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Simple people of neopoet...

Setting: The neopoet capitol building, senate floor. Conect11 comes before the senators and AEC to discuss his new appointment, the influx of new members, the rash of fluffy rather than honest critiques, and the departure of Rottiestyl.

Conect11: (wearing suspiciously ornate robes and looking fatter than the last time we saw him)  "Simple people of neopoet… I … have … returned!"

*silence*

Conect11: (straightening himself and clearing his throat)  "To the AEC, I say congratulations on your well deserved victory, may your reign last a thousand years! To my fellow greeters (nods to the greeters section) I applaude your skill and dedication with the influx of new poets to this site. You truly leave me speechless…"

*murmuring from the crowd*

Conect11:  "As you know I have been appointed Chancellor, uh, I mean director of contests for the nation of neopoet. It is with great reluctance that I accept this authority. I love democracy, (light applause) I love neopoet, (heavier applause) the power you give to me I WILL lay down when this crisis has abated! (wild applause) And as my first act under this new authority I shall create the GRAND ARMY of neopoet, to counter the increasing threat of the newbies!"

*puzzled looks*

Conect11: "My fellow Advo - Katies, I say to you that we will leave no poet behind! Therefore the first task the Grand Army(tm) is charged with is the rescue of our friends Kim and Joe from other, less honest poetry sites. We must NOT let this travesty go unpunished! Who is with me?

*dead silence*

 

to be continued…

— Conect11, Aug 31, 2007

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weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 9 months ago

Not quite dead silence

I have been in touch with Joe and he assures me he will return when he has completed a body of work for a competition in October. Kim, well, one of the finest poets I have seen on this site, my utter respect and admiration. Her feedback to other poets was also exemplary. Her acceptance of feedback... aye, there's the rub. We have had some big fights with people who originally responded arrogantly and rudely to feedback who are now much valued members. Some people don't change though. To use a metaphor you will appreciate, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. If Kim reads this, please try to remember we care, we are not your mother. cheers, Jess
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 9 months ago

Oh, and lose those bloody silly robes

We stand naked as humble servants of NeoPoet, there are no rulers here. Consider how bloody (go on, skull that Australianism whisky) subversive this site is becoming. An anarcho-syndicalist collective, membership driven. I know there is already an ASIO (the Aussie CIA) file on me, soon there will be a CIA file on every subversive involved in this site! Viva la revolution! cheers, Jess
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Conect11

18 years 9 months ago

oh no!

the robes have a slimming effect, I think!
Q

Quillsvein1

18 years 9 months ago

funny

as hell. for a moment i pictured you wearing some neopoet symbol on your arm and presiding over wannabe poets in mock trials where they are helpless to defend themselves. let's not make this National Socialist Neopoet!
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Prototype

18 years 9 months ago

Wow...

pretty cool imagination, huh...