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enablemeplz) wrote2024-02-10 07:29 pm
enablemeplz) wrote2024-02-10 07:29 pm
February EMP Meme
FOR GAME ADS: ➤ Put an ad up with the characters / crew / pairings / fetish you want for your game under the correct game header. This meme is primarily going to be focused on DWRP games but IJ and LJ games are allowed. ➤ PLEASE NOTE A RULE CHANGE HERE. ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding (no font size > size 4 or 3 "big" tags, no oversized banners (they must be 250px in height or less), no blinking text, no obnoxious table html that doesn't collapse easily, no sparklies, no large pictures). Use all the colors you like, but please remember 3 "big" tags is the limit and that's only for headers or title text rather than for all the text in an ad. FOR GAME QUESTIONS: ➤ RPers interested in a game can create a header for the game and ask questions about that game that aren't easy to find on faqs, such as the actual pace vs. what's listed/what kind of plots are run/if the game leans more towards plotty or slice of life/if a game leans more towards network or logs, etc. Both anon questions and anon answers are welcome in this section just like in the rest of the meme. ➤ This thread is not for speaking about wank or drama in a game. There are anoncomms that exist for that. This thread is specifically for general questions about a game that rpers want to get perspective on from players already in the game. Answers can be slightly negative (such as saying app response is slow or that the plots are repetitive or similar things) but this should at least be worded politely. Unnecessary vitriol, any mention of personal drama or wank, or mod teams/individual mods/players being singled out, will be either frozen or screened (based on what seems right based on the content). FOR CHARACTER ADS: ➤ Put up an ad about the characters you are offering. For PSL ads, there is a separate subthread but for character ads for games, post directly to the meme post. Others will comment to you with the games/casts they want you to join. ➤ There is a "Find a Castmate" section, where you can talk about a cast you play in at a game, and try to lure people to join it. Not all games post to the meme or have a "wanted" section, so players that want to tempt people to their cast on their own can use this section for it. Please format this the same as the PSL section, where you post your character's canons in your subject. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find a Castmate" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. When listing who's currently in a cast, please do this in sentence form (with commas) rather than in list form. ➤ There is a "Find Crosscanon" section, where you can talk about a character you play and and desired crosscanon for that character. Please make sure this is not too generalized a search, because just wanting general crosscanon can be accomplished with the other sections of the meme. This is for specific characters or character types you're looking for. In the subject, please list the "Looking for [canon you're looking for]" rather than your character's canon. If looking for a character type, list the character type in as few words as possible. Do not make the subject huge or I'll screen your comment. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find Crosscanon" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. This section is only for game crosscanon as in the psl section people can list their preferences. ➤ Examples of crosscanon you can search for: You play The Flash from DC Comics and your dream CR is fellow speedster Quicksilver from Marvel. Or you might play a witch and want cr with other witches in general. Or maybe you play a good character messed up by evil parents and want to play against a villain character you know has evil parents, because you know it'd lead to some interesting negative CR. ➤ ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding, with the same rules as the Game Ads Section above. ➤ If you're recommending a game to someone, try to match your suggestion to their needs. It's okay if part of your game rec is copy-pasted (such as what the game's about), but at least some part of the rec must be personalized to their ad. Try not to recommend the same game to every single ad, either. Ad spam that isn't individualized in some way will also be frozen or screened. Keep in mind this needs to be more specific than "this game has easy AC like you're asking for but meets none of your other requirements." Make sure you're advertising games that might click with that specific character, where a few elements fit what they're looking for. You should be thinking about the story reasons of how the character might click with the game. IN GENERAL: ➤ Don't be a dick. This isn't one of the anoncomms, so any snide comments or unnecessary commentary on the RP plans of others will be frozen or screened. ➤ All mod responses regardless of whether they're rule breaks, correction requests (like someone posting in the wrong section), or thwapping someone for spamming copy-paste ads, have always been and will almost universally be public. If someone sends a PM and the conversation gets combative, this will also be made public and posted to the comments of the mod contact page. This is for the sake of transparency so people can judge the emp mod's communications for fairness themselves. There are times where the player's post may be screened (such as if they posted to the wrong section) but the mod's response will be left unscreened. ➤ Players may sometimes be allowed more than one strike for copy-paste ads since this is often just enthusiasm behind it, but game mods should know better. They'll get one warning for copy-paste ads, and if they spam anymore copy-paste ads after the warning, they'll be banned from the meme. MOD CONTACT: If there's trouble, tell me HERE, please! RESOURCES: DWRP Masterlist - A regularly updated basic list of public DWRP games. ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small} dedoralive - A more detailed listing of DWRP Games.GAME/AD LINKS: General Game/Dressing Room Ads Link - New Games - Small Games - Medium/Large Games - Museboxes/Memes/Dressing Rooms/Misc. - Game Questions - Game Start Discussions/Questions PSL Offerings Find a Castmate Find Crosscanon Latest Page Textbox for Character Ads (Optional): Textbox for "Find a Castmate" Ads (Required): For "Find Crosscanon" Ads (Required): ➤ Important note: IP logging has turned on due to multiple instances past and present of problem players trying to return to the dwrp community via emp after being banned other places, so I'll be IP logging from now on, and will compare notes with the rpa and wg mods (as well as game mods) where appropriate if it seems like someone that has been mass banned. I will not pay attention to IPs otherwise. I don't care what people like playing or who's who. So please feel comfortable to keep doing your thing, anon or otherwise. The knowledge will only be used for really egregious problem cases. |
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Can I also say that I love the 'desperate and gay' on Gnosis? You can tell I'm a Gnosis simp for sure...Ahem.
1. This is a Huge Relief. It's honestly been a long, long while since I touched DW and RP here, so I was a bit lost on what 'plot heavy' mean (you could also say I lost the plot for a bit there); I thought that it means there is a Major Happening every month with smaller, minor happenings leading to/from it and everything is more or less mandatory. My back would quit and storm out the door dramatically if that were to be the case. Fortunately, it's not, and thank you for clarifying!
For the honesty, too, because that's certainly valuable insight. I mean, I'd definitely try to participate and show up to the best of my abilities since if I join a game, I'd definitely invest in it (what's the point otherwise), but I was concerned that juggling might be an issue. But it seems like I've got nothing to worry about on that front.
2. This is also a Huge Relief, part two, honestly (at the risk of sounding like a broken record). I definitely understand that it's a horror game so bad things will happen (and thank you also for clarifying that it was part of the premise), so I wasn't expecting to get out scot free or anything of the sort; however, it is always a relief to know that the content is not forced upon players/members. That's actually what I was looking for, because I'd accidentally gotten into situations in the past where bad stuff are happening, yet we have no choice but to grin it and bear it because we'd inadvertently signed up for it when we signed up for the event/game/what-have-you. (And there was little to no fine print to speak of.)
It's not the Crimson Troupe— sorry, terrible joke.Essentially, that was most definitely good to know!
3. Again, Huge Relief. Not the horrors (although they sound more and more appealing by the second, frankly speaking) — but the CW system and the no hurting animals plots/tags on screen rule! And thank you for giving me a quick and comprehensive outline of the major CWs as well. I really appreciate it too, as it helps me gauge my level of comfort should I choose to app.
The small and tight-knit playerbase plus the plotting system sounds comforting too, tbh, since I generally prefer small to medium-sized games, actually, rather than big ones, especially since I'm relearning the ropes in DWRP. My partner would likely appreciate it too, being of the more introverted sort than I am.
Anyway, it's definitely understandable! No worries at all, and once again, thank you so much. The smooches are much accepted as well (and loved!). I did have two more questions, so I will try to put them below.
4. Would it be possible to ask how the reincarnation mechanic works? I see that there is going to be past life memory regains (please correct me if I'm wrong), so does this mean that characters that are brought into the settlement would be AU-ed (as in they have always lived the world's setting, but got pulled into the settlement when the voice asks them if they wanted to play), or are they isekaied from their OG world (in the case of Arknights characters, from Terra to the settlement), and then made to forget this 'past life' of theirs? (So it'd be more like, y'know, a pun - a life that has passed when they got nabbed - instead of an actual, 'died and got reincarnated' thing.)
From what I'd read so far, it seems like the latter was the case, but I thought I'd ask, just to be safe.
5. Would the January TDM still be open? I thought you mentioned in your original comment that it was, but again, just to be sure. Perhaps I'd give it a spin first since I'm very much intrigued at this point.
Again, thank you so much for answering!
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4. Sure! Basically: At one point in the past, centuries ago, everyone was Here and was just Some Guy, then a tragedy happened that slaughtered everyone, so everyone reincarnated into their current lives (as Terrans in this case), then they hear the mysterious voice and are brought back. You get to make up the history on your past life (past-life Gnosis for example still worked in technological sects, but got to have a Normal Upbringing instead of whatever the hell that all was lmao) and we have regular past-life plotting memes go up every so often so everyone can catch up there. The regains on the bonus AC page are more like "hey are you bored, do you want the mods to make up something that happened with the information you provided? give us your threads and we will spin you a yarn". This is obviously optional as we don't want to control your plotline. The characters that are brought into the settlement are Isekai'd, but the NPCs will recognize their souls and be like "omg you reincarnated out of here that's why you don't know anything sweetie". So yeah, it is "died here before, reincarnated somewhere else, came back not knowing wtf happened".
5. January's TDM is still open! If you do TL, shoot me the link somewhere
so I can rally the forces to tag youso we can thread!Thank YOU for all the questions tbh, it lets me know what I might need to refurbish on the FAQ as a whole (like a list of CWs, very important)! <3
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4. This is...actually very interesting. I didn't fully grasp that when I read the game's info, so thank you so much for the full and easily digestible information! But yeah, that's extremely interesting, and definitely gives us a lot to work with. In terms of physical appearance, for people like Phantom (aka non-Liberis), would their animal traits/characteristics vanish when they land in the settlement? Or would they get to keep it? (So when they saw A Photo of their past life it'll be like 'hey that's just me but I look like The Doctor?')
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Yes please rally the force because I am desperate for some castmate interactionI mean, of course! I'll shoot you the link in PM later. I'm definitely intrigued at this point so I will give it a shot later. I'll inform my partner, too, although they might be much slower, since they're still figuring out the ropes in DWRP. (Truly a first timer here, unlike me, who's a returning folk.)I would insist that I should be the one thanking you, especially since my questions are rather long-winded, but I am happy if I could help. Thank YOU too! And please look forward to the tdm link later. I might be a bit slow in replying back due to time differences and whatnot, but I also don't mind slow responses in return. Just a little heads up. <3
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(I did not do this)
In terms of nonhumans, no one's traits vanish when they enter the settlement
because I hate forced humanization mechanics— but if there are photos of the character from their Past Life™ lingering around, they'll look a little more human than they otherwise would.Wheezes. Was too excited to tag and forgor to answer questions clearly!!
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I see! Our thread basically has confirmed this, but it never hurts to have direct clarification oocly. Thank you for answering! It does make things more interesting. But concerning those photos of their Past Life...will our characters immediately get shown one as part of their introduction process (after they woke up in the midst of the Grove), or is it only a plot-related thing (as in they needed to actively look for it icly, and we signed up for it oocly)? I did some poking yesterday in relation to the past life mechanic, honestly, but I haven't found any clear answer to this.
Anyway, not to worry! It's kind of the same with me, although last night I was legitimately too tired to respond here too. Please take your time with the answer(s) and the tag, and again, thank you for answering my questions. I am pretty much a Question Machine (tm) and I still have some more cropping up, but I think I'll rein them in until after I app.
I'm lowkey trying to prepare that toono subject
Wheeze you also take your time though friend! It's been lovely talking to you, and I definitely don't mind questions!!
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Please give Phantom one of those polaroids as a souvenir/welcome gift. It'd disturb him even moreAnyway, thank you so much! I'm just a regular ol' introvert, so sometimes it's easier for me to reply to tags first instead of PMs/convos + RL is just...tiring sometimes. Thanks for understanding, though! It's definitely been lovely talking to you, too. Also glad to hear that!
I think I actually still have one world/lore-related question somewhere, but stuff happens and I forgot what I wanted to ask in that department. But I've already directed my application-related questions to the game's FAQ page (so as to not spam you here too much still, and they might also be useful to other potential applicants), and if I remember what I am going to ask, I'll shoot it in my thread there too.
Thank you!