Subject: Re: Oh hey, you knew Oracle?
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Posted on: 2012-10-18 04:12:00 UTC
That's awesome! Oracle and I used to be in a D&D group together. I don't know if you ever heard of my previous agent, Skid, though. I just found the makings of our old story while looking through my PC's backups and figured I'd try it again.
Hi guys. You can call me Manzo! I've been a fan of PPC stories for a while now, and I'd like to eventually write one of my own. A friend of mine and I tried to write one a few years ago, but we don't have much contact anymore so the project was permanently shelved. I was wondering, since most stories involve teams of two agents, would want to partner up with me? It's either that, or developing a split personality...
Have some choc-chip cookies. Or do you like choc covered cookies better? Or how about just a big block of choc shaped like a cookie?
Anyways, what are your preferred fandoms?
Welcome to the PPC, Manzo! Please make sure you deposit your sanity in the correctly marked bin, as you won't be needing it much here.
It's always good to see a fan/follower/stalker, especially someone who's known about us for a while. I'm relatively new here, as I only joined in May, but I feel I'm senior enough to give you a handshake and a tour. I'll also give these Generic Glasses, which morph to suit your need. Just don't use them as actual glasses, or you'll be needing corrective surgery.
Have an awake! Feed it lots of caffeine and it will love you forever.
Hi Manzo, have some fudge!
D&D, eh? Which version? I've played up to 3.5, but to be honest I prefer Hero System to any version of D&D.
I used to play 3.5, but now I've moved onto Pathfinder. I could never really get into 4th edition. I'm also getting into a game called Spirit of the Century that involves more role play and less numbers. It takes place in the roaring 20's!
I threw some cash at the "Race to Adventure!" board game Kickstarter and got the RPG (in .pdf form) as part of my pledge level. I've only skimmed it, but it looks like it has potential.
I don't want to give it a detailed reading right now; I'm already fighting versionitis from editing a 4th edition Hero manuscript into 6th edition when my Sunday game group is still playing 5th edition. But that's on my list for whenever I get the editing done.
I did a little of that at university: 3.5, Pathfinder and 4. I did like my Tiefling Warlock, but that campaign sadly caved after a while.
I still have the memories of one of my fellow players' characters: a wizard who, if he were a PPC agent, would be in DoGA for sure. It got to the point that the DM had to specify settlements made of stone, because he kept setting fire to everything with his spells.
I also played a short Cthulu campaign and DMed a short Trekverse campaign in the final weeks before I left.
I'm curently in several games being played online - play-by-post, which means they're a lot slower-moving than the games played over a tabletop, but still awesome fun.
My Sunday afternoon gaming group tried bringing in one player via Skype. We had a lot of trouble maintaining a connection, and never figured out a good way to show him the battlemat. I'm certain there are webcams out there that can zoom in, but we didn't have one.
It didn't help that he was trying to take advantage of no one being able to see his dice rolls. If you're going to try play-by-Skype, it has to be with players you can trust.
*Hands over a bottle of Bleepka.* You'll need this soon enough.
Welcome aboard! Also, have a set of scratch-proof chitin armour, perfect for deflecting marshmallow bombardments!
Welcome to the party Manzo, hope you survive the experience. Have a plastic NYPD badge and a six pack of empty coke cans.
Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Used to calibrate perpetual motion machines!
Good to see an old fan becoming a member! It means you can join in the fun more directly. :D
Have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object.
Also, what are your fandoms? I think I saw mention of your playing D&D?
Sure I play D&D, but I don't think I could bring myself to ever read a D&D fanfic. I just don't want to ruin the game for myself.
As for fandoms, there are a lot that I know a lot about: Fire Emblem, Avatar: Last Airbender (Go Toph!), Samurai Champloo, Deadpool... If I do end up writing stories, do they all have to be about one fandom? Most of the stories I've read involve agents returning to the same fandom, so I was just wondering.
There are fanfics about the various settings, in particular the Forgotten Realms, but i'm not sure I've ever heard of any about the game itself. Still, welcome,fellow friend of the d20!
As for fandoms, as Lielac said, no, you don't have to stick to any one fandom; we just tend to stick to those we know and specialise in, but that can still be a wide spread. For example, I have about eight or nine different fandoms I know well enough to work in without needing to consult others for major details. Other people may well have a lot more.
If I do end up writing stories, do they all have to be about one fandom?
Pffhahaha-- Hardly! Agents go everywhere and everywhen. It's just that we writers tend to have specialties, so we send our agents into the fandoms we know best. Like me and Bionicle, which also tends to be bad for my blood pressure but meh.
Welcome, welcome!
It's not hard to write two characters. I write two OFUs, both of which have two course coordinators. In fact, really a lot of my things come in pairs!
Good to have you on board; have a graduated cylinder!
Here, have an extra version of Ragnell I've got lying around!
Welcome to the PPC! Have a bleepolate-chip cookie as a welcome gift!
Whoops, forgot the standard welcome gift.
Here, have a Made In Japan Brand Laser Sword.
Mind the edge - out cuts to the atomic level.
Hi, and welcome. First thing, you need to read the Constitution (link on top of the page). The Wiki, as well as The Original Series, are also recommended readings. You can reach the wiki via the link below the one to the Constitution; you can find TOS there easily enough. Below the link to the wiki there's a link to the IRC, and you're more than welcome to pop by and say hi.
Since you seem to be interested in writing PPC stories, please read the article about Permission; it's important!
To answer your question, most people have a duo of agents, though some write more, and there are certainly instances of co-writes.
Last but not least, have a cup of tea. Just don't let the weird taste (tea, coffee and bacon) weird you out. Letting the leaves eat you isn't a good idea, either.
Wow, that was easy. My friend who I was writing with was actually did get permission before we started. She used to be a member of this message board, but I don't know if she still is. Who knows, does anyone here go by Oracle?
That's awesome! Oracle and I used to be in a D&D group together. I don't know if you ever heard of my previous agent, Skid, though. I just found the makings of our old story while looking through my PC's backups and figured I'd try it again.
Or, if she did mention him, I forgot. (My memory is pretty terrible.)
Anyway, it's cool that you finally got around to joining the Board. {= D Feel free to shoot me any questions you might have. My e-mail address and other contact info is all on my wiki profile, here.
~Neshomeh
I haven't seen an Oracle here yet.
But I'm still fairly new here myself, so I don't know nearly everybody on the board.
Only a few people.
There might be an Oracle around here; try the IRC. You might find them there.
Where do I send the sample of my writing and the bio? I mean I've done a lot of writing in a RP forum, but it's an invite-only forum, so I can't give a link. Should I just copy and paste it on this message board?
I wouldn't try applying for some time yet, but when you do apply, copying and pasting it to Google Docs, or your own blog/journal/whatever would work. You could also write something completely new for the application! Just about anything long enough to showcase your writing style is welcome.
I do sometimes forget to reign myself in; and it's clear my fears were not as grounded as I was worried they were, which is also nice.
On that note, I apologize to Manzo for the rough greeting.
Think nothing of it. I'm kinda expecting some kind of hazing ritual or something.
Rookie hazing rituals? Now this sounds interesting. I vote feeding the rookies to Luxury! Or maybe see how long they survive playing knock down ginger in the PPC halls.
...to ask about the Warriors continuum by Erin Hunter. Is it a banned continuum to PPC, since it follows the adventures of cats that - aside from living in Clans and having cat-to-human translated speech - are identical to Real World cats? Because there's a Warriors badfic I'd like to have Gilbert and Fiona spork, only there's absolutely NOTHING on the wiki about the continuum, which concerns me. Help?
Just looked at the reviews for the fic... I don't know who Wrath Flamesoul is, but s/he appears to be trying to push the author in a better direction with the fic.
Which resulted in a 'chapter' wherein the author did nothing but address Wrath's concerns bit by bit. Gilbert and Fiona might never want to do another Warriors baddie again after this...
It's just, yanno, cats. Unless Erin Hunter's banned fanfic about Warriors, it should be as fair game as anything else. There are plenty of canons without wiki pages.
I'd go with acknowledging your concerns about killing fluffy animals, then finding relatively bloodless ways to kill the Sues. Because yeah, you are worrying a little bit much. :P Just get creative! (Portals from a great height and not describing the aftermath overmuch cure so many ills, I'm telling ya...)
I b'lieve it's a lack of self-confidence. Could be wrong, though.
Actually, in this one the whole of ShadowClan gets dumped into a plothole... Can't imagine they're any of them too happy about that, no sir. And IceClan is dreadfully small...
Except kittens. Hmm... This is going to be interesting.
Ooh, I know that. Always asking questions because you second-guess yourself and can't trust your gut, that kinda thing?
Hmmm. Pos'bly.... :D
Ehe. Yes. Quite possibly. Killing the childers could always be interesting. Recruit them to the Nursery? Dump 'em in a lake?
Not in front of the newbie, you.
Nah, you might get pelted with marshmallows, but not much worse.
Expect interesting gifts - like that sword I gave you.
(MIND. THE EDGE.)
Well, your worries were understandable, but the facts behind them were a bit off. Kismet happens.