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kodayu · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject:

I added a thread in the Writer's guild now! Let's see what all the other writers have got to say about this...
I corrected the entry of the Wilderhom Triology. Thanks, shroom!
Actually I thought about making the ranking longer, but I have to admit that things get really problematic below a size of less than 1 MB, because there are simply so many series out there. On Yiffstar alone there are more than 300! And although I checked all of them it was an almost never-ending task just to find the largest among them.
On the other hand, the sizes are so close to one another that things such as long introductions or large, complicated copyright notes might begin to influence the results. I already do have mixed feelings about Wilderhom and The Chosen Few because they are only 700 bytes apart from one another (but I guess it's totally fair to give Cirrel the 6th place, just because the series is still ongoing).
And last but not least: Unfortunately I simply don't have that much spare time either... (After all I still have to write my own series to get a better position in the ranking) Wink

But as soon as I got the data of Thorhammer (I have contacted the writer), I will add two more series to make it an even 20.

anthony · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:

Copyright notices shouldn't be counted as they are not story content.

And if you set a cut-out of 1MB, that's all right by me.
(Gives everyone something to strive after)

hikaru · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:22 am Post subject:

Agreed. © shouldn't be considered story.

kodayu · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject:

Alright, I added Thorhammer now and it went straight to the top with a result one can hardly argue about.
Honest apologies to you, Hikaru! Sorry about this! Thorhammer simply passed by under my radar. That's pretty embarassing for me, making this ranking... Embarassed

I added two more series at the bottom to make it an even 20. So, let's just say that my limit was 0,75 MB (otherwise I would have to throw out the series at the end, which isn't such a great idea either.)
The thing with the copyright mostly concers the stories of the "Sabrinaverse". I guess Hikaru knows that problem. Wink

I tried to ignore these where possible.

Nameless · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

A few more stories for you to look at:

Gone Wylde by Concolor (1.8Mb)
From the Depths by Shirh Khan (1.8Mb)
Otherworlds by Pflarrian (1.5Mb)
Tale of two Sabrinas, Sabrina Squared, Sabrina^3, Sabrina^4 by Cheetaur (1.9Mb)

PDFs can be found on the Raccoon's bookshelf, HTML or text versions in different places. Sizes by my count, may not include the latest chapters.

kodayu · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:16 pm Post subject:

Ooooph! Will be added... erh, next time!
But thanks for the info, Nameless!

kodayu · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:

I added Tale of the two Sabrinas, Gone Wylde, From Depths to Heights and Otherworlds now and once again the list has changed considerably. I guess from now on, I can just as well decide on a limit of 1 MB, because the list would just get too long if I tried to fit in every story above 0,75 MB. So Anthony was right!

Tygon

kodayu · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject:

I corrected the name and the species of Dashell. If you know the series, it would be nice if you could send me a short summary, such as I tried to write (one or two sentences long). I just skimmed through the first three chapters, so I guess I didn't really get this. Just send me a PM or post it here. Thanks in advance!

Tygon · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject:

kodayu · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

Got it! Thanks, Tygon!
Once again, I have to apologize to Katayamma-san. Sorry, that IC is in the third place now that I took all of Kittiara's stories into account. Sorry! I hope that result will be somewhat sound for a while now.
(added a few more series at the lower down the ranks, too)

hikaru · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject:

No biggy. It's not a contest. Razz

kodayu · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject:

Well..., yeah! But I have the feeling to mess up your forum.

hikaru · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:45 am Post subject:

Don't sweat it. You stirred up some discussion in absence of a new chapter. I appreciate it.

Cheers

Kathmandu · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:53 am Post subject:

I need to remind you guys there is a huge difference in the size of a file depending on it's format. Comparing a ascii plain text file to a MS Word created HTML page or a PDF file is not a fair comparison. I could take my story "Waves of Passion" and save it as bitmap files and easily make it 30gigs. Smile

PDF is another bloat engine as far as size is concerned. It can take a relitively small 200k file and make it over a 1meg in size. (I hate PDF to the depths of my soul, but that is a different matter). An unfiltered MS Word document converted into html can result is a huge file even worse than PDF. Microsoft and others have created filters to reduce the size but not everyone knows this. I think word count is a far better yardstick.

Although if you are a real size queen, you need to read "In the Realm of the Unreal" since it has a few maginally furry characters and is 15,000 pages long, single spaced on a manual typewriter. It is considered the longest single novel ever written. It is quite the interesting story about the novel although the story itself is very wierd. The guy stared it in like 1906 I think and finished it just before he died in 1971. He was a janitor.

Heh, I din't relize Cheetaur's Sabrina series was so huge compared to others... I should though since I edited 2 and 3. Egad.