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Interview With Spoof Admins
A very little intro here;
Turmoil is a word I rarely use, but in the case of this interview, as well as the very reason we are all here at ISWG, I would be remiss if I didn't.
Now that that's out of the way, I'll begin by saying that Reluctance is also something I've never used to describe the person(s) I've requested an interview from...
But then again, this very small planet we live and breed upon is as complex a microcosm, in the field of objective sciences, as any that exist this side of the Planck Scale.
Which, now that I mention it, has absolutely nothing to do with the Periodic Tables, where I might find a more relevant beginning to these proceedings...
In my funereal attempts at creating a positive setting for this symposium, I've possibly exhausted the patients of the reader, as well as the willingness of the subject(s) of these examinations, so let's just cut to the chase;
Helium, for those few who need some background, is chief editor for thespoof.com. He joined the Spoof last spring, some time after Jack O’Farrell purchased it from Paul and Mark Lowton.
After establishing himself as the clear representative of Mr. O’Farrell's will, with regard to the content of submissions, the rejection of stories by writers, new and long established, became commonplace.
The spirit of the writing community, already reeling from Jack's strong arm manner of dealing with censorship issues, withered further from the obvious lacks of common courtesy and communication. Forum closings and permanent bannings became commonplace, and have continued with a recent round of unexplained prohibitions.
These forums here at ISWG were created by and for this very group of "rejected" writer's, and this interview with Helium and possibly Jack, is long in coming. I hope with all that has been said, some noble gas might after all be expressed.
Helium, I'll first off thank you for having the guts to come forward to meet this challenge. My first question is, what might you share of your background in the area of satire, writing, or editing?
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Iam Helium
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Re: Interview With Spoof Admins
"if I were in fact associated with thespoof.com, my response to that would be,"
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Helium, I'll first off thank you for having the guts to come forward to meet
this challenge. My first question is, what might you share of your
background in the area of satire, writing, or editing?
Dearest Bob, thanks for the invite, it takes no guts to be involved in this parody. The real challenge is finding time to mess around with folks like yourself who have no true respect for the inner workings of a NUMBER #1 SATIRE WEBSITE.
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Q: "What might you share of your background in the area of satire,
writing, or editing?"
You're not going to believe this but, before Jack bought The Spoof, I had absolutely no experience with satire, websites, or email. That was over a year ago and in that time I have learned everything I need to know about running a client-based server site. I have also studied the Satire Masters and I believe I now know what it takes to make a great spoof story. I have one Spoof Story up on-site and I, like you are with yours, am very proud of that piece of work, 3.5 stars from 8 ratings is pretty good for a first effort. I am also currently running a screenplay/document rating service site that has grown too fast in too short a time. Speaking of "Time!" that ever shrinking word, I hope you can begin to appreciate my lack of TIME to visit here often, or to spend it holding the hands of our writers when a story gets rejected. I'm not a mean guy, I am an overworked nice guy with homicidal tendencies. LOL, just kidding folks. <--(notice sense of humor!)
H
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Explanations? EXPLANATIONS??? I don't need to explain pooh to you!
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LOL - Funny - I have no trouble at all believing that!!!
Me either. In fact, I've won a few bets now that he's confirmed it.
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..and in that time I have learned everything I need to know about running a client-based server site. I have also studied the Satire Masters and I believe I now know what it takes to make a great spoof story...
Fukkit...can't resist..
Now I'll get kicked off here too.
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Now I'll get kicked off here too.
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Nah ya won't. We probably shouldn't be messing up Bob and Greg's thread, tho.
JJ started it. It's all his fault! 
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Iam Helium wrote:
I hope you can begin to appreciate my lack of TIME to visit here often, or to spend it holding the hands of our writers when a story gets rejected. I'm not a mean guy, I am an overworked nice guy with homicidal tendencies. LOL, just kidding folks. <--(notice sense of humor!)
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Not meaning to be completely humourless here, I find this statement very revealing. You seem to resent writers not respecting your story rejections. Maybe we could explore this a bit, if you don't mind. Have you, yourself, ever experienced rejections of submitted works?
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An you honestly think her's gonna answer that, do you Bob? Do you?
Gimme a break for crying out loud.
can't you see what a complete a$$hole he is?
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There should be a time limit on these questions, Bob.
I get the distinct impression that Helium doesn't want to have anything to do with this interview.
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