READ THIS: First Great Dark Diamond Delurking
Sunday 25 February 2007 @ 1:45 pm | By Ivan 'Nahu' LozanoIf you're new here and you like what you see, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed, and browse around for more fun stuff. Thanks for visiting!
IF YOU READ DARK DIAMOND CONSTANTLY OR IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE SITE, YOU MUST READ THIS!
Hi guys, welcome to the first ever great Dark Diamond delurking! The purpose of this post is to give each and every one of you a chance to come out of the dark and comment, at least say hi, were are you from, how did you find the site, what do you like about it, what do you dislike? EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING GOES!
We want to know about our audience, our stats show you are there so there is no point in hiding! Come out, say hi and whatever else you want, chat among yourselves, we’ll be posting in there too.
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU?
Well for the tremendous effort of simple commenting you enter into our friendly contest to win a $25 gift certificate for Amazon or any other place of your choice! We’ll be selecting a random comment once this closes so be sure to put in a valid email address if you want to participate. Obviously if any editor comment were to be elected we would draw again.
ANYTHING ELSE?
We also want to let you know of our IRC channel, come join us in #DDN at irc.rizon.net, join us in our solitude!
So come on out of the shadows and let the delurking begin!
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Okay, I’ll delurk, though I don’t do that often. I found DDN when someone in one of the LJ communities posted a link. I had been moaning to myself about not having any game news I could grab a feed from, so it was a really lucky find for me. Now I’m able to keep up a little more on games that come out, plus the occasional visit to nostalgic older games makes me happy.
Hey, I’ve commented before. In fact, it seems like ONLY I’ve commented in the time I”ve been here (a couple of weeks) Cheers!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee~
Hi LN! Glad to have you here! Was it that fujoshi video that brought you here? Probably because of Xandria from yaoi.ca, right?
Geirskogul: well there’s been more coments from other people but comparing them to the site’s statistics its still amazing how little comments we get! We’d love it if you could squeeze a couple of more comments every now and then :P
Keep em coming guys! Dont be shy!
Thinking… yah, it was Xandria. But I’m still happy to see this place. :)
Only reason I haven’t commented before is I was hip deep in academics, (darn real life always interferes). I’m now have a bit of freedom, so maybe I can comment more often. ::crosses fingers::
I’ve commented before on spanish here. By the by, i got to this site thanks to a citation made (on a post) by a user from the Anime Forum of Tijuana (there is one, indeed http://foros.otaku-mx.net/index.php ; if you are ever curious, im the user named “Nega_Khaim”)
Thanks to this site, i came to know about Granado Espada~!
I got here via a link on a Kotaku article on the console tans.
LN: ah, you know, at one point xandria wanted to write for DDN, alas that never came to be! Good to know you’ll be around to comment more. :)
Kenji: oh yes it was such a surprise to see that after crafting an international site someone from a neighboring city comes along and comments! Glad to have you here Kenji.
Snkake: the mighty K, huh? Yeah Ashcraft was very nice in linking to those. :)
This is kind of unfair because I talk to you pretty much daily, Nahu, but I’ll enter anyways. If, by some miracle, I win, screw it — spend the $25 on something nice for your girlfriend. You deserve it (in poon currency) more than I do, for running such a solid site.
Thanks unnes thats a pretty nice thing to say! Im just trying to get a community thing going on here, kinda sucks to see just empty posts!
I always lurk. I love this site. You find lots of cool stuff and I especially love the Tans feature. I love anime hotties and video games - they combine my two loves. I’m bad for commenting on sites even my own.
I, too, came for the console-tans. I stayed because, as it turns out, the majority of my entertainment comes from Japan.
hi, DDN rocks!
I second what cyberscythe posted O____O (also, my grandma is japanese, but that’s not related xD)
*tag*
keep up the good work d(*_^)
Alright its picking up speed!
cyberscythe: cool, by the way, you have an awesome gallery man!
Picha: oh, you know it!
Kenji: my great gandfather was a communist journalist who shot the chief of the police department in a gun duel. and that has nothing to do either!XD
Tanooki: thanks, we try!
I’ve commented quite a few times here as well. So yeah… :p
I actually found my way here from Kotaku as well (one of the few gaming sites that i check more then once a day)
Haha, I just commented on your MyBlogLog community then come here and read this; guess I have to post again! :D
I don’t recall anymore, but I think I got here via Kotaku as well. What can I say, OS-tans are just too adorable! I’ve been really slacking on reading *all* my fave blogs lately, but I hope to change that. I pledge to comment more often when I do. :D Tata!
Faith: Oh sorry I had to rescue your comment from the spam bin, guess the filter doesnt like the word naked! And thanks for lurking, you were one of our first constant readers and our first newstip ever!
Desfunk: Yeah but one can always comment more! :P I think I’ve said it before but your designs rock! And… OMFG you have a WHR PIN! :O Thanks for showing WHR some love…
Merrick: yeah I think I’ve commented more on your blog :D Im super busy today but I’ll try and get the -tans up early just for you guys!
Keep em coming!
Yo TDD! It’s CTZ! I kinda skipped through reading the stuff above so I’m not sure exactly what you want here … but here it is! I’ve lost a lot of Internet time, but TDD is one of the sites in my blog roll that I try to keep up with. Anyway, just wanted to share that. Later
Well if it isnt one of the main men from robert-summa-toid! :P Always nice when you drop a link man, thanks for reading!
Durdurdur…
You know I always read DDN stuff ;)
Do I? Do I know you Yuhi? A name comes to mind but I dont know if im right…
I don’t remember if I’ve ever posted here or not, but I found this site not to long ago through either Kotaku or Joystiq (don’t remember which). But hey, $25 bucks is inscentive enough for me to comment…sooo. I do have a suggestion, I don’t know how staffed you are, but I think the site would be more trafficworthy if more items were posted daily. Oh, and that amythest color isn’t too appealing to me eyes (no offense).
Hey DDN! Thanks for your comments Nahu, just saying hi and to win $25! ;)
Nahu: oh but of course.. we meet all the time in #/a/. (before my interwebs got warped that is)
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Yuhi: oh thats right, sorry it didnt click without the -kun! :P
Link: Definately Kotaku, Joysriq hasnt budged yet! :D
Thanks for your input, I do know we should be posting more daily but alas, most of the other editors just do weekle features so daily posts are left to me and sometimes Velcor. But we’re always willing to get that fixed! *points to the Join DDN link on top* :P As for the color, there is a design upgrade coming in the future, that might please you or repel you more.
svt: done and done, you’re in. Thanks for dropping by too!
Hi! I just found you on bloglog, haven’t even seen your content yet. I saw the word otaku so I’m pretty sure I’m interested. I’m a neuropathologist who is a member of the luxuriant flowing hair club for scientists and writes erotica, and about Japanese art a lot. Perhaps I will become an avid reader
Best wishes,
Lilla
hi guys, DDN rules, and i got here since a long time ago, remember i was even once an editor, i might come back, but for now, i’m just a lazy guy, anyway, like someone else said, if by any chance i won the $25, you can just keep em to buy ME something nice =P, anyway guys, see ya l8er
hi
Hi!
This gives me a good opportunity to ask if there was a way to view more than one page worth of postings for any given tag. If there is one I must not be looking hard enough >
Lilla: Thats one impressive introduction! Hope you like what we’ve got!
CheVe: you know we’d love to have you back whenever you choose to.
Lux: not this again -_-
Parasite_Evil: Thats one hell of a question, thanks for bringing it up, I’ll look into it!
Keep it comming!
Hi dark diamond network! I came here for the otaku music, not much of that out there. Its just linkin park slapped with anime clips usually. Keep it up guys!
Hi there! I too surfed in via linkage from the lovely and talented Xandria and stayed because I love things Japanese. You’re not going to post about the new ear-cleaning craze are you? O_o
great! a contest!!
hi nahu!hi velcor! hi to all editors!!
thx for the info about the computer trojan!!
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Lolz. Heya! I’m idle_eidolon’s girlfriend. We’re both gamers, so when he showed me the console-tans on your site, I fell in love. Haha!
Love the site! ^_~
Heya! I got here via idle_eidolon who is my boyfriend. We’re both gamers, so when he showed me the console-tans, I fell in love. Haha!
Laters. ^_~
Jax: Hi, i’ve seen you before around! Hope you liked this weeks song, it was done in a little of a hurry!
odile: Oh awesome, we love Xandria! No, unless the otaku start cleaning their toilets for good luck, I dont think we are :P
ana: hey, that took you a while!
ksolaris: yeah I figured you were his GF, I read both of your blogs when I was trying to find out the reason for the silence. :P For some reason the spam filter caught your messages, had to bring them back too. -_-
Good going guys, more.. More… MOAR!
Eh, I found this site through a gaming blog… I think it was the Console-tans.
hi. i too lurk here once in a while
Hi there Nahu!
I first dropped by when a fellow blogger linked to DD. If I remember well it was an Otaku-related story.
I do check back every nce in a while since the. I do particularly like your naninani-tan posts! keep’em coming!
HiHi ^_^
i’m from Canada~
I found this site after a friend sent me a link about maid cafes. Now Dark Diamond is my homepage ^^ It used to be Ebay but… I’m trying to resist Ebay and it’s wonderfull-ness.
I work for Xbox 360, so i like the gaming info as well. I’m more of an anime fan though than i am a gamer though ^^;
Yes, I have made a comment here and there but I prefer the shadows.
Yes, I have made a comment here and there but I prefer the shadows.
^ <- that up there is precisely what we’re trying to stop :P too many people in the shadows in here
Pootie chang, welcome to the team!
Whatapath: good to have someone who knows about guns around.
Kaishin: thanks, you run a very solid blog as well :)
wing goddess: wow im honored we’re your homepage! you WORK for xbos 360?
hey came from mybloglog, love the tuesday tans!
Nahu: Hai ^^; Though i’m more of a Playstation fan >_> I’m not high up like Bill Gates yet, but give me until about next Tuesday. I should get there ^^
Panda Cookies taste very good…
I found this through some article on Destructoid, and I keep on coming because it’s a good source of what I’m interested in, Never commented though.
Any results yet regarding the raffle-thingy?
Ok, I was hoping to go all the way to a month but I guess this is pretty much done. The thread is officially closed, I’ll draw a name later today.
Thanks for participating!
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