So, I've decided that it might be a good idea to bring Tainted Cube to a close for the time being. It's not that I dislike writing it, far from it actually. It's a lot of fun. It's just that it's such a long thing to write up, and since I'm taking more hours at work these days I really can't spend the time on it that it needs.
However: I am perfectly able to do much shorter thread updates. To that effect, I'm considering making an alteration to the voting rules for subsequent weeks. Namely, update two threads, maybe three based on your votes. I'm considering the following rules as possibilities.
First thread picked for a week would always be picked by the same rules as before. Highest vote count, then tiebreaker if necessary.
Another thread could be picked based on switching the purpose of the points allocated, totals of both points, or based on votes given for that particular week.
This would result in getting around to threads much faster in future regardless of the method picked. I do apologise if you've been enjoying Tainted Cube and would like to see its settings develop more, but at the moment... It's just too much for me to work on. If you would like to expand them yourself I have absolutely no objections. I may return to it at some point, but the time simply isn't right.
Some point in the next few weeks I will write out the Love Hina episode. The Ranma 1/2 episode is very nearly done and only really needs a brief fight sequence to finish it off. Thank you for your time and patience.
I'm sorry you're not going to be able to continue writing the Tainted Cube stories. It's pretty easy to tell when reading them that how much you enjoy working on them.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the additional threads per week, my suggestion would be to replace the Tainted Cube poll with a new poll that would feature four or five stories that you yourself feel particularly motivated to write that week. So if you're in a Rosario + Vampire mood you could have four or five R+V threads listed in the poll that we would vote on.
Man… I am despondent about this beyond any rational measure. But I do understand. And I certainly appreciate you posting this notice explaining the situation so well. And thank you for all the remarkable work you’ve done on the thread. You’ve done something pretty unique and truly memorable. I’m quite sure it’ll always be among my very favorite works of fanfiction.
DeleteI think Sirocco’s suggestion makes a fair amount of sense. But the poll wouldn’t necessarily always have to follow the same patten. Could do threads from a particular series, threads with similar themes, voting just on the series (with you picking a tread from that series), low-scoring threads (to encourage interest in the more obscure stories), and so on.
Or, as you noted, you could just make use of the regular vote tallies in a different manner in order to pick an additional thread. And of course you could experiment with multiple approaches until you find one you like.