With the Season 4 finale tomorrow followed by the painfully long hiatus until Lost returns in 2009, I thought now would be a good time to let you know some of the things we have planned here to help pass the time a little less painfully. I hope you keep visiting the site during the hiatus and enjoy it as much as you can!
The Season 4 awards
These will start a few days after the finale. We already have a number of Nominations and will add to this after the finale as I'm sure there will be some cool lines and scenes that need to be added. Once we have all the Nominations we will be narrowing down the nominations to 7 options in each category as the poll software we use on the site only allows for 7 options. However the new Forums allow much larger Polls so we will be using these to narrow down the selections. I suggest that you grab yourself a Username over there so that you can join in the fun and the voting. Once we have our top 7 in each category those will be posted here on the main site.
Season 5 Fantasy League
G-Man and Myself will be running another fantasy league next season and shortly we will have the new rules and character groups posted along with a very simple and free form for you to create your team. The submissions will stay open as long as possible but as soon as any major spoilers start to come in for Season 5 we will close the registration process. So make sure you check back here often or subscribe via the RSS feeds to avoid disappointment.
Character Cup
After the success last year of the Character Cup G-Man will be running another Character Cup which will include all the great new characters from Season 4.
Episode Cup
We'll be running another Episode Cup during the Hiatus and I'm sure the various match-ups created by the virtual hat will spark as much heated debate as they did last year :). If time, we may have additional a Scene cup.
Prop Cup
Dharmageddon will be running another of his fun cups to find your favourite props and objects. Again we will be using the forums to narrow down the initial selections so make sure you have an account there.
Season 4 Fantasy and Predication League Results/Awards
After the finale and after we've collated all the points and results we will post the winners and the prizes for the both these competitions.
Season 4 DVD
We will be providing detailed reports on the Season 4 DVD and hope to be the first site to bring you artwork, deleted scenes, bloopers and other special items from the DVD. These will all be found in the DVD section.
Other Site Sections
Obviously all the other sections of the site will remain open so keep your Fan Fiction, Theories and Polls etc coming in.
ARG 3?
After the very successful 2nd Arg, Find815, if ABC come up with a new Arg we will obviously create a new section of the site dedicated to it. Fingers crossed.
Comic Con
We will also be providing live coverage of the Lost Panel at Comic Con this year in the Live Lost section.
Quizzes and Games
After yesterdays very successful Quiz, which had over 40,000 people take part we will try to run more of these in the future. We are also in talks with some flash game providers who we are trying to partner with to bring you some fun interactive Lost related games.
Suggestions
We're always open to fun suggestions for things to add to the site and to do during the Hiatus, so please feel free to email me direct, leave a comment here or on the Forums.
Vacation
I'll personally be taking a couple of vacations during the summer including seeing my younger sister getting married in Dubai, but rest assured I have an excellent back up team in The ODI, G-Man, Dharmaggeddon etc who will cover for me during any time away.
Namaste!Welcome to DarkUFO, one of the most popular Lost sites on the net! We hope to have everything that a Lost fan wants: Spoilers, Theories, Screencaps, Recaps, Contests and lots of other great things to keep a dedicated Lost fan occupied. Please have a look around, post a comment, and even visit our forums or chatroom to interact with other Lost fans. Have fun, and namaste!
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36 Comments:
I can't waith for the episode cup and character cup!. Last year was awesome with great debates!.
As for the episode cup, it will include all episodes from season one to season four right?
Yep all episodes will be included although there may have to be a prelim round or something so that we get the correct amount of matchups etc.
Well i hope my favorites will pass the prelim rounds lol!
Dark you will keep the Media Mentions section open, won't you???
:D
Dark you will keep the Media Mentions section open, won't you?
Yep all sections will remain open, they just might not be quite as busy as the others.
Will you be keeping all the old spoilers up? I have managed to stay spoiler-free for the 2nd half of season 4 and thinking about writing an article looking at the spoilers in retrospect and how they could change a person's enjoyment of the episode with regards to what was spoiled and what was kept under wraps.
I read every spoiler for the first half of season 4 so I'll be comparing the two experiences.
Thought this would be fun to do.
Will you be keeping all the old spoilers up?
Yep, nothing gets deleted here. You can go back to S3 spoilers :)
Woo hoo! Bring on the Episode Cup!
Being all nice and diplomatic during the LFL has been hard. Can't wait for a chance to be a shrewd, opinionated rabble-rouser again! :-p
Cool, looking forward too what's coming up. :).
oh yeah ComicCon!! I am hoping for an ARG to fill the empty space in my Lost heart haha
9 months looks a lil' shorter already :)
I have an idea, As we know for many fans of "LOST", Lost: Via Domus was too short and disapointed them, so here's my idea: maybe we could create an island in Crysis editor obviously with all of it's locations and characters , game could be divide on episodes and seasons. Obviously there is a massive work to do, but if we can create a group of several fans with experience of creating games. I think this game could be really awesome to huge number of fans. Dark, I assume that whole project would be on your site (i mean to get involved fans in creating game and writing about progress).
I don't blame you if you think that this idea is impracticable :) and sorry for my english, it is not my native language but i hope you know what i mean ;)
Wow Dark all of this sounds great. This is what got me through the season 3 hiatus, that's when I found your site. Looking forward to it. Thanks for all your hard work!!
thanks for all of these wonderful services! we really appreciate them!
I found out somewhere that Lost is going to air on the SciFi channel in the fall, so you can watch repeats until the hiatus as well.
Won't that be fun?
Oh yeah, and the cups too. Yay cups!
I discovered this site when Season 3 ended and it ended up being my favourite site because of all the info and the cups.
I'm looking forward to a great hiatus
What is the LOST Fantasy league? Could someone tell me what it is?
Will there be a S5 Prediction league? Or is that too much to keep track of? It was fun even though my prediction score is pathetic. Keep up the good work.
Looks like you've got lots planned for us Dark. Even though Lost will be over for another season soon, we can alwyas count on this fatastic site! All of the cups were great entertainment last year! Can't wait for all the great debates to begin :)
Over here, in Romania, a TV channel just bought LOST (I hope they've bought all 4 seasons), and they're going to air it starting June 4th. That is going make the hiatus pass a little faster.
I also hope there's going to be another online game/ARG.
I WANT the CUPS nooooww!!!
Specially the EPISODE CUP!!!!!
Can we get an updated Vozzek's Theory of Everything?
How about setting up days or several months of rewatching LOST from the beginning? Each episode will be reviewed/discussed or something? Just a suggestion. Otherwise sounds fun! This is my favorite LOST site.
What about the Prediction League? Will it be back?
I am SO excited for tomorrow! I for one am thinking an ARG is inevitable...too much promo money to be had. Especially since all the new fans are glomming on. Is it bad I got a 416 on the WHLQ? i thought I was doing good, that S was hard!
Well, I think this will keep us busy and happy while we wait for the next season. Thank you so much!
I'm amazed, Dark. I've never been to a website that strives so hard (and succeeds) in keeping its fans/customers happy!
This is hard work. It shows and is appreciated.
Thanks!
PS -- This is my #1 Lost site that I visit!
Another year of hiatus fun is in sight. Looking forward to all the goodies Dark and crew think up!
This is the best site indeed.
And Dark in Dubai with the rich and famous? Are you keeping something from us Dark? Cool...
And Dark in Dubai with the rich and famous? Are you keeping something from us Dark? Cool..
Ha I wish lol. Off to sisters wedding (she lives out there). Cheapest flight and hotel possible booked (although not that cheap out there!)
I'm missing these last two weeks cause I don't want to be spoiled but after the finale I come back to the site and of course the LFL cause I enjoyed it a lot. thanks Dark for the entertainment.
Saw the cups last year and it was great!
Count me in this time!
Sooo thankful for this site. It's all that I have to get me through the long ass break. Thanks Dark and Co.
Ha - indeed. What is dear little sis doing right? LOL for sure.
Nothing is cheap there.
Hey Dark!
I am new to your site and I was wondering WHERE we can get some information on what they are and how to participate on all the stuff you mentioned above. It sounds like a lot of fun so any guidance would be greatly appreciated it.
Thanks
PS: I'm really exited about tonight!!
Diva: Don't worry, each of the above will have their own announcements when the time comes on the homepage. Just make sure you stay tuned :)
look forward to all of the fun!!