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EnableMePlz ([personal profile] enablemeplz) wrote2025-04-12 06:25 pm

April EMP Meme

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meme goes up on the Second Saturday of every month

FOR GAME ADS:

Put an ad up with the characters / crew / pairings / kink 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 fonts and other html that make ads super long, 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 canon 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.

There is a "Pairings You Want to Play" section, where you can ask for castmates or crosscanon you'd like to ship with. Please format this with "[YOUR CANON] seeking [CASTMATE/OTHER CANON (if crosscanon)/SEE DESCRIPTION (if a general character type)]. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Pairings You Want to Play" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. Alongside castmates and crosscanon, you can choose to ask for OCs or general character types as well. Try not to get too wordy and please don't outline entire scenarios.

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.


The meme is for fiction-based RP only (with the only exception being involvement of fictionalized historical figures or historical settings.) Celeb or RPF RP advertising, whether for games or players, is not allowed.

MOD CONTACT:

If there's trouble, tell me HERE, please!

RESOURCES:

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[personal profile] pslfinder - an alternate psl meme that runs every 2 weeks between emp memes

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
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Find Crosscanon
Pairings You Want to Play

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Textboxes

PSL Ads (Optional):

Character Ads (Optional):

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Find Crosscanon (Required):

Pairings you want to play (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.
counterstep: (выживать)

mcu (+ rivals)

[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-13 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
OFFERING.
james buchanan "bucky" barnes | mcu + rivals
SEEKING.
— longterm psls/threads
— adventure, exploration, and world building
— cyberpunk, space, isekai, cross-canon aus, alt-history aus, canon aus
— cryptid and scp bullshit
— magic technology bullshit also great
— slow sailing ships with strong build-up and probably a lot of ust
— cross-canon cr is the majority of my cr
— potential for character building/exploration
marvel rivals shenanigans
NOTES.
perms
rivals variant avail over the same account bc there are only so many icons you can make from the source
— tendency to boomerang if i'm online for a period of time
— offline things still spotty so can be slow or sometimes absent
— pref toward psls right now because of the above
— always down for memes, but they're easy to lose track of (for me) and aren't as backtag friendly
— i'm really easy tho, so when in doubt, just pm me ❤️
dysmorphics: (Default)

[personal profile] dysmorphics 2025-04-13 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
frieeeend i need a psl with you! anything you wanna do? i'm cool with a lot of things/themes and canon point. if you prefer i can dm you or i thiiiink i still have your discord lolol
Edited (ugh phone i wasn't done) 2025-04-13 08:32 (UTC)
counterstep: (смысл)

[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-13 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
sure! nothing specific comes to mind, unless you already have an idea for something? i do think i would have to write more with her first before diving into psl though since she is genderswapped and i'm not really clear on how much that shifts their dynamic yet other than that it would
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[personal profile] dysmorphics 2025-04-13 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
yeah, of course! i don't have anything specific atm since i was also thinking of figuring out how they vibe. i can hit you up on the texting memes in the meantime? any canon point you'd like, since they go way back and i also au her that she didn't leave hahaha
counterstep: (выживать)

[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-18 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
sure! though i think interaction is something i need to see more of other than just dialogue. i'll try to post him around on some of the other memes so we can maybe get something else going on that front. that okay?
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[personal profile] dysmorphics 2025-04-18 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, of course! i'll keep an eye out. do you have a preferred canon point?
counterstep: (well well well)

[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-19 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
post f&ws unless specified/requested

it's in my perms
dysmorphics: (Default)

[personal profile] dysmorphics 2025-04-19 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
thanks! i saw that, but just wanted to check if you wanted a different one to test things out. anyway see you around and take care friend c:
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/rambles

[personal profile] followthedeer 2025-04-13 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
I would love to do more with these two. Start with something more gen this time and work up towards seeing if they ship. (I have an open post in her journal for non-meme things and could make a spot for shenanigans specific to them if we wanted.)

I can also offer Jesse Faden because the FBC is very SCP-like. Only with paranatural phenomenon. And a Finnish god janitor. (I can offer a lot of Remedy ladies because I love them AND Remedy.)

I think Bucky and Drasa from the Gorge could be fun, too.
Edited 2025-04-13 09:37 (UTC)
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-13 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
i feel like they could potentially partner up for some mission and have something build from that, if that's something you'd want to give a go. it's easy for me to see them knowing each other in passing, but yeah i'm personally not sure on if they ship quite yet without us writing more outside of texting. sorry! :c

i think we've discussed bucky and jesse before? maybe? i already have a few aus where he does some work for the fbc, so it's not difficult to toss him in there, for me. he's basically made for infiltration, so most of the stuff jesse's tasked to do he can also handle. i've had him do jukebox missions, general hiss cleanup, altered item containment, and various explorations of the oldest house, if that helps with any ideas. he also usually gets along great with ahti off screen, but i've never actually threaded with one before, so that'd be fun!

i'm unfortunately not familiar with the gorge, but i'm always down to try new interactions from different characters also!
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[personal profile] followthedeer 2025-05-06 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
No worries! I'd definitely want to give that a go.

I think so, too. Oldest House exploration, altered item containment, and Hiss cleanup could be fun. Ahti is the best! One of Jesse's Favourite people. (And he's up there for Saga too, for that matter. XD)

Brief synopsis of The Gorge is two expert marksman/assassins are given a top secret assignment to watch a Gorge for a year. Then shit happens and it all goes to hell.
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[personal profile] justfalcon 2025-04-14 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
soooo, i really enjoyed the tfln between these two, so let's do a psl, y/y?
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-18 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
haha, they're always a riot. i do feel like i need to see more of their non-dialogue interactions though, before leaping into psl, since i'm not wholly clear on how the genderswap dynamic would affect their interactions outside of their usual banter. i'll try to pop him on a few non-texting memes this weekend so we can mess around with that, if you're up for it!
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[personal profile] justfalcon 2025-04-21 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
definitely! sounds good to me! i'll be on the lookout!
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[personal profile] unclesam 2025-04-14 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I think we've had some fun text threads in the past, and I'd be happy to play some more long-form PSLs with you. I'm down for anything from canon fill-in to more fully AUs, gen or shippy. Like we could do 'what if they're both Former Hydra Assets' AUs or 'what happened in that year where Sam was searching for Bucky in Europe, what if they met' AUs or 'what if Bucky joined Steve, Sam and Nat for those two years on the run' AUs. The world's an oyster, etc.

If you're not feeling Sam, I can also offer Karli if Bucky would care to have her survive and be taken other his wing or something.

In completely different veins, I'd lovelovelove to do a weird AU with Post Endgame Gamora where she doesn't escape to space immediately, and is just his manipulated, forced-physical-alterations alien assassin with super strength stuck on earth, and having to learn how to people and what to do with her freedom, potentially hunted by the government? that could be a fun team-up, could eventually lead into space, could also be gen or shippy down the line, depending on how you feel about it.

If none of those appeal, I have a muselist here if you'd like to trawl it for some potential cross canon shenanigans.
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-18 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
sounds like you've already got some ideas cooking! is there anything particular you're itching for right now for bucky and sam? i'm down to try most things.

same for karli also!! i think she and bucky can get into some pretty interesting situations and have very intense dialogue about even the mundane lol

i'd love to explore something with gamora too! i think she's rather shafted in RP spaces but she's very powerful and clever, and bucky definitely respects that (as well as needing to relearn the ropes). i also love shoving bucky into space bc...well most of his problems all disappear once he's in space, so. we know marvel will never do it bc his pain makes too much money lmao.

but yeah i'm down for these, if you have any priority you'd want to tackle! we'd probably have to stagger the psl starts, if you want to try with all three, cause i don't want to burn out before getting too far, though. still dealing with a lot of offline stress so i know it's likely to happen if i take on too much at once right now, and i don't want it interfering with progress, you know?

(also why i responded late cause i needed to make more space in my brain)
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[personal profile] aldhani 2025-04-14 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
hello!! i've enjoyed our various threads across tflns (i'm also the player behind wanda at [personal profile] wundagores and matt at [personal profile] sacramentalisms, in addition to cassian here), and would be absolutely up for any combination in memes/psls c: i'm pretty easygoing tbh, up for gen/building up to a ship if chemistry went that way/vibe with whatever, love aus, anything we'd want
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-04-18 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
oh hey!! yes, i would love for something with all three, memes/psls alike! psls might need more of a slow start though cause i don't want to bite off too much and stress myself out while still balancing offline stuff, but i would love the idea as i adore all three. def actually not too difficult for me to see eventual ship with them also, but i love the build up, so i'm in no rush (and neither is bucky anyway), haha.

is there anything specific for any of them that you've been craving lately? we can maybe start from meme that way and build off of that to psl, or if it's simple enough to stage, dive right into things as psl.
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[personal profile] abide 2025-04-20 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
replying to this FOREVER LATER but. LOOK i am a hot mess and disappear too much (mostly bc of RL) but i would love to do something?!??!?! if you're feeling up to it of course lmao

a psl would be fantastic tbh pls just let me love u and ur bucky ok ♥
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-02 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
heyyyy ❤️❤️❤️

sorry for the delay, been swamped with stuff offline (so i get it!!) but yeah! i'm definitely down!! psl is perf since we can just hit it back as we can, unlike with how memes tend to be/feel. (imo)

did you have anything particular in mind? there's obviously a lot to work with from canon but we can always explore stuff outside of it too with a full au or something.
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[personal profile] abide 2025-05-04 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
it's all good!! i actually wanted to see thunderbolts before i replied to this lmao just in case there was something inspiring in there.

but yes hi ♥ the question IS do you feel like playing around with canon (i still love just throwing steve into whatever mess of post-end game stuff there is and making it up as i go) or would you want to do an au? because i'm cool with either and maybe i can set something up if you lmk what you might be feeling?
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-04 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah sure! no worries i get it lol we can work with that in some way if you'd like!

i'm open to whichever! i personally love worldbuilding, but i know that's not everyone's favorite thing. i do think going with canon severely limits what people can do with the chars because of the guardrails that kind of exist by nature of the mcu, but i think there are also ways to just bypass that (even more potential when doing more than than single switches in single events) that would make a canon au more interesting also. overall, i like exploring the potential of the chars involved, so even if it's just isekai-ing them to some other world, as long as there's room to explore for everyone, i'm interested.

i know that doesn't narrow down a lot of options, but i guess we could discuss preferences in story/scenarios also? if that helps.
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[personal profile] abide 2025-05-04 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
oh no, i totally get it!!! i'd love doing some kind of au and throw things together since i, too, enjoy worldbuilding c: are there any particular ones you like? or other canons you enjoy?! i feel like we've briefly touched on this before, but i have a goldfish memory. i love anything dark/gritty, dystopian or post-apoc. but also sci-fi and idk magic etc. just something with more depth that leaves the world open to all sorts of stuff! slice of life is cool but i find that if it's only that, it gets too boring for me.

also prefs for scenarios would be a good place to start too. i hate saying i'm open bc that helps no one lmao but i honestly am
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[personal profile] counterstep 2025-05-04 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
well it's hard to list things off the top of my head bc there are really so many that come to mind that it's hard to pick just a few to list (especially with them being so varied!), but i do tend toward dystopian and sci-fi with hints of magic, things that can be potentially dark but aren't necessarily tied to it. i love period derivative universes (like steampunk or cyberpunk) and i also lend from video game universes quite often since worldbuilding is required for most of them to really have fleshed out settings. i personally try to avoid slice-of-life because it does get boring pretty quickly without something else happening and those work better as one offs.

scenario wise i'm pretty open also which is also not that helpful but i think first meetings or needing to recover/withdraw from conflicts (usually external to the actual chars or where they're collateral and not the instigators) tend to be good starting points for psls. if there's a notable situation that occurs that gives them room to react beyond just saying something and requires action of some sort, there's usually good breadth to remark on things outside of what the character is thinking/feeling. idk if that will draw anything to mind, but that's what i tend to focus on when trying to start a new psl.

alternatively, we can mess with some memes to see if it gets an idea going and build from that instead of abiding by the rules or expectations of the meme itself. i do that regularly enough anyway, but i do want to avoid the trap of posting on the meme directly cause then it feels tied to the meme specifically and not necessarily like a psl you own (if that makes sense).