And things seemed to be going so fine....

Ok this is just to signify that this week's scan (One Piece 510) may be a bit late. Unexpected thing unexpectedly popped up and I wasn't able to sit down to some solid scanlation.

Oddly though, I did find some time to finish working on a new cleaner template for the site. Well, not quite "finished".. there may still be kinks here and there. And if you think it looks like a porn site then you may be right.

previously in this series of posts: Naruto Special - Make Madara Talk WhOOPdEEdOO Poll and the starting Naruto Special - Make Madara Talk WhOOPdEEdOO contest

yeeah. It's over! finally. It took me a little longer than expected to make this post. Things to destroy, people to kill, you know how it is.

anyway:



How it was decided:

First there was a vote. But that failed. The poll plugin died.

Then there was a second vote. That one didn't fail but there were relatively few voters. So I called in some judges. 1 guy, 1 girl and 1 gender confused. So that was a heterogeneous panel. The judges were super voters with votes each. That's 30+29+28+...+3+2+1 votes. meaning that the entry they liked most got a boost of 30 votes. And the entry they liked least got only 1 vote. The entries in the middle were given a vote proportional to the grade they were given by the judges.

and added to that some extra scaling (just normalising it to a nice round 100 votes for the winner) and you get the current results...


well done! you have won absolutely nothing!! I'll have to try and get your impressions.

and thanks to all participants, voters, readers who votes but not those who didn't vote! Whoopdeedoo!

The poll was closed and these are the results.

[poll=2]

note the above links are all 404. don't click on them instead, you can view/download the sorted files below.



anything below this line is not important.

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Ok, now that the contest is closed, we vote for the best entries. Start by clicking "vote" just below to get started. You have up to 7 votes to cast.

Yes SEVEN (7) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 big shiny votes. Choose well.

Given the fairly large number of entries I recommend you download the zip file, view all the entries (there are bound to be some new ones you missed) and delete those you like least. Most modern image viewers allow you to do that in situ. Then choose 7 (or less) from the ones you like most.

Remember, you have 7 votes. Use them all.

And please do not cheat by voting again on multiple computers...

The poll thingy is a bit confusing at first (crappy colour scheme of the site...) but you'll quickly figure it out.

If you are having trouble voting, post a comment below. The poll plugin may still be a bit buggy...

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Go here for the vote

CONTEST IS NOW OVER AND DONE. Go here for the results



Ok, the Make Madara Talk WhOOPdEEdOO contest

If you missed the news included in the last chapter, you are part of that benighted sub-species of fandom that does not read the credits pages of hard working scanlators or anything beyond. (Some would simply call you losers, but I think you should be shot dead. repeatedly)

At first I was thinking of including it in the next Naruto chapter. but given the number of entries, it might make the filesize a bit bloated. I've decided to compile them into their own special release. And very probably I'll be making similar contests in the future.

Here are the first few skits for your enjoyment and lulz.

Current participants: melly! Kizaru! Haynes! The_sd16! SuperMicheal! Ketwaroo! Hillja! mab! Cornell! ShinobiKnight! Niobe! Symphony! Artemis!

Contest Deadline:
June 1st 2008 (a nice round date) at midnight GMT


Note: since any new submissions will be added to the same file, you'll be better off just viewing the chapter online. It is still available for download. but viewing online means you have a better chance of getting the latest version. I'll be adding a comment each time (when ever that is) there is a new update.

You can check about the contest details here

Rules:

none really. as long as it's funny and original. There are no limits to the number of entries per participant. And remember, you play to win absolutely nothing at all.

How to send your entry.

First you need to get that frame,

edit it to add whatever you want to it, save it. Only after you've done all that can you send it in.

Upload to any free image hosting service. Here are a couple you can use:

http://imageshack.us/
http://tinypic.com/

Once you upload your image, you should get a direct link you can copy.

Send that link to us via the contact form.


Important: Please specify to which name or nickname you want your work to be credited.
Also, before submitting a new entry check through the already uploaded ones to see if it hasn't been done before (avoid making repeats).

Keep sending in 'em new entries. And if possible, really good ones.

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Go here for the vote

Yes, it Christmas in a few days. So I'm not really interested in scanlation right now. As such, I decree that the release of Naruto chapter 383 is postponed to a later date. Don't worry though, it's just a short holiday break. I'll finish it probably before the end of the year. But I can't give a definite date.

Coincidently, This website first came online around christmas last year. So it's a happy birthday to us. (although the NBST itself has been around much longer)

anyway, do christmassy stuff. All of you. Now.


(edit -- It's past christmas now. I gonna try finishing that chapter asap.)