3rd post about this accursed day...Anyways, hope you guys don't get fooled too badly by stuff. Just to note, we as a site do not have a joke to play...Perhaps next year...
If you want to discuss April Fools' jokes or alert us to fake releases, you can do so here on our forums:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=11074
Site came back up a few minutes ago (from the time of this posting) after being down for approximately the last 12 hours. And no, it was not our April Fools' joke or anything similar. This was not planned. The official reason from our server provider was "migration maintenance"...
Anyways, we're back up now! (for now...)
And again, I would like to remind people that we are not permitting April Fools' joke releases to be announced on MangaUpdates. If you see such a release that somehow passed our vigilant scanners, please tell us via a Change Request Form or email me at lambchopsil[at]gmail[dot]com.
For more details, please read this news post:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/news.html?id=467
We need a fun poll once in a while...This one in particular was submitted by our member Col. Yes, I realize that the choices up there might not be your favorite, but just choose from that small pool. No complaining now! If you prefer some specific characteristics, you can tell us in the thread below:
You can discuss this on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=11024
If you got any interesting poll ideas, please submit them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: In general, do you read series in HQ after reading in LQ?
Choices:
Yes, LQ first then HQ - votes: 2007 (25.2%)
I only read HQ - votes: 1802 (22.6%)
No, but I archive the HQ - votes: 2096 (26.3%)
No, LQ only since I only read a chapter once - votes: 1969 (24.7%)
No scanlations for me - votes: 94 (1.2%)
There were 7968 total votes.
The poll ended: March 28th 2009
If there was a "don't care" option, it would've won
In about a week's time 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.
**Edit: 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.**
Yup, a followup poll. I thought it'd be a good choice because of last week's poll...This poll was given to us by our new member immi. So in general, how do you read HQ and LQ series?
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=10904
If you got any interesting poll ideas, please submit them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Is scanlation quality important?
Choices:
Very. I like my manga carefully done and perfect - votes: 1823 (15.5%)
I prefer it good, but I won't complain about tiny details - votes: 8115 (68.9%)
As long as it's readable it's fine - votes: 1511 (12.8%)
I don't care, just give me more releases - votes: 297 (2.5%)
I don't read scanlations - votes: 39 (0.3%)
There were 11785 total votes.
The poll ended: March 21st 2009
[color=red]Idea for April Fool's Day?[/color]
The recent site blackout gave me a thought (read the news post below for some tiny background). What if our April Fool's Day joke was to just shut down the site for the whole day?
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Actually, let's not do that. I think I'd be mobbed with angry visitors...
[color=red]Fight Tazmo[/color]
Many of you have seen the Fight Tazmo image (or linked at the top of this page in red). It has been slightly updated to include the site http://mangatoshokan.com/
Note:
We are not affiliated with or officially support download sites
[color=red]Good Luck~[/color]
And to all of you in college in the quarter system (including myself), good luck on finals! I actually have my first final in...5 hours time from when I'm writing this
[color=red]The Actual Poll[/color]
As for the new poll, our member distorted submitted this new poll idea. What kind of scanlation quality do you like (or not like?...)
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=10779
If you got any interesting poll ideas, please submit them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your view on spoilers?
Choices:
I like knowing the ending/events ahead of time - votes: 1181 (11.1%)
Only when I can't control my urges - votes: 5251 (49.5%)
Nah, they ruin the story for me - votes: 2681 (25.3%)
Nope, but I do discuss theories - votes: 1503 (14.2%)
There were 10616 total votes.
The poll ended: March 14th 2009
Sorry about the site outage. The server ran out of disk space and our database server crashed...
The problem is now fixed and it shouldn't happen again.
Tokyopop has released the 3rd novel in the series. This continues their yearly release schedule. Below is a direct link to amazon!
We've hit 100k users! Congrats to us! It's been a long time in the coming, but we're all proud that we have finally reached this milestone.
Here's hoping for 200k!
Poll's out early today. For those of you in Southern California (where I live), you'll notice that it's Saturday, 4:14 AM...and I'm still awake... (yawn)
This new poll about spoilers is from our member JohnHomos. Some of you will criticize the choices I have here, but too bad for you.
You can discuss your view on spoilers on our forum here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=10666
If you got any interesting poll ideas, please submit them here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Jan-ken-pon
Choices:
Rock - votes: 4092 (33.3%)
Paper - votes: 4077 (33.2%)
Scissors - votes: 4112 (33.5%)
There were 12281 total votes.
The poll ended: March 7th 2009
Closest poll results ever in the history of polls here at MU. Scissors just barely won~ (I was thinking of rigging the end so that each option would have the same number of votes, but obviously I didn't do that)
