Ruse

Haha, you know what this means, Matt? It won't be blocked at school. Score. This time we'll have to be more careful. Oh, well, I won't tell Ben. Nice. I think that the name is a little.. interesting, but I'm glad that I won't have to worry about Mom freaking out about the name of the site, anymore. XD, "it's no longer a bitch forum, Mom" --Ruse

I am part of several writing communities on the web, and when I get the chance, I try to share my knowledge advice with others. (By the by, has anyone read 'Atlas Shrugged'? Lately everyone has been a defensive asshat like James Taggart, whenever I critique something. And, not the author-- oh, no, they sic their friends on me, but they won't reply, themselves.) A couple of years back, when I still was into doing fanfictions, I posted them on FanFiction.net. I was fourteen/fifteen years old when I wrote those, the more recent fictions posted there being when I was fifteen. I have always been an editor—that was one of my childhood dreams—to be an editor and publisher. At once. So, it is a natural instinct for me to critique anything I get my hands on. — One should understand that someone can tell another how to do something without themselves being able to demonstrate it. I still get newsletters telling me when something is submitted to a certain group, but I rarely follow them. Well, this time I followed it, and I found myself utterly baffled that this piece was getting such great reviews, since I found so many things wrong with it. I sent them an objective, through critique, complete with suggestions on how to fix the problem areas, and I encouraged them to keep at it, and I even said that I would love to see the finished product, after it was tweaked. I did not expect to get a reply, in anger, or in thanks, and left it at that. I don’t critique work so that I can tell them I’m the best thing in the world, because I’m not. I tell people what’s wrong with their work so that they can fix it, improve themselves, and get great, praising reviews when they deserve it. Well, they didn’t take to this kindly. They had one of their friends on the site send two replies—one to “critique” one of my works, (which I wouldn’t care, but that they added at the end “Fix it, before you next decide to talk down to your betters.” Now, I KNOW someone is being an asshat, and it’s not me. Here’s the story I critiqued: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2995115/1/ Here’s my critique: (Third one down, the first one is the friend’s reply) http://www.fanfiction.net/r/2995115/0/1/ The friend went on to find one of my http://www.fanfiction.net/secure/live_preview.php?storyid=2490661&chapter=1 pieces. (I’m not afraid, I wrote this stuff when I was a kid, of course it has plenty of things wrong with it), and said of it: “The way the particle is placed, it would be "al'Lan Mandragoran." And Nynaeve, as well as any man's lover, wouldn't normally be so formal in such a tender, if tragic, moment. You're ALWAYS supposed to start a new paragraph when someone new speaks. Basic english teaches this as one of the first points. A strange love for run-on sentences is quickly becoming apparent. Note, lots of obvious spelling mistakes. Imperfections, imperfections! This fic is extremely choppy, beyond the excuse of stylisms. ... Have I said enough? For a 'seasoned' writer, these are too many mistakes. Fix it, before you next decide to talk down to your betters. -- Freya-chan, friend to eternalotaku.” If they can rip me a new one, hey, they're welcome to it-- I always enjoy improving myself. But, they go a little too far, given that the original author asked for feedback. I never called myself a seasoned writer…. Ooh, look, I just got another “critique” from this person, for another http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2497192/1/ drabble I had done. “Greetings, once again. I am not finished with you yet. This drabble disclaimer of yours seems to spark a little something from recent memory... "Now, Ive noticed youve gotten great praise for this whatever it is. Quite frankly, I dont know why. There is no action, no setup, no rising or falling action, either. It is simply nothing. Perhaps if you wrote about something happening it would be something. But its not. Alas." Ah, that would be it. A disclaimer of my own, the following is not criticism on your drabble, it is criticism on your criticism. Now, I noticed you've recieved much praise for this. However, there is little action, no setup, no rising or falling action. The theory seems to be that, if something were to happen, this would be something rather than nothing. At least, that is as it was for a certain parallel you disliked. I hold that you lose the "do as I say, not as I do" attitude and give credit where credit is due. So, it is your choice. If eternalotaku's moment was nothing, this is nothing. And if you would like this to be considered something, so is the other, by all rights. -- Freya-chan PS.: I would like no mention of your fan following in your reply, whatever that may be. You both have had much praise for your drabbles, making eternalotaku nothing less than what you are. (And perhaps more, in being a person of integrity, one of the many qualities you seem to have given up on.)” Now, let’s see here…. The author of the original story I commented on was so affected by what I wrote, they found someone who they thought could do the job for them, by shooting off a reply to me. It was not my ability in question. I do not claim to be above anyone else. Sure, my writing probably implied that. I’m not surprised—I can be taken as a horribly abrasive person. I made not one attack on the author, himself, instead all references of disgust were made to the piece. If this friend can find my mistakes and tell me them, I say “more power to you!”. When one does this out of malice, I find it not worth taking notice of. If it is helpful, I will take the comments into consideration. I haven’t replied to anything yet—I got the first reply this morning, and through my anger, I realized there was nothing I could say that would make sense to someone, if they refuse to recognize. Why does everyone treat critiques as an attack?! They don’t have to take my advice—I didn’t have to comment. Why is it that they feel obligated to attack me personally? Why are asshats so defensive, when I only want to help?!?! --Ruse

Hey, if you're going to talk about little Mexican bitches, you can't forget to include AITUK. -grin- --Ruse

Awwh, what do you know, Cogito's back. Just in time for my debut in the UN. To take over the world. I know, that didn't make any sense. Welcome back, Cogito. --Ruse

this game has been out for a while now so i was wondering if anyone else had played it. it was my first FE game and because it was so good o bought the game boy one as well (sacred stones). if youve played it (or any other FE game) then what did you think of it?

Ive had this game for a while now and it has become my second favourite game EVER. The only game i have played that beats it is fire emblem path of radience. before R4 i hated resi games but this game is bloody fantastic. i just hope that resi 5 is as good.

My question is, AIG, (by the way, I was fascinated with your comparisons) where is the evidence that the Muslim book is fact? I mean, what makes the Bible suddenly a "fabrication of man", and the Qu'ran still a holy book? How do we know that it's not fiction, also, like the Bible, as you claim? You could say that about both books. --Ruse

i should probably be doing my I.T coursework. ive got 3 different projects to finish and their all due in tomorrow.

Im a huge video game fan and i was wondering what consoles and games some of you guys have. I have: xbox xbox 360 gamecube nintendo ds game boy advance (and all of the ones before it) psone

My best subjects would probably be History and biology

Religion has been in my family since the very beginning, so, I've always had inclinations of some other being, but, ... here I go: Studies have been conducted over "if there is a spiritual gene". Genes that allow a person to be "deeper" than others, and I think with all of the technology today that have disproved other studies about religion and the stories behind it (IE Jesus), this should be taken into consideration. Even with that, does anyone just flat out think that studies like that are wrong? God Gene

Im 15 and ill be 16 on july the 7th

Hey im Keiron and i hope that i get to know u all pretty well. Linkin park are my fave band and i have all the albums which they have released. apart from linkin park i like a loads of different other stuff. My friend godamndoor joined up with me as wel.l any way peace out

Nothing else matters - Metallica

Around every holiday I get depressed. Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas... the big ones. And birthdays. I had my sixteenth birthday let's see... a couple weeks ago, and believe me, if I were my friends, I would've clocked myself for being so moody. Around Christmas my dad goes through an end-year crisis. We have a huge A-frame house, so every year he goes out into the mountains and gets the tallest tree he can fit into the living room down. He insists on getting the old-fashioned tinsel, and buys it in bulk. He went to Wal-Mart one year and bought huge Christmas ornaments. I mean huge. Huge balls. Metallic colored, ugly, and in desperate need of being run over (which I have done with some of them. School project). He insists on using them every year. They're triple the size of my fist. One year he forced me to take a bunch of gift ribbon, cut them about two to three feet long in a dozen strands each, and curl them. My hands were bleeding and crap afterwards. We still have to use them every year. Here's an exerpt from a post in my journal last year a couple days before Christmas: What the hell is having the point of a tree in the house? I'm not an environmentalist. So, for Jesus' sake, get that goddamn tree out of my livingroom. And I hate fake trees. When I get out of the house, I am not ever going to have a Christmas tree. Ever.