My contribution

My contribution by Jesse Abram on 2011-01-31 17:35:00 UTC

Welcome by Miah on 2011-02-01 17:08:00 UTC Reply

Hello! Have a seventeen foot long, multicolored, wool, knit scarf (curly wig not included), and a bag of jelly babies.

Please use them IRresponsibly!

Now a Disclaimer: You do not have to read these things (except the Board Constitution). You do not have to write to be a part of the PPC. Some active and respected PPCer's have never been to the wiki, and quite a few very active and respected PPCer's have not and never plan to write missions. That said, many people have found these things to be useful and/or to answer a lot of the questions that often come up.

(These might help you, and there are a lot of great missions out there to read!)

* The Original PPC Series, which we assume you've already read.
* The List of Killed Badfic, which will direct you to a large number of non-Original Series PPC Missions.

The Board:
* The Board Constitution
* The FAQ: For the Board

The Wiki:
* We have our very own PPC Wiki
* The very-important-to-read-before-requesting-Permission Permission article
* Our Guide To The PPC
* The Mission Writing Guide
* The Slash-Sporking Guide
* The FAQ: For Newbies
When you are ready to edit the wiki, make sure to read Neshomeh's excellent editing tutorial

And finally, but very usefully,
* The List of Everything PPC
Welcome, here's a tall ship. by Khajidu on 2011-02-01 10:12:00 UTC Reply

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQs!
Hello! by Silikat on 2011-02-01 07:31:00 UTC Reply

Have a pet cat, a tinfoil hat and an evil bat.
Hello! by The 9th Blue Mage on 2011-01-31 19:07:00 UTC Reply

Nice to see you've finally posted here! Have some water and robes!

Any fandoms that you're into?

Anyway, so yeah. Greetings!

Reply to the 9th Blue Mage by Jesse Abram on 2011-01-31 19:24:00 UTC Reply

Thank you, water and robes I actually have great need of, so, excellent gift giving.

Fandoms... well, I'm a big Star Wars fan; Firefly holds a sad little place in my heart; Lord of the Rings et. al of course; The Mallorean and Belgariad, though I haven't gotten my hands on all of those yet; I'm probably too big a fan of my own writing, if that counts.

Confession: I really like reading what I write, I hope that means other people do, too. The "I Write Like" website told my I write like Corey Doctorow. That was from an excerpt of a novel I'm 2/3 of the way to completely. The novel is about...

...My biggest craze, Humans vs Zombies, a moderated tag game played on college campuses using Nerf blasters and pure awesomeness. This is probably the best video made in relation to the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSNK8gr5GH8 though if you want a real explanation everything can be found here: http://humansvszombies.org/

Are you new here? by L'homme_Arbre on 2011-01-31 18:34:00 UTC Reply

Because if you are, you should probably introduce yourself first. As well as reading this (http://twistedskein.webs.com/PPCHome/Constitution.htm). And also, I think (but am not sure) you need Permission (http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Permission) if you're going to write using PPC-based characters. There's also some other stuff that you should read too, but as I am FAR too lazy to give you lynx and such, I'll just let some oldbie do it. (Also, I'm not 100% sure what said stuff is, and I'm trying to avoid randomly giving you lots and lots of unnecessary stuff.)

If you're not actually new, and I'm just being completely boneheaded about this whole affair, please accept my sincere apologies. I haven't seen you before, and I've been here for a while (well, lurking for a while. I've actually only been officially 'here' for less than a month, so, whatever) so I'm just assuming you're new.

Weeell, I'm talking FAR too much, so...Ciao!

Reply to L'homme_Arbre by Jesse Abram on 2011-01-31 18:42:00 UTC Reply

New here I am. I've read the original PPC over at Miss Sandman's site and I'm pretty sure I've followed the rules they had posted over there. It's good that people are concerned about keeping PPC canon intact. :-)

While we're on the subject... by Data Junkie on 2011-01-31 18:46:00 UTC Reply

One of those rules we have is that new folks need Permission to write PPC spin-offs. Methinks you should maybe check the wiki (ppc.wikia.com).

Reply to Data Junkie by Jesse Abram on 2011-01-31 18:56:00 UTC Reply

"1. Email Miss Cam or ask at the PPC Board for permission before posting. If you don't do this, at the very least tell us you've written one and send the link, so it can be linked in the Archive. Also if you don't get it beta'd, use a spellcheck."

Well, this is the first of the original rules posted on Miss. Cam's site. I don't want to start an argument, of course, but I sent the obligatory email to Miss Cam. The PPC board linked on that site is no longer in existence.

And I read the orginal PPC stories before Jay and Acacia stopped writing. Can I be grandfathered in here to avoid complications?

Hmm. by JulyFlame on 2011-01-31 20:23:00 UTC Reply

This is the PPC board.It always has been. The URL changed, the board itself did not. The link on Miss Cam's site is severely outdated, not to mention that she's moved well on to other things considering it's been over four years at this point.

And I don't believe that grandfathering in works that way. If you were reading the original stories before they stopped writing you could have asked for (and received) permission from them then. That is to say, times have moved on, there is a different set of permission givers and things have changed.

She probably wouldn't mind updating the link. by Vixenmage on 2011-02-01 05:17:00 UTC Reply

If we asked nicely. It might save future trouble.

For as much as my meager little newbie-vote counts... by L'homme_Arbre on 2011-02-02 23:51:00 UTC Reply

I second that motion. After I found the OS, I found her before I found the Wiki or the Board. It might send more newbies our way in the long run.

Regarding Permission. by Neshomeh on 2011-01-31 22:53:00 UTC Reply

Having taken a quick glance at Jesse's site, it all looks to be MST in nature rather than missions, so we don't really have an issue at this point.

Jesse, the way Permission works is that you need it if you intend for your writing to be part of PPC "canon," such as it is. MSTs generally don't count as such, but if you want to expand to missions, you will need Permission to do so.

Everything make sense now? {= )

~Neshomeh

Reply to Neshomeh by Jesse Abram on 2011-02-01 22:33:00 UTC Reply

Makes sense, didn't think there'd be a real problem. Just looking to network here mostly. MSTs and such are a niche audience, something we/I do for the fun of it and if we can find just one person to say, "Hey, that's pretty good" it's all worth it. Ya know?

I'll be around, so when I need permission I'll be set up to ask for it.

First plover! (nm) by Tawaki on 2011-01-31 18:20:00 UTC Reply

Reply to Tawaki by Jesse Abram on 2011-01-31 18:58:00 UTC Reply

Oh, dang, it's a seabird. Silly me. Thanks!
Repy to Tawaki by Jesse Abram on 2011-01-31 18:44:00 UTC Reply

Plover? Is that an acronym?

Re: My contribution by Ugolino on 2011-01-31 18:16:00 UTC Reply

Giving them a read now.

Any idea why you went for a military-esque naming scheme? I'm not criticizing, just curious.

Reply to Ugolino by Jesse Abram on 2011-01-31 18:50:00 UTC Reply

Squads and military alphabet... Well, I'm an avid Humans vs. Zombies player (a moderated game of tag played on college campuses using Nerf blasters and pure awesomeness), so that's probably I organized my people into squads. As for the military alphabet designations, I was part of a radio talk show during my undergraduate years called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. I'm not much of a drinker, and neither are my characters, so using Whiskey Squad would have been misleading Tango and Foxtrot are both dances, now that I think about it, but I don't think that had anything to do with it, but it's quirky, so it works, yes?

If you're reading Fangirls and Elf-friends, you should know I'm in the middle of revising those. My original run through was a little sparse, and less funny than I had hoped.