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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 8th at 3:34am 2005

With the advent of so many new faces, isn't it time for another?



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 8th at 3:36am 2005

What on Earth happened to my post.. ??????



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Posted by G.Ballblue on Wed Jun 8th at 4:08am 2005

woot, first vote cast <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">


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Posted by THE HL MAN on Wed Jun 8th at 4:14am 2005

don't know what it is but i vote yes




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 8th at 4:32am 2005

? quoting THE HL MAN
don't know what it is but i vote yes

A story thread is a construct created by the forum members by stringing together random, or not so random posts to create a story when all are read together.

The thread is given a set of rules, such as "You may only post after someone else has" or "you cannot post more frequently than once per hour" or "you may use as many words as you wish or as few as 1"

Story threads tend to meander a bit, but if the participants are cooperative, it can be entertaining.

Story threads only really fail if the members do not enjoy themselves while making one.

Anyways, thats a story thread in a nutshell.





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Posted by Madedog on Wed Jun 8th at 4:36am 2005

the "Yes" answer shoulda been "Hell yea" <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_lol.gif">

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woot, first vote cast

umm... You Owned the Other Team??? That's what woot stands for :-P
(just had to say it :P)



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Posted by THE HL MAN on Wed Jun 8th at 4:37am 2005

O..... ok yeah thats sounds cool thanks for the info




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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Wed Jun 8th at 4:52am 2005

I voted Yea since I see no harm in it, but I am always disappointed by these threads. Usually just when they start to get interesting someone says something like: "And teh protagonist began lickin' teh monkies ballz" when there was no monkey in the thread to begin with, and the protagonist had already had their tongue cut out in a previous post!


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They aren?t really good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one tumbles down the stairs.



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 8th at 5:02am 2005

Then a clause should be added that if you lead the thread astray deliberately in an effort to sabotage it, then you may no longer participate.. enforcing that will be up to the rest of the members to ignore any post afterward and continuing onward. I am sure an admin would be happy to dissuade anyone from being to disruptive by say.... spamming the story thread.

Sound good?





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Jun 8th at 5:40am 2005

I voted yes. I can't wait to write up a few paragraphs for this thing... I can't wait to see where it goes.




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Posted by G.Ballblue on Wed Jun 8th at 5:51am 2005

? quoting Orpheus
Then a clause should be added that if you lead the thread astray deliberately in an effort to sabotage it, then you may no longer participate.. enforcing that will be up to the rest of the members to ignore any post afterward and continuing onward. I am sure an admin would be happy to dissuade anyone from being to disruptive by say.... spamming the story thread.

Sound good?

A little bit of sabatoge keeps the story interesting <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif"> Though TB is right in how it can't have any "sudden nuclear explosions" and so on. And when I say "a little bit" I mean slight as in it's not really destroying the story -- but something maybe people didn't expect. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Madedog on Wed Jun 8th at 7:15am 2005

So er... who's first?



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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Jun 8th at 12:03pm 2005

..And no being completely stupid or imature in an attempt to destroy the thread

Grey writing is what we use when not in story ain't it?

[Edit] Just read above lol, I think nuclear explosions are good! Maybe some old descriptive pr0n scene written by Orph, ending in his pleasurable act of going for a pee

Soz just had to say it :P




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Posted by Mephs on Wed Jun 8th at 12:23pm 2005

Seems pretty obvious which way the poll is going. But I feel it unfair that Leperous should have to monitor a thread of meaningless tripe and edit out sabotuers.

So I propose that, to minimize the derailment cause by such f**ktards, the story stops untill it is dealt with (or all participants step over it without paying it attention. Also, said idiots should be send into coventry (not the city) forever more.

Also, it should go without saying but "THE END." or "I KILLED THE STORY!!111" are quite obvious acts of sabotage.




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 8th at 12:30pm 2005

? quoting Mephs
Seems pretty obvious which way the poll is going. But I feel it unfair that Leperous should have to monitor a thread of meaningless tripe and edit out sabotuers.

No one is asking him to. In fact some derailment is inevitable. What I am referring to is if someone completely breaks it to useless gibberish and then gets abusive by spamming it. Then some admin step in and settle the matter.

I will begin the thread in a bit since its more/less a "yes" thing.





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Posted by smidsy on Wed Jun 8th at 4:36pm 2005

i wouldnt mind writin a bit, perhaps i can sway it to be like my entry into the army :S long story but funny.




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 8th at 10:35pm 2005

19 people said "yes"

/me hopes the majority of those shows up later today.

/me is also pretty sure whom said "Hell NO!" <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_lol.gif">





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