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Lauren ([info]ladylauren) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-11-28 13:25:00


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Current mood:amused
Current music:The Format -- 'Dead End'

NaNoWriMo: The Bannination You've All Been Waiting For
marienbadmylove (profile now deleted) has been banned from the NaNoWriMo site for plagiarism.

i-rant-often had made a post dedicated to 'The Leech'. MBML took said post, ran it through his find-and-replacing and whatever other alterations he does, and posted it as his novel excerpt, thus violating the TOS of the NaNo site.

Part of the original rant: So far, this IDIOT writer of Marienbad My Love, supposedly the world's longest novel, has managed to attempt the weakest defense I've ever seen of his thieving ways. Of course, this comes in the wake of admitting to -- hell, I seriously think he was bragging about -- his methods of theft, and doing it on the NaNoWriMo forums.

MBML's alteration: TIRADE! To date, the MORON author of “Marienbad My Love,” allegedly the world's longest novel, has somehow launched the most pathetic excuse this covert government dream assassin has ever observed of these bold pilfering methods. Certainly, The Thug’s pleas and justifications are presented on the heels of acknowledging -- misery, I grimly believe he was swanking about – his methods of pilfering, and doing it on the Exogrid roundtables.

Protip: just because thesauruses exist does not automatically mean that using them is a good idea. Also, and this may seem obvious to most people, don't steal writing from someone who already dislikes you, as it is a recipe for banhammering.

In conclusion, i-rant-often dances on the grave:

At last . . . something remotely resembling justice!

(TRUE justice would require a steamroller with a defective transmission, several thousand wasps, a feather boa, a nest of red ants, an inept firing squad, a dull guillotine, eighteen metric tons of fecal matter from a pack of donkeys with gonhorrea, thirteen beautiful strippers unwilling to be touched by something as sick as the Leech, two dozen feral kittens and a catnip enema -- but I'll take what I can get!)


THE END (or is it?)



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[info]jkefka
2009-11-28 04:13 am UTC (link)
I somehow suspect that the banhammer in question had been set aside sometime before with MBML's initials engraved on it. Set aside, delicately placed on a velvet pillow under the finest crystal, waiting for the right moment.

Then Dumbass McIdiotface IV goes and cockslaps the TOS and is dispatched with an entirely satisfying thud. I would take out a bet that the mod in question smoked a cigarette after the act.

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[info]ladylauren
2009-11-28 04:20 am UTC (link)
He should have just changed his excerpt to 'Please ban me!' and saved himself the trouble.

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mockygogo
2009-11-28 09:04 am UTC (link)
I did really like the fact that it was the TOS, and not the code of conduct, that led to the bannination. That's like, remember in "Untouchables" when Al Capone couldn't get busted for murder and mobster-stuff but instead went to Alcatraz for tax evasion?

Yeah. Like that.

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[info]kahrohseh
2009-11-28 04:28 am UTC (link)
And from that guy in i-rant-often's comments section:

while i do feel guilty, i guess, for inadvertently causing a person i respect very much to get banned, i very, very highly doubt he considers this to be the major event that you do. obviously, i can't speak for him, but i really don't think he takes nanowrimo very seriously. i think (well, i think this because he told me so) that he sees it mostly as free publicity when people like you criticize him.

Can someone please get MBML to plagiarize Chancery Stone as a wedding proposal so the two can live happily ever after?

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[info]faultypremise
2009-11-28 04:32 am UTC (link)
Ah ya beat me to it! Deleting other comment. We don't need two. ;)

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[info]kahrohseh
2009-11-28 04:36 am UTC (link)
Yours was probably better. ;;

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[info]faultypremise
2009-11-28 04:52 am UTC (link)
No. No it wasn't.

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[info]ianthefira
2009-11-28 11:06 pm UTC (link)
Your icon reminds me that I wish that the text's source was still online.

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[info]blue_penguin
2009-11-29 01:44 am UTC (link)
Oh, it might be all sunshine and roses at first as they bonded over the silly haters and their free publicity, but eventually they'd start arguing over whose novel was more Edgy and Groundbreaking and Unique, and then things would get really messy.

... so in conclusion, I really want them to get married now.

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[info]kahrohseh
2009-11-29 01:58 am UTC (link)
We could finance the wedding! Everything will be "remixed" from other, previous weddings, and it will be the longest ceremony ever held.

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[info]ardath_rekha
2009-11-29 04:29 am UTC (link)
The wedding can be held at the Salahis' winery! It's totally the perfect spot.

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[info]hallidae
2009-11-29 07:13 am UTC (link)
Holy frikkin' hell. They just keep looking more and more desperate.

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[info]magnolia_mama
2009-11-29 02:43 pm UTC (link)
The only reality show I want to see those two in is one with the Heenes. They can compete to see who's more desperate for attention.

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mockygogo
2009-11-30 01:59 am UTC (link)
too bad they already used the title "The Biggest Loser" for another (different) show. Otherwise it could have worked.

Although the idea of Jillian frog marching them across the desert for twenty miles with a fifty pound pack strapped to their backs? I could go for that.

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[info]shark
2009-11-28 07:39 am UTC (link)
Wow, looking over some of zir other posts, it appears that i-rant-often is kindof a jackass.

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[info]also_not_a_pipe
2009-11-28 06:48 pm UTC (link)
You haven't seen him on the forums, then. Never was there anyone so desperate for attention.

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[info]shark
2009-11-28 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Yep, not doing NaNo this year, so I'm not on the forums - such visceral hatred over something that ultimately harms no one, well.


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[info]yattara
2009-11-29 10:27 pm UTC (link)
Indeed? I am doing NaNo, but I tend to spend more time on other writing-forums.

How desperate is he being?

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[info]anonyrat
2009-11-30 10:01 pm UTC (link)
The link to his journal in the wank report should give you all the info you need.

In fact, I'm not sure I've even seen him in the NaNo forums proper, unless he posts under a different name.

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[info]magnolia_mama
2009-11-28 07:43 pm UTC (link)
Wow. Yeah, I have to agree.

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[info]m_butterfly
2009-11-28 08:14 am UTC (link)
TRUE justice would require a steamroller with a defective transmission, several thousand wasps, a feather boa, a nest of red ants, an inept firing squad, a dull guillotine, eighteen metric tons of fecal matter from a pack of donkeys with gonhorrea, thirteen beautiful strippers unwilling to be touched by something as sick as the Leech, two dozen feral kittens and a catnip enema -- but I'll take what I can get!

And I thought I got overinvested in things.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2009-11-28 08:32 am UTC (link)
I think that was supposed to be funny.

In theory.

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[info]darksumomo
2009-11-28 09:36 am UTC (link)
eighteen metric tons of fecal matter from a pack of donkeys with gonhorrea

If it had been 18 metric tonnes of feces from a herd of donkeys with diarrhea, it would have been more effective. Besides, I don't think one can catch gonorrhea from feces.

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[info]feenix
2009-11-29 10:36 pm UTC (link)
You can. It just requires circumstances that I'd rather not talk about. EVER.

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[info]anonyrat
2009-12-01 08:43 am UTC (link)
That is a conversation I never thought I would read.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2009-11-28 08:32 am UTC (link)
I do so love it when everybody involved is a jackass so I don't have to feel bad at the humiliation on any side.

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mockygogo
2009-11-28 08:50 am UTC (link)
holy crap. I thought I heard angels singing this afternoon... could it be?

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[info]portkey
2009-11-28 11:59 am UTC (link)
I kind of stayed out of the previous post about this guy, but...

Isn't it obviously a parody/troll that nobody should waste their time arguing with?

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[info]ghostmaster
2009-11-29 10:35 pm UTC (link)
Does that ever stop people?

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[info]beejium
2009-11-28 06:08 pm UTC (link)
Now someone just needs to get his stupid "novel" off Wikipedia's List of Longest novels.

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[info]ram
2009-11-29 02:10 am UTC (link)
He's got it up on TV Tropes, too.

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mockygogo
2009-11-30 01:53 am UTC (link)
no, must.. resist... tropelink...

aaaaaggghkk!

*click*

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[info]issendai
2009-11-29 12:12 pm UTC (link)
Seems to have been erased apart from a brief mention in the "controversy" paragraph. Yay. Let's see how long it lasts.

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[info]queencallipygos
2009-11-30 08:44 pm UTC (link)
Nope, it's back.

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[info]ladyrogue
2009-11-28 06:36 pm UTC (link)
So he has a comment section on his web site with comments from around the web. And either he's proud that his novel is a horrible travesty or he's very confused about what compliments are supposed to sound like. See here.

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[info]paladin
2009-11-28 11:18 pm UTC (link)
I also like that his entry on Sheldon's Syndrome links back to otf-wank. Remember, we're the irrational ones.

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