Return of the revenge of the night of the living oldbie!

Subject: Return of the revenge of the night of the living oldbie!
Author: Twiggy
Posted on: 2009-11-21 16:51:00 UTC

Although it feels really, really weird to refer to myself as an oldbie. Should I be, perhaps, an inbetweenbie? Or maybe just a bie?

Anywho, I was active between early-2004 and mid-2006, a timeline I arrived at after studying the ancient annals of my livejournal posts. (Started up DCUP, don'tchaknow.) There are a loooot of new names popping up in front of me here. And apparently we now have a login option and a wiki and stuff? Kickass.

Science marches on! (I'll spare you a link to TV Tropes, since I'm sure you all want to get things done today.)

Y'all can blame Neshomeh for my abrupt reappearance - I'm giving her a hand coding the Lost Tales site, and I got nostalgic for this splendid organisation. Might end up lurking a lot, depending on whether or not university continues to beat me savagely about the head and neck, but I'm hoping to get active again, maybe write a mission or two.

Oh, question - what's the protocol for adding missions to the wiki? 'Cause it recommends linking to the original badfic, but both of the badfics I PPCed back in the day have long since vanished from the internets, along with their summaries. Should I go right ahead and add just the fic title and mission to the relevant sections, or should I leave it?

So, uh, how's it goin'? :]

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Return of the revenge of the night of the living oldbie! by Twiggy on 2009-11-21 16:51:00 UTC

(slightly belated) welcome back! (nm) by Techno-Dann on 2009-11-24 09:06:00 UTC Reply

Thanks kindly! :D (nm) by Twiggy on 2009-11-26 08:20:00 UTC Reply

Oh hey! by Vixenmage on 2009-11-24 06:30:00 UTC Reply

Welcome back! ...Think I remember you, in a vague sort of way. Probably.

...bad with names. That's my excuse.

Anyway, have a towel and some bleepka! (The good stuff, made from gen-yoo-wine bleeprin and... well, it's best not to contemplate what else went into it, honestly.)

I remember ya! by Twiggy on 2009-11-26 08:20:00 UTC Reply

Equally vaguely, if I'm honest, but your name is definitely familiar. You obviously have a memorable handle.

Thank you kindly for the gifts! I feel very well-equipped now. Wouldn't want to go into a mission without knowing where my towel is.

Hiya. by Piph on 2009-11-24 01:27:00 UTC Reply

I don't think it's possible for me to have seen you on the boards- I started lurking only this summer, and made meself known only recently- but, hey, is that a reason not to chuck a present at you?

*chucks*

That would be a softnose laser, perfect for getting bit character Sues in the heart. Or gut. Or any other organ, for that matter. Hehehe. ;)

Just what I wanted for Christmas! by Twiggy on 2009-11-26 08:16:00 UTC Reply

I can't wait to try it out! >:D

*pokes head in* by PitViperOfDoom on 2009-11-23 23:17:00 UTC Reply

Hello, I don't believe we've met!

I don't believe so either! by Twiggy on 2009-11-26 08:14:00 UTC Reply

But what a glorious meeting this is.

Greetings, O Venerable One by Tiroth on 2009-11-23 00:04:00 UTC Reply

You won't have a clue who I am - I don't even have Permission yet - but it's good to see a veteran return to the fold, even if it's only to share accumulated wisdom with us newbies rather than to take to the field. And now that you're here, I'll have to read up on the DCUP, if only to find out what exactly you do there. :P

So. Hi!

Well met, young one. by Twiggy on 2009-11-23 08:58:00 UTC Reply

Reading the DCUP annals won't take you long. I was even better at procrastinating on my writing back then than I am now. XD

*waves* by Pads on 2009-11-22 15:48:00 UTC Reply

Greetings, O venerable inbetweenbie!

You won't know who I am, because I've only been loitering and being the Board's Resident Alcoholic since the start of 2008, but hello nonetheless.

Re: your question, have you tried the wonders of google for finding the lost badfics? When I was on one of my regular organisational sprees and sorting out Trojie's livejournal, I discovered she'd totally failed to note title, author or links to her first few missions sans me. Most of them remain lost in the ether, but I managed to find a couple of them by googling bits that she'd quoted.

It's an honour! by Twiggy on 2009-11-23 08:46:00 UTC Reply

*waves enthusiastically* Merry meet and all that Tolkienesque stuff.

Good idea with the googling, although I just tried it and it failed me in this case. I remember the fics in question getting deleted from fanfiction.net, so maybe that was the only place they were hosted.

(It wouldn't be the only time I lost fics, either. I started PPCing a really dire Harry Potter fic one time, and I was but a chapter or so in when the author got called out on plagiarism and vamoosed along with the story. XD)

(That was some seriously clumsy plagiarism, too. She'd basically copy-pasted huge chunks of a James/Lily fic and changed their names to that of Harry and her 'Sue, but in some places she'd forgotten even to do that. And the chapters which were actually her own work stood out like a sore thumb. "Hey Harry, we haven't talked about my necromancer powers and mystical destiny for a couple of chapters! Let's do that now.")

Re: It's an honour! by Pads on 2009-11-23 15:09:00 UTC Reply

Ah, we have a way around the problem of deletion half-way through a mission too. Quite a lot of us these days embrace the holy might of google documents; one can simply copy and paste the whole fic into a document, and delete it as it gets turned into mission. If memory serves, Trojie and I started doing this after claiming a fic which was deleted before we got chance to work on it. But it was an utterly horrible Teatime/Susan travesty, and not even our usual badslash, so that's probably a good thing.

Incidentally, I'm having fun going through the Claimed Badfic list. Apparently we claimed a Tales of Symphonia fic with Lee Trynace. I... don't even know what that is. Remind me to interrogate Trojie about that when she gets back from Oamaru.

Hi! by Cinnia Aine on 2009-11-22 12:10:00 UTC Reply

Here's a dagger set from the Raven Armory!

Niceta meetcha! by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 12:12:00 UTC Reply

Mmm, sharp pointies. I will treasure them always. ♥

Hi! by WikiMaster on 2009-11-22 11:25:00 UTC Reply

Have a Bengal Tiger and some Anti-Lustin. What are your opinions on the former?

Many thanks! by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 11:44:00 UTC Reply

They're beautiful, they're lovely and there aren't nearly enough of them.

*cuddles the tiger, subject to whether or not its Teeth of Go Away make an appearance*

Hey, there! by Sara on 2009-11-22 08:15:00 UTC Reply

I do believe I remember you. Funstuff.

Have an egg whisk. They're pretty darn nifty, and useful to bot. Welcome back!

Howdy! by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 08:41:00 UTC Reply

Likewise, your name rings a bell...

I get shiny kitchen stuff? Oh wow, why'd I ever leave this place? :D

So you could come back and get showered with presents? {= D (nm) by Neshomeh on 2009-11-22 21:22:00 UTC Reply

Compelling hypothesis! :D (nm) by Twiggy on 2009-11-23 08:26:00 UTC Reply

Hi! by Maudlin Hart on 2009-11-22 00:29:00 UTC Reply

Hihihihihi! *glomps and hugs* Hi! Have some coconuts!

Coconuts! by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 08:57:00 UTC Reply

Coconuts??

Coconuts!

You = instant BFF. *attackleglomp*

...in fact, do I recognise you? I'm sure I recognise you.

It's the hair, isn't it? by Maudlin Hart on 2009-11-23 02:05:00 UTC Reply

Well, I joined here on November 26 2008. So unless you've been around, or been randomly hugged by me in my hugging rampage, or have been in a comic shop and stunned by an ear-splattering shriek of joy, or have ever been down at the English fair one evening and heard a showman shouting underneath a flare, etc., um.

Possibly the flare one... by Twiggy on 2009-11-23 08:29:00 UTC Reply

...or, more likely, I'm going a bit senile in my old age. XD

(You're a showman with a flare? Oh my craps, that mental image is just awesome.)

Roll-a bowl-a ball a penny a pitch! *tips hat* (nm) by Maudlin Hart on 2009-11-23 21:48:00 UTC Reply

Welcome back. Here's a tall ship. by khajidu on 2009-11-22 00:20:00 UTC Reply

I'm rather new here, too. I've come in April 2009, and I have a team of three Agents, originally tall ships. I tackle many SF universes, TV shows and RPF about U2... well I would tackle them if I actually wrote missions, lol.

Merry meet. by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 08:53:00 UTC Reply

Thanks for the ship! Is it tall enough to sail in?

(I... okay, I confess. I gather that "tall ship" is probably slang for something, but I can't for the life of me work out what. And here I thought I was down with da kidz...)

Yes, it's tall enough. by khajidu on 2009-11-22 09:07:00 UTC Reply

I was thinking of real-size three-masted ships. So you have one, now. You can sail on it.

That is a kingly gift! by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 11:46:00 UTC Reply

Sweet, I can finally go check out that Bermuda Triangle thing that everyone's making a fuss about! :D

Why not. by khajidu on 2009-11-22 11:56:00 UTC Reply

The tall ship I gave you is pretty up to the task. I've heard there's nothing to make a fuss about there...

That's reassuring to know. by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 12:08:00 UTC Reply

Because let me tell you, there's only room in my suitcase for my books or my water wings, and I'm a pretty voracious reader.

Hey, I remember ya! by Laburnum on 2009-11-22 00:04:00 UTC Reply

*hug* We finished the TS Group Mission since you left ^_^ I remember your agent was one of the background characters in the intro. Nice to see you again!

Laburnuuuuuuum! by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 08:47:00 UTC Reply

*quantities of hugs* Good ta see you too!

Ahaha oh man, mention of That Series brings up so many traumatic memories. XD Kudos on finishing it; your stomachs are stronger than mine.

(Where's it posted, out of sordid curiosity?)

Missions are linked to on my site ... by Laburnum on 2009-11-22 16:27:00 UTC Reply

http://www.keldale.f9.co.uk/tabularasa/writing.htm I'm going to be changing the host soon, but you can get hold of the missions there now. There's another one, of the first half of the Sawney Rath one, which is somewhere on my LJ. I'll try and track it down if you don't want to go searching. We adopted Sawney's daughter and Tagg's son from that one:
http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/MollyRath
<a href="http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/MosesTaggson">http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Moses_Taggson

Welcome back... by doctorlit on 2009-11-21 22:42:00 UTC Reply

...and greetings from a recent newbie.

Good luck with the Lost Tales; I'm looking forward to reading some of the older missions!

Thankya kindly! by Twiggy on 2009-11-21 22:46:00 UTC Reply

A hearty Board welcome to you too. :] Well met.

*pokes with a stick* by Unbridled on 2009-11-21 20:42:00 UTC Reply

Hey, an oldbie. Awesome.

Yeah, I'm far too new for you to recognize, seeing as I joined this month, but welcome back!

Good gracious! by Twiggy on 2009-11-21 20:49:00 UTC Reply

Poking with a stick? Show some respect to your elders!

I kid, I kid. Well met. :D And welcome to the craziness that is the PPC! As you can see, once you're in, there is no escape. *spooky fingers*

But... by Unbridled on 2009-11-22 05:24:00 UTC Reply

The Exit sign's right over there! See?
*points*

Have you never seen a glitched door before? by Twiggy on 2009-11-22 08:24:00 UTC Reply

Someone made a mistake when ey wrote the programming code for it, so now when you walk into the doorway you end up walking out of it as well, on the same side, at exactly the same time. It's incredibly disorienting.

Re: Have you never seen a glitched door before? by Unbridled on 2009-11-22 17:31:00 UTC Reply

Would I get to meet myself and drive myself mad(der)?

'Course you would. by Twiggy on 2009-11-23 08:21:00 UTC Reply

Heck, that's the most popular part. When we were making the posters we even promoted it from the small print to the banner heading.

*glee* (nm) by Unbridled on 2009-12-01 02:05:00 UTC Reply

Technically, yes. by Neshomeh on 2009-11-22 06:48:00 UTC Reply

I mean, you could go that way. But I'm pretty sure it just leads to an Escher room that, if you escape it alive and with what's left of your sanity intact, just dumps you in the Lounge. Or possibly Morgoth's tea room. Either way.

Feel free to explore, of course. ^_^

~Neshomeh, Ever-So-Helpful

So... by Unbridled on 2009-11-22 17:31:00 UTC Reply

You're saying it IS an option.

[[[UNPARSABLE SUBJECT LINE]]] by Maudlin Hart on 2009-11-23 02:07:00 UTC Reply

I was actually concentrating on the fact that Morgoth has a tea room.

OMG, Twiggy! by The Trojanhorse on 2009-11-21 19:50:00 UTC Reply

Welcome back!

Protocol is thus - add what you like - if there's no link to the original fic, well, oh well. Feel free to add and edit anything that takes your fancy on the Wiki as well, and please feel free to investigate the list of Wanted Pages :)

- Trojie, pimping the Wanted Pages List since 2008

Trojanhorse! by Twiggy on 2009-11-21 20:07:00 UTC Reply

:D :D :D

Glad to be back!

I'll get to huntin' the wiki for likely ~~victims~~ bits of literature. >:3

Eeeexcellent :D (nm) by The Trojanhorse on 2009-11-21 20:29:00 UTC Reply

Yay! \o/ by Neshomeh on 2009-11-21 19:46:00 UTC Reply

Muahahahahahaha! My evil plan worked! Muahaha--

Um. I mean. >.>

Welcome back! ^_^

And yeah, like Cassie said, better to have a link to a mission with no fic than nothing at all. After all, if the badfics disappear, it must mean we're doing our job, right?

Anyway, have some welcome-back Galadriel-brand™ lembas!

~Neshomeh

Oh, that's devious. XD by Twiggy on 2009-11-21 20:05:00 UTC Reply

You are cunning and tricksy. But if there's lembas in it for me, then I forgive you. ^^

*noms the waybread*

Hello! by Sedri on 2009-11-21 19:37:00 UTC Reply

You won't know me either, I think, but that's okay. Very nice to meet you; remind me to thank Neshomeh :)

I think Cassie's already said about the wiki, but if there's no link, there's no link; better to have the mission linked than nothing at all, methinks.

Anyway, cheers!

- Sedri

A star shines on the hour of our meeting. by Twiggy on 2009-11-21 20:13:00 UTC Reply

In other words, well met and pleased to meet you!

*pokes* Thank Neshomeh. :]

*jawdrop* *enthusiastic wave* Hi! by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2009-11-21 18:09:00 UTC Reply

You won't remember me, I only joined April 2008, but hey, it's awesome to see old names from song and legend reappear!

(Or, well, okay, maybe just legend. But the first version sounded better.)

Nice to meetcha. =D

And, uh, I think if you can't link to the fic per se, you should at least put the name of it in, and the author if you can, so people know it's not your own stuff and you don't get smacked for plagiarism, y'know?

Have a welcome-back plover! (nm) by Tawaki on 2009-11-22 06:03:00 UTC Reply

*gives it a tasty fish* by Twiggy on 2009-11-23 08:31:00 UTC Reply

Thank you kindly! :D

:D Hi there! by Twiggy on 2009-11-21 19:01:00 UTC Reply

I'm not too sure about legend either, but thanks! :3 An honour to meet ya, good buddy.

Also: sound advice. I'll make sure it's clear that the fics ain't mine.