Okay, so I am going to the store and when I get back, I am going to sign up for a PROlific account. Since I have quit my soul draining (and creative-well poisoning) job, my pen has begun to take over my hand once again, so I will have a lot of complete nonsense to post; so I may as well pay just for making you all have to read it ;)

However, (and you will not sway my decision in any way) I want you all to weigh out the ‘PROs’ and Cons of going Pro. I know that opening my reviews will be cheaper, and I will get to use the PRO feature on 50 (soon to be 100) items at one time, and I will go into twice as many review queues. So, fellow PRO members, please tell me how PRO has enhanced your experience here; also I am open to complaints about the feature…as I will soon include myself in the voicing of my opinion on many more of the ideas thrown around for PRO features….

Okay, commence to influence me…and flattery will get you….nowhere EVERYWHERE!!!!

Oh, okay, I see…you all have lives and think you are allowed out on Saturday nights!!! All I know is there better be some crazy stories posted come Monday…slackers…didn’t even invite me…

:D ;P

Hi Karma (DC),
Well, I think you outlined the advantages precisely. I went PRO because I couldn’t bear to open those reviews at the higher rate. You also get 60 skips per day. Uh. The red matches my anorak. Aren’t you wearing red in your picture?

Finally, my euro is so strong that it’s costing me about 4 cents a year to do it. So what the hell?

1. 60 skips rocks. Now I don’t have to put up with actually going to a specific genre. I can skip the 300 emo-poems and actually find a short story that was put together in the back of an ice cream van.

2. I have a ridiculous amount of reviews coming in, most of them without even keeping my credit balance around 3,000 as some have suggested. True, my definition of ridiculous is more than one review a day, but that’s neither here nor there. All in all, I’m getting more reviews.

3. I don’t have that annoying box underneath my avatar telling me that I can sign up for a PROlific account.

4. I like nectarines and there were promises of nectarines.

5. Because all us cool people are doing it.

6. Because your hair looks great.

Enough reasons? :)

DC…(other DC!!!) I changed my name on the forums so you don’t have to call me that anymore…but if you want to ;) Be my guest.

Yes, I am wearing red in my pic; and I do like to match!! WTH!!!???? I want Euros!!! 4 cents a year? I thought I was going to be able to make monthly payments directly from my checking account, but I ended up paying $45 USD up front. No biggie, but it better go up to $60 soon, as it claims it will ;P LoL. $ cents per year…::grumbles about how cheap that warm beer must be::

TND,
Yeah, I will have to take more advantage of the skip feature now for sure. Haha! Yeah, my ads and “Be- PROlific, Be-E- PRO-lific!” annoyances are gone!! Gone!!

I am wondering if my longer stories will receive more reviews? As those are the hardest to get many decent reviews on. (5000+ words)

I need mandarine oranges; nectarines aren’t going to get it.

::Primps Hair::
Thanks! I am now PROlific! I did make the flattery comment and only TND will get to share my mandarine oranges when I acquire them!

The rest are for throwing; so either suck up or duck! ;P LMAO…Sorry…and this is just ONE beer too many…hhahahahahahahahaha…

Good luck with the longer stories, more reviews. I’ve posted shortened versions of stories that get skipped, because apparently people have difficulty reading anything longer than their prozac prescription lately.

Ah-HA! I am a mandarin orange fiend and will gladly hunt down the elusive mandarin orange thieves that have recently come into my house, beat them to death with swollen inflatable sheep and burn their carcasses with matches. Or, maybe I’ll just run to the store and get some.

Thanks for reminding me.

Cracks open beer

Ahhh…Thanks, Karma.

Going PRO costs too many kopecks! I have to sacrifice best wenches for this!

I remain un-PRO’ed!!!!

I haven’t got any items open for review, so I’m not saving myself credits when unlocking reviews or appearing on any queues, I don’t skip all that much and I’m not bothered about nectarines either, yet I still signed up for a Pro account. Not sure why.

It might be to do with my revelling in the magic that is PayPal. Either that or an OCD like tendency to spend money online at every opportunity. Or maybe even just a feeling that I have benefited so much from this website since I started writing again about a year ago that I felt I ought to send some money Urbis’s way.

Plus it also gives me a misplaced sense of superiority when I see the letters P, R and O next to my name.

Hey. If you feel like spending money online at every opportunity, go ahead and send me some money through PayPal. I’m always open for donations. It’ll help me start on my life long dream of Raccoon Badminton.

Yeah, I think just supporting Urbis was worth it.

But one thing I realy like that no-one mentioned is the analysis button! All those repeat words! I can make them go be-bye…all by myself! I find that feature very useful for locating a lot of my bigger issues with flow and pace.

Well, I find that feature a bit annoying. My characters are very repetitive. That’s just how they talk!

Haha~

But you know what has to be repetitive as oppossed to what are just mistakes glarinf at you when you look at the list. My top words, I’m usually like, ‘Okay, I had to say that a lot, duh.’ And then there will be a couple that are just ridiculous, and I’m like, ‘Oh, that must have been my word of the day that day…Ooops.’ ;P

Also, it helps me make sure i have the word ‘had’ and the phrase ‘had been’ under control. I seem to have some real issues with them ;)

I wouldn’t sweat it too much DC; you have many of the best ranked peices on Urbis; so repititious or not, your characters are talking up something great :D

Aw shucks, Karma. That’s sweet. In the story I’ revising today, the two boys say I reckon every fourth word, but I reckon it’s OK. What do you reckon?

I reckon that anything works in dialogue; if it fits the characters…

I’ll probably say ‘I reckon’ a few times myself today…good ole southern livin’, I reckon :)

How many times do they say ‘down (or over) yonder’? ;P Better work that one in…Geez, I reckon your MC is higher than a Goargia Pine Tree.

Everything is ‘over yonder’ here. Maybe ‘down yonder’ or ‘up yonder’. But never any other direction. That would just be silly.

One of my characters is named Geez. But for another reason. Everybody comments on the crazy names in the story (I Once was Lost), but no one tries to figure out where they come from. I’m always astounded.

tnd – raccoon badminton sounds like a sound investment, just let me have the details. I’m sure Eurosports would be interested.

I’ve also given thought to Turtle Ping Pong.

Now you’re talking. With those shells the ball could go anywhere. It’d be a real challenge.

Synchronized Porcupine Swimming.

(I have WAY too much free time on my hands.)

I fear this nonsense is drawing us away from the central discussion somewhat. In an effort to wrench us back to the point, I have a new justification for going Prolific – Six Word Memoirs. Finally I have a need to skip 60 items a day!

Oh and I’m fairly sure a porcupine wouldn’t be able to swim. They live in the desert – where would they practice? Or are you suggesting removing porcupines from their natural environment and hurling them into a full programme of swim training?

Now monkey volleyball would be another mattter entirely.

Full program, like Parris Island for the Marines.

Tiger ping-pong.

6-word Memoirs waste 60 skips a day. I’m waiting until we have more, so I can actually start reviewing again!

TIGER ping pong? Maybe tiger’s playing ping pong with turtles. I’m not sure they could grip the slippery shells with their claws though, not having an opposable thumb and whatnot.

Oh dear, see what you’ve done?