Simple topic.. What would you guys like to see the site do next? We've got S3 on the way, new site layout, new forum... What do you guys want?
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What should we do with FUS next?
Started by chief, Oct 20 2009 09:35 PM
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 09:35 PM
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:34 PM
As often happens in life it's a simple question that deserves a complex answer. Let me digest it for a while.
"I really think of life as a great expression of joy. And if you take yourself seriously you're going to be defeated I'm afraid.
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 01:04 AM
I want free booze every time I log on. Like, now. 
Would seriously love to see more projects and such, or more of a push for regular (something monthly) Contests. Something that, as a community, we can all be apart of instead of just refreshing the main page to look for new screenshots.
Would seriously love to see more projects and such, or more of a push for regular (something monthly) Contests. Something that, as a community, we can all be apart of instead of just refreshing the main page to look for new screenshots.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 04:07 AM
I'm not particularly sure what to suggest, although I appreciate the passion for the entire FUS project that prompted your question, chief. I'll parrot John on this one and say, competitions!
Why not check out my fanfiction?
Antoine's Adventure
http://www.fanfictio...ine-s-Adventure
Psychological adventure in which Antoine gets therapy.
Sonic and the Deliberate Mary Sue
http://www.fanfictio...rate-Mary-Sue-1 (approx. age 13 and up)
Mary Sue parody with an actual storyline.
Psychological original character reference sheets available from my DeviantArt account: http://palantean.deviantart.com/
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 05:22 AM
I have a parrot now! Ow. And she's a nasty one, too.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 05:33 AM
I heard once of a soldier who owned a parrot. Apparently it had the most awful language. Mind you, I bet something that can say, 'Fuuuuuuck!' in such a gratey voice must be made of win.
'Jesus fucking Christ! Jesus fucking Christ!'
'Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...cking hell!'
'Bollocks'.
'Whose a gobby little twat, then?'
'I am'.
'Jesus fucking Christ! Jesus fucking Christ!'
'Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...cking hell!'
'Bollocks'.
'Whose a gobby little twat, then?'
'I am'.
Why not check out my fanfiction?
Antoine's Adventure
http://www.fanfictio...ine-s-Adventure
Psychological adventure in which Antoine gets therapy.
Sonic and the Deliberate Mary Sue
http://www.fanfictio...rate-Mary-Sue-1 (approx. age 13 and up)
Mary Sue parody with an actual storyline.
Psychological original character reference sheets available from my DeviantArt account: http://palantean.deviantart.com/
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 08:04 AM
I too think more contests would be a good idea. Indeed, I think finding a way to encourage and showcase fanworks more in general would be a good step, personally.
"These hands of ours are BURNING RED! Their loud cry tells us..."
"To grasp happiness!"
"ERUPTING GOD FINGER!!! SEKI..."
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"LOVE LOVE TENKYOKEN!!!"
-Domon Kasshu and Rain Mikamura, G-Gundam
"To grasp happiness!"
"ERUPTING GOD FINGER!!! SEKI..."
"HA!"
"LOVE LOVE TENKYOKEN!!!"
-Domon Kasshu and Rain Mikamura, G-Gundam
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 01:33 PM
Hmm well just a thought, since we already voices for a radio show and artist for comics, shouldn't we try to put those two together? Of course me, who is involved in niether of those things, is saying that when I have no idea what amount of work goes into either. Just a sugestion.
More competitions would be cool, but perhaps dont limit it to art. You make somthing out of a triva quiz... I don't know. Or if you are going to do art stuff perhaps make it so people who cant draw/illustrate (me) can participate. I.E a photo shop contest to see who can add somthing funny to a secen of the show. Make them humorus.
More competitions would be cool, but perhaps dont limit it to art. You make somthing out of a triva quiz... I don't know. Or if you are going to do art stuff perhaps make it so people who cant draw/illustrate (me) can participate. I.E a photo shop contest to see who can add somthing funny to a secen of the show. Make them humorus.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 03:26 PM
I think it would be interesting to see a good fanmade SatAM show starting off from the third season. Partially cause I'd be greedy for voicing as Sally. 
But I do think I'd like to see something like that. 
I WAS working on a fan game with Val and a few others, but I had to drop out cause I had other things going on.
But I do think I'd like to see something like that. I WAS working on a fan game with Val and a few others, but I had to drop out cause I had other things going on.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 06:12 PM
Avoiding a second 1000 pages topic. We may not be finished with the first one by then...
Projection: If Intruder Organsim reaches civilized areas...
Entire world population infected 2,7000 hours from first contact.
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 12:30 AM
QUOTE (Gojira007 @ Oct 21 2009, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I too think more contests would be a good idea. Indeed, I think finding a way to encourage and showcase fanworks more in general would be a good step, personally.
*snap* Ooh, idea!
Someone came up with the idea over on SMS - ages ago now - to get anyone interested to come up with a story focussing on how Mobians deal with flea problems. There were several entries and I sent my own in. I made a 1,200ish story out of it and actually found it good fun.
How about we do that - story commissions - and the winner (if you want a winner; the SMS one didn't have one, it was just done to yield a few original stories) gets the prize of a resident artist drawing a scene from their story! We could do it the other way 'round too, if you fancy? Art contests with the winner getting a story written about the picture?
Why not check out my fanfiction?
Antoine's Adventure
http://www.fanfictio...ine-s-Adventure
Psychological adventure in which Antoine gets therapy.
Sonic and the Deliberate Mary Sue
http://www.fanfictio...rate-Mary-Sue-1 (approx. age 13 and up)
Mary Sue parody with an actual storyline.
Psychological original character reference sheets available from my DeviantArt account: http://palantean.deviantart.com/
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 02:27 AM
Sounds good. Have to strike the right balance though. Ideas that would grab the attention and imagination of FUSers. And to not have too many contests at the same time/in succession.
"I really think of life as a great expression of joy. And if you take yourself seriously you're going to be defeated I'm afraid.
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 04:01 AM
I think a SatAM fancharacter contest would be pretty cool, but I kinda liked the idea of story commissions/contests even more (it'd be awesome to have them both though). Stuff like that really gets the mind going and it'd probably be even better with multiple judges to help critique so people knew where to improve. I for one could use something good to read as Archie hasn't been cutting it. Sure there might need to be prizes, but I think Velvet's already gotten the ball rolling with ideas. If I think of any though, I'll post em'.
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 04:07 AM
Can you give a bit more detail on the fancharacter contest, please? On what criteria would it be judged?
I ask because, unless you reply, my fancharacter is better than yours
I ask because, unless you reply, my fancharacter is better than yours
Why not check out my fanfiction?
Antoine's Adventure
http://www.fanfictio...ine-s-Adventure
Psychological adventure in which Antoine gets therapy.
Sonic and the Deliberate Mary Sue
http://www.fanfictio...rate-Mary-Sue-1 (approx. age 13 and up)
Mary Sue parody with an actual storyline.
Psychological original character reference sheets available from my DeviantArt account: http://palantean.deviantart.com/
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 05:10 AM
Well I had several things in mind but I'm beginning to think that maybe its possible for the fancharacter contest and the fanfiction contests to be combined Like for instance, people are encouraged to introduce a fancharacter to the world of SatAM and write a short story with them in it, and are judged by their execution.
Here's an example of how this would work. Lets break the judging into categories:
PERSONALITY: How much does your character's personality stand out amongst the other cast members? Is it unique?
RELEVANCE: How relevant are they to the story you've written? Are they relevant enough or was the character hardly even noteworthy? Were they too noteworthy to the point of illogically interfering with the roles of original cast members? Judges need to back up why they feel this character created a plothole with actual episodes of SatAM (NOT the comics) that blatantly contradict the situation. Otherwise any character's reaction to something is fair game.
ABILITIES: This one's fairly self explanatary. What kind of abilities does the character have and how can/does this aid the others or hurt them if the character is an antagonist? What are their limitations? Are they too powerful to the point they've become a God Mod?
RELATIONSHIPS: How does their personality play off on the other characters and which characters do they play off of? they don't need to connect with every Freedom Fighter or villian, but they need to have definable relationships.
Will Moderators/Admins be in charge of hosting these contests or is this kind of thing free for any member to do? What if everything that happened during a winning conest held weight for the next, as in, these fanfic contests kind of serve as their own sort of continuity?
Perhaps there should also be an non-orginal character contest that reoccuringly emerges with the purpose of writing in characters that haven't appeared in SatAM (ex: Amy, Knuckles, Nack/Fang etc.).
Here's an example of how this would work. Lets break the judging into categories:
PERSONALITY: How much does your character's personality stand out amongst the other cast members? Is it unique?
RELEVANCE: How relevant are they to the story you've written? Are they relevant enough or was the character hardly even noteworthy? Were they too noteworthy to the point of illogically interfering with the roles of original cast members? Judges need to back up why they feel this character created a plothole with actual episodes of SatAM (NOT the comics) that blatantly contradict the situation. Otherwise any character's reaction to something is fair game.
ABILITIES: This one's fairly self explanatary. What kind of abilities does the character have and how can/does this aid the others or hurt them if the character is an antagonist? What are their limitations? Are they too powerful to the point they've become a God Mod?
RELATIONSHIPS: How does their personality play off on the other characters and which characters do they play off of? they don't need to connect with every Freedom Fighter or villian, but they need to have definable relationships.
Will Moderators/Admins be in charge of hosting these contests or is this kind of thing free for any member to do? What if everything that happened during a winning conest held weight for the next, as in, these fanfic contests kind of serve as their own sort of continuity?
Perhaps there should also be an non-orginal character contest that reoccuringly emerges with the purpose of writing in characters that haven't appeared in SatAM (ex: Amy, Knuckles, Nack/Fang etc.).
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 06:29 AM
contests would be nice though i'd definitely like to see more than the usual art contests. most of us have internet capability with our gaming consoles. we could do a Brawl contest. call of duty. there's a lot of games out there ^^
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 04:41 PM
Unfortunatly, not all of us have the internet connection and/or gaming consoles to be able to compete in gaming contests...
Projection: If Intruder Organsim reaches civilized areas...
Entire world population infected 2,7000 hours from first contact.
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 06:57 PM
I have both a console and an internet connection, however they are not combined, and I never use the console.
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Posted 22 October 2009 - 06:59 PM
Start a group on Steam? Could be Seriously fun to get some Co-op or DM games going.
"I really think of life as a great expression of joy. And if you take yourself seriously you're going to be defeated I'm afraid.
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
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