B2E: Past, present & future.
Note: This post is directed @ everyone (viewers, fansub groups, haters, everyone) and it’s views are of mine and mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of B2E.
It’s been a while between posts for me, so this may be long-winded, but I do have a few things I would like to clarify.
THE PAST:
Now, back when we accidentally started subbing One Outs, we’ve been praised from various fans, some of them even offering help with encoding, typesetting, timing, affiliation, you name it. But then. we were also criticized by a group as well respected as m.3.3.w. I can understand why m.3.3.w is irate at us; we released on the same day as they announced they would pick it up and we didn’t announce anything at all. My rebuttal to this would be: We didn’t release because you announced you would pick it up. We didn’t start because of this either. We worked for a few days on this, and to NOT release it because you guys ANNOUNCED you would pick it up as a SIDE project would truly be a shame. If you had announced this a few days earlier, we would not have subbed this, and I would’ve been like everyone else, waiting on ep 2 from m33w. And an announcement coming from a group with zero cred? Yeah, right. So I hope the hostilities end there. From what I could see with m.3.3.w’s version, their translation was perhaps more literal to me, but the two versions do both get across the same point. Timing, encoding, everything was what you would expect from a m33w release.
THE PRESENT:
Our episodes have been downloaded and watched thousands of times, something I didn’t really comprehend at first. I would’ve been happy if even a thousand people watched our subs. A series as great as One Outs has not received the popularity of some animes like chaos;head and clannad, so I’m more than happy to see more groups release One Outs. Now, some of you may have noticed Hatsuyuki releasing One Outs 1 and 2 like theres no tomorrow. As I did with m33ws subs, I decided to check these guys outs too. From what I could see, it was clearly a mix of m33ws OP, our script, and fancy looking credits to go with a new encode. What I was miffed about 20 minutes ago, was the lack of credit given to our group, as evi and bupo have worked tirelessly to translate this anime. Now, I have spoken to them, the group has apologized, and the situation will be resolved soon. (Still kinda miffed though, but I cant speak for evi and bupo who did not even get a mention).
THE FUTURE:
Wow, fansubbing is hard work. It’s so time consuming! While doing One Outs has been great, I can’t see us doing more series in the future (yet). Episode 4 will be on it’s way; I won’t say when, as every time I do, I jinx it. So please be patient hahhahaaha and I hope you guys keep enjoying our work.
PS: Sorry for destroying your home.
PPS: This PS, it makes me want to use it when I write a letter, hahahaha
PPPS: I still enjoy m33w’s chaos;head. 
(seems like nobody got my gintama reference. i wont blame you, it wasn’t a funny line or anything.)
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