If you have a suggestion regarding to improve The Review Game, or a suggestion on a topic to add to this forum, or something else entirely, please state it here. We are much interested in your ideas.

When you make a suggestion; please, I ask that you have thought this through! Give a detailed, thorough description of your suggestion. How would it work practically, why do we need to follow your suggestion, etc. For a suggestion to be desirable, it needs to work practically so tell how that would come to be.

Also: your suggestions cannot rely simply on mods. The ideal is the Review Game, which takes care of itself aside from mods needing to correct people doing it wrong every now and then.

What do you think of that idea?

BTW, Is it wierd to see me actually being serious?

I like the idea. Reminds me of my former topic over at RR, the one with titles and summary improvements. :P

Why it got so little attention, though? Hmm... Make the post a bit different. Like...simplyfy it. Maybe that will help (ie: "Is something in your writing troubling you? Come here and we'll try to help you out together!")

I see no problem with it. Point is, for a mass to come, ONE has to come. Sooo...we need a sacrifice...

*looks around*

BTW, Is it wierd to see me actually being serious?

No. Your writing is of the serious kind. An author is his work. I am not surprised at all. I shall yawn in your face to illustrate this. *yawns in Onar's face to illustrate this*

Har har.

@All-

Is it just me and Onar that like the idea, and you all others don't? If so, please state it.

If there is something wrong/unappealing with the current Story improvements topic, please also mention it!

^^

Yeah... that's probably it...

Thanks for saving my self-esteem...

-Lefty

But yeah, it's a good idea.

So I ask; what's the point?

Or does it?

Anyone else with an input? One opinion versus another won't show everyone's views correctly ^^;

On another note..

NEW SUGGESTION

Should there be another "Review Titles/Summaries" thread over here too? RR is quite dead and people won't really look there no more for any help. Yet I do not know...is there even a need for it?

*mixed feelings*

i agree with frac that we don't necessarily need two seperate topics. however, this would only work if the participants were very specific in what they need help with...

so, i agree with narc that two seperate topics would help with narrowing down the advice. and those two topics are very different aspects of a piece, so i guess it would be a nice way to split them up. also, people who are only "good" at one thing can freely participate in the topic that best suits them.

and as for a titles/summaries topic... i mean, i guess you could make it. i got some good info from the review revolution's topic... but i never really used it myself. i guess others use it, though, so that could be good. :) generally with titles/summaries, i try to think of what would catch my interest as a reader.

oh, and frac... do you think you should flag the actual review game topics? is it necessary?

-Lefty

Well, then we specify in the FIRST post that the person that needs help NEEDS to tell what area they want help in. And then whoever that can answer, will answer.

@Titles and Summary Topic

Hmm...Well, as the request does not seem that big at the moment, I will hold it off ^^

@Flagging Review Games

I thought about this at first, but then I figured that the Read This First! topic would be less apparent to the eyes, and less glaringly obvious to read. That was my only concern to NOT flag them (also, we didn't have that many topics to confuse them with or something).

I have a dislike for seeing too many flagged topics ^^; So I am biased on this one.

PEOPLE, CAST YOUR VOTES!

Otherwise I will rule this site however *I* want it. Mawahahahah!

*suddenly forgets lefty*

*goes to change Onar's topic so it is more according to what us ladies decided :P *

specify in the FIRST post that the person that needs help NEEDS to tell what area they want help in. And then whoever that can answer, will answer.

I like that idea. Two topics seem a little bit excessive, so one would be fine for now. If the one gets backed-up, we can always create another...

Also, goes to change Onar's topic so it is more according to what us ladies decided

WTF? So you're it's mamma now?

... and I'm the daddy?

...

...

We're it's parents? But we didn't even....

awww....

This is just like you, Onar! You finally get some action, but what do you do?! You're unconscious through it all! *grr*

I'm going back to Lefty now! Hmpf!

I like that idea. Two topics seem a little bit excessive, so one would be fine for now. If the one gets backed-up, we can always create another...

Yay, score 1 to Frac's side!

It's not my fault you're no good at it... If you had REAL skill, I would've woken up...

there is no daddy... i don't think. XD there was an OBGYN, though, i'm sure.

-Lefty

I Fathered it! I put my seed in here, and y'all act like I'm nothing...

Fine! But don't expect any child support from this one!

As a way to advertise, should we make it a requirement that when people review in the review game, they state on the first line (that is to be an entire paragraph) that the review comes from the Review Game?

Ie:

"Heya, from the Review Game!

blablabla"

Why try to come off as something we're not? This is a place to come if you want opinions on your story, good or bad, that you wouldnt have gotten otherwise.

I was just thinking of this, since we did it in the Review Revolution.

personally, i like it a bit better when people tell me if they're reviewing for the game or not... that way, i know where they're coming from. (if you know what i mean?) i also know if the game has been continued or not.

i guess it doesn't have to be a rule... but those who want to can certainly do it. :)

-Lefty

...

Hmm... I'll keep doing it anyway. It feels right, 'sides starting a review is kind of difficult as it is. I find it as a nice way to break the ice...

I like that Idea... We could discuss writing, coping with writer's block, etc... But maybe we should set up various topics, to be a little more specific about it all...

"ABOUT CHARACTERISATION; my view is blabla"

something like that? A mandatory mention of which topic it is?

Above all else, howevr, this will prevent an overflow of e-mails to people who only want to be a part of one or two discussions ratherthan one which involves evryone on the topic. Not to mention how annoying it is to put a heading on every post you make.

The same should be done with the off-topic: One for chat, one for... something else, one for asking for dispute settlement in the various review games, etc.

And you want a new Off Topic?

Off Topic: Chat (check)

Off Topic: RG problems (but wait! This is just like the "Problems/Questions about the RG" topic! We don't need this)

Off Topic: Something else (what?)

*question mark*

:P

Also, if your e-mail has this capacity, I would highly recommend making a fictionpress filter to a separate folder.

Well, I was really talking about Narc's Idea about a forum for the writer's craft.

And the RG problems? The problems/questions topic hasn't really been used to its fullest extent.

And that... something? Use your imagination, you ARE a writer, right? I was thinking something along the lines of a non-serious chat-lounge type thing. The current off-topic suffers a major flaw.

Back at the revolution, a major part of its demise was people having arguments (And not the good-natured kind we get into), on the off-topic section, detracting from its humor and light-hearted randomness.

NEEEXT!

Back at the revolution, a major part of its demise was people having arguments (And not the good-natured kind we get into), on the off-topic section, detracting from its humor and light-hearted randomness.

You should really put this into consideration as well...

I have specificly stated I want NO ARGUMENTS here on RG in the general rules.

If I see people arguing (not debating), I will delete their posts. And if its within my power, I will ban them. Otherwise, I will ban them from the game threads (aka: people aren't allowed to review these peeps)

So far, people talk in a civilized manner in the OT thread.

What is your problem, squirt?

Yeah, but bad sh*t can (and most likely will) happen. I don't want this place to die, so you should really put more thought into my idea. When ** ruin this place with their arguing, like at the revolution, I WILL shove it in your face... One great big "I TOLD YOU SO!!!"

Seriously, what else do you want me to do? Create an entire topic for people to argue in?! Doesn't that URGE people to argue? O.o

*confused* I have no idea WHAT you want me to do!

Something like that?

RR lacked a non-tolerance policy. RR lacked administration. There was no one there to correct people.

Me and Lefty will castrate the b-tards that dare to assult mah baby *grr*

No topic, because that means it is allowed. They will settle it through PM:s or email. I dont care, really. Just as long as it is out of this place

I understand that you want to protect your forum, but this isn't the best way to do it. From what I can tell, there are two major problems with your so-called no-tolerance policy:

1). If you prohibit arguments, people won't have any way of voicing their opinions. Sure, people can say things, but once a conflict occurs... then what? Utopian societies cannot exist for this reason, and whether you agree or not, that is what you are trying to create, only on a smaller scal.

2). How can you tell a discussion from an argument? Maybe two people just speak with each other with unkind terms because they knopw each other like that. If you ban them, then what's to stop you from banning me for disagreeing with you here and now? What's to stop you from banning anyone for the same reason later on? I'm not saying that you would, only that people shouldn't have to live in fear of that happening.

"If power corrupts, then absolute power corrupts absolutley." y'know? I'm ust worried is all...

How about this?

1) Openly reprimand both or more people that argue and tell them to stop, while making clear there is no reason to care as to whose fault it is

2) If they don't listen, delete messages and tell them to go to PM

I quite honestly don't think people will go further than this. This of course requires everyone to work with me on this, and not encourage the people in an unappreciated argument.

I mean, if they REALLY won't settle after I have done this, how on earth am I going to make them listen to tell the poor losers "Hey, I have a topic for this! Go there, eventhough you are already spamming up this place with no coinscence and will do so either way!"

No. .

You need to get some followers on this one. I will not approve unless a majority overrules me. I stand by the point that if I actually go to the point of creating a topic for arguments, I allow them.

If people start to argue, then I will consider. But not now. Seems unnecessary.

My idea isn't perfect, either, but I think we should give it a thought more than simply discarding it. We could work to find a happy medium between the two, I'm just not comfortable with the idea that anyone's posts could be deleted so easily and readily...

And Lefty keeps me in check. Seriously, with such a down-to-earth woman beside me, what could go wrong? :P

And like I said, go and recruit some followers to your idea. I won't consider it until an argument actually occurs and they refuse to take it to the PMs.

Not a bad idea. My only real problem was the supression otf thought that would no doubt occur with an abuse of your power to alter/delete posts. If you are sure that lefty can keep you in check, I'll shut up... But I'll need to hear it from her as well.

lefty, tell him the answer!

Okies, new suggestion:

Lefty once suggested to pin the Review game topics. I thought it unnecessary as we did not have that many topics. Now, however, it is getting crowded.

My suggestion: Pin the Review game topics?

Oh Lefty, where art thou, fellow mod?

Anyways, Pinning the RG topics seems like a good idea, I mean that is the original idea behind this forum... Not to mention the fact that with overcrowding like you said, we might lose ourselves in the overflood of new sh*t...

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