mai waifu pr

Coming December 15, I present: MAI WAIFU

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/bohiw9l85lcmnmr/Screenshot%202015-11-12%2019.14.58.png?dl=0
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/qx6l0is4vrj5lvx/Screenshot%202015-11-12%2019.15.09.png?dl=0
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/narsda1sydcenwz/Screenshot%202015-11-11%2019.29.59.png?dl=0

To promote a chat culture unique to what I'm into as well as minimize lurking if shy, I want to empower everyone. This will be a Google Chrome extension (coming to FireFox shortly after too) like FrankerFaceZ. Once downloaded, you can go to a special offsite to set your favorite fictional character (male or female). You can set their name, select their series they're from, set the type they are (Princess, Housewife, Highschool Tsundere, etc.), and include a tweet-length summary (140char).

Once set, it's set FOR LIFE. This is your waifu (or husbando). The one and only. This isn't a one-time fling, nor a meme. She is perfect and everything to you. Respect that. No one gets to change their waifu, so only set when you feel you have found her.

Once set, you granted a special NEW badge in chat (seen in WIP photos above) -- it's Chibi Pixel Art of Fujino btw <3. At which point, anyone can mouseover or click the badge to see info about you. Your waifu, her stats, how long you've been following me, and how long you've been subscribed.

This will empower lurkers to want to show off their tastes. It's like hyper-accelerating conversations about what we already talk about, without any of the chat clogging or mudslinging found in the previous version. Just chat -enhancement-.

Eventually, additional functions like showing fav anime/manga, recommendations via MyAnimeList will be added. (hype!)

This will be open to EVERYONE, have full functionality (toggle to work in my chat only, across all chats, turn off spontaneously, notifications of when new waifu are added, etc.), but I can't do it alone. My subscribers will help nurture the culture to avoid the meme-temptation as many will want to do.

It launches Dec 15, but for nearly two weeks, only subscribers can set waifu - because I trust them to respect what this can mean for everyone. Afterward, it's open for everyone to set their waifu.

I'll have full PR for Mai Waifu closer to launch date to further go over what v1.1 and v1.2 will feature (discord crossover? MAL integration? Sub Perks!)