Asylum Awards Spring Survey 2024

[ChilChakSack]

Attention All Asylum Inmates!
The Annual Asylum Awards Spring Survey has begun!​

In order to ensure that this year’s Asylum Awards has the categories and nominees that you all want, we have decided to conduct two surveys, one in spring and another in fall. Not only will this ensure that the awards aren’t just our personal favorites and our guesses at what everyone else likes, but holding a survey at two different times of the year will prevent us from having too much of an end of year bias and keep older events fresh in our mind. Please post any suggestions you have in this thread.

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?
Favorite new costumes?
Favorite songs, both originals and covers?
Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
What controversies stood out to you?
What new categories would you like to see?
Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?
What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

 

[Negzana]

The two biggest controversies of 2024 are definitely MikeMafu and Selen's termination so far. The collapse of vreverie or Serafi's termination really can't compare.

Maybe add saddest moment of the year? That would go to Mel's termination for me.

 

[Big PiPi Energy]

I'd say a black company of the year award is necessary with the sheer number of them we've had lately...but I guess not since it's an obvious sweep.

 

[Watamate]

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?
Cop-out answer, but 5th fes and fes as a whole is always a highlight. But besides that, reincarnation. (I'm guessing this still counts)
Favorite new costumes?
Goth Fauna, Shiori and Nerissa's New Year Costumes, Metamorphosis YabaIRyS, and Watame's second-to-last outfit.
Favorite songs, both originals and covers?
Okayu's Neko Kaburi-Na, Watame's What an amazing swing, and GuraMarine's SHINKIRO.
Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
Tomoe Umari, S.S. Isa, and Clio Aite
What controversies stood out to you?
Kurosanji, all of it.
What new categories would you like to see?
Most Entertaining Game?

 

[Seth]

I think hololive should be banned from the award as they really dont need it. I dont think any holofag on the forum would be against it as we all know hololive's worth. I would not exclude holostars though. Giving a chance to smaller vtubers for more discoverability would feel more rewarding to them.

Did we have a " best debut stream " or simply " best newcomer " for the last award? Something like that would be great.

Edit : the turbofag below is proving my point

 

[Nenélove]

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?

Holofes

Favorite new costumes?

Emo Mumei

Favorite songs, both originals and covers?

Suisei's song where she chucks a shoe at a guy

Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?

No

What controversies stood out to you?

Niji fucking exploding, many small agencies dying like flies

What new categories would you like to see?

A new meta category/categories for the users of the asylum: Best shitposter, inmate of the year, etc.

Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?

I don't remember any of them, probably the ones with indies which most people didn't vote on because they knew none of 'em.

What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

Awards are gay as fuck.

I think hololive should be banned from the award as they really dont need it. I dont think any holofag on the forum would be against it as we all know hololive's worth. I would not exclude holostars though. Giving a chance to smaller vtubers for more discoverability would feel more rewarding to them.

Did we have a " best debut stream " or simply " best newcomer " for the last award? Something like that would be great.

Ban them from the dramanig categories too then

 

[El Rrata]

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?
Favorite new costumes?
Favorite songs, both originals and covers?
Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
What controversies stood out to you?
What new categories would you like to see?
Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?
What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

• 5th fes and Bae's Birthday Live/Febaerary
• Mumei's emo outfit
• Original song: RxRxR or La Roja (kinda too soon for this one imo). Cover: Mind Craft by HoloEN
• No
• Doki debacle
• Best EP/Album release. Best new VTuber-related game release. Best fanart piece. Most creative stream.
• The black company one is pointless unless Nijisanji is excluded because they are the only real choice. I think best corpo company or Indie are "whatever" categories unless we exclude previous winners.
• Find something we can vote with that isn't google docs. For outfits, songs, etc, linking to them would be good for voting purposes. Split Holo to its own category for music originals and covers (stick Niji with them if you want). Their musical and MV output is so high and they are allowed much higher production value, I don't think that it is fair to Phase or Idol or other smaller corpos.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?

Obviously HoloFes was a huge success. There's nothing else really big enough worth mentioning so far.

Favorite new costumes?

Shiina's crab outfit is a huge improvement, definitely leans more into her memes and you no longer have to look at a borderline loli in a skimpy outfit.
Emo Mumei was also really good.

Favorite songs, both originals and covers?

Moona's Taut Hati was a very notable deviation from her normal music but was very adorable

Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?

Is this purely newcomers or does it include reincarnations? Because as someone that never followed the Beryl shit, Clara has been fantastic. If I were to be limited to purely newcomers, I couldn't think of any so far.

What controversies stood out to you?

The Selen Termination is on everyone's mind but the ongoing Raziel/Luca shitshow is definitely worth including as its an entirely different controversy but really massive as it shows a talent having pretty much all their work done by a janny and that janny signing merch, essentially defrauding their fans

What new categories would you like to see?

Maybe 1-2 categories for Best Stream? Like Best Stream and Best Collab stream to split it up? Maybe split newcomer between corpo and indie categories?

Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?

Honestly can't really think of one

What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

It may seem like flooding but potentially have mini-threads to vote for each award as a lot of people aren't going to vote using Google. Don't even have to have discussion on for those mini-threads, just make them have the OP so people can vote here.

 

[Koronesuki]

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?

Holofes.

Favorite new costumes?

Emo Mumei and Goth Fauna were both good. Ina's new one is nice too.

Favorite songs, both originals and covers?

Okayu's "Neko Kaburi-Na" is my favorite original so far this year. It might be because I just heard it this morning, but I'll pick Luna's cover of "World is Mine" for best cover.

Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?

Hololive hasn't debuted any new members lately, so no.

What controversies stood out to you?

Nijisanji turning into a dumpster fire has overshadowed anything else.

What new categories would you like to see?

Best collaboration might be a good category.

Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?

We can stop voting for most menhera. No one is ever going to out-crazy the queen. Just give Mikeneko a lifetime achievement award already and be done with it.

What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

I will continue to not participate if voting requires a Google account. That said, I don't really mind if I get to vote or not. I can just post my choices in the discussion thread.

 

[Scoots]

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?
Favorite new costumes?:
CyYu 2.0
Siren Multiverse Monarch
EmoMei
Goth Fauna
Okayu's member outfit
Hime Hajime's new outfit from March

Favorite songs, both originals and covers?:
Mori Calliope: Overkill,
CyYu/Multiverse Monarch: Stayed Gone Cover
Multiverse Monarch: Devotion
Kaminari Clara: Billbilli be with you
Hakos Baelz: RxRxR

Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?:
Kaminari Clara no contest special mention to Ka-Ching!!

What controversies stood out to you?:
Kurosanji goes mask off (and I expect it to get worse when the April bomb happens)
Vreverie Imploding
Serafi getting shafted by V&U

What new categories would you like to see?:
TVA member centric ones like best clipper member or shitposter

Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?:
I don't want black company to go away but I think Kurosanji should have their own automatic win and dishonorable mention, and the voting should be for second place

What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?:
nothing these spread out surveys are a good idea

 

[Aquatic Novellite]

I think hololive should be banned from the award as they really dont need it.

I agree. We need to shine more of a spotlight on indies and smaller corpos like Ironmouse.

Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?

Beyond my usual go to Onolumi there are certainly some that made a good first impression when I stumbled upon them, or were recommended to me here, but...

I'm encountering some difficulties in really expanding beyond that first impression.

 

[Nenélove]

Okayu's member outfit

Coomer-Hag-enjoyer-sama... I KNEEL

 

[nooternun]

Attention All Asylum Inmates!
The Annual Asylum Awards Spring Survey has begun!​

In order to ensure that this year’s Asylum Awards has the categories and nominees that you all want, we have decided to conduct two surveys, one in spring and another in fall. Not only will this ensure that the awards aren’t just our personal favorites and our guesses at what everyone else likes, but holding a survey at two different times of the year will prevent us from having too much of an end of year bias and keep older events fresh in our mind. Please post any suggestions you have in this thread.

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?
Favorite new costumes?
Favorite songs, both originals and covers?
Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
What controversies stood out to you?
What new categories would you like to see?
Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?
What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

For this year I think there should be a "no vote" option for each of the categories. Last year I voted for lots of things I had no clue about. If not I submit that a contest be held where someone gets to write an award about some obscure thing they like and everyone has to vote.

- New category proposal -
"Deck chairs on the Titanic" award. This is for a vtuber company, talent, community, etc. who are trying to solve an issue but are comicly ineffective. Examples would be

• Sony shutting down Prism and Verse effectively wasting everyone's time
• Mikeneko bringing back Nazuna and opening up a Billibilli account
• Niji reviving the AR live but it looks botched
• vReverie pumping out more talent after they have already imploded

So, what were your favorite events of this year so far?
Holofes
Favorite new costumes?
Pekomom
Favorite songs, both originals and covers?
Sora's Star Star Start! Papaya!~
Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
Lira has me watching AC Milan games... it's tragic
What controversies stood out to you?
V&U because I so hoped for a good company
What new categories would you like to see?
My Titanic suggestion also best niche vtuber (ex. Retro Onolumi/Amiya, Cooking Giri/Cooking Devil, JP speaking EN Tetel, Chinchilla)
Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?
Schizo Fan of the Year (who?) and Bitch Queen (menhera redundent)
What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?
Either a no vote or a joke category
​

Spoiler: My votes for last years format

The Good

Best Corpo of the Year
Holo
Best Indie of the Year
Doki
2 View Spotlight
Chinchilla
Best Reincarnation
Clara
Best Newcomer
Loki
Best Corpo Original Song
Shunkan heartbeat
Best Corpo Cover Song

Best Indie Original Song

Best Indie Cover Song

Best song covers performed by independent vtubers.

Best New Character Design
Clara
Best New Outfit/Model Redesign
Nasa
Smartest Business Move of the Year
MGO airing the 1st concert for free
The Bad

Black Company of the Year
Wactor renaming themselves and keep going
Most Notable Graduation/Termination
Selen
Schizo Fan of the Year

Most Notable Yab
Elira black screen
Menhera Talent of the Year
Mikeneko because she is the queen
Bitch Queen of the Year

The Absolutely Mad

Crossover of the Year
Himehina Heart Pie Dancehall song and dance going viral

Favorite Rrat


Containment Breach of the Year

• Dizzy Dokuro recognizes an Asylum pfp and wants to join under an alt

Asylum Historical Event

 

[WaWa]

So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?
SorAZ First Gravity
Holofes

Favorite songs, both originals and covers?
Sora - Star,star,start
Watame - What An Amazing Swing

Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
Tetel

 

[The Peanut Gallery]

Favorite new costumes?
If just outfits then Henyas schoolgirl outfit
If this also includes model upgrades then Grimmis 3.0

Favorite songs, both originals and covers?
Original

Cover


Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
Nyanna Banana

What controversies stood out to you?
The Nijisanji debacle

 

[Abomination]

Only adding favorite cover for now. Coincidentally, just like my vote for favorite cover of 2023, my current favorite of this year includes Patra:


Amazing cover and such a great duo to cover it.

 

[Fauna's Deadest Sapling]

Favorite events of this year so far?
Easy, Hololive 5th Fes

Favorite new costumes?
Witch Hat Fauna, tho Emo Mumei is close second

Favorite songs?
Bae's "RxRxR" starts off her album perfectly

What controversies stood out to you?
Selen's termination tanking NijiEN so hard that they're still reeling.

Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?
This Mint Fantome seems pretty cute, think she could be a corpo vtuber someday!

 

[Azehara]

• So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?

Holofes 5.

• Favorite new costumes?

• Favorite songs, both originals and covers?

HELP!! - Kobo Kanaeru​

• Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?

Havent watched a single debut in a very long time.

• What controversies stood out to you?

NijiImplosion reaching critical levels after Selen

• What new categories would you like to see?

Most creative fanbase or best fan created content.

• Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?

IDK at the moment

• What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

IDK at the moment

 

[El Rrata]

Mumei's emo outfit

Actually, I think the hands-down best model from this year so far is Chibidoki's Gremlin form. Just look at it:

 

[httn]

• So, what were your favorite events of this year so for?

Holofes

• Favorite new costumes?

Watame, Witch Fauna, uruka

• Favorite songs, both originals and covers?

Original:

Cover:

• Have any new and/or small talents left a good impression on you?

not new but Charlottexbear has managed to grab my eye. A good mix of autism and cute girl.

• What controversies stood out to you?

Selen's termination and subsequent slow but total nijien death

• What new categories would you like to see?

After the boobro's group suicide i think a "worst fanbase" category would be fun

• Which old categories do you feel won’t be needed this year?

Black company is currently a slam dunk for niji, either exclude them or theres no point.

• What other suggestions do you have to improve this year’s awards?

idk lol