Last RFA of the year
Get ready for a yapathon
Greetings, folks, and welcome to the final RFA of the year! 2024 went by shockingly fast, and, for this somewhat special occasion, I have gathered a whole heapload of news, some you've heard before, some are revelaed here, some are good, some are bad, you know the gist. Well, without any further ado, let's get right into it, shall we?
First of all, we obviously gotta discuss the biggest project at the moment, and that being Xavier vs ENA. I am trying my absolute hardest to get it out on the 30th, and while the chances do look very promising, I cannot assure you this will go smoothly. It may be moved, but let us hope I can make it.
On the topic, let me talk about the battle itself a bit. I feel as though this will be far more of a mixed bag than any of my other battles, largely due to the fact the direction I went with it might not be for everyone. This is making me a good bit nervous and, honestly, hesitant to actually release it, but, overall, I still would consider it my best work, and people who enjoy either or both shows will probably like this fight too.
Oh, yeah, it's also my longest fight yet. And, with that, probably my longest one ever. Let me elaborate.
Starting next year, I will not be putting my main focus on battles. I currently have my own original project planned (for which I willl reveal a teaser on New Years Eve), and I predict that this will eat up most of my time. Additionally, there are other ideas I want to give more of my attention to, like rap battles, collabs, community projects (more on all of those later), and all that fun stuff.
Does that mean I'll stop making battles? Hell no. It just means that; 1. They will not come out as regularly as this year, and 2. They will not be as long as most of this year's. Seriously, two thirds of my fights this year are over 10K words long. I wrote four finale-worthy episodes basically. Rest assured, I won't repeat that. Expect shorter and less regular fights, but also more regular side projects I'd usually either cancel or forget about.
Speaking of cancelling, this is also something I want to avoid going forward. I have made a lot of project announcements this year, and most have, bluntly, failed. Pretty badly. I want to apologize for not sticking to what I said I'll be doing, which is why I probably won't announce any more projects until they are either close to completion or 100% gonna happen.
Now that the general stuff is out of the way, it's time we look at singular projects. This section's gonna be fairly long, so I'll keep each piece of news rather short.
Cryptoland vs Yapdollar Rap Battle: My next project after Xavier vs ENA. Should drop around January/February.
Santa Claus vs Count Dracula DBX: Dropping some time next year. Not sure when. Might turn it into a mega-collab.
Luigi vs Tails Rap Battle: Dropping some time in 2025/2026.
Lord English vs Johnny English DBX: Some time in 2025/2026. I had no idea how to make this work for the longest time, but I think I've got a good general frame narrative now.
Wrestler For Hire Re-Take: Unsure between cancellation or postponage. Is that the noun for postpone? I have no idea.
DBF Interviews: Didn't have much motivation for this series recently. Insanely sorry about that. I'll try getting one more out this year, then hopefully (bi-)monthly releases starting next year.
Worst TN Competition: Whenever I have the time and motivation.
Speedrun Showdown: Same as above.
Same-Name Melee: Who still remembers Same-Name Melee? Will happen occasionally among the other rap battles.
Edward Scissorhands vs Freddy Krueger Rap Battle: Possibly this October. Speaking of.
RandomTober 2025: Might happen again next year.
One-Minute Melee: Might venture into these. They sound fun.
UISBR 2: Fate is still unknown. Leaning towards cancellation. General series finale is still on the table though.
Now, with singular projects out of the way, time to discuss general series of mine.
I aim on making more rap battles in 2025, as I have the best and most peak ideas the world has ever seen, like The Dude vs Postal Dude, Chiaki Nanami vs George Wood, DS vs Necropantser, something Touhou related, yada yada yada. Peak is imminent.
As with DBXs, there will probably also be a couple of those here and there. I don't have any ideas in particular (or at least none I have revealed yet...), so I'd be open for requests.
For actual Death Battle scripts, I'd have a lot of ideas in my mind, but I'm not quite sure which of them to do. Expect polls surrounding those early next year. I can say, however, you will absolutely adore the next one.
Last but not least, I'd like to end this episode of RFA with a general message to all of you; Thanks.
Having come here about a year ago now, I can't say I would've predicted I'd have such a good time here. I've met plenty of people I now consider friends of mine, and I hope I can meet more in the future. I've gotten a lot better in writing than I would've without the wiki. Frankly, I'm not sure I'd even be here today if it weren't for this place. As my first major community I'm an active member of, I'd say I struck gold. Thank all of you for an amazing year, and I hope I can spend many more here.
Have a great rest of your day, and have a Happy New Year! :) :D