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[seventhe]

I've updated all the memories in brokenprism so that they, uh, make a little more sense. An explanation can be found in the new profile, here.

*phew* Now, a break, and then tomorrow I really need to redo the ff_epicfic memories in a way that makes sense.

In other news: The FF Archive needs input plz!

I know a lot of my f-list is FF-fanwork-related, and I'd like you guys to chime in on this if you can. Basically, we're asking whether an FF-only, FF-based, FF-specific (as in canons, characters, etc) Fic Archive would interest anybody. Think ff.net, only better and less sucky, designed specifically for Final Fantasy writers.

Obviously, this will take a lot of work -- conceiving of a system that caters to the bizarre FF fandom and doesn't suck nuts; programming the thing; actually implementing the system and bug-testing; and then finally maintaining, running, keeping it up-to-date - not to mention modding and paying for the archive. The question is mostly: would you use it? Is it worth it?

There have already been some discussions and some developments on it, but after the FanLib fiasco and LJ's inadvertant fandom-bonding screwup, the question now is mostly: is this something that would be totally sweet?

Here: http://community.livejournal.com/ffarchive/4612.html

And now, I'm off to do actual work.

Comments

[irish-ais.livejournal.com]

Screw work. Read this. It brings lulz in more ways than I can possibly count.

A Finely Tuned Piece

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

AWESOME AND MUCH BETTER THAN WORK

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

You know what would help it out a lot should the idea go through? If everyone who wrote FF fanfiction could get their own stories ready to be loaded on some sort of site, or at least give the people in charge a list of all fics with ratings/charas/pairings/etc and then the actual document files itself. That way a bulk of the fanfiction could be loaded within a short amount of time, and the mods wouldnt have to go wading through 3 years worth of ff_press entries.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming that it would work like fanfiction.net, right, where the authors themselves would be in charge of uploading and correctly tagging their own fic. I don't think mods would be in charge of anything other than overseeing their particular fandom area and answering to complaints (hopefully better than ff.net does).

At least, I hope not! I volunteered to be a mod!

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

I figured that it would be more like Draco and Ginny dot com, where members can post their own stories but they all go into a processing area, and then the mods, called the "Cabal" there, go through and make sure there aren't huge glaring spelling mistakes and inaccuracies so that the quality of fic is still high, and if there are, they send an email back to the author stating the needed changes. I believe they have one member on duty each day who is in charge of reading through the stories, except I think the FF one would work smoother if there were mods in charge of specific FF games, since I would know nothing about say FFVI or FFVII. I guess I just assumed this would be the way it was done. Perhaps I should mention this over there?

hooray tl;dr!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Well, if the community opens, you can read some of the back posts on stuff like this. I know a lot of different things have been suggested, too, so you might want to suggest this as well (and reference Draco and Ginny dot com).

I believe the thing that was last suggested was a kind of an archive self-policing policy. There would be a "report" button that users could use to report stories with horrible grammar / character bashing / canon mistakes / chatspeak to the fandom mod. (And yes, I believe the current plan is for each fandom to have at least ONE mod, if not more.) The mod would then review the fic and make the final decision on whether or not it was suitable for the archive.

Users whose stories were judged as "not acceptable" would then have their accounts suspended (either partially or fully; not yet decided) until they fixed their story. There would be a note from the fandom mod, explaining the reason for rejection (with reference to the site's TOS). This provides an actual incentive for users to fix their story, then!

This way, stories can be immediately submitted to the site, so you don't have to wait for a mod to review it before it actually gets posted. At the same time, there are two checks and balances: one being the "report" function that any user can use to ping a mod, and two being the mod actually checking the story that has been pinged and deciding whether the story is at fault (Author A suspended) or whether it was a false report (User B suspended temporarily for report abuse).

Again, this was just something that was discussed, not necessarily decided on... feel free to go and add your two cents on everything, basically!

Re: hooray tl;dr!

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

This makes sense, and I suppose it makes it so people aren't needed to be online for 12 hours or so on their modding day to approve entries. I just hope something like this actually gets going- because having an ff archive that is full of fic would make me a happy camper! :D

Re: hooray tl;dr!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's kind of the fairest way for both the mods and the users. And I think some kind of system that would rank the stories based on offense - a story that had been reported 10 times would go before one with only one flag - would be useful as well. XD

I would love for this to go through, honestly!

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

Also, one comment said that if would only work well if the BNFs were brought over- DO YOU THINK WE COUNT AS BNFs IN ANY CAPACITY???? CAUSE WE TOTALLY ARE I SWEAR. HOT ONES.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

WELL I WOULD OBVIOUSLY SAY YES. WE ARE THE SEXY BNFS OF TEH FFIV FANDOM.

AND IF NOT, THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT FOR A FANDOM TAKEOVER!!!

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

FANDOM TAKEOVER COMENCETH!!!

*gets out broadsword and shield*

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THIS BUT I WILL SLASH TIL SOMEBODY BLEEDS!!!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

LOL AN EXCELLENT PUN ON "SLASH" IF I MUST SAY SO MYSELF.

MAYBE THIS IS THE PROBLEM, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SLASH IN FFIV. LET US SOLVE THIS, QUICKLY!

[rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

Work? Don't work, finish your hanging sentence in HNTDB so I can write more in there without guilt tripping myself!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

OH CRAP I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT

Ha! See, that's what happens when the boss walks in at work... >.>

[rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

Haha, no problem. I'm still trying to finish FFV and I *just discovered* that I actually own the remastered PS version of FFIV, so I guess I'll be busy for... oh, I don't know. 80-120 game hours? XP

It is messing with my head that the graphics and music for 4 is better than 5. SQUARESOFT TIME IS NOT LINEAR!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD FFIV IS SO GOOD PLEASE COME OVER TO THE DARK SIDE OLD-SCHOOL SIDE, WE HAVE COOKIES.

Seriously, FFIV is still one of my favourites of all time. And yes, the music from that game is a classic.

[rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

I think you can say 'Dark Side.' Cecil IS a 'Dark Knight' isn't he?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

It's very true! So how far in the game are you?

[rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

Bua! I just started playing, actually. To be honest, I did a little flirting with the game, but I seriously want to finish V before I start any new game, lest I do what I did last time (forget the story and have to start from the whole damn beginning again.)

However, I did flirt all the way up to the Kaipo desert part. That means - I know Kain and Cecil are buds, the King is an evil bastard, Kain and Cecil killed Rydia's mom, Rydia can make really big earthquakes happen, and Rosa has Desert Fever or something like that.

Then I set out to go cure it and promptly got my (tiny) party wiped out by some desert monster thing that pretty much just stepped on the kids and killed 'em off. Oh, the fun times of when FF games actually were a little bit hard. ;-)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

No, it makes sense. However, this only means that I think you need to finish V really quick so that I can squee over IV with you.

And yeah, uh IV is really kind of hard at parts. There's this one particular battle further towards the end of the game that's honestly harder than the final boss, mostly because up until that point you probably haven't SUPER over-levelled and these Fiends just come in and they're all POW YOUR PARTY IS DEAD and you kind of ".......!!!!!" at the screen.

[rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

You just pretty much described all of FFV from start to finish, you know.

But all right. Since you're squeeing so much, I won't bother to get all of the blue magic in the game this playthrough. ;-)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I admit it. I don't think I've ever gotten all the blue magic in a game. I liked Quistis, so I got a lot of hers, but definitely not all of it. >.>

[rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

Heh heh, see, I've never *not* gotten all the blue magic in a game before. Even the ones that completely suck! You're a bad influence on my studious gaming ways, I tell you.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I am a horrible gamer! I admit it! I am so eager to get through a game the first time I play it that I barely level on my first play-through. Do not let my evil lack of patience infect you!

EXCEPT FOR FFIV OMG.