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Buz
Over 90 days ago
Straight Male, 40
0 miles · Atlanta
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Quote by RumpleForeskin
Morning, sports fans. Now let's get this straight. Barring the occasional upward bounce, the Braves have been on a downward slide ever since the days of Spahn, Matthews, and Joltin' Joe Adcock. Oh yeah, there was that guy who hit a lot of homers. ;)
Spahn and company won 1 World Series and played in 2. But the Braves of Smoltz, Glavine (and later) Maddox combo, did more than bounce, they played in 5 World Series, won 1, and took 14 consecutive division titles (the major league record). Those are the guys I grew up watching and loving. A little disappointed they didn't win more World titles, but 5 National League pennants in one decade was pretty sweet. And I was there as a kid, with my dad, granddad, uncles and cousins, in person, to see the '95 World Championship, game 6, victory over the Cleveland Indians. The Braves spent 2 decades as a regular play-off team.
Watching what this current group of owners/management has done really sucks. (Supposedly, they are going to make major moves for when they move into the new stadium that is under construction. But they may have pissed off the fan base to the point of not coming back.) So yes, I am looking forward to college football. SEC football!
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Quote by DanielleX
An RR Should be awarded on merit. It's not a 'gold star' dished out by your Mod friends.
A story receiving an RR should be of very high quality, displaying a high standard of grammar and spelling and be outstanding in other ways. It's not as good as an EP but it should stand out from the crowd.
I don't think we should start discussing and dissecting this issue. RRs are a nice way to award authors and giving recognition for writing a very good story that deserves to be read. On the other hand, they shouldn't be sprinkled out willy nilly.
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I am a senior story verifier and started modding stories before we started the RR system. I think the RR system we have is the best possible way to implement it.
All mods are members who volunteer to do the job. Our time is limited and we already get numerous complaints about turnaround time on story verification. Adding more duties to that would only make that situation worse.
If I catch a story from a new member that, in my opinion, deserves an RR or even comes close, I generally like to send them a friend request. I like to know good writers. That is one of the most fun aspects of my membership here on Lush. I do not give anyone on my friends list an RR unless I feel that their story deserves it, and quite frankly, I feel 100% confident that every story verifier on Lush takes that same approach.
The authors who have received a lot of RRs are the authors that consistently write high-quality stories and in fact, their RRs are dished out by quite a variety of verifiers.
If you want to start receiving RRs for your stories, make sure that you are competent in grammar and spelling, create plots and storylines that are interesting and believable, and keep working at it until you create something exceptional. Then you will gain the attention of the story verifiers. Believe me, we salivate when we find high-quality stories in the verification queue.
I can tell you that finding a quality proofreader to help you out will greatly benefit your stories. A fresh set of eyes always catches things the original author misses.
You may not know this, but it is a lot easier to approve a story right away than to reject it. Plus when it is rejected, we know that in most cases we will be having to read it for approval again. In some cases again and again...
As far as disagreeing with some RRs. That is going to happen regardless. Some writing styles, story subjects and so forth are not going to be to your liking. But there will be a lot of people who totally disagree with you.
Another thing, for someone to be considered for a story verifier position they must be someone who has proved their knowledge of grammar and ability to understand how to consistently create a quality story. Great consideration goes into choosing who will get the opportunity to take on this challenging job.
If you seriously want to improve your story writing, then please contact anyone of the verifying staff and ask them for serious feedback on what it will take for you to get to that level.
If you want RRs, then submit RR quality!
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Current ownership has destroyed my favorite baseball team. The Braves, not long ago one of the wealthiest, most profitable and winningest teams in baseball, now has the worst record and no one is attending the games. The fault 100% lies with current ownership. They sold off the most talented players and are going with a very cheap lineup of players that would be sitting on the bench on any other team. Seriously, the ultra cheap starting lineup is no better than a minor league team. And the pitching staff is horrendous. It's all about money as they build a new stadium complex in the suburbs paid for by local taxpayers. I'm not going to any of their games anymore.
The Braves were a fantastic organization when Ted Turner owned them.
Taxpayer money should NEVER pay for professional sports team stadiums!
The Braves were a fantastic organization when Ted Turner owned them.
Taxpayer money should NEVER pay for professional sports team stadiums!
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Cyber relationships are cyber – online. Not physical in real life. I don't do cyber sex. I never have. I don't have any desire for that. But I do like making friends and talking about all kinds of things, life stuff, interests, etc. But cyber love, etc.? You can never know someone that way unless you have real life, in person, face-to-face, physical interaction. So why let it get out of hand?
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Quote by RumpleForeskin
BUZ! Glad you managed to wrangle an early release from the Georgia institute for writers of erotic fiction, or wherever the heck you were while doing whatever the heck you were, or were not,doing.
Care for a, Bloody Mary? It's made with, Verisimilitude Vodka, the scourge of Valdosta, Ga.
You know Valdosta is home to the winningest high school football program in US history. They either play football or wrestle alligators around there. Usually both. There is some mighty good non-tax paid liquor distilled in those swamps.
