NEQ general discussion, etc. (was: Jack's Sofa RIP?)

KnightRandom · Post by **KnightRandom** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:51 pm

It would seem that Jack's Sofa has gone gently into that good night. Which is a pity: although it was kind of a mess to say the least, I had some good episodes over there, especially my branch of the Merlin's Quest thread. They seem to be lost beyond recovery.

JH · Post by JH » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:26 am

That's a pity. I did look at it when it was first announced, but there wasn't much there then, and I never got around to going back.

I expect that you're already aware of the Doctor Who Extend-A-Story here: http://dweasff.blogspot.com/2010/06/story-begins.html. I had originally intended to contribute, but I found that the episodes already written required a greater in-depth knowledge of the show than I had. (Though I've seen almost every episode, I don't retain all that much in my memory.)

Post by **Sir Toby** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:55 pm

Can you find any of the episodes on the Internet archive?

KnightRandom · Post by **KnightRandom** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:20 pm

All the episodes I wrote (the good ones anyway) seem to not be mirrored on the archive.

Ben McClellan II · Post by **Ben McClellan II** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:17 am

I also checked the Internet Archive, even though I never participated at Jack's Sofa. Years ago, I did read through a few story arcs to learn more about some of the main characters being used, but it doesn't look like there was a character guide linked.

So either those characters are lost forever, or perhaps I have a file somewhere on my computer where I jotted down some notes for, well, future use.

"Future use" being possibly integrating Jack's Sofa characters into the Never Ending Quest.

KnightRandom · Post by **KnightRandom** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:33 pm

I've been thinking for a while of bringing my version of Merlin into NEQ, which would be pretty easy since he's a dimensional traveler. But while I remember the general plot details of that thread (IE, Jack is sent on a quest to another world to find the Ka of Merlin, then the Ka merges with him he discovers that in fact he is Merlin, and must travel across the multiverse to recover the rest of his soul) but there are a lot of specific details I can't remember. Probably they don't matter much, though.

JH · Post by JH » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:21 pm

I always save copies on my own machine of all the episodes from threads that I'm interested in, just in case.

KnightRandom · Post by **KnightRandom** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:02 pm

I often do this, but somehow I didn't for this thread. To be honest I have far too many threads I've been involved in to keep track of them all. I could probably use to concentrate my energies more on a few at a time and stick with them longer. (I say this as I'm working on and off on extensions for about five different threads. There's no one else around at the moment to write more serious stories about Lord Fred, so I've got to make up for that somehow...

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JH · Post by JH » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:16 pm

KnightRandom wrote: There's no one else around at the moment to write more serious stories about Lord Fred, so I've got to make up for that somehow... )

Apart from me, of course.

I had a long thread going with Anableps until a month or so ago, but then - though it was notionally my "turn" - he emailed me to say that he had a good idea for a continuation and I said to go ahead with it, but I haven't heard from him since. I expect that Real Life has temporarily (I hope) got in the way. (BTW, I have every intention of continuing your 83475, but it could take me a day or two. The longer and more complex the thread - and the longer it is since I last wrote for it - the harder I find it to get back up to speed on it. Luckily there's a good summary for the thread at http://www.reocities.com/toh1999/Synops ... nions.html.)

KnightRandom · Post by **KnightRandom** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:38 pm

By the way--I just noticed a minor typo in 90004. The third option has "thwemselves."

JH · Post by JH » Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:43 am

Ta! I'll fix that.

In similar vein, in your 90009, did you intend the repetition here: "In the flickering light of the torches all he could see of the three mages were their hands. One had the elegant hands of a noblewoman. One had the elegant hands of a noblewoman, with long fingers. And one had skin of a silvery hue."

Anyway I'm glad that the Red Hand is clearly an Equal Opportunities organisation - probably enough it itself to get it banned in Allaria!

I think I'll move this thread to the NEQ area, now that we're no longer talking about Jack's Sofa.

JH · Post by JH » Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:20 pm

Another thing about 90009. You appear to have the five prisoners introducing themselves to the new arrival before she stirs, which would seem to be the wrong way round! All you would need to do is delete the sentence that reads "Everyone introduced themselves once more.."

KnightRandom · Post by **KnightRandom** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:30 pm

Evidently I was pretty overworked when I posted that one... It's fixed now.

KnightRandom · Post by **KnightRandom** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:57 pm

I'm having much more trouble writing this thread than its sibling. Probably because it has a relatively large number of characters at once in it. That makes it harder to give them all something meaningful to do.

JH · Post by JH » Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:57 am

Yes, I can see that. Take as long as you need. It's great to be collaborating with you again.