tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post9175909803963001185..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Cory Doctorow in a world of ShakespearesJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-149229370598973512010-08-03T01:47:50.528-05:002010-08-03T01:47:50.528-05:00Please don't spread the scams. :(
It's a ...Please don't spread the scams. :(<br /><br />It's a pathetic little system which checks for key words - no attempt to match style at all, that would be hard - and after telling people they write like Someone Famous, tries to redirect them to a scammy vanity publisher who'll rip them off.<br /><br />(note that, since the OSR is big on self-publishing, vanity publishers like this are nothing like lulu or other self-publishing options)user@example.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-7331242492158147112010-08-02T12:31:27.029-05:002010-08-02T12:31:27.029-05:00I got three Dan Browns and an Arthur C. Clarke.
G...I got three Dan Browns and an Arthur C. Clarke.<br /><br />Guess I shouldn't give up my day job. Heh.Chris Tichenorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866673632888599928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-19076952544588999832010-08-02T00:02:27.892-05:002010-08-02T00:02:27.892-05:00Last few blog posts.
If whinging about GI Joes w...Last few blog posts. <br /><br />If whinging about GI Joes was an accurate assessment of Dan Brown's writing, I'd probably read him.Intruder_Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322242036586961094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-29445826288253884402010-08-01T20:33:14.386-05:002010-08-01T20:33:14.386-05:00I kept getting J.R.R. Tolkien. I sincerely doubt I...I kept getting J.R.R. Tolkien. I sincerely doubt I'm anywhere near that skilled.2eDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562222394843621495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-64599300698861062072010-08-01T19:08:25.920-05:002010-08-01T19:08:25.920-05:00I fed in a chunk of one of my session recounts and...I fed in a chunk of one of my session recounts and was told I wrote like Raymond Chandler.BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-64188039357862477322010-08-01T14:39:10.785-05:002010-08-01T14:39:10.785-05:00My fiction came up Pahlaniuk three of five times, ...My fiction came up Pahlaniuk three of five times, but my more technical game-related writing came up Dan Brown about as often.<br /><br />It's a cute doohicky, but I don't think it's in any way valid. A friend of mine put in "See Spot. See Spot run. Run, Spot, run!" and it came up Robert Louis Stevenson...SlurpeeMoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132875583904268409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-5072435464272113802010-08-01T14:29:04.521-05:002010-08-01T14:29:04.521-05:00D7 has the right idea. What better way to attract...D7 has the right idea. What better way to attract people to your vanity press than to flatter them by comparisons to famous and successful authors. <br /><br />This is pretty amusing: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.daveexmachina.com/wordpress/?p=4387" rel="nofollow">http://www.daveexmachina.com/wordpress/?p=4387</a>Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615194097431562045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-35364482977394612752010-08-01T14:17:10.805-05:002010-08-01T14:17:10.805-05:00Tried it: David Foster Wallace or Chuck Palaniuk, ...Tried it: David Foster Wallace or Chuck Palaniuk, depending on how much swearing I do.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-3448038844105446162010-08-01T10:56:51.219-05:002010-08-01T10:56:51.219-05:00It's a scam. Not a dangerous one, unless one i...It's a scam. Not a dangerous one, unless one is a writer with more money than pride—dig deeper and they're driving traffic and Google pagerank for their vanity press editing services. The widget itself appears to be mostly random.d7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08635926744710532548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-38691517878840244462010-08-01T10:37:19.931-05:002010-08-01T10:37:19.931-05:00I entered seven different writing samples, both fi...I entered seven different writing samples, both fiction and blog entries, and apparently I write like six different people - and more, I imagine, had I entered more samples.<br /><br />The only consistency I noticed was blog posts, which returned two H.P. Lovecraft results and one Edgar Allen Poe. I don't see this at all, since my blog posts are like neither.<br /><br />My fiction was all over the board - Dan Brown, Cory Doctrow, Vladamir Nabakov and, God help me, Anne Rice.<br /><br />I guess it's hard to analyze who you write like, when you don't write like anyone except yourself.Sean Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429301144221551751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-46024820991666839762010-08-01T08:31:19.844-05:002010-08-01T08:31:19.844-05:00That website nearly drove me crazy! The short vers...That website nearly drove me crazy! The short version of the story is that Cory Doctorow is one of the Elder Gods and is taking over Wikipedia. Oh, and I'm dead.PTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804620638450848244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-90315085200667170202010-08-01T07:31:32.804-05:002010-08-01T07:31:32.804-05:00I checked the Pundit, he apparently wirtes like Cl...I checked the Pundit, he apparently wirtes like Clarke, too. Should I be worried?Settembrininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-59320372847344160142010-08-01T07:27:47.142-05:002010-08-01T07:27:47.142-05:00Apparently, I write like Arthur C Clarke when I wr...Apparently, I write like Arthur C Clarke when I write english. I´d wager this is nerd-coddling as advertisement.<br /><br />Or, I actually do write like Clarke. You decide.Settembrininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-65856470819302827752010-08-01T07:24:59.123-05:002010-08-01T07:24:59.123-05:00Personally I think your own evaluation of your wri...Personally I think your own evaluation of your writing style is accurate and fantastic. <br /><br />relatedly, one of my players likening by crazy-ass DMing to the works of Douglas Adams was one of the best compliments I've ever got. :DJarrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367493507081661713noreply@blogger.com