The Michael Swayne Story V: King of his Castle

The next election cycle began for King of the Web today. I was actually asleep when it began. I have been tired all day, and told myself to only nap for twenty minutes so I could be awake when it began. The nap lasted forty minutes, and I immediately thought that people would already be so far ahead that there would be no way for me to catch up.

I am currently in second place with 1,076 votes in the Gaming Category. For a while I was in first place, but I was recently overtaken by some Romanian. There was actually a bit of a misunderstanding after I took the lead. Someone was claiming that I was cheating, because I had so many votes but so few YouTube subscribers and Twitter followers. Here's what he posted in the public gaming forum:

Originally Posted by Multiple accounts to vote?

Some guy on the gaming kotw section has 5 subscribers and 4 twitter followers. Has not tweeted anything about the contest and he made a video 3 months ago.
I’m only posting this because it seems very suspicious that he’s gaining votes so rapidly with such a small audience.
Try not to pull the “stop h8in and being jealous” because i’m not even running for the gaming kotw spot.
Just letting everyone know that he probably is making multiple accounts to vote and use the Rapid Voter.
Unless there’s some way CR knows you’re still the same person on the same computer.
He’s #1 – “michaelswayne”

I hate when people assume something about me that isn't true. I have said several times here that when someone does this, I try my best to not make them liars. This time, however, that would mean I'd have to break the rules of the contest, and I can't do that. So, I sent him a private message telling him of the truth of what I did.

Originally Posted by Me

I just saw the thread you created in the Gaming forum. I have to say, I am really hurt by what you posted. If you must know, I saved up more than 600 "Votes Earned" votes. Then I appealed to all of my Facebook friends and recruited members of gaming forums to help me out. There is nothing against the rules about promoting your campaign through Facebook and other social media outlets. In fact, it is encouraged.

I guess why I am hurt is because I gave you ten votes, and then I came across what you wrote.

I then took what this person wrote to my advantage and clarified it with the rest of the would-be voters.

Originally Posted by Me...again

I was going to go ahead and post a thread here to appeal to the other voters and gain their support, but it seems you beat me to it.
If anyone was wondering, I do not use multiple accounts. The simple fact is, I saved up more than 600 “Votes Earned” votes. Then I appealed to my Facebook friends as well as members of online gaming communities that I am a part of. There is nothing wrong with that.
Secondly, I think there may be something wrong with the information that was sent to your computer. The latest video I posted on my channel was two days ago (apart from the one I posted today).
Anyway…
I hope to receive your votes. I work very hard with my videos, and if I were to win, I would honor my campaign promise to give the winnings to those that helped me win. Without them (even if they are only a handful) I wouldn’t have had the courage to make videos in the first place.

Basically, this was a clean-up tactic that I had to do in order to gain back would-be voters. The thread has been quite popular since it was made. I actually had two versions of the public posting typed up. But the first was a bit angry. The second seemed to work perfectly! Here's the response:

Originally Posted by Guy who didn't know any better

If I had any idea how to delete this then I would.
It was just a really weird thing to see.
Hm.
For the first time ever I’d have to say I feel pretty damn stupid and should have at least spoke to you first.
Apologies for the mistake.

Anyway, since that post I received about 100 more votes! Things right now are going well in the contest, but it has only seven hours. There's still 13.5 days until the end of the election.

Allow me to appeal to you all again. I ask that you head over to my contest profile page and vote for me. Each day you get ten votes per category and if you fill the vote meter you receive an extra 10 "Votes Earned" votes to be used wherever you want. So, that's twenty votes you could give me each day. Then, if I win, I share the winnings with all who helped me. Simple.

Here's my latest video.



I am surprised that it passed the review and didn't have any third-party content. I guess because Hatsune Miku is a public entity, no one can actually claim monetization due to it being an original piece. The song would probably have been flagged if it had represented an anime like the one for Black Rock shooter. Wait, I just checked my Dashboard and I could receive monetization for the Black Rock Shooter video I made. Maybe I should.

As I said at the beginning, I have been tired all day. Any chance I got I would stay in bed. Watching YouTube videos, stay in bed. Upload YouTube video, stay in bed. Play video games, stay in bed. The only time I wasn't on my bed was when I fed the animals, and...well, that's all. Up until 3:30pm, I made no attempt at doing anything that involved leaving my bed. After that, I had King of the Web, and evening animal feeding, and just general need to not be in bed.

I found and played some new songs in Osu!, even earning a Top 10 spot in one on my first try. I am now ranked #1,802 in the country, and #36,459 in the world in osu!mania. I could probably get a higher rank if I played a wider range of songs. Or increased the difficulty a little more. Or a number of other things that the FAQ said one could do to increase their rank.

I am doing a spur of the moment multiplayer match on a Britney Spears song right now. I won by more than 300,000 points. Next up is a Nightcore song. I also won that one with a near-perfect score.

Anyway...

I tried to work on finishing Final Fantasy XIII today. Well, a weak try at it. I got frustrated after five minutes and turned off the PS3. And Fallout 3 wasn't any better. I am just bored with it now. I went and started a new game, but I decided to quit before I was even out of the womb. The only thing I stuck with today was Ni No Kuni. I am now on my way to some place out in a desert. My familiars and I are all around Level 13. After I post this I will most likely go back to it. I really like this game.

Speaking of games, I am thinking of Pre-Ordering the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Though I wasn't able to play it during the demo weekend, it should be ready for playing when it comes out for real on PS3. I just hope that any monthly fees will be cheap enough for me to have fun whenever I want to play.

Well, that's all for now. I have been working on this entry for about two hours, but I keep getting distracted with good multiplayer songs on Osu!. I hope to see you around the forums, and until then...

Later!

Michael