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I'm pretty good with computer gizmo's and software. That's how I was able to monitor the spoof (LEGALLY), try and catch the
one-star bandit. If you look at the overall ratings of Spoof stories now they're much higher .. meaning ..
Speaking of your sleuthiness, with regard to the One-Star Bandit*, I remember your having narrowed it down to maybe 3 people. Is there anything you gathered about her or him that you can share with us?
*For those of you not familiar with the One-Star Bandit mentioned here, he or she was a writer or reader of Spoof stories, that, with great regularity, gave the one-star rating (a feature at thespoof.com) to most all new stories when they were first posted by the contributing writer, thereby giving the appearance that all stories at the Spoof were poor quality.
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Good synopsis of the bandit Mr Deadwords. Lots of people give 1 stars .. that's their
Spoof given right. Mr Lector even came right out and said
"If I don't like a story, I one star it".
That's his Spoof given right. THE bandit, however, worked systematically, deviously. I think Mr Helium may know the identity.
Remember, the one-starring occurred while a story was in PENDING. Only "writers" can see Pending stories. Those of you still writing, pray that your stories get out of Pending ASAP. That's when they're most vulnerable. The bandit is a lazy bandit. Once your story is safely out of pending the GRINDER mixes it in with all the hundreds of other stories in 'god' knows what category so you're much much safer. IF you can make it out of Pending.
One time I had a perfect "moment in time" snapshot where every single story in pending
was one-starred. I wrote one of the writers affected told them to check it all out before the moment in time was gone. They checked it out, went
"Well I'll be".
One story I thought was killer. Even Mr Helium wrote me while it was still in pending asking me to put it out as soon as possible.
I did ..
One starred.
One Sunday long ago I attempted to post 3 different stories. Good ones. Each time I put one out the bandit hit it. One rating, one star. I'd then remove the story, re-submit it as new. I tried for hours, different times of the day to get those 3 stories safely out there. The bandit must have been glued to the Spoof that day. I finally gave up. Pulled over 200 live stories, over 100 pending stories going
"I'm not getting paid for this".
There's a better, fairer way to rate stories that even boots Google out of the picture. You're right. What does a visitor think when he goes there and sees every story rated 2 or 3 stars ?
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I'd say there are an infinite number of questions that I haven't answered. I am an avid Quake3 player .. my alias there until recently .. the_produce_mgr.
Can't leave off the "the".
I meant the questions that I've asked...
Did you mean "Quake3" was your alias at the Spoof?
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That's his Spoof given right. THE bandit, however, worked systematically, deviously. I think Mr Helium may know the identity. One story I thought was killer. Even Mr Helium wrote me while it was still in pending asking me to put it out as soon as possible.
I did ..
Quite a few writers were/are frustrated with Helium. You, even with your disagreements with him, seem to have him in 'perpective', so-to-speak. How have you arrived at this?
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No .. Quake 3, the online multiplayer game where you enter this virtual world with up to 31 other players armed with shotguns, rocket launchers, missiles each one trying to blow everyone else's HEAD off.
Jolly fun that. One time mom asked me
"WHAT do you get if you blow somebody's head off?"
I of course went
"A POINT mom! A POINT!!!"
In the game you have to have a name. Mine was .. the_produce_mgr.
I try to see both sides of everything. Quite a few words even I've had with Mr Helium and I know that everyone here with stories to tell are not making them up. I pulled my stories mainly because I was tired of the one-starring but ..
if say, Mz Jenna had been the bird in charge of the Spoof at the time, I probably would have reconsidered. Mr Helium gets a bum rap but then again Mr Helium doesn't seem to get it yet. He to me is like the coach of the Miami Dolphins .. strict, stern,
WE GOTTA WIN AT ALL COSTS
attitude. That's the way coaches and Sargents have to be in order to whip a team
or army into winning shape.
Us writers are not an army or an NFL football team though.
And, I've thought about suggesting that he
ditch that avatar, come across more
darvijen-like. We all have to admit that avatar image in some way affects our impression of the party behind the avatar.
That's my job it seems. To be the ultimate middle man .. moderate. If I could vote for Bush AND Kerry at the same time I probably would. I see the unfair name-calling and spinning coming out of both sides.
Mr Helium gets a bum rap sometimes but, us writers writing there get the bum rap a lot of the times. As you probably have deduced, Jack is my real nemesis but I try to be fair and even see the good there. He did, at one point create quite an amazing satire site, apparently bankrolling it all with his own money. But it all reminds me of Sen. Lloyd Bentsen in that old VP debate against Quayle going
"I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
Applying that to today,
"I know Mz Jenna. Mz Jenna is a friend of mine. YOU sirs are no Mz Jenna".
I just want everyone to be successful. Forgive, forget but also make adjustments when adjustments need to be made.
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"I must say that you seem quite resilient"
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"Well, we'll see just how much you can take!"
No, seriously Produce, that was a good answer to the Helium-mess!
Being handy, as you are, with the tech end of this world of web-based reality, how often do you consider the possibilities of starting a satire site of your own?
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How often do you consider the possibilities of starting a satire site of your own?
Good cartoon too .. you must be doing some photoShopping on the side.
I have a site where anyone is welcome to store their stories if they have no other place to put them. But, there are way too many satire sites out there already. The only way I'd make an official site would be to test my patented story rating system. Where even stories with LOW hits could rise to the top of the ladder. Quality, not Google hits would determine every story's worth.
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I would venture to say that you're a pretty popular guy 'round these parts... I mean, look at your "karma" - I believe it's the highest ranking in this forum! Have you considered running for office..., or from it?
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Until darvijen pointed out that there's karma and smites and applauds here, for ages I never knew it all even existed. I kind of overlook the obvious sometimes. I was at the Spoof for months before I even knew they had a forum.
I'm not knocking the karma thing but what?
I take all that Karma into Starbucks? Maybe get me a packet of creme for my expresso?
I if I had to explain why .. I'd blame it on my sometimes annoyingly moderate moderate position on life. I don't care if I get smited down to absolute zero. I'm not trying to win any karma or awards I just see life from all sides, left, right, demo, pub, coke, pepsi.
Re your Prez suggestion .. well .. you're all free to WRITE me in tomorrow, that's entirely legal in every state but Florida and Jersey.
I take back my previous statement of
"If elected I will not serve".
And NO I didn't FLIP FLOP by changing my position on that previously stated statement.
I simply .. well .. there's gotta be a better term in the Google/Websters dictionary than
"Flip Flop". WhatEVER that word is .. that's what I did.
Make ME president, me and my robot dog, AIbo, he'll be my VP, possibly a better one that either Mr Ed OR Mr Cheney. I'll find Osama Nov 3rd, wipe the deficit out Nov 4th, get our troops out of you know where Nov 5th
(AFTER wiping out ALL the terrorists)
(AND finding that dadgum xxx tons of explosives).
THEN .. I'll take a breather Nov 7th then, back to work passing my ANTI-tax bill .. where YOU folks don't pay us the government, WE pay YOU simply to exist.
Can I count on anybody's support?
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hello?
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You can count on me Doctor Produce! When did you become a doctor of produce? 
I love these discussions on karma. Those with the best are quieter than the rest.
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darvijen said it all regarding you god.
Profound saying even ..
god needs to have
perpetual ZERO karma since god is being appluaded and smited at once.
I forgot how you explained it but maintain that zero god. You're 2 points too high now.
Just say the word and I'll SMITE ya.
2 birds, one stone. You get your Karma closer to normal and I can say
"I smote god".
or is it smitted?
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