[OOC] CLOSED - Ultimate One Universe: Season One

[Morden Man]

So, a friend who shall remain nameless has told me that some of you see me as "intimidating" and don't feel like you can come to me with any questions, issues, advice, insert thing here. Don't feel like that. I'm a nice guy. Like, seriously.

@Byrd Man

[Master Bruce]

Also, to be clear, don't get me wrong and mistake my general anxieties about my own stuff to be apathy towards the rest of you. I mean it when I say that I'd love to sit down and read every post the minute it's made and give it it's own individual like, especially since I do read every sample and am genuinely impressed with the lot of you. I'm just very weird when it comes to stuff like that and often choose to remain focused on improving my own material to a fault.

[AndyC]

...Were they part of the sex scene?

@Master Bruce

WAIT A MINUTE.

.....Wraith wrote a sex scene?!

[Master Bruce]

E: Also holy shit Bruce and Byrd have known each other since I was three, I feel more like a lil sprout than I usually do now, lol.

@Simple Unicycle

Oh dear god.

[Bounce]

I think it's unreasonable to expect everyone to read every post.

It's completely natural to prioritise the posts that interest you, so I wouldn't beat yourself up about not reading everything all at once or skimming over some posts because everyone does it. One of the nice things about playing in games like this is that you can look back, having read the posts that were initially interesting to you, and take the time to read some of the work that perhaps wasn't instantly relevant to your character or your posts and find some real gems in there.

@Morden Man

Let's not turn the OOC thread into a procession of critiques about one another's posts, shall we?

Ultimately we're all here to have fun. If you want someone's opinion about what you can improve upon, ask them via PM. Not everyone is comfortable with having their writing publicly assessed and I'm concerned about the atmosphere it might create for them to have to wade through critiques of other people's writing.

@Morden Man

The problem I see is that you have no way of knowing who is readings your posts, who is skimming, and who is skipping over them completely, so you may PM someone who isn't even in your "target audience" (for lack of a better term). Hence why when I asked for feedback on Kai-ro's story, I did it in the OOC so that anyone who may have an opinion could chime in and I wasn't making assumptions about who was reading them. Plus, often times I read something and don't have a strong opinion about it. So I know that, just because I do read a post, doesn't mean that I'm going to have a lot of constructive feedback for it.

I did get a reply by private message, rather than in the OOC post, so there is always that. People could ask for feedback, so that we know who is seeking it, and the replies could be PM'd.

[Lord Wraith]

<Snipped quote by Master Bruce>

WAIT A MINUTE.

.....Wraith wrote a sex scene?!

@AndyC

If I don't get nominated for best sex scene.

[Lord Wraith]

I did get a reply by private message, rather than in the OOC post, so there is always that.

@Bounce

Was it me? It was me, wasn't it.

[Simple Unicycle]

<Snipped quote by AndyC>

If I don't get nominated for best sex scene.

@Lord Wraith

*writes sex scene with Punisher and Microchip just to steal Wraith's nomination*

[Morden Man]

The problem I see is that you have no way of knowing who is readings your posts, who is skimming, and who is skipping over them completely, so you may PM someone who isn't even in your "target audience" (for lack of a better term). Hence why when I asked for feedback on Kai-ro's story, I did it in the OOC so that anyone who may have an opinion could chime in and I wasn't making assumptions about who was reading them. Plus, often times I read something and don't have a strong opinion about it. So I know that, just because I do read a post, doesn't mean that I'm going to have a lot of constructive feedback for it.

I did get a reply by private message, rather than in the OOC post, so there is always that. People could ask for feedback, so that we know who is seeking it, and the replies could be PM'd.

@Bounce

There we go, that certainly seems like a good compromise.

[Lord Wraith]

<Snipped quote by Lord Wraith>

*writes sex scene with Punisher and Microchip just to steal Wraith's nomination*

@Simple Unicycle

Multiple people can be nominated.

[Master Bruce]

If I don't get nominated for best sex scene.

@Lord Wraith

See, now you're just inviting competition and I can't have that.

Not that... I'd know, given I just admitted to skimming posts.

...

Hider

[Simple Unicycle]

<Snipped quote by Simple Unicycle>

Multiple people can be nominated.

@Lord Wraith

THEN I WILL ENSURE THAT MY SEX SCENE IS SO SUPERIOR PEOPLE FORGET TO NOMINATE YOURS

[Retired]

<Snipped quote by Byrd Man>

Where do babies come from?

E: Also holy shit Bruce and Byrd have known each other since I was three, I feel more like a lil sprout than I usually do now, lol.

@Simple Unicycle

I did not realize you were that young.
I'm having one of those moments now where I feel so much older.

Also, I just now realized that @Master Bruce's admission of not reading posts yet means all those likes he gave out are meaningless trophies.

[Lord Wraith]

<Snipped quote by Lord Wraith>

See, now you're just inviting competition and I can't have that.

Not that... I'd know, given I just admitted to skimming posts.

...

Hider

@Master Bruce

This will be the hottest iteration of Ultimate One Universe to date.



CAH, get ready to eat your fuckin' heart out.

[Byrd Man]

Also, I just now realized that @Master Bruce's admission of not reading posts yet means all those likes he gave out are meaningless trophies.

@Retired

Think of it as him liking the effort.

[Bounce]

Also, I just now realized that @Master Bruce's admission of not reading posts yet means all those likes he gave out are meaningless trophies.

@Retired

Participation ribbons are never meaningful... less. I mean, meaningless.

[HenryJonesJr]

<Snipped quote by Master Bruce>

This will be the hottest iteration of Ultimate One Universe to date.



CAH, get ready to eat your fuckin' heart out.

@Lord Wraith

Scorpion and Rhino are gonna get WEIRD

[Master Bruce]

Also, actually typing up that admission about not reading IC posts made me feel really regretful, giving me a bit of perspective of how that sounds. I'm the GM, I should be ontop of shit in the IC aswell as the OOC to make sure everything's kosher, at the very least. Or be able to provide a reference for what the current events are in-game for curious newcomers that are either thinking about applying or are out of the loop.

I apologize to all of you and am making a vow that henceforth, I shall remain up-to-date on the goings on of the game and will begin reading every post that isn't mine from the beginning right now. I won't "like" a post until I've fully read it. If I've already liked your post, you'll be getting an unlike followed by a new like.

This has been a public service announcement by Master Bruce.

[Hound55]

<Snipped quote by Byrd Man>

Where do babies come from?

E: Also holy shit Bruce and Byrd have known each other since I was three, I feel more like a lil sprout than I usually do now, lol.

@Simple Unicycle

Don't say that... I already felt old enough when @Master Bruce mentoned how old he was one day.

[HenryJonesJr]

Also, actually typing up that admission about not reading IC posts made me feel really regretful, giving me a bit of perspective of how that sounds. I'm the GM, I should be ontop of shit in the IC aswell as the OOC to make sure everything's kosher, at the very least. Or be able to provide a reference for what the current events are in-game for curious newcomers that are either thinking about applying or are out of the loop.

I apologize to all of you and am making a vow that henceforth, I shall remain up-to-date on the goings on of the game and will begin reading every post that isn't mine from the beginning right now. I won't "like" a post until I've fully read it. If I've already liked your post, you'll be getting an unlike followed by a new like.

This has been a public service announcement by Master Bruce.

@Master Bruce

Shit he's gonna find all my coded messages calling for a coup to steal power away from him.