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:
I'm still screaming anyways
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 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.
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
noctiferu hey sorry, do you know how to enter a book into the contest?? IM SERIOUSLY STRUGGLING and literally nothing can help :((
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.
noctiferu I also feel really bad for those not on the first page of listings. For them it’s even harder being noticed, and some of them are really good too. In short, it’s a tricky situation truly. But we do what we can, and keep improving for the next time. BTS wasn’t made in a day or a year, but years.
On drama that I witnessed today:
BTS contest comment section blew up with hate for authors...which is really sad. In the end, we are all ARMYs wishing BTS well. I'm sure they would appreciate the 1m support prize, so we have to work hard to get it!
Luckily Chryiss and several others calmed it down. And there were hugs.
There really is a part of ARMY which makes me despair sometimes...to the point where I feel ashamed to call myself an ARMY because of the negative connotations. Hopefully this will change. I must thank everyone so far for their support, and I pass on wishes and luck to everyone who's participating.
Chryiss oooh thank you so much. i havent checked forums for a while. busy with my son so i could only read to sleep. havent finished your novel on RR too. im wondering if there's an app for that? the pc version font color's not ok for me. it's difficult to read so i was not able to read it yet
noctiferu Don’t feel ashamed. There will always be bad eggs. But to be fair, we don’t know whether everyone is a true army or just trying to support an author, friend, or story. So it’s not like army is to blame, and there have been those who pretend to be us in order to mar the fandom name. Not saying this is happening here, just saying in general this happens because of how competitive kpop is. How I see it is that relations were tense for awhile because we all suspected something or another, and we naturally tried calling it out because of the big prizes. I can see this happening with any big artist name. I think it’s because BTS that we can remember their message and calm down.
