Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-92.3.202.241-20150420160231/@comment-99.71.121.131-20160108022602

Oh boy, we can be open about hating Ruby now??? OH, HELL YES.

First off, Ruby was devv'ed by one person, which is almost unacceptable. It isn't an excuse, and neither is the excuse of "SHe was made for V3!!!!111!!!11 #saveroobe" Vocaloids should be made by teams to help and give creative differences. (And I don't mean just using a beta voicebank and giving your opinion.) Even then, Voicebanks can still sound low quality. The only two people who really made Ruby was Misha and Ally. I've never even heard Ally use her outside of demos.

Second, her fanbase was so simple and neat in the beginning (and then there was Zephyr), nice and supportive of Ally's endeavor. Then all that stuff as AX happened and then #SaveRuby happened and holy shit it just went down hill. If you even dared say one negative thing about her, everyone jumped to the occasion and bashed/roasted you to a crisp and tag misha and ally in the post like they're reporting you to the assistant principal. It's like #SaveRuby gave the WesVo fandom purpose for once in their (our, but i wasn't a part of that mess) life, and everybody was drawing "ReAl roOoBy" and sending death threats to Bil. We all remember this part, so I don't really need to go into much detail.

Her design is third. (NOT OFFICIAL ALLEGRI ART, NOT OFFICIAL ARTEMI ART. just the design.) To me, it feels uninspired. I do like the American feel, but it just looks non- american at the same time. Her hair clip is very Miku, the waveforms and play button on her belt are a constant freaking trope. Even her hairstyle is reminicent to Miku's concept. '''Also, Is It Just Me Or Does Ruby's Design Remind Anyone Of STELLA? i sWEAR tO gOD iT'S pROBABLY jUST mE''' I liked Allegri's original concept, yet I also enjoyed artemi's as well. This final design feels like a mix, but with all the "meh" qualities.

Fourth and final, Misha just headcannons some mostly unprofessional shit. I think it's a funny quirk for Ruby to like and read Naruto, but shipping her with a lot of female vocaloids is really strange. Just because she's Ruby's VP doesn't mean she has the right to say what's 100% cannon about Ruby and what isn't. Jokes/Yolks or not, you don't even see Cien or Katineru shipping left and right with the femmes they VP'd. (also btw all the things she ships are trash [besides Daiby]) It would be okay if she said these things /after/ her release. People followed Misha for news and updates on the project, and they mostly see Ruby x Miku fanart???? um?????????

TL;DR,

Ruby's fanbase sucks, her design is just a bunch of troupes, her voicebank would be shit if it wasn't for having the largest vocab, and her VP is unprofessional.