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Graphic Worm Suggestions!

Some news from your friendly neighbourhood Art Studio moderator.

I haven't posted anything in a while, but members Cat and Jomz happened to help me realise that the year 2009 is almost at an end. Which means that the Graphic Worm 2009 is almost at an end. Which in turn means that you have to head over to the entry thread and start adding if you still want your piece in this year's Graphic Worm! We're at 66 right now, while last year we had 81. So... 2009 crew, will you let the 2008 crew beat you? Pfft.

Of course, the end of a year also means the beginning of a new one, and thus the start of a new Graphic Worm! Whoo! But seeing as we have been doing the same thing only cooler-and-cooler for the last four years, I am inviting you all more than ever to bring in suggestions for the new year!

Just head over to the Graphic Worm 2009 - Discussion Thread and post your suggestions there. I went ahead and posted one or two myself already. Also, if you already posted an idea earlier, feel free to re-post it to refresh our memories.

All right then. Send in the entries and suggestions! Oh, and for those who have no idea what I'm talking about the links should provide some insight!

Registration improvements.

I just want to drop in with a couple of brief updates that should be good news for OB newcomers.

First of all, I've turned off the email activation feature for all new users. In the past, you'd receive an email from OB and you'd have to activate it in order to gain full access to the site.

Unfortunately this system hasn't worked properly in quite a while and with no immediate fix in sight, I thought it would be better to just axe the feature completely. Registration is still a secure process, but now you can access the boards as soon as you've created your account.

For anyone who was waiting for a registration email but didn't receive one, fear not: I've already fixed all of those accounts so that you can post straight away.

Also, it's just a little thing, but I've added a field in all member profiles where you can list your favorite anime. It may not sound like much, but it's a searchable field - so as people add this info to their profiles, other members will be able to search for friends based on the anime they love.

If you're an existing member you should definitely start adding your list straight away!

More Anime Forums?

As you are probably aware, OB held a vote quite a while ago where we asked members to vote for the creation of a new series-specific anime forum at OB. We gave a few options and the winner was Fullmetal Alchemist.

At this point I would really like to hold another vote to add additional forums, but I'm not sure whether we should just continue adding the forums that were already suggested (in order of their votes - meaning Death Note would be next in line) or whether we should do a whole new vote with new options.

What do you guys think? If you want me to add any anime series to a new poll, please suggest them here or on the official thread.

Otaku Jeopardy Season 2

Hello Otaku,

Otaku Jeopardy got back underway and we have our first champion of the season. Sangome was crowned the first Champion of season two.

Want to try and dethrone Sangome? Then sign up at Otakuboards!

~Korey

A winner is....

Miss Anonymous! She beat out last week's Otaku Jeopardy champion, Shinmaru to claim the crown as week 2 champion of Otaku Jeopardy! Congratulations to Miss A and thanks go out to Shinmaru and Sangome for participating.

Be on the lookout on otakuboards.com for next week's auditions thread! You don't want to be left out!

Cheers,
Korey