So, today my run of the Aniblog Tourney came to an end. It was quite a shocker, too, because I was keeping a pretty wide lead for nearly four days, totaling around 450 votes, which is close to the amount of votes I had in all my other matches combined XD. But Yi made one hell of a comeback and took the win, and I’d definitely like to hear about how she did it. It was a fun match for me, and put an end to a fun tourney (since now I don’t care about who wins any of the matches :p), and overall, I was glad for its existence. Sure it was both a massive circle-jerk and a crybaby drama at times, but I still think it brought the community together as much as it will ever actually come together, and I know a lot of people discovered and rediscovered blogs from it. (Hell, I rediscovered Listless Ink!)
Also, brofisting.
My awesome run in the last match had nothing to do with myself. It was actually all my dad’s doing. My parents have been constantly keeping tabs on this tournament, being as they’re incredibly competitive people who’d love nothing more than to see a signifier that my blog is actually worth a damn. My dad campaigned hard through his Facebook account, with the powerful assistance of some guy with 5,000 friends who was also telling his own friends to repost the link. According to my dad, he hadn’t pulled out all the stops just yet. He wanted to save some of his campaigning for the next two matches, and was confident that we had this one in the bag, but he shouldn’t have turned his head away when it counted. That’s how great empires have fallen!
Anyway, I’m glad I lost to Yi. It’s a lot better than losing to Kurogane or Sea Slugs, neither of whom I read at all. (Star Crossed wouldn’t have been so bad as a final match, but still not as fun as going up against someone who actually reads me, and whom I read back.) I definitely hope that Yi can keep up that momentum and win the next match as well. She’s obviously got a lot of tricks up her sleeve, and after making such a massive comeback, I wouldn’t think we’ve seen the end of what she can do ;)
EDIT: And while I’m being meta anyway, I think I’ll give a heads-up. You may’ve noticed that there haven’t been many posts coming down the pipe lately. This is probably going to continue for a while, because right now I’m trying to write my first novel. I don’t know how long it could take, but I’m off to a great and very confident start, so you may not see much of me here. I’m still going crazy on Twitter though, lol.
Yeah, sportsmanship :D
Both of you have nice blogs, so yeah, it was an epic match.
Oh, that pic reminds me of something
http://comipress.com/article/2007/10/12/2786#4
I’d like to hear what you think.
Be warn’d. Fanboys will rage.
Wait, wrong one.
http://comipress.com/article/2008/06/04/3588
Have fun!
I’m actually not surprised. I’m sure that a lot of the problems I had with the first chapter were due to a lackluster translations, but seriously – I did not ever know what the fuck was going on at any given time during that chapter. I’m fine with just the movies, seeing as movies are waaaaay more my thing than novels anyway.
Well, the first novel is especially bad. Nasu himself said he’s quite embarrassed of it. However, from the fourth one on, it starts getting better. A bit, at least.
Isn’t that encouraging? No matter how bad (or good! Hopefully) your novel turns out, it’ll never be worse than the first book of KnK.
LOL. Maybe it’s dangerous though that KnK is one of my influences! But Baccano is also one of my influences, so maybe it’s balanced.
Type-Moon is only a bad influence if you’re gonna be writing Erotica. >.>
Unless you want breasts swinging like Jell-O, that is.
ROFL. Naw I’m apparently pretty good at writing erotica, so I’m solid there.
I’ll be looking forward to the release of your first Remilia H-Doujin, then.
*Prepares Vomit Bucket*
If I could draw, I’d have already produced a hundred of them. But I guess youhaven’t seen my shitty fanart attempts wherein I drew Remilia and Flandre with Akazukin eyes? (also, my Akazukin fanart lol.)
http://fuzakenna.com/2010/02/17/first-attempt-at-remilia-scarlet-fan-art/
http://fuzakenna.com/2010/02/17/two-of-your-worst-nightmares-combined-tokyo-akazukin-fan-art/
http://scarletmonochrome.tumblr.com/post/404809581/my-first-attempt-at-chibi-flandre-scarlet-i-want
Oh, I’ve seen your fanarts. That’s why I referenced the bucket. But hey! Don’t fret. Everyone gets better eventually. Give it a few years.
This was definitely the hardest match I’ve had yet, way harder than even Random C.
“But Yi made one hell of a comeback and took the win, and I’d definitely like to hear about how she did it.”
I let the match run for most of the first three days and kept up relatively well. I did have the poll at the bottom of my sidebar on and off depending on my mood. On the fourth day though, I woke up and was shocked at the difference created overnight. I realized I needed a huge push. I decided to post the poll in my most popular posts and my recent posts. Some friends also tweeted and retweeted their support, which was really very touching. With this, I have gained considerable grounds. Finally, with a few hours remaining, I started tweeting myself as well and also asked my friends and fans on plurk, most of them are from a different community (Chinese RPG’s/ anime) to make a final push.
Anyways, this was really a very very amazing match and even though I lucked out with a few votes, you also deserve to be top 4 position. ^ ^
Good luck with your novel and I hope you continue to blog once in a while as well!
Congrats on getting this far in the tourney. I like Yi too, but I voted for you because I read your posts more often =)
I agree that the tourney is a great way for people to discover new blogs even though winning the tourney comes down to popularity. I’m glad I was able to get as far as I did.
Good luck with your novel!
Such sportsmanship brings a tear to my eye. ;-;
It’s the World Cup vibes, man
Your parents did all your work for you? What is this, a 3rd grade science fair project? Do your own dirty work.
I didn’t really care either way. I was planning on minimal campaigning, since all I’m really focused on right now is this novel. But my dad got all super-psyched about it.
speaking of which… What do you win when you win the Tourney?
A shitload of nothing.
Not even respect from your fellow bloggers?
Maybe. If you’re lucky.
I miss you already. Write up a storm, Mister Conrad. :)
Ah, that still creeps me out.
But I shall.
Sowwy you’ll miss me, honey-bunny~
Well, that’s boring. Admirable, but boring. You’re seriously not going to throw out any death threats?
On a more positive note, I’m relieved that the results of an online tourney won’t send you into a depressed spiral.
If this was the case, I really should have started going through all the channels that I know of. But I wasn’t sure how fair that actually was. I guess we’ll see if we can do stuff like this as well next time. \o