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Digest - 8 Mar 2011 to 9 Mar 2011 (#2011-30)

Wed, 9 Mar 2011

There are 5 messages totalling 189 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. More musing about factions - multiplication through division (2)
  2. Other Factions (WAS: Re: Joke factions) (2)
  3. Looking ahead

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Date:    Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:00:53 -0600
From:    Tracy Godsey <tracy@g.......>
Subject: Re: More musing about factions - multiplication through division

Delurking (or would that be coming out of hiding) a moment to add some
thoughts. From what I remember circa 1994-1998 when I was active is that A
lot of faction size was a direct result of the number of able-bodied writers
that faction could field and the inclusiveness of a group. During wartime, a
lot of folks who weren't eager to write would still join a faction so that
they could be in on planning and would serve as the cast of characters that
the writers of the war posts used in the posts.

I recall when I first joined FK fandom, certain factions (that are now
reabsorbed) were more exclusive than others. As the founding members of
those exclusive factions lost interest in their online pursuits, the old
factions had no new blood to fill the void that they created. This is
probably why the newer factions have absorbed older ones.

Tracy Sue

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Date:    Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:52:14 -0500
From:    Greer Watson <gwatson2@r.......>
Subject: Re: Other Factions (WAS: Re: Joke factions)

First off, I'd like to thank Brenda Bell for pointing me to the Pit of
Condemned Bimbos.  They now have a wiki article,
http://foreverknight.wikia.com/wiki/Pit_of_Condemned_Bimbos (and I *think* I
worked in everything!)   Is that Leah Rainey who founded the faction, by the
way?  Or have I got that wrong?

What was *extra*-great was the inclusion of the URL for the website.  I
promptly had a look on the Wayback Machine.

Oh, there isn't much there.  (I get the impression there never was.)  The
graphics are all missing, though the guestbook survives.  However, I was
able to do a wiki article on the faction site as well:
http://foreverknight.wikia.com/wiki/The_Forever_Knight_Pit_Of_Condemned_Bimbos_Survivalists_Faction_Page

Now....

Has anyone spotted anything else I've missed?  Have I goofed anywhere?  (We
strive to include *everything*, you know.)


Greer

gwatson2@r.......
http://www.foreverknight.org/FK4


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Date:    Tue, 8 Mar 2011 23:13:11 -0500
From:    "Marla K." <mrkkaye@a.......>
Subject: Looking ahead

We now have 2 more FK veterans appearing at the Stratford Shakespeare
Festival - check out forkni-l.com

And the  Season 2 podcasts for Backbencher is have started at cbc.ca. Each
episode is available at cbc.ca for free for 2 weeks after airing and can
then be purchased throug i-tunes. Nigel did season 1 - no word about season 2.
Eight episodes @27 minutes, 2 seasons - perfect for the drive to Stratford.

Enjoy
Marla

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Date:    Wed, 9 Mar 2011 00:11:27 -0500
From:    Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: More musing about factions - multiplication through division

At 05:00 PM 3/8/2011, Tracy Sue wrote:

>...From what I remember circa 1994-1998 when I was active is that A
>lot of faction size was a direct result of the number of able-bodied writers
>that faction could field and the inclusiveness of a group. During
>wartime, a lot of folks who weren't eager to write would still join
>a faction so that they could be in on planning and would serve as
>the cast of characters that the writers of the war posts used in the posts.

The activity of a faction in terms of War posts and it's members'
activities in the War universe was directly related to the number of
active writers in the faction and the ability of that faction's
writers to collaborate with writers from other factions. When there
was little interfaction interaction, there were more solitary threads
that may not have seemed part of the entire War scenario.

Some of the faction dissipation/disappearance is related to people
GAFIAting -- i.e., Real Life or other interests taking precedence
over FK fandom. (One example I seem to recall is MacHeather changing
career or job and moving to a different city about a year or so after
her marriage.) Another issue is that the Warmistress for War 11
specified that only the original eight factions would be allowed to
participate, so a lot of the splintered factions had to collapse back
for the purpose of the war (it is one reason I participated in that
War as a Die-Hard rather than a Celtic Glow Worm, and why my -- and
the Vampbear's -- War 11 posts are not archived to the Fiendish Glow site).


Brenda F. Bell   webwarren@e.......   /nick TMana     IM: n2kye
         UA, PoCBS, FKPagan; Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos:  http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://home.earthlink.net/~webwarren/glow/
         Support me in riding the 2011 Tour de Cure to Stop Diabetes!
http://main.diabetes.org/goto/bfbell

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Date:    Wed, 9 Mar 2011 00:43:35 -0500
From:    Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: Other Factions (WAS: Re: Joke factions)

At 07:52 PM 3/8/2011, Greer wrote:

>First off, I'd like to thank Brenda Bell for pointing me to the Pit of
>Condemned Bimbos.  They now have a wiki article,
>http://foreverknight.wikia.com/wiki/Pit_of_Condemned_Bimbos (and I *think* I
>worked in everything!)

Thanks! I don't remember it being a joke faction so much as an
other-sort-of-affinity faction. We were the ones who, while enjoying
the idea of being snacked on by Nick, wouldn't have wanted to died
from the experience (or become permanent members of the night shift).

We were, at least in theory, preparing ourselves to survive the
experience of becoming a "Neck of the Week". (Hmm. There's no
reference to "Neck of the Week" on the wiki. How can we *not* have a
"Neck of the Week" reference on there?????)

Then again, fourteen years can alter one's perception of past reality.

>Is that Leah Rainey who founded the faction, by the way?  Or have I
>got that wrong?

That should be correct.

>What was *extra*-great was the inclusion of the URL for the website.  I
>promptly had a look on the Wayback Machine.
>
>Oh, there isn't much there.  (I get the impression there never was.)

There wasn't.

>Has anyone spotted anything else I've missed?  Have I goofed
>anywhere?  (We strive to include *everything*, you know.)

Along with semantic drift, abbreviations and diminutives should be
discussed. For example, nobody ever talks about the "Nick and Nat
Packers" any more, it's "NNP". Similarly, "Perkulators" are now
"Perks", and we write "LC" instead of "Lacroix".



Brenda F. Bell   webwarren@e.......   /nick TMana     IM: n2kye
         UA, PoCBS, FKPagan; Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos:  http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://home.earthlink.net/~webwarren/glow/
         Support me in riding the 2011 Tour de Cure to Stop Diabetes!
http://main.diabetes.org/goto/bfbell

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