Fanfiction Lounge

[Miz en Scène]

When you're thinking up an idea for a story, which do you think of first, characters or events?
Events and then characters because I'm more comfortable with working out the plot rather than characterization.

Anyway, it seems the lounge has gone back to just bold-topics and there only appear to be snippets of the revolution that was supposed to take place.

Revolution Segment
In reference to my suggestion on which we'd have a 'Wall of Reviewers' thread and Bay said that it would take a lot of work. I'd be willing to make the thread and update it monthly plus coming up with the rules and such.

• In tl;dr form, we'd have an incentive in the form of a bronze,silver and gold emblem for reviewers who reach a certain quota of reviews for a set number of months.
• People would post in a thread to say that they've done review so and so and I'd add that to the list plus their Reviews per month calculation. Reviews that aren't linked won't be counted, but I'd check the review links to see that they're not just lying about reviewing for the sake of getting emblems. Reviews must meet a certain standard so that short reviews that don't technically break rules, but aren't really much help except for pointing out a mistake or two aren't counted(this segment up for refinement).
• A different emblem, of much higher distinction than the three ranked ones, but of unknown specs, for reviews that are excellent can be given out by Astinus to whomever she deems worthy enough regardless of RPM quota.

Feedback?

 

[Astinus]

I want gender-neutral pronouns to be commonplace.

Determining just how much is enough when it comes to reviews would be a good thing. While there's currently a revival of what's going to be counted as good reviews (all y'all that're reviewing and kicking ass deserve something grand), there's still the matter of determining just how low we want reviews to go. I mean, is saying "Don't you think that you need to be a little more descriptive?" good enough? Or how about "Congratulations!! It's just a perfect story. Ok there may be some typing mistakes, but so what"?

Once that's straightened out, we can kind of prod people along to reaching the standards set without making it seem like they need to kill themselves. Saying that someone doesn't need to go line-by-line and point out every good and bad thing in order to review might take a load off potential reviewers' minds. It lets them know that this is what we're looking for, and that's all. Then there'll be plenty of people out there reviewing in hopes of getting emblems. Which means...

In tl;dr form, we'd have an incentive in the form of a bronze,silver and gold emblem for reviewers who reach a certain quota of reviews for a set number of months.

Yes to the emblems. We have a few volunteers here in our own section willing to make them, which is great. And people love trying to earn emblems.

People would post in a thread to say that they've done review so and so and I'd add that to the list plus their Reviews per month calculation. Reviews that aren't linked won't be counted, but I'd check the review links to see that they're not just lying about reviewing for the sake of getting emblems. Reviews must meet a certain standard so that short reviews that don't technically break rules, but aren't really much help except for pointing out a mistake or two aren't counted(this segment up for refinement).

Most of my thoughts on this were posted above on the standards part of it. Currently, I'm not thinking/seeing of any problem with this that there could be. Others might see something. But right now, I'm fine with it.

A different emblem, of much higher distinction than the three ranked ones, but of unknown specs, for reviews that are excellent can be given out by Astinus to whomever she zie deems worthy enough regardless of RPM quota.

I just know with this emblem I'm going to get some questions as to how people can earn this emblem. Especially if it's shiny and secret enough.

Just to ask: do you mean reviewers or reviewers? I'm leaning toward the latter one, only because those people who are reviewing and kicking ass every time they review deserve something grand.

That's all I have for now. Hoping things get moving.

 

[txteclipse]

Netbook showed up today. Coincidentally, what do you all think of animated emblems? :3

...Or can we even do that?

 

[Miz en Scène]

Just to ask: do you mean reviewers or reviewers? I'm leaning toward the latter one, only because those people who are reviewing and kicking ass every time they review deserve something grand.

Uhhh... Well, I assume that you meant to say reviewers as opposed to single reviews --unless I'm missing something here >.< -- so I'm gonna say reviewers. Like the writer's emblem, someone qualifies after doing quality reviews that are generally deemed awesome.

Netbook showed up today. Coincidentally, what do you all think of animated emblems? :3

...Or can we even do that?

My sentiments exactly... I haven't seen any animated ones as of now...

 

[Misheard Whisper]

Ugh, I feel awful now. After saying I'd go do reviews straight away, I haven't done any yet. Why is that? I guess I find it difficult to review fics that are in progress, seeing as I like to go down and break them down paragraph by paragraph or even line by line, without there being too many mistakes.

Ugh, I'm just making excuses, but at least I'm in the mood to review now if something comes up that I can review. I've even been practicing over on the Big Green forum. :3

In short, yeah, this is a 'sorry, I fail and am a complete procrastinator' post. u_u

I do like the idea of a shiny super secret semblem for Asty to hand out, though, and I do agree with the idea put forward earlier about the bronze/silver/gold emblems, though I suggest Astinus determines the exact number required for each and keeps it seekurt. :3

 

[Yusshin]

Is everyone capable of reviewing, or is there a sign-up thread?

I'd very much like to get in on this :s I've already reviewed two or three fanfics, and I rather enjoy it. Always nice to help out.

 

[bobandbill]

Is everyone capable of reviewing, or is there a sign-up thread?

I'd very much like to get in on this :s I've already reviewed two or three fanfics, and I rather enjoy it. Always nice to help out.

No sign-up needed. o_o Just go and review! =D

 

[Yusshin]

No sign-up needed. o_o Just go and review! =D

Thanks for confirming that, 'bill. I might sign up to be a proof-reader in that other thread :s but I only have one decent excerpt of my writing, so I have to wait probably ><

Fun n.n

 

[Astinus]

Uhhh... Well, I assume that you meant to say reviewers as opposed to single reviews --unless I'm missing something here >.< -- so I'm gonna say reviewers.

You missed the fact that I was reading LiveJournal while posting, a habit I really need to stop.

Yeah, I meant reviewers.

I don't think animated emblems are allowed though. Sorry.

 

[Giratina ♀]

Besides, even if we have animated ones, if you have more than one don't they just fade in and out in a continuous loop anyhow? That would make it hard to see anything.

 

[Bay]

I want gender-neutral pronouns to be commonplace.

Determining just how much is enough when it comes to reviews would be a good thing. While there's currently a revival of what's going to be counted as good reviews (all y'all that're reviewing and kicking ass deserve something grand), there's still the matter of determining just how low we want reviews to go. I mean, is saying "Don't you think that you need to be a little more descriptive?" good enough? Or how about "Congratulations!! It's just a perfect story. Ok there may be some typing mistakes, but so what"?

Once that's straightened out, we can kind of prod people along to reaching the standards set without making it seem like they need to kill themselves. Saying that someone doesn't need to go line-by-line and point out every good and bad thing in order to review might take a load off potential reviewers' minds. It lets them know that this is what we're looking for, and that's all. Then there'll be plenty of people out there reviewing in hopes of getting emblems. Which means...

That this community will be fun again! ;D But yeah, we should discuss how we want the minimum standards of the reviews to be. Maybe as soon as Jax gets the review guide done then we can discuss that there?

Netbook showed up today. Coincidentally, what do you all think of animated emblems? :3

...Or can we even do that?

I don't think animated emblems are allowed though. Sorry.

Actually...https://www.pokecommunity.com/member.php?u=27234 Amachi has this "Work It" Emblem and it's animated. So it is possible to do it.

And speaking of emblems, also yes to the Gold, Silver, and Bronze emblems. Don't think we had those "placement" emblems saved for the ones during the Get Together.

*goes see if she can WORK IT! by reviewing a couple fics tonight*

 

[Astinus]

ffffffff. Okay. I'll readily admit that I don't pay any attention to emblems at all.

 

[Miz en Scène]

I'm glad to see the influx of reviews we've been having in the forum. XD
It looks like activity's picking up...

 

[Misheard Whisper]

Yes, that is how it appears to me also.

As a side note, I'm glad to be contributing now myself. :3

I want to rant about badfic, but I'll save that for a) my lj and/or b) when I'm awake. Or c), Author's Woes, but that's less ranting and more poking fun.

 

[txteclipse]

Besides, even if we have animated ones, if you have more than one don't they just fade in and out in a continuous loop anyhow? That would make it hard to see anything.

Just wanted to address this before I rush into animated emblem-making. Are there styles that cycle through your emblems a la slideshow? On my emblem page, they're all listed separately.

Right now I'm thinking about the bronze/silver/gold emblems. I'll probably do something pretty simple, like a metallic pokeball with a pen.

 

[NikNaks]

I kinda feel like I'm butting in here, so I apologise in advance. This is probably the wrong place, and even if it's not you're going to be all like "OMG ROM HACKORZ" and completely ignore me, most likely. Still, worth a try, and I didn't read anywhere that said requests were banned in this thread. I could be completely wrong. :/

I'm on a team that's making a fan-game that's set dually in a new region and in Hoenn. It's our take on what Gen V might be like, but clearly without any of the awesome 3Dness. We're using RMXP, not hacking, and we're making good progress. But the issue is that our plot is... well, non-existent. We can't think of a strong, logical plotline. We have artists, scripters and mappers, but we're not writers.

So, if you're reading this thinking "Hey, I love Hoenn!" and are interested in helping us with our plot, don't hesitate to get in touch. We'll credit you, link to your latest story, whatever you like. Heck, I'll name my first-born after you if it'll make a difference. We're a little bit desperate, truth be told.

Well, that's about all I have to say. If you guys visit the Game Dev forum, you'll know the game as "August Emerald", but the plot's already changed a lot since that thread was posted.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Astinus]

I kinda feel like I'm butting in here, so I apologise in advance. This is probably the wrong place, and even if it's not you're going to be all like "OMG ROM HACKORZ" and completely ignore me, most likely.

That's unfortunately what happened. I left this post here because I thought that maybe someone would have seen it, gone "Hey, that sounds like it could be a good idea!", and helped you out.

But instead everyone just saw that you needed plot help for a game. Sorry.

Hoenn's unfortunately the one region I know the least amount about. The games I played the least and the anime seasons I never saw. I don't know. I could help you out a bit, maybe try to get some advice on how to get the plot going. You could message me, give me what you have for ideas, and maybe help you out with something. I wanted to do something with Hoenn, and maybe this is it.

EDIT: I'm not even sure there was a place for you to ask this in the Game Development forum. I don't know how it works.

 

[Bay]

I kinda feel like I'm butting in here, so I apologise in advance. This is probably the wrong place, and even if it's not you're going to be all like "OMG ROM HACKORZ" and completely ignore me, most likely. Still, worth a try, and I didn't read anywhere that said requests were banned in this thread. I could be completely wrong. :/

I'm on a team that's making a fan-game that's set dually in a new region and in Hoenn. It's our take on what Gen V might be like, but clearly without any of the awesome 3Dness. We're using RMXP, not hacking, and we're making good progress. But the issue is that our plot is... well, non-existent. We can't think of a strong, logical plotline. We have artists, scripters and mappers, but we're not writers.

So, if you're reading this thinking "Hey, I love Hoenn!" and are interested in helping us with our plot, don't hesitate to get in touch. We'll credit you, link to your latest story, whatever you like. Heck, I'll name my first-born after you if it'll make a difference. We're a little bit desperate, truth be told.

Well, that's about all I have to say. If you guys visit the Game Dev forum, you'll know the game as "August Emerald", but the plot's already changed a lot since that thread was posted.

Thanks in advance.

Hm, I admit I was all "oh, you just need help with your game" at first because I was in a bad mood when I frist read your post. D: However, I reread it again and also Astinus' post and now I'm inclined to help you with your work. :3 Hoenn is my favorite region actually (sorry Johto lovers D: and those people complaining about the third gen D: ), so count me in.

 

[NikNaks]

Wow, thanks for actually showing an interest, guys! I'll VM/PM you with details

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

I'll give you something good, right here, easily.

TEAM <NAME> is trying to do <evil action>.

You're a trainer who wants to beat the Elite Four.

While doing so, you also beat TEAM <NAME>

Best plot ever, because Nintendo made it.