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Sorry to bother the thread again, but how do I get another avatar? My last one was not very pleasant and I feel like it misrepresented my views about child rearing, but it at least made it easy to find my posts in threads. I like to be able to scroll through a thread quickly and find my last post so that I can continue reading the rest of the thread from that point. Without an avatar, it is very hard to find my last post because I have to read all the names. I have looked in my settings but I do not see anything. At the top of the page there is a link to pay for premium avatars, but I just want a basic one with an icon. Thank you.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 19:05 |
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Cache Cab posted:Sorry to bother the thread again, but how do I get another avatar? My last one was not very pleasant and I feel like it misrepresented my views about child rearing, but it at least made it easy to find my posts in threads. I like to be able to scroll through a thread quickly and find my last post so that I can continue reading the rest of the thread from that point. Without an avatar, it is very hard to find my last post because I have to read all the names. I have looked in my settings but I do not see anything. At the top of the page there is a link to pay for premium avatars, but I just want a basic one with an icon. Thank you. this is not a very good story.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 19:20 |
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HopperUK posted:this is not a very good story. I've read worse. I've written worse.
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Cache Cab posted:Sorry to bother the thread again, but how do I get another avatar? My last one was not very pleasant and I feel like it misrepresented my views about child rearing, but it at least made it easy to find my posts in threads. I like to be able to scroll through a thread quickly and find my last post so that I can continue reading the rest of the thread from that point. Without an avatar, it is very hard to find my last post because I have to read all the names. I have looked in my settings but I do not see anything. At the top of the page there is a link to pay for premium avatars, but I just want a basic one with an icon. Thank you. Congrats, that's the basic avatar. That'll be 5 bucks. E: Hah, your post history in here speaks volumes. I've written in REAL books you gaiz how dare you not give me all the wins
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Cache Cab posted:Sorry to bother the thread again, but how do I get another avatar? My last one was not very pleasant and I feel like it misrepresented my views about child rearing, but it at least made it easy to find my posts in threads. I like to be able to scroll through a thread quickly and find my last post so that I can continue reading the rest of the thread from that point. Without an avatar, it is very hard to find my last post because I have to read all the names. I have looked in my settings but I do not see anything. At the top of the page there is a link to pay for premium avatars, but I just want a basic one with an icon. Thank you. CTRL + F Type in Cache Cab. Or press the star in the top left corner of a thread page. This makes you subscribe to it. Then go to http://forums.somethingawful.com/usercp.php (it's a link up top). It'll give a button to read from the first new post. I am one helpful motherfucker.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 19:39 |
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Sorry for missing my toxx. I've been stressed out as gently caress for a few days and I'm not 100% sure why, but it was enough to keep me from working on my story. I honestly forgot how quickly the deadline was coming up until I was almost asleep last night. Dunno if I'll be able to afford the right now, so I may be gone a while. (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 19:55 |
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Cache Cab posted:Sorry to bother the thread again, but how do I get another avatar? My last one was not very pleasant and I feel like it misrepresented my views about child rearing, but it at least made it easy to find my posts in threads. I like to be able to scroll through a thread quickly and find my last post so that I can continue reading the rest of the thread from that point. Without an avatar, it is very hard to find my last post because I have to read all the names. I have looked in my settings but I do not see anything. At the top of the page there is a link to pay for premium avatars, but I just want a basic one with an icon. Thank you. Short of losing Thunderdome or inspiring someone to give you one out of friendliness or spite, there's no way of which I'm aware to get a free avatar. If the issue is one of keeping track of posts, Megazver's suggestion should work, or you can jump to the earliest unread post in a thread by clicking the number to the right of its name on the subforum index.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 20:01 |
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crabrock posted:Brawl: WherMonster or if it's the worst story i've ever read I'll make you lose to nobody. NEVERMIND, BRAWL IS ON. crabrock fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Jun 15, 2015 |
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I should have never accepted my first brawl! I knew it was a bad idea at the time, even. God drat I am so frustrated. Sorry. E: IRC is convincing me to write for this brawl. So I will try to put up something. Blue Wher fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Jun 15, 2015 |
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theblunderbuss posted:Honour Among Thieves, or Two Short Fights And Some Filler OK, so I’ve finished reading this, and I’m not entirely sure how to put into words exactly what I feel is wrong with this story. The character of the narration and the charm of the way its written wears out its welcome at about 75% of the way in. I’m not sure how they are on an iceberg after the titanic sinks, I’m not sure why they’re having a conversation. I’m not sure why the Titanic is sinking and they don’t really have anything to say about it. Is it the actual Titanic, or is the character just trying to be cheeky? That’s part of the problem with the narration joking with the reader, it’s really hard to know what is real. The joke becomes what the setting is, without some kind of clear communication like looking at the name of the boat in the distance. The Good: -Charming Narration I really liked how the main character was paling about with the reader, I think that there are a few genuinely good moments in the way the character thinks that are fun to read. -Opening Action had me smiling It was fun to read and it had a lot of fun stuff in it. It’s the highlight of the entire story. The Bad: -Ending I’m not sure what your ending is. The main character doesn’t kill her, and he just chills on an ice berg with this lady and her two unconscious goons, presumably while the boat is sinking nearby? -The middle There isn’t really an explanation for how leaving behind a pearl necklace is setting them up, and I’m not sure why they had to just jump from the window, if they had some kind of entrance plan in the first place that wasn’t just walking in the front door? Even if they didn’t, presumably whoever set them up would have police crawling around all over the outside of the building too.
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crabrock posted:Skwid, looks like Bluewher is gonna eat a toxx and get banned, so you'll probably win by default (unless this is an elaborate ruse to get you to give up). Still, you should work on your story and post it by the deadline and I'll give you an in-depth crit. Crabs ol fruit, I don't really give a goddamn about winning or losing the run this week, I just want to know if you're hatred of Benny lives on through my write/voiceup.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 20:27 |
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Blue Wher vs Skwidmonster Brawl 441 words The young man sighed as he flopped into his chair and opened up his laptop. Just like every other day for the past week, it was going to hit triple digits outside, so he was sure to spend his entire day inside to escape the ridiculous heat. Check email. Check Facebook. Check various other sites. He repeated these steps several times, entirely stupefied by the internet. It didn’t really matter for the time being, there was really nothing else to do other than to find any way to waste time for the boring, miserable day. Perhaps one day there’d be an opportunity to do something else - preferably getting a job, though all the applications he had sent in seemed to be going nowhere - but for now, he was stuck at home, with usually very little to occupy his time. It was already past noon when a thought struck him: he was supposed to meet his best friend over an hour ago for brunch! He grabbed his phone, palms sweating, and took called his friend. “Oh, there you are, Brandon,” came a frustrated voice from the other end of the phone. “Sorry, Adam,” Brandon said, “I got distracted this morning. Been a bit miserable. Do you still wanna eat and hang out?” His friend sighed. “I guess we could hang out for a little while. Meet me at the mall ASAP.” “I’ll be there as fast as I can,” Brandon said. He hung up the phone, and hurried to dress into something decent. He put on plenty of deodorant and baby powder to try and mask the fact that he didn’t shower before he rushed out the door and into his car. The heat of the car in the sun quickly made him sweat profusely, and it took several minutes of driving for the air conditioner to get up to speed and cool him down. By then, he was already almost at the mall, and he was quickly thrust back into the heat when he got out of his car. By the time he found Adam in the mall, sweat stained his shirt. “Sorry, I’m here.” Adam gave him a sad look. “I’m glad you’re here, but I just got a phone call from my sister. I have to go pick her up from the airport. Guess we’ll have to catch up some other time.” Brandon sighed. “Yeah, sure. Sorry, man. Catch you later.” Adam left, and Brandon had no desire to stay and look around the mall, so he, too, returned home to sit on the computer to try and dull the sting of disappointment of his ruined day.
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StealthArcher posted:Crabs ol fruit, I don't really give a goddamn about winning or losing the run this week, I just want to know if you're hatred of Benny lives on through my write/voiceup. my hatred of you using the wrong form of your is alive and strong at least.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 20:48 |
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Cache Cab posted:If somebody could give me a critique I would appreciate it, only please make sure to say things in plain English, because most of the time I cannot understand what the person is trying to say. Keep in mind that I did not go to college and have very little understanding in terms of writing jargon, and I don't know why things have made you confused. Its your brain I can't make you understand something even when I wrote it clearly. Just tell me your favorite parts of my story or maybe if there is a section that you do not like, but in all honesty I probably can't delete it out before I send it to publishers because that will make the story even more confusing for people who already understand it and like it. Cache Cab posted:The Termolenator
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 21:15 |
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hubris.height posted:useful feedback Awesome, thanks for the crit! I shall pay it back/forward.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 21:18 |
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I swear to Christ you fuckers keep using passive voice in action scenes! Why would you do that? ACTION SCENES! gently caress
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 21:25 |
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Also Cache Cab I should inform you that I am also a published author before you play that card.
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Bad Seafood posted:Also Cache Cab I should inform you that I am also a published author before you play that card. I loving suck, and I can claim to be a published author. I've even made a few hundred bucks out of it over the past few years. I dare say even Benny could shift a few copies on amazon / B&N.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 21:30 |
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Being published means very little in this era of digital publishing and niche Internet editorial houses, but since we have Cache Cab on record stating he will only accept criticism from people with ~credentials~ I am posting mine. I am published. Not self-published or digitally either. You can buy a physical volume with words of fiction written by me contained within its pages. Not very good words, in my opinion, but that's beside the point. I am published, so from one published author to another: Cache Cab, your story is terrible.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 21:35 |
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Oh and I can't speak for the other judges this week, but I'm doing my judging without author names, so if I tell you your stuff is horrible, it's because it is horrible.
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 21:47 |
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I feel like there's a joke here that I'm not getting.
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crabrock posted:NEVERMIND, BRAWL IS ON. Depending on the mercy of the judges (turning in my story for a DQ in like an hour), I'll be eating a nice bucketful of toxx myself. But even if I do, I'll return in time to give Wher the asswhipping he deserves. skwidmonster fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Jun 15, 2015 |
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Jonked posted:I feel like there's a joke here that I'm not getting.
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Cache Cab posted:If somebody could give me a critique I would appreciate it,[...]Just tell me your favorite parts of my story i liked the part at the end where he says molefucker, and i like his last words because it felt like an action movie. very tempted to buy you this avatar, but i don't know if you're worth $10
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# ? Jun 15, 2015 22:18 |
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Hey I gave you some crits on the docs. Also, it would be pretty cool if you would crit other people's work before you asked for crits yourself. that's usually how these things go.
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crabrock posted:i liked the part at the end where he says molefucker, and i like his last words because it felt like an action movie. the real question: are YOU worth 3.33 etc bucks?
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Broenheim posted:Hey I gave you some crits on the docs. I'll have them up later tonight. I wanted to try and keep them all to a single post but passed out when I got home from work.
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Cache Cab posted:Sorry to bother the thread again, but how do I get another avatar? My last one was not very pleasant and I feel like it misrepresented my views about child rearing, but it at least made it easy to find my posts in threads. I like to be able to scroll through a thread quickly and find my last post so that I can continue reading the rest of the thread from that point. Without an avatar, it is very hard to find my last post because I have to read all the names. I have looked in my settings but I do not see anything. At the top of the page there is a link to pay for premium avatars, but I just want a basic one with an icon. Thank you. your gimmick's getting tired cache cab or whatever your name is you should take it somewhere else
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:08 |
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I have a sneaking suspicion that Cache Cab is not entirely sincere about his posting at this point
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:13 |
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but idk that would be a lovely thing to do if somebody created a sockpuppet specifically to troll the thread with so it's probably wrong
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:13 |
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it would be really hilarious if the two guys whose IP addresses Cache Cab happens to switch between had both given up on their dream of being serious writers and were now writing creepy fetish erotica on Amazon lmao
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:it would be really hilarious if the two guys whose IP addresses Cache Cab happens to switch between had both given up on their dream of being serious writers and were now writing creepy fetish erotica on Amazon lmao seems unlikely
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:21 |
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Y'all a bunch of weirdos
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:24 |
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Sup unpublished plebeians, can I get one of you guys to look over my latest masterwork? I know your reptilian brains aren't always up to digesting my complex ideas, but I need to be certain even the common man can appreciate my genius before contacting the publishing houses. I've already gone to the trouble to ascertain its level of perfection (that level is: "Perfect"), so a summation of glowing praise will be sufficient. I certainly hope you don't expect me to edit anything. That was my ex-wife's job. Also can someone buy me an avatar? The royalties on my first publication aren't due to roll in for awhile and I'm sure one of you hack circlejerks can spare ten bucks from beneath your couch cushions. Bad Seafood fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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Jonked posted:Y'all a bunch of weirdos
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:28 |
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2 FYAD mavericks making ironically writing stories about lady soldiers getting gangraped lol if that were a real thing we totally just got trolled
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:33 |
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irony is p cool
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# ? Jun 16, 2015 00:33 |
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Do you mean that ironically?
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SurreptitiousMuffin posted:I have a sneaking suspicion that Cache Cab is not entirely sincere about his posting at this point if they are not they have met with a surprising amount of success for being pretty low effort
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No, this is not the results post. Nor is it anything to do with Cache Cab. This is a friendly public service note to inform you failures that, if you post your story today (for reference, there are 5 hours left in today) you will get a DQ, but you will also get a crit, and may yet escape the toxxman's axe.
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