Keith Inc.

Oh, hey, look! There are three people more weapon-clutzed than you. And one tied.

Well, you're alive again. Pick better targets. Any candy-stripers in the arena?

The game seems to allow guild-specific weapons? Wonder if it would make things more interesting if they were divided? Randomly divided by Lottery or something? Consider 'unaffiliated' another guild, or four guilds (to weight it in their favor)...

Change the strength to inches. You must be at least DD cup to use the Orgy Butter, a C cup or better to put batteries in the vibrator, and after level 20, you need a wheelbarrow to make it into the arena...

If i find out you borrowed from the guild treasury to revive him...eh, i'll allow it. I'm pretty much always going to be in favor of raising the dead. And with a net worth of about half a billion, i can keep the treasury stocked for it. G'head, play graveyard yo-yo with the feisty one.

Happily, no.What appeals, appeals. All the justification or rationalization or logical evaluation won't change the fact that boobs make me all warm in side. Well, if they're female boobs, within a certain range. Too small and i lose interest. Too big and i tend to want to ask the artist (or plastic surgeon) "Have you never SEEN any real boobies? Any idea how they function? Are you a helium fetishist?" I think that's a very important part of porn. Difference.Twenty years ago, if it had been suggested that i'd write a bestiality (unicorn) fanfic, i'd have denied it utterly. But i was drawing a blank on hybrid partners for Lamia, and someone suggested Biblical porn... Well, it was certainly fresh. I dunno how steamy...

Speaking as a 25th level attackticker, it is incredibly boring to have no valid targets in range. It's only slightly less boring to have one target in range, as i have to wait for each fight to wear off so i can go attack again. I would...appreciate having a greater range for targets, but i could understand how that could be a burden to the lower levels. Then again, my last two attacks were misses. A Level 1 with a toothpick could have won those duels....dammit.

I'm a Libra Tiger.

Well, readers who want your story to be the most technically correct. that's got to be a better feeling than writing fetish fic.A lot of the critics in that area just bitch if your story doesn't track directly along with their special needs.... Then again, terribly canon trek stories may be trekker special needs...

http://cartoon.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600040749 Okay. That's pretty poor, as fanfic goes.

How would i respond? Two ways, including the first response, which i've learned not to share with others. Andwhat i might write. Internal dialog: Well, they're polite. But strangely judgmental, esp. for the first sentence? External dialog: Zip (What the reviewer does and doesn't mind is not my problem, really. I wouldn't respond to this.) Internal dialog: With any fandom, i'm writing for the fans of that fandom. I wouldn't want to assign homework to readers ("Hey! You a trekker? No? Well, read up on TOS, TNG and VGR, then check out my shrinking officers series!") External dialog: Well, to be honest, it was written with Bleach and Buffy fandoms in mind. I did mention in the intro that i welded the TV Show and the (I'm sorry, i don't know what Bleach is.)______ together, and felt that too much background material would be offputting for readers that are already 'in' on the topics. Internal dialog: Okay, so i didn't do it the way you'd do it, bite me. External dialog: I don't see how it's confusing. It is how i like to separate the sections. Internal dialog: You might notice this isn't published fiction. External dialog: Are you offering to publish this? Cool! Hook me up with an editor, we'll come to terms with what i like and what the industry demands. Internal dialog: Am i being punished just because you had a hard time finding 'bleach?' External dialog: While i appreciate constructive criticism, this seems more of a readability problem than helping with my story. What did you think of the main character? Internal dialog: Bite me. External dialog: I'm afraid that anyone reading would just gloss over the block of italics, to get back to the 'real' story, but the lyrics are important to the story and i want to be sure people read them. Internal dialog: I get this a lot. Deal. External dialog: I get this a lot. But i really enjoy movies by Terry Gilliam, exactly because he doesn't spell out each and every thought, plot, and dialog for the viewer (Ever see Spaceballs? And Dark Helmet's turning to the audience after the plot exposition and asking "Did everyone get that?"). I don't explain everything for my readers, trusting that they can work it out eventually. If my style becomes a burden to someone, i would understand if they stop reading my stuff. Internal dialog: Pay for publishing, i'll give a fuck about how you'd prefer to arrange the text. External dialog: Cool. I'll take that up with the editor when we publish! Internal dialog: Sorry. That's an in-joke. For me and a million Bleach fans... External dialog: Sorry. That's an in-joke. As the original review whore, i'd close with appreciative verbage about the individual taking the time to comment, and while i don't quite agree with everything he (she?) wrote, it has given me something to think about with future efforts.

Well, I've done that. Not to steal it, i mean i clearly identified which Trek episode i was adapting.I just reimagined 'Trouble with Tribbles' with Winnie the Pooh as Kirk. It took more than just replacing the word Kirk with Silly Old Bear every time it came up. I think it stands up to scrutiny as fanfic of both the 100 Acre Federation and WoodFleet.

Well, they can't attack you a second time until their fights expire. I'd guess people raise you in series and attack you in series? That must sucketh. I tend to raise/heal anyone in my guild, if i notice they are dead or wounded. If i'm really bored, i'll phoenix-up anyone else. But not to attack them. Actually, i'm more likely to feel guilty and raise them after i kill them. Or i was, back when there were people within range to attack...

Check the 'shop stats.' There are five- -Three sir!- Right, three people more death orienteded than you.

Work in progress, inspired by some art i saw elsewhere. Title: The Hookup Author: KeithVII Rating: A++(by the time i'm finished) Summary: Boy meets girl, girl looses a few limbs, boy repelled, girl decides to teach boy a lesson. By shrinking him...SM B-Mod, Dom, Other I have seen some pics of women with hook hands, or peg legs, eye patches, other prosthetics, scars, etc. Stuff put out by people turned on by prosthesis. I don't share that, but i was amazed at the sensuality that survives in the pics. Women that can suffer ravaging trauma, then still look past their stump and give a come-hither smile. I'm trying to catch THAT feeling...and, also, satisfy my shrinking fetish for a bit. Fandom: prosthesis fetishist, shrinking man fetishist URL: http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600096220

I'm afraid i've been on the planet too long to demand courtesy. Or expect it. In a virtual game about killing people to death and such, friendly notes seem oddly out of character. To me, actions speak loudly more than words are doing. Reviving, fighting, slaying, and hiding the bodies is what you can do. Trash talk bespeaks a smallity of soul. Or, trying to get into the fun of what they thing the battle mod is or is supposed to be?

I personally don't need to know who all has attacked me. I don't need to find a dozen messages in my in-box about who done me in while i was sleeping, working or on Travel. But some people do seem to want to have that information. Luckily, it seems to me that both views can be satisfied. There is an option, MyControls/ibProBattle/Your Settings, to turn off ibProBattle PMs. I don't get any of the ones sent...assuming any are. So, i was wondering just how many people really are interested in getting the results of all their fights, the identities of all their slayers (or those that suicide against them)?

Transferring phoenix potions to someone will not revive them. The way to do that is to get to their profile. Clicking on their name on the Target list will usually do this Once there, find the tab for the ibProBattle profile. If they are dead, and you are alive, you will have the option to revive them., with a Phoenix Down or the Elixir of Life, if you own at least one of each. Click on the potion you wish to use and thy will be done. If you don't click on a potion, the system automatically uses the Elixir. If you are attempting to be friendly to a member of your guild, go to your guildhouse, find the Member List, and there will be an option of using items on anyone who is below perfect health. This would include reviving and simple healing with tonics. You can also be friendly to any allyof your guild, go to your guildhouse, find the Ally List, and there will be an option of using items on anyone who is below perfect health. This would include reviving and simple healing with tonics.

"In god we trust" was added to our coins in the 1950's. Not part of the founding father's construction of the government. That, and the phrase in the pledge, were part of the response to McCarthy's march against communism. Since the biggest communist government was atheistic, the belief was that one had to be an atheist to be a communist. It's not true at all. And since then, the government has twisted around very amusingly to avoid actually bringing the phrases to scrutiny. There is no secular purpose to them, so they should not be something our secular government does. But until a case comes up that they cannot ignore or dismiss, it will remain. To me, this is a good sign about the government. There are plenty of cases about government promoting religion. They regularly come down on the side of Church/State Separation. That's why the courts work so hard to avoid decisions about our money or the pledge. Or finding loopholes in those decisions that have come down. The point of church/state separation is to keep our government from all religions. What if a religion with dietary proscriptions were to get their litany legislated? What if the Mormons did away with all coffee and caffenated sodas in the nation? Or even in one state? One city? Reversing your question, if you are not into a religion (and i don't know anyone who is 'into' every religion), then who are they to tell you that you have to live as if you believed their litany?I'm all in favor of people having their religion, and worshipping by their own beliefs, and even voting in accordance with those beliefs. I'm against a church telling people how to vote, and i'm against the government adopting religious beliefs, promoting them in a manner that requires me to live by their beliefs.

Well, the first thing i do (NOW!) on coming here is check to see if anyone's applied to join the guild. I have, regretfully, attacked people in the past, not knowing that their application was submitted (and we have all had desks like that at least once, nu?). So, i approve, you become family. Second, i check to see if anyone's dead on the Target List. Starting with me... If i'm alive, i revive everyone that's TT. I have a few hundred reviving potions ready to hand at all times. If you're guild, i use the 'turn all the way back on' one. Sometimes, if i'm bored, i use the 'five points to get a jump start' one on others. And a couple of times, i've clicked the wrong button and fully healed a rival... Whoops. If you're not dead, i can't 'revive' you to full health. I can transfer health and strength points, but i don't like to. It leaves me open to attack while in a weakened state. More than once i've found out that i was dead because the number of available naughty points dipped while i was between screens. Phooey on that. If you're not dead, and a member of the guild, i (or any other Taroteer) can use their potions to up your healing, bringing you up to full strength without making myself vulnerable. This also works for allies, the ability to use potions other than resurrection. I just haven't had anyone apply for ally... Oh! And don't forget, if you join a guild you get a nifty guild title. Ours are the incredibly original Tarot Cards. Pick one that hasn't been taken, it's yours. All in all, i'd suggest joining a guild (or making your own), there are a number of advantages and benefits, besides the obvious cool factor of having a name in the guild column.... And if you're not going to join ours, you could do worse than the other one(s?). - 1 The Magician

For me, the hardest part is to avoid insertion. I mean, at least twice in my career i wrote my stated goal: To be the intelligence officer on the starship Enterprise. If you're really worried about canon, though, watch the first season of TOS. Compare the first few episodes to the last movies. They really were making it up as they went along. What was the organization they first worked for? Interstellar Survey Service? The good news about Trek fiction, if you get it wrong: Yes, some fans will skewer your every mistake. But there will also be fans that become apologists, suggesting ways that two contradictory facts could both be right.

Yes. Sure. If i'm so healthy that i can take all the damage they can dish out and STILL be the farthest from death, why not? It's not that i win for missing, it's that i win for very, very carefully and successfully choosing my targets.

And don't you ever forget it. MWAHAHAHAHA~!

But that seems odd. I mean, at the end of it, i'm still healthier than my attacker was. Seems like someone hits me enough to make me limp, i take their leg off at the hip, and the judges give it to them?

So, someone attacked me, took 77 hit points. Left me with 45. I responded, took 49 of theirs. They were left with 19. They won. It just seems odd. I had more hit points at the end. I was the stronger one. Did they win for doing more damage than i did? Or for having a greater percentage of their starting value after all was said and done?