PROBLEMS/SUGGESTIONS

[enablemeplz]

If anyone crosses the line or there's some other issue or suggestion you want to leave, comment here.

NOTE: I live in PST. On Saturdays I sometimes work day shifts or do things when I'm off, where I don't get home until a pretty reasonable time of 5-6 pm in the evening. If I don't get to the post before I go out, I will make sure I post it when I'm home. If it's a rare day I work evening shift, and don't have time to post it before my shift, the post may go up super late (in which case I don't mind people poking to make sure it's going up.)

I have a recurring entry on google calendar that sends me reminders to do the post. Guaranteeing a set day but a flexible time the post goes up will allow me to reliably post EMP basically forever, regardless of my RL situation. As such, I will no longer be answering "will the post go up?" questions unless it's past 10 PM EST. After that, I'll let people know what's up if I'm running late. (Or act on the reminder if I forgot).

Comments screened.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Would ads for games held on LJ/IJ other similar platforms to DW still be allowed?

[enablemeplz]

LJ/IJ games will still be allowed but the meme will be still be primarily DWRP focused like it was under app_this_plz.

[(Anonymous)]

please ban the fleet from suggesting people app there next round. give them a swift punishment so they learn from it unlike the old atp!

[enablemeplz]

Thank you for the heads up.

I'm not banning them but I've screened all their comments that weren't personalized to the player and given them warnings.

If there are repeat problems after this, however, I'll consider harsher consequences like being banned from commenting on the meme altogether.

I've also screened and warned Trial 23 for the same issue and will do so for any other games that do the same thing.

[(Anonymous)]

Is it possible to have an option where castmates can pimp for casts at multiple games?

[enablemeplz]

So, let me just try to get a clearer idea of what you're asking for.

Are you hoping instead of just games advertising for players, players advertising for PSL partners, or players asking for game suggestions, that there could be a section where players could also advertise as players of certain characters seeking castmates?

Because that is a potentially good idea. The PSL section is very similar to that, given how many people look for castmates for PSLs, but having another similar section and it'd just be geared towards people searching for castmates for games insteads of PSLs might work.

Maybe organized just like the PSL section? People could name the canons in their subjects and then talk about who they play, what games they play in, what cast members those games already have, and who they're looking for. The "wanted" sections in the game ads do perform that task a bit, buuuut tbf they can be a little impersonal. Sometimes people are looking for a cast to join but would want a chance to talk to the players first.

Is that basically what you're looking for? A section like the PSL section but for luring castmates to games?

[(Anonymous)]

Is the meme still going up today?

[enablemeplz]

Yeah, anon, I'm working on it rn. I had a family thing come up so I just got home.

[(Anonymous)]

no pressure at all, i was just wondering if the meme is still going up this month?

[enablemeplz]

I just put it up, anon. Sorry it's late. I wish I could give a better excuse, but my only excuse is alcohol.

[(Anonymous)]

tell lasergrenades/tushanshu to cool it. they've hit up like 15+ people with the same copy/paste.

[enablemeplz]

Thanks for the heads up. I left a few up because they were more personalized but I got enough of the copy pasted ones to make the message clear.

Starting next meme I'm going to put stronger wording on the rule about matching ads to try to cut down on spamming.

[(Anonymous)]

How about a Top Level for open museboxes and/or memes?

There are a few out there that could advertise, but they aren't really games and they aren't really dressing rooms.

[enablemeplz]

Sure thing, anon. Actually, since there's very little in the way of dressing rooms, museboxes, and memes, I might as well just make the top-level cover all of them, especially since sometimes there's a little crossover. I'll just label it: Museboxes/Memes/Dressing Rooms/Etc.

[(Anonymous)]

If the post goes up at the end of the month, why not name the post after the month it'll actually be active for? (Like the Jan post is technically the Feb post, and that's confusing as hell.)

[enablemeplz]

Usually, the meme isn't actually active for the whole next month. People usually stop posting within just days, so it doesn't really make sense to label it with a month that it probably won't even be active for. If people aren't sure when it was posted, the meme itself says it's always the last Saturday and they can check the date the entry was posted to see how recent it was.

[(Anonymous)]

Will there be a March EMP this weekend?

[enablemeplz]

Yes, there will be! I was sick and slept through most of the weekend so I didn't do the 1-week reminder but it'll go up on 3/25, probably in the early afternoon.

[(Anonymous)]

please have words with redarrowqueen. a lot of people are uncomfortable with them and i personally know people who won't put their characters up because they don't want to deal with her. not just because she'll hit up anyone that strikes her fancy, but she has zero ability to recognize what is or isn't appropriate or what people are or aren't comfortable with and will continue to hit people up even if they don't reply or flat-out say no at some other point.

[enablemeplz]

Can you maybe give me some examples of the player disrespecting boundaries or hitting someone up again after they've said no?

[(Anonymous)]

hey, just checking in but is emp going up today?

[enablemeplz]

Sorry, family emergency. Is now resolved, and I'm just about to head home. Should be able to get it up in about a half hour.

[(Anonymous)]

On the April post, I'm pretty sure both The Year and The Addend are handing out copy paste ads. Some The Addend ads have additional specifications, but they're also handing out essentially the same spam ad to others.

[enablemeplz]

Duly noted, anon. Afk atm but i'll get it as soon as i'm home.

[(Anonymous)]

punch theyear in the butt, mods are going around with generic WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU comments

i thought we were finally above this dwrp

[enablemeplz]

Bubblegum has been chewed and butts have been punched.

theyear and foundingfathers have been screened and warned.

[(Anonymous)]

i want to see if there's any interest in a potential sandbox idea, so it seems to me more of an interest check than an actual game ad. could i post this interest check to the ad link section for "Museboxes/Memes/Dressing Rooms/Misc.", does it belong better in game questions, or does something like that not belong on emp?

thank you!

[enablemeplz]

That would be fine. There aren't many other centralized places for stuff like that, so go ahead. "I'm potentially doing X, is anyone interested" is kind of advertising anyway.

Putting it in Museboxes/Memes/Dressing Rooms/Misc would be fine.

[(Anonymous)]

Can you please delete http://enablemeplz.dreamwidth.org/7463.html?thread=2282791#cmt2282791

Nothing wrong with it inherently, but just to keep the ads neat and clean now that the problem is fixed. Thanks!

[enablemeplz]

Got you covered!

[(Anonymous)]

It looks like Maison de Portes is doing a lot of adspam without a lot of customization.

[enablemeplz]

Screened and warned. Thanks, anon.

[(Anonymous)]

will the september emp be going up today?

[enablemeplz]

It's up already I was still just crossposting to plurk and whatnot.

[(Anonymous)]

kokuyoyo is hitting up everyone and their mother for recursion and the farshore already

[enablemeplz]

Warned and screened a bunch of comments. Left the ones that seemed a little more specific, like noting a character has castmates there.

[emps]

Hello mod! Just wondering if the enablemeplz is going up today/tomorrow? No worries if something has happened!

[enablemeplz]

Yes, I'll have it up in a few.

The timezone where I live is PT and I tend to get it up in the afternoon, so if you're est that might be early evenings for you. It's only about 1:50 pm here right now.

Unless it's getting to be late at night est time, you can trust it'll still be going up and that I haven't forgotten.

Suggestion time!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm interested in running a new game, but I'm looking for some helper mod(s) to assist. Would it be possible this month to have a spot for recruiting mods and/or testing interest?

Re: Suggestion time!

[enablemeplz]

That's a really good idea for an addition, anon.

I think I'll set it up as a "Creating a New Game" section, that allows for interest checks and advertising for comods.

Does that sound good?

[(Anonymous)]

hey, certain people are using copypasted adverts to try and get castmates. can you please discourage this

[enablemeplz]

I've screened and warned some of the posts for Miracle Country. If there was another one I missed, let me know.

[(Anonymous)]

No post this month? totally get it, since its xmas, just wondering!

[enablemeplz]

I went home to visit the fam and my flight got majorly delayed so I just got in.

I'm going to put it up when I have a free moment tomorrow and do the announcement plurk at a sane hour.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey before EMP goes up this week I wanted to register a complaint. Some games are posting huge banners with a height over 300 that's annoying until the games threads collapse. Is there any chance that could be dealt with with the "no obnoxious coding" rule?

[enablemeplz]

Sure thing, anon, I'm working on the meme right now. I can maybe ask games to limit that a little bit.

[(Anonymous)]

will there be a post this month?

[enablemeplz]

Anon, I've said it before multiple times (including one time on this page) that I'm PT and unless it's super late at night EST time people can sometimes expect it to go up during evenings their time.

It's only 6 pm here, which is a reasonable time to get home and do some RP stuff if someone's had stuff to do during the day. The latest it is for anyone in the US is 9 pm.

I'll post my timezone information in the main body of this post, but I'm going to declare this the last time I answer a "is it up?" poke unless I've actually forgotten.

[(Anonymous)]

would it be possible to have this (https://enablemeplz.dreamwidth.org/13278.html?thread=3833054#cmt3833054) comment removed? this was an ad soliciting castmates for a game, not a psl, and the "what a shame you already have my character in game" aside was pretty rude imo. either way i don't think this was an appropriate use of the section.

[enablemeplz]

I screened instead of deleting so I could post a warning.

Yeah, that wasn't cool. Rude and an inappropriate use of the section.