was denied since roof of parking lot of an apartment he lived was 'illegal'. In order to pass, the roof should be removed or someone should pay fine for that.
WTF? What does the roof even have anything to do with rating the game?
MedicIhaffnoidea.avi
I think things are a bit laxer here…the problem usually
lie on the arcade centres or the gaming companies.
Eh I don't think the gov here gives a crap about them games
anyways,they're busy with things like messing with the
education system
I think things are a bit laxer here…the problem usually
lie on the arcade centres or the gaming companies.
Eh I don't think the gov here gives a crap about them games
anyways,they're busy with things like messing with the
education system
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=48815a84 ... 17101D!120
I am adding my taiko maps here as for now, authentic or not
Unfortunately there is only the Taiko oni as I have to go somewhere :/
I will map the Ura diffs later tho.
I am adding my taiko maps here as for now, authentic or not
Unfortunately there is only the Taiko oni as I have to go somewhere :/
I will map the Ura diffs later tho.
Topic Starter
God I have yet to practice the Ura on someplace not called osu :/Zekira wrote:
Etude Op.10-4 hates me in every way
For one thing, it took me more than a day to FC the non-Ura in the Wii
Now I'm STILL playing the Ura for around 2 hours straight now and I still haven't FC'd it. Bah.
I FINALLY got the deathstream right, but now every other part of the chart is becoming problematic for me. Muscle memory being a dick, basically.
DTXMa-I mean Taikojiro?
oh and btw xierbaliti's Ryougen no Mai got ranked
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/29386
Took me a while to FC again. Obviously I'm not the best player around, but at least I'm the second guy who FC'd this on the rankings
(time-wise, I mean)
...someone make a beautiful pic of Ryougen (the chibianthro) plzzzzzzzz
[/totallynotobsessed]
EDIT: that last bit was a joke obvs
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/29386
Took me a while to FC again. Obviously I'm not the best player around, but at least I'm the second guy who FC'd this on the rankings
(time-wise, I mean)...someone make a beautiful pic of Ryougen (the chibianthro) plzzzzzzzz
[/totallynotobsessed]EDIT: that last bit was a joke obvs
Nope.avi
Gut feeling tells me that things won't end well if I did
Gut feeling tells me that things won't end well if I did
I was joking obvs ._.
yuan0312
Ah....some random notes........It's little hardanongos wrote:
This is essentially true for me for any song that I am almost about to FC that I haven't before. X-DAY and Tenjiku specifically come to mind.Zekira wrote:
I FINALLY got the deathstream right, but now every other part of the chart is becoming problematic for me. Muscle memory being a dick, basically.
I decided to try mapping Himiko myself. I don't know, I feel like I botched the end. Feel free to try mine out.
http://www.mediafire.com/?hbai6dz5lp9mz11
EDIT:I hate our govenment. Due to strict restriction of Korean government, Jubeat Copious won't be availble at least until mid~end of October in Korea. According to our law, all games in Korea should be 'previewed' by so called 'Game Rating Board', before launching the game.Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the case for pretty much any country? I mean, all games have to go through a rating system before they can be released right?
but better than mine
:3
It's the Kiai section right? Too much?yuan0312 wrote:
Ah....some random notes........It's little hard
but better than mine
:3
yuan0312
What's with the dragon,this ain't a Seiryu song (just kidding)
Also,
m9(^д^)＜ピキャー‼
Also,
m9(^д^)＜ピキャー‼
That doesn't look random at all (to me, at least)...yuan0312 wrote:
random notes...
look. here
yuan0312
I WANT THIS PLUSHIEEEEEEEEEEE
HHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGZekira wrote:
I WANT THIS PLUSHIEEEEEEEEEEE
@yuan: I intentionally made the kiai time be very dense. I also intentionally make it have the same feel as lepi's mei, ryougen, or kamikaze in that the patterns aren't the regular ones that we usually see.
Maybe Zekira should try it out since he's used to this stuff.
Let me DL it then...
EDIT: you're a bit obsessed with Dons on the non-kiai part
And there are some parts where it does seem like you didn't know what you wanted to put, lol
Now about the kiai; listening to the piano channel, I don't think it's inappropriate. It's definitely hard for me though; osu!Taiko this big difficulty cap of having a smaller scroll. Not to mention I haven't played osu!Taiko in a long time.
So yeah, I'm OK with the map. I doubt I can FC it without taking it seriously though.
EDIT: you're a bit obsessed with Dons on the non-kiai part
And there are some parts where it does seem like you didn't know what you wanted to put, lol
Now about the kiai; listening to the piano channel, I don't think it's inappropriate. It's definitely hard for me though; osu!Taiko this big difficulty cap of having a smaller scroll. Not to mention I haven't played osu!Taiko in a long time.
So yeah, I'm OK with the map. I doubt I can FC it without taking it seriously though.
Yeah the bit right before the slow-down in the middle is difficult to map drumsounds
into without spamming dons.
Gee I wonder who had the idea of making that kind of piano sounds…
into without spamming dons.
Gee I wonder who had the idea of making that kind of piano sounds…
yuan0312
T T come on...anongos wrote:
HHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGZekira wrote:
I WANT THIS PLUSHIEEEEEEEEEEE
@yuan: I intentionally made the kiai time be very dense. I also intentionally make it have the same feel as lepi's mei, ryougen, or kamikaze in that the patterns aren't the regular ones that we usually see.
Maybe Zekira should try it out since he's used to this stuff.
777's style?
oh myyyyyyyyyyyyyy goooooooooooooooooood
..............i give up 777's style
it's kill my hand @ @
To me,I'd rather go with the flow and map naturally.
I'd just let the song's rhythm and melody determine the
patterns
If I make a taikomap just for the sake of creating a batshit
difficult map,I'll end up with a shitty map with patterns that
don't even fit the rhythm *coughNagekinoKicough*
I'd just let the song's rhythm and melody determine the
patterns
If I make a taikomap just for the sake of creating a batshit
difficult map,I'll end up with a shitty map with patterns that
don't even fit the rhythm *coughNagekinoKicough*
yuan0312
Gee I wonder who had the idea of making that kind of piano sounds…TBH I found this to be common among IIDX songs, for some reason....
If I make a taikomap just for the sake of creating a batshitLol you.
difficult map,I'll end up with a shitty map with patterns that
don't even fit the rhythm *coughNagekinoKicough*
Hm... when I make a custom Taiko map, a large portion of my sequence choices is actually affected by my Pop'nSense, while the patterns are majorly from TaikoSense. With that, I can at least assure that I'm putting notes on instruments most of the time lol
But it depends on the song, really...
So kiai part is overmapped then. As for the part before the slowdown, I guess I went with a lot of dons is because the first part of that was full of kats. I guess I was subconsciously trying it balance it out. As far as mapping style, whenever I make a map, I try to match it to either the drums or the major instrument at the time (whichever depends on the situation). The piano during the kiai part was quite complex, so that probably influenced my decision to make the patterns random; kind of like lepi's chart for Mei.
@yuan: I wasn't actually going for a firce style map. If I was, that would be MUCH MORE difficult than it is right now.
Off-topic: IDK why, but I'm in some sort of an IIDX kick right now. I feel like buying all the CS games just for the hell of it.
EDIT: Yeah, it depends on the song. Some warrant a crazy chart to match the feel of the song. Others make crazy charts feel silly instead.
@yuan: I wasn't actually going for a firce style map. If I was, that would be MUCH MORE difficult than it is right now.
Off-topic: IDK why, but I'm in some sort of an IIDX kick right now. I feel like buying all the CS games just for the hell of it.
EDIT: Yeah, it depends on the song. Some warrant a crazy chart to match the feel of the song. Others make crazy charts feel silly instead.
So kiai part is overmapped then.It's noooooooooooooooooot T_T (IMO)
Off-topic: IDK why, but I'm in some sort of an IIDX kick right now. I feel like buying all the CS games just for the hell of it.I'm actually getting some of them myself, too. But right now there's this one big problem that's preventing me from playing though...
Don't know if serious or not.Zekira wrote:
So kiai part is overmapped then.It's noooooooooooooooooot T_T (IMO)
yuan0312
well....i don;t understand....anongos wrote:
So kiai part is overmapped then. As for the part before the slowdown, I guess I went with a lot of dons is because the first part of that was full of kats. I guess I was subconsciously trying it balance it out. As far as mapping style, whenever I make a map, I try to match it to either the drums or the major instrument at the time (whichever depends on the situation). The piano during the kiai part was quite complex, so that probably influenced my decision to make the patterns random; kind of like lepi's chart for Mei.
@yuan: I wasn't actually going for a firce style map. If I was, that would be MUCH MORE difficult than it is right now.
Off-topic: IDK why, but I'm in some sort of an IIDX kick right now. I feel like buying all the CS games just for the hell of it.
EDIT: Yeah, it depends on the song. Some warrant a crazy chart to match the feel of the song. Others make crazy charts feel silly instead.
but i think you are good mapper..
and Zekira is a gooooooooog player OTL
and i play cry's IIDX taiko map.. not bad..
crystalsuicune
New-nekomata MASTER - Sayonara Heaven
SPOILER (click to toggle)
DJ Yoshitaka- Evans
Ryu- Bass 2 bass
Mutsuhiko Izumi - Snow Goose
SUZAKU - Anisakis Somatic Mutation type Forza
BYAKKO- Kachoufusetsu
SUZAKU- VANESSA
BYAKKO- Fuushikaden
SEIRYU - Waxing and Wanding
SUZAKU- CONTRACT
KINJISHI- Nageki no Ki
HUMANOID- MENDES
Ryu- Second Heaven
DJ Yoshitaka- ALBIDA
Genbu- Ganymede
StripeE- FIRE FIRE
There's moar taikomaps from me,actually…
There's also:
V
The Dirty of Loudness
FEVER ROBO remix (from PnM,forgot the name)
Ignited Night
Sakura Storm
She is my wife
Himiko
I'll find the DL links later
@anongos Himiko has a slower BPM in the middle part (HS 0.5,to be exact.The final part's around 86)
and you might need to set timing sections in the song too
There's also:
V
The Dirty of Loudness
FEVER ROBO remix (from PnM,forgot the name)
Ignited Night
Sakura Storm
She is my wife
Himiko
I'll find the DL links later
@anongos Himiko has a slower BPM in the middle part (HS 0.5,to be exact.The final part's around 86)
and you might need to set timing sections in the song too
Ah, okay. I actually took the timing off of the ranked standard map. I'll change it then.
Off-topic:
PAFFFFFF 3 miss
On-topic:
I find that I'm playing this song a bit more often... derpy
and
FINA
FUCKING
LLY
PAFFFFFF 3 miss
On-topic:
I find that I'm playing this song a bit more often... derpy
and
FINA
FUCKING
LLY
yuan0312
Here's one from a while ago:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z8mkzlgkc7voltm
This one is not nearly as hard as my Himiko map.
http://www.mediafire.com/?z8mkzlgkc7voltm
This one is not nearly as hard as my Himiko map.
Hm... guys, there's this one dude over at GCC that likes to request a BG or something (for an osu! map that he's still not telling me which song it is)
Basically it's winter themed, and it has Ai-chan (Koibumi) and Yuki (Senpuu-Blue) in it, holding hands together and just walking in some direction. Actually, winter-night themed, to be more precise
This will be his first map so I don't really trust him on this, but anyone using a chibianthro BG is fine by me... especially a pair that I ship . I'm still wondering what song he's going to use though >_>
P.S. apparently it's not a 765 original
Basically it's winter themed, and it has Ai-chan (Koibumi) and Yuki (Senpuu-Blue) in it, holding hands together and just walking in some direction. Actually, winter-night themed, to be more precise
This will be his first map so I don't really trust him on this, but anyone using a chibianthro BG is fine by me... especially a pair that I ship
. I'm still wondering what song he's going to use though >_>P.S. apparently it's not a 765 original
Not a Manco original?
WTF AM I THINKING OF SHION
Derp,IDK if I can help ya with that one...all I can do is to draw the two,
then leave the rest for you guys to finish.
Kinda like that what we did with WRI's BG
WTF AM I THINKING OF SHION
Derp,IDK if I can help ya with that one...all I can do is to draw the two,
then leave the rest for you guys to finish.
Kinda like that what we did with WRI's BG
Hm, the only ideas I can get for a winter-themed background is the typical SNOW GOOSE, SNOW EVERYWHERE scheme. And since it's a winter-night it'll be something like, walking on the streetside with the night lights open or smth like that, and moar snow everywhere
IDK
IDK
DANCES WITH SNOW FAIRIES
LET THE SNOW PAINT ME
EVER SNOW
Well orz
Topic Starter
http://i54.tinypic.com/2ii8k5t.jpgGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
What?
Topic Starter
Just a bit jealous
Oh you have no idea how much frustration I had to go through ._.
Let's just say it's as much frustration I went through when doing Hataraku2000...
...which means AKJSFBASJFVBHLASKJFBALKSJFASLKFJASFAS kind of frustration T_T_T_T_T_T_T
Let's just say it's as much frustration I went through when doing Hataraku2000...
...which means AKJSFBASJFVBHLASKJFBALKSJFASLKFJASFAS kind of frustration T_T_T_T_T_T_T
Gotta put your hands up just like that *vinyl-scratching noises* WATCH OUT!
Goddammit this song is an ear-worm
http://puu.sh/58oE
Goddammit this song is an ear-worm
http://puu.sh/58oE
yuan0312
I had a lot of trouble just trying to FC regular Op10-4. I don't even want to think about Ura.
And here we go,a BG for Watch Out Pt.2
Hmm, so I went to download doom noiz (I've never played it somehow) and there's no dl. W-Where can I get it? D:
Somehow combining this with your avatar makes it unintentionally hilarious [/blackphones]Backfire wrote:
Hmm, so I went to download doom noiz (I've never played it somehow) and there's no dl. W-Where can I get it? D:
B-Baka! I need questions answered </3crystalsuicune wrote:
Somehow combining this with your avatar makes it unintentionally hilarious [/blackphones]Backfire wrote:
Hmm, so I went to download doom noiz (I've never played it somehow) and there's no dl. W-Where can I get it? D:
Find it from my skydrive. I just re-uploaded it. Only Oni was included cince I'm too busy to add other diffs.Backfire wrote:
Hmm, so I went to download doom noiz (I've never played it somehow) and there's no dl. W-Where can I get it? D:
Was it not noticed that the link was broken till now or...?
FINALLY GOT MY HANDS ON ANOTHER PS2 TODAY. Geez, the one I used to have was left in PH and given to my cousin. >_> (I don't personally have any problems with that, other than missing out on a shitload of games.)
Time to get Free McBoot on the Mem Card, then it's TnT/IIDX time!
Time to get Free McBoot on the Mem Card, then it's TnT/IIDX time!
Topic Starter
astoni.sh went down, but lepido saved his maps on his skydrive so yeah, click the link in his sig.Backfire wrote:
Was it not noticed that the link was broken till now or...?
The only niisens in the pic are the Saitama siblings and Shimedore,silly
EDIT:
EDIT:
... and then I thought of the bemani song smooooch by kors k
8D
8D
Yup,it's a parody of the Smooooch-themed collector's cardCoroQuetz wrote:
... and then I thought of the bemani song smooooch by kors k
8D
Oh shit yesanongos wrote:
FINALLY GOT MY HANDS ON ANOTHER PS2 TODAY. Geez, the one I used to have was left in PH and given to my cousin. >_> (I don't personally have any problems with that, other than missing out on a shitload of games.)
Time to get Free McBoot on the Mem Card, then it's TnT/IIDX time!
Go crazy~
AND THAT SMOOOOOCH PIC IS JUST PERFECT
except for a few points (orz)
I still have no complaints about it though; it's got LOLITenyou, ZeroKilu, indirect Rotter Saitamanation, lolShibou, Senpuu nosebleed-ish cuteness, and other stuff
the 'except' parts:
1.) Sengoku. You should've used the new Sengoku design.
2.) Or replaced him with Gekka instead (Fuugetsu
)3.) You forgot the chain on Kiluna's waist
4.) It's just me but I was actually expecting TCC over Hyakka somewhere there; I still lol at the Yozakura Modo pic.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
TBH that's because I didn't bother to get some decent ref pics derp
EDIT:
Didn't realized that my last post was niisen combo lol
EDIT:
Didn't realized that my last post was niisen combo lol
(for the rebuilt list of authentic maps)
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/32480
Kidaruma2000, for graveyard, authentic. thank you~
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/32480
Kidaruma2000, for graveyard, authentic. thank you~
HOLY SHIT
WHEN YOU SEE IT
WHEN YOU SEE IT
Linda-ai-CUE.
Right.
Taikomania IIDX 19 Linda
Right.
Taikomania IIDX 19 Linda
Err, not that. Tip: to the right
5.22 stars holy shieeeettt
Random: it's mekadon's (http://osu.ppy.sh/u/mekadon) birthday
I still don't see it. :pZekira wrote:
Err, not that. Tip: to the right
Lincle having Linda in it. Hmmm
Yay, autoplay is 1 year older!
Happy birthday DJ AUTO!
What?That's how I call autoplay
What?That's how I call autoplay
Tip: BACKFIREanongos wrote:
I still don't see it. :pZekira wrote:
Err, not that. Tip: to the right
Topic Starter
BG says KIDAMURA 2000. Fix that lolsCoroQuetz wrote:
(for the rebuilt list of authentic maps)
http://osu.ppy.sh/s/32480
Kidaruma2000, for graveyard, authentic. thank you~
EDIT: mekadoooooon where u? Happy birthday~
anongos is very baka. <3
Oh right so.
That thing I wrote about taiko. Yeah its done. The word count is accidental but, it ended up being 765. ;w;
Oh right so.
That thing I wrote about taiko. Yeah its done. The word count is accidental but, it ended up being 765. ;w;
@Backfire: epic
5.22 stars? I still don't get it. :p
DJ AUTO is a good name for オート as well.
WHY IS EMPRESS STILL SO FREAKING EXPENSIVE?! L:JHFSDKLJFHDFLK
DJ AUTO is a good name for オート as well.
WHY IS EMPRESS STILL SO FREAKING EXPENSIVE?! L:JHFSDKLJFHDFLK
Uh... dude, osu! diffs can't go beyond 5 stars
Really? I thought they went up to 10 stars?
Lol nopeanongos wrote:
Really? I thought they went up to 10 stars?
Now you know.
I also have BD on 7th day. Happy BD to mekadon.
I also have BD on 7th day. Happy BD to mekadon.
HOORAY FOR SEPTEMBER! (obligatory) EXTREMELY ADVANCE HAPPY B-DAY TO YOU AS WELL!
God I love September, since I was born in this month too.
God I love September, since I was born in this month too.
Actually, there's no limit to how high difficulty levels can go. It's just that in-game, it can only display up to 5 stars.
If you check the submission thread of any song, you can see the difficulty level to 2 decimal places.
If you check the submission thread of any song, you can see the difficulty level to 2 decimal places.
@above: uh, if you actually look at the thread of that song it actually became 5 stars. Beatmap Listing, it's 5.22.
Wait a minute, "522" is a magic number for games, I just don't remember what it is...
Oh and yeah you can Edit the submission thread to 'alter the star rating of that difficulty'. I've done this too many times lol (check viewtopic.php?t=18749)
Wait a minute, "522" is a magic number for games, I just don't remember what it is...
Oh and yeah you can Edit the submission thread to 'alter the star rating of that difficulty'. I've done this too many times lol (check viewtopic.php?t=18749)
Topic Starter
Have you been using the Taiko skin all this time? That may explain it. Since half a star is cutting the image of the star in half, LH made two stars so the right one would be cut off in the case of a half-star, hence giving the illusion that it goes up to 10 stars.anongos wrote:
Really? I thought they went up to 10 stars?
Random:
SHIMEDORE CONFESSED: HE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT KIBOU
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SHIMEDORE CONFESSED: HE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT KIBOU
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
About friggin' time 8D
Yes, I have. I refuse to use any other skin, unless it looks even closer to TnT than the one LH made.aquabluu wrote:
Have you been using the Taiko skin all this time?
And sudden update from Taiko Blog! Something about the new Taiko arcade, which is related to the 10 big News!
I have no idea what it freaking says though, so can someone else post it on Taiko Time please :<
I have no idea what it freaking says though, so can someone else post it on Taiko Time please :<
Frank made that authentic taiko skin o-oanongos wrote:
Yes, I have. I refuse to use any other skin, unless it looks even closer to TnT than the one LH made.aquabluu wrote:
Have you been using the Taiko skin all this time?
And here's another user that's confused.Backfire wrote:
Frank made that authentic taiko skin o-o
LH was the one who first made the skin.
Frank made another version which is more TnT authentic, but sacrifices osu! usability.
Frank's skin is downloaded manually through the forums. LH's skin is downloaded through the osu! updater.
Goddammit ninjaZekira wrote:
And sudden update from Taiko Blog! Something about the new Taiko arcade, which is related to the 10 big News!
I have no idea what it freaking says though, so can someone else post it on Taiko Time please :<
All I can catch is that the new cab will be shown in the Amusement Machine show held on September 17th
Another spot on the big 10 that's of no big news to us. I'm starting to doubt that we're going to get something with the last 4 that will REALLY excite us.
I think some of us here are actually going to benefit from this one, you know
...........will crystal's Namco card finally be used? lol
...........will crystal's Namco card finally be used? lol
Nooooo, im not confused ><
Franks skin thing is like an add on to LH's. I was saying, if you were to play with that, it'd be about as authentic as you can get.
Franks skin thing is like an add on to LH's. I was saying, if you were to play with that, it'd be about as authentic as you can get.
Maybe.Zekira wrote:
I think some of us here are actually going to benefit from this one, you know
...........will crystal's Namco card finally be used? lol
After all,Manco DID decide to do their location test of Tekken right in NWP
The new tekken cabs are no longer there,but at least it shows that Manco might
introduce other cabs with Bana Passport support
Again, another reason why I'm extremely jelly of you people in Asia.