They like/love the quality, and its required in major tournaments. Most people just stick with GW, and for 2 main reasons. Remember, right now there is nothing stopping you from making your own minis from green stuff, paper cutouts, or just proxy stuff. Some people take the time to, some people do not.
I do not own any of this, but if you want, you can get Shimejis here and the original link is here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Guys, I'm kinda lazy so I'll be placing this note about the Rin desktop buddy only for the Japanese Version. The English version is called shimeji-ee (english enhanced) but you will need to manually copy over the image and conf files from the Rin version below. Credits: The original artist of each and every of the shimejis listed here, Creators of the shimeji program. Of course, who said you can only have Rin on your desktop. DOWNLOAD ALL OF THEM HOKAY!
HAVE RIN YUKIO BLACKY EVERYONE FLOODING YOUR COMP! Recommended platform:Windows, 32-bit Mac users please scroll down Step 1. Download the following and extract any of the following character shimeji files and the java update below: Rin: Yukio: Blacky / Kuro: Shima Renzou: Coal Tar: Java update: The last file is a java update required for the files to work, if this does not work, head on to java.sun.com and grab the latest jre update. I'm providing an older update cause the newer java updates stop the program from working on 64-bit Windows platform. Do the following for either of the first 2 files. So, go on and install the second file, 'JavaSetup6u20.exe', den extract the _-__.rar, the first file.
After extracting, go into the conf folder, you will see 2 xml files, one 43kb, the other 11kb, if you do not see Japanese kanji characters as their names, rename accordingly: 43kb file: 動作.xml 11kb file: 行動.xml Then, go on and open your Shimeji.exe! You should have Rin running around your desktop in 2 seconds XD! You should see a blue flame or a character face icon near your taskbar clock, left click on it and Rin will fall from the top of your screen, right click on it and you will get 5 options, namely 1. One more Rin/Yukio/etc!
Have all Rins/Yukios/etc follow your mouse cursor 3. Reduce to one Rin/Yukio/etc (Rin multiplies a lot Dx) 4. This restores any windows Rin/Yukio/etc may have thrown away XD 5.
Exit the program Do take note: 1. Do not leave your shimeji running for an extended period of time without supervision, Rin or any other shimeji will keep multiplying and eventually will flood your whole screen 2. Keep important programs fullscreen, else Rin or any other shimeji make pick them up and throw them away cause he wants your attention XD (But so far Rin has not done it to me, guess I've been throwing him around the screen too much LOL) ======================================================== HI MAC USERS!