Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-99.71.121.131-20150614195741/@comment-26116982-20150628183605

"Big Al syndrome" (also written as "pulling a Big Al") is an insider joke amongst the western fandom about related to certain Vocaloids. The term refers to a Vocaloid who is assigned a release date publicly and then ends up being delayed for one reason or another. Traditionally this term is applied to male Vocaloids only as the first few Vocaloids that were known to be delayed were male." - Vocaloid Answers Wiki   I don't really think BIG AL Syndrome hit Ruby hard but it did hit her. The Vocaloid Answers Wiki said BIG AL was announced around the time Sweet ANN which is June 2007 and BIG AL was released in December 2009. That mean Vocaloid fans at the time had to wait two and half years for his release, it has only been a few months since Ruby was announced.