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I've finally completed my recap for the episode, which was nearly five pages long in Microsoft Word. I don't plan to write anymore recaps in that fashion, as I realized when attempting to read my own recap that many users are too lazy to read something of such a great length, so I'm going to change my format. Instead of saying
"After that, we see Spider-Man and the Lizard in combat, with the Lizard in the lead. He has Spider-Man’s head near electrically-charged tracks with the subway coming soon. Spider-Man pushes the Lizard away just in time, and then jumps to the other side of the tracks. Once the subway passes, Spider-Man grabs the Lizard, and slaps his tale on to the electrical subway track, which knocks him unconscious", I will say
"Spider-Man and the Lizard engage in combat for a while, in which the Lizard nearly kills Spider-Man by trying to force his head in front of a moving subway. Spider-Man then, electrocutes the Lizard with the electrical subway tracks, which renders him unconscious."
In other words, I will be giving a general overview, rather than a transcript to the episode. Regardless, I'm really proud of the work I did on the episode, and I hope many will read it. |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 12:32 pm |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 1:25 pm |
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| On Saturday, July 29th 2006 1:25 pm, Murdock wrote: | | Eschew Obfuscation. |
Riiiiiiiight!  |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 2:56 pm |
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| On Saturday, July 29th 2006 1:25 pm, Murdock wrote: | | Eschew Obfuscation. |
lol. Gotta love paradoxes ^o^
The guide's looking really good, Systemax.  |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 2:59 pm |
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| On Saturday, July 29th 2006 2:59 pm, tikidawg wrote: | | lol. Gotta love paradoxes ^o^ |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 6:30 pm |
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| On Saturday, July 29th 2006 2:59 pm, tikidawg wrote: | | On Saturday, July 29th 2006 1:25 pm, Murdock wrote: | | Eschew Obfuscation. |
lol. Gotta love paradoxes ^o^
The guide's looking really good, Systemax. |
Thanks, tikidawg! That really means a lot coming from you. |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 8:43 pm |
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You did a great job on that recap, it seems to be longer than many of the recaps I’ve written. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing, since it means I didn’t do too good of a job on my own recaps, though I shouldn’t over-analyze the situation. Unfortunately, I still haven’t been able to motivate myself to keep working on the guide; I’m not sure why exactly I’ve been feeling this way, though it’s almost as if I’m losing interest.
Hard to tell, really, though I’m hoping I’ll be able to motivate myself before too much time passes. |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 10:46 pm |
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| On Saturday, July 29th 2006 10:46 pm, The_Huntsman wrote: | | You did a great job on that recap, it seems to be longer than many of the recaps I’ve written. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing, since it means I didn’t do too good of a job on my own recaps, though I shouldn’t over-analyze the situation. |
I really doubt that. I usually just added a new paragraph per scene -- which there were a lot of, so everytime there was a new scene, I'd make two spaces and begin on the next scene. That all adds up, which I believe is what contributed to the length.
| Quote: | | Unfortunately, I still haven’t been able to motivate myself to keep working on the guide; I’m not sure why exactly I’ve been feeling this way, though it’s almost as if I’m losing interest. |
I'm feeling the same way, though I'm really trying to motivate myself, as I want my guide to be one of the first guides to be marked for Phase Two or Three completion. Sadly, I doubt my guide will be able to go beyond that, as I only speak English with a hint of Spanish, so it would be impossible for me to write my summaries in different languages, let alone recaps.| Quote: | | Hard to tell, really, though I’m hoping I’ll be able to motivate myself before too much time passes. |
Good luck with that; I'm hoping I'll be able to motivate myself, as well. |
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| Message Posted On Saturday, July 29th 2006 At 11:06 pm |
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| On Saturday, July 29th 2006 12:32 pm, Systemax wrote: | I've finally completed my recap for the episode, which was nearly five pages long in Microsoft Word. I don't plan to write anymore recaps in that fashion, as I realized when attempting to read my own recap that many users are too lazy to read something of such a great length, so I'm going to change my format. Instead of saying
"After that, we see Spider-Man and the Lizard in combat, with the Lizard in the lead. He has Spider-Man’s head near electrically-charged tracks with the subway coming soon. Spider-Man pushes the Lizard away just in time, and then jumps to the other side of the tracks. Once the subway passes, Spider-Man grabs the Lizard, and slaps his tale on to the electrical subway track, which knocks him unconscious", I will say
"Spider-Man and the Lizard engage in combat for a while, in which the Lizard nearly kills Spider-Man by trying to force his head in front of a moving subway. Spider-Man then, electrocutes the Lizard with the electrical subway tracks, which renders him unconscious."
In other words, I will be giving a general overview, rather than a transcript to the episode. Regardless, I'm really proud of the work I did on the episode, and I hope many will read it. |
I wish everyone was as committed and hard working as you are. Keep up the good work. |
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| Message Posted On Sunday, July 30th 2006 At 11:37 am |
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Great work Systemax. I'm going to do more work on Batman Beyond, since I retired from some of the guides I was going to add extras to, so I could be committed to Batman Beyond.
I'm going to do the episode extras for Batman Beyond first like you've been doing (?). Then recaps. |
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| Message Posted On Sunday, July 30th 2006 At 11:51 am |
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| On Sunday, July 30th 2006 11:37 am, Murdock wrote: | | On Saturday, July 29th 2006 12:32 pm, Systemax wrote: | I've finally completed my recap for the episode, which was nearly five pages long in Microsoft Word. I don't plan to write anymore recaps in that fashion, as I realized when attempting to read my own recap that many users are too lazy to read something of such a great length, so I'm going to change my format. Instead of saying
"After that, we see Spider-Man and the Lizard in combat, with the Lizard in the lead. He has Spider-Man’s head near electrically-charged tracks with the subway coming soon. Spider-Man pushes the Lizard away just in time, and then jumps to the other side of the tracks. Once the subway passes, Spider-Man grabs the Lizard, and slaps his tale on to the electrical subway track, which knocks him unconscious", I will say
"Spider-Man and the Lizard engage in combat for a while, in which the Lizard nearly kills Spider-Man by trying to force his head in front of a moving subway. Spider-Man then, electrocutes the Lizard with the electrical subway tracks, which renders him unconscious."
In other words, I will be giving a general overview, rather than a transcript to the episode. Regardless, I'm really proud of the work I did on the episode, and I hope many will read it. |
I wish everyone was as committed and hard working as you are. Keep up the good work. |
Thanks, though I'm afraid I'll have to work much harder to get my guide up to the standards that your Superman guide is.
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| Message Posted On Sunday, July 30th 2006 At 12:20 pm |
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| On Sunday, July 30th 2006 11:51 am, JLU_Batz01 wrote: | Great work Systemax. I'm going to do more work on Batman Beyond, since I retired from some of the guides I was going to add extras to, so I could be committed to Batman Beyond.
I'm going to do the episode extras for Batman Beyond first like you've been doing (?). Then recaps. |
Yeah, I retired from all of my guides that I felt someone else would be better for in terms of adding extras, as I wanted to focus my attention on this guide. Recaps are the most important extra, though I really enjoy adding the rest of the extras far more, so I'm going to go back to doing as I was before. |
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| Message Posted On Sunday, July 30th 2006 At 12:22 pm |
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| On Sunday, July 30th 2006 12:20 pm, Systemax wrote: | | On Sunday, July 30th 2006 11:37 am, Murdock wrote: | | On Saturday, July 29th 2006 12:32 pm, Systemax wrote: | I've finally completed my recap for the episode, which was nearly five pages long in Microsoft Word. I don't plan to write anymore recaps in that fashion, as I realized when attempting to read my own recap that many users are too lazy to read something of such a great length, so I'm going to change my format. Instead of saying
"After that, we see Spider-Man and the Lizard in combat, with the Lizard in the lead. He has Spider-Man’s head near electrically-charged tracks with the subway coming soon. Spider-Man pushes the Lizard away just in time, and then jumps to the other side of the tracks. Once the subway passes, Spider-Man grabs the Lizard, and slaps his tale on to the electrical subway track, which knocks him unconscious", I will say
"Spider-Man and the Lizard engage in combat for a while, in which the Lizard nearly kills Spider-Man by trying to force his head in front of a moving subway. Spider-Man then, electrocutes the Lizard with the electrical subway tracks, which renders him unconscious."
In other words, I will be giving a general overview, rather than a transcript to the episode. Regardless, I'm really proud of the work I did on the episode, and I hope many will read it. |
I wish everyone was as committed and hard working as you are. Keep up the good work. |
Thanks, though I'm afraid I'll have to work much harder to get my guide up to the standards that your Superman guide is.
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Murdock is right, don't be so modest. |
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| Message Posted On Sunday, July 30th 2006 At 2:27 pm |
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Indeed; even I fail to follow your example. Please, do keep up the good work. |
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| Message Posted On Sunday, July 30th 2006 At 2:33 pm |
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I don't understand what you mean; your 101 Dalmatians: The Series guide is far more informative than my own. It has a recap for at least 45 episodes to my understanding, while my guide possesses one. It seems that I should be following your example. |
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| Message Posted On Sunday, July 30th 2006 At 3:33 pm |
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