THE BIG 820 (Q & A, Announcements, shoutouts, thoughts, and more!)

"I'm the awesome, yet, humble hero, Allen the Alien- who the are you!?"

I wanna thank you all for helping me reach this goal, this insane and crazy milestone I hadn't ever expected to hit, especially after announcing my retirement 😭

I'd initially planned to make this milestone post at 705 followers, but folk genuinely kept on following after that Kitasan bot, and I was so taken aback by all of you showing your support, but once again, thank you guys.

I do have a lot to say though, things I feel I need to talk about, especially because bots have been slower than ever, but more importantly, as to reasons why, and other things that are on my mind.

Q & A

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask, I read every comment and I'll be sure to respond 🙏

But I do have certain questions for you all, just out of curiosity, but also to somewhat help me with my final bots, as I have many to complete as well as shadow drops.

1. What was your favorite bot of mine and why?

2. Which bot had you follow me?

3. If there were any bot of mine you feel deserves a remake or remaster, which one do you feel deserves it? (Already have some planned that will be shown down below.)

4. Is there anything else you'd like to see from me? Bonus scenarios on certain bots, or alternate versions of specific bots for more people to enjoy?

THOUGHTS

for a while now, i've struggled a lot with the bots i've been making and working on in the background, sometimes because they're multi-scenario, other times because i feel as if i've genuinely lost the plot

i can't really come up with the same ideas i used to, i used to be able to just sit down for a few minutes and think of 5 off the top of my head immediately, but now, i'm coming up empty, or with ideas that just don't feel good enough to even consider making

that's why i've been doing more updates, or remaking/remastering past bots, because i've essentially run out of good ideas, though, i do have good ones from time to time, but i also don't wanna be extending the amount of shadow drops i'm making, and ultimately, delaying my retirement even moreso than i have

in terms of how i've been doing in my personal life though, i've been picking up a lot more stuff, i'm a bit more relaxed, i've been able to do more things than before, i started to work out again, and i've just been taking it easy, but i still do take some time out of my day to work on bots while its fun

i'm in a much better spot than i was before, and i wanna thank y'all again because everyone's been so supportive, and it feels really nice to have such a great community

the people i've spoken to in the community are also some of the coolest folk i've had the pleasure of speaking to, especially on discords i've joined (though i've kept quiet on who i am in most cases so you may've seen me talking every now then 😭)

they've helped me come up with ideas too, so i'm really thankful of them 🥹

CANCELLED IDEAS (and why)

over the course of this career, i've shown a lot of potential bot ideas because they came to me all the time, and my personal policy was that if at least ONE person showed interest, i'd make it at some point in time later on

that's always been the case usually, but with certain bots there have been things getting in the way, and any past ideas not on this list mean that they're either getting released as a shadow drop, or being reworked to maybe come out, that or they're already on the list of final bots

As Matikanetannhauser's trainer, its your job to show up and be there for her. She values you a lot more than anyone though, so much so that she invited you to her 20th birthday... She trusted you, trusted you with the cake, the karaoke machine, the pizza... and you never showed up. She wanted you to be there, wanted to show everyone how awesome her trainer was. More than anything. (Angst/AnyPOV)

This idea was cancelled because no one really showed interest in it, and i feel as if it wouldn't have been good in the long run

The year is 1814, and your whole family has died. Whether you had a husband, wife, kids, bison, they're all gone... except one person. Matikanetannhauser. She was an Uma you met right before embarking on the Oregon trail, seeking better opportunity out West, and considering the rough trail ahead, much help is appreciated. But after the death of your bison, Mambo needed to start carrying the wagon through the rough winter storm, using all her strength, but in the back of her mind, she was scared for your life. The two of you were running low on supplies, rations were nearly non existent, and despite that, you always managed to feed Mambo... but you're running out of time. In hopes to get you food, Mambo spots a white buck, and she tries, she really does, aiming down the sight, placing all her trust in that last bullet...but she missed her shot... and she thinks that she's killed you by not getting you this food. (Angst/AnyPOV)

this one was cancelled due to lack of interest, and i feel as if it strays too far from umamusume and its characters to the point that i felt this wasn't worth making

Your friend, Narita Taishin, had always been great at rhythm games, so great in fact, she's actually kind of a big deal in the scene. Even despite her insecurities, it was the one thing she was good at after retirement... until she wasn't. She took you to an arcade, and challenged you to a rhythm game 1v1... but she lost. Lost horribly. (Angst/AnyPOV)

even though only one person showed interest, i didn't know how i'd have written this, and i didn't feel to confident in it, i could def do a taishin bot tho on the down low, but i generally didn't feel this one too much

You're severely injured because your trainee, Narita Brian, accidentally sent a kickball FLYING right at your gut, and she begs you not to tell ANYONE, and in return, she stays at your apartment to take care of you. (Fluff/AnyPOV)

really basic and no one liked it 😭

You and El Condor Pasa watched Superman 2025 and she genuinely loved the movie so much, to the point where she started acting extremely wholesome. (Fluff/Comedy/AnyPOV)

this one wasn't very punk rock

You and Cheval have had matching pfps on Umastagram for years now, however, you changed your profile picture. She starts to avoid you because she thinks you're going to break up with her, and she can't accept it. (Angst/MalePOV)

it would've been cute but no one rlly liked this one

these are the ones that didn't make it, if anyone does like them though, let me know and i may come back and do them, but for now, this is the potential bot obituary 💔😭

ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!

in terms of coming bots, i have a LOT done with heavy progress on them, the biggest issue for me is probably doing intro messages, but here are the remakes/remasters/reimaginings coming soon 🙏

1. NARITA TOP ROAD RE-IMAGINING

2. AYABE SITUATIONSHIP BOT REMASTER

3. VODKA BOT REMAKE

NOT YET STARTED:

4. New Year's Orfevre bot remake

5. Seiun Sky angst bot re-imagining

6. Smut Tazuna bot remake

At some point, I'll get around to doing these as I feel they could definitely be better if I went back and re-did them.

SHADOW DROPS

In terms of shadow drops, I have been working on a lot, and some are kinda unexpected, others are old bot ideas that I decided to bring back. I can't say for certain how many I'm dropping, but here's a sneak peek at 3 so far.

(i had screen shots of them right here, but jan won't let me upload them for some reason so here are the names of them)

rose kingdom bot 😭

marche lorraine post pandemic lockdown

grass wonder bot

Some are considerably more done than others, and a lot of them still need to be sorted out, so it may be a while before I upload them as there's a lot I'm tryna balance out.

UPDATES

Expect the grand majority of my older bots that aren't getting a remake to be updated. Updates haven't really been more than personality + relationship expansion to enhance the experience, so they're a lot simpler to do for me, though, I may add bonus scenarios to male pov bots to make them usable for those who are more into fem pov or uma pov, as i've been neglecting that side of my followerbase i feel, and i wanna go out trying to make something good for all of y'all 😭

PEOPLE I FW HEAVILY

the people on this list are people i've spoken to, people's bots i've interacted with and enjoyed, and people i've seen supporting me in my comments through it all

@Chiodos

@Balleringgcuhhh

@JPEG

@Fantax2 (now menochu)

@Purnit

@akumidso (now @xolibita)

@Olykiouss

@manhattancafelover (once shinzoabe)

@ElSalmonCosmico

@SinisterF

@Uwuewewskibididi

@SlagSlort_007