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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 13, 2014 1:37:39 GMT -5
May be a lot on the word count and page count, but read the rp man and feedback it. You'll see that is garbage. Embarrassing garbage.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Apr 13, 2014 7:51:43 GMT -5
I must be a long winded sonofab*tch because my rp was 11,447 words of straight garbage. 23,961 TRACE, WHERE ARE YOU TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2014 12:06:07 GMT -5
It's not the length it's how you use it kids. 23,961 TRACE, WHERE ARE YOU TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF? Mine was 23,847. That's seriously f*cked up how close our word count is mate.
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Post by Revvie® on Apr 14, 2014 6:35:39 GMT -5
I can't imagine putting that much effort into a single roleplay. Mine tend to be concise, and I do end up making a number of cuts...but I have never come close to that number for a single rp.
Mine always land somewhere around 7-10k....that is about standard short story length..maybe a bit more depending on where you get your numbers...
over 20,000 is novella/novelette...and if i am putting that much time in...then I am definitely working on something more important....idk...that is me though...if your writing and having a good time...then meh to word count xD
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Apr 14, 2014 7:06:11 GMT -5
I'm with Rev. That's not to discount the guys that consistently put out lengthy, quality pieces, but some of you (and you know who you are) will time after time put out pieces that are long for the sake of being long, when you could have told the hole story in a more concise, to the point manner. I've written some wordy pieces, but I don't feel like I've ever kept going for the sake of padding the piece. I think there's a mentality here, maybe cause of the correlation between the length (and consistent quality) of guys like Obo and Drakz pieces and their admirable w/l records, that quantity beats quality. A sh*t piece that takes two replies to the thread to post is still a sh*t piece. It just has more words.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2014 8:05:04 GMT -5
Brennan as far as I'm concerned is the perfect embodiment of quality over quantity. The guy's RPs have always been shorter and have left me wanting more, wishing it was longer or that the next RP would arrive sooner. I'm definitely an advocate of this ideal and as far as the length of my current RP goes, I've only ever written one other RP that even comes close to it in length. All of my other pieces have always been less than half the word count. When you've been away for nearly 18 months though you've got a lot of catching up to do
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Apr 14, 2014 8:09:49 GMT -5
Brennan as far as I'm concerned is the perfect embodiment of quality over quantity. The guy's RPs have always been shorter and have left me wanting more, wishing it was longer or that the next RP would arrive sooner. I'm definitely an advocate of this ideal and as far as the length of my current RP goes, I've only ever written one other RP that even comes close to it in length. All of my other pieces have always been less than half the word count. When you've been away for nearly 18 months though you've got a lot of catching up to do I was out 13. It really didn't feel like over a year when we started putting this together.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Apr 15, 2014 12:09:13 GMT -5
I love running with an idea. Next rp is already getting written, and it's getting bulky.
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Post by Sleazyness on Apr 15, 2014 17:19:17 GMT -5
Just letting everyone know, Im not doing this tag team with Mason Dixon anymore.
Sorry Charlie.
After this show, thats it with him.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Apr 15, 2014 17:37:38 GMT -5
Haha, f*ckin' obviously. It was good hearted of you to do it in the first place. Did he at least give you the courtesy of a message regarding why he no showed, or did he pretty much f*ck you over after you and whoever put the save in on Revolution wrote a title match in for him after he bitched about someone doing the work for him?
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 15, 2014 17:40:53 GMT -5
Just letting everyone know, Im not doing this tag team with Mason Dixon anymore. Sorry Charlie. After this show, thats it with him. Sad really. You and Mason "Thunderlips" Drago-Lang Creed had potential to be a pretty good team. The world now will never know.
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Post by sonstuds on Apr 15, 2014 18:01:50 GMT -5
Just letting everyone know, Im not doing this tag team with Mason Dixon anymore. Sorry Charlie. After this show, thats it with him. Have to draw the line somewhere.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Apr 15, 2014 18:19:16 GMT -5
Just letting everyone know, Im not doing this tag team with Mason Dixon anymore. Sorry Charlie. After this show, thats it with him. Have to draw the line somewhere.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 15, 2014 18:56:19 GMT -5
Say hello to Obo's little friend!
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Post by Sleazyness on Apr 15, 2014 21:50:21 GMT -5
I dont need a partner who doesnt contact me or anything.
Id rather have a new partner or not do tag team matches at all. It's not really fair to me imo.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 15, 2014 22:44:26 GMT -5
Its always good to have experience doing tag matches bro, though most would prefer to be singles competitors.
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Post by Revvie® on Apr 15, 2014 23:04:14 GMT -5
Its always good to have experience doing tag matches bro, though most would prefer to be singles competitors. I got my start in the tag division, though my partners tended to be people I knew in my "day to day" life, and thus was easier to handle the load of it. I miss Cecil :/
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Post by Kyzer on Apr 15, 2014 23:55:45 GMT -5
Its always good to have experience doing tag matches bro, though most would prefer to be singles competitors. I got my start in the tag division, though my partners tended to be people I knew in my "day to day" life, and thus was easier to handle the load of it. I miss Cecil :/ I have never done the tag team thing other than a few things with Drakz. I have always wanted to explore that area and see what fun I can have. Maybe one day our superpowers can unite. Michael Kyzer and Reverend Shadow. The Priest and The Addict.
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 16, 2014 0:05:43 GMT -5
Both of my big singles pushes came from tag team origins. Chemical Reaction helped me step out as not just another low card guy, I showed I could be decent. Revelation helped me catapult into an upper mid card feud with Thunder and that has been my big story for almost two years now, the aftermath if SB VII for Malakai. So tag teams can prove to be useful.
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Post by Revvie® on Apr 16, 2014 0:11:49 GMT -5
I got my start in the tag division, though my partners tended to be people I knew in my "day to day" life, and thus was easier to handle the load of it. I miss Cecil :/ I have never done the tag team thing other than a few things with Drakz. I have always wanted to explore that area and see what fun I can have. Maybe one day our superpowers can unite. Michael Kyzer and Reverend Shadow. The Priest and The Addict. God would cry tears of joy that day xD
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