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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 4, 2010 14:10:45 GMT -5
Thank you Agro  and point taken Zovo I'm not going to go over-board, and this is way out of my comfort zone (Fantasy and clean,) but the idea works for Gothic Fiction and needs an adult-context. |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jan 4, 2010 14:10:53 GMT -5
I distinctly remember scoffing when I read that FoG had a rule saying you can't have too graphic pieces. Do they? How do you even enforce that? Nice piece blah-de-blah, unfortunately I find slippers offensive. Deleting now. |
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Post by James on Jan 4, 2010 14:12:30 GMT -5
I would say do whatever is appropriate for the story, some times not going far enough is just as bad, if not worse than going to far. However, bear in mind that I am not above lowering scores for bad taste. Oh yes, this will be one of the risk. |
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Post by Kaez on Jan 6, 2010 16:00:51 GMT -5
I distinctly remember scoffing when I read that FoG had a rule saying you can't have too graphic pieces. Do they? How do you even enforce that? Nice piece blah-de-blah, unfortunately I find slippers offensive. Deleting now. Yeah, they've also got rules that in certain RPs, you've literally got to have a certain amount of sentences and such. So I imagine they've got someone on full time watch dog duty, making sure that everything is PG-rated and writing down word counts. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 6, 2010 16:32:31 GMT -5
Do they? How do you even enforce that? Nice piece blah-de-blah, unfortunately I find slippers offensive. Deleting now. Yeah, they've also got rules that in certain RPs, you've literally got to have a certain amount of sentences and such. So I imagine they've got someone on full time watch dog duty, making sure that everything is PG-rated and writing down word counts. I spent a little time over at FOG a while back and while I can honestly say that they seem like pretty nice people, people who make exagerated efforts to be especially cordial and polite, they do seem to take themselves a little too seriously. The whole environment really just seemed oppressive, in a way. As though everyone would be sickeningly sweet to your face, but step out of line (or what they consider to be out of line) and the hammer would come down hard. ut really, the color scheme and the navigation of the site is what drove me away. Grey on black. . . who came up with that? |
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jan 6, 2010 16:41:27 GMT -5
Yeah, I hung around there for a little while but they're kind of creepy, honestly. I keep expecting them to make a human sacrifice to their pagan gods. Plus, there's an anti-Obama thread that I found pretty hilarious.
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Post by Jenny (Reffy) on Jan 6, 2010 16:46:42 GMT -5
I haven't really seen people getting "told off" for not following the rule. However, I have seen them "complaining" about it. Instances were people feel they shouldn't need a set amount, or where it isn't enough because people aren't following it.
My opinion: I don't think you need such rules. If you are on an RP-site with the intentions of RP-ing then it should be pretty obvious that you should write well (or to the best of your ability.) No one-liners.
Not much has been going on over there since New Years anyways. They need something to spruce it up again, like assignments, or challenges, or competitions. Currently its dead in the water.
What Zovo said made me laugh. They are very, very friendly, perhaps too friendly. Hardly any criticism over there, or arguing. Possibly why it is so quiet now. I've been in their chat sometimes and it's honestly worrying because nobody is throwing insults. They are just talking about making replies, or shopping for gothic/elven/pretty jewelry/clothes.
Man - I love AWR :] Debates, criticism, arguments, feuds, friends, championships, assignments, creative-bunch! Everything from art, to poetry, to writing, to RPs.
FOG is nice and all but there really is no place like home! :]
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Post by Kaez on Jan 6, 2010 16:57:16 GMT -5
I haven't really seen people getting "told off" for not following the rule. However, I have seen them "complaining" about it. Instances were people feel they shouldn't need a set amount, or where it isn't enough because people aren't following it. My opinion: I don't think you need such rules. If you are on an RP-site with the intentions of RP-ing then it should be pretty obvious that you should write well (or to the best of your ability.) No one-liners. Not much has been going on over there since New Years anyways. They need something to spruce it up again, like assignments, or challenges, or competitions. Currently its dead in the water. What Zovo said made me laugh. They are very, very friendly, perhaps too friendly. Hardly any criticism over there, or arguing. Possibly why it is so quiet now. I've been in their chat sometimes and it's honestly worrying because nobody is throwing insults. They are just talking about making replies, or shopping for gothic/elven/pretty jewelry/clothes. Man - I love AWR :] Debates, criticism, arguments, feuds, friends, championships, assignments, creative-bunch! Everything from art, to poetry, to writing, to RPs. FOG is nice and all but there really is no place like home! :] ;D That's something Agro and I were sort of laughing at about some new website that advertised itself in an AWR-like manner on the WoWRP board. It had a specific rule: No criticism allowed. What kind of shit is that? You will never, ever, learn as a writer unless you get criticism. Unless someone says, "You know what? That wasn't as good as it should have been. And I think your problems are thus:". Sure it may start a debate from time to time, but damn is it a good learning tool! |
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Post by James on Jan 6, 2010 17:24:54 GMT -5
Plus, there's an anti-Obama thread that I found pretty hilarious. That and a thread with people saying how much they enjoy Twilight and another saying that villains are dying out because no one plays pointless evil anymore, they all have complicated morals makes it the Anti-AWR. |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 6, 2010 17:32:48 GMT -5
I just can't trust anyone who is that nice. . . especially on the internet. Nobody is that nice.
Makes me think they're up to something.
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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Jan 6, 2010 19:37:05 GMT -5
Creativity stems from passion. If you have a community who avoids all argument or criticism, who'd rather brush problems and emotions aside rather than deal with them, then they must be devoid of the kind of passion you need to harness. And when you hobble them with a bunch of extra rules meant to enforce the above .... well that's just silly.
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Post by Sensar on Jan 6, 2010 20:02:25 GMT -5
I'm deathly afraid of their ability to be continually nice and politically correct . . .
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Post by NotAlice on Jan 7, 2010 15:09:23 GMT -5
- Must be between 500-5000 words. What happens if its a bit over? Can these stories be slightly over if necessary? I'm not meaning adding a couple of thousand words extra, just a hundred or so. Or is it breaking the rules...? :S |
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Post by ASGetty ((Zovo)) on Jan 7, 2010 15:22:39 GMT -5
My personal stance to rule breaking remains: "Go ahead and do it if it's unavoidable, but make sure the piece is really good because it's going to cost you points."
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Post by NotAlice on Jan 7, 2010 16:12:29 GMT -5
:S *thinks whether it'll be worth the risk*
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and point taken Zovo 
