The thing is...

Subject: The thing is...
Author: Neshomeh
Posted on: 2008-07-04 18:36:00 UTC

Most agents don't actually receive formal training. There is theoretical training, but mostly there is practical training, which consists of, "Here's the Manual and here's your partner's name and RC number. Good luck not dying." Hence the cruel and sadistic.

I'm sort of a traditionalist, I guess. I'd hate to see something with a history of chaos and insanity become too regulated.

Though I suppose if a group of seasoned agents took it upon themselves to help the hapless newbies, that could work. Good luck rounding up the newbies. O.o

~Neshomeh

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The After-Game Recovery Thread by Sedri on 2008-07-03 02:20:00 UTC Reply

For those of us who are teetering on the edge of madness and really just need to see some proper spelling for a while.

Ah... *sigh* Look around, my friends, and enjoy the peace and quiet of a lovely grassy plain with blue skies above you, a warm, gentle breeze, and lots of Bleeprin.

No, you're not dreaming. Piled high beside the Generic Red-and-White Checkered Picnic Blanket (charmed by Mr Weasley to stretch as far as we need it) is, indeed, a full supply of Bleeprin pills and all types of alcohol and chocolate you can think of.

So welcome, friends; I invite you to relax with me. Shed your FanficLand personas and let your eyes drift across well-spelled Words. Enjoy the sweet taste of chocolate and the peace and quiet of this Generic Picnic Scene.

(Really, I don't know about the rest of you, but my eyes and head really, truly HURT after reading that thread. And with all the OOC talk about how we're scaring ourselves with bad typing and third-person notes... well, there's no harm in this.)

*rubs temple* by pigeonarmy on 2008-07-09 23:37:00 UTC Reply

The lack of grammar is hurting. This be thread of goodness, saving me from the scourge of the bad spelling lIEK LULZ NO! NO MORE!

*downs a mixture of bleeprin, bourbon and coke - bleerbon and coke?*

I apologise profusely for making the Clover do those things and speak like that. It is not fair on the Clover.
Owwwww. by BeetleFire on 2008-07-04 20:07:00 UTC Reply

Though I didn't write any of it, I just read it all in one sitting, and now I'm finding it difficult to spell correctly. I applaud the strength of those able to stand purposely making all those mistakes. Good thing most of us are already insane.
I'm glad to see this helped! by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:49:00 UTC Reply

Personally, I didn't get so deeply involved as some of you - the literal pain in my eyes kept me from reading everything - but I've been suffering the after-effects of deliberate bad spelling ever since, not to mention the shame of giving my seven-years-younger badfic writer self a name and chance to escape the cage in back of my head. It's a painfully sharp lesson in how immature and arrogant I really was.

*snaps off some chocolate* My eyes are soothed... Nice spelling; good spelling...

*drifts off to sleep on the picnic blanket*
*flops onto the grass* by Neshomeh on 2008-07-04 00:06:00 UTC Reply

Ahhh, peace. *shares in the chocolate* I think the worst thing for me is the way the badficcers always seem to be talking at the top of their voices. They don't even need exclamation points or capslock. Those just make it worse.

Maybe it has something to do with all of them wanting attention so badly. I think Brandy is actually fairly "cool" in "real life," which would explain why she has no motivation to improve: No one has the nerve to tell her she's bad. But that coolness also goes hand in hand with craving that sort of attention.

I also think I have an advantage in sanity, with Brandy being a distinct character whose voice I'm simply borrowing. It's definitely NOT ME writing that badly, sort of thing.

~Neshomeh, who has an epic badfic so-called-plot bunny now, but might have to keep it caged until next year so she doesn't fry her writing circuits.
*collapses onto the blanket and chugs Bleepka* by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2008-07-03 20:57:00 UTC Reply

The peace... the spelling... the grammar... bliss.

*noms chocolate*

Oh sweet Eru, I cannot believe my FFL persona has gone as far as to attempt to start a flame war. When this is over, I am going to batter the little cow into pulp and feed it to the unadopted mini-Balrogs.

How about enrolling her in an OFU? by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:46:00 UTC Reply

Or is she too much of a Canon Nazi to qualify?

By the way, she was annoying me, too. Can I help? *wicked grin*

...a PPC OFU? Isn't that slightly oxymoronic? by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2008-07-04 13:17:00 UTC Reply

Still, if we can run one (which I doubt, because a lot of Agents are just too busy and the Flowers That Be wouldn't appreciate students in HQ) I'll sign her up.

But the only OFUs I know enough canon about to qualify for are already running, or discontinued- OFUM, HFA, Bel/Mal Tech and OFUR. I paged the first three before I found the PPC and realised they were closed, and I was a bit too late to join OFUR. Ah well, next year maybe?

If you really feel the need to join me in hammering Ellintiyra Lloysinthayr into a pulp, you're welcome. Little cow, taking over my head and trashing my carefully honed spelling and punctuation skills...

*puts on PPC jacket just to reassure herself that she's not really Ellintiyra*

I actually meant a 'real' OFU of your choice, not a PPC one (nm) by Sedri on 2008-07-05 00:32:00 UTC Reply

Aaaah. by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2008-07-05 00:36:00 UTC Reply

Well, like I said, the only ones I'd enrol her for are closed or finished enrolling.

A PPC OFU would be pretty cool. by lynxihez on 2008-07-04 17:39:00 UTC Reply

I occasionally consider raising the idea on the Board, but every time I think 'nah, we haven't got badfic for here anymore'. I always thought of it as a multi-authored thing, so everyone writes their own agents, but it would involve a lot of organisation, plus, there is a big obstacle, that being there isn't actually any PPC badfic. But it would be fun to write a PPC OFU. [/£0.02]

Maybe not a PPC OFU... by Ansela on 2008-07-04 17:50:00 UTC Reply

but a training camp or something similar, with Agents coming in for basic training or a reminder of the rules that they have just broken. It's already been implied that PPC training is cruel and sadistic but, correct me if I'm wrong, it's never actually been shown. [/£0.002]

The thing is... by Neshomeh on 2008-07-04 18:36:00 UTC Reply

Most agents don't actually receive formal training. There is theoretical training, but mostly there is practical training, which consists of, "Here's the Manual and here's your partner's name and RC number. Good luck not dying." Hence the cruel and sadistic.

I'm sort of a traditionalist, I guess. I'd hate to see something with a history of chaos and insanity become too regulated.

Though I suppose if a group of seasoned agents took it upon themselves to help the hapless newbies, that could work. Good luck rounding up the newbies. O.o

~Neshomeh

That's what I though, too. by Sedri on 2008-07-05 00:33:00 UTC Reply

And since there's no real fanfiction for the PPC (as we are writing the PPC canon), there can hardly be an Official FANFICTION University for it.

*smites misspelling* - "thought" (nm) by Sedri on 2008-07-05 03:44:00 UTC Reply

No, I think you're right, Neshomeh. by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2008-07-04 22:33:00 UTC Reply

Part of the charm of the PPC is its complete chaos. Individual veterans may help out struggling newbies, a la Trojie and the Department of Angst, but the lack of organisation is fun.

(Not to mention the fact that it makes it easier for us to explain away our little tweaks.)

*flops down on blanket* Did someone mention chocolate? by Ansela (kawaiiichisgurl4eva) on 2008-07-03 17:56:00 UTC Reply

I am well and truly scared of myself now. I'm just going to step back, damn my fingers for not getting the message that I am no longer playing and munch down on whatever chocolatey treats I can get my hands on. I posted three chapters of extremely bad spelling and grammar, mid-sentence author's notes and non-existent punctuation and deserve a break.

My mum saw what I wrote, was horrified and threatened to send me back to primary school to relearn the English language from scratch, that's how bad it was for me.

Oh no! by Neshomeh on 2008-07-04 00:15:00 UTC Reply

But you explained that it's just a game and it was okay, right? {X D

~Neshomeh, whose mother sort of understands what the PPC is after having her daughter involved in it for about five years.

I wish my mother was that understanding... by Ansela (kawaiiichisgurl4eva) on 2008-07-04 00:36:00 UTC Reply

she doesn't understand about fanfiction or the PPC. Heck, she barely understands how to use the internet. Anything more complicated than searching Google and she's stumped. I don't even want to think about trying to explain a game where I deliberately throw out everything I learned about the English language in eleven years of schooling.

I just hope... by Ansela on 2008-07-04 00:38:00 UTC Reply

that she doesn't work out that the permanently open notepad file on my computer still contains the badfic I wrote. I can't be bothered to try and separate it from the goodfic I wrote during that time as well so I can delete it.

If it's any consolation by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:45:00 UTC Reply

My mum really doesn't understand all this either, and she's had TWO daughters delving into this sort of thing for years. When we try to explain things to her, she just smiles and nods and says she's glad we're having fun, but even if she understands the point, she misses the fun. *sigh*

*gasps in thankfulness* by insanegrrl (i pwnz u allz0rs.) on 2008-07-03 16:10:00 UTC Reply

Spelling. Blessed. Spelling. *grabs liquified spelling and drinks it* I NEED GRAMMAR. PLEASE. SOMEONE HELP. AND I KEEP ON MISSPELLING WORDS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT'S AWFUL AND I HATE IT AND OH MY GOD I ALMOST SPELLED IT "H8".

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH.

*noms chocolate*

*hugs* It's okay, it's okay... We'll get through this... by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:42:00 UTC Reply

If it's any consolation, I very nearly typed a few non-game things with numerals. It was... painful. And just there I nearly missed out the "F" in "painful". Ouch.
Well, I can't really give you grammar... by kd7sov on 2008-07-03 16:19:00 UTC Reply

But I can link you to the Department of Technical Errors, who are big on that sort of thing. Also they have Grammer.

The Game's already ended? by WikiMaster on 2008-07-03 12:56:00 UTC Reply

Darn! I was just about to write my Ressurected!SuperStudly!Makes-Things/all the women in the PPC fic!

PS:Have some candy!

Sorry! Didn't mean to imply that it was! by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:35:00 UTC Reply

'tis not in my power, anyway.
And some Gunpowder for random purposes. (nm) by WikiMaster on 2008-07-03 12:57:00 UTC Reply

No the game is not over yet by Leto Haven on 2008-07-03 15:42:00 UTC Reply

I is not over until it is booted off the front page of the board. This is just a respite to that thread.

Leto

*flops thankfully on to blanket* by lynxihez on 2008-07-03 10:57:00 UTC Reply

drrkayngylhez or however I spelt it had no sense of characterisation, spelling, or, indeed, subtle usernames. I'm nervous that the game may have lowered my IQ - I made lots of typoes in this before staring at it and correcting it. Thank God for this.
*lies on blanket* by Inkling on 2008-07-03 09:46:00 UTC Reply

I don't know... I think I'm fine but the idea that people actually write profiles and stories like that...

Well, let's just say I'm disturbed and leave it at that.

Blumble, anyone?
Re: The After-Game Recovery Thread by HelenofPylos on 2008-07-03 05:09:00 UTC Reply

I was really enjoying reading all the stories (the profiles were my favorite part, though) until I remembered that real people actually write profiles and stories like that. Time for lots and lots of chocolate and Bleepka (there should be chocolate covered Bleepka; like those truffles with brandy in the middle).

I believe there's some with Bleeprum. by Tomato on 2008-07-03 05:27:00 UTC Reply

I got some for my seventeenth birthday.

Aren't they... by Artic Blade on 2008-07-03 09:16:00 UTC Reply

Bleepolate Liqueurs? You know, Bleepka covered in Bleepolate? For double the Bleeping dosage? Either I just made them up, or there was mention of them somewhere... Quite likely option 1 though. My memory isn't like it was when I was 16...

If not, you've just invented them. Cheers! (nm) by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:34:00 UTC Reply
Re: Aren't they... by HelenofPylos on 2008-07-03 18:32:00 UTC Reply

Bleepolate Liqueurs? Man, I really want some now. That sounds delicious!

Ahhhh.... by Sara (AgafndYou) on 2008-07-03 04:39:00 UTC Reply

*flops down on the grass with a thermos of Bleepka and a bar of chocolate*

My 'fic's pretty much written in lolcat. 'S nice to be able to spell words correctly, as frighteningly easy as it was to spell them incorrectly.

You found that easy? by Tomato (MoggetsGurl) on 2008-07-03 05:00:00 UTC Reply

I was fighting for every misspelling. And MoggetsGurl isn't even a very bad speller. But her treatment of apostrophes...gyah.

The one thing I had the hardest time spelling right was the one thing I had to spell right: her name. I kept wanting to type "Moggest" instead of "Moggets."

I don't know if I can bring myself to write another chapter of "The Raven Rose." Maybe I'll wait until next year. *devours chocolate*

I found it frighteningly easy by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:38:00 UTC Reply

Once I got into the flow of writing as the arrogant Lady Cyskia, that is. At first I was going to have her be one of those with mostly okay spelling and terrible plot, but it just became easier and easier to spell things wrong, to use numerals and... *shudder*
Ah, let me rephrase. by Sara (AgafndYou) on 2008-07-03 05:22:00 UTC Reply

Easy to misstype, if you will. My fingers move faster than my brain and tend to do that anyways. I hate misspelling things.

It IS easy to misstype! by Crystal (Blondeeflkitty) on 2008-07-03 12:10:00 UTC Reply

I wrote my stuff by typing too quickly, not correcting the spellings, and removing all punctuation.
It was sad!

Do we have to have finished to join you? by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2008-07-03 04:29:00 UTC Reply

Because I'm nowhere near, but I need this... just to build up my strength for the next onslaught.

Nah - I just needed a title. Call it a Picnic Break (nm) by Sedri on 2008-07-04 06:33:00 UTC Reply