Subject: You're forgetting a bit.
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Posted on: 2011-11-27 19:30:00 UTC
Namely, the bit where people should want to join.
Just because they're interested in doing a similar format or in the idea doesn't mean they want to be with us, as shocking as it must be to hear.
I think there was a thread on here a while back, but I don't remember the particulars.
I have just discovered that there is an OFU for Portal. It does not give credit to Miss Cam, and it mentions the PPC with the following:
"Are you PPC Agents?" another girl tentatively asked. "I heard they made schools like this."
"…no, we're not PPC," Alix admitted. "Katz and I are Freelance Plot Protectors. We didn't make the PPC. Next question."
Are people allowed to do this? Is this a legitimate OFU?
The main reason I ask is that I've been hoping for a rather long time to be the creator of the Portal mini when I get Permission (since the Twilight mini has already been created). I'm...slightly upset that it appears to have been created already.
Aside from them not crediting Miss Cam. That's something that should be mentioned, yes.
But beyond that, OFUs are first come, first serve, or second come, and completed.
We, the PPC, don't have anything to do with the OFUs in and of ourselves. There's nothing wrong with non-PPCers running OFUs.
And yes, of course it's a legitimate OFU. The fact it not ran by a PPCer does not change that fact.
Beyond that, the general thing with minis and OFUs is that the OFU gets the priority in what the minis are called, even if the OFU comes after the mini is already created in the first place. Minis are OFU concepts, not PPC concepts.
And, last I checked, she doesn't care all that much about OFU legitimacy anymore. I don't think it's our place, at all, to take it down. And if they're not making claims about the PPC itself, we can't exactly claim they're treading on our turf.
Honestly, I'd say leave them alone. It's possible (though improbable), that she doesn't know OFUs should be credited, or that she asked and Cam said "Yeah, do whatever you want," or that she doesn't know that they're supposed to follow OFUM. Either way, it's not really our jurisdiction, so to speak.
while OFU writers are not required to be answerable to the PPC, they should definitely credit Miss Cam.
And someone giving the impression the PPC makes OFUs... well, that's really not good. There's generally been a strong affectionate link between them, but they're separate and separately-run entities.
And finally, this person implies that these people are good enough to do the same sort of work as the PPC, but weren't hired. Which kind of goes directly against what we've always taken for granted - that the flood of badfic is so heavy that the Flowers'll hire anyone. I mean, they hired Luxury. :P
Personally, I'd suggest we ask this writer to either fix her mistakes or take it down. :/ Though the latter is something of an extreme measure, I'm aware.
Namely, the bit where people should want to join.
Just because they're interested in doing a similar format or in the idea doesn't mean they want to be with us, as shocking as it must be to hear.
It probably won't happen for a while, and I'm sure you'll do "It's My Life!" long before it, but... I dunno, I'm just curious - what would your idea for a mini be?
That bounce. And maybe say "Whee!" Like this.
With the discovery going something like this:
"Lophy?" Anta said, staring at at the little bouncing cube. "What. Is. That."
Lophy adjusted her glasses and peered at the thing. "It appears to be a small companion cube with the word 'Wheetly' inscribed on one side."
"You mean that's the mini for Portal?" Anta asked, flabbergasted. She stood stock still for a moment, then lunged at her partner. "I don't care *how* awful this fic is," she said excitedly, shaking Lophy. "We. Are. Doing. It. All. Miiiniiiis..."
Mini-turrets. Too cute.
I'm certainly not the expert on this, but I would think that would not be a legitimate OFU. They also seem to use a form very similar to those of the OFUs (they even ask if the applicant has heard of OFUs before, but cut out the question about the PPC). It seems that they want the fame of an OFU without dealing with having to be a member of the PPC. (Correct me if I'm wrong/being too judgemental, anyone.)
Oh, and the fic is here, if people were wondering.