User blog comment:1hs444/Further on canon confusion/@comment-4794494-20141028005224/@comment-24750690-20141029024409

Two points

1.) We knew Heath from HN. I'd had quite a few conversations with him over the HN chat and was actually kind of suprised he joined at all.

2.) It wasn't his first THDF RP. He was starting out, then again so were most of us, and he did a few before he actually sunk his teeth into the canon. Even that was an offshoot of another RP I believe.

But you're right. Anytime you read my comments, I want you to keep the Hunt for Commander Heath in mind. In my opinion, that's an example that meets all my expectations for a thread for a newcomer. It's self-containted. It's original. It was powered by other users interest in it. It's actually well written and believable to a certain extent. It made careful, measured waves in the canon. It left the future uncertain without regulating it too much or leaving it too open. It kickstarted a dudes career on the wiki. It was based on characterization without drowning in it, using it to explain actions rather than being an action itself. It threw twists in the story but stayed true to its main idea.

If a newcomer can do all that - Lettuce approves.