User:Proginoskes

Proginoskes is a fan of lots of random stuff, and harbors a strong dislike for Microsoft's Assira anti-bot system. He (usually "he", but in RP environments possibly "she", "shi", or occasionally "ey") isn't much of an author, but provides a variety of constructive criticism services whenever asked (and occasionally without being asked).

Areas of Interest

Broken into subcategories, this list is representative, not exhaustive:

Here on Shifti

• FreeRIDErs is all-around awesome. The creative synergy between Jon Buck, Robotech Master, and Jetfire is something I've not often seen the like. The only example that comes to mind is the Big Three of Eyrie Productions: Ben "Gryphon" Huchins, "ReRob" Mandeville, and MegaZone (who denies ever having had a normal name).
• Xanadu has huge potential, much of it unplumbed. There are vast depths lurking in the background, giving extra weight to the stories while remaining extremely mysterious. Reading and contemplating Xanadu gives me a feeling like looking into abyssal depths... and seeing something moving.
• Michael Bard's work in general. It is a great shame that we will not see more of it.

Stories Elsewhere on the Web

• Undocumented Features, a massive body of work kicked off by the aforementioned Gryphon, ReRob, and MegaZone. A sprawling fanfiction world with elements from pretty much every Sci-Fi work ever published, broadcast, or shown in theatres, plus a pile of high fantasy, plus some comic-book superheroes (who don't really fit in either category).
  • Incidentally, Robotech Master used to write for UF, and I still want more details about Katie Tanner's mysterious powers over electronics (which she demonstrated at the end of The Universe According to Chris, Part III).
• Drunkard's Walk by Robert M. Schroeck, a fanfiction series following Colonel Douglas Sangnoir, code-name "Looney Toons", of the United Nations Metahuman Peacekeeping Force Warriors Alpha, as he tries to get to his home world after being flung out into the broader multiverse by enemy action.
• Fenspace, a shared setting with the core device of "Handwavium", a miraculous substance that transforms all it touches. Created and run on the Drunkard's Walk forums, it also has a wiki. The Fenspace Collective recently decided to stop using the wiki for stories, switching to an AO3 collection.

General Bits and Bobs

• Nonslarkish Flutzpahs, that is, nonstandard words and grammar constructs intended to be used with the English language.
• Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. If I occasionally seem obsessed with accuracy and precision, it's because I hold them in high regard.
• Computers in general. These machines are miraculous, that's really all I can say.