Fanfic Reviewer Organisation - General Topic!

[Mewfour]

I'm quitting. There's just so much crap I've got on the go that I can't possibly balance everything. Sorry guys. I'm done.

[mr_pikachu]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Mewf0ur! It's a shame to see you leave. Let us know if things turn around for you, okay?

In Gavin's stead, I'm going to go ahead and update the Review List...


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Loyalty, by Sapphire Persian.
Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (NB: One-shot Songfic.)

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
A Fast-paced Fic, by Mega Horny. (mr_pikachu)
The Quest for the Legends, by Dragonfree. (mistysakura)

[Saffire Persian]

Just so you know, Loyalty would go under the 'short story' category, as it's a one-shot. ^^

Oh, any chance a member could become..well, part of the Reviewer organization? Or is it just for the people who are already a part of it?

[mr_pikachu]

List corrected. Thanks. ^_^;

To answer your question, that would largely be up to Gavin. The current reviewers earned their places on the staff by doing a test review. That was done to make a bit of a standard for reviewing; people couldn't just jump in randomly and start reviewing fics before taking that test. If Gavin decides to get more reviewers, then it could happen. Otherwise... probably not.

And by the way, sorry about what happened with Loyalty. That happens occasionally, but it's not fun when it does. My apologies for that. Hopefully someone else will pick it up soon so that you can get your long-awaited review.

[Weasel Overlord]

[color=silver]If you wonderful reviewing people would oblige, I'd be happy for someone to give my short story, Warped and Broken, a look at.

Part II is up now, and Part III will be coming shortly, I think.

[Saffire Persian]

Thanks for answering, Mr. Pikachu.

And by the way, sorry about what happened with Loyalty. That happens occasionally, but it's not fun when it does. My apologies for that. Hopefully someone else will pick it up soon so that you can get your long-awaited review.

It isn't anybody's fault. People have real lives and get busy. So I'm okay with it.^^

[Tyler and Hobbes]

O_O....I didn't even know that this place existed..... Anyways, I was wondering if I could get my fic, Spinner-out of Fate, reviewed. It's a 10 part fic, about Jesus, so....umm...just a warning I guess ^^;.

[mr_pikachu]

Just a quick update to the list...


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Loyalty, by Sapphire Persian.
Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (NB: One-shot Songfic.)
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
A Fast-paced Fic, by Mega Horny. (mr_pikachu)
The Quest for the Legends, by Dragonfree. (mistysakura)


Er, uh...

...Cheers!

[Bulbasaur4]

[color=royalblue]
Well, I figure I better put my fic on the list just to get it there. By the time it gets reviewed I'm hoping it'll be at Chapter 7 or what-not. ^_^ So many fics here!

In anycase, I would like to request that my fic, "Divinity" be reviewed. It currently is at Chapter 4 (with a Prologue) but it'll probably progress a bit further by the time it is reviewed. The link is also in my signature for easy access. ^_^

[mr_pikachu]

Update time!



Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Loyalty, by Sapphire Persian.
Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (NB: One-shot Songfic.)
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
A Fast-paced Fic, by Mega Horny. (mr_pikachu)
The Quest for the Legends, by Dragonfree. (mistysakura)



And since I know you're probably wondering, yes, I am still reviewing your fic, MH. It's just taking a little bit of time. Summer classes aren't easy, you know! But hopefully I'll be able to finish the review in short order.


Oh, better not forget...

Cheers!

[Mega Horny]

Yeah, no worries, take your time. Nice plaques O_o

[mistysakura]

The Quest for the Legends done, so that can be taken off the list. Next project: Loyalty.

EDIT: lol, forgot we're in charge of the list now.

Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (NB: One-shot Songfic.)
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
A Fast-paced Fic, by Mega Horny. (mr_pikachu)
Loyalty, by Saffire Persian. (mistysakura)

[mr_pikachu]

Alright, I've finished and posted the review for A Fast-Paced Fic, so I'l take that off the list. Let's see... next, I think I'll do Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. That fic's been sitting on the list for far too long, if I remember correctly.


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Loyalty, by Saffire Persian. (mistysakura)
Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (mr_pikachu)


...Er, cheers!

[Dr.McNinja]

I'd love for the Phoenix Saga to be reviewed, anything for more feedback. There's only so far you can critique your own work and to get better I'd love some creative criticism.

[mr_pikachu]

You shall all now witness the astounding power of the mod-stick...


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4
Phoenix Saga, by Dr. McNinja

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Loyalty, by Saffire Persian. (mistysakura)
Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (mr_pikachu)


...Cheers!

[Hyperness is a Good Thing]

thanks for taking Scarlet mr_pikachu =)
I'm looking forward to your review.

[mistysakura]

TPML was put back on the list because the review you mentioned wasn't endorsed by the FFRO (Blademaster is not part of the FFRO, but did the review on his own initiative, which was nice of him). So we thought we'd give TPML another chance to be reviewed by the FFRO.

In other news... there isn't much, really...

[Blademaster]

(Blademaster is not part of the FFRO, but did the review on his own initiative, which was nice of him).

Actually, I asked to review it somewhere and nobody stopped me, despite my taking about 2 months to actually review it (Still glad I did, BTW. ), so I just went ahead with it... Then, about another month later Gavin told me. :p

[Chris 2.1]

Oh ok thanks for explaining *waits for reviewer to appear* hehe.

[mistysakura]

No offense taken -- in fact, I agree with most of what you said. But maybe because you have all the information on the characters' backstories and such and I don't, it just seems to me that they follow certain stereotypes without reason. Now that I've read about why May's the way she is, and Mark's the way he is, their characters make so much more sense to me now (although you can't ever fully grasp a character). So maybe if you integrated your explanations into the fic, it would help us understand. Also about the Mew thing, I just thought it strange that Mark barely thought anything before giving her back. Maybe if you had explained things there a bit as well.

About the dragon thing, yes I guess it makes sense. What I had more issues with was Europe, though -- that reference seemed so out of place. About "can not" vs. "cannot", I've always understood that the first means "is allowed to not do something", while the second mean "is not allowed to do something". But then again, English is a strange language.

I still think that a lack of "flaws" in a character leads to a decrease in believability though. There we must agree to disagree. I had a lot of fun reading this fic, and I hope things will go well.

(By the way, I swear Fangcat's black... I must be imagining things.)

[mr_pikachu]

List update!


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4
Phoenix Saga, by Dr. McNinja

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Scarlet, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (mr_pikachu)


...Ah, cheers!

[Dragonfree]

No offense taken -- in fact, I agree with most of what you said. But maybe because you have all the information on the characters' backstories and such and I don't, it just seems to me that they follow certain stereotypes without reason. Now that I've read about why May's the way she is, and Mark's the way he is, their characters make so much more sense to me now (although you can't ever fully grasp a character). So maybe if you integrated your explanations into the fic, it would help us understand.

Ah, yes, it would. I'm improving on things like this in the next revision of the fic (and yes, I'm doing another - I'm crazy, I know). It has the backgrounds integrated better for easier understanding of why they are how they are. I like pondering such things. Mark especially gets more development in the beginning.

Also about the Mew thing, I just thought it strange that Mark barely thought anything before giving her back. Maybe if you had explained things there a bit as well.

That was a very objective scene - there's hardly any thought in it at all, period. I'm not really sure why I did it that way, but I'll be improving that bit in the next revision too - Mark's thoughts are a lot more prominent in it than this one anyway. It's always a good idea to elaborate on stuff like this, yeah.

What I had more issues with was Europe, though -- that reference seemed so out of place.

True. It's just that the word "dragon" is a little vague - there are many types of dragons in mythology, many of them looking quite different from each other, and when I'm trying to describe the look of a European dragon, just cheating the system and slapping "European" in there is awfully tempting. But meh - the entire book scene is cut out in the next revision anyway, so it's not much to worry about.

About "can not" vs. "cannot", I've always understood that the first means "is allowed to not do something", while the second mean "is not allowed to do something". But then again, English is a strange language.

Hmm, I looked it up sometime and it said nothing about that - just that "can not" is the appropriate way if you want to emphasize the "not". Otherwise it just said that they were technically equivalent but "cannot" was recommended for most cases because it was far more common.

But yes, English is a strange language.

I still think that a lack of "flaws" in a character leads to a decrease in believability though. There we must agree to disagree.

Well, my basic point is that while a believable character is never "perfect", it's hard to define a "flaw" and you'll end up with many obviously imperfect and perfectly believable characters who nonetheless don't seem to have anything that you can easily point at and call a "flaw". Flaws are a rule of thumb; sure, most real people you know decently you can point at and say "This person has a flaw which is this," but then you land with people like my friend. I've often used her as an example when talking about this kind of thing: she's good at everything, modest, nice, humourous, doesn't complain, etc. Obviously she's not perfect and gets on my nerves sometimes and all that; however, for everything I can pick at her personality for, I could argue back with, "But why is that so bad?" It's more or less the same with my dad. It's hard to think in flaws. You don't need to be all-wonderful not to have any obvious flaws that most people could agree on calling so.

Well, the thing is, in general I don't like rules of thumb. They miss the point, and because I'm a perfectionist to the point of bordering on mental disorder, I'm very sensitive about missing the point. A perfect character isn't bad because he or she doesn't have flaws; a perfect character is bad because he or she isn't believable, and I prefer eliminating that middle step and just going right to the believability itself.

[mistysakura]

Congratulation to our two newest reviewers, Weasel Overlord and Bulbasaur4! Welcome to the FFRO, and feel free to start reviewing any time you like. To the other would-be reviewers: you'd better hand in your practice reviews soon!

[mr_pikachu]

Scarlet is done. Let's see... I'll take fireguardian's Spinner-out of Fate next.


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4
Phoenix Saga, by Dr. McNinja

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian (mr_pikachu)


...Cheers, and such!

[Andrew]

Could I put my fic on the line?

Yeah, that'd be tops thanks...

[mr_pikachu]

Electric Buggy to Victory? Indeed, Ozzy!


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0.
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by Starjake.
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4
Phoenix Saga, by Dr. McNinja
Electric Buggy to Victory!, by Andrew

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian (mr_pikachu)


Ah, cheers!

(By the way, the list has been reformatted because I like italics. Feedback?)

[Dragonfree]

Um, I'd be very happy if one of you could check out and review Scyther's Story. It's seven parts, some 32,500 words or so, and finished, so don't worry about having to catch up.

[mistysakura]

My post that said I was going to review Monica's Vendetta has been wiped out by the forum move, so here it is.

[Mew Master]

Ummmmm could I get my short story... Werewolf: The Forsaken a review?

[mr_pikachu]

Updating the list, since it doesn't seem to have been done since Dragonfree's request.


Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by starjake.
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4.
Phoenix Saga, by Dr. McNinja.
Electric Buggy to Victory!, by Andrew.
Scyther's Story, by Dragonfree.

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.
Werewolf: The Forsaken, by Mew Master.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
An Iapapa Berry ~ Lostelle's Tale, by Hyperness is a Good Thing. (Gavin Luper)
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian. (mr_pikachu)
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0. (mistysakura)

[Hyperness is a Good Thing]

this thanks is reaaaaally belated...but thank you very much mr_pikachu for reading and reviewing Scarlet =) Your advice,comments and criticisms are appreciated ^__^ *must work on improving*

[Gavin Luper]

I've been busy with Uni lately, but I'll get around to doing a review when I have time, hopefully during the mid-semester break if I can.

In the meantime, just updating the list.

Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by starjake.
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4.
Phoenix Saga, by Dr. McNinja.
Electric Buggy to Victory!, by Andrew.
Scyther's Story, by Dragonfree.

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.
Werewolf: The Forsaken, by Mew Master.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian. (mr_pikachu)
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0. (mistysakura)

Cheers!

[Karania]

Apparenty people read but don't review and quite frankly I don't particularly care for that. I'm about ready to give up on this site with my stories and take em back with me to the site I use more often and have a WHOLE LOT more stories on and is easier to use than a forum thing, I like this site fine, its just discouraging when people don't tell you what they think over a piece of work I spent hours perfecting. I doubt I'm going to update anymore on this site.... I'm too busy to keep posting stuff people don't even read!

[mario72486]

Apparenty people read but don't review and quite frankly I don't particularly care for that. I'm about ready to give up on this site with my stories and take em back with me to the site I use more often and have a WHOLE LOT more stories on and is easier to use than a forum thing, I like this site fine, its just discouraging when people don't tell you what they think over a piece of work I spent hours perfecting. I doubt I'm going to update anymore on this site.... I'm too busy to keep posting stuff people don't even read!

I agree with ya. I've posted three chapters of my fic here, and there has been no feedback whatsoever. It's very discouraging, since I've spent a lot of time writing and editing the chapters that are on this site right now. I've posted elsewhere and have gotten plenty of response.

But to add to this list, if anyone could have a look at my fic, "Digimon, Frontier Legacy," and tell me what they think of it so far, it'd be greatly appreciated...

[Karania]

I understand that you can't force people to review, but I'm fed up and sick of this... THe only reason I'm still here is to read your story, Gavin, when it's finished I'm probably going to disappear. THere's really nothing here that zings me if people don't review. I post my stories on fanfiction.net, and have gotten pretty much overwhelming reviews on certain stories and that's where I'm going to stay. My fanfiction writing on this site is over. I'm not stopping writing, I just prefer the other site. Some of my more popular fics won't ever be posted as I don't have time to waste to transfer my work here only to have it be basically, in my opinion, ignored.

[Dragonstar1715]

Hi Gavin I was wondering if you could review my fanfic Absolution's Reign because it's my first one and want to get some pointers on where I may be going wrong

[Gavin Luper]

Hey Dragonstar. Consider your fic added to the list of fics-to-be-reviewed. I'd take it myself but I'm already scheduled in to review Knights to Remember at the moment. If you specifically want me to review your fic, it will take quite some time for that to happen, as I've got modding duties, my own writing and a search for employment currently on my plate. Reviewing a fic is so much more time consuming than it first seems.

Shonta - I'm getting around to reviewing Knights to Remember, honest. It seems like I have to read A Doolittle Of Pokemon first though to understand it - is that right?

Anyhow, here's the updated list:

Full Length Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
The Pokemon Masters League (A Tribute to ASB), by Chris 2.0.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster, by starjake.
Divinity, by Bulbasaur4.
Phoenix Saga, by Dr. McNinja.
Electric Buggy to Victory!, by Andrew.
Scyther's Story, by Dragonfree.
Digimon: Frontier Legacy, by mario72486.
Absolution's Reign, by Dragonstar1715.

Short Stories and other Short Fics To-Be-Reviewed:
Warped and Broken, by Weasel Overlord.
Werewolf: The Forsaken, by Mew Master.

Fics Currently Being Reviewed:
Philosophic Pabulum, by Plantae. (Dragonfree)
Spinner-out of Fate, by fireguardian. (mr_pikachu)
Monica's Vendetta, by Chris 2.0. (mistysakura)
Knights to Remember, by classy_cat18. (Gavin Luper)

[classy_cat18]

Shonta - I'm getting around to reviewing Knights to Remember, honest. It seems like I have to read A Doolittle Of Pokemon first though to understand it - is that right?

Yeah, that's right.

[mistysakura]

My next pick is... hmm, I'll give Divinity a go. I'd take Absolution's Reign, but I don't know if it's a specific request, so... yeah.

[Dragonstar1715]

not really just want an opinion