If you listen closely, you can hear the whispers of the heart:
Memories like falling raindrops scattered across the ocean waves...
I can hear the sea as if it were only yesterday.
Hm, yeah, I joined MAL reluctantly at first because I already had an anime list over at ANN. But everyone I knew uses MAL so I finally made the switch, also wasting a day re-entering anime to this list. Oh well, MAL is much better once I got used to it, and it's a nice community.
My anime interests include graphic designing, blogging, and chatting with other fans on IRC. I'm part of the Lunatic Antics blog where we discuss many things, mostly anime, manga, VNs, and saimoe. I love Photoshop (art/music in general), and I like to make anime avatars, signatures, member cards, and banners. I am also part of the Technical, Translation, and Graphical Staff of the International Saimoe League. The posters you see on ISML are made by yours truly. :D
Oh, and please, do not send random friend and club requests. I use my MAL to keep in touch with friends that I know, not as a competition of who can have the most friends/join the most clubs. If you want to have a chat, then you can leave a profile comment or join one of IRC channels I'm on: #anime@irc.lucidchat.net or #isml@irc.rizon.net.
10: Masterpiece
9: Outstanding, memorable, and usually has some kind of personal impact
8: Excellent, meaningful, and often addictive. Ratings of 8 or higher are considered exceptionally good.
7: Very good. Most anime I like that stands out goes here.
6: Good, enjoyable. Most anime I enjoy goes here
5: Average, kept my interest most of the time, but nothing too memorable.
4: Below average. Usually, these anime have some interesting episodes but the rest are somewhat boring.
3: Bad, it feels like an obligation watching it.
2: Very bad, extremely boring and usually dropped.
1: Painful, why did I watch this at all?
Really, there's little difference between 8-10 ratings, but the jump from 7 to 8 is very high. It's just a personal indicator to me of the difference between good anime and excellent anime. A rating of 5 is average, and 6 means I enjoy it, not that I dislike it. I still somewhat enjoy 4's, but 3's and below are pretty much boring.
1) Why does it say "bandwidth exceeded" in my profile?
-Well, that's because you've been leeching off my Photobucket which contributed to my bandwidth exceeding. I can get you another link if you promise to host your cards on your own image hosting site. If you continue to link from my Photobucket then I will remove those links.
2) Why did you stop using IMG tags when distributing member cards?
-Because it ruins my bandwidth. Some of you have like 200 profile views every day. Damn you popular people.
3) I requested my member card 2 hours ago? WHERE IS IT?
-Wtf 2 hours ago? I have a life you know. Just calm down and wait. However, if you haven't received a card in a week, then it's very possible that I somehow skipped over your post, so just leave a reminder on my profile.
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4) How do you choose which characters to put on your cards?
-I mostly use MAL favorites as an indicator, but not always. I often use characters from popular current series that might not have many MAL favorites (yet). Beyond card #20, I begin to put in my preferences. If you're still wondering why your favorite character of all time isn't represented, that's because you like some really obscure character.
5) Do you even know all of these characters that you make cards for?
-Lol, no. I do know most of them, but definitely not all of them. For example, I do not know Motoko, who is apparently the #3 favorited purple hair character of all time.
7) Can I have cards from templates 1,7,12,18,19,20,27,31,34,51,55,63?
-Er, no. As much as I love you all, I only give 1 card per club, and I rarely give exceptions.
8) But I see you give some people more than 1 card!
-I did give people more than 1 card in the past as part of a promotional period. After about 250 members, everyone gets 1 card. Life isn't fair, I know.
9) How do you keep up with making these card?
-I have no life.
10) How can I help out?
-If I trust you enough, and you're willing to make about 50 cards for one club everyday, then you can ask me for my PSDs, but this likely won't happen. I don't accept donations, but if you have a place with unlimited bandwidth where I can host my member cards, then I would love that.
11) Well? Do you like pink, purple, or blue more?
-My very favorite characters are pink, but there are more purple on my moe list. And there are more blue characters that I know and like. So there.
12) Which cards of yours do you hate the most?
-I dislike cards that I had to use a screenshot for, because their quality is kind of horrible. Examples include Tsukimori Len and Okazaki Shinichi in the Blue Hair Club. Also, for some reason, I could not find Izumi Konata by herself (she's always drawn attached to Kagami and Miyuki), so I was forced to use the zoomed background technique for her card. I also wish that there were better pictures of Nuriko for the Purple Hair Club. I also had to use a screenshot for Kusajishi Yachiru in the Pink Hair Club, and that card isn't so great either.
13) Why do you sound so mean in your FAQ?
-I'm a nice person, but if I come across as too nice, then you will all take advantage of that. And I don't like that.
14) Can you make cards for my club?
-Sorry but no, I'm very busy if you haven't noticed. You could try asking, but don't get your hopes up.
15) Member cards are gay and you suck.
-That's not a question.
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(last updated September 19, 2009)
