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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2004, 11:06:55 PM »
Ooooh EUOL already has a stalker...
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #31 on: June 02, 2004, 11:07:44 PM »
Not that I know of, she could be someone from College or TLE that I don't know.  But Googleing your name comes up with a lot of BSs.  It;s kinda funny that the #1 return for your name was born in the same year as you.
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #32 on: June 03, 2004, 01:32:42 AM »
maybe the forum needs an "odor of the day" feature, I dont know why but I think it would be really cool and occasionally disturbing, like up at the banner where it's say "hello your <name here>, it's <whatever date>  and the odor of the day is<insert odor here>, you guys prolly will think this is dumb, but I still thinks it's pretty good...
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #33 on: June 03, 2004, 01:35:25 AM »

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I'm sorry if this offends you. I don't mean anything insulting about it, but...

That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard.
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #34 on: June 03, 2004, 01:38:05 AM »
yeah it's pretty bad... but thinking about it gave me about 15 minutes of chuckling.
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #35 on: June 03, 2004, 01:50:48 AM »
lol.  


Anyway, I don't think I'm the mysterious Brandon Sanderson this Jen is looking for.

Back to the topic at hand, SE, what do you think of putting "Article" or something in front of the thread names that deal with things from the first page?

For instance, "Article: Interesting WWII Facts."

I make this suggestion for two reasons.  First, if I let a thread slip by for a while, I often skip down to the bottom to see what people are saying right now.  I think if I knew when I clicked that I was going into a thread where everyone else had already read a specific article, I'd know to read the article before skipping to the bottom.  Also, I think this would help people who like to use the 'Ten most recent posts' function.
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #36 on: June 03, 2004, 07:36:20 AM »
hrm.... yeah, good idea. I'll start doign that.

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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #37 on: June 18, 2004, 12:48:42 PM »
I had an idea today for the site.  It's about webcomics.  Don't ask me why this came to me 'cause I never read them.  But I thought, since apparently the site has a reputation for liking and reviewing webcomics, we could do an annual or biannual awards kind of thing for webcomics.  We could call them the Wasties.  It would be like any other kind of awards situation: best webcomic (for the year or half-year or whatever), best individual strip, best new webcomic, best art, best story, etc etc.  If we play it up we might be able to get some exposure for this.  People might advertise that they won a Wastie or something and link to the site.  Anyways, it's an idea.

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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #38 on: June 18, 2004, 01:02:19 PM »
that is an interesting thought. We'd need a little button or something. And a list somewhere of all previous wasties.
We'd also need a committee. Probably EUOL and I should be on it.

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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #39 on: June 18, 2004, 01:38:33 PM »
Since when do we have enough members to pull off an awards thing?
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #40 on: June 18, 2004, 01:43:34 PM »
how many members do you need?

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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #41 on: June 18, 2004, 02:44:05 PM »
Over 200 active at least, off the top of my head.
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #42 on: June 18, 2004, 03:01:02 PM »
and the basis of this number?

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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #43 on: June 18, 2004, 03:25:20 PM »
The only problem I see with this idea is that there are already a bunch of comic/webcomic awards out there. Why add one more to the pot?
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Re: TWG/Forum Improvements
« Reply #44 on: June 18, 2004, 03:28:33 PM »
Yeah.  The simple problem is that we're not dedicated enough.  Some serious people such as Damonk have made comics, and webcomics, the focus of their lives.  I just can't do that.  I'm a fantasy novelist, and that has to remain my priority.  

I'm going to do my best just to get out more reviews.  That's how I think I should contribute to the community.  However, I wouldn't be comfortable offering any awards.
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