The Otakuties

The Otakuties was an unofficial event created by Dragon Warrior and Charles.  The basic concept behind Otakuties was that it would give OtakuBoards members a structure and purpose for posting their pictures.  Otakuties was intended to be OtakuBoards’ first beauty pagent. Initially Charles urged Dragon Warrior to capitalize on the lackluster reception of the Otaku Idol 2 event proposals by posting his own event and forcing his way into the competition despite not signing up.  Together Dragon Warrior and Charles developed the Otakuties concept and Dragon Warrior posted the event in the Events  forum.  An annoyed Shy immediately moved Otakuties over to Otaku Lounge.  Forty contestants signed up to participate in the event. 

 Initially Dragon Warrior, Charles, and Alan were slated to judge Otakuties, but Charles resigned and went on a hiatus, while Alan simply decided that he did not want to be a judge; the event continued with Dragon Warrior as the only judge until he could find replacements.

 Otakuties featured several unique aspects that made it more complex than a simple beauty contest.  Members had to abide by specific themes for each round and answer questions posed by Dragon Warrior.  Furthermore, members were allowed to bet Otakubucks on their favorite contestants, while providing critiques of the entries. 

 Otakuties, with its interesting features and strong appeal to OtakuBoards members’ desire to share pictures of themselves, started out strong.   Round one merely asked members to post a black and white photograph  no larger than 500×600 pixels.  The interview portion of round one was also basic; participants were asked what their favorite hobbies were  and what their best personality trait was.

 The second round of Otakuties asked members to take an outdoor action shot with no blur.  The interview questions attached to round two, like the image requirements, were more demanding.  Entrants were asked what kind of animal they would like to be, where they would film an action movie, and—what kind of food economy they would use to run a nation.  Participation levels for this round dropped dramatically, perhaps because of the controversial distribution of winners in the first round or maybe because of the more difficult submission guidelines.

 The third, and final round of Otakuties suffered from waning member interest in the event.  Participants were asked to submit entries based on the theme of work; everyone was asked to post pictures related to their job, someone else’s job (with the entrant involved) or a made-up job (such as a super hero).  For the interview portion of the event members were asked where they worked, what their job would be if they worked for Donald Trump, and how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. 

 Only eight people submitted photographs and the event faded away quietly.

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