Ch.286Erotic Renaissance. (2)

I never expected things to grow this big.

Honestly, I thought there would be at most a few dozen or a few hundred posts.

—————————————-

<Icarus’s Personal Mailbox>

<Unread messages: 7,350>

<Icarus’s Gallery Notification Mailbox>

<Unread messages: 17,521>

—————————————-

How could I have predicted that thousands of gentlemen expressing “I’d like to participate^^” would flood my inbox?

And the biggest problem is, this was just something I mentioned in passing.

Since it wasn’t actually a real “event” where I’d be giving out prizes or anything.

Since I risked facing mass hatred for different reasons than Raksha, after some brief contemplation.

I deleted posts from a few troublemakers who had been reported, then decided to post a clarification on the gallery.

—————————————-

Title: You guys seem to be misunderstanding something

Author: Icarus

Content: [Image of a toad grabbing a microphone and pointing accusingly on a bus.jpg]

This is not some kind of event

There are no rewards

[Mailbox verification, showing over 20,000 messages combined.jpg]

And with this many submissions, I can’t sort through them alone

Please stop, even if many people participate, I have nothing to give

Comments:

-[What? It wasn’t an event?]

-[I thought it was some kind of competition, but it was just something you mentioned in passing?]

-[Sigh]

—————————————-

And to be honest about the intention behind my post…

It was “I’ve already secured plenty of arousing images, this is enough so please stop the madness.”

But unfortunately, though I’m not sure if this should be called misfortune.

Our mischievous community friends apparently had a strong desire to ease the hostile atmosphere of clans backstabbing each other.

When they saw my attempt to apply the brakes, they immediately responded by forcibly ripping out the brake system.

—————————————-

Title: “No rewards for Ero-naissance, but too many submissions to sort?”

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a toad with a lightbulb appearing above its head]

So if we offer rewards, the Ero-naissance will be even more successful?

[Ero-naissance Sponsorship Item: 1,000 Gold]

Let’s gooooooooo!

Comments:

-[Smart young man]

-[That’s exactly it]

-[Wow, gallery public opinion at its finest]

—————————————-

—————————————-

Title: “Stop it! There are no rewards!”

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Monkey hand.jpg]

“Understood.”

[Ero-naissance Sponsorship Item: 1 S-class Medium Cruiser]

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[These guys are throwing in their own rewards because Icarus said there weren’t any lol]

-[But why are they randomly offering these so-called rewards?]

-˪[Lewd content is a serious matter](Original poster)

—————————————-

They immediately created a separate open chat room in the gallery called “Ero-naissance Sponsorship List.”

Then they started stacking up sponsored items as if they were organizing their own reward system.

—————————————-

Title: Made a temporary clan for Ero-naissance sorting

Author: Vermut

Content: [‘Ero-naissance Sorting’ clan verification.jpg], [Clan chat titled “Ero-naissance Submission Office(?).jpg], [Verification showing clan membership of about 110 people.jpg]

Yeah

Send them here from now on

For fairness and to prove this isn’t for clan promotion, I created the clan in the Central District so we won’t face stupid suspicions

Comments:

-[That shows sincerity]

-[What does this mean?]

-˪[If you make a clan with more than 10 people in the Central District, solo players will come after you]

-˪[So this proves it’s a temporary clan that will automatically disband after this competition ends]

-˪[I see]

-[But what criteria are you using to sort them?]

-˪[Entries that are substandard or duplicates will be excluded, except for the first person who submitted](Original poster)

-[But that’s not something Icarus, who started the event, instructed, right?]

-˪[It’s an erotic costume contest, so shouldn’t there at least be some fabric covering the body?](Original poster)

-˪[That makes sense]

—————————————-

As if it wasn’t enough that random users were offering to help with sorting and even creating a temporary clan…

—————————————-

<Vermut wants to chat with you!>

<(Y)/N>

-[Hey]

-[Hey]

-[Just to confirm, they need to be wearing “costumes,” right?](Vermut)

-[?](Me)

-[And we should cut completely naked ones or obvious troll poses?](Vermut)

-[Uh… do whatever you want](Me)

-[OK OK, sorry to bother you again, but we’ll temporarily position our temporary clan near you for now](Vermut)

-[???](Me)

—————————————-

For some reason, this group of lunatics decided to set up near my base for the sake of fairness and impartiality(?)…

As a result.

—————————————-

Title: Status of the Official Ero-naissance Contest.txt

Author: Vermut

Content: [Propaganda poster calling for erotic costume enthusiasts to gather.jpg]

Current number of submissions is just over 20,000

Icarus said having the contest run too long would be crazy, so we’re setting a one-week deadline from now

Since there are so many participants, I need to clarify this isn’t a porn contest

Send designed costumes, not naked characters

And if anyone sends Halkas, we’ll all raid that bastard’s base after the contest ends

Oh, and dressing child-like characters in micro bikinis and such is also forbidden

That’s not just the admin’s decision—the game operators could ban us permanently

Comments:

-[Finally becoming more systematic]

-[Now this is a proper contest]

-˪[The funny thing is the person who started it never intended to make it a contest]

-[What’s the clothing standard?]

-˪[Anything more than just stickers or bandages covering vital parts is OK](Original poster)

-˪[Then what about exposing only vital parts while covering everything else?]

-˪[Oh]

-˪[Since we’re posting screenshots, it should be fine as long as there’s no direct exposure](Original poster)

-˪[If you post anything too explicit, the operators will cut you down, so know where to draw the line](Original poster)

—————————————-

Seeing this truly turn into a major event with over 20,000 participants.

Feeling overwhelmed by how my simple desire to collect erotic skins had grown so massive.

I tried to announce that people no longer needed to email me and attempted to hand over the host role to the user named “Vermut” who created the temporary clan.

But…

—————————————-

Title: Transferring host role

Author: Icarus

Content: [Image of overflowing mailbox.jpg]

I just wanted to enjoy something small and light, but this has gotten way too big

So I’m handing over the host role to Vermut, who’s already made a clan and done everything else, and I’ll just watch

Comments:

-[The admin is trying to escape!]

-[The slave… talking back?]

-[If you start something, you need to finish it]

-[Where do you think you’re running off to?]

—————————————-

—————————————-

Title: “The Flying Dutchman needs a captain”

Author: Vermut

Content: [Image of a toad popping popcorn]

You’re the one who started this

Absolutely! Absolutely!

Not accepting it, gay boy!!!!

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[Fulfill your duty as captain!]

-[Escape attempt failed lol]

-[Everyone else is helping with sponsorships and sorting, but this guy is desperately trying to avoid being the host lol]

-˪[LOLOL]

—————————————-

Unfortunately, since everyone refused to take over no matter what, my attempt to pass on the host role ended in failure.