Along with more recent events, our member alidan suggested we do a little poll on E3. Yes, there's no option for "I don't care". Suck it up. This forces you to choose a best. Although I did concede and leave a "What's E3?" option... Personally, the Nintendo 3DS wins it all. Cheap 3D with no glasses required!
For those of you that don't know, E3 is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which is a trade show for the gaming industry to show off their newest games and hardware.
You can discuss E3 here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=19127
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: Who do you think will win the FIFA World Cup?
Choices:
Algeria - votes: 74 (0.5%)
Argentina - votes: 1121 (7.8%)
Australia - votes: 208 (1.5%)
Brazil - votes: 2580 (18%)
Cameroon - votes: 19 (0.1%)
Chile - votes: 156 (1.1%)
Côte d'Ivoire - votes: 108 (0.8%)
Denmark - votes: 132 (0.9%)
England - votes: 652 (4.6%)
France - votes: 318 (2.2%)
Germany - votes: 2128 (14.9%)
Ghana - votes: 65 (0.5%)
Greece - votes: 87 (0.6%)
Honduras - votes: 52 (0.4%)
Italy - votes: 662 (4.6%)
Japan - votes: 1045 (7.3%)
Korea DPR - votes: 209 (1.5%)
Korea Republic - votes: 489 (3.4%)
Mexico - votes: 370 (2.6%)
Netherlands - votes: 510 (3.6%)
New Zealand - votes: 79 (0.6%)
Nigeria - votes: 52 (0.4%)
Paraguay - votes: 33 (0.2%)
Portugal - votes: 312 (2.2%)
Serbia - votes: 68 (0.5%)
Slovakia - votes: 81 (0.6%)
Slovenia - votes: 55 (0.4%)
South Africa - votes: 158 (1.1%)
Spain - votes: 1231 (8.6%)
Switzerland - votes: 92 (0.6%)
United States - votes: 1036 (7.2%)
Uruguay - votes: 118 (0.8%)
There were 14300 total votes.
The poll ended: June 19th 2010
Brazil on top followed by Germany and then Spain. Now let's see how good these predictions are!
PS: Lakers vs. Celtics final was epic win. Although the rioting that followed is epic phail. At least it was better than last year
Poll is perhaps a week late, but oh well. Suggested in part by our member MewMan. And yes, I realize that there's no option for "Don't Care" or "I Don't Know". Too bad
You can discuss this poll (or the whole tournament itself) here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18393
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Question: What do you think about fan-colored pages included in scanlation releases?
Choices:
They're terrible! I can't stand interruptions - votes: 1900 (13.4%)
They get in the way, but it's no big deal - votes: 4520 (32%)
Makes no difference to me - votes: 3331 (23.6%)
I like them a little - votes: 2606 (18.4%)
They're great! I love to see them - votes: 1780 (12.6%)
There were 14137 total votes.
The poll ended: June 12th 2010
Interpret how you like
Nagareboshi Manga is formally disbanding due to various reasons, one of which is about the current scanlation situation (read the latest news posts if you have no clue what I'm talking about). However, apparently Midnight Scans will be continuing at least some of their projects.
The team over at MangaHelpers has come up with an interesting idea ... Open Manga. Head on over to read about it.
Due to recent events, I've decided to remove unlicensed release links. As much as this will disappoint some of you, my foremost goal is to keep this website online.
We have never hosted manga, but I would prefer to keep this site as far from the gray area as possible. It has always been my ambition to maintain an information site and not one specific to releases.
Thank you,
Manick
A while back (in Jan '10), we had a poll about colored pages included in manga, but that dealt with pages colored by the author of the series. And before that (like 4 years ago), there was a poll about fanart in general. Now how do you feel about colored fanart today? I wonder how the results will change... And this poll was suggested by one of our series admins: lynira.
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18882
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: On an average day, how much time do you spend on the computer?
Choices:
0-30 minutes - votes: 90 (0.6%)
1 - 2 hours - votes: 521 (3.2%)
2 - 3 hours - votes: 1297 (8%)
3 - 5 hours - votes: 3432 (21.2%)
5 - 10 hours - votes: 5992 (37.1%)
10 - 16 hours - votes: 3523 (21.8%)
16 - 24 hours - votes: 1296 (8%)
There were 16151 total votes.
The poll ended: June 5th 2010
Pretty nice distribution... If you're a statistics person, here's a nice one!
This new poll was suggested by our member veiven. Such a simple one! Just estimate how much time you spend on the computer on an average day.
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18742
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: How long can you last without a computer?
Choices:
Less than a day - votes: 4693 (29.5%)
A few days - votes: 5820 (36.5%)
A week or two - votes: 2928 (18.4%)
A month - votes: 876 (5.5%)
A few months - votes: 653 (4.1%)
A year - votes: 72 (0.5%)
Years - votes: 165 (1%)
Forever - votes: 721 (4.5%)
There were 15928 total votes.
The poll ended: May 29th 2010
Looking at this, technology has definitely changed our lives to rely on it more and more
For those of you that chose "Years" or "Forever", I wonder how many were true answers. Perhaps we should do a social experiment?
Honestly, how long can you last without a computer? (You can define "last" and "computer" however you like). This poll was suggested by our member daisukidesuyo. I think on a normal basis, I'd only last a few days without a computer. Oh, and just to mention, I'm a Computer Science major. It'd be very difficult without a computer...
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18604
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: Eating utensils?
Choices:
Fork - votes: 5674 (41%)
Knife - votes: 478 (3.5%)
Spoon - votes: 1759 (12.7%)
Chopsticks - votes: 3892 (28.2%)
Hands - votes: 2020 (14.6%)
There were 13823 total votes.
The poll ended: May 22nd 2010
Fork and then chopsticks. Our main staple
This new poll is another one suggested by our forum mod, StarlightDreams~ Simple enough to choose what eating utensil you feel answers the question (which is not a well phrased question... but at least it's easy to understand)
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18452
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results
Question: If you had to lose one of your 5 traditional sense, which would you give up?
Choices:
Sight - votes: 800 (5.3%)
Hearing - votes: 671 (4.4%)
Touch - votes: 1482 (9.8%)
Smell - votes: 8565 (56.6%)
Taste - votes: 3612 (23.9%)
There were 15130 total votes.
The poll ended: May 15th 2010
Majority chooses smell! I can definitely see the truth as to why, but I would still love to physically hear if from one of you, although I doubt any of you reading this has ever touched what I have touched or tasted my cooking (which sucks, so that's a good thing)
PS: Totally forgot to make a post last week for all those mothers out there, so here's a shout out to my own mom who will probably never visit this site in her lifetime
This poll was suggested by our member aznluck. Yes, you HAVE to lose one of your senses to do this poll. No "other" or "none" choices, so choose something there
If you wish, you can discuss this poll on our forums:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=18312
You can submit poll ideas here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Eyesight
Choices:
20/20 (perfect vision) - votes: 3071 (20.1%)
Had lasik surgery - votes: 199 (1.3%)
Not perfect, but don't have corrective lenses - votes: 2256 (14.8%)
Glasses (nearsighted) - votes: 5348 (35.1%)
Glasses (farsighted) - votes: 1963 (12.9%)
Glasses for fashion - votes: 90 (0.6%)
Contacts (nearsighted) - votes: 1165 (7.6%)
Contacts (farsighted) - votes: 332 (2.2%)
I'm blind - votes: 830 (5.4%)
There were 15254 total votes.
The poll ended: May 8th 2010
Nearsighted glasses... Is it because a lot of us are Asian? (I'm both, haha)
PS: I just got back from watching Iron Man 2, which was worth it~
