Talk:Ring Suzune/@comment-114.79.13.148-20140813104349/@comment-53539-20141108172048

...And this is where the route of the problem can lie. Fans don't always have enough to get a project finished. Some, like Yukari and VocaTone can work out for the best, others like Alys, Lui and Ring can fall apart. The reason why Yukari's producer group and VocaTone worked is because they had guidance from experienced and season Vocaloid handlers.

Professional companies like CFM, Zero-G, Internet co, etc, tend to have things like budgeting, marketing and influence already so are more stable releases and more likely to stick with their investments. That doesn't mean they won't and can't drop a project at a whim, but it does mean they are more committed and can pull it off.

Fans are the life and blood of a fandom, but it doesn't mean that everything they want can happen nor does it mean that they have a clue what to do. Alys is a prime example of why fans aren't always the best handlers of something, they went to Yamaha and pretty much expected a French vocal to be made. They lacked professionalism and things fell apart, leading to them choosing an alternative route (CeVIO). Think also about UTAU here, out of the many, many vocals for UTAU, most are created by people who would rather have made a Vocaloid but couldn't and most of the UTAU vocals don't get anywhere. UTAU is a mix because of the fact the input is fans themselves, so many factors and abandoned projects... Only a few known vocals... Etc. etc.

Fans are not incompetent despite this and they can be the saviors of a project too. MLP:Friendship is magic, Star Trek, Star Wars, comic book franchises... Their powered by the love of fans and so long as fans put money into these franchises they grow. Vocaloid works by they same principle. Hell even here within Vocaloid we've had Bee and Puppycat make it due to fans. :-/