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Challenges Meta-Contest
Our friends at Otaku Mitsukai have partnered up with us once again to sponsor a month-long contest related to our new Challenges site.
Here's the deal...
Until midnight (PT), April 7th, the creators of one challenge and one challenge entry will each win a $50 gift certificate to OM.
The contest is open to anyone in the world. The winning challenge will be determined based on two criteria: (1) How many people enter (based on number of days the challenge is live), (2) Creativity.
The other prize will go to the person who creates the most high-quality challenge entries. So the person who makes five high-quality entries will beat the person who makes 10 stick-figure entries.
Good luck!
New Feature: The MONSTER Arrives
The MONSTER feature I've wanted to launch ever since Version Vibrant came out a year ago (happy anniversary!) is now online in beta form (comment here if you find a bug). So what is it?
I call it "Challenges," a place where Senior Otaku and above can create fun contests for people to join.
Challenges lets you create a contest with any terms you like and when your contest is over, it'll let you declare up to three winners, who will get gold medals added to their portfolio. Since we're a friendly site, all non-winners get silver medals just for putting in the effort.
To help you understand this site, I recruited an elite team of members to populate it with its first contests. Go to any of our sites (Fan Art, Cards, Fan Words, etc.) and click "Challenges" in the sub menu to start exploring.
Over time I hope to see this new area become one of our most popular, it certainly has the most potential.
Enjoy!
New Feature: Privacy Levels Up!
Remember that incredibly awesome backroom Privacy feature we have where you can block people from commenting on your posts?
The blocking feature has just received its long awaited Team Fortress 2 class upgrade:
Adding names to your "block" list now also blocks members from subscribing to you!
For those of you concerned about the whole concept of reducing your subscription count, probably stay away from this feature... but for those of you more concerned about personal privacy or the integrity of your lists... take a click, type some names and be merry.
Happy culling, now!
Celebrity Chat Guest Announced: Crispin Freeman
As some of you successfully guessed, our celebrity chat session this Sunday, March 8th (2 PM ET / 11 AM PT) is with the legendary voice actor Crispin Freeman. We are thrilled to have Crispin's participation with our humble site because of his reputation in the industry as well as his roles in both old-school and modern series.
Here are a few quick highlights:
- Itachi from Naruto
- Hideki Motosuwa from Chobits
- Holland Novak from Eureka 7
- Alucard from Hellsing
- Captain Tylor from Irresponsible Captain Tylor (an old-school show I used to enjoy a lot)
- Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Rude from FF7 Advent Children
- According to Wikipedia he also played a role in the English dub of the movie OldBoy
How do you take part in a celebrity chat? Here's a quick Q&A:
Won't the chat be crazy with so many people typing at once?
Nope. Celebrity chats are moderated, which means that everyone asks questions but our moderator decides what questions the guest sees, one at a time.
What are the odds my question will get answered?
Very good, so long as it's a thoughtful question tailored to the guest and not something generic like "What's your favorite anime?" (which you can easily look up online). Historically, about 90% of all asked questions get answered, though it depends on the number of people who make it as well as how much time the guest has.
How do I enter the chat?
First, you have to be a registered member. So register an account :-). Second, while normally it takes 30 days for a member to gain chat privileges, during celebrity chat sessions, we let everyone in regardless of how long they've been a members.
How long will the chat last?
Exactly one hour. We recommend coming ahead of time so that you get all potential bugs/glitches/etc. out of the way. We also recommend having one or two really good questions written out beforehand. We'll give question-asking priority to people who show up earlier than people who stroll in 20 minutes late.
theOtaku.com Anime Podcast V - Ep. 21
Ground beef. What do you call a cow with two legs?
"The state of the portable gaming market in North America and Japan: compare, contrast, discuss." Or not, but either way, comment!!!
Music - Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell vs. Mysto & Pizzi featuringvocals by Renald Francoeur courtesy of GEICO for free download at http://www.geico.com/about/commercials/music/
The following podcast may contain some coarse language that may offend some listeners. Discretion is advised.
For a link to Anime Pulse's theOtaku.com World, go here.
For a link to The Watercooler World, go here.
And finally, you can find Ichigo's travel log over at the Anime Pulse website (under the "features" tab). He's gettin' some crazy adventures over there. Go read. Right after the podcast.
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