TAFL Survey!

[Mitzrael]

[quote name='Marie' post='270859' date='Nov 18 2009, 09:29 PM'][quote name='Rei Hino' post='270854' date='Nov 18 2009, 06:07 PM']20. You associate (member/group) with (subject) ?
I honestly say the TAFL Senior Staff are like the manga-ka or something that helps keep the forums together. XD; Totally random saying, but I think it is true.[/quote]
DIBS ON ODA. DIBS DIBS DIBS. I WILL FIGHT YOU ALL, I SWEAR IT.   :x
[/quote]*ponders* tough one  :heart: Higuri You shall be but Souryo Fuyumi is my second choice though xD  :help:

[Marie]

Have you been through the adoption process?
Was it successful? Was it hard? What did you adopt out?

I've only done this once - and of the two I tried to adopt out, I only let one go, LOL. :heart: I think that has a lot to do with how attached, and therefore picky, I am where my fanlistings are concerned. In the end, the only reason I let WANTED! go was because it was going to someone I knew would take care of it, because they're a friend and fellow OP!nut. *snugs Hal* Any other time I've ever thought about doing adoptions, I can never bring myself to go through with it. /is lame

(Psst! You guys can think of questions too, you know! I am clearly running out of question!mojo)

[Saya]

Have you been through the adoption process?

I hate adopting my fanlisting out - and prefere search for a good owner by watching the others for example who is in my KIM list and I normaly ask tru that, I hate it because I adopted out few fanlistings and they let them die, so I'm not really sure if I like to do it - I prefere actually privat adoptions when I ask an fellow owner who I know and I also know they will take good care of the fanlisting and if they want to let it go to ask me if I want it back.
And besides it takes me months to decide what to put on adoption - i love my babies really much.

(I shall think of something to ask when my brain is back from Hawaii)

[Hakka]

Have you been through the adoption process?
Was it successful? Was it hard? What did you adopt out?

I have been few times (ghh, loooot of times *looks at her adopted out list*). I totally hate it, because when I see a former fanlisting of mine die I start ramble about a bad choice I made when choosing the adoptee. I just can't understand why the adoptee can't get in touch with the previous owner before deciding to close down! I'd be more than happy to get back the fanlisting the time needed to chose another owner (or simply take the job to contact the new owner chosen by the staff and offer members list and codes -with the proper credits).   :heart:
Fortunately I had luck for some of them, because some fanlistings are still online and kicking, while others has just been adopted out (and not closed down or died).

[Amber]

Have you been through the adoption process?

I've also only adopted out one fanlisting, but at the time when I had several up for adoption, I had grown very attatched to the fanlistings I had up. Though, when I've adopted fanlistings, I've made sure to keep the person who I adopted from within the loop incase they ever want it back. As for me, I think private adoptions are sometimes better (from what I've seen) or adopt to people I know because I know they run good fanlistings and are good owners. Of course, I am surprised when a lot of the older fanlistings are closed because people to not keep them active and they were adopted from other people before hand and they lose a lot of members that were joined.

[Espo]

Have you been through the adoption process?

Too many times to count, back in the early days at least. The past couple of years I haven't adopted out so much, probably due to the fact my subjects have been wittled down to the ones I truly love. :heart: But it's also probably an attribute to the fact that, at first, I was adopting them out to people I knew and took care of them properly and actually gave me reason to know they liked the subject. As time went by I kind of ended up with lots of one-liners when it came to adoptions. Basically 'I like so and so let me adopt them!' which... yeah, it's not very convincing. So I eventually gave up adopting fanlistings what so ever and just closing them instead when I had to let some go. It wasn't too bad, though, since a lot of stuff I was closing was small and probably wouldn't have been adopted anyway, haha.

[Yamila]

Have you been through the adoption process?
Yup, but I think only 3 or 4 times in my entire life in this business I'm too attached to my fls and it hurts like hell when I have to let them go, orz Speaking of that, I only adopt fls out when 1) I get to own a lot of stuff from a series and I feel like a hog or 2) I realize that I don't like the subject as much as I did when applying, and therefore updating/revamping/etc it becomes a choir D:

I haven't been really lucky when trying, btw ^^;;; apart from the well-known fact that almost no one wants my stuff >_>, I have had issues like adoptions falling through or getting zero apps for a whole batch T__T However, I cannot complain about applications, I've always received really good ones :3 And some fls that used to belong to me are now in awesome homes :heart:

[Rosemary]

[quote name='Rei Hino' post='270854' date='Nov 18 2009, 06:07 PM']20. You associate (member/group) with (subject) ?
I honestly say the TAFL Senior Staff are like the manga-ka or something that helps keep the forums together. XD; Totally random saying, but I think it is true.[/quote]

Ooooh, hard!  How can I ever be expected to pick just one? I'd either be Watase Yuu, Shinjo Mayu, Sadahiro Mika, or Touko Kawai.   :heart:

[Elysa]

18. Which do you prefer: applying for adoptions or applying at the Network?
I like applying at the network because I can start the members list from scratch, haha /dork~ Though it's always a shame to see all the previous members being lost :x I don't really make a distinction between applying at the network or applying for an adoption, since what I write in my application would most likely be the same :3

19. If you could make any one thread at TAFL, what would it be?
Hmm.. Maybe something like an introduction thread, where you talk a little bit about yourself? We've got a lot of regulars on the boards, but to be honest, I hardly know anyone other than what fanlistings they have XD; I know we have the "New to the boards" topic, but usually people only say hello there. It might be too personal though :P

20. You associate (member/group) with (subject) ?
Not really an association per se, but I recognize most board members through their icons XD; When I go through a thread, I see who's posting by looking at the icon first, before I look at the name LOL I don't really group members with anything :3

Have you been through the adoption process?
Only once, though I ended up keeping two out of the three posted, and closed the third one. I've thought about adopting out some quite a few times, but like Marie, I almost never go through with it XD; Will post something soon though. Lately I've also come to the realization that I would probably prefer somewhat private adoptions, because I see a lot of adopted fanlistings close without adoption posts or getting removed for being troubled. Though on the other hand, you never know when you'll get an awesome application~

[Victoria]

01. Your name
Victoria.

02. Total number of TAFL fanlistings
11! <3

03. Do you have an FL collective?
Yes, but I'm currently moving it to one of my domains.

04. Who/What got you into TAFL?
I got into TFL first, way before the network split. I don't even remember how my love for fanlistings started~ x3

05. Which fanlisting owners inspire you the most? (Limit 3!)
Estee, Janice and Vivianne.  

06. Which fanlisting owners blow you away with their designs? (Limit 3!)
There are so many! But I'll go with the same ones as above. (:

07. What's your favorite category?
Relationships~ x3

08. Which category do you have the most fanlistings in?
I have 4 in Characters and 4 in Relationships, so.

09. What's your favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Getting the approval, lol. I love making the layout, too.

10. What's your least favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Coding D:

11. If you could apply for anything, no rules attached, what would it be?
Hollow!Ichigo.

12. Favorite fanlisting layout?
I'm in love with Janice's Ouran fanlisting. It's soooo pretty! Also, Estee's Roy FL ♥

13. What’s the first thing you do when you sign on the boards?
View new posts and check my category, just in case.

14. What is your favorite forum?
Hot topics! >3

[Isa]

01. Your name
Vashael but I go by the name Isa.

02. Total number of TAFL fanlistings
I've only got two so far  

03. Do you have an FL collective?
Yup: http://theisotope.jadedchic.net

04. Who/What got you into TAFL?
My undying obsession with manga? It wasn't anything particular, I found the site affiliated with TFL, clicked and then started joining anime fanlistings like crazy! At that time I was really into this shoujo manga and no one created a fanlisting for it so I did ^^

05. Which fanlisting owners inspire you the most? (Limit 3!)
I'm quite new to the fanlisting community so I don't know that many people but I've come across some people who take wonderful care of their fanlistings and make beautiful layouts =)

06. Which fanlisting owners blow you away with their designs? (Limit 3!)
I really like Giada's layouts, they're beautiful!

07. What's your favorite category?
Series

08. Which category do you have the most fanlistings in?
Series

09. What's your favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Approval, I feel like I'm cloud nine. I always get extremely excited, sometimes I scream which is very very rare for me!

10. What's your least favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Pending Applications, I'm always nervous and I remain so until I hear back from a staffer. Its quite an uneasy feeling.

11. If you could apply for anything, no rules attached, what would it be?
Genre: Yaoi fanlisting!

12. Favorite fanlisting layout?
I've come across a lot that I love so I don't really have a favourite.

13. What’s the first thing you do when you sign on the boards?
Check new threads

14. What is your favorite forum?
 Fanlistings Chit-Chat

15. What's your favorite avatar?
I like a few.

16. What's something you’ve always wondered about TAFL &/or fanlistings?
Hmm I always wondered how it felt to reject someone especially if the person wrote in the comments about how much they wanted it.

17. Did you know...?
My first fanlisting only has one member and that's me!

18. Which do you prefer: applying for adoptions or applying at the Network?
Applying at the Network, I've only applied for adoption once and I felt nervous writing the email. I kept thinking "Okay she'll probably think I'm weird and undeserving of the fanlisting" I felt like there is some pressure on me when adopting a fanlisting.

19. If you could make any one thread at TAFL, what would it be?
I dunno, maybe a gender bender thread? The person takes a character they like and roleplay them as the opposite sexl? Its not really fanlisting relative...I dunno, I'm pretty boring, thought something like that would be fun to see xD

21. Have you been through the adoption process?
Nope, I've never felt the need to adopt out any of my fanlistings, but if I did I would probably be sad. It would hurt, even if I did lose interest in the subject, just knowing that I once love it and put so much effort into creating the fanlistings, it would make me sad to give it up. At the same time I would probably feel relieve that it will be in the hands of someone who is dedicated and will continue to carry on the legacy of the fanlisting! x)

[Rosemary]

[quote name='Isa' post='271148' date='Nov 24 2009, 11:22 AM']16. What's something you’ve always wondered about TAFL &/or fanlistings?
Hmm I always wondered how it felt to reject someone especially if the person wrote in the comments about how much they wanted it.[/quote]

That is one of the hardest parts of an application staffer's job.  Trust me when I say that no staffer enjoys having to send out rejections.  There have been many times over the years I and all the other staffers have wished we could approve more than one person for certain fanlistings.

[Hanii]

01. Your name
Hannah

02. Total number of TAFL fanlistings
Just one, and got a TAFL adoption today.

03. Do you have an FL collective?
Yes! :wave: It's here!

04. Who/What got you into TAFL?
I just decided it was about time I join here instead of casually stalking the boards as a guest. XD

05. Which fanlisting owners inspire you the most? (Limit 3!)
I'm sorry, but, as a new person, there aren't too many I know. D: I'm sure this will change soon.

06. Which fanlisting owners blow you away with their designs? (Limit 3!)
*points to #5* D:

07. What's your favorite category?
Characters (both).

08. Which category do you have the most fanlistings in?
I only have one in Characters, but I'm sure I'll probably end up with more in this category than the others. XD I've always been more a character oriented person I suppose. -_-

09. What's your favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Building/staring at endless photos of the subject. o_o Especially when it's someone/something yummy.

10. What's your least favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Gosh, pending! XD It's so nerve-wracking. haha That's why I usually make myself forget when I apply for things.

11. If you could apply for anything, no rules attached, what would it be?
Hmm...I'd say Honda Tohru from Fruits Basket right now. But totally no rules attached, I'd say the little drawings in Fruits Basket. XD The ones with speech bubbles with different figures representing each character. They constantly make me giggle.

12. Favorite fanlisting layout?
I really like the one for Sohma Hatori. :3

13. What’s the first thing you do when you sign on the boards?
Check the newly posted threads? XD

14. What is your favorite forum?
I don't know...I like it all. XD

15. What's your favorite avatar?
Eeer...? I'll come back to this later?

16. What's something you’ve always wondered about TAFL &/or fanlistings?
I always wondered why TAFL graphics are sooo vastly different than that of other networks, in a great way. They're always more truly thought out and I've found them to be such a totally different and unique style. It's really neat. n_n

17. Did you know...?
That I waste away a lot of hours where I should be working on the fanlisting staring at images relating to the fanlisting? o_o

18. Which do you prefer: applying for adoptions or applying at the Network?
Adoptions. They're more personal and, usually, more fun. :whistle:

19. If you could make any one thread at TAFL, what would it be?
I'd post a totally random thread that was about something like...Japanese Cuisine or like..."What's your favorite flavor onigiri?" XD

20. You associate (member/group) with (subject) ?
I associate...TAFL Developers with the one color of my wall.

21. Have you been through the adoption process?
Ooh yes. I've actually never really had a bad adoption on my end or on someone elses end. I've been rejected, of course, but rejections are nothing. I just think adoptions are fun, in the end.

(Sorry I couldn't answer all of them. D: I'll probably come back and answer them after I've been here longer.

[Aya]

01. Your name
Aya. No special meaning, it's just a shortened form of my previous alias Ayame.

02. Total number of TAFL fanlistings
14

03. Do you have an FL collective?
Passion. Um, it needs updating very badly.

04. Who/What got you into TAFL?
That's a good question. It was back in 2004 and I honestly can't remember how I found about it. All I know is that I started joining things and it was fun. Eventually I started making them and I haven't been able to stop since. :hug:

05. Which fanlisting owners inspire you the most? (Limit 3!)
Estefania, Marie, Mitzrael

06. Which fanlisting owners blow you away with their designs? (Limit 3!)
Estefania, Janice, Sarah

07. What's your favorite category?
Characters! Let's pretend that split never happened

08. Which category do you have the most fanlistings in?
Characters.. all of mine are in 0-M, LOL.

09. What's your favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Getting the approval. It makes me so happy~ And then making codes haha.

10. What's your least favorite part of the fanlisting process?
Rejections for wishlisters. They rarely come around so that makes it more painful  :birthday:

11. If you could apply for anything, no rules attached, what would it be?
Hm..

• Sexy men  

12. Favorite fanlisting layout?
This is too hard for other people's layouts, I adore so many! For my own, I'd have to say that at the moment I like the last one I made - Watase Yuu's FY skin.

13. What’s the first thing you do when you sign on the boards?
Check the topics with new replies

14. What is your favorite forum?
Hot topics

15. What's your favorite avatar?
Too many. I'm both amused and sad at Marie's Renji avatar lol. Poor Renji!

16. What's something you've always wondered about TAFL &/or fanlistings?
How some people can change their minds about "wishlist" fanlistings every 10 days.

17. Did you know...?
...that I spend an obscene amount of time naming my fanlistings?

18. Which do you prefer: applying for adoptions or applying at the Network?
Applying at the network, because I'm guaranteed either an approval or rejection. Though the aspect I love about adoptions is that the members list gets passed on. :o

19. If you could make any one thread at TAFL, what would it be?
Members lists from previous fanlistings. If you close a fanlisting and then someone opens it later at the network, I think it'd be nice if the owner could snag your previous list to keep the members count more accurate. I know it can be done outside of TAFL but it'd be much more convenient if it were all in one thread, with contact info and an editable reply for each member.  :heart:

20. You associate (member/group) with (subject)?
I associate most people with their favorite character. For example, Marie is Captain Luffy, Estefania is Fuhrer Roy, etc.

21. Have you been through the adoption process?
Yes, several times, and I'm currently going through another one. It's frustrating, especially when you want to give the fanlisting a happy new home and don't find any takers (hint hint!).

[Hakka]

[quote name='Aya' post='272075' date='Dec 18 2009, 07:05 AM']19. If you could make any one thread at TAFL, what would it be?
Members lists from previous fanlistings. If you close a fanlisting and then someone opens it later at the network, I think it'd be nice if the owner could snag your previous list to keep the members count more accurate. I know it can be done outside of TAFL but it'd be much more convenient if it were all in one thread, with contact info and an editable reply for each member.  :birthday:[/quote]

I soooo love this idea: it always pains me when I see a fanlisting getting removed or closed and then reopened from scratch.