You are going to be stupid sometimes, and that's okay. You will not be everyone's best friend, and that's okay too. Do your best and make yourself known. Watching and waiting will get you nowhere, so take a breath, relax and make a friend.

Also, don't expect everything you write to be your magnum opus. This is a community, not a dissertation committee. A mistake or two could do you some good.

See you soon,

Someone who wishes he'd known better.

I especially agree with Huinesoron's point. Once you signed in, you'll never go away, mainly because you'd have to be mad for doing this.

1/ You will be here forever.

2/ There is no escape.

3/ And that is absolutely fine.

hS

but that doesn't mean that people aren't still buddies. Also sometimes good friends vanish for no reason only to be seen completely randomly in another chat, and that's going to be...kind of awkward. But fun.

Also you don't know how bad it's going to get - you Think you do, but you don't. So find a vet and ask for help.

Seriously past me, you won't have time when you get to college. Write the mission now while you have time.

And that includes hurting their feelings without even realizing you're doing it. Everyone has feelings and if you harm them even without knowing it, they WILL be bitter with you over it no matter what you say.

And on the flipside, if your friends are doing something wrong and they haven't realized it, don't hesitate to tell them. It could save you and everyone else a lot of embarrassment later.

(I actually feel I should've known the first one especially since 2011, but c'est la vie.)

I know, I know, I have permission and I have agents, but I've never written a mission.

What I didn't know at first was that that's a perfectly legit thing to do. I write nonfiction. I write essays; I summarize research. I like the PPC and I've worked on the wiki, and I read pretty much every new mission.

But it really was silly of me to think that I HAD to write missions if I wanted to be in the PPC community. If I prefer to write about facts and ideas instead of making up stories, there's nothing wrong with that, and I'm not lazy for doing it.

Probably something along the lines of "you're better than you think you are."

The most important one would be "Don't overcomplicate things"... another one would be, "GET THE BLOODY HINT SOMETIMES!"

I wish I hadn't taken my sweet time in deciding to introduce myself. Because yes, this is the most amazing, most welcoming and warmest community I've ever been to! You guys are some of the best friend I have ever had and I wish had decided to be here sooner, so that I could have spent even more of this absolutely amazing time with some of you.

Don't get an account, and sign up for emails. I now refresh mine like every 20 minutes. Logging in is a pain.