First plover!

What is this place? by Louis Moreau on 2012-04-02 02:08:00 UTC Reply

Hello, people! Be to free to call me a greenie, I don't mind. It's basically what I am to this site. Admittedly, I came here after someone provided a link as to why the "PPC" ridiculed "badfics", and I was intrigued. I read the parody of The First Gatekeeper's "Magic World", and although I feel very sorry for the guy (I hope his writing skills improve!), I couldn't help but crack up and bang my head along with Thomas. I'm curious about how this site functions, and I'd be pleased if I could be a part of it. Am I even doing this right? I just saw the words Post Message, and I clicked and typed away. So...yeah.

This is... oh, that joke's years-old now. by Aeidhryn on 2012-04-03 15:47:00 UTC Reply

Anywho, welcome to the Board and try not to kill anything important. Or anyone important.

Have some chocolate.
First plover! by Tawaki on 2012-04-02 19:51:00 UTC Reply

What are your fandoms, BTW?
Re: What is this place? by Antigone68104 on 2012-04-02 18:45:00 UTC Reply

Hi, have some fudge!
Welcome! by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-04-02 15:00:00 UTC Reply

Have an awesome-laced cookie.

As for how the PPC works, I can just recommend the wiki which, as far as I see, has already been linked. Don't mind the sunflower on the main page, he just does that from time to time. :)

Now excuse me, I'm going to ~~arm myself with~~ get a pair of hedge clippers.
Hello There! by TheMadHatteress on 2012-04-02 14:15:00 UTC Reply

Welcome a-board! Feel free to leave your sanity at the door. Here, have a propellor cap, it actually flies! On another note, what are your fandoms?
Hello! by OpinionedAngel on 2012-04-02 13:27:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the Board! Have some chocolate, won't you?
'Ello~ by HimochiIsAwesome on 2012-04-02 13:17:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the board~ Have an oversized sheep plushie and a scone~
Hallo! by Ivan the Not-so-Terrible on 2012-04-02 05:09:00 UTC Reply

Welcome! Have a bag for everything you get. You'll need it.
Welcome, welcome! by Araeph on 2012-04-02 05:03:00 UTC Reply

I'm Araeph, and I manage the Department of Technical Errors. My fandoms are Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings, and my agents are Mara and Isaiah. Here, have a red pen! *tosses*

If you have any questions about how things work around here, I'd be happy to help. If no one has given you our Board FAQ yet, allow me to be the first. And if you need someone to show you around, well...let's say I've been here a while.

Ta!
Welcome and Greetings! by Mysterial on 2012-04-02 03:57:00 UTC Reply

Please, take some complimentary Whangdoodle. (complete with slippers!)
What, no gifts? by SeaTurtle on 2012-04-02 03:38:00 UTC Reply

Well then, welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water! Guaranteed non-toxic (but not non-radioactive. Handle with care)!
Good to have you a-Board! by doctorlit on 2012-04-02 03:37:00 UTC Reply

Greetings, new friend! Grab a prize out of the bag of venomous arthropods. Don't worry; they ~~don't~~ bite!

So, what fandoms do you find yourself exploring lately?
Welcome! {= D by Neshomeh on 2012-04-02 03:03:00 UTC Reply

Like Guvnor said, I'm the other author of the "Magic World" parody. Just to check, the link you're referring to, was that in a review of the story on ff.net, by a guy calling himself Sonic Rhymeboom? If so, this is hilarious because that guy is a troll who we suspect is trying to get people to come yell at us, so the sheer irony of you getting curious and wanting to join up instead is simply delicious. ^^

In any case, how the site works is pretty simple. This is your basic threaded message board, nothing fancy, where we hang out and talk about stuff and post links when we publish new PPC stories. The PPC was started lo these many moons ago by Jay and Acacia, who wrote the first PPC series, which you can (and should!) read here.

It's since expanded enormously, though Jay and Acacia aren't around anymore. You can find lots of information on our wiki, which has a link up at the top of the Board.

... It looks like the Sunflower Official has taken over the wiki's front page, but don't mind about that. It's all very meta. Somebody with admin will put it back to normal soon, probably, and you can still find all the most important stuff in the drop-down links right of the sunflower logo at the top of the wiki.

Let us know if you have any questions. ^^

~Neshomeh
Oh hai there! by HerrWozzeck on 2012-04-02 02:29:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the PPC, man! We love newbies, and we can tell you that you are definitely doing it right.

Here, have some Ligeti for the road: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPgwF3G5i4k
Greetings! by Guvnor of Space on 2012-04-02 02:28:00 UTC Reply

I don't normally greet newbie types (because I'm very laz- busy), but I was one of the two people who wrote that mission. (The other was Neshomeh.)

I've never had anyone introduced to the PPC through my stuff before, so that's kind of cool! Just do the stuff July suggested in her post, and you'll fit right in.
Hallo! by AnnaBee on 2012-04-02 02:19:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the PPC. And yes, you're doing this right.

Check out the wiki here: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/PPC_Wiki It's got a whole page explaining who the PPC is and what they do. :)
Hi! by JulyFlame on 2012-04-02 02:17:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the board! You've already made the first step, which was reading a mission and then posting here. The next step is to just hang around and read spin offs and the original series.

Just by posting on the board you're a PPCer.

If you want to write your own spin off, you just need to do the above, and after you feel you have a good idea of what to do and how, and have hung around long enough to feel you're comfortable, you can ask for permission. You just need your own writing sample and agent profiles to do that.

Check out our wiki and just relax and have fun, and again, welcome!

A BIG HEARTY THANKS by Louis Moreau on 2012-04-02 23:39:00 UTC Reply

Wow. It seems I have stumbled into a smorgasbord of randomness (which, if interpreted correctly, is the highest form of awesomeness). Thanks for all the replies, it warmed my heart. Okay, nothing that mushy, but hey, it was cool. My fandoms are: Halo, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings (which I also have an ardent love for), Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, Dresden Files, Alex Rider, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It's a lot, but these are the fanfiction categories I've worked with. My favorites have got to be Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Narnia, and Halo. What can I say, I mean, I grew up with these amazing franchises. So, yeah. Again, thanks, and 'til then!

Wow... by Guvnor of Space on 2012-04-03 00:04:00 UTC Reply

I think I'm quite literally the only other Alex Rider fan here. At least, that I know of. And it's a really, really good thing that you happen to be a Lord of the Rings fan, since the Original Series is 99% Lord of the Rings based. (The other 1% is Discworld.)

And now, I hate to say it, but the separate Thank You thread above is not a good thing. We try to avoid redundant threads because they push other threads down the page. (And because we use an archaic and strange board system, active threads don't go back to the top.)

Re: Wow... by Louis Moreau on 2012-04-03 00:24:00 UTC Reply

I'll keep that in mind! Alex Rider is awesome, and I'm really glad you like it. I recently made an Alex Rider/Percy Jackson and the Olympians crossover called Benigno Numine on Fanfiction.net. My name on that site is EtchedInDiamond. It's not the best quality story, and its rushed, but I'd appreciate it if you could critique it for me!