This week's poll is from our member xCrystal. The question is a little long, and it applies to a very specific situation, but have at it. Ichigo 100% anyone? I bet most of us would still keep reading, but we'd be super mad in the end.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Would paper quality affect your decision to buy a physical copy of the manga?
Choices:
Paper quality matters a lot! - votes: 1999 (18%)
I'd buy as long as paper quality was above a certain minimum value - votes: 6219 (56.1%)
Bad quality is fine - votes: 220 (2%)
Don't care - votes: 2638 (23.8%)
There were 11076 total votes.
The poll ended: September 22nd 2012
The follow-up question is what is your "minimum"... As a side comment, it's amazing how people don't accidentally tear their Bibles apart since many Bibles use the thinnest paper you'd ever see in a book.
This poll from icassop is about paper quality. Does it even matter to you at all? And if so, to what degree? You can answer the poll regardless of whether you buy physical manga or not.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you think it is morally / ethically wrong to scanlate or distribute published material?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 2260 (19.7%)
No - votes: 9218 (80.3%)
There were 11478 total votes.
The poll ended: September 15th 2012
This poll was more about the comments than the actual poll itself. Judge for yourself, given the high amount of constructive activity on the issue.
One of our site admins, Toto, suggested this poll. It's a question of whether you think it's morally or ethically wrong to scanlate. This isn't about the legitimacy of scanlations.
On another note (this will probably never be a poll question) but is it morally/ethically wrong to pirate music, movies, games, and/or software? Even if the said thing you are pirating is not sold in your country and/or is not in your native language? Where would you draw that moral line?
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you like your manga?
Choices:
Hot and steamy - votes: 2233 (20.8%)
Cold, salty, and/or teary - votes: 469 (4.4%)
Spicy and exciting - votes: 2924 (27.2%)
Medium with a bittersweet aftertaste - votes: 1185 (11%)
Chewy and necessary to ponder over - votes: 1156 (10.7%)
Sweet and heartfelt - votes: 1977 (18.4%)
Quick like a sugar rush - votes: 207 (1.9%)
Hard and blunt - votes: 464 (4.3%)
Bland and typical - votes: 139 (1.3%)
There were 10754 total votes.
The poll ended: September 8th 2012
I dislike spicy foods. Tongue can't handle it. (And that comment has nothing to do with the poll results)
This week's poll from Lorska is a bit more abstract. And no mixing flavors for this poll!
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What kind of character do you prefer to read about?
Choices:
Someone that's just like me - votes: 1396 (11.6%)
A person that shares just a few traits with me - votes: 2855 (23.8%)
Characters that are nothing like me - votes: 1019 (8.5%)
No preference - votes: 6741 (56.1%)
There were 12011 total votes.
The poll ended: September 1st 2012
"Someone I like to be" should've been a choice. My bad.
Some of you today probably noticed that accessing any series page gave an error, but only if you were a logged in user. Well, it's all fixed now~ Sorry for the downtime! (And in case you're wondering what happened, somehow the server cache got corrupted.)
This week's poll comes from the brain of our member Saons. What level of relatability do you like your characters to be? Someone that's similar to you or different to you?
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: The weakest aspect that plagues most of the series you read:
Choices:
Bad / weak endings - votes: 4321 (32.3%)
Uninspiring / lame main characters - votes: 2672 (20%)
Lackluster plot - votes: 1760 (13.2%)
So complicated that it's hard to follow - votes: 793 (5.9%)
Bad drawings - votes: 1285 (9.6%)
Lack of originality - votes: 2138 (16%)
Can't relate to the series - votes: 399 (3%)
There were 13368 total votes.
The poll ended: August 25th 2012
A bad ending isn't an ending at all
For once, we're gonna look at the negative. This week's poll was suggested by our member anandparera. Out of the given choices, which aspect are you most frustrated with in a series? (And I bet someone will complain of no "Other" or "None" choices.)
Edit: For the choice "Bad / weak endings", that also includes the series having no ending at all, including being canceled, axed, rushed, hiatus, etc.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What is your favorite event of the 2012 Summer Olympics?
Choices:
Archery - votes: 953 (9.1%)
Athletics - votes: 792 (7.6%)
Badminton - votes: 381 (3.7%)
Basketball - votes: 548 (5.3%)
Boxing - votes: 154 (1.5%)
Canoe/Kayak - votes: 107 (1%)
Cycling - votes: 99 (0.9%)
Diving - votes: 396 (3.8%)
Equestrian - votes: 188 (1.8%)
Fencing - votes: 300 (2.9%)
Field Hockey - votes: 69 (0.7%)
Gymnastics - votes: 2307 (22.1%)
Handball - votes: 153 (1.5%)
Judo - votes: 263 (2.5%)
Pentathlon - votes: 47 (0.5%)
Rowing - votes: 71 (0.7%)
Sailing - votes: 41 (0.4%)
Shooting - votes: 140 (1.3%)
Soccer (Football) - votes: 703 (6.7%)
Swimming - votes: 976 (9.4%)
Table Tennis - votes: 151 (1.4%)
Taekwondo - votes: 325 (3.1%)
Tennis - votes: 265 (2.5%)
Triathlon - votes: 46 (0.4%)
Volleyball - votes: 677 (6.5%)
Water Polo - votes: 104 (1%)
Weightlifting - votes: 100 (1%)
Wrestling - votes: 80 (0.8%)
There were 10436 total votes.
The poll ended: August 18th 2012
And gymnastics wins? That was unexpected for me... I will refrain from speculating why people chose that.
There we have it, our first Olympics poll, from our member StephKuran. The given choices are not precisely how the IOC categorizes sports/disciplines, but too bad. We're not part of the IOC, nor do we follow their rules.
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: What's better?
Choices:
Reading manga - votes: 6200 (39.5%)
Watching anime - votes: 1505 (9.6%)
Reading a book - votes: 1560 (9.9%)
Watching a movie or TV - votes: 229 (1.5%)
Doing exercise - votes: 514 (3.3%)
Playing video games - votes: 1628 (10.4%)
Eating - votes: 573 (3.7%)
Sleeping - votes: 2187 (13.9%)
Daydreaming - votes: 1044 (6.7%)
Chatting - votes: 255 (1.6%)
There were 15695 total votes.
The poll ended: August 11th 2012
No surprises, given our demographics
I wanted to do an Olympic poll, but I couldn't think of a good one. And there was only 1 suggested Olympic-related poll, and I didn't like it too much. So we go with this poll suggestion from our member BlackOrion. From the given list of activities, which do you like the most?
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
And for once, I'll take poll suggestions that are related to the Olympics.
Previous Poll Results:
Question: It's Hanami or cherry blossom viewing time. You...
Choices:
Look at the trees. That's why we're here! - votes: 3629 (33.3%)
Contemplate life - votes: 1052 (9.6%)
Go for the food - votes: 1531 (14%)
Have a great time with the music and beverages - votes: 1843 (16.9%)
Take a walk - votes: 1699 (15.6%)
Skip the invitation and stay home - votes: 1151 (10.6%)
There were 10905 total votes.
The poll ended: August 4th 2012
Our least popular poll in a while... Oh well. Probably because not as many people know what Hanami is
I was just contacted that helz0ne is officially closing now. Their domain expires in about a week. The good news is that apparently some of their projects will be continued by a new group, but I don't know any specifics.
Goodbye to helz0ne.
