Three Seconds Late

Okay, I hae an idea. I'm going to redo the TL, I'll fix it up, solve the problems, generally polish it up. That good with everyione?
 
Actually I meant Strangelove, Thande, Blochead or even Oakvale and Statichaos, who have been here far less than you two yet created awesome TLs...especially Statichaos...his Disney TL is fucking awesome in a can...
To be fair Onkel Willie has done a LOT of stuff.
 
Vultan,

Mean? Pointing out the illiteracy of this timeline, both historical and linguistic, isn't being "mean". It's being truthful.

This isn't the Special Olympics and you don't get a medal just for showing up. Catboy has been here for over 1000 posts. He isn't some newbie, he isn't a non-English speaker, and he doesn't have a medical excuse. He's been here more than enough to to be exposed to what an actual timeline looks like and he should already know what actual English sentence construction entails.

Dr.Strangelove's comment is both accurate and damning. He can write a better and more coherent sentence in what is his fourth language than Catboy can manage in what is supposed to be his mother tongue.

What's more, Catboy even provided a "sneak peek" of this timeline in a thread in which he was apprised of all the problems that have been mentioned in this thread. That he chose to ignore that advice and go ahead with posting the gibberish found in this thread speaks volumes.


Bill

One big problem with people posting timelines on here is assholes like you Bill (Yeah go ahead and report me on that one, I know I would).

Catboy is making a first attempt at a timeline and then he gets berated by people and more or less told that he is a dumbass and that a two year old could do beter than he could.

There is no doubt he has made mistakes, but taking that kind of hard line against Catboy is going way to far. You are not trying to help him, all you are trying to do is bring him down.
 
One big problem with people posting timelines on here is assholes like you Bill (Yeah go ahead and report me on that one, I know I would).


Chessfiend,

I don't see how my remarks were any different than many others in this thread. Catboy's timeline was incoherent from both a linguistic and historical standpoint, and I wasn't the only one who said it.

And don't worry about being reported. I never report anyone as Ian already has enough to do. Your belief that I'm an asshole is your opinion just as my belief that Catboy's timeline is/was a waste of time is my opinion.

Catboy is making a first attempt at a timeline...

He's been here over 1000 posts. He should know what a timeline looks like.

... and then he gets berated by people and more or less told that he is a dumbass and that a two year old could do beter than he could.

Yes, people - multiple people - took him to task for the poor thought, construction, and presentation of his timeline after Catboy asked for opinions. There are great, good, mediocre, bad, and just plain godawful timelines posted here and Catboy's effort belongs in the godawful category.

There is no doubt he has made mistakes, but taking that kind of hard line against Catboy is going way to far. You are not trying to help him, all you are trying to do is bring him down.

I, and others, have been trying to help him. Whether Catboy avails himself to that help is another question.

He first presented the "ideas" behind this timeline is a preview thread of sorts, something that is regularly done. You can read that preview here and you will also read that the same comments and questions raised in this thread had been already raised in the preview. Catboy apparently took no notice of the advice and concerns voiced earlier because he simply repeated everything again in this thread verbatim.

Also, as has been pointed out several times by many here, one of his biggest problems is his inability to spell, punctuate, or otherwise construct a sentence in English. As you can see in these remarks...

Okay, I hae an idea. I'm going to redo the TL, I'll fix it up, solve the problems, generally polish it up. That good with everyione?

Hey, I am restrtting it. It will be better, everyone!

... his responses so far indicate that he hasn't or won't take that advice either.

I'll repeat again that this isn't the Special Olympics, peewee soccer, or some other grammar school exercise in building self esteem in children in which everyone gets a medal just for showing up. One's efforts will be judged and lying about those efforts to spare someone's feelings don't help in the long run.


Bill
 
I'm trying harder, in case you can;t tell. I don;t expcet an award, not by a long shot. Just for people to be entertained, by the redone TL.
 
Hash, thanks for the compliment, but I defer to Latin American experts such as Maverick for a Mexico TL. Catboy, here's some advice for style:

1) Always leave your readers hanging for more. Otherwise they'll lose incentive. Look at my LLL prologue to see what I mean.

2) Chapters should be punchy, sufficiently long (ie half a page or more) but leave enough for the next one. Try to have titles if you can, and some foreshadowing.

3) The first TL will not be perfect. Only on my fourth TL, Eastern Entrance, did I hit the stride that many seem to like these days. That includes pix.

4) Know your subject very well. By that I mean two or more thick NF books on the subject, with Internet if possible.

5) Listen and follow the advice of constructive critics, and the quality improves. I had difficult, though always friendly, exchanges with two of mine, but now we banter easily in PolChat.

 
Bill,

Anyone with even the smallest bit of sanity would never take advice from an arrogant and pompous person like you.
 
Anyone with even the smallest bit of sanity would never take advice from an arrogant and pompous person like you.


Chessfiend,

Be that as it may.

Catboy would be well advised to take advice from everyone else though. My critiques were not singular however, everything I pointed out either was repeated or was a repeat of what the others wrote too.


Bill
 
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