Originally posted by Cadbury
Why not go as far as Antar and wrongly accuse me of plagiarism without even bothering to ask for a clarification?
I'm not going to accuse you of plagiarism for using characters that aren't your own. I'm going to label it as fanfiction, which in my mind warrants a DQ. You may have asked for permission, but if the judges don't like it, then they will act accordingly. Here's something I find interesting:
I have no problem with not being able to use settings, people or concepts from other works of fiction (despite the fact that I have once before); but why may only "exactly four lines of one song as a set-piece" be used? You can quote whoever you want in literature as long as the quote is attributed and not too lengthy, it's not plagiarism or using other people's work or ideas. Quoting is a key aspect of writing. I, for one, quote often (and creatively), so this is one reason why I called the rules of your contest oppressive and rightly so (in my opinion, obviously).
My emphasis. You have no problem not quoting others, but you seem to do it an awful lot none the less. It's my opinion that people should be presenting their own works, not simply regurgitating the words of others. Four lines of song, instead of a whole song, does not qualify as 'repressive'. Do you have an issue with using your own words, instead of others? If you must rely on the words and characters of others, we can accommodate you and arrange for a fanfiction contest.
Oppression. Too many rules! Why threaten to have writer statuses revoked and “personally tear stories off the forum?” It's not like you've ever had much of a problem with that sort of thing other than with me, is it? And I told Intrepid that there would be a few guts. If there was a problem with that he should have said something.
I didn't even have all that big an issue with the gore in your stories. No, it wasn't directed at you. Is two rules too much for your fragile muse? So far, we're up to 'don't flagellate the works of others, even if you warn us it's fanfiction', and 'don't use gore that flies in the face of the T&C'. We have had people chastised in the long-ago past. As I made clear, we have a little leeway with the T&C, but we still can't post 'offensive' material. I don't define that sort of stuff, but the general rule of thumb is PG13. If you disagree with that, talk to someone with a higher pay grade than me.
Next we have the above. I u2u'd you straight away and offered my services as a judge, a message which you read and completely ignored. Several days later you still didn't have enough judges and asked once again in the thread for more, lest the contest be cancelled. Whereas this is not oppressive, what does it really say?
Well, to be perfectly blunt, it says that your endless complaints have not endeared you to myself, nor to a number of other persons. Complaining about the quality of judges didn't get you any brownie points, either. Derailing this thread twice with attacks on me didn't exactly scream 'level-headed and responsible'.
Do we want to see a New Year's contest?
DE
[edit on 6-12-2008 by DeusEx]
[edit on 6-12-2008 by intrepid]
