This is just something that occured to me a second ago when I was mulling over a number of topics.
We all joke (mainly in the prediction threads) about how 'no one reads feuding', so I just kind of wondered how true that was. Now, I'm not going to turn this into a witch hunt (because, as I'll go on to explain, I'm as likely to be burnt as the rest of you...) so I'll phrase it in a slightly different way:
Is this hobby, to you, a way of just writing stuff as a brief diversion and getting some prose out there (as practice for some other literature-based calling, or just to show off maybe?), are you more fascinated by the interactive nature of it or is the game something more all-encompasing - a chance to both have fun and create a unique story based on your character's life?
With that in mind, it's easy to see how the first 'type' suggested above probably wouldn't care too much about other people's stuff (because it's just a feud-by-feud thing for fun) wheras the latter extreme would be more likely to pay more attention so that the whole thing is more cohesive as a whole.
Do you consider what other people write to be entertaining? Are there guys you always pay attention to so you know what they're up to or because you think they're awesome?
I'll go first: the truth is that, while I definatley fall into the 'all-encompasing story' group (and derive pleasure from building a mythology around my character that requires me to pay special attention to minor detail and continuity points), I can't honestly say that
most of what is written here is that entertaining for me. Now, that's not a slight against the skills of most of the writers here, but it's a simple fact that I'm not a massive wrestling fan these days so anything (even vaguely) wrestling-based is kind of boring for me - unless it's
really good (see: Strikmore, Matt).
On the other hand, I keep up with Dante's feuding for obvious reasons, I really like Freya's stuff and TI's writing is almost always a great read. I'm mostly into anything that's a little 'out there' - sci-fi, parallel universes, crazy characters with dark secrets, stuff like that. On the other hand, I find that the comedy here can be kind of hit and miss - it tends to be kind of broad for my tastes, but that could be because you're mostly American
How about you...?