Saracen (the Admin guy, not the Gladiator) and his legendary MegaPosts©™

[shadowmaster]

Wow .... I mean, wow.

You lot actually read my drivel? Don't you have lives or anything?

The bigger question, do you have a life?

[sleepyhead]

Saracen has a sleep/typing disorder...

[Gordy]

I just wonder how many keyboards Saracen get's through a year!

[Disturbedguy]

Am thinking, he has a corner of his house, looking something like this: -

[Saracen]

A weakness, yes, but I mean it in a positive way.

More often than not you have something worth saying, so the plebs could learn something, but the plebs see a post that goes on as far as the eye can see, and don't bother to read it, thus learning nowt.

Cut the word count, the plebs read the post, everyone's a winner.

I think maybe your previous experience of writing articles, etc, is maybe the 'problem'. You write a post in a thread about, say... jelly, but you write it as if it's an article in the Times about the history of democratic voting rights in Kenya. So it comes across a bit dry.

Time and a place for 25 paragraphs, time and a place for 'bobbies ROFL!'. If that's not too simplistic.

I agree about the effect .... some (maybe most) won't read it, or read it properly. But not everyone's a winner if I trim it down. I end up leaving loopholes that only provoke argument, not about the issue being discussed but about what I said or what I meant. And to try to nail down what I meant sometimes means more words.

Besides, I make my arguments the way I want to make them. Whether people read it or not is entirely up to them. My guess would be that while many or most won't, some will. Those that will are those that are most interested. And I KNOW that some do (though not necessarily the same people in different threads because I still get plenty of argument, and that means they've read it to be able to argue it. Well, usually. And the benefit then is that I end up spending more time arguing about the issues, about assessments and judgements, than trying to convince people that what they read into what I said wasn't what I actually said or meant.

It's a choice thing. I choose to make points the way I do. Some people choose not to read them, or to skim. Fair enuff. We're all here to get out of the forums what we want, and it's different for each of us.

As for writing as I would for the Times ... well, I don't work for the Times, but if I did, I assure you, it wouldn't be written the way I write here. You write to an editor's brief and for the reader's style. Here, I write how it suits me, not the editor or a Times reader.

[kalniel]

Am thinking, he has a corner of his house, looking something like this: -

More like this:

[tiggerai]

Why Stewart/Vaul hasn't made something of his writing talents I don't know.

And I must admit that I'm a pleb that doesn't read all of Saracens posts as I just don't have the time (capt'n) - they scare me a bit. Usally just get the bullet point version from Stew later on.

[Stewart]

Why Stewart/Vaul hasn't made something of his writing talents I don't know.

Fanks.

Well I do appreciate the comments I get about my own modest writing talents from peeps on these forums.

Like Zakkypants:

and Stewart, who I feel is properly interested, as am I, and I suspect Saracen in the debate, asked god questions. He also writes like a god himself (no pun intended) and should be in a job where he is allowed to do so 100% of the time, because no one else makes me laugh so much in an opening post.

And SexyHexeh:

Stewart is many things, but his command of the English language is second to none. Which if anything places a big question mark over his publicised working-class credentials.

Not quite sure what the Hex mean't by the working class remark... working class people ain't supposed to be able to write?

I toughted Saracen everything he nows...

[tiggerai]

^ so you should be raking it in then...

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

[Stewart]

K.

I will. Starting tomorrow.

*finks of an idea*

[scottyman]

I've just read a rather impressive 8 page thread in which our much loved (and exceedingly well versed) Saracen makes a few appearances.

Being a , I thought I'd do a brief Saracen-word-count©™ (not including any quotes) - 19,379 words over 31 posts - an average of just over 625 words per post.

I challenge you to find more.

I'd assumed he's taken up fencing, and had some awfully large poles!

[mediaboy]

disagree... i have seen many a time where Saracen has multi-posted, and by looking at it, it seems to be because he has massively exceeded the character limit of posts, so if you join the MegaPosts©™ you get a TriMegaPost©™...

'fore my time or did I just miss a post or three?

Wow .... I mean, wow.

You lot actually read my drivel? Don't you have lives or anything?

I have a life! I just ignore it. I also read abnormally fast.

OOI - what are people's WPM when typing? And if someone posts a link to that online test thingy that only has 300 words or so to type in I'll murder them -.-