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From: James Nutley <jnutley@lvnexus.net>
To: 'FFML' <fanfic@fanfic.com>
Subject: [FFML] [FFML] [C&C] Polls, Contests, etc
Date: Saturday, October 19, 1996 3:57 PM

Some people have criticized Mr. Choe for not reviewing every kind of fic. 

This is our hobby you know.  I >would hardly expect someone to read
something they didn't like, because it's THEIR free time.  

To the people who critized me, I went thorugh and counted up my fanfics I
reviewed.  So far (crossover counts in each section and I did not read that
many crossovers.  Maybe I read about three or so.) about 90 Ranma fics and
about 34 NON Ranma fics.  So if you do the math, 90/3 = 30.   So the ratio
of Ranma fics I reviewed and the non ranma fics I reviewed is about 3:1
which is probably the ratio of Ranma and nonRanma fics posted to the ffml. 
(I do take stuff from RAAC and the archive, but lets ignore the fact
because the ratio of Ranma to nonRanma from the ffml is closer ^_^) Yes,
that means I have reviewed a few number of non Ranma fics.  But I don't
review all the nonRanma fics posted up.  Why?  Because I don't review all
the  Ranma fics posted up either.  As I mentioned in the past, I told you
guys that I won't review BGC and Salior Moon fics.  Well, I changed my
mind, I have this excellent Salior Moon fanfic that I'm reading.  Also, I
am getting used to Bubblegum Crisis.  So, I will try to keep an open mind
about fanfics, I'll try to read as many different ones that I can.  Oh, my
"best fanfic of 1996" means that the fanfics reviewed in 1996 NOT the
fanfics written in 1996.  Sorry about the confusion.  Biles said it's too
early, well, yes it's too early.  I'm going to post up the final
nominations near the end of November, this is just a taste of what's to
come.  Rutsch said that we shouldn't judge fanfics.  Well, I agree with
every point he said, but I am still going ot contiue this because I would
like to appreciate the writers.

On the other hand, we have an embarrassment of Ranma riches on this ML, so

it would be nice to have >more attention to non Ranma fics than just a
"Best Non-Ranma Fic"

Jim Nutley
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