*Sigh* Why put yourself through this?
Heyo! Everyone! It is my pleasure to announce TONFA's first annual Best in Category and Top Reviewers competitions! Nominations open August 1st so start looking for your favourites! Not only will winners get the recognition of their peers, they will get a special category only winners can submit to, a graphic award for your summary so the public will recognize you and, my favourite of all, an art prize from the magnificent artist above, thei11!
Rules are here!
I am not happy. I've been bludging around this week because, heck after four years I've finally earned my Bachelor I think I've earned it. I come back to find a plagiarist has been identified in our midst. I believe humiliation is our best deterrent and I'm also hoping, as the Chinese saying goes, execute one to warn a thousand. Thusly I present to you,
darkxratha
Stolen: Funk Me Up and Hide & Seek from Neko Izumi of AFF.net
Mangled: Broken and Replacement from Kativachan of AFF.net
Stolen in Part: Illusions of Nightmares from Cepheus of AFF.net
darkxratha has been banned from the site, and this will be the treatment for any others I find out. If, say, a few fics of dubious origins were to suddenly vanish I won't make a big deal of it. If however I do find out others, you will get the same treatment- you will be banned from the site, all stories deleted and a looovely little memorial to you on our Black Book. Plagiarists of TONFA will not enjoy our hospitality.
I think some of you are saying Hey, she's only 12! Guess what! It's in the rules! I told everyone how I would deal with it and I stand by them. I opened my in box to count twenty-eight emails of redhot fury and I don't care to do this again.
Which brings me our second problem. I made the 700 word minimum rule to discouraged i drank red cordial and typed this into the submission box fanfiction. Because so many people don't read the rules I have gotten sick of personalizing messages. Now just have a copy/paste one informing you that if I find a submission isn't a poem, drabble or prologue, and doesn't meet that 700 word mark and doesn't have standard readability, I will give you one week warning to amend it or I will delete it. Forget the Juvi-fic category, if you don't care about your fic then I certainly don't.
It's not all doom and gloom! Talking with our marvelous artist thei11, we're organizing a special deal for TONFA authors only, for everyone who's ever wanted a title page or a picture of their OC to glam up their story, he's agreed on half price commissions! Imagine something as marvelous as Kana up their gracing your story, and drool over his gallery (he has left paper towels for your convenience.)
Heck, if I think it won't be abused I'll allow any story with 2500 words a title art submission to show it off and hook those reader's in! Or hurl yourself into your story and reviews and and win some! Whoot!
by Tucka on 24/07/08 - 07:15 pm
5 Comments
Oh gawd.....I didn't think Ratha was like that....oh well. But I guess it a necessary action, it's against the law to take someone work and call it your own. I'm glad you caught that...
Noleta @ 27/07/08 - 07:45 am
What if the person got hacked and someone changed their password? I know that happens on something like myspace. And isn't he/she a little young to go on Aff.net? It's not that I'm standing up for them, it's just that we shouldn't instegate. I think that's the word...
Kariya @ 30/07/08 - 03:03 pm
hahahaha idiot she got what she dissevered
i like bacon @ 30/07/08 - 09:12 pm
No Darkxratha was clearly behind it because for one reason the stories were updated multiple times and the second because she arrogantly replied to reviews such as "I liked writing the part where.." and "I'm writing the next chapter now." I investigate all claims of plagiarism seriously and made certain before I took action. Darkxratha hasn't come forward to defend herself since I sent the email.
As for her age. It was discussed by the mods how to tackle kids writing some of the very mature stuff that turns up and it was decided since there was no realistc way to police someone's true age we decided it was up to the reviewers.
BiC and MVR starts tomorrow guys! Can't wait!
BushtuckaPenguin @ 30/07/08 - 09:47 pm
:O A plagiarist? *shudder* That's very disappointing. It's good to see that you've taken appropriate action. Can't wait for the TONFA BiC, bring it on!
Dag @ 25/07/08 - 09:29 am