Yeah, there's always people who do that. They'll vote for their friends, or authors whose names they recognise. It's a bit sad, but what can you do?
As for your stories attracting people, don't worry! Dragon's Roar seems plenty popular to me, and Welcome to Our World is just starting. I remember the same thing when I first posted Champion Game at Serebii (not here - I was too clever for my own good here) - hardly anybody replied to it for the first few chapters. Just one or two people. In fact, it's still kind of like that, but slowly, so slowly, the thread gets pushed higher and higher simply on the back of your own posts until it reaches critical mass and people can't help but look at it. My eventual vision is having people go 'Hey, what's this Champion Game thread with 150 replies? I've never read it, let's take a loo-HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME'.
Weeeell . . . that's the idea. XD
As for your stories attracting people, don't worry! Dragon's Roar seems plenty popular to me, and Welcome to Our World is just starting. I remember the same thing when I first posted Champion Game at Serebii (not here - I was too clever for my own good here) - hardly anybody replied to it for the first few chapters. Just one or two people. In fact, it's still kind of like that, but slowly, so slowly, the thread gets pushed higher and higher simply on the back of your own posts until it reaches critical mass and people can't help but look at it. My eventual vision is having people go 'Hey, what's this Champion Game thread with 150 replies? I've never read it, let's take a loo-HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME'.
Weeeell . . . that's the idea. XD