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Post by Kat on Apr 5, 2007 18:06:39 GMT -5
[shadow=purple,left,300]Aye, thanks for the heads-up. Good thing I'm bad at writing anything over T or PG-13. XD[/shadow]
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Post by retired on Apr 5, 2007 19:59:52 GMT -5
Uh... is cartoony violence okay? '_- I would think so, but you never know. I mean, I was gonna have some battles later on in my series, but I wasn't planning on blood or anything. Mostly just your average comic-book style violence (except with no blood or gross stuff like that).
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Post by Ikkin on Apr 5, 2007 20:24:10 GMT -5
Uh... is cartoony violence okay? '_- I would think so, but you never know. I mean, I was gonna have some battles later on in my series, but I wasn't planning on blood or anything. Mostly just your average comic-book style violence (except with no blood or gross stuff like that). Perfectly fine. You probably wouldn't even need to rate it T for that. As long as it's not too graphic and has a plot/characterization/theme/etc. purpose, there's no problem.
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Post by retired on Apr 5, 2007 21:07:36 GMT -5
Naw, it's mostly your basic punching/zapping/throwing large heavy object and just barely missing kind of thing. The idea is they have a big battle tournament as a kind of team work excercise. Plot-wise, though, it's to introduce some side characters and provide oodles of exposition. Ah, sweet, sweet exposition. I was worried, since I was relying on that story-line heavily. *phew* Hopefully proboards doesn't consider *points to above zany battle strategies* as being too graphic. -_-'
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2007 12:55:31 GMT -5
[shadow=purple,left,300]Aye, thanks for the heads-up. Good thing I'm bad at writing anything over T or PG-13. XD[/shadow] I can. Accidentally. If I get carried away. But I would never show any of that to anyone. XD Typically, I write softer, cleaner.
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Post by Strife on Apr 6, 2007 17:53:31 GMT -5
Rats, there goes my plan of writing a DooM fanfic. xD Kidding.
Toning down the gutsyness is a good idea, especially if it's an official Proboards rule. Afterall, the existance of the NTWF depends on following such rules. Like people have said, if you want to write something that's gorey or overly violent, fanfiction.net (or a similar site) is the place to put it.
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Post by Sirius on Apr 7, 2007 21:07:51 GMT -5
Eep, would this apply to stories in Memory Lane? Because Conspiracy is quite gory and I'm wondering if I should grab it now (because I don't think it's on my computer now) and post it elsewhere? ^^ Yeah.
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Post by Ikkin on Apr 7, 2007 21:32:03 GMT -5
Eep, would this apply to stories in Memory Lane? Because Conspiracy is quite gory and I'm wondering if I should grab it now (because I don't think it's on my computer now) and post it elsewhere? ^^ Yeah. Yeah, I would suggest grabbing the story... *couldn't finish reading it*
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Post by Crystal on Apr 8, 2007 1:24:06 GMT -5
As forumers, as teens, as responsible people, [glow=red,2,300]Paradox... senses... tingling... XD [/glow] No way, babe, a paradox would be As a forumer, as a teen, as a responsible Rider
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Post by Ikkin on Apr 10, 2007 8:36:55 GMT -5
Considering that it's been a week since this was put up, all M-rated stories have been removed to Administrative Review. There may still be more stories that need to be removed, but it will require further discussion to decide which are still problematic.
If you don't have a backup of your story, you can ask one of the moderators for an email copy of it.
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I've been trying to come up with more specific guidelines for rating stories and determining what should be allowed, and I think that asking these three questions about the violence in your story might be helpful:
1) How necessary is it for this act of violence to happen for plot/characterization/thematic/etc. reasons? Does my story have a reason apart from showcasing this act of violence?
2) How graphic is my story? Would my story lose anything important if I made it less graphic?
3) How closely related are graphicness and specific acts of violence in my story? Am I using graphicness in a purely medical context, or to describe a violent act?
The more positive the answers to question one, the second part of question two, and the second part of question three are, the less likely your story is to be problematic. Conversely, the more positive the rest of the question parts are, the more likely your story will be a problem.
It's the total that's the important thing - so, your story wouldn't automatically be not-forum-safe (or even T) if one of them were broken, but it's a good sign to warn you that you are no longer on safe ground.
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Post by Zylaa on Apr 14, 2007 11:45:50 GMT -5
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten that ATTWS was rated M. Heh. >_>
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Post by Dream on Apr 14, 2007 13:28:29 GMT -5
I really, really am unsure about ratings. I'm wondering if this puts the final nail in "The Last Fanfictioneers", given that there's a murder (with associated dark humour) in the next chapter. All appears to be normal until it's discovered that Phoenix Down no longer works.
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Post by Stal on Apr 14, 2007 13:38:39 GMT -5
I really, really am unsure about ratings. I'm wondering if this puts the final nail in "The Last Fanfictioneers", given that there's a murder (with associated dark humour) in the next chapter. All appears to be normal until it's discovered that Phoenix Down no longer works. I don't see the problem with that. There's a difference between graphic depictions of violence, torture, and murder and then writing about death. There's a HUGE difference. Having a murder wouldn't even get rid of a PG rating necessarily.
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Post by Zylaa on Apr 15, 2007 20:19:46 GMT -5
I'll try to help clear up this issue more- mods, correct me if I'm wrong.
PG- Even though we don't think it, there is violence in PG movies. Think about most cartoon Disney movies, such as Lion King, Mulan, Hunchback of Notre Dame. Very little blood, and yeah it's all cartoon, but it's still violence. Also think about the first few Harry Potter movies. Violence is there. Murder is there. It's just not graphic. (Random side note: Oh, so that's why they had all the Disney villains fall from impossible heights to their deaths- so there was no body and no blood. I feel enlightened.)
PG-13: Think of the graphic levels of Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Post by Bacon on Jun 29, 2007 12:59:02 GMT -5
...This must done for the protection of the forum, as Proboards does not allow any material unsuitable for a thirteen-year old to be posted (or even linked to) on its servers.... To quote the Member's ages thing, which can't be quoted since it's locked: "First of all, to be a member on this forum while under the age of 13 is against the law in accordance to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Secondly, since Proboards requires all members to give their age in order to sign up for this forum, no one under 13 is able to register." So... If there can't be members younger than thirteen, you'd think the rule would be just a little bit less strict. Not that I'm complaining, being one of the most squeamish people I know, I just feel a bit of an inconsistency. [shadow=purple,left,300]Aye, thanks for the heads-up. Good thing I'm bad at writing anything over T or PG-13. XD[/shadow] For some reason, I'm not too terribly surprised. However, myself as an author, (I write a lot, I just never post anything online, and what I do post nobody reads.) I quite surprise myself how graphic and vivid I can be, like in this one story, where the...uh... let's just say the dragon dies and leave it at that.
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