I'll be putting the links to my worlds up in my introduction in the coming weeks, but for now, you can find me on Version Vibrant at the following places:
The Wastelands of my Mind: My main World over there, will most likely paralell what I post here from this point on.
The Dragon's Office: This is my business/professional World, I'll post updates on my novel, pyrography, commissions, etc there.
As Seen from Dragon's Eyes: This is where my fiction and other writings submitted to Fan Words will go. They stay there as world posts if they don't make it to Fan Words, so 'll tag all failed submissions with the tag "rejected" so you know which nominations weren't accepted. My hobbies will also be explored there, hiking, cooking, and so on.
Sanctuary of the Dragon: This site is to honor a promise I made, it will be a weekly spirtitual contemplation/devotional site, please read the introduction there before participating there. I will not tolerate intolerance of any any kind.
So there you have them, my worlds. The places I will be when I'm over on theotaku and not here.
It's been a couple days since the launch of the much anticipated theOtaku.com Version Vibrant. A lot of the severe bugs and technical issues have already been corrected, but there are still little things that are being ironed out across the network. Over the course of the past few days though, I've been looking over the site, testing out the features I can, and getting to know how things work around here. I'm still not used to the no HTML thing, I have to remind myself of that constantly. I've discovered that some of the things I'm used to doing can't be done, like tables, ordered lists, and opening links in new windows/tabs for example, other things that I do can be done, linking images seems to be all right, as well as nesting bulleted lists. I've been able to test the Fan Words submission system, but none of the others yet, I'm working on that. Fan Words submitting is easy, though the criteria for aren't exactly clear yet, I'm sure that'll be ironed out soon.
Right now, I don't have too much to say about Version Vibrant, I'd like to let it settle in and get going before I really dive into doing anything resembling a full evaluation. It's too soon to really dive in and pick things apart because there are still bugs across the system that need to be handled. I do have to say that I'm impressed by some of the features, annoyed by some of the limitations, but it all balances out so everything kind of hits neutral in the end.
Something else that wasn't anticipated in the relaunch were some bugs that developed on MyOtaku.com. The two sites were more closely intertwined than anyone realized I guess, but there are some temporary solutions in place (ie comments) and hopefully when the new theotaku settles down, myotaku will get some attention.
It will take me a while to find everyone on Version Vibrant that I know on Myotaku, so please be patient with me, or just pop me a message or comment and we'll be set.
Comments
Outlaw Melfina:
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that, the "Random Member" and the "Random Art" links. Adam never did figure out how to get the coding for those to not bog the server down. I think that's how a lot of people found me, and how I found a lot of people in the early days too.
Some of the features are troublesome, others are really cool (comment replying for example). There's a lot to explore over on theotaku.com now.
AngelBest Dream:
I've been here four years, and I intend to be here a lot longer too. It does seem kind of sad to see the site just suddenly stop, activity has gone way down since VV kicked up, I hope that's not a permanent thing. Adam has mentioned TokyoPop and DeviantArt in the past when he's talked about doing things to the site, so it possibly could be. I know from a technical standpoint, the site is as script heavy as the others are and that makes my computer very unhappy so I'm not getting around over there as swiftly as I'd like.
0 hour up to T +24:00 was chaotic, bugs and freakish redirect, made weather seen in the Day After Tomorrow look like a spring shower. Things were nuts, but they've settled down for the most part. Still a few minor things that have to be figured out, but I'm sure they'll be taken care of soon. I saw Adam mention somewhere something about it taking 1-2 months to get everything where he wants it to be, so yeah, we're in for quite a ride in the mean time.
I'm part Ice Dragon and West Wind as well, three things that don't play nice when they come together, fire, wind and ice, as you may well know. Mother Nature hasn't exactly been my friend lately either, she's hammering me with lots of different things and that's just wearing me out. Actually, I'm A- in blood type, and if I could go healthy, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I try to have simple, unprocessed things once in a while, but till the family gets on the wagon and actually makes healthier choices, I'm stuck doing it half-way.
Actually I have to admire Adam's patience with people after getting all those bug reports. I'd be reeling from all that. I can be patient when I want to be, but most of the time, I choose not not be.
The Egyptians buried their dead on the West side on the Nile river, comparing one's passing of from this life to the waning day. With every sunset, there is a sunrise that comes later, so hopefully it will be something for us here that we can use and enjoy. theotaku has had it's sunrise, myotaku needs one too.
Yensid:
Kind of brings to mind the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The arrogantly omnipotent Q taunting Captain Picard. ". . .All good things must come to an end." It will be a shame to see MyO turn to a shell of it's former self, but I know I'll still be around here as much as I was before if I can help it. I just might be talked into getting on MySpace, depending on how things go on theotaku.
Shonigoneyes93:
That's quite and interesting take on the username, I had no idea. I've posted I don't know how many things, from blasting Napster and Workforce West Virginia, to reviewing Grave of the Fireflies. The nature of a blog is to be yourself.
What I'm annoyed at is the limited choices available in color schemes that can be chosen. I hate the only green one available, it's way too green for my liking. I want a dark green one, and green and black one to use. Like I said before it balances out, the pros and cons, so it's neutral right now. BB code by nature isn't hard to pick up, the problem with it is there's no universal standards for it's implementation. If you come over to VV, give me a shout, I'm not hard to find. I tend to be a fly in the ointment so I'm usually buzzing around the staff somewhere.
Shireishou:
You've already seen the new site, that's good. Yeah, I was happy to see my work make the cut. There's a 99% rejection rate over there for written works, so it's kind of scary to think about nominating a post for Fan Words. Hopefully I'll be able to get other fiction as well as some non-fiction writings up there, I've put my objective evaluation post in over there and nominated it. At the time I'm writing this, it hasn't been approved yet, but it's in my hobby World so you can find it easy if it fails the cut.
PM system was having some issues on both ends from what I understand, now you have to go through the theotaku messaging system to send messages.
It's not for me to say whether that's right or wrong, just do your best and that all anyone should expect of you. I hope things are going well with you, and I do miss your updates too. Stop by when you can all right?
