Subject: Re: [FFML] [SPAM] Some C&C humor ...
From: Wayne Pillion
Date: 8/27/1996, 8:10 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

David C. Yi stated:
1. I read __% of the stories on this ML
[ ] 99
[ ] 10
[ ] 1
[ ] .1
[ ] There's stories among all that spam?
  [x] other: 90%

2. I C&C __% of the stories on this ML
[ ] 99
[ ] 10
[X] 1
[ ] .1
[ ] 0
[ ] What's C&C?

3. I can't C&C because
[x] I have school,a job, and other activities that requires 80+ hrs/wk
[ ] I have a 2400 baud modem
[ ] The 'fic is too good for me to mess up with my C&C
[ ] The 'fic is so bad that it is not worth the electrons it is stored on
[ ] my grammar stinks
[ ] I have no ideas to contribute
[ ] I got a brain operation recently
[ ] The warden won't let me get email

4. I think that C&C should be
[ ] Positive comments only
[ ] Negative comments only
[X] Both positive and negative
[ ] Consist only of "it's great" or "it sucks"
[ ] Email requesting the previous parts
[ ] Email wanting to know when the rest of it will come out
[X] Include grammar & spelling checks
[X] Include comments on plots and ideas
[ ] Something you can buy at a supermarket

5. I gave C&C in the form of
[ ] Positive comments only
[ ] Negative comments only
[X] Both positive and negative ones
[ ] Only saying what's wrong, but without telling how to fix it,
    leaving the author to rack his/her brains on the keyboard
[ ] "it's great" or "it sucks"
[ ] Another 'fic
[ ] Quoting an entire story to get my one line CC in
[X] An thorough review, from grammar/spelling to plot/ideas
[ ] A preprocessed, canned product

6. I have posted several stories and got
    N/A

7. If you didn't get 5+ CC's, was your story of the type:
    N/A


8. If it is a Ranma 'fic and you got <5 CC's, was your story of the type:
    N/A

9. Whenever I read, the biggest pet-peeve is:
[ ] Unfinished story (*ahem*)
[X] Annoying formatting
[ ] So long, that you need to pull an all-nighter to read it
    [ ] Check if it is so funny that your neighbors complain about
        your laughter ... not really a peeve, but the neighbors are :)
[X] Generic plot with characters flatter than a pancake run over by a
    Mack truck
[X] Really bad spelling/grammar mistakes

10. I would C&C more if:
[ ] The story presented is complete, or at least contains a self-
    contained plot thread
[ ] The story weren't binhexed/mimed/uuencoded
[ ] The story weren't written in script format
[ ] The story wasn't so good
[ ] I get a faster modem to replace my 300 baud-er
[X] I ever finish reading 30MB of backlogged stories :)
[X] A la Nabiki (i.e. I were paid to do it)
[ ] I were threatened by an Arab terrorist waving a lit stick of 
    dynamite in front of my face

11. Despite the spam, I'm still subscribed because:
[X] To have a good read once in a while
[X] To remind yourself that you too can go on an ego-trip in public :)
[ ] To learn all of the write techniques from the masters ;)
[ ] To plag ... er ... gain new ideas and insight for own projects
[X] To get cool stories before RAAC does, especially looooong series
    (You could say that your computer has a serial port ... :)
[ ] I can't get the list to unsubscribe me
[ ] If I unsubscribed, I'd be getting no mail
[X] So I can brag to my friends about how much mail I get
[ ] I have no life; so much so, that I'm getting an IP address for my
    coffin.


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