05-07-2004 08:14									#1
	The Storyteller Interviews, Edition I: Metaliturtle Suffering from ads?

I have siezed the honor of being the first interviewer, I did so because it seemed like a high visibility yet low effort way to help the forum, and so since I grabbed it first I may now offer my co9ndolences to thye rest of you who feel within your breasts the yearning to help, and yet who have been denied this particularly easy path. I urge you to scurry on and to help the forum in any way you can, Metaliturtle himself has volunteered to be the second interviewer, but I'm sure we'll have openings down the road.

Now, in order to make my job as painless as possible I wish to offer my fellow posters a chance to ask questions that they would like to see asked, I have begun the list but I feel it would be more interesting to you (the poster) if you added your own questions and saw them answered. And also, DC told me to.

Questions for Metaliturtle

1. Interesting name, Metaliturtle, how did you come by it?

2. Alexander the Great tends to play a rather dominant role in many of your stories, can you explain why?

3. Which of your stories is your favorite? Your least favorite?

4. What are your 3- 5 Favorite Civ III-Story Tales OTHERS have written and why did you enjoy them?

5. If a Penguin got into a fight with an Ostrich, who would win, in your opinion?

6. What got you interested in writing?

7. How old were you when you first started writing?

8. What motivates your writings?

9. Does forum feedback dictate storyline in a current writing? Future writing?

10. Why write for Apolyton?

Last edited by SKILORD on 06-07-2004 at 00:03

	05-07-2004 09:52									#2
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Question One-What got you interested in writing?

Question Two- How old were you when you first started writing?

Question Three-What motivates your writings?

Question Four-Does forum feedback dictate storyline in a current writing? Future writing?

Question Five-Why write for Apolyton?

These could be for any/all interviewees.

Peace

Grandpa Troll

	05-07-2004 11:08									#3
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hehe secretized for the dark cloud!

Last edited by Metaliturtle on 06-07-2004 at 10:26

	05-07-2004 19:02									#4
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Very good response!

Keep 'em coming!

GT

	05-07-2004 21:42									#5
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Metaliturtle- please edit that out and PM the information to SKILORD!

otherwise the interview can't be a newsitem!

thanks...

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	05-07-2004 21:50									#6
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Very good list of questions and professional presentation, SKILORD

and then, just so the other 'must-answer' questions don't get lost- I'll repost them here
(The main reason for these questions is so that we can get more readers/writers for the storyforums... for example: if metaliturtle names specific stories he enjoyed, I or SKILORD can hunt down the links for them and hyperlink in the newsitem!)

quote: 3. Which of your stories is your favorite? Your least favorite?

This is good... and you already have it

but could you change this-

quote: 4. If you had to pick a single favorite story out of these forums, which would it be?

to this->

2. So, what are your 3- 5 Favorite Civ III-Story Tales OTHERS have written and why did you enjoy them?

Thanks!

	05-07-2004 21:53									#7
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Oh by the way SKILORD, could you perhaps help me with the formatting of my signature... my HTML coding doesn't seem to be working... and now that I look at it the CGN link wouldn't work anyway... but do I have to use VBBoard coding to get it to work?

thanks!

	05-07-2004 22:59									#8
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Ok

just to get the bumps out of the way and have a smooth trip, we post questions here and they are added to skilords post and answered by PM by the person being interviewed?

ok..lets rock on!!

Gramps

	05-07-2004 23:11									#9
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud 2. So, what are your 3- 5 Favorite Civ III-Story Tales OTHERS have written and why did you enjoy them? Thanks!

What I love about this being placed is for the following reasons:

I am not sure how many writers currently active but if someone such as myself wants to be a successful and popular writer, they should read what others have posted!

Why?

A-To see varying styles
B-See what is a success and is not by our loving communtiy (tracing back the previous winners) is one way!

I would also ask an additional question to myself and maybe would ask writers to do the same:

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED MIND YOU!!!

But, I would ask a similiar question I ask when I am hiring a person. What didnt you like about certain stories. This could be answered internally and should be. Then a person doesnt get caught in a certain trappings of a particular style.

I want to know what people find interesting. I also want to know what they dont find interesting.

You know, I am my own best critic (or should I say worse??)

Self-searching ones soul may help find ones inner self and release it. The surface is nice but break away that area and find what the real substance of ones life is all about....(Of course, there is such a thingey as T.M.I.>>>>>>TOOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!!!!<<<<<<<<

Ok...great news items coming forth and I see this as a successful marriage, Apolyton and then engines that drive it!!

Lets continue the interviews!!

Peace

Grandpa Troll

	06-07-2004 00:00									#10
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Metaliturtle- please edit that out and PM the information to SKILORD! otherwise the interview can't be a newsitem! thanks... --

hehe, lucky thing the forum was on the fritz last night because I dang near edited them into the first post (italicized and after the questions)

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As for the siggie (my siggie rocks, that's two people that it's influenced now) you've gotta use the board coding, that's all, it doesn't get html.

Anyways, I'll fix the question you wanted fixed.

	06-07-2004 20:46									#11
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thank you for your help!

	07-07-2004 02:28									#12
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Alright, get your questions in!

DC, when you want me to stop taking them and to post my findings?

	10-07-2004 22:12									#13
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So how is the first installment progressing?

Gramps

	10-07-2004 22:50									#14
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The turtle PMed me most of it, I'm still waiting patiently for orders from DC as to when to end and how to present his answers....

	10-07-2004 23:45									#15
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quote: Originally posted by SKILORD The turtle PMed me most of it, I'm still waiting patiently for orders from DC as to when to end and how to present his answers....

Ok..good luck

meanwhile..just checking out alternate wordings for future stories...

	12-07-2004 06:49									#16
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quote: DC, when you want me to stop taking them and to post my findings?

well, when he's finished answering the questions, please edit them as you see fit, then PM me the results and I'll edit it some more- then send it off to Dan/Markos and see if we can get a newsitem- if they say OK, then I'll post the thread and they'll get it up and running
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and sorry about the delay in responding, but as I mentioned elsewhere, I was gone the 7th-11th

	12-07-2004 08:29									#17
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No problem dude, the forums have been pretty empty anyways.

Yeah, I'll put the turtle to task, see if I can't rassle up another coupla questiones.

	12-07-2004 08:32									#18
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quote: Originally posted by SKILORD No problem dude, the forums have been pretty empty anyways. Yeah, I'll put the turtle to task, see if I can't rassle up another coupla questiones.

Which would be all the more reason for our Forums gurus owners/administrators to allow this as a news item..I mean....even me, Im gonna let it flow give ya all the nitty gritty from Grandpa Troll City..

Ok...Until we get published...

Peace

Grandpa Troll

	17-07-2004 07:01									#19
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ready to send it yet?

	17-07-2004 07:14									#20
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No, unless its ok if I fake some of his answers.

	17-07-2004 07:22									#21
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quote: Originally posted by SKILORD No, unless its ok if I fake some of his answers.

I have a question SKILORD, in your signature you have shortcuts to stories, I know how to do this in a message but how do you do it in your "signature" area?

Thanks

Grandpa Troll

	17-07-2004 09:03									#22
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3 people influenced by the sig?

Anyway, you do it the same way that you do in posts, just do the [url=yakityyak ] Whatever you want to say[ /url] way.

	18-07-2004 07:15									#23
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okay, just got it and even wrote a conclusion.

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Editor's Comments
Well, there you have it. The Metaliturtle Interview- Part I of the Apolyton Storytellers Interviews, conducted by SKILORD. I hope you enjoyed it and can look forward to Part II coming out sometime next month with Metaliturtle interviewing our newest prolific author, Grandpa Troll, a well regarded CTP-MPer who recently discovered the Stories forum and who "loves posting on Apolyton and for all I have gotten enjoyment of here, would like to give back a small portion to the community."

-DC

	18-07-2004 07:21									#24
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud okay, just got it and even wrote a conclusion. --- Editor's Comments Well, there you have it. The Metaliturtle Interview- Part I of the Apolyton Storytellers Interviews, conducted by SKILORD. I hope you enjoyed it and can look forward to Part II coming out sometime next month with Metaliturtle interviewing our newest prolific author, Grandpa Troll, a well regarded CTP-MPer who recently discovered the Stories forum and who "loves posting on Apolyton and for all I have gotten enjoyment of here, would like to give back a small portion to the community." -DC

Looking forward to reading the first and contributing to the second!

Grandpa Troll

	23-07-2004 21:01									#25
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Okay, DanQ has agreed to post the interview sometime around August 2nd... so- the next person(s) in line can start their round... I think it's metaliturtle's turn to interview Grandpa Troll

Metaliturtle- ready to start the 2nd interview thread?

	24-07-2004 01:13									#26
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Yeah I'll start fresh Sunday!

	24-07-2004 03:17									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Metaliturtle Yeah I'll start fresh Sunday!

Looking forward!!

(Hope they dont ask about the 1960's as they were um..freaky)

Gramps

	24-07-2004 12:59									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Grandpa Troll (Hope they dont ask about the 1960's as they were um..freaky) Gramps

Oh, we are TOTALLY asking about the 60's now