Announcing 5 New Ways to View DarkUFO

Hey all, we've got some great new features to announce today.

Today we’re previewing five new dynamic templates you’ll be able to access the site with. These new views use the latest in web technology, including AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3, to deliver a host of benefits to you:

Infinite scrolling: read more posts without having to reload or click to a second page

New layouts: different views suited to different types of blogs

Speed: download images as you view them, not all at once in advance

Interactivity: there are now more ways to experience and engage with blog content

Here is a video that gives you a taste of the features

Over 650,000 Lost Fans visited the site after the Series Finale

I was just going through the server stats and thought I'd share this with you.

Following the Lost Series Finale we had over 650,000 Lost Fans visit the site and over 1.7 Million Page Hits. Awesome :)

SpoilerTV Best Show Ever - Predict the Winners and win a prize! - Can Lost win?

We have a new brackets competition in order to find and predict the Best Show in our Cup.

I've got LOST winning the whole thing.. but then again I would ;)

You can see all the details here including how to win a prize for the winning bracket.

The DarkUFO Season 6 Awards - Day 1 Winners Announced

Here are the results of the Day 1 Votes.

Congrats to the Winners

Best Episode
The End - 56.8%
Ab Aeterno - 20.5%
Happily Ever After - 7.6%
My Choice - The End

Best Flashback/Flashforward(s)
Ab Aeterno - 43.9%
The End - 24%
Happily Ever After - 12.7%
My Choice - Ab Aeterno

Worst Flashback/Flashforward(s)
What Kate Does - 65.8%
Recon - 11.5%
Across The Sea - 5.6%
My Choice - What Kate Does

Best Title
Ab Aeterno - 27%
What They Died For - 18%
The End - 14%
My Choice - The End

Worst Episode
What Kate Does - 65.4%
Recon - 13.4%
Across the Sea - 7.7%
My Choice - What Kate Does

The DarkUFO Season 6 Awards - Day 6 Polls

Here are the final set of polls for the Season 6 Awards. In a few days I'll announce all the winners and runners up.

Polls after the cut as usual.

The DarkUFO Season 6 Awards - Day 5 Polls

Here are the Polls for Day 5.

Polls after the cut.

The DarkUFO Season 6 Awards - Day 4 Polls

Here are Day 4's Polls.

Polls after the cut.

The DarkUFO Season 6 Awards - Day 3 Polls

Here are the Polls for Day 3.

Polls after the cut.

The DarkUFO Season 6 Awards - Day 2 Polls

Here are Day 2 Polls.

All Polls after the cut. Let us know in the comments what you voted for and why.

The DarkUFO Season 6 Awards - Day 1 Polls

Today sees our first series of polls for this years Season 6 Awards. We'll have another batch tomorrow.

Let us know in the comments who you voted for any why.

All Polls are after the cut.

Coming Soon to DarkUFO

Now that the finale is behind us I thought I'd just let you know some of things we have planned for the upcoming weeks...

- Season 6 Awards for various Categories
- Winners of the Prediction League Announced
- Updates to the LOST Fantasy League
- Episode Cup and Brackets
- Character Cup and Brackets
- Lost Rewatch/Recaps and Polls of all episodes.
- DVD/Blu-Ray Materials inc Deleted Scenes and extra footage
- Plus all the usual Theories, Polls, Fan Media etc

So stay tuned and make sure you don't miss out on any of the above, especially the Cups where you can win prizes for predicting the correct results.

DarkUFO ranked 2nd Best LOST Website :)

Thanks to Robert for the heads up.


Source: PC World

The Show maybe over but we're not!

Unless you've had your brain removed recently you will know that Tonight marks the last ever episode of our show LOST.

It's a bittersweet feeling knowing that the show we all love is finally coming to an end after all these years and I know I'll miss it greatly. The show and this site have become such a large part of my recent life that I cannot remember a time before Lost (probably due to the amount of beer I drink).

I was going to write a huge great post that probably no one would have read anyway, but I think had I done so, I'd of started to well up and get a little teary eyed, so instead I'll keep it short and sweet.

As we head into tonights episode I hope you all enjoy it as much as I know I will and that you'll come back after to share your thoughts and comments on the Episode and Vote in our various polls.

One of the best things to come out of Lost for me personally is that of the LOST fan community that has built up over the years as well as all the wonderful people I've had the pleasure to meet and work with online. So many people that I don't want to thank them all because if I miss one person out I don't want them to be offended. All the helpers and contributors for DarkUFO, SpoilerTV and the Forum all know who they are and without their help this site would not be what it is today. Also, I must not forget to thank every one of you who visit the site, vote on the polls, comment on the posts, ReTweet our content etc. It's all helped build DarkUFO into one of the largest ever Fan sites ever on the Internet (the site has been loaded over 160+ Million Times since we started).

However, as the title of this post suggests, we're not going anywhere fast here at DarkUFO (See Below) and we'll be around for as long as people keep visiting the site.

Feel free in the comments to just say hi, thanks, and/or share your thoughts on the show as it' heads into the final episode and what you'll miss the most about it. It's been a helluva ride.

So thank you everyone, enjoy tonight, and make sure you come back here after the episode and for many months/years to come.

Namaste.

Post-Lost Site Details
NOTE: A lot of people have asked if the site is going to close once Lost ends. Below is some info about what will happen.

- The site will NEVER be deleted as long as I'm knocking around and Google are still in business
- We still have a lot to cover after the show formally ends
- We'll be on hand to treat any PLTS (Post Lost Traumatic Syndrome) sufferers
- Reviews/Recaps/Analysis of the finale and the series etc
- No doubt more theories/polls/Fan Created Media
- Cast Interviews/Videos
- Episode and Character Cups
- Season 6 Awards
- Fantasy and Prediction League Winners
- DVD/Blu-Ray Details, clips, Bloopers etc
- We'll be looking to do ReWatches etc in the Forums.
- And we'll still to be found at SpoilerTV and in the Forums where we'll be covering other shows
- Basically as long as people want to continue visiting the site we'll be here for you.

The Final Ever Live Chat Tonight

This will be our final ever Live Episode Chat :(

Update: 23rd May Couple of important notes.

1) Canada are NOT getting the Episode Early.
2) Episode 6.17/6.18 runs at 2.5 hrs tonight - So set your DVR's/Tivo's accordingly.
3) There is NO Enhanced Episode Tonight
4) If you do NOT watch the Episode US East Coast Time - DO not visit the site or Follow us on Twitter as there will be spoilers in our tweets after the episode has aired!
4) For those that missed the live stream you can view the stream again about an hour after it has aired at Ninja Video

To find out when Lost airs in your timezone visit this site http://tvcountdown.com/. Be Warned that this link has the title of the Episode for those wanting to avoid it

For us in the UK here are the times for the USA East Coast airings.

2hr Recap starts at Midnight UK Time
Lost Episode 6.17/6.18 - Starts 02:00am - Ends 04:30am

YOU ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO USE A FREE CHAT CLIENT LIKE CHATZILLA OR mIRC TO ACCESS THE CHAT SERVER.

We have a very nice Chatzilla Install Guide here

Tonight during each episode you will be able to Chat online with other Lost fans whilst the episode airs. We had a peak of 841 users chatting this year. It's a great way to interact with other fans or just to watch/see peoples reactions. Note: The Chat rooms are available 24/7 here at DarkUFO.

Read more about the chat here and some help/info here for beginners. When you are ready click on the link below to go to the Chat Room and make sure you reserve your desired username before someone else grabs it :)

Launch the Chat Here

Warning: We do have a number of moderators online but as with all things Interwebby trolls do exists so beware. Anyone caught posting spoilers, being rude or generally unfriendly will be banned immediately from the Chat, The Web Site and The Forum.

MAJOR SPOILER Warning - Please Read

Update: 23rd May Over the last 24hrs I've had so many emails for various people involved in the show and so many emails from fans asking not to post the spoilers for finale as well as about 100 very nasty hate emails that I've decided it's just not worth posting these spoilers this close to the Final ever episode. Sorry to those who were looking forward to the spoilers, but it's just not worth the grief I've been getting. You should still be careful in case they are released elsewhere on the net.

Enjoy the finale, Spoiler Free tonight.

We've had a number of major spoilers which we have delayed posting till as late as possible to avoid people getting spoiled who don't want to be for the finale. These will probably be posted sometime tomorrow, so this is an advanced heads up to those who don't want to be spoiled to get off the spoiler section.

Also, if you are a LOST site owner, Forum Admin, I suggest that you go into a Lockdown mode.

Also, if you visit non-moderated forums, I suggest you steer clear of these till after the finale to avoid being shotgun spoiled. Be careful where you visit.

I strongly suggest that when these are posted that you DO NOT View them unless you are a hard core Spoiler Addict.

Today is #ThankstoLost Day on Twitter (Please ReTweet)

Thanks to our friends over at WeLoveLost for this initiative, especially Jami Losurdo (@jami674) for creating it, for #ThankstoLost Day? for all Lost fans on Twitter to Thank our favourite show. When tweeting just make sure you use the #ThankstoLost tag to help support this and to hopefully get it trending on Twitter. Or simply click the ReTweet button above.

See All the Tweets below which will update in realtime.

Forums are currently Down - *Back Up Now*

Update: 20:20 They should be back now.
Update: 19:30 We hope to have the forums back in 3-4 hrs.

The Forums are currently down. Hope to have them fixed soon.

Important News for DarkUFO Readers - You have been Warned

Now that 6.15 has aired, Finale and 6.16 spoilers will NO LONGER be behind "ARE YOU SURE" buttons as the only spoilers we will have are Finale and 6.16 Spoilers.

Consider the entire Spoiler Section "ARE YOU SURE". Only Death Spoilers and Detailed Episode Synopsis will be behind the buttons and other Spoilers that we consider MAJOR.

So No Moaning :)

Post Lost Ideas - Have Your Say!

Yesterday we made a post about some of the plans we have for the site post Lost.

Now it's your turn to have your say, let us know in the comments any ideas that you have for some things that we could do post Lost. Try to make them practical where possible.

I don't promise that we'll be able to do them all but I'm sure between us Lost fans we can come up with a few cool ideas that we could look to implement.

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And don't forget to tell all your social media friends and twitter followers about us!

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Facebook - Personal
Facebook - SpoilerTV
Facebook - FlashForward
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Twitter - DarkUFO (Lost only)
Twitter - SpoilerTV
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