In a few days is the infamous April Fools' Day (April 1st). At MU, we [color=red]WILL NOT[/color] tolerate any fake/joke releases being reported/announced to us. If we, by accident, allow a fake release to get through, please report the mistake to us (either via a [sitelink=submit.html?act=add_change]Change Request[/sitelink] form, through the forum, or you can email me at lambchopsil[at]gmail[dot]com if you are not a registered member here).
As you have been warned against doing it, if we discover a person still attempting to post a joke release here, that person will be dealt with. Severe action will be taken upon that scanlation group.
Thank you for considering our request to remain as accurate as possible for our members.
Some people seem to think this news post is a joke or something similar. I assure you, I am being totally serious. Don't take it lightly.
And we can figure out if someone is trying to frame a group. We're not naive, so don't even try.
(This is an almost exact copy/paste from last year...)
Here we got another fun little poll, this time by our member aznluck. If you have no clue what this is about, go read Death Note. It's a pretty good series
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=17473
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: When do you usually initially start reading a manga series?
Choices:
Right when the first chapter is out - votes: 2845 (27.7%)
When a few chapters are out - votes: 3109 (30.3%)
When a couple of volumes are out - votes: 1826 (17.8%)
When most of the series seems to be out - votes: 1113 (10.8%)
When the series is already complete - votes: 1367 (13.3%)
There were 10260 total votes.
The poll ended: March 27th 2010
Most of us seem to be patient...(not?)
Almost April Fool's Day...sigh
Worst day of the internet for an administrator
Our new poll is by our member morphin007. It's just about when do you usually pick up and try out a new series.
Our forums have a discussion right here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=17332
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: You're with friends and some thugs approach you. What do you do?
Choices:
Wait and protect myself - votes: 1002 (8.8%)
Wait and protect my friends - votes: 2842 (24.9%)
Attack the thugs first - votes: 807 (7.1%)
Dial 911 (or your equivalent) - votes: 1177 (10.3%)
Wait to be saved - votes: 111 (1%)
Run away with all your friends - votes: 4785 (41.9%)
Ditch your friends and just run - votes: 699 (6.1%)
There were 11423 total votes.
The poll ended: March 20th 2010
I see, so most of us are cowards
PS: I've been trying out the StarCraft II beta, and it's awesome! Definitely buying the game when it comes out later this year
Silly poll this time...Haven't had one of these scenario ones in a while. This one in particular was suggested by our member energizerbunny.
You can write your own scenario on the forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=17218
And don't forget that we always need more poll suggestions! Submit them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you reread manga titles that you have enjoyed?
Choices:
Yes, usually more than once - votes: 7995 (62.7%)
Yes, usually only once - votes: 1120 (8.8%)
Only when I have nothing else to read - votes: 2893 (22.7%)
Never - votes: 742 (5.8%)
There were 12750 total votes.
The poll ended: March 13th 2010
If it's good, read it again if you're not too busy!
This new poll was suggested by our member JohnHomos. Do you reread any series that you thought were good and enjoyable? For me, I do so when I feel a sudden urge or am bored...(like I remember reading parts of 1/2 Prince and Hana Kimi)
We are finally gonna have an official thread for this poll! So discuss away here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=17096
If you have poll suggestions (and we always need more!), go ahead and post in this thread:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Watching Winter Olympics 2010?
Choices:
I'm there live! - votes: 218 (1.8%)
Yes! Almost every event! - votes: 763 (6.4%)
Some events here and there - votes: 3700 (30.9%)
Would want to, but can't - votes: 874 (7.3%)
None... don't care - votes: 5448 (45.4%)
I prefer the Summer Olympics - votes: 990 (8.3%)
There were 11993 total votes.
The poll ended: March 6th 2010
Too many people who don't care...apathy is not a good thing in this world
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Did you know that a lot of the staff for our sister site, Baka-Updates, live in Vancouver, the location of this year's Winter Olympics? Anyways, this poll is in honor of them~ (and you'll see that they have a similar poll...)
(Like the previous polls, no official discussion thread)
I don't really like any of the current poll suggestions, so if you got one, suggest away here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your Chinese zodiac?
Choices:
Rat - votes: 1197 (7.3%)
Ox - votes: 957 (5.8%)
Tiger - votes: 1183 (7.2%)
Rabbit - votes: 1160 (7.1%)
Dragon - votes: 1760 (10.7%)
Snake - votes: 1563 (9.5%)
Horse - votes: 1692 (10.3%)
Goat, sheep, or ram - votes: 1457 (8.9%)
Monkey - votes: 1566 (9.5%)
Rooster - votes: 1367 (8.3%)
Dog - votes: 1358 (8.3%)
Pig - votes: 1145 (7%)
There were 16405 total votes.
The poll ended: February 27th 2010
Nice split...The dragon barely beats the horse. I'm a horse by the way~
This poll's an obvious choice with Chinese New Year a few days ago. If you don't know your own animal, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac
(Again, no official thread for this...not much to discuss...)
If you have poll suggestions, post them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: For Valentine's Day, you will
Choices:
Receive candy / chocolates - votes: 513 (4.6%)
Give candy / chocolates - votes: 316 (2.8%)
Will give and receive! - votes: 852 (7.6%)
Wish you were receiving candy / chocolates - votes: 2218 (19.7%)
Wish you had the courage to give candy / chocolates - votes: 501 (4.4%)
Don't care - votes: 6870 (61%)
There were 11270 total votes.
The poll ended: February 20th 2010
Such a commercial holiday, and no one cares
I've just added a new feature to the series section, called "Categories". It is a sort of tagging feature for series. It's fresh off the assembly like, so if you have problems with it, please report it [sitelink=showtopic.php?tid=16859]here[/sitelink].
For anyone curious as to how it works, anyone can add a tag to the database. You can view the tag database by clicking on "Categories" on the menu to the right of this post. You can also search by tag (as well as genre and other things at the same time) by using the [sitelink=series.html?act=genresearch]advanced search page[/sitelink]. You can also vote specific tags up and down on a per-series basis.
I know this will seem a little crazy initially, but hopefully we can get a good tag database going and retain some consistency along the way. If you would like a tag renamed or combined with some other tag, please let us know by change request, and we'll take care of those issues.
Thanks!
First off, it's Chinese New Year! And it's the Year of the Tiger! Fairly significant holiday to me, as I'm Chinese
Secondly, happy Valentine's Day for all the lovers out there. For all of us singles, there's a third SAD holiday: Single's Awareness/Appreciation Day. Which would include me...I guess you can give gifts to yourself to feel better?
(And tomorrow is President's Day for all of us USA people, and the good thing about that is no school! But no special announcement for it tomorrow)
