Call me a stalker or something, but I saw you get mentioned by SIF on Twitter. Can you explain what it was for? Can't read JP so I couldn't understand any of it T-T
I wouldn’t call it “stalking” since my Twitter account isn’t private or anything, but I *am* kinda amused that you went as far as looking at my mentions. I don’t think those show up on my Twitter page at all, so I assume that rather than stalking my Twitter account, you just happened to see the SIF tweet on your own Twitter feed…which can only happen if you’re following me on Twitter. 👀 Hello, mysterious follower~
For those of you who don’t follow JPSIF, there’s been a huge amount of giveaways and promotions to celebrate the 5th anniversary of SIF. During the livestream hosted by the three winners of the SIF 5th anniversary campaign girl election - Nico/Soramaru, Yoshiko/Aikyan, and Setsuna/Tomori (I haven’t been keeping up with PDP so I don’t know if she has a nickname…is it something like “Tomorin”? OTL) - they announced the following:
The additional prizes, to round out the total to 55,555, were later announced as:
Prize E: 5th anniversary special sticker (5,000 sets)
5th Anniversary Prize: 5th anniversary of the scheres acrylic standup panel ~ μ’s · Aqours 2 kind set ~ (530 sets)
AC Award: Scores AC Member Card Complete Album (5 sets)
Revenge Prize: Aqours 3rd Live Tour Saitama Day 2 tickets (5 sets)
(Source - SIF channel on the /r/LL discord)
By the way, if you want to make a JPSIF account, now is a really good time to do so. The scouting campaign isn’t restricted to a specific set of 5 days, so hurry before it ends - you can do a 10+1 pull once a day for both µ’s and Aqours, and it’ll only become unavailable when you’ve done 5 pulls for each or when the campaign is over on April 30. Oh, and to sweeten the deal, the 10+1 scouts are guaranteed to have at least 1 SR or better in each pull. Though with 10 of these pulls, (unless you have Yoshiko-level bad luck) there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll get a lot more than just 10 SRs! :D
I can personally attest to how good the free 10+1 scouts are. I actually went and made a JPSIF account just to try my luck (I don’t have plans to actively play on the JP server for now, so I made it just for the scouts) and…oh wow. Spoilers - I didn’t get any Rin or You URs, but I did get some really nice pulls.
(A fun story about a sleep-deprived Yujacha: I woke up to this news by blearily checking my notifications in the middle of the night and nearly got a heart attack because I thought it meant 110 free 10+1 scouts. The “110 free scouts” refers to the 110 cards you’ll get from doing 10+1 pulls x 5 days x 2 groups.)
In addition to these free scouts, they’re also giving away a bunch of love gems/scouting tickets/SR supporting members/etc. for the release of LLS S2 BD5 and the re-airing of S2 in Japan on top of the 5th anniversary freebies. What better way to start a JPSIF account than with a small mountain of love gems and a team strength of at least 10 SRs?
Anyways, moving on to the main topic - the Twitter campaign that you saw me participating in mentioned in bullet #4. Those are some freakin’ amazing prizes - the 3L tickets are pretty generous already, but A NINTENDO SWITCH?!?!?!
How it works is that the official JPSIF Twitter (@lovelive_SIF) tweets out a video. All you have to do is follow the account and retweet that video, and the account will automatically tweet a video at you in response (that’s the tweet you likely saw). You can either watch the video and enjoy the SIF-style dialogue by ChikaRikoYou, or skip to ~1:50 if you’re impatient and just want to know if you won a prize!
FYI, even though ~55k sounds like a really high number of winners, the actual chances of winning are pretty slim because there are hundreds of thousands of people participating in this campaign every day. Personally, I’ve gotten this message every single day:
That says zannen, or “too bad”. In other words, no prizes for me so far. I’ve actually seen a large number of people on the /r/LL discord and my Twitter feed winning Prize A, so it is possible to win! …just not very probable. _(:3 」∠)_
For those of you who want to participate, the campaign is still going on! The first official tweet went out on 8pm Pacific time this past Sunday (4/15), and I believe the campaign continues until the end of the month or until there are 55,555 winners - whichever comes first. If you’re unsure of which tweet to RT (since it’s all in Japanese), look for the tweet that has a video and numbered instructions. Here’s the most recent tweet as an example:
Please note the following:
You have to RT the most recent video to have a chance at winning. As of this post, there have been seven rounds of tweets. The SIF account posts a new video approximately every day, so check back often!
You need to RT the original video from the official JPSIF account rather than RTing it from someone else. I’ve seen someone tweeting the video I RTed, and I silently prayed for that poor soul who erroneously thought they were entering the prize lottery.
Don’t forget to follow the JPSIF account!
In the future, if you want to keep up with this kind of news, I highly recommend that you follow the Love Live! Wikia (@ll_wikia) and Love Live! Updates (@LLUpdates) on Twitter. Oh, and if you happen to be in the /r/LL discord, the most recent tweet is pinned in the announcements channel for your convenience!
I’d also like to point you to the blog @lovelive-updates, which posts news related to JPSIF and updates frequently. The mod seems really friendly and is great with helping people navigate JPSIF and answering questions about the game, so give them a follow! The news updates there aren’t quite as fast as Twitter, but if you prefer to see things on Tumblr, that would be your best choice.
Or, as always, simply shoot me an ask if you don’t know where to go and I’ll be happy to help! 👌
