11k, no hagumi. (︶︹︺) not a surprise, but it... hurts in more ways than one. the only upside is this

thank you for coming home, himari... now if moca shows up, i'll complete this set too...

i wasnt expecting things to turn out like this but here we go fam. i tried not to overthink anything and really just went w/ however i immediately felt about each character purely on their own merits, no group dynamic or anything. i used hearts for everyone bc at the end of the day theyre all just characters so its no big deal, theyre all cool in their own way at the end of the day. and no, kaoru's color is not a mistake or a joke, just in case u were wondering lmao. if u want to know why i feel a certain way about any particular character, i can tell u in the comments

About the post I made about inappropiate names in multi-lives. It’s perfectly fine to have a name as a joke but it can be awkward or upsetting to others. Using names referring to serious topics really upsets me as it’s less me but my younger sister seeing these names. I’m not saying you can’t have a name like that but... i don’t know how to explain it...

I’m sorry.

Edit: Some people weren't able to finish their entry on time, so we are adding 5 days to the deadline.

Edit: Winners part 1 - Winners part 2

Make sure you post your entry, and take that extra time to vote for your favorite as well!

Countdown before the end

Are you ready for another beautiful summer full of idols and fun? So are we! That’s why we’ve decided to celebrate this sunny season with a photography contest!

Use your creativity to think of a beautiful summer-themed photo with one or more of the characters from one of the Circles family websites, and then make it come to life with your own camera!

Share your art with the rest of the community, and help us spread excitement for another exciting idol-filled summer! And of course, win amazing idols-themed prizes!

Dates

July 1st - July 31st

Countdown before the end

How to enter?

To enter this contest, all you will need to do is make an activity on a Circles website that features a character from a Circles website, and share the photo with the tag, "PetiteIdolStudioSummer"!

• How to post an activity with a hashtag on School Idol Tomodachi? Follow this guide and make sure you write "PetiteIdolStudioSummer" (without the # sign) anywhere in the content of your activity.
• How to post an activity on Bandori Party, Cinderella Producers or Stardust Run? Click the button that says "Add activity" on the homepage. Make sure you check the checkbox "PetiteIdolStudioSummer" under "Tags". You can add other tags if you want.
• How to post an activity on Maji Love Collection? Because Maji Love Collection is not launched yet, you can enter on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag "#PetiteIdolStudioSummer" and mention @MajiLoveCollect. Make sure your account is public, or we won't be able to see your entry!

Rules

• Minimum of one photo per entry, multiple photos allowed, no max.
• Multiple entries are allowed, but there will only be one prize per winner.
• Only activities posted after the contest starts and before the contest ends will count.
• You can submit videos, texts or any other kind of multimedia, but your entry needs to contain at least one photo.
• General rules of activities apply.
• You may enter in a single category or multiple categories. You don't need to specify it.

How to Win?

Categories

Show off your photography skills with the best location, perfect lightning, best angle and overall beautiful photo!

Stick to the summer theme, drive to the nearest beach, or wait for a sunny day to take your merch to the best summer party they've ever had! (Or sickest winter slopes, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere)

After stocking up on merch for so long, today's your time to brag! Show off your extensive collection and dedication to your favorite idols to win!

Websites

You have until the end of the giveaway to get as many "likes" as you can on your activity. So share it with all your friends to get likes!

• School Idol Tomodachi With Love Live! merch, including Aqours, µ's, PDP idols, and any other side characters or voice actresses.
• Bandori Party With BanG Dream! merch, including all members of all bands, even bands outside of the GBP game and voice actresses.
• Cinderella Producers With Idolm@ster merch, including Cinderella Girls, but also all the other Idolm@ster characters in the whole license and voice actresses.
• Maji Love Collection With Uta☆Pri merch, including ST☆RISH, QUARTET NIGHT, HE★VENS , and any other side characters or voice actors.
• Stardust Run With Pokémon merch, including all Pokémon in Pokémon GO but also any other Pokémon not included in the game yet, and trainers as well.

Prizes

There will be 1 winner + 1 runner-up per category.

Winners per categories will be decided via a vote from staff members and contributors.

Prizes will be distributed based on how many staff points an entry received. The winner with the highest score gets to pick their favorite prize first.

There will be 1 winner per website.

The top activity per website with the most likes will be the 1st winner.

1st winners for each category (x3) get to choose between:

• 1 black ITA bag with a transparent front

  

• 1 transparent ITA bag with pockets for items

  

• 1 mini white ITA bag (~2 nendoroids)

  

• 1 Lumiace Dial live light stick (10 colors)

  

• 1 6-pack of mini star transparent acrylic stands

  

• If you're not interested in any of the items we have, you can get the 2nd prize instead, or a custom digital drawing or edit

Runner-up winners for each category (x3) get:

• 1 high quality print of a custom illustration by one of our artists, made just for you

• 1 round/square keychain or round badge featuring the same illustration

  

  

1st winners per website (x5) get:

• Their choice of official merch from a selection per license

  Love Live! -

  BanG Dream!

  Idolm@ster

  Uta☆Pri

  Pokémon

• If you're not interested in any of the official merch we have, you can get a custom digital drawing or edit instead

FAQ

What if it isn’t summer where I live?

Hey mate, you are free to do winter instead, and will be able to enter the "Summertime Sweetheart" category just like the other summer pictures. We just want you to capture the essence of your current season!

I don't feel like taking summer-themed photos, can I just take normal photos of my merch?

Yes. It will not qualify for the "Summertime Sweetheart" category, but you still have a chance to win in the other categories!

Do I need a good camera and good photography skills?

Any camera will do. If the quality ends up not being so good, you won't be able to win the "Picture Perfect Idol" category, but you can still use your creativity and take your chance to win in the other categories!

What if I don't have a lot of merch?

You don’t need “a lot” to do well in this contest! Even one item is fine. It might not get you to win the "SUPER OSHI" category, but we care about quality over quantity, so get creative, and see what summer-themed things you can create, or show off your photography skills!

What if I don't have any merch, at all?

Get creative, create your own! Printed characters work too! (As long as you use official images, your own art, or fan-art with the artist's consent + credit)

Do I have to use official merch only, or fan-made are allowed?

Fan-made merch are allowed, but we insist that you should do your best to find the artist and link to their store. Of course, you are also allowed to use your own merch.

Can I re-use old photos?

Yes, but they need to match the theme and you need to take them yourself. We might ask you for proof or retakes if we can't say for sure that you took them, and we may eliminate you if we find out you didn't.

I am not able to give you my address, can I still participate and get a prize?

We will be able to give you a digital prize instead, so feel free to join.

Most BanG Dream! characters are not idols, and Pokémon are not idols, can I still enter with a BanG Dream! / Pokémon themed photo?

Yes! We are aware that not all of them are idols, but we use this word because it's an easy shortcut.

Do I need to specify which category I'm entering?

You don't need to specify which categories you're entering.

Can I photoshop or edit my photos to add decoration, stickers, etc.?

You may add decorations, stickers, or do any kind of post-processing if you'd like. However, for the "Summertime Sweetheart" category, we will only take into account summer-themed decorations that are in the actual photo.

Can I include people in the photo?

Yes, you can include whatever you want in the photo as long as it's aligned with the general rules for activities and it contains some merch of any kind.

Any other question?

Reply in the comments section and we will do our best to help you.

You've been waiting for it and you've been asking us about it over and over again. Here they are! The final, grand winners of Petite Idol Studio - Summer Paradise Ed. 2018 🎉

Going through all the entries and rating them to make a decision was something really nice to do, but it was also a very time-consuming task, so setting that time aside was a bit of a challenge for our staff teams. That's why we're only sharing the results now.

The judges were staff members and contributors of all our websites and they made sure to follow the rules and guidelines to make a fair, unbiased judgement.

It was tough because all the entries were really amazing!

The final ranking is truly impressive and we're really happy and proud to have organized this contest and to see the community come together and create beautiful things.

We all hope you will love and support our lovely winners as much as we love them!

After stocking up on merch for so long, today's your time to brag! Show off your extensive collection and dedication to your favorite idols to win!

GeekyAngie from Maji Love

1400 points

• martianlightsaber (Maji Love staff): 「It's a heck of an impressive character shrine」
• LatidoReMe (Bandori Party + Sukutomo staff): 「The volume of their collection is impressive, but I find the assortment of items amazing too! The costumes, food, and other out-of-the-ordinary items makes this entry stand out amongst the rest. Also, I feel they did a pretty good job at making their collection photogenic, which is always a plus.」
• ekotts (Maji Love staff): 「It's such an impressive shrine」
• Kach (Sukutomo staff): 「Really showing great dedication, the room looks super nice to the eye」

→ See full entry

miilkyprincess from School Idol Tomodachi

800 points

• Memoly (Sukutomo staff): 「It's so shiny! I love the true dedication to Mari! The framed pic of Ainya & the awesome cosplay are great additions. 」
• db0 (Circles manager): 「Not one, but 2 ITA bags! So many figures and plushies! Now that's what I call true dedication」

→ See full entry

Honorable mentions

• 3rd with 500 points: Katelyn from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Kach (Sukutomo staff): 「really liking the addition of a corkboard as an avid charm collector」
  • Zehel (Sukutomo staff): 「Nice bulk collection of Riko and well arranged.」
• Also 3rd with 500 points: DMP12345 from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Aoi (Graphic designer, artist, Spanish translator): 「Can't I just go with ''everything''? The fact that they made a little story in every pic is amazing. 」
  • rdsatheen (Sukutomo staff, donator): 「Great story telling」
• Also 3rd with 500 points: violetR from Bandori Party
  • Zehel (Sukutomo staff): 「Lovely collection and the shelf to showcase them」
  • martianlightsaber (Maji Love staff): 「I love how well this is displayed」
• 4th with 400 points: murasakiwonder from Maji Love
  • ekotts (Maji Love staff): 「Ai stuff is so expensive, so kudos to you but also RIP your wallet」
  • Memoly (Sukutomo staff): 「I can really feel the dedication that they have for this character and his seiyuu. Even though there isn't as much merch for this franchise (compared to franchises like Love Live), this entry really makes the most of the merch that there is!」
• 5th with 300 points: ghostsguide from School Idol Tomodachi
  • violetR (Bandori Party staff): 「I love hanamaru too and the bag is super cute, has tons and tons of charms and even the rare cheerleader plushie!」
• Also 5th with 300 points: Klala from Cinderella Producers
  • db0 (Circles manager, developer): 「They made their own figure! That's so impressive! To me, that's worth a thousand bought figures~」
• 6th with 200 points: umicorn from School Idol Tomodachi
  • LatidoReMe (Bandori Party + Sukutomo staff): 「The amount of items they have for both Chika AND Riko is stunning, and I like that they were willing to make merch themselves too!」
• Also 6th with 200 points: Dinosaur from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Aoi (Graphic designer, artist, Spanish translator): 「They're super cute! Usually people tend to photograph their nesoberis or nendoroids, alter figures and charms when it comes to merch, and I usually don't see this type of merch. Amazing!」
• Also 6th with 200 points: tiffuwu from Bandori Party
  • violetR (Bandori Party staff): 「I love the dedication to get every piece of merch with their girl on it!」

Show off your photography skills with the best location, perfect lightning, best angle and overall beautiful photo!

AngelNya from School Idol Tomodachi

700 points

• Zehel (Sukutomo staff): 「Beautiful photos and Eli looks very cute」
• martianlightsaber (Maji Love staff): 「I like the composition and lighting of the first shot」
• Memoly (Sukutomo staff): 「The composition of these photos are lovely, and I love the change in expression of the Eli nendoroid 」

→ See full entry

caprisun from School Idol Tomodachi

600 points

• violetR (Bandori Party staff): 「Recreating the base of the figure is cute :D」
• Memoly (Sukutomo staff): 「This entry is so pretty! The setting is beautiful, and mini Hanamaru writing "Aqours" in the sand is too cute」

→ See full entry

Honorable mentions

• 3rd with 500 points: misstinymoon from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Zehel (Sukutomo staff): 「Nice storytelling and love Honoka's different expressions.」
  • rdsatheen (Sukutomo staff): 「Fun shots」
• Also 3rd with 500 points: Paily from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Aoi (Graphic designer, artist, Spanish translator): 「Those are some nice skills! I love how she's not just there but she's like in the sand」
  • Kach (Sukutomo staff): 「First pic looks very natural, good quality, and the figure fits very well with the scenery」
• Also 3rd with 500 points: Katelyn from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Aoi (Graphic designer, artist, Spanish translator): 「These photo skills are amazing! Riko looks amazing and that filter is just perfect!」
• 4th with 300 points: LatidoReMe from School Idol Tomodachi
  • martianlightsaber (Maji Love staff): 「The lighting on this is gorgeous and the mini surfboard is a nice touch」
• Also 4th with 300 points: Kyoko_Skittle from School Idol Tomodachi
• Also 4th with 300 points: ZoruaMaximum from School Idol Tomodachi
• 5th with 200 points: coolioreese from School Idol Tomodachi
• Also 5th with 200 points: Koi-Fish from School Idol Tomodachi
  • rdsatheen (Sukutomo staff): 「The second shot is a stunning photograph」
• Also 5th with 200 points: Klala from Cinderella Producers
  • violetR (Bandori Party staff): 「I love that they made their own figure!」
• Also 5th with 200 points: ninthgoddess from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Kach (Sukutomo staff): 「Really liking the light-rainbow effects, and the picture is just cute」

Stick to the summer theme, drive to the nearest beach, or wait for a sunny day to take your merch to the best summer party they've ever had! (Or sickest winter slopes, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere)

Lapsy143 from Bandori Party

1000 points

• martianlightsaber (Maji Love staff): 「Gotta hand it to 'em for going to a glacier in the middle of Northern hemisphere summer! ;'D」
• Aoi (Graphic designer, artist, Spanish translator): 「This is so winter-ish... And I love it. 」
• Kach (Sukutomo staff): 「Snow!」

→ See full entry

AngelNya from School Idol Tomodachi

600 points

• Zehel (Sukutomo staff): 「The background and the flowers remind me of summer and they fit the theme well」
• martianlightsaber (Maji Love staff): 「It really looks like a summertime ad」

→ See full entry

Note: AngelNya is also the 1st winner in "Picture Perfect Idol" category. As part of the rules, participants can only get one prize, so the 3rd winner will exceptionally get a prize instead.

Dinosaur from School Idol Tomodachi

500 points

• violetR (Bandori Party staff): 「Nice photography skills here!」
• Kach (Sukutomo staff): 「Really pretty location, sunny and nice sea/lake」

→ See full entry

Honorable mentions

• 4th with 400 points: caprisun from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Aoi (Graphic designer, artist, Spanish translator): 「I like how you can see the people in the background, that is a REAL beach!」
• 5th with 300 points: Kyoko_Skittle from School Idol Tomodachi
• Also 5th with 300 points: LatidoReMe from School Idol Tomodachi
  • rdsatheen (Sukutomo staff): 「Surfboard!」
• Also 5th with 300 points: Leelillen from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Memoly (Sukutomo staff): 「So cute! I love Chika's sun hat and the imagery of You & Chika sharing a milkshake on a hot summer day :)」
• Also 5th with 300 points: ZoruaMaximum from School Idol Tomodachi
  • violetR (Bandori Party staff): 「Good use of the base and a nice backdrop~」
• 6th with 200 points: Klala from Cinderella Producers
• Also 6th with 200 points: ninthgoddess from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Memoly (Sukutomo staff): 「I can feel the summer vibes radiate from Nozomi's smile~ (Also love the cute little watermelon slice)」
• Also 6th with 200 points: Paily from School Idol Tomodachi
  • Zehel (Sukutomo staff): 「Mari with the beach background reminds me of summer」
• Also 6th with 200 points: pupelarajaka from School Idol Tomodachi
  • rdsatheen (Sukutomo staff): 「Fun summer activities」

Some judges didn't leave any comment, but the total amount of points is correct!

We weren't the only judges for this contest! The entire community picked one winner per website via likes.

→ Check out Bandori Party's community-voted winner

→ Learn more about the rules and prizes of the contest "Petite Idol Studio - Summer Paradise Ed. 2018"

What did you think about this contest?

We want to hear from you! Depending on your opinion, we may or may not organize a similar contest this winter or next summer.

→ Take the survey!

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Fufufu -Ako

Hard to believe I made it this far, currently in the Top 10.

Now, I do not expect to finish in the Top 10. But I do expect to at least finish inside the Top 100, and that is my goal for this event.

Just gonna put this here...

1. You start at the multi-live screen and decide to press start. As always, you’re a pro and you choose the veteran/master room. You are a perfect individual that has amazing internet with no disconnection.

   a. Someone leaves (1a for calm) (1b for aggressive)

   b. You proceed to the song-list (2)

1a) They probably just disconnected because of bad wi-fi. 1b) THEY HATE ME AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBER AND R JUST TROLLING GRRRRRR

  2. Choose your song/random.  Doesn’t really matter cause you are the most reasonable player in the world.

a. Someone leaves (1a for calm) (2a if they chose random for aggressive) (2b if they chose a song and you’re aggressive)

b. Progress to the difficulty choosing screen (3)

2a) WOWWWW. You know what? Next time choose your own song. Gosh!

2b) Geez, this person only wants that song. Why doesn’t this person ever let anyone choose any other song?!?!?!

   3. First Wait!  How much energy did you select???

a. Free!  I don’t have any energy, but I want points for the event still with the boosted rate, and I still want to get some exp to level up quickly!  (4)

b. 1 energy, It’s either because I normally use 3 energy and just reached my last one or because this is the best idea and most worth for my xp gain.  (If you didn’t know you gain 7* xp if you use three energy all at once.  You gain 15* xp if you use each energy individually) (4)

c. 2 energy.  Mainly because I have intense OCD and can’t bear looking at my 10 stamina be used up in 3’s because THERE’S ALWAYS 1 LEFT OVER.  WHY CRAFTU EGGU?? (4)

d. 3 energy.  Ehh I just need to use up my stamina quickly and the instant gratification of exp and point multipliers are really nice.  (4)



   4. You choose a difficulty.

a. You choose easy/normal. (4a)
b. You choose hard as does everyone else. (4b)  
c. Everyone chooses hard except one chooses expert (4c)
d. Everyone chooses hard/expert except one chooses easy/normal (4a)  (if you disconnect nobody will blame you)
e. Everyone chooses hard except 2-3 choose expert (4c)
f. Everyone chooses expert except you choose hard (4f)
g. Everyone chooses expert (4g)
h. Someone disconnects (1a if passive) (2a if aggressive)
i. You’re the only one that chooses expert (4i)
j. You and one other chooses expert

4a) WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE. GO BACK TO REGULAR… (not to be rude but the points just really doesn’t help people who are trying to tier…) (Honestly someone probably left unless you got lucky) (5)

4b) I mean, this is the most common situation. I don’t really think much will come from this and this difficulty ain’t too bad. (5)

4c) Ok… uh… good luck. But, I’m remembering your position and watching to see if you fail… (5)

4f) Honestly, you shouldn’t feel too bad if you can’t do expert. But normally whenever this happens, you would normally feel pretty bad. sigh (5)

4g) Salutes squad. Best of luck to us all (5)

4i) Uh-Oh… I better not fail. I am literally carrying the entire team. (5)

4j) Ok dude it’s you and me against the world! Let’s do this! (5)

  5. You see the loading screen.

a. Load through normally (6)

b. Someone disconnects (5a for passive) (5b for aggressive)

5a) Probably a disconnect or everyone was taking too long to load… It’s all right.

5b) WE TOOK THIS WHOLE TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!

  6.  You finally load up and see all the characters.  You’re ready to go and get points from this amazing event

a. The event proceeds as the notes fall (7)

b. Someone disconnects  (6a)

6a) I’m sorry but there is absolutely no excuse for this one other than bad wifi that is even slightly acceptable. Even if you yourself did not waste any stamina WHY DID YOU DISCONNECT AT THAT POINT. ONLY AT THAT POINT WILL EVERYONE IN THE LIVE LOSE STAMINA. YOU WASTED A TIER POTENTIAL FOR MANY MANY PEOPLE. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. What events transpire during the live?

a) Multiple people fail (specifically the ones that played expert) (7a)

b) One person fails (The only one that played expert) (7b)

c) Multiple random people fail (7c)

d) You notice someone hasn’t gotten any points but hasn’t failed. (7d)

e) One random person fail (7e)

f) (God forbid) But you fail… (7f)

g) Everybody succeeds, but you get A rank… (7g)

h) Everybody succeeds and you get S rank. (7h)

i) Everybody succeeds and you get SS Rank (7i)

7a) Dude, you should’ve done a lower difficulty! This is quite frankly just the pride before your fall! Give these people the look of shame… However, since you want to tier, you still hope that these people are still alive and just relatively low on health… Not all the way failed. Hopefully they stay and give us the fever though.

7b) Dude, you should’ve done a lower difficulty! This is quite frankly just the pride before your fall! Give this person the look of shame… Hopefully this person stays and gives us the fever though.

7c) NO! Now we might actually fail the live and not get any good points and all my stamina is wasted!!!! Hopefully they stay and give us the fever though.

7d) omg… This guy actually disconnected, even though we get points, we won’t even get the fever and get a ton of low points!!!

7e) I don’t get it… This song isn’t even that hard. You look at this person shamefully. However, this person can make it up to you if this person continues and helps everyone get the fever.

7f) Oh no, I hope people don’t shame me… I’ll at the very least get people the fever because I’m a good person, unlike other shameful people.

7g) Ugh… Fine, I guess this is an all right solution, but I could’ve gone more points if the other people were far more competent.

7h) Eh, this isn’t too bad. Could’ve been better, but I guess it could’ve also been worse. This team wasn’t too bad. Maybe I’ll friend the person that full combo’d.

7i) YES! BEST POSSIBLE OPTION!!! DRINKS ARE ON ME!!!

i fixed it

I know I’m a new kid in the Spooky Town...