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Essay yesterday, exhaustion today...some god *really* likes LilyPichu, who's gotten another stay of execution. I know better than to try to read stuff like that when I'm this tired.
But, because this just happened I sorta want to update about it, in case it vanished again. Then I go to sleep again.
So. Pokecache. I mentioned it a while back. It's claims to be dedicated to the best OT stories and there were only two in the beginning, neither of which really challenged that (I don't much like Raven: Emerald Fist MS but it's certainly decent as OT stories go) Anyway, back in October, it updated with some pretty mediocre looking stories, On the Wings of Council V2 and The Johto League. I check the page, and the charter has changed to talk about how if you want your story there, email a staff member to check it out, and to rave about how they have the best OT stories, and that people who get on the list are just awesome.
Oh, yeah. Also, the writer of The Johto League (Summary: Holly Evergreen is a trainer from New Bark Town about to start her pokémon journey. But when she saves Gary Oak’s life and meets a talking Meowth on the run, she gets a bit more than she bargained for. ... yeah) happens to be Celebi, who coincidentally happens to be one of the staff members.
I think that it's a shame, Pokecache seemed like a good idea but now it's just going to degenerate into a clique of writers boosting their own egos. And then I check back there the next day and notice that both of the new stories have been deleted and the new charter was gone, replaced with something saying how it was for good OT stories and listing as one of the requirements that it was something other than just the typical badge route.
I think, hm, dissent among the ranks.
Then nothing happens for a month. November passes.
Today the charter has changed again, back to the same sort of thing,
(A collection of the best trainer fics the staff can find!
All of these have good grammar and spelling, proper paragraphing, full effort from the authors, interesting events and wellrounded characters. If you think your fic belongs here too, contact one of the staff members!)
and On the Wings of Council V2 and The Johto League are back again, as are four new stories, Tangled Web, Heat Of The Snow, Clouded Sky and The Quest for the Legends. Now, Tangled Web is a decent, original OT story, as is Clouded Sky. However...Heat Of The Snow contains a sue that makes dear Zanna Taru's Zara look restrained, a Humor/Action/Adventure genre, and generally crappy writing (as the fact she can't capitalize her own title properly suggests) with an immensely poor grasp of grammar. And The Quest for the Legends contains one of the more poorly thought out plots I've had the experience of seeing, with the particular flaw of having said poorly thought out plot benefit the character more often than not.
So I think there's some sort of disagreement within the C2 over what sort of stories should be there. (One suspects there may be staff member removals if this continues...) Anyway, readers, watch and see what happens. Will Pokecache promote good OT stories or will it just be used as a cheap badge of respectability for those in charge and their friends?
But, because this just happened I sorta want to update about it, in case it vanished again. Then I go to sleep again.
So. Pokecache. I mentioned it a while back. It's claims to be dedicated to the best OT stories and there were only two in the beginning, neither of which really challenged that (I don't much like Raven: Emerald Fist MS but it's certainly decent as OT stories go) Anyway, back in October, it updated with some pretty mediocre looking stories, On the Wings of Council V2 and The Johto League. I check the page, and the charter has changed to talk about how if you want your story there, email a staff member to check it out, and to rave about how they have the best OT stories, and that people who get on the list are just awesome.
Oh, yeah. Also, the writer of The Johto League (Summary: Holly Evergreen is a trainer from New Bark Town about to start her pokémon journey. But when she saves Gary Oak’s life and meets a talking Meowth on the run, she gets a bit more than she bargained for. ... yeah) happens to be Celebi, who coincidentally happens to be one of the staff members.
I think that it's a shame, Pokecache seemed like a good idea but now it's just going to degenerate into a clique of writers boosting their own egos. And then I check back there the next day and notice that both of the new stories have been deleted and the new charter was gone, replaced with something saying how it was for good OT stories and listing as one of the requirements that it was something other than just the typical badge route.
I think, hm, dissent among the ranks.
Then nothing happens for a month. November passes.
Today the charter has changed again, back to the same sort of thing,
(A collection of the best trainer fics the staff can find!
All of these have good grammar and spelling, proper paragraphing, full effort from the authors, interesting events and wellrounded characters. If you think your fic belongs here too, contact one of the staff members!)
and On the Wings of Council V2 and The Johto League are back again, as are four new stories, Tangled Web, Heat Of The Snow, Clouded Sky and The Quest for the Legends. Now, Tangled Web is a decent, original OT story, as is Clouded Sky. However...Heat Of The Snow contains a sue that makes dear Zanna Taru's Zara look restrained, a Humor/Action/Adventure genre, and generally crappy writing (as the fact she can't capitalize her own title properly suggests) with an immensely poor grasp of grammar. And The Quest for the Legends contains one of the more poorly thought out plots I've had the experience of seeing, with the particular flaw of having said poorly thought out plot benefit the character more often than not.
So I think there's some sort of disagreement within the C2 over what sort of stories should be there. (One suspects there may be staff member removals if this continues...) Anyway, readers, watch and see what happens. Will Pokecache promote good OT stories or will it just be used as a cheap badge of respectability for those in charge and their friends?
