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Comments for 'Fan Fiction for Idiots!' |
Grandgamer119
3:03 pm | June 29, 2004
Thanks.
I have been wanting to write a fan fiction myself, and your words of wisdom will definitely help. Also, I have been looking up new and exciting words in my thesaurus and using them to describe fan fics. Your word is
(drum roll)
Damnit, I lost my thesaurus.
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The Huntress
10:33 pm | June 21, 2004
It didn't make any sense and i was laughing so hard! i feel so bad for who ever writes their stories like that!
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Dave Luck
9:56 pm | June 13, 2004
Well, one more thing - I think that with all the one-hundred and sixty pages of fiction, I think it's time to clean house. I'm going to Email Louis Wu, and ask him (Politely) if he could go through the fiction, and start deleting all the fiction that isn't properly written.
Although yes, it is okay for the occasional bolding tag to be missed, and maybe spell "Lose" as "Loose" (I did on my first fanfic, but I used the code, but I use the CANADIAN Spelling) but it's not okay to make sentences as long as paragraphs. And another thing - Only the American, Canadian, Austalian, and European, and standard dialects of English should be allowed. That would allow us to say, "No new dialects accepted - especially not internet jargon, and no 'made up' dialects at all!"
I've seen worse. There was a storytelling contest at my school, just before we were let out. And guess who was given the job of reading them - ME! After reading through about twenty-six entries, I decided I'd quit, and let someone else read the worthless junk. I could not believe my eyes. I read one, and here's just another of the comments me and a teacher made on the fiction we got.
D: "Well, here's another."
T: "Of course. We've still got another box to go."
D: "No, I mean another bad one. I thought they were sorted by the author's grade!"
T: "This one says , Grade 7. And this is the Grade 7 box."
D: "Belongs in the Grade two box."
T: (Taking a quick look) "Recycling, more like it."
D: "I don't know if that even is English. Looks more like the stuff you see on MSN chat."
I don't want the same thing to happen to the Halo Fan fiction section. I think that the rules should be changed: Evidently, the bungie crew is very light on submissions.
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343 Salty Beans
2:54 am | June 4, 2004
Yes Yes, Frost, we all know where you come fro,/ We also all know that n00bs who don't read their comments section usually post crappy fanfics for the rest of their doomed existence. I would like to think I am emerging from newb-hood into maybe something someone could respect, but what do I know.
Anyway, HBO should make this a requirement to read before someone submits a fanfic. This is one of the funniest things that has happened to me since I stapled my friend to his bed and lit it on fire. For the idiots that don't use the code (again and again and again, because my first story had no code), go to HELL! now. Thanks, Sterfrye, and your longsword story kicks arse.
If you want to see a decent story for a first fanfic, look at the Zanzibar fanfic (the first 3 don't have code, since I released them at the same time as my first fanfic ever). OK, I'm done now.
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Ajax
10:53 pm | June 3, 2004
ROFLMFAO = rolling on floor laughing my fu*king ass off
STFU = I don't think you want to know this one, if you don't wanna get pissed off again. Use your imagination.
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frost bite
12:00 pm | June 3, 2004
mewarmo990... don't worry... I didn't understand the acronyms anyway. :)
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mewarmo990
6:39 am | June 3, 2004
Eheh, Frost Bite sorry bout that I didn't see your posts after.
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mewarmo990
6:25 am | June 3, 2004
1. 10/10 w00t w00t.
2. Yeah they should make this one a "sticky", like in forums. Somebody go bother Wu.
3. Frost Bite: STFU
4. I think the only time that spelling and grammar like that is accepted in anything Halo-related is in HPC and HCE, online where you're gonna die if you dont' type fast.
5. ROFLMFAO Forstbiet u sux0rz 2 teh max0Rz
Ok, I'm done.
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Sterfrye36
4:15 am | June 3, 2004
If we do want this at the top of the page, someone else will have to e-mail Wu. I've asked enough favors from him for a few months.
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Dave Luck
6:50 pm | June 2, 2004
Well! That's good to know that someone is looking out for Bungie!
It's a good idea to post something that will at least get n00bs and newbies' attention, or at least dissuade them from making useless, illegible fanfic stories. Some have great ideas, but just don't have the motivation to type properly. There ought to be stricter rules on what is posted.
Yes, the site Admin should place this at the top - with a special link of its own - to stop n00bs from making useless attempts at writing - those who continue to write like this:
*REAL SAMPLE - NOT SIMULATED*
r u halo fan lol mi 2
Should be demoted to kindergarten, and the proper words pounded into them - with a power jack.
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Ajax
5:02 pm | June 2, 2004
Your girlfriend dump you or something, Frost?
I've been there. Bitch.
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Frost Bite
12:03 pm | June 2, 2004
as would I... and thanks guys/gals for being understanding...I guess everyone just has a bad day...
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CoLd BlooDed
1:57 am | June 2, 2004
I'd help! :P
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Berconius
12:18 am | June 2, 2004
*STREEETCH yawn*
Well, it's nice to know that at least none of the spam n00bs posted here...
Honestly, I can understand where frost is coming from, whenever a person starts something, they are a newb by default. I know, I've been a newb everywhere from neopets to Warcraft to Halo. I, and I would believe the general regular/veteran community of Halo fanfiction writers/readers can back me here, would love to see good fanfics written by new people. It brings life and purpose to sharing the stories in the first place.
It's the fine line between "newb" and "n00b" that makes a world and a half of difference. Newbs are people to be cherished, they are the future of places like this. N00bs, unfortunately, are the people who don't learn, who type in l33+ because it seems kinda cool, and generally don't learn from the feedback that they get through the comments section.
THAT'S the type of n00b that pisses the regulars off, not the people who haven't been around as long. I've been here for a couple of years, and I sure don't hold myself in any higher regard than anyone else.
To Sterfrye, nice job and I'll tkae this as a dire plea. Maybe Louis should have a ring of fanfiction pre-readers to weed out complete junks...whatever.
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Frost Bite
4:21 pm | June 1, 2004
1st of all... sorry about the multiposting... my comp said it didn't go through so I tried again.
2nd of all... I was yelling about how the "story" was mearly a series of insults and very little info. and quite frankley, who would read through a series of insults just to improve their writing to be ripped apart again for a series of minor errors that spell check might miss due to it Really being a word. like due and do.
3rd of all, sorry about the harshness... I was having a bad day, convienient outlet and I didn't think it posted. Sorry.
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Sterfrye36
3:59 pm | June 1, 2004
Actually, this was made to lightly poke fun at people who constantly submit stories like that. We were all newbs once, so one bad story or so is excusable. However, blatantly posting like that, without any regard to grammar requirements, is ridiculous.
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CoLd BlooDed
11:47 am | May 31, 2004
Frost Bite, seriously, no. You don't get it do you? I don't have anything to say currently, because I am truly "flabberghasted", and I have to go, please, others, argue my case here.
This wasn't a story meant as an insult, too.
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Nick Kang
11:45 am | May 31, 2004
Hey Frost Bite, there's a simple solution to this all: If you don't like the way we act towards the n00bs that spam, you might as well stop going to this site. And at least I wasn't here first. I've only been going to this site for about 6 months now. We don't hate all n00bs, just the ones that spam.
NK
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Frost Bite
11:09 am | May 31, 2004
THATS IT. I have to stand for the Newb's here. They merely want to share a story with you jaded, overbearing, egotistical, Holier-Then-Thou, mental defects that believe that because you were here first you hold the literary lives of these genuine Halo fans in the palm of your hands.
FOR SHAME!!!
I respected you. You gave me great stories to read while waiting for Halo 2 and I held you in reverence for your mad skills. Now I see what you truly are.
Afraid. You post your clipping tricks, exploration videos all under the guise of wishing to help your fellow Gamer to improve. In fact it is a preemptive strike against a player you may never see. You wish to scare them into surrendering before they ever try.
I revoke all involvement or camaraderie to all but those who can RE-EARN my respect. Think before you post crap like “Fan Fiction for Idiots!”.
And FYI I only read 4 lines before all the written abuse just made me sick.
Sure write to show how to improve OTHERS writing, but few will sit through your anonymous slandering just to grab 1 useful piece of information.
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Frost Bite
11:09 am | May 31, 2004
THATS IT. I have to stand for the Newb's here. They merely want to share a story with you jaded, overbearing, egotistical, Holier-Then-Thou, mental defects that believe that because you were here first you hold the literary lives of these genuine Halo fans in the palm of your hands.
FOR SHAME!!!
I respected you. You gave me great stories to read while waiting for Halo 2 and I held you in reverence for your mad skills. Now I see what you truly are.
Afraid. You post your clipping tricks, exploration videos all under the guise of wishing to help your fellow Gamer to improve. In fact it is a preemptive strike against a player you may never see. You wish to scare them into surrendering before they ever try.
I revoke all involvement or camaraderie to all but those who can RE-EARN my respect. Think before you post crap like “Fan Fiction for Idiots!”.
And FYI I only read 4 lines before all the written abuse just made me sick.
Sure write to show how to improve OTHERS writing, but few will sit through your anonymous slandering just to grab 1 useful piece of information.
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Frost Bite
11:09 am | May 31, 2004
THATS IT. I have to stand for the Newb's here. They merely want to share a story with you jaded, overbearing, egotistical, Holier-Then-Thou, mental defects that believe that because you were here first you hold the literary lives of these genuine Halo fans in the palm of your hands.
FOR SHAME!!!
I respected you. You gave me great stories to read while waiting for Halo 2 and I held you in reverence for your mad skills. Now I see what you truly are.
Afraid. You post your clipping tricks, exploration videos all under the guise of wishing to help your fellow Gamer to improve. In fact it is a preemptive strike against a player you may never see. You wish to scare them into surrendering before they ever try.
I revoke all involvement or camaraderie to all but those who can RE-EARN my respect. Think before you post crap like “Fan Fiction for Idiots!”.
And FYI I only read 4 lines before all the written abuse just made me sick.
Sure write to show how to improve OTHERS writing, but few will sit through your anonymous slandering just to grab 1 useful piece of information.
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Frost Bite
11:09 am | May 31, 2004
THATS IT. I have to stand for the Newb's here. They merely want to share a story with you jaded, overbearing, egotistical, Holier-Then-Thou, mental defects that believe that because you were here first you hold the literary lives of these genuine Halo fans in the palm of your hands.
FOR SHAME!!!
I respected you. You gave me great stories to read while waiting for Halo 2 and I held you in reverence for your mad skills. Now I see what you truly are.
Afraid. You post your clipping tricks, exploration videos all under the guise of wishing to help your fellow Gamer to improve. In fact it is a preemptive strike against a player you may never see. You wish to scare them into surrendering before they ever try.
I revoke all involvement or camaraderie to all but those who can RE-EARN my respect. Think before you post crap like “Fan Fiction for Idiots!”.
And FYI I only read 4 lines before all the written abuse just made me sick.
Sure write to show how to improve OTHERS writing, but few will sit through your anonymous slandering just to grab 1 useful piece of information.
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Frost Bite
11:09 am | May 31, 2004
THATS IT. I have to stand for the Newb's here. They merely want to share a story with you jaded, overbearing, egotistical, Holier-Then-Thou, mental defects that believe that because you were here first you hold the literary lives of these genuine Halo fans in the palm of your hands.
FOR SHAME!!!
I respected you. You gave me great stories to read while waiting for Halo 2 and I held you in reverence for your mad skills. Now I see what you truly are.
Afraid. You post your clipping tricks, exploration videos all under the guise of wishing to help your fellow Gamer to improve. In fact it is a preemptive strike against a player you may never see. You wish to scare them into surrendering before they ever try.
I revoke all involvement or camaraderie to all but those who can RE-EARN my respect. Think before you post crap like “Fan Fiction for Idiots!”.
And FYI I only read 4 lines before all the written abuse just made me sick.
Sure write to show how to improve OTHERS writing, but few will sit through your anonymous slandering just to grab 1 useful piece of information.
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Frost Bite
11:09 am | May 31, 2004
THATS IT. I have to stand for the Newb's here. They merely want to share a story with you jaded, overbearing, egotistical, Holier-Then-Thou, mental defects that believe that because you were here first you hold the literary lives of these genuine Halo fans in the palm of your hands.
FOR SHAME!!!
I respected you. You gave me great stories to read while waiting for Halo 2 and I held you in reverence for your mad skills. Now I see what you truly are.
Afraid. You post your clipping tricks, exploration videos all under the guise of wishing to help your fellow Gamer to improve. In fact it is a preemptive strike against a player you may never see. You wish to scare them into surrendering before they ever try.
I revoke all involvement or camaraderie to all but those who can RE-EARN my respect. Think before you post crap like “Fan Fiction for Idiots!”.
And FYI I only read 4 lines before all the written abuse just made me sick.
Sure write to show how to improve OTHERS writing, but few will sit through your anonymous slandering just to grab 1 useful piece of information.
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Mainevent
12:21 am | May 31, 2004
Frost, I see where your coming from. Really, I do.
I have nothing against those who try, and fail. At least they tried.
I give them one or two chances to learn the code before I get strict on that, and that's all it took me.
Spelling and grammar are things not everyone is good at, but if you are absolutely horrendous at it, please run it through a friend or program. It's the least you can do.
If you want us to spend OUR time reading your story, make sure it isn't wasted.
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Ajax
12:16 am | May 31, 2004
Jeez dude, cool your jets. He was just trying to give pointers to the n00bs to make them write better. Wouldn't it be nice if 18 stories out of 20 didn't seem like they were made by a monkey scratching its ass on the keyboard? To borrow a line.
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SeverianofUrth
12:07 am | May 31, 2004
Woo-hoo! I'm in here!
Hey, Frost Bite, no one's really insulting newbs out of general hatred. It's because most of the time newbs are dumb and stupid and lack general grammatical requirements for 6th grade. If you are talented, unlike me, then you won't get insulted like the poor fella here. End of story.
(They need to put this in BIG, BOLD PRINT THAT SAYS, =FAN FICTION FOR IDIOTS.= IT MIGHT GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION MORE THAN THE THING WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE SUBMISSION FORM...)
(I DOUBT IT WOULD HELP, THOUGH.)
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JJiggssaw
9:30 pm | May 30, 2004
Did you actually run your entry through spellcheck? I took ote of your spelling of the serverr, maybe your holy war against n00bs gives you the tendency to speak in tongues...
;)Just giving you a hard time, I think people need to hear it. Don't know what the reaction will be from everyone else (the more experienced writers seem quite taken with it...), but I hope a lot of people will remember your instructions! Actually I must admit I will probably look to your story as reference *shifty eyes*. Nice.
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CoLd BlooDed
8:38 pm | May 30, 2004
Perfect, now, everyone... advertise this story to every goddamn n00b you know! Now, NOW!
guhd jahb ster orijinal i luhvd it 10/10/10/10/10/10/10!
lol, no, seriously, good job.
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Solidus Snake
5:51 pm | May 30, 2004
LMAO, nice one.
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Mainevent
5:36 pm | May 30, 2004
Yea...IQ...what's the I stand for again?
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Ajax
5:09 pm | May 30, 2004
I sure as hell hopes this works. Maybe this way we won't have to wade through oceans of crap before finding some good fics. I'd much rather have five good stories every update than more than 30 ones that make your IQ drop the instant you click on the link.
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Nick Kang
4:28 pm | May 30, 2004
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
That was the funniest thing I've ever read that wasn't a comedy!!!! And I totally agree that that story was the worst ever on the fanfic page! Yeah, Wu should post it on top of the page.
NK
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Sterfrye36
4:08 pm | May 30, 2004
Unless Wu forces everyone to take a quiz over it before submitting.
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Mainevent
3:59 pm | May 30, 2004
That was good man. Though I noticed you spelled note wrong in one place...but meh. ;)
Also, you should have boldened the names of the criticisms, so they stuck out more.
But it was great. Sadly, the n00bs and newbs will never take any of it to heart.
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LostRock
3:21 pm | May 30, 2004
Praise the lord! We should get Wu to post this in on top of the fanfic page so that it doesn't get buried in the archives.
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Helljumper
3:05 pm | May 30, 2004
that is pure gold. I think for all noobie post we just just leave a link to this post in the comment sections. You should have added a part aobut messing with my ODST. I write some pretty harsh comments, i didn't see any of my posts.
ODST
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Blue Jaguar
2:45 pm | May 30, 2004
*chuckles that was ooooo so harsh :)
BUT I LOVE IT!
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Agent Shade
1:15 pm | May 30, 2004
hope this works man...i also hope you didnt aim this at me lol
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