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A few things that will not be allowed in the Fanfic section.
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Vincent Belmont
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Joined: Jul 17, 2001
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 Posted: May 23, 2003 5:30 AM
Alright. I'm going to be nice about this....this time.
It's okay to disagree with a rating given to you. You have that right. However, you are guilty of breaking a rule that Chad has been very strict about...
DO NOT PUBLICLY CHALLENGE A MODERATOR!
You may email me. That is fine. You may email Chad. That is fine. The next time you start an outburst like that again, I will not be held responsible for what happens to you. I suggest that for your continued usage of this message board, you might want to watch whom you mouth off to.
Understand? I hope so.
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*"Vincent Belmont is never late...nor is he early. He arrives PRECICELY when he means to."
*"They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say "Nice Try."
*"There are worse things out there than ghosts, goblins, demons, aliens, and things that go bump in the night....there's me...."
*"Bah. Carlos? He's half an idiot....and that's the GOOD half."
The Nightsquad Message Board
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Vincent Belmont
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Posted: May 23, 2003 6:12 AM
Even though your little rant was completely uncalled for, I will explain why I gave your fanfic the "harsh" rating.
I didn't have enough space to even explain why.
First of all, your story is very hard to read. It is a massive paragraph. I do not enjoy reading a scroll of a story. Most people do not. It tempts people to skim just to get the basic premise and rate from there. Try again when you learn what paragraph structure is.
Second, you went overkill with crossovers. In fact, you used an atom bomb to kill a flea with this story. This is what many an English teacher calls "Information Overload." Most of us have no clue who the hell "Hamtaro" is. I happen to be one who does. 90% of the board does not. You jump from subject to subject with absolutely NO transitions. One minute you're on the Starship enterprise, the next, Pokemon are running around, and then we hear about Hamtaro, and RGB, and Smurfs, and Harry and the Hendersons...
Third, you are assuming that your readers are familiar with this seemingly popular RPG that none of us have ever heard of. You assume that we know that Hamtaro is even a Hamster...you take NO time whatsoever to develop anything, so that we might actually have some clue of what you're even talking about.
Fourth, and I think the most asinine thing you've done, is that you ACTUALLY made a thread to COMPLAIN about your fanfic!!! What the hell did you expect people to do? You basically made a huge neon sign for yourself that reads: "Please kick me in the junk." Reverse Psychology doesn't work on a message board. If you make a forum to complain about you....PEOPLE WILL!
I hope this suffices for an explaination as to "why" you've been getting bad ratings.
It might also be prudent not to start crap with the very person who APPROVES your fanfiction. 
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*"Vincent Belmont is never late...nor is he early. He arrives PRECICELY when he means to."
*"They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say "Nice Try."
*"There are worse things out there than ghosts, goblins, demons, aliens, and things that go bump in the night....there's me...."
*"Bah. Carlos? He's half an idiot....and that's the GOOD half."
The Nightsquad Message Board
Ghostbusters: Nightsquad
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dontforgetbttf1
Ghosthead
Joined: Apr 05, 2003
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Posted: May 23, 2003 3:34 PM
First of all, I was not mouthing off. Any person who's ticked off would post up a complaint. It's not like I called you names or anything, so don't go accusing me for asking why did I get a bad score.
Second, a long time ago, I put up something on the forum explaining the RPG. I explained it's premise, AND that it was going to involve the Real Ghostbusters and the Extreme Ghostbusters.
Out of 7 thousand something members here, only ONE person showed up and joined the RPG. I can't tell whether people thought it wasn't true, or took it seriously, or didn't care. But the fact remains is that I DID mention this before, no one bothered to look at it.
Third, everyone is ON the Enterprise. The characters are not going from place to place immediately.
Pokemon are on the vessel. Wizards on the vessel. EVERYONE I mention is on the ship, doing whatever they want. I can understand how it would seem that way but no, it's not what you may think.
Now I apologize for being rude and all, but just hear it from my point of view. I was angry, after all.
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Ghostbusters 3 RPG
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/GB3
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Vincent Belmont
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Joined: Jul 17, 2001
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Posted: May 23, 2003 4:29 PM
Take this as a learning experience, and keep your temper in check.
I do not take kindly to that sort of attitude.
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*"Vincent Belmont is never late...nor is he early. He arrives PRECICELY when he means to."
*"They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say "Nice Try."
*"There are worse things out there than ghosts, goblins, demons, aliens, and things that go bump in the night....there's me...."
*"Bah. Carlos? He's half an idiot....and that's the GOOD half."
The Nightsquad Message Board
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Kingpin
Ghosthead
Joined: Aug 17, 2001
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Posted: May 24, 2003 1:50 PM
I don't appreiciate write ups of what happened to stories, it slows down the pace of the story and it doesn't belong in the fic section, make sure you keep that in mind dontforgetbttf1.
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"We have the tools, we have the talent"
The sun never sets on the British Empire...because God can't trust us in the dark! evil grin
Nightsquad gets chatting
Egon and Janine forever! Everything else is wrong
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dontforgetbttf1
Ghosthead
Joined: Apr 05, 2003
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Posted: May 24, 2003 4:00 PM
Okay. Okay. I'm not stupid. I don't need reminders on how make the super duper best story of all time.
If you really think I'm that bad, and the story stinks, then just admit it and remove my membership here and delete the fan fic. That way we can just end all this and forget about it.
It was mistake to write it all up in the first place. I didn't know it had to be serious, and I didn't think real serious about all this. Everyone seems to be harping on me for many reasons.
All i wanted was to make the RPG noticed, and it bombed. I failed, okay? there.
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Ghostbusters 3 RPG
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/GB3
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Vincent Belmont
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Joined: Jul 17, 2001
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Posted: May 24, 2003 4:19 PM
I'll ask you one last time to keep that temper in check...
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*"Vincent Belmont is never late...nor is he early. He arrives PRECICELY when he means to."
*"They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say "Nice Try."
*"There are worse things out there than ghosts, goblins, demons, aliens, and things that go bump in the night....there's me...."
*"Bah. Carlos? He's half an idiot....and that's the GOOD half."
The Nightsquad Message Board
Ghostbusters: Nightsquad
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dontforgetbttf1
Ghosthead
Joined: Apr 05, 2003
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Posted: May 24, 2003 8:08 PM
I'm not angry. Why do you keep saying that? I told you I need not one reminder. I'm frustrated. This has certainly reached a weird point and I can't seem to figure out how to resolve it.
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Ghostbusters 3 RPG
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/GB3
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dontforgetbttf1
Ghosthead
Joined: Apr 05, 2003
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Posted: Jun 08, 2003 3:19 AM
Hey guys, uhm... I put up parts 3 and 4 of my Fan Fic. But since then I haven't recieved much attention from it. I haven't really been able to talk to you guys on Instant Messenger either for help or comments.
Sorry if I've voted them myself, but that's just how I saw them.
Just wanted you guys to know. Thanks.
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Ghostbusters 3 RPG
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/GB3
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Kingpin
Ghosthead
Joined: Aug 17, 2001
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Posted: Jun 18, 2003 8:53 AM
Stories must be of a length no shorter then the equivilant of one page in MS Word,there was one story that in the first part, was only a sentece long, and another...which shamefully was only a word long.
Misuse of the submission will, in my mind, result in public naming and shaming, and possible reporting to the Mods, let that be a warning to all of those people who they can throw any old rubbish into a word or notepad document, submit it and call it a FanFic.
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"We have the tools, we have the talent"
The sun never sets on the British Empire...because God can't trust us in the dark! evil grin
Nightsquad gets chatting
Egon and Janine forever! Everything else is wrong
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dontforgetbttf1
Ghosthead
Joined: Apr 05, 2003
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Posted: Jun 19, 2003 12:11 AM
Thanks for the tip.
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EgonsBabe
Ghosthead
Joined: Jun 06, 2003
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Posted: Jun 19, 2003 8:27 PM
This message is for Vince or anyone else who reviews FanFic submissions and approves them.
Hi, I've been a new member since June six and today I wrote my first story and submitted it. It's a GB/South Park story. I'm hoping it will be approved. Now it does have some language in it, and that's why I put in a disclaimer to warn people ahead of time. I thought the idea of a GB/South Park crossover was kind of funny and I'm hoping others will too, as also stated in my disclaimer. I read the regulations so I hope my story meets them. I understand that you have a workload so I'll be waiting patiently. I have one question though, will shutting down my computer cause you to lose my story while it's still in "approval pending" mode? Thanx!
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Peter:"It's the thing! The monster! It's here! Only it's different!
Egon:"Peter calm down! You're babbling!
Peter:"What word don't you understand Egon? Thing, monster or different?
Egon:"Well, you can start with your definition of monster. *ROAR!* That'll do.
Thanx for the signature pic Zack! And the Av! They rock!!!
Egon and Clara Hamilton(a character in my FF)4ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please read my FanFic. More will come later.
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Kingpin
Ghosthead
Joined: Aug 17, 2001
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Posted: Jun 20, 2003 8:42 PM
Nope, once submitted it will remain on the submission database until it's either approved or deleted.
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"We have the tools, we have the talent"
The sun never sets on the British Empire...because God can't trust us in the dark! evil grin
Nightsquad gets chatting
Egon and Janine forever! Everything else is wrong
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