Re: OOC- Fellow Blue Dwarfers...

Hello everyone, I just want to say I definately understand where
David is coming from. The Blue Dwarf started in 2000 and since then
there has been very few websites keeping the spirit of Red Dwarf
alive. Now, aside from messageboards, there is the Official Red Dwarf
fan club, and us!
We're the flagship of Red Dwarf entertainment on the web and the
website is still very popular with people coming all the time to
check us out.
Therefore it is our duty to not dissapoint the fans, and to keep the
story alive!
Okay that all sounds a bit dramatic, really, theres no pressure to
post, I'd rather you all write when you have a really good idea for a
story, or a sub-plot, or when something funny happened in your day
that you think would work very well in a short story.
I have heard from a few regular members that they're dead busy right
now, so I can't blame anyone for not posting, but as long as you guys
don't forget about us and still nurture those story ideas in the back
of your heads!
I mentioned before leaving for Thailand that I had some exciting
ideas for the Blue Dwarf. These might change the nature of the Blue
Dwarf over the next year, but the spirit of sci-fi crazyness will
always remain the same!
Recently I have joined a writing class and a separate writing club,
and I have realised that the quality of posts written about the Blue
Dwarf are very high. And having read just a few to other people, they
really enjoy them! And some people praise the idea of our grou as
such a good way to keep good quality storylines rolling.
So we're definately producing good stuff, so I'm going to try very
hard to do something with all our existing archive, because there's a
lot of really cool writing here.
People in the group have had far worse material published, so I'll
see if I can collate bundles of storylines and see if we can perhaps
get them into anthologies, or magazines, and really show our stuff
off.
I've been talking with a few people and the possibility of creating
audio recordings of stories is looking very probable now, David/Andy
Roos has already got started on recording a good chunk of a storyline
and I really appreciate his enthusiasm! A few other members have
expressed interest in creating recordings too, so hopefully we will
have something really great to present to the group (and to the
world!) very soon!
If I don't speak to everyone beforehand, I hope you all have a very
good Christmas!
--- In JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com, "David V" <soulpillar@...>
wrote:
>
> What is going on?
>
> I know that I could get nailed for this, being the 'new guy' and
all.
> But what happened to the Bustling Blue Dwarf that I joined back in
> May? Has everyone been consecutively inflicted with cancer or
> something? As I look back at the total posts it seems that every
month
> that goes by Blue Dwarf is finding a lower and lower minimum post
rate.
> And what happened to the whole idea of posting once per month or
else
> you'd risk loosing your character?
> That scared the hell out of me, but as I look know it seems that
some
> of the posters don't really seem to care that much about Blue Dwarf
> to keep their own characters alive!
>
> Now I don't want this to sound like I'm going to leave, no, I'm here
> for the long run. Right till the end.
> But I just want to say this for characters like 'Chris Harris' (who
> seem to post bi-annually these days), 'Matt Lister' (Who hasn't even
> posted in 11 months), 'Jack Phantom' and 'Mel Stratum' (Who both
> haven't posted in a YEAR!!) or even the elusive 'Edward Monsoon'
(Who
> has posted a grand total of twice!). Thats not even counting the
> seemingly non-existent Dr. Tarrant (who looked like a character
that I
> seriously wanted to interact with!)
>
> I know I'm sounding like a real bastard posting like this and I feel
> like I'm going behind Onion's back by doing this. But I just can't
> take it anymore. Maybe I'm wrong about those characters/posters. But
> if I am then prove me wrong. PLEASE prove me wrong! Because the few
of
> us that ARE posting often can't just carry the story by ourselves.
>
> Help us keep Blue Dwarf alive.
>
> -David
>