Update: I'm still screaming, but I think ash is gonna overtake me by tomorrow cuz of her huge fan base. Don't think WN's gonna do anything about the weird #1 person with one chapter.

    Ahh Ash is gonna overtake me and the weird number one person... TwT my tickets.... Guess this is the power of a contracted author with many novels

      Well you’re better than me lol. I’ve got lots of chapters out since I’ve been writing for a while now, but no one seems to care much about length or like realism genre. 😅 Just authors.... oh well. I screwed up in the first part of the contest too by locking my power stone vote button for days. 😔 It would be nice if people read others’ works instead and made a fair judgement. There are lesser known stories that are really good too. Too bad the first prize isn’t for the top two, one set of tickets each. Still it’s pretty cool that WN is doing this sort of event for the first time.

        Chryiss true true... people vote because they like the author and not because they like the writing. Which is, kind of heartbreaking, because this is literally probably the only chance I'd get to see BTS(unless if they finally decide Australia is a worthy destination). Sigh. Oh well, nothing we can do. Can't control the world. All the best of luck to yours. its rly good I love it

            noctiferu Since there’s no way I’m going to get first, I don’t mind my current 5th place. :’) Album and gift set is still nice.

            I was shocked when I looked at my collections number from yesterday though. It doubled and is now more than either of two other novels. x_x That’s kinda crazy. Maybe I’ll get some transferees onto those stories. XD The only other good thing coming out of this whole mess lol.

                Chryiss
                I still think I have a chance hopefully
                My collections skyrocketed...it's literally five times higher than before. Almost gonna reach my current main novel :skull:
                But the gap between me and Ash is so far. The power of a contracted author cannot be underestimated. I wonder how many people read her novels :thinking:

                    This is WN. No such thing as even playing field. Shoujo drama of the underdogs to the end. Kind of like Dream High season one.

                    noctiferu I kind of see you and @Chryiss playing the dark horse heroines at the moment. Like Beck and as I mentioned above. You guys are cool in my eyes to write fanfic fans actually like.

                    I give you guys respect.

                        noctiferu It's the Bambi one right? It ranks number 4 in the Original PS voting, so that's probably why. It's just like how I was rooting for @schreient in the last competition, but the number one was easily won by the contracted author of Spirit Cultivation. I actually like that novel, but yeah, considering SC ranks #41 on the Originals, and then we have a #4 novel in this contest? Well you're seeing what happens.

                        Anyway I wish you the best because you have the closest shot at it. But even if you don't make it, you'll get to attend one of their concerts one day so no worries. They're becoming more and more global.

                            Chryiss Hopefully. The next two years of my life is going to be basically no travel, and I think they're going to start to go to the military by that time. So no OT7 for a while :(

                                Veronica8 OMG that comparison tho. I really hope that a miracle will occur. Never thought I'd get this far. To get your support is so surreal(did I mention I'm a fan? yeah I adore your works :blush: )

                                Chryiss , out of all the novels on the lists, yours is the one I'm rooting for.

                                Thank you. Let's hope us dark horses win this race

                                      ireuminyoongi2 No worries! So you make a story and there should be a drop bar when you make it that allows you to select BTS contest. I think it has to be a new novel.

                                          Ahhh there's still a 1000 vote difference between me and first place. All I can think about nowadays is 'Not Today'(think it's the only reason why I'm even still in the competition)
                                          Even though we are the dark horses; the underdogs of this competition. Even if a contracted author is against us. We will not back down, no, not today.
                                          Today
                                          We
                                          FIGHT!
                                          Cringy, but it's literally one of the only things keeping me going rn. That, and my group of friends one of whom almost punched me after I refused to tell her what was happening in the next chapter LMAO

                                          After what shot said in the other thread, I feel kind of conflicted.

                                          On one hand, id love for more people to support BTS. The more fans the merrier.

                                          But on the other hand, contracted author's(shown in many other contests too) will often defeat those uncontracted ones. Sometimes, those people put their heart and soul into their story and win. That's great! But sometimes, they might just put out a random story with similar themes and just let their fanbases do the work.
                                          That isn't great.

                                          In the end, not all contests will be about BTS nor supporting some other thing. If this is the exception, then what about the future? What about the other contests that people join, only to be thwarted because a popular author also joined? Would that be fair?

                                          Damn, my ethics class didn't prepare me for THIS.

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