Ultimate Monitor Duty: August Discussion

[The Wonderful Wachter]

Aloha.

Been awhile.

Monitor Duty for the month of August and probably the first half of September is mostly state of the board and what not.

Congrats on Nearly a Year

Buck suggested that since it's been nearly a year since the reboot, everyone should get a "free month" between now and October where you don't have to worry about getting something up in time. So that you can take a breather. Give yourself a pat on the back, etc... It'd only be a single chance per title to give yourself some breathing room.

Thoughts?

Thoughts on other ways to treat the year anniversary?

State of your Ulti-Monitor

Through circumstances out of my control, the appointment I had to get new service was canceled at the last minute. I'm not gonna go into detail why. The people around the board who need to know, know. And since the net reboots on the 8th, I took a day away from the board since it was important day to me and I didn't want to deal with all the PMs waiting for me. (only 4, not as bad as I feared). I upgraded to 20 gigs this month to give me some more room to play with but I'm still mostly out of commission.

After talking it over with others, I'm freezing my titles and taking our rarely used emergency reasons for it. For the next couple of weeks, I'm only going to worry about admin stuff and getting back on track with Adrini. Feeling obligated to write is no way to write something good. Feeling obligated to write on top of taking on extra manuscripts to try and get some extra money is even worse.

I'm aware that might annoy some of our members especially as we're now entering the fourth month since I claimed my second title but with me being the only active Admin, this is the only way I can try to remain active for as long as I can. Gonna take the time to just breath and try to work out things on both end of my net life.

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That's all for now. I'll be back in this topic off and on with announcements and discussion as needed. If you have some things to talk over with me or whatever, now is the time to post them or PM them.

*hugs UDCU*

[jackalope]

Holy Heck Batman!

What a quagmire we find ourselves in. Barely any of the original crew seem to be writing for the site, which is a shame, as they are all writers I rate, in style, creativity and enthusiasm. I suppose this is understandable as it is a comic fansite in the depths of the internet. And, of course, this is writing, one of the hardest things to stay enthusiastic about, especially when what starts off as fun becomes something of a chore.

I hope the Wonderful Wachter doesn't mind me using this thread as a place to talk about a few things (that could easily go in a few other threads):

- First off, welcome back Wachter. It sounds as you have a few things going on, but it's great to have you back even if it's in a somewhat limited capacity. I can't wait to see your Batman.

- Secondly, Stardrifter, you not writing sucks, but I understand your situation. This place is a hobby and if you're not feeling it, then you're not feeling it. I hope you get your groove back at some stage.

- Thirdly, the Anniversary - A year? Really? I suppose it is. That's amazing. I have to apologise for not contributing nearly enough in terms of reviews for others' titles since our reboot, but I can honestly say most of the stuff I have read (OK, at least half) rates higher than what DC is putting out post their reboot, which is something to be proud of.

I like Buck's idea for a breather (as everyone seems to be a bit behind* or between titles in some way), but perhaps adding to that my suggestion is opening an ElseWorld's board for people to do their own one shots, or whatever, for the story ideas they've had but never been able to do anything with. This would be a place that you wouldn't have to worry about claiming characters as the multiverse is open to everyone. I know there has been resistance to this before as it can be seen as diluting the shared universe of UDCU3, but really right now- as others have stated - the board feels a little dead and it might be a fun way to get some fun and creativity flowing. Just an idea.

Anyway, that's all
-J

(and thanks for all the hugs)


*apologise to those who are not