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rofl. I bet it will. I think you should try to gear it towards the current metagame and not just how it works so it doesn't get too similar! (so not leaking what you're writing xD)
Write it in a different standpoint from your article! Try to emulate what Omicron did with the weather one?
Do you know just how adorable ^.^ is, and by extension how adorable your signature is and how adorable the overwhelming majority of your posts are and how adorable your irc shenanigans are? Very adorable ^.^