Scratch

Lol, thanks. Since you're the first commenter, I'll give you a bonus. Do you want to be in the story? If so, what would be your ability? You can choose to join any faction.

Factions are listed below, elite members are in brackets. Descriptions are in square brackets.

Spammers (Commercial Spammers)[Mercenaries, but currently in the employment of the Trolls]

Trolls(Flamers)[Rival of Scratch Army]

Hackers(Haxxors)[Terrifying soldiers. Is an ally of the Trolls, and sometimes will aid them.]

Anon(4Chan Mod)[Originate from 4Chan. Very deadly and arrive in vast numbers.]

Last edited by helltank (2010-11-02 04:39:11)

helltank wrote:

Rufflebee came up. "They're behind seven proxies! This is impossible!" he cried.

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What m said.
Also, I don't think we're supposed to talk about 4chan here
And if you're going to use my name, I'd prefer if the r in rufflebee was lower case

Last edited by rufflebee (2010-11-02 08:24:45)

svinnik wrote:

Where am I in the TBG section?

Lol, you want to be included? Okay, then. 

@rufflebee:And all along I thought girls couldn't be sacarstic.

EDIT:Oh, and I've made loads of 4Chan references. No one seems to mind. What's wrong with talking about 4Chan. Okay, kids, don't go there. Done. Disclaimer finished.

[offtopic]My voice broke now I'm super hoarse[/offtopic]

Last edited by helltank (2010-11-02 08:35:50)

They're dead! Nah, just kidding. Would you like to be a main character? Ninja seems like a fun ability xD

I skimmed it in about 20 seconds, and I'm not really liking all the use of memes
The story doesn't seem serious, or well written to me, you should use more dialog

Interesting idea...

I have to admit, I enjoyed this story. But I have some concerns about using real members of the community / ST as characters.

I hope that people who read this story will remember that it is only a story, and really doesn't reflect the work that we do as moderators. Banning people is pretty easy and really boring. When I do it I always wish I had a better way to encourage the banned person to deal with whatever's got them upset, and to use that energy creatively. The real work of moderation isn't swinging ban hammers - it's trying to figure out ways to encourage a community to grow, organize, think creatively, and make awesome stuff that they care about happen. Of course, that's a lot harder to dramatize. 

Have you ever watched to the very end of the credits of a movie, or seen the disclaimer on the first page of a novel? It usually says something like "This is a work of fiction and any resemblance between the characters and persons living or dead is purely coincidental." I'm not really sure why so many movies and novels have that in them - but I think it's worth looking into. What are the problems created by using real people as characters in fictional stories?  Why don't more movies use characters from real life?

Lightnin wrote:

I have to admit, I enjoyed this story. But I have some concerns about using real members of the community / ST as characters.

I hope that people who read this story will remember that it is only a story, and really doesn't reflect the work that we do as moderators. Banning people is pretty easy and really boring. When I do it I always wish I had a better way to encourage the banned person to deal with whatever's got them upset, and to use that energy creatively. The real work of moderation isn't swinging ban hammers - it's trying to figure out ways to encourage a community to grow, organize, think creatively, and make awesome stuff that they care about happen. Of course, that's a lot harder to dramatize. 

Have you ever watched to the very end of the credits of a movie, or seen the disclaimer on the first page of a novel? It usually says something like "This is a work of fiction and any resemblance between the characters and persons living or dead is purely coincidental." I'm not really sure why so many movies and novels have that in them - but I think it's worth looking into. What are the problems created by using real people as characters in fictional stories?  Why don't more movies use characters from real life?

"This is a work of fiction, and does not reflect the actual life of mods." Thx 4 the warning. Actually, having moderated a forum myself, I know what you mean, but it would be a little hard to dramatize xD