Negrek said:
I'm not sure that a once-a-year award session would work. Take a look around. How many 'fics that are started here are still around a year later? How many FFotW's are still progressing? The only participants in the award would be the big-time names everybody sees everywhere anyway, The Quest for the Legends, The Legendarian Chronicles, stuff by Breezy, etc. It would be boring.
Er, I'm not sure about LC, Chibi Pika doesn't post her chapters here anymore...
Anyway, yeah, but it would give people something to look forward to. I mean, if I know that I have a possibility of getting nominated, even though I'm new, that says 'work harder so you can get nominated'. FFotM is good for giving us who's good by the Mods' perspective, and while that's not wrong, it's like saying to the newbies 'if the Mods don't like it, it doesn't get put up there'. And while we all know that Niko and LilyPichu try to be as fair as they can, not everybody feels that way, especially with Niko's militant stance on emo's and half the newbies having no clue what that is. For all they know, THEY could be emo and thus never have a chance of getting anywhere.
Beyond that, audience participation in SOMETHING forum-wide is a lotta fun. The FFBT is good, but, as is shown elsewhere in this thread, even some of the more successful authors feel uncomfortable going there and posting for a battle. And how many of us can feel loads of enthusiasm when we're scared/unwilling to participate? If they were voting on their favorite fics or what-have-you, they feel like they're on safer ground, especially if nobody else has to see their votes and make them feel n00bish.
Ah, well, I rant and I rave, but that's me. Hmm, I must be crazy *bonks head* or I'm obsessing over how to jump-start a forum that's already going. XD
Negrek said:
I feel bad about being less active. I told people on FF.net that I'd be gone until mid-July, but I haven't updated my main 'fic since June. But the thirty-first chapter is more than halfway done now...
I have that problem quite often, but I'm getting better. I found that you go on-line at least once a day and update all or most of your stuff online, and don't touch until the day after, depending on how often you get on the internet. Then, for the rest of the day, you do whatever(writing for me) whenever you get on the computer. But updating all my internet accounts every day keeps me trim and slim. XD
Yamato-San said:
Silver Blaze, you know, you didn't have to write those questions every other day. I mean, for most of them, I wasn't even able to reply until after you posted the next question. You really should've paced yourself a bit. After all, even back in the day, Frost didn't have a daily review (or if he did, which I can't remember, it happened very rarely).
*gasps* P-Pace myself? What's that? XD lol, I'm hopelessly crazy. XD *chants 'pace, pace, pace' forever...*
Y-S said:
Anyway, even though it is kinda limited to us, a yearly, or twice-a-yearly, award would be nice to see how each of our stories stand amongst the others, see who's the best of the best in a certain category. You know, Serebii really p*sses me off because I have a ton of closet readers who almost never nominate me and guys like Dragonfree just rule everything, as well as some over-rated guys (not to say Dragonfree's over-rated). And why the **** don't they have a "Most Cultural Author" category? You have any idea how much of a shoe-in I'd be for at least that?
Da, and you'd give a race for 'most dramatic/best action battle' with that Kiryuu vs. everyone else on the blimp fight. XD I did actually see your name mentioned a coupla times in the nominations, if that helps.
Beyond that, it'd be more interesting here. There's a smaller n00b author/good author ratio here than at SPPF, and more quality. Also, since a lotta the fics in question have been read or are just a coupla clicks away, it'd be easier for the voters to give their honest opinions on the fics in question.
*laughs* Of course, we'd need a 'Serpent Syra' or somebody who'd do all that. XD If we do decide to do anything vaguely like that, I VOLUNTEER FIRST! Why? 'Cause it's fun... XD
Or we could have it so that we vote up the FFotM or something. XD Something that needs audience participation. XD
Oh, yes, I am. I won a bunch of awards there's no way I deserved in the last awards. There's no way in hell I'm the "Best author of 2004-2005". At least I wasn't nominated for practically everything this time...
Actually, the fact that you got voted again for THIS year says something.
One year you can pass it off as a fluke, the second year says that people are either getting into a habit of picking you or they're actually, honestly thinking that you're the best, in which case you have a chance of educating them. If it gets to be a third year, though, you just hafta grin and bear the fact that you're good.
Also, we're talking about SPPF here. The FF area is loaded with badfics and fics that are not-so-good. I just found out that one of my favorites is going to seed, for example. It's obnoxiously annoying, it is, but it makes sense that you'd be one of the people who consistantly get voted up, because you actually go for quality in your stuff. XD
If I could invent a needle for injecting an ego-boost, I wouldn't get rich. That'd be because I'd save it for around-the-FFForums, where authors get gloomy and depressed because people say their fics are good. XD
Breezy said:
The lounge holds an air of intellect hinted with elitism which scares new writers. I guess. I'm still scared of posting here to be honest. X3
"What if they think I'm dumb Breezy?"
"You are dumb. Get over it."
"But..."
"Just post!"
...yes, I do actually go through that in my head. Sometimes out loud too depending if I want to feel crazy or not.
*pounds head on keyboard* Obviously neither my rants or anybody else are getting through to you, so we shall try logic:
1. You. Are. A. Good. Author. Period. If you weren't, we would be telling you, whether gently or harshly, in no explicit terms. As it is, we believe that you are good. If you don't believe that, we'll still think it. Besides, you have a style. XD
2. If you're too dumb for this 'elitist' crowd/thread, then what am I? I have zero successful stories here to mah name, while you have what, two? Three? And yet I'm posting here with impunity. Yes, it may be because I'm crazy, but you must remember that I'm not insane. I still have Human feelings, including the sense that I'm not good enough. THAT was beaten into insensibility by looking at the n00bies. I KNOW I'm better than them, and that's the only thing you need to know to become a successful author. Wait, that didn't make sense... XD
3. WSBB=? Did Wally shoot Brendon out of jealousy? Or did Steven? Norman? Or did I shoot him? AUGH! I'm so intrigued that I can't decide who I AM! AUGH!
Casualness of teh Billeh said:
He means that it's the newbies fault that this place is viewed as 'elitist'. We'd answer the questions if they'd only ask them.
Question: How many of you actually name your characters based on their position in your fic? I did that with Battlefront; Dooley is, like, Irish for 'Hero' and Medwin is 'friend' or something like that.
*writewritewrite*
?SilverBlaze09?
