Comments on: Nein Rooms http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:24:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1968 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:57:30 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1968 I enjoyed it while it lasted. I thought Joey and Alan were wierd though. I enjoyed it while it lasted. I thought Joey and Alan were wierd though.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1965 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:46:03 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1965 Thanks Christie - it wasn't for lack of you rocking. Potential is a big leap of faith, but one that we can be proud to have made. Sorry Sooz. There is talk of a stage version, but we'll see what happens. Thanks for sticking with it. Wend - You're right. But <i>I'm</i> a dipper. That's what I do. I dip. I'm not that different from you or Mel or Mike or Murphy. OK, maybe not Murphy. Point is, I don't have that much commitment to websites and I'm a regular schmoe. If I start reading and it takes up too much of my time, I feel suffocated. I have to get out. Once, I visited one website (let's call it the BBD) and I didn't even read it. Then, I opened another browser and read another website in a different window. I have been known to visit several websites in one night. I am not proud of this, but at least I can admit it. Thanks Christie - it wasn’t for lack of you rocking.

Potential is a big leap of faith, but one that we can be proud to have made.

Sorry Sooz. There is talk of a stage version, but we’ll see what happens. Thanks for sticking with it.

Wend - You’re right. But I’m a dipper. That’s what I do. I dip. I’m not that different from you or Mel or Mike or Murphy. OK, maybe not Murphy.

Point is, I don’t have that much commitment to websites and I’m a regular schmoe. If I start reading and it takes up too much of my time, I feel suffocated. I have to get out.

Once, I visited one website (let’s call it the BBD) and I didn’t even read it. Then, I opened another browser and read another website in a different window. I have been known to visit several websites in one night. I am not proud of this, but at least I can admit it.

]]> by: Wendoylyn http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1963 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:27:24 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1963 ... and I enjoyed my very brief participation as a reader. I wish I'd stuck with it. I guess one problem with something like this is that it probably wasn't best suited to people who just want to dip in and out of things. It must have been worth it, even if only for this blog entry title. I'm almost wondering if you orchestrated the whole thing because you couldn't think of another reason to use "Nein Rooms". Genius. … and I enjoyed my very brief participation as a reader. I wish I’d stuck with it. I guess one problem with something like this is that it probably wasn’t best suited to people who just want to dip in and out of things.

It must have been worth it, even if only for this blog entry title. I’m almost wondering if you orchestrated the whole thing because you couldn’t think of another reason to use “Nein Rooms”. Genius.

]]> by: Christy http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1962 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:56:51 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1962 Well since you already said it yourself (about writing women), I really feel like Claire would have had an awful time at the football match (I felt like you wanted Nick to be this awful guy but then you kept pulling back because you also wanted him to be likeable because it was YOU writing him)...haha but for my two weeks it was a fun ride to write something a little different. But I think it's a concept that still has almost limitless potential and you will always be a trail blazer! (I think at this stage, it might require a group of known fiction writers who already have a fan base to bring and who have more autonomy over their individual character...and enable the audience to pick one primary character, each with their independent storyline, but with a "B-story" that involves the others, that they focus on instead of having to read five different entries to get the gist, but not quite really...I also think the minute we took a break from posting it was doomed, because any potential fan would click on it and say, "Oh, they stopped doing it, why bother." And also the "big things" you were withholding until traffic picked up could have been the very things to *cause* traffic to pick up...but anyway. What do I know?) But I enjoyed my very brief participation and think it was a pretty ballsy and commendable project for you to undertake! Well since you already said it yourself (about writing women), I really feel like Claire would have had an awful time at the football match (I felt like you wanted Nick to be this awful guy but then you kept pulling back because you also wanted him to be likeable because it was YOU writing him)…haha but for my two weeks it was a fun ride to write something a little different.

But I think it’s a concept that still has almost limitless potential and you will always be a trail blazer!

(I think at this stage, it might require a group of known fiction writers who already have a fan base to bring and who have more autonomy over their individual character…and enable the audience to pick one primary character, each with their independent storyline, but with a “B-story” that involves the others, that they focus on instead of having to read five different entries to get the gist, but not quite really…I also think the minute we took a break from posting it was doomed, because any potential fan would click on it and say, “Oh, they stopped doing it, why bother.” And also the “big things” you were withholding until traffic picked up could have been the very things to *cause* traffic to pick up…but anyway. What do I know?)

But I enjoyed my very brief participation and think it was a pretty ballsy and commendable project for you to undertake!

]]> by: Sooz http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1961 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:04:56 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1961 Oh. I liked it. :( Can it not be adapted? Oh. I liked it. :( Can it not be adapted?

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1958 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1958 I had <i>two</i> women working on it - and it still didn't work. There were five of us. I had two women working on it - and it still didn’t work.

There were five of us.

]]> by: Mel http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1957 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:52:30 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1957 How many of us wish we could say 'well, tried that, but it didn't work'? Quite a few I bet. Most of us have musings that turn into ideas and plans and hopes but rarely action. You should be dead proud of yourself, to have got so far. Maybe you could ask a woman to help you next time? How many of us wish we could say ‘well, tried that, but it didn’t work’?
Quite a few I bet. Most of us have musings that turn into ideas and plans and hopes but rarely action.

You should be dead proud of yourself, to have got so far.

Maybe you could ask a woman to help you next time?

]]> by: Murphy http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1955 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:06:25 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1955 Woo-hoo Dude! LOL! Awesome! Woo-hoo Dude! LOL! Awesome!

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1954 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:30:10 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1954 It needed a lot of committment and concentration. Two things that blogs don't instill in many people. I'm not sure I would have read it after a few weeks, so that's saying something. So people didn't go for it. If they had, I would by now be sitting on top of an amazing project. At least I'm not wondering what would have happened if I had tried. Thanks fellas. It needed a lot of committment and concentration. Two things that blogs don’t instill in many people.

I’m not sure I would have read it after a few weeks, so that’s saying something. So people didn’t go for it. If they had, I would by now be sitting on top of an amazing project. At least I’m not wondering what would have happened if I had tried.

Thanks fellas.

]]> by: mike http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1953 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:14:22 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1953 I'm too linear-minded, and want information revealed to me in a pre-determined order. Also, it felt awfully complicated, requiring quite a lot of memorising of characters and details so that differing accounts could be compared with each other. So you never got a sense of "completion" at the end of any one post, just a weary feeling that you had to go and read a whole load more. I'm afraid that I gave up almost immediately, sorry. But, yes, good on you for trying something different. I’m too linear-minded, and want information revealed to me in a pre-determined order. Also, it felt awfully complicated, requiring quite a lot of memorising of characters and details so that differing accounts could be compared with each other. So you never got a sense of “completion” at the end of any one post, just a weary feeling that you had to go and read a whole load more. I’m afraid that I gave up almost immediately, sorry. But, yes, good on you for trying something different.

]]> by: Pete http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1952 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:03:47 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/10/05/nein-rooms/#comment-1952 Yes, the reason that I didn't go for Nine Rooms was that I had to look at five different sites to get the jist. And there was a lot of repetition as well, because multiple characters would be detailing the same events. Perhaps if each character had updated on a different day of the week, it would have been more digestible. I dunno, good on you for giving it a go though. Yes, the reason that I didn’t go for Nine Rooms was that I had to look at five different sites to get the jist. And there was a lot of repetition as well, because multiple characters would be detailing the same events.

Perhaps if each character had updated on a different day of the week, it would have been more digestible. I dunno, good on you for giving it a go though.

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