Quote Generator Chat Guidelines
Aim
The aim of this site is to have quote generated conversation.
In joining this chatroom you are agreeing to quote according to the guidelines set below.
Where Can the Quotes Come From?
Quotes do not have to be clichés but they must come from commercial sources.
Quotes used in the chat site should come from commercial sources through:
- published books
- lyrics
- film
- TV
- radio
- advertisements
- historic documents
- board games
- computer games
- computer generated programs
- podcast
- radio
- standup comedy
- spoken word
- speech
- essay
- manifesto
- letter
- art
- theatre
- newspapers
- journals
- magazines
- comics
- commercial websites (not blogs)
Quotes should not be from:
- private blogs
- yourself
- people you know personally
- anonymous quotes
- made up quotes
An Example of How to Converse in the Chatroom
| Kevin | "Hi Stud" - Female Trouble, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Kevin | "How Ya feelin?" - Robocop, 1987 |
| Marlene | "I feel good" - James Brown, 1865 |
| Kevin | "Really love your peaches wanna shake your tree" - Steve Miller Band, 1973 |
| Marlene | "I saw a hedge once… what's your point" - The Mighty Boosh, 2005 |
| Kevin | "I say" - Hamlet, c. 1601. |
| Kevin | "I wanna be your tshirt when it's wet" - Bryan Adams, 1996 |
| Kevin | "Let’s be naughty and save santa the trip" - Country Christmas, 2002 |
| Marlene | "Your wish is my command" - Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975 |
| Kevin | "Oh, my beloved ice-cream bar. How I love to lick your creamy center And your oh, so nutty chocolate covering. You're not like the others. You like the same things I do: Wax paper. Boiled football leather. Dog breath. We're not hitchhiking anymore. We're riding!".- Ren and Stimpy, 1991 |
| Marlene | "That's very nice of you to say" - Selarcs Prosthetic Head, 2003 |
| Kevin | "I lust for the flurry of leaves and the perfume of flesh on the murderous breeze" - Cradle of Filth, 1994 |
| Marlene | "I'll not lie there by myself: they may bury me twelve feet deep, and throw the church down over me, but I won't rest till you are with me. I never will!" - Wuthering Heights, 1847 |
| Bree | "She lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses" - The Bible, The Book of Eziekiel 23, unknown year |
| Kevin | "You must think I'm the cheapest whore in town!" - Art School Confidential, 2006 |
| Marlene | "I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant" - Black Adder, 1987 |
| Marlene | "My body is afraid, but I am not" – The Seventh Seal, 1957 |
| Kevin | "I flirt with anyone from garbagemen to grandmothers" - Madonna b. 1958 |
| Kevin | "Don't take yourself too seriously" - The Bible, Micah 6:8, unknown year |
| Ari | "This isn't Hamlet, you know. It's not meant to go into the bloody ear" - Laurence Olivier, 1989 |
| Kaoru | "Hamlet - An emo kid who goes on a mass murdering spree" - Encyclopedia Dramatica, 2008 |
Why is this a Good Quote Chat Conversation?
- Quotes are relevant and calculated to fit the conversation.
- The conversation flows well.
- Two points of reference have been used.
- Dates have been included even when a quote generator cannot find exact date they have made the effort to at least use authors lifespan, or year born or circa the date. In an extreme case (such as the bible quote) they have put unknown year.
- There are no anonymous quotes.
- The quotes are all from commercial source.
An example of how NOT to Converse in the Chatsite
| QG22 | "The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it" - Anonymous |
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| QG11 | "Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling" - Walt Whitman |
| QG35 | "An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind" - M.K. Gandhi |
| QG11 | "To be or not to be" - Shakespeare |
| QG11 | "No Way man, totally ride the wave" - Shakespeare, all the time |
| QG22 | "I totally love her man" - thivanka.blogspot.com |
| QG11 | "I think that sex must be like a girl fairy and a boy fairy have babies" - My son, aged 4. |
| QG22 | "I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually" - James A. Baldwin |
| QG35 | "This is the greatest case of false advertising I’ve seen since I sued the movie “The Never Ending Story.” - The Simpsons |
| QG11 | "Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try" - The Simpsons |
| QG35 | "Well, he's kind of had it in for me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace "accidentally" with "repeatedly," and replace "dog" with "son" - The Simpsons |
| QG22 | "Duffman can’t breathe! OH NO!" - The Simpsons |
| QG22 | "Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?" - The Simpsons |
| Jeff | "Winter electric blankets are like a beautiful hug from the sun while you sleep" - me, yesterday |
What is Wrong with this Quote Chat Conversation?
- Quotes are irrelevant and not calculated to fit the conversation.
- The users have not given any dates.
- The members are not acknowledging the quotes they are speaking as their voice.
- There is no flowing conversation, just random irrelevant quotes.
- One member has used a quote by Anonymous which is invalid.
- The quote regarding the son of a member is invalid because the quote is from somebody the member knows.
- The member who quotes themselves is invalid.
- One of the Shakespeare quotes is obviously fake.
- One member has quoted from a private blogsite, which is also a non commercial quote and invalid.
Preparing Speech
Tailor your quotes according to what interests you. Collect quotes that you will want to use later in conversation. You will grasp a better idea of the quotes that you need for flowing conversation the more you chat with other members.
Small talk basics are good to begin with. Collecting a few "greetings," "how are you" and "farewell" quotes are good for starters.
Categories
Type in the category you want to save your quote under so you can find it easily in the database for future reference. You can make up your own categories, you could have a "Kantian insults" quotes category or a "cheesy compliments" category, whatever suits your database. For a general idea, basic categories to begin with could be About Me, About You, About Them.
Keeping Up with the Pace of Quoting
It is difficult to keep up with the pace of a chatroom with more than two members at a time. It is easier to begin quote chat in a private chatroom to get used to the pace of chatting with one person at a time.
The Symbol ---
If you need more time to find a quote just type three dashes alone like this ---. This should indicate that you have a quote to respond but you just need a little bit of time to find the right quote. This symbol --- should buy you a minute or two to find what you want to say. If after a couple of minutes you still haven't found the right thing to say, the person you are conversing with may continue to chat (they can't wait forever.)
Use the --- symbol only when you desperately need to and only when the conversation is between you and one other person. If there are more than two people conversing the --- symbol is invalid. This is because it's impractical to make six people wait for one person to find the right thing to say. In the main chatroom you just have to try to keep up with the pace.
About Me Section
Fill in the "About Me" section with a series of quotes to describe yourself.
Here's an example:
"I was looking for a job and then I found a job and heaven knows I'm miserable now." - The Smiths, 1984."I'm a party girl with a bad habit." - Summer Heights High, 2007. "I go over people's heads. A bit like an aeroplane! You think I' m an aeroplane, don't you, … Well, I'm not" – The Young Ones, 1982. " I'm an artist after all" – Bucket of Blood, 1959. "And I got more juice than Picasso got paint" – Licensed to Ill, 1986.
Member Deletion
Members found to be spamming this site will be deleted.
Members found to be continually quoting outside of commercial sources eg. continual false quoting or anonymous quotes (look in the "How NOT to Converse in the Chatsite" section) will be deleted.