It really hurts that Matara was trying to get more VShojo group fanart, but accidentally triggered a landmine by organizing a contest with a prize pool.
The fan artists would have been more inspired by recognition, of their oshi showing their art on stream, maybe getting some signed merch or a congratulatory letter. Of having their art recognized by their community and shared a lot...
She had wanted 6 members in the same picture with a 1 month timeline, which is a lot to ask for honestly. She had to do a lot of damage control of increasing the prize pool and reducing the count to 4, but...
But to put it into perspective, Hololive's Oozora Subaru posted this on November 25th. 冬のもこもこ犬目で追ってしまう🐶 [tl: My eyes were drawn by dogs with fuzzy winter coats], and got this response:
戌神ころね: あ、ドモ( ^。^ )照
FUWAMOCO: BAU BAUー!!🐾✨
白上フブキ: 🦊コン
大神ミオ: ワンッ🐺
Korone: Ah, Thanks ( ^。^ ) embarassed
FUWAMOCO: BAU BAU-!! 🐾✨
Fubuki: 🦊 Kon [fox sound]
Mio: Woof 🐺
And within one day, an amazing fanart with 6 Holomems appeared just like that. It had great traction, reactions, and viewership.
What Matara wants is to foster a sense of group identity with VShojo, but money wasn't the right answer. Hololive has organized stuff like Holotober where the members show a calendar with themes for fanart for each day of October, no money is exchanged, yet everyone is happy. And fans just draw group art for random interactions like this within a day.
#Hololive #VShojo #FUWAMOCO #OozoraSubaru #InugamiKorone #OokamiMio #ShirakakiFubuki