I'd like to start with reiterating that you broke no rules, did nothing out of the ordinary in the scope of awards campaigning, and furthermore were completely open and honest about what you were doing, and so were not in any way underhanded.
That being said, most people absolutely hate your guts right now. Let's just get that out there. Fuck, cards on the table, I hate you a little, too. While there wasn't anything wrong with what you did, there was some rudeness. Like, hey, as awards faux pas go, you didn't slap Chris Rock in the face (that we know of). But might want to do some damage control. Up to you, but I have notes!
You had two main tactical misteps, here. Well, really one big one, and the other was a following consequence of the first. The big one is, maybe you should have stayed in your lane. Like, if you'd just promoted your own comic strip, probably still would've pissed people off, let's be real. Somebody did something similar with a video game a few years back, it was thing for a month or two. But that was different because they deprived Nintendo of another Pokemon Ursa, so like, they gave a shit, right? So you're already starting at a disadvantage, as you are in a category with actual fandom artists. But, on top of that, you got greedy. You went for Dramatic Short Work and Published Illustration. You deprived two more Ursa Majors from going to someone else, who actually had a stake in those areas.
The second main tactical error is your entries in your "extra" categories were crap. They sucked. If that hurts your feelings, remember, hate you. Trying to. It's probably a consequence of swerving wildly outside of your area of expertise, but you (and your "animator" for hire) obviously had no idea what the fuck you were doing in the Dramatic Short Work Category, so that was nice for the losers there. Except, that excuse doesn't even work with Published Illustration, you draw a fucking comic strip, why the fuck did you half ass that one so hard? What the fuck? If you're going to do this, do it. What was that shit? Greedy and lazy. Two of the seven deadly sins, right there! Rude!
Okay, so you made an oopsy, what next? Well, obviously, I wouldn't campaign this year. I mean, get yourself nominated for Comic Strip, no problem there. But, like, read the room. Stick to that category, and maybe very, very, very publicly tell your fanbase, "Hey, I got mine last year, it was fun, guys, but, you know what sounds fun, let's share the wealth! Thanks for the nomination, but I think someone else should get your vote! Maybe try the other nominees, let them have a chance!" And then even if your fans still vote for you (like, they don't collectively read the room), you can say you tried. Remember, publicly; you need receipts! If you win again, even just Comic Strip, you may have to pull a Kyell Gold and just withdraw a few years down the line. Remember, he didn't even promote himself, he just saw the writing on the wall and realized eventually people were going to turn on him if he kept winning, so he got the fuck out of there. That guy can read a room! Be like him!
Alternative, use your apparently rabid fanbase to help the ALAA (the organization behind the Ursas). They are a very cash strapped organization; perhaps ask your fanbase to make a small donation in lieu of voting for you this year. Or in addition to. I would recommend in lieu of, but that's your little red wagon. If they actually fucking do it (and it's kind of easy to get a group of fans on the Internet hungry for legitimacy to donate a lot of money; see this site's current second story down, what, it's fucking true!), then you go from villain to hero.
Alternatively, alternatively, you can just get used to people hating you on the Internet. (It's what I do!)
Well, anyway, thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to unsubscribe from the comment notification emails, Green Reaper's got a comment upthread explaining how to do that, otherwise it might get mildly annoying, I don't know. Have a better year!
Hi, welcome!
I'd like to start with reiterating that you broke no rules, did nothing out of the ordinary in the scope of awards campaigning, and furthermore were completely open and honest about what you were doing, and so were not in any way underhanded.
That being said, most people absolutely hate your guts right now. Let's just get that out there. Fuck, cards on the table, I hate you a little, too. While there wasn't anything wrong with what you did, there was some rudeness. Like, hey, as awards faux pas go, you didn't slap Chris Rock in the face (that we know of). But might want to do some damage control. Up to you, but I have notes!
You had two main tactical misteps, here. Well, really one big one, and the other was a following consequence of the first. The big one is, maybe you should have stayed in your lane. Like, if you'd just promoted your own comic strip, probably still would've pissed people off, let's be real. Somebody did something similar with a video game a few years back, it was thing for a month or two. But that was different because they deprived Nintendo of another Pokemon Ursa, so like, they gave a shit, right? So you're already starting at a disadvantage, as you are in a category with actual fandom artists. But, on top of that, you got greedy. You went for Dramatic Short Work and Published Illustration. You deprived two more Ursa Majors from going to someone else, who actually had a stake in those areas.
The second main tactical error is your entries in your "extra" categories were crap. They sucked. If that hurts your feelings, remember, hate you. Trying to. It's probably a consequence of swerving wildly outside of your area of expertise, but you (and your "animator" for hire) obviously had no idea what the fuck you were doing in the Dramatic Short Work Category, so that was nice for the losers there. Except, that excuse doesn't even work with Published Illustration, you draw a fucking comic strip, why the fuck did you half ass that one so hard? What the fuck? If you're going to do this, do it. What was that shit? Greedy and lazy. Two of the seven deadly sins, right there! Rude!
Okay, so you made an oopsy, what next? Well, obviously, I wouldn't campaign this year. I mean, get yourself nominated for Comic Strip, no problem there. But, like, read the room. Stick to that category, and maybe very, very, very publicly tell your fanbase, "Hey, I got mine last year, it was fun, guys, but, you know what sounds fun, let's share the wealth! Thanks for the nomination, but I think someone else should get your vote! Maybe try the other nominees, let them have a chance!" And then even if your fans still vote for you (like, they don't collectively read the room), you can say you tried. Remember, publicly; you need receipts! If you win again, even just Comic Strip, you may have to pull a Kyell Gold and just withdraw a few years down the line. Remember, he didn't even promote himself, he just saw the writing on the wall and realized eventually people were going to turn on him if he kept winning, so he got the fuck out of there. That guy can read a room! Be like him!
Alternative, use your apparently rabid fanbase to help the ALAA (the organization behind the Ursas). They are a very cash strapped organization; perhaps ask your fanbase to make a small donation in lieu of voting for you this year. Or in addition to. I would recommend in lieu of, but that's your little red wagon. If they actually fucking do it (and it's kind of easy to get a group of fans on the Internet hungry for legitimacy to donate a lot of money; see this site's current second story down, what, it's fucking true!), then you go from villain to hero.
Alternatively, alternatively, you can just get used to people hating you on the Internet. (It's what I do!)
Well, anyway, thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to unsubscribe from the comment notification emails, Green Reaper's got a comment upthread explaining how to do that, otherwise it might get mildly annoying, I don't know. Have a better year!