mdk

Dump oil, murder birds, save the environment

this is like my favorite thing ever

Ladies and Gentleman -- The Mountain That Rides

is really goddamn strong

SO, about that Jordanian Pilot?

They say the Jordanian pilot is still alive. Anyone have an opinion on this?

@The Silver Paladin

I haven't seen the black box yet but I'm guessing he fucked up his barometer.

Your Political Ideology

I wouldn't trust a quiz to determine my political views

@The Patriarch

The trouble with the axis quiz is that it thinks the center is at the center. It's not. Axis-wise I'm about as moderate as they come, but ask around here, that's actually kind of radical in practice. And then, besides that, ideologies don't tend to be single points for long. Most people are moving on an unpredictable trajectory. Which is good, I think. Anyway samples and surveys are useful, within their limits. It's just that the limits are sort of restrictive, and we all kind of want the survey to mean more than it really does.

RPGC Feedback Thread

Feedback from me is that it all looks awesome so far. I'm also excited awaiting the first contest (maybe I'll finish an entry I start writing eventually) - but either way it was always really good to see the work people put into the previous contests. I very much hope the same happens here

@Lord Pie

That's gonna be up to everyone. RPGC relies much more heavily on community-driven content than previous contests did -- that's a two edged sword though. On the one hand, many hands make easy work; on the other, too many cooks spoils the cat, or something. We should be able to do as good as traditional contests, if it's just me and a few core people running the show -- but if we want to do better, that's gonna require some community involvement. And I think we'll have it. There's never been a shortage of interest in forum writing contests -- if I can channel that into products, we'll be golden.

RPGC Feedback Thread

There was oe thing I was a bit hesitant about when I read the outline of how this would work... You said you wanted people to read every entry before voting. But what if there are like heaps of entries? Or what if they're all thousands of words long each? What if there are heaps of thousand word long entries? Not many people would have the time for that, I'd have thought. Even over a month. Or do you disagree?

[@Garjel_blah]

My personal attitude is, you should feel free to talk about entries whenever you want. Just read the first one? Like it? Talk it up! When it comes to VOTING, though, everyone should have a fair chance to get your vote... and frankly, if you as a voter think "I don't like long entries, and I'm never reading all of that," that's fine by me. You're the voter, right? Vote on whatever parameters you want. Then again as a writer, I'd hate to pour all that effort into something and get zero attention. So like... idunno. I don't wanna make a policy that encourages people to skip submissions, but I also don't want to whip the readers. It's a tightrope.

What if we classified the pieces by length? Maybe have different word number classes, each with their own individual vote. After voting was done, perhaps the winners (top two, top three, whatever) from each length class could be put up for the finals and the winner decided out of them.

Back in the days of OldGuild, we had Writer of the Month (and I'm really hoping they come back and set up shop here, too). WOTM was split up into length-based categories, and it worked just fine. That said, the crew that I put together to start up RPGC (who I'm gonna go credit, right as soon as I'm done with this reply) wasn't really attached. The thinking was, if gigantic stories start getting ignored and that becomes a problem, *then* we'll address it -- either by setting up word-limits in each contest, or by breaking up entries into different categories. The general idea behind RPGC is to keep everything super-flexible. Sidenote -- there will be 'staff picks' for each contest, where everyone who worked on that particular month goes through and we pick a few notable stories. Staff doesn't get to skip long stories -- so at the very least, if you submit something super-long, you'll have our attention, and you'll get some critiques for your efforts. But when it's at all possible, I want to leave things up to the common vote and the writers -- if the vote favors shorter entries, and you want to win, maybe try something shorter. That anarchy is something I like. But again -- I don't think of it as my role to dictate this kind of thing. If the staff for a given contest wants to do things differently, that's their prerogative.

Challenge

I barely made it past 'Between some alley,' and then '007 RIP' killed me.

Challenge

You have to watch as much of this video as possible without either: A) Rolling your eyes B) Laughing C) Looking away D) Stopping the video Post your times for each. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtW6HW8jO_U

RPGC Feedback Thread

That's the idea! These things usually just boil down to a pretty good excuse to write something, possibly outside the comfort zone a little. And that's what really matters. Anyway the startup crew (who I haven't credited yet, shame on me, I'll get my act together soon) lined up a solid first contest, and after that, it's up to us to keep things going. I'll make sure I get some more progress before I run out of daylight today. SOON!

Superbowl!

Why do they even call it Super Bowl? I'm pretty sure there are no bowls with superpowers in football.

@Derpestein

I understand it has something to do with bouncy balls.