No, the subject isn't talking about the many debates held in Otaku Lounge; it's refering to the DailyOtaku. I "published" a new article yesterday, so be sure to take a look. And if you've never read any of my DailyOtaku articles before, trust me, you're missing out on some hilarious stuff. (I'm not just bragging about my writing, either; the replies I've gotten in the thread prove that.) So go, read, laugh, and wonder about how much of the articles are actually true.
In keeping with the "tradition" of the DailyOtaku, this latest article was completely spontaneous. Yesterday morning I was in the kitchen, making coffee and thinking about the Newbie Lounge after seeing yet another person ask in the Suggestions & Feedback forum about why the Newbie Lounge was deleted, when suddenly the thought hit me: "That would be a perfect subject for a DailyOtaku article." So immediately -- by which I mean, "after the coffee finished brewing" -- I sat down and began the write.
It's strange, but there's something about writing DailyOtaku articles that just feels really good. (And I'm not refering to the Master Sword incident that started the series of articles, you perverts.) As soon as the thought of using the Newbie Lounge as the subject for my next article entered my mind, the gears of thought started to turn, coming up with ideas about how to turn it into something befitting the DailyOtaku; I barely ever had to stop to think through things while writing. ... Or at least not compared to when I write most other things. Everything just sort of flowed, the progression of the article from start to finish felt natural, and writing it was highly enjoyable.
That was especially nice after being disappointed with my third article, the one before this. It wasn't so much that I was disappointed with the end product -- I think it came out pretty well, and people seemed to like it a lot -- but it felt a lot more forced than the first two and now this latest article. Or, in other words, it didn't have as much of the spontaneity that makes DailyOtaku articles so much fun to write. I remember I had to keep reminding myself to make the article humorous and fitting with that "DailyOtaku feel," which detracted somewhat from the enjoyment of writing it.
Oh, and I wanted to mention something that occurred to me after reading the replies to this latest article. Serraph-Angel said, "I love the way you make it feel like your reading a real tabloid or magazine article," which I find a bit amusing. Because the thing is, I've never read any tabloid papers, I rarely read the newspaper, and the only magazines I read are gaming ones. So it occurred to me that I really have no idea why I seem to be so good at that style of writing, when I've had very little experience with it.
