Operation LUVV (Launch Update Version Vibrant) begins tomorrow, that means that you can expect a lot of down time all weekend and when all is said and done, Version Vibrant will greet you at TheOtaku.com instead of what's up there now, hopefully by Monday morning. I know Myotaku.com will still be here, but the change is trying to shift people away from this site I've called home for more than four years now. I've seen a lot of things here on Myotaku, I've seen good people come and go, I've seen it's ups and downs. I've seen all the little things that were added to the backroom over the years, the quiz manager, auto text wrapping (the checkbox under the post text box). Myotaku.com has been my online home since 2003, since near the biginning of the site itself. I will miss what it has been, and could have been turned into with the right handling.
I am interested in Version Vibrant, as the next step in Theotaku.com's evolution. Adam has had this major site change on his mind for a long time now, I just hope it lives up to his expectations. We'll be gaining a lot of new things, more ways to express ourselves, but at the same time, we'll be losing a bit of what makes us stand out as individuals. Whether Version Vibrant strikes the best balance between both worlds is yet to be seen. We will all know soon enough.
This will probably be my last post on Myotaku before Version Vibrant comes around, I will continue to use this site as long as I can, and will try to make a home on the new Theotaku.com as well. Till I post again, Anime Dreams!
Comments
Alphonse122:
We won't really know till we see it. It's hard to sit back and wait for Version Vibrant, but the wait is much shorter now.
I hope you have a safe and wonderful trip, and when you get back, Version Vibrant should already be in full swing but I'll still be using MyO so comment here or on my VV blog, whichever.
InuYashaFan4-ever:
From what I understand, Cosplay will be coming back "sometime" in the future when Adam figures out how to make it work with Version Vibrant. There will be some photo options for the blog that you'll be able to use, but they won't be the same as having a gallery in Cosplay.
The most I've submitted at once was those three pyrography pieces of mine (I'm still working on the other two I need to get done), I'm not a very prolific artist myself, so having a 24 hour cap doesn't bother me on a personal level, but I do think that it could be more lenient, and should be explained more clearly, than it is currently.
The avatars thing will probably be one of the first nuisance issues with the site because so many people DON'T read the news on TheO, or DON'T read Adam's blog. It's a simple misunderstanding that will lead to major headaches for people. Adam should have put out an FAQ which he said he was going to do and didn't, he should send out an Otaku Dispatch (the e-mail newsletter) to everyone so that everyone is on the same page when it comes to knowing what's going on with Version Vibrant. He's going to have to deal with a lot of "my avatar is gone" complaints needlessly cause of a lack in wide distribution of important information. I'm only one member with minimal coverage on the site, I can't reach everyone. Me, I fixed my avatar and will re-upload the very same one I'm using now which fits the criteria and won't be an issue.
Yeah, I'm happy to hear about Fan Fiction as well, but it goes beyond that, there are serious informative categories as well, so writers of all types will be able to post their content, I think. Can't say that I'm completely sure of how Fan Fiction is going to work and all with the "original anime" category, I still haven't gotten an answer(see comments for my question) from Adam on what makes a written story "anime/manga style" for posting in "Original Anime" or Original Manga" over using the "Personal" meta category as a dump for material because there's uncertainty as to where a story belongs. Hopefully that will be made clear to me before I start to post my first story here, cause I'll be more than slightly annoyed if it's moved cause I put it "in the wrong place".
Tunnel pictures amuse me in many ways, trouble is, I have no idea where to put them on dA, that's why I only have flowers up there now.
AngelBest Dream:
I'm not a very patient dragon, so no, I generally hate having to relearn stuff I've already learned and do well. I will figure out Version Vibrant as a matter of necessity, because I need to be able to critique every aspect of it that I possibly can and give my readers here on MyO a fair opinion of what the site is like.
Waiting is more for my own good than anything else. I tend to get very frustrated when I run into technical problems with a site that's supposed to be working properly. Knowing that Adam will be facing some technical issues for several days after the launch is done tell me that the best evaluation will not be jumping on here Monday morning and trying to do everything, but that waiting and watching the site get off the ground and take some steps first will be smarter to get the best user experience possible.
There are lots of chemicals in process foods. Oddly enough after my gastritis in 2000, I haven't been able to eat many process foods, I have to have less chemically filled foods, more natural stuff anymore. That's fine by me cause it's better for me in the long run.
Right now that's all we can do, wait, watch, and wonder. Hopefully the future of TheOtaku is a bright one.
BASH:
It has been a while since you came around, really I've been reporting on Version Vibrant and little else, so follow one of the links to the on or off site Version Vibrant breakdowns and you'll be on top of things. Though, by the time you get to them, it'll be moot since VV will probably be launched already.
Actually, I'm trying to keep a neutral attitude about Version Vibrant, but I did promise that I would keep my readers informed about it from the start, so that's what I'm doing. I'm liking that I'll have a comfortable home for some of my hobby stories, I write all the time just for the fun of it. There are details about Version Vibrant that I'm not liking to hear right now as well, but in all fairness, I'm willing to give them a chance. I won't know if pros or cons win out until I work with Version Vibrant.
I don't write fan-fiction myself. I don't do stories based on existing universes, characters, shows, manga whatever. I always do my own thing, I always have. Now, I've been inspired by stuff, but I always do my own thing in writing, it's easier for me that way, I don't have to adhere to stuff that's not personally motivating to me.
I'm on hold in looking for a publisher because I found out that I needed to up the word count to make it marketable. Right now I'm 6,000 words shy of the mark I need to be at, and since I've been too sick to work on it, it's kind of lagged. I think I'll have the manuscript finished by mid-March if I work at it real hard, and hopefully will be ready to start courting publishers and agents again in mid to late April.
A PO box would be helpful to any business actually, I'll have to look into that angle for doing money orders, I have to tread lightly with banks thanks to our overly paranoid President though, but I may end up fighting wiht one to get an account to work with eventually. I do have an idea or two that I'm going to look into in the hopes of starting up a trickle income to be able to put money into this business of mine and hopefully get it off on the right foot and be able to readily solve the payment method problem. I'll post more about that other stuff after the Version Vibrant launch, when I get my blogs set up over there.
