stick idol stats time as per usual
collab editing is still very much ongoing, but these are just the stats anyway

Accepted Entries: 41
Denied Entries: 175
Total: 216
maybe some more entries will be added as some other people im waiting for are still making theirs, but this is the general gist of the statistics

Acceptance rate this time is pretty low, being around 19%
For reference, TT had an acceptance rate of 28% and MM probably the same amount or a tiny bit higher, I never bothered checking

This collab has around 210+ submissions purely on the form itself, ignoring people who submitted repeatedly or people who submitted via email (who were all denied except for like four people)
Don’t know why its that high, but it definitely raised entry standards up by a lot that I had to start killing entries if they were too boring, even if they were decently animated

The collab itself right now is looking insanely good, I actually have trouble finding out any stinkers that stand out when it comes to entries, the quality seems more consistent this time too

Collab runtime is looking to be around 50 minutes, likely not going above that unless the entries I’m waiting for end up being like 10 minutes, or the ending cutscenes end up being longer than expected, but right now it seems like it’ll end on that timeframe

This collab is definitely the one with the biggest production value by far, having a custom namecard for every entry, custom score animations after every entry, and a lot of other stuff that we worked very hard on despite the time crunch to make this collab look good. Call it a bold claim but I do think this collab will end up being one of the best public SN collabs, by far. The Christmas collab from 2021 is a stain in the stick nodes events playlist and should just genuinely be deleted.

While I wish it could be shorter, I genuinely got to the point where I couldn’t deny any entries anymore because a majority of them were just really good to not put in. I don’t know why everyone made such good entries for this collab, but I’m not gonna bother finding out why. Crazy stuff.

Premiere will hopefully be on the 19th as the Stick Nodes 9th Anniversary celebration. If it gets delayed I’ll kill myself

See you there soon

p.s. ralph can you pay us now thanks