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I believe YC is an awesome opportunity and even I we'll be rejected the project will be launched.
Good luck everyone to get to the ready prototype and go on to the big things from it ;)
YC W13: "The X for Y class"
From http://ycombinator.com/howtoapply.html :
One good trick for describing a project concisely is to explain it as a variant of something the audience already knows. It's like Wikipedia, but within an organization. It's like an answering service, but for email. It's eBay for jobs. This form of description is wonderfully efficient. Don't worry that it will make your idea seem "derivative." Some of the best ideas in history began by sticking together two existing ideas no one realized could be combined.
Definitely use a less douchey description in your actual YC app. Or at least name your company Devil's Deuce Interactive.
Oh and a request? I sign up for the betas of a lot of these out of interest, to see if anything looks like it will take off. I am constantly getting notifications and updates, which is fine, but without mentioning what your service is - don't make me go to your website to remind myself what you do and find out if I want to stay subscribed: please just put a quick paragraph in your email footer.