> > I noticed a rule involving "RinkWorks Staff."
>
> When I write out official-sounding things, like
>that and the Privacy Policy and so forth, I have
>absolutely no idea how to "officially" refer to
>the people behind RinkWorks. Technically, yes,
>it's just me. I own the site, and I'm the only
>one that can log into the account and change
>things around. But then there's Dave and Leen,
>both of whom are billed, to the RinkWorks
>readership, as a part of the crew behind
>RinkWorks. Leen is responsible for the content
>on EquiWorks, and Dave is wholly or partially
>responsible for the content in over a half dozen
>different features. So who are they? They're
>not owners, but they're not strictly readers.
>Now there are people like Brunnen-G and
>gremlinn, who both have games on Adventure Games
>Live. Who are they? They've got content on the
>site that is presented in the same manner that
>Fantasy Quest is and Game of the Ages will be.
>
> The term "RinkWorks staff" is not one I like,
>and I may change it when I get the notion and a
>better idea, but in short it has no immutable
>definition -- it's just a general hand-waving
>"us." Your perceptions about what's really
>going on behind RinkWorks are still correct.


I think my vote would have to go for either "RinkWorks Posse" or "RinkWorks Elite Special Forces".

Seriously, "RinkWorks Staff" just makes it sound professional. So what if it's essentially a staff of one? If a person can be "President and CEO" of a company of two people, why can't you be pretty much the sole member of "RinkWorks Staff"?

Of course, I'd just like to mention that without me, you wouldn't have BAM (and possibly no MAM without the proven format and inspiration), you wouldn't have IABBBBM, you wouldn't have "How to be Funny" (and probably not "How to be Romantic" either, since the former inspired the latter.) You wouldn't have about half of "Pea Soup for the Cynic's Soul," no "Filmmaker's Exam," no "Duel of the Ages" (and therefore no "Game of the Ages"). You'd also be missing about 10 guest reviews on At-A-Glance Film Reviews (which nobody pays attention to anyway, so no great loss) a handful of "I Think" and "Computer Stupidities" entries, and, MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, NO DAVE'S SOMEWHAT COMPLETE SF/F WRITER'S INTERNET RESOURCES!!!! HORROR!! What would the RinkWorks readership do without THAT page? I shudder to think.

Anyway, considering all of that, I think I deserve to be billed as something more than just "That guy Dave." But since nobody besides you actually gets paid, how about "Sam and the RinkWorks Slaves?" ;-)

-- Dave