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Maybe our host will comment with the story with the most codes.

The story being referenced, "Do As You're Told" https://storiesonline.net/s/47101 has to be a contender.

Maybe our host will comment with the story with the most codes.

The story being referenced, "Do As You're Told" https://storiesonline.net/s/47101 has to be a contender.

His "Caldwell Conspiracy" got 105 codes

His "Caldwell Conspiracy" got 105 codes

Careful smask. If you count codes then apparently you need a hobby.

Careful smask. If you count codes then apparently you need a hobby.

You didn't just count codes. You went to the trouble of figuring out all the ones that were left out.

You didn't just count codes.

Perhaps, but counting the codes was the only thing you referenced when encouraging me to get a hobby. How should I know the remainder was intrinsically included?

The whole exercise took me about 10 minutes using an Excel spreadsheet. Maybe there are hobbies out there that can take up just 10 minutes, but I don't know of one.

How should I know the remainder was intrinsically included?

It was too much to quote.

It was too much to quote.

So, inconvenience over accuracy. Again, how would I know that?

Careful smask. If you count codes then apparently you need a hobby.

I spent some seconds counting the comma separations in the list. (I were looking at the list of other stories by CJH. Usually I don't bother reading stories that have been sprinkled with lots of codes)

1. Copy and paste codes list into your text editor of choice. I use gedit.

2. Use the find function and press ','

3. Note the number of occurrences and increase one for fence post error.

Done.

There are 188 codes. He has used 96

You have way too much time on your hands, you need a hobby.

you need a hobby

Awww! Not ANOTHER hobby ...

You need a Hobbit, as a little helper

Do you mean as if I were Gandalf? I could be Gandalf. I am white enough ...

Do you Ernest really think that there is a story to tell with all those codes listed? I surely would not spend a minute reading it. There are at least a dozen codes that would make me vomit my Christmas lunch.

When I asked if there was a story with this many codes I was filtering through my preferred selection. I am very prejudiced here,( as we all are, otherwise, why would any of us take any notice of them) but I would be vomiting just by reading these codes, yet alone that story. So to my way of thinking, any author puts a bit of themselves into a story they write. If true, then a pretty sick mind can come up with a scenario containing them all.

Am I the bad guy by being prejudiced this way? I should think not.

- but I know that's never going to happen.

I was starting to think you might be delusional, until you got to that bit at the end.

Never is a long time. If you are willing to agree that elected officials are politicians, then George Washington was a politician. Many people, perhaps most, would think George was fair and honest while doing what's best for the country and the people.

Of course people at that point were white, Christian (at least by heritage) males.
"Indians" were not people. African American slaves were three fifths of a person, for purposes of representation in congress, and mostly for no other purpose. Abraham Lincoln was also a politician. Again a lot of people would consider him fair and honest. Maybe not the people who call the American Civil War the War of Northern Aggression. I recognize the longer the career in politics the harder it is to find politicians who qualify. But I think there are some.

Many people, perhaps most, would think George was fair and honest while doing what's best for the country and the people.

Many people, perhaps most(myself included), weren't alive then and have no idea of what George Washington was like or how honest he was beyond sanitized versions of events created for grade/high school text books combined with the equivalent of urban legends.

Abraham Lincoln was also a politician. Again a lot of people would consider him fair and honest.

Again, a lot of people weren't alive then and have no idea of what Abraham Lincoln was like or how honest he really was beyond sanitized versions of events created for grade/high school text books combined with the equivalent of urban legends.

From what I have read, Abraham Lincoln was a fence sitter on the issue of slavery / abolition right up until the southern states tried to secede from the union and bullets started to fly. That can hardly be described as an honest politician position.

From what I've read, the only reason Abe came off the fence was a year or so into the war one of his senior advisers pointed out a few major issues they had:

I'd don't think I have seen that accusation specifically. There are a lot of claims that the Emancipation Proclamation was cynical attempt to hamper the CSA by getting slaves to flee north and fight for the Union.

That said, what you describe is certainly not contradicted by or contradictory to what I have read.

It was urgent enough to take it away, but they haven't got the people to look at it yet, and that was back in July.

Which July? :)

The Emancipation Proclamation had a large helping of international politics in play as well. Also of note, and frequently ignored, is that it did not free all slaves, as not all of the state's with legalized slavery rebelled. It only freed the slaves in states which were in rebellion from the union. (It also created grey areas in regards Union controlled portions of the Confederacy)

The International aspect on things is that the Confederacy had been seeking assistance from Britain(as the primary nation they did business with outside the U.S.), and to a lesser degree France(the two still being rivals to some degree).

Thing is the Brits were not big fans of slavery in general, and their Royal Navy, along with the U.S. Navy in the years leading up to the Civil War had done a lot of work to stop the slave trade with Africa. Which was a big reason for their still being on the fence years into the war. Word was they were leaning towards supporting the South, as they'd been doing a decent job of winning the battles so far. (Easy to back a winning horse)

Then the Union starts to win, and Lincoln jumps on the opportunity to change the perception of the war while he can do so from a position of strength. He issues the Emancipation Proclamation which rallies the Abolitionists and the freed/escaped slaves in the North, and changes the nature of the war as far as Britain was concerned. It went from a war ostensibly over state's rights and self-determination, something they could rationalize support for, into being a conflict over slavery, something they strongly disapproved of. Which effectively removed them from the board for the South, and probably likewise played another international role as well.

The Brits were more than happy to stay out of it and let the Americans sort it out themselves after that. But it had to leave other nations wary of actively siding with the Confederacy, out of concern the Brits might take that as cause to side with the Union and declare war on them.

Of course, that also largely plays on the biggest reason the Monroe Doctrine was so successful in the 19th Century was that Great Britain thought it was a great idea, and wasn't above providing assistance in enforcing if it was needed.

I always heard a statesman was a dead politician.

The idea of the codes in my opinion is to help a reader to avoid things which they will hate.

In my opinion, they are just as much to help readers find things which they like.

In my opinion, they are just as much to help readers find things which they like.

They do both, but like I said the major factor in making the final choice is that descriptive paragraph or blurb given by the writer. The end of it can be used to state codes will be added as needed. Then the writer can give notice of changes in codes at the start of individual chapters where its relevant since some people will only look at the codes when first starting a story. For an ongoing story that means at some point the story may go in a direction or have a scene which needs a special code to be added. Even the best planned stories seem to be subject to change as they are written and edited as illustrated by both CW and Ernest in their writing and editing of a story before posting. Sometimes the story goes in an unplanned direction.

They do both, but like I said the major factor in making the final choice is that descriptive paragraph or blurb given by the writer.

I frequently go looking for stories with particular types of content. When I do that, I always look at the codes first.

And that ensures some people will not even consider the story until after it's finished, and some will have forgotten about it by then.

That notice about possible code changes or additions is really for the writers who post as they write a story. Sure list all the planned code interactions up front (that is the honest way). But also acknowledge when codes might be needed. Like I said it can be done either in the blurb or as an opening paragraph for the chapter where the code happens. That would at least give the reader a chance to skip over the section which might offend them. Honesty is the key on both sides however for it to work. Like with at least one of CW's stories the characters and stories wound up having unplanned scenes and interactions. Sure they usually made for a better story overall. But since like you he posts only after completion of a story all applicable codes can be listed. The option of giving some notice or warnings is for the writers who post as they write each segment or chapter.

I will state that readers have to respect those codes and notices or the system will not work properly however.

As a reader, I need to know at the start if I'm likely to hit a squick in the story, and thus not start it. A couple of years ago I started reading a story that seemed promising and the early chapters were good, but after several chapters the author added a major squick for me, and, from what others told me, the story went down that path for a few chapters.

Evidently the codes at the start were incomplete; hence the need for a warning that further codes may be added later. That way the reader is at least forewarned.
I admit I have never given a low score; if I don't like a story I simply back out but I see no reason to attack a story author because his or her prose is not to my taste. There are authors to whom I have given nines (I'm reading one now) who have written stories I disliked and discontinued - that doesn't mean they are bad but simply because tastes differ.

What you described is a major plot hole or change. That means that the writer has lied not only to the readers but to themselves.

The additions I mention usually only would affect a portion of a chapter or a few paragraphs. Yet add to the overall story or character development. Usually it looks like something which was completely unplanned yet fit into both the character development and the story itself.

Understandable. Its all in how and why its done. Like I said Honesty is the key factor. The writer has to be as honest as possible about their story and its codes both with themselves and the readers.

As I have seen over the past 30 years, the online community is a lot like the old days. A man or woman's word is all they have to go on. When the trust factor is lost its almost impossible to regain it. Its funny how that factor has quietly come back in the online community.

Fiction is almost by definition, not True. Most of us expect fiction to contain lies. As long as the lies are entertaining, we keep on reading. There some authors who insist their stories are absolutely true, give or take a lie or two, but they have difficulty counting. Banadin. Most authors with more than one or two stories have some stories that are more entertaining than others. I trust them to keep trying to make them better, or at least the next chapter more entertaining, and thus a better lie. If I didn't trust them to do that, I would stop reading that story/author. To that extent your observation that a person's words are all they have to go on. I don't think word works, that would be a very short story.

I regain trust all the time. Most authors have some homonym/spelling/location of the hymen/grammar issues in their stories. Still I trust them to be entertaining on balance. There are some authors that write about zombies and vampires. I don't trust them and it will be difficult for them to regain my trust until they write about other lies.

The more codes there are, the harder it will be to process what they say. And the harder it gets for an author to figure out which codes apply. Is it MM or mm or Mm if the characters get together on their 18th birthdays? Or start the day before but keep going past midnight of the birthday? Life is full of choices. Sometimes you have to go with what you know about an author's previous work and trust that he is still entertaining, even if one of his characters is a little (or a lot) bent.

If his characters go swimming, it is coded watersports? If one pees in the pool? There is no P in our ool.

The more codes there are, the harder it will be to process what they say. And the harder it gets for an author to figure out which codes apply. Is it MM or mm or Mm if the characters get together on their 18th birthdays?

I disagree, that issue and how difficult it is to answer is exactly the same whether it is the only code or it's one of 20 codes.

Getting back on topic...

The more codes there are, the harder it will be to process what they say. And the harder it gets for an author to figure out which codes apply. Is it MM or mm or Mm if the characters get together on their 18th birthdays? Or start the day before but keep going past midnight of the birthday? Life is full of choices. Sometimes you have to go with what you know about an author's previous work and trust that he is still entertaining, even if one of his characters is a little (or a lot) bent.

If his characters go swimming, it is coded watersports? If one pees in the pool? There is no P in our ool.

If someone takes a shower or engages in shower sex while in the nude does that warrant the nudism tag? That tag gets funny how some authors have used/abused it, as it seems some have taken any nudity to be the same thing as nudism, and have flagged their stories as such. (Which isn't to the SOL specification of happening in a nudist or naturist setting.. Even considering the various types of @home nudists)

Now I understand that personal interpretations vary widely on the term, but I would tend to say a nudism flag on a story because a character is naked somewhere doing something that the vast majority of the (sane) population normally does naked is perhaps overkill? I mean yeah, doing laundry, household chores, cooking, etc in the buff obviously qualifies for a nudism flag, unless exhibitionism applies as part of sex play in which case it turns grey as it can become both... But showering in the buff while in a bathroom(where the only person who may reasonably be expected to enter it while in use is a sexual partner)? Getting naked for the purpose of having sex in a private room? Seriously?

There are a couple other hot codes in use by SOL that depending on the community or person involved becomes highly subjective or simply weird and possibly not to the terminology that community would use in relation to how SOL defined it.

Is "transformation" for things like werewolves and vampires(which have codes of their own as well), or is it for people who simply undergo a radical and dramatic shift in their life or world view? (SOL definition says "physical change by un-natural means" which means a number of authors have misused the tag as they went for life changing, not body changing)

What about the transgendered/genderbending stuff? Crossdressing and/or sissification is one thing where the physical gender remains mostly unchanged but the expression or presentation of it changes. (I do see crossdressing has its own code now that I've looked at the list rather than memory alone, so I guess there's possibly a legacy issue there)

Meanwhile we also have things like futanari (covered largely under hermaphrodite or shemale) out there or full on physical gender change(which the SOL code definitions say transgender should be, rather than the use it has seen as a catch-all for all things gender confused) in the mix as well. But even then, with a more realistic transexual story, the person will be on hormonal treatment regiments, which then gives us the drugs hot code in a not intended manner(as per SOL definition it is the unknowing use of the drugs by one party). Likewise for characters undergoing treatments where medications are involved for other reasons, which an over cautious author may flag in error or deliberately as the case may be. (I would tend to believe that counter to the SOL definition for the Drugs code, some authors would be justified in using the code for drug abuse(knowing use) as well.)

Body modification can get silly too. Pierced body parts(such as ears) technically qualify, but it can range up to talking about breast augmentation/reduction or liposuction, amputations to the creation of new limbs or appendages to a wholesale change in a persons physiology and biology.

Even furry can get odd, as some people just really like the feel of fur, while others wish they(and others?) had fur(note, this grouping doesn't fully fit the SOL criteria for the tag, but I'd bet there are furry tagged stories where the fur involved is an item or costume). To anthropomorphic things like Talespin and Ducktales or Star Wars with the Wookies and the Ewoks.(Which just led me to the thought of Wookie sex, and found the thought disturbing enough to share the misery) Which isn't to forget another Japanese import, the catgirl.

I guess in some ways it might be a fun challenge to try to meet the criteria most would use for as many hot codes as possible without actually using them in such a way as to warrant the hot code. Such as a (bisexual) Star Wars fan who likes to cosplay as Chewbacca(furry), who is a diabetic that requires regular insulin injections(drugs, needles) who works either at a tattoo parlor or at a medical practice specialized in plastic surgery(more needles and body modification, if going the medical route, an incorrect option for drugs as well as Doctor/Nurse becoming an (actually correct) option as per SOL hot code criteria if the character is a doctor or nurse)

But getting back on track, we can get to another side of the issue with the codes. Some people are looking for specific codes, and in some cases will deal with a heaping pile of squick to see what they're seeking. So sometimes that excessive coding is an author trying to essentially google bomb the SOL search engine. They may legitimately intend to properly use those codes at some point, but never get there, or haven't made it there yet. Which creates a two sided problem for SOL.

They want it to be easy for you to find stories that have _____ in it, but it gets frustrating for users who read a story looking for _____ and never find it because the author has not yet posted the part(s) that contain it. Likewise you have the people who do not want ____ and will go to great lengths to avoid it, and would prefer to be warned about it before they bother to spend time reading it.

There also are legitimate cases where hot codes can spoil storylines, an incest flagged story with mother/daughter/son tagged on when dealing with a protagonist boasting a family with exactly that corresponding composition doesn't leave much doubt as to where it might be going. Although the incestuous family bringing on the codes might be their neighbors I guess. Other codes like Space can potentially be spoilers in some other cases, although I would generally agree their overall spoilerishness(new word) is probably fairly low, and in the case of something like the Space tag, that kind of ties to the genre involved in my book, so it's makes for a good thing to know up front.

Tagging thing up front well in advance to the content happening keeps the squicky crowd happy. Tagging for things that aren't there frustrates people seeking the same tagged content.

Enforcing tags on incomplete works in general is likely to frustrate authors for numerous reasons, and the squick factor crowd in particular, while making looking for specific things easier.

Almost one of those "if it could be done over" items for SOL. Let the author advise what tags are expected in a story being posted, track what tags have currently been used in a story(possibly on a per chapter basis? Sounds like a nice premium member feature) And then let the users filter out as they desire, or seek it as they desire, maybe with or without a spoiler filter for those seeking(what they can find now, vs might find in the course of due time). I'd tend to think the ones seeking to avoid certain content would just as soon be "spoiled" as to the nature of the surprise up front. It also would make code definition enforcement more viable for the authors that want to drop a storycode bomb.

Somehow I think working it in now would be a large undertaking even if SOL didn't try to retroactively work through the 33k+ works posted here. Restructuring an established database is not fun. Manually reprocessing that much material would probably make most people want to end their own life, even getting authors to volunteer to do the work on their own stuff would create a pile of work if it passes through a moderation queue.

Maybe voluntary codes is a way to go. The author can use any or all of them if he/she wishes. And not use any if they want. If none are used a "possible squicks" code might apply. Or like no sex, minimal sex, some sex, much sex we can have a no squicks (aka, Fine Stories), minimal squicks, some squicks, and much squicks categories. If you read a story coded much squicks you shouldn't complain or one bomb the story if you read something you don't like. Instead of roughly a dozen different kinds of incest tag use just "much squicks". Rather than nudity, water sports, at least two kinds of BDSM (regular and light) and perhaps dozens of other possibilities, if the author warns of Much Squicks nobody should get mad. I don't know if searching for "Much Squicks" will be as satisfactory as looking for individual kinks, authors can add any such items they think their fans will want to search for, but at least the warnings will be up for people to avoid stories that have needles and more.

The author can use any or all of them if he/she wishes. And not use any if they want. If none are used a "possible squicks" code might apply. Or like no sex, minimal sex, some sex, much sex we can have a no squicks (aka, Fine Stories), minimal squicks, some squicks, and much squicks categories.

Where does that leave the readers who want to look for a particular kink?

authors can add any such items they think their fans will want to search for

If an author wants to list 216 tags so his/her story will be found by anyone searching for a particular tag, they can. Authors who don't want to go through that process can just say "Much squick" and simplify the process. People who have squicks will not read the story. The tough one to classify is the minimal squick or some squick category. For minimal it might be easier for an author to list the one or two or perhaps a half dozen tags that people might want to avoid or search for. Some squicks might be more trouble than its worth, adding that category and then a couple of dozen tags defeats the saving electrons reason that having "n squicks" is designed to eliminate.

Which also ignores the history for many of the "hot codes" or squick/fetish tags that SOL appropriated from the UseNet groups that specialized in sex stories.

The squick is ultimately the deciding factor for most groups, either warn them of what they're about to encounter, or expect drama to follow when they find something they don't like. At least if a warning is given, they can be told to get lost should they go off about the thing they were explicitly warned about, and promptly ignored by anyone that matters where it concerns that work.

I haven't even looked at it. Too many darn codes. I like a little surprise in what I read.

Has anyone tried to read the over-coded story we have been poking with sharp sticks? :D

Yes; so I had at least some idea before spouting.
I started with chapter 2 (ie when he had got into the swing of writing). Grammar - definitely not up to the doctorate standards being argued about here) and story might get a three, maybe four so I didn't continue.
I didn't see anything requiring the excess of overcoding - indeed in the bit I read I'm not sure what coding if any I would give it

People, at least some of them, who post on these fora (the plural of forum, ah the benefits of taking Latin in High School) will argue about anything. If you can argue in postings rather than in person. One of the current items of interest is the color of the sky. While conventional wisdom tends toward blue, there is some evidence for other colors, green has been argued vehemently, and black, for night time, and smog colored for parts of California. Seattle has significant evidence, at least now and most of the winter, for gray.

Reading and possibly writing fiction makes it easy to lie, in an entertaining way, at least some of the time.

People, at least some of them, who post on these fora (the plural of forum, ah the benefits of taking Latin in High School) will argue about anything. If you can argue in postings rather than in person. One of the current items of interest is the color of the sky. While conventional wisdom tends toward blue, there is some evidence for other colors, green has been argued vehemently, and black, for night time, and smog colored for parts of California. Seattle has significant evidence, at least now and most of the winter, for gray.

Reading and possibly writing fiction makes it easy to lie, in an entertaining way, at least some of the time.

I agree.
I like to pretend on occasion that I can run with the big dogs even if all I gain is a shredded ear.

I like to pretend on occasion that I can run with the big dogs even if all I gain is a shredded ear.

Emphasis mine.

I get the feeling that you are doing it wrong. If your ears are getting shredded, try running faster. :)

these fora (the plural of forum, ah the benefits of taking Latin in High School)

Hmmm. Perhaps because an on-line 'forum' is a specialist term then it can take the regular plural 'forums'. Like computer mouses. Just a thought ...

Somewhere, maybe on this forum, we went through data as the plural for datum. You are right, sometimes plurals follow the Latin, and sometimes they don't. I haven't seen recta as the plural for rectum. It may have something to do with how word users follow what the Romans did. Legions were armed with a throwing spear called a pilum. When wargamers get together and talk about how our units are armed we don't talk about pilums, we discuss pila. I am sure there are other examples that go either way, with an s added more frequently than um changing to an a. Perhaps we should appeal to the ultimate authority, Lazeez, and inquire which plural he prefers, Fora or Forums. Forums sounds kind of like Forms to me. Fora might work better to distinguish the difference a plural makes. Helps make conversation sound more educated, assuming knowing Latin is more educated.

Somewhere, maybe on this forum, we went through data as the plural for datum.

Except in English usage, data is a mass noun and as such is always grammatically treated as singular.

I haven't seen recta as the plural for rectum.

Probably because no one has more than one and as such, only a proctologist would ever have cause to use recta. :-)

ever have cause to use recta

Having his huge apparatus in her rectum recta?

these fora (the plural of forum, ah the benefits of taking Latin in High School)
Hmmm. Perhaps because an on-line 'forum' is a specialist term then it can take the regular plural 'forums'. Like computer mouses.

OK so what is the singular of museii? It should be Museums. My (afore mentioned grammar book states very clearly that forum always becomes for
ums just as stratum becomes scrota. It admits that nouns ending in "um" are irregular with some allowing either ending but some having definitely specified endings. There are seven pages of small letters on the endings alone

stratum becomes scrota

So next time I am chatting to the lads, I should call their enclosure stratum? :-)

I think there is pretty good chance scrota is the plural of scrotum. Scrotums sounds too much like the tablet, tums.

Bad idea. At least in my opinion. Some people use codes to find stories they want to read. If you list a code and it isn't there in the story, you probably will get push-back, low votes, and negative comments that may influence other readers not to read your stories. The problem of the un-mentioned squick may be dwarfed by the problem of promised content not delivered.

Also, using all two hundred or so available codes will confuse people who don't care either way but may back away from that much data. TMI (too much information) can be just as bad as not enough.

I didn't say it was a good idea, just a possible explanation.

The problem of the un-mentioned squick may be dwarfed by the problem of promised content not delivered.

In my story, 'The Loser', I do not have two codes listed which may squick someone because the code refers to something that only happens once in the story. Instead, I use the notice box to inform the reader of what is about to happen and another notice to let them know the (possibly) offensive passage is done, thus giving them the opportunity to skip over the material and continue the story. There is enough information in the notice to let them know what occurred without them having to read the details.

I haven't had any complaints, and my score did not drop when the chapters were posted, so I assume the readers do not have any problems with me using this method.

But what about a story about an (Alien) who looks like a (white male), who periodically undergoes a (transformation) and usually travels with either a (black female) or a (white female) "traveling companion."
He travels on a vehicle that allows (time travel) as well as trips through (space). Further, encounters with (mind control), (esp), (werewolves), (robots), and the (paranormal) may occur. (historical) events may be involved, a (mystery) which also involves a (crime) could be stumbled upon. Sometimes you might find them at a (military) facility during a (war), (royalty) may become involved in the course of things which naturally tends to lead to some sort of (politics) going on.

No one would read such a preposterous story. :)

PS

On a serious note: Why isn't there any Dr Who fan fiction here? Especially erotic fan fiction? Surely a man who is more than 900 years old has gotten laid once or twice.

Do not worry - there are some Dr Who fans here!
One for sure, and other should denounce themselves :D

Always has a pretty girl on hand and never makes a pass or inappropriate comment,

Maybe, after 900 years, he's lost interest... 'been there, done that, got thousands of shirts...'

Bare in mind that Doctor Who's target audience is primary schoolers "hiding behind the couch" and many of the writers, producers, and actors watched it when they were in primary school themselves.

(Not to mention that BBC Television is kinda a little prudish, even outside the children's programming department.)

I assume from this response that I used, or is that sued, the wrong homonym of bear/bare.

I assume from this response that I used, or is that sued, the wrong homonym of bear/bare.

Going after young kids with a bear would get you in a whole different kind of legal trouble. Especially if the bear is hungry and the kids are tasty.

Going after young kids with a bear would get you in a whole different kind of legal trouble. Especially if the bear is hungry and the kids are tasty.

Especially if they are all bare.

Unbearable. Or if they don't wear any clothing, you can't bare them because they are already bare.
Unbareable.

Better for the bears that way, no choking hazard from the clothes.

Especially if they are all bare.

Aren't bears always bare?

Aren't bears always bare?

All the bears I've ever seen, or seen pictures of, have been wearing fur coats.

Aren't bears always bare?

No, they wear fur coats.

No, they wear fur coats.

Not all of them, according to the nursery rhyme:

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy,
was he?

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a reviewer. His reviews weren't fuzzy. He wrote at last count 660 reviews.

Reviews by fuzzywuzzy
About fuzzywuzzy:
I love to read, even the wrapping on a roll of toilet paper ;-} I believe I am fair but I'm not impartial. To me, not only must a story be well written but editing and proof reading must be done well. I can forgive a lot, but I expect an Author to improve with age like a good bottle of wine.
I'm married, no kids, alas, retired, Canadian, and my wife thinks I'm getting just a teensy bit senile.
I/we have a Papillon who is very smart, three cats, one of which is a Maine Coon, and twelve Koi; believe me when I say a Koi Pond is a hole in the ground to fill with good hard cash!
Oh, I'd also give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
p.s. My basic aim is not to edit, but to proof read your stories so as to help you give more pleasure and enjoyment to your readers.

And for some of us "Wolves & Dragons of the Blood" has some appeal :D

Thank good for small miracles - i was afraid that I was really lonely and strange bird in this :D

No problem! There's quite a few preposterous stories I like. ;^)

My comment:

No one would read such a preposterous story. :)

Was a joke. The comment to which I replied was a clear description of Dr. Who, which is very popular. (I watch the current series on BBCA).

But the way he described it, in such blunt terms, I does sound preposterous.

Oh, please,

Has anyone of you found one good story with "massive" list of codes?

I think so, it's a difficult criteria to check for though.

Although typically the long list of codes is due to the story itself being long. So if you coded any particular chapter or page, the list is short, but when taken as a whole(or hole for some), the list is rather large.

Of course there also is the matter of some authors not including codes for "one off" events unless they're going to be part of an ongoing thing(aftermath of a violent rape for example)

Can you find just one long and good story with "massive" list of codes?
I could not ...

In good longer stories may be a more of codes, but not all of them ...