I've largely stayed out of this entire fiasco ever since the ban was enforced, but from what I've been seeing, mistakes have been made by literally everyone involved in all of this, including me - both my instance of yelling at her when we were trying to give her a chance, and doing nothing to make things better when she escalated the situation. She hasn't went after me since the ban, thank the gods, but the fact that she's resorting to ban evasion in a bid to try and bribe, bargain, and even threaten her way back to us is just sickening. I don't know how soon it'll be before she gives up if at all, but nothing anybody is doing now is solving anything, not leaving, not IP-hopping, not even ignoring her in the hopes that she'll stop being a nuisance.
What's even more upsetting, however, is that I'm not sure if ANYTHING can be done. The worst-case scenario may be that we're going to get backed into a lose-lose situation - either having to deal with her constant harrassment of us as a community or attempting to do something about her, being called out by some of our own members as bullying her, and losing the respect that these members have in us (which seems to be the case in this specific occasion). Here again, my lack of involvement is more of a curse than a blessing, since I literally, honestly have no clue how to go about all of this and I don't think I ever did. Is her behavior unique among the people who have proven troublesome to us over the years? I don't have answers to that, either, although perhaps people who've been around to see them come and go may know better than I do. But what I can say is that nothing we're doing now, not leaving, not chasing out other people for even indirect involvement in this disaster, not even singling her out when it seems as though her behavior is exceptional among other people we've had to ban in the past, is getting us anywhere quickly, let alone towards a solution to the issue of people taking umbrage at our measures because they think they're in the right.
I suppose I too am feeling bitter about this fiasco, but I've been through enough to actively discourage potentially toxic behavior of mine. It could just be that things have been consistently disastrous for this community ever since last year's mob-and-dox incident, and everything that happened then and since left a sour aftertaste that hasn't gone away completely. I understand that we're all striving to improve, but these improvements haven't been as quick or effective as I feel they could be.
With respect to this specific incident, though, I have and legitimately can find nothing else to say other than that towards both this community AND zdimensia - but especially her, if what she's doing really is tearing people away from the PPC - I am very disappointed. So, so very disappointed.
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This is going nowhere fast for anybody. by
on 2018-05-23 18:52:00 UTC
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Don't bother coming back, thanks. (nm) by
on 2018-05-23 18:20:00 UTC
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It wasn't zdimensia. It was me. by
on 2018-05-23 18:10:00 UTC
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So, I could explain the reasons for this, but honestly they're kinda weird and stem from a lot of my own issues. As an example, I was blaming her because she has a lot of problems I also have and I'm kinda bitter both at the Board for starting a witch hunt every single time she tries to come back even to apologize, and at her for Weird Issues reasons plus her being really annoying because I gave her attention one (1) time and she decided I was the key to getting back into the PPC or something.
But anyway, I'm not gonna go into more detail aside from this basic "why did you even do that?", because it's neither a justification nor an excuse. I would like to say I'm sorry for this, and am trying my best to get better and never do anything like this again. I do understand this is still unacceptable behavior, though, and as such I will leave the PPC.
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Hello, [Redacted ~NA] by
on 2018-05-23 17:10:00 UTC
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I get that you're angry. I get that you wanted to be part of the PPC, but the PPC wouldn't let you.
But this is silly. Your life wasn't 'ruined' by one small internet community not letting you stay in it. There are a lot of places where, if you'd come back time and time again to try and trick your way in, or break the forum with your coding (nice trick, by the way), they would have responded by harassing you by email, or on other websites you visit, or by using your IP address against you.
We haven't done that. We would never do that, whatever you try to do to us.
Now please go away and leave us alone.
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Marina shrugged. "Never was a problem before," by
on 2018-05-23 17:06:00 UTC
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she said before shaking Farah's hand.
"If you don't mind, what department are you from," Richard asked. "We're in the DMS. And where exactly is your partner?"
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Tom shivered. by
on 2018-05-23 17:05:00 UTC
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"Not... all of this stuff kills you. Suffice to say, she should make sure she wears gloves if she's gonna touch any exposed wires. So long as that happens, she'll be fine."
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"Well, if it helps any..." by
on 2018-05-23 16:51:00 UTC
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"...she can't be killed in the first place," Charlotte said. "She's a Steven Universe gem, so she's usually the one working on really dangerous tech. I bet she'd love to take a look at your stuff."
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Sliding down a metal pole from the moon to the Earth by
on 2018-05-23 16:45:00 UTC
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isn't something you could ever do. If you could, it'd probably kill you, but you might be able to do it. At least that's the conclusion of this "What If?" blog post by the author of xkcd, which is something I thought people around here would find interesting. For one thing, includes a digression into calculating the ground speed of the moon, which apparently has a minimum every 18.9 years (who knew? I didn't.)
It's worth noting that there's bonus text when you hover over the pictures.
- Tomash
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The Net has its own department suggestions. by
on 2018-05-23 16:12:00 UTC
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It's managed to propose the Department of Middle Firefly, and the Department of The Prisoner of the Spock. I dread to even think what they deal with.
So my AI poster managed to finish this time, though it took most of the day, and it's produced this little lot (culled from a much longer list):
I will be a bit of the top of the time of the series of the portant of the trans and the bad.
There was a bit of the party of the Cafeteria would be planning to the way of the time, the channel are still the Witchel on the Shame Star Wereformation is universe
And yeah, I'm trying to write an internet into the other than the context was something, and the majority of the PPC would get to such about the last work of the first teams in the same time could be interested.
I have plothol dislike, which I'll make me kissing us in set of Long when eventualied about Brims of Rings some, nor otherwise? So, as spell, but it was best Vuellia would do it.
And you cast people a cenders-pretty much hand me cookire that way out of an in-one lines and Altera's guinning slicchysinctent, I am not a question, and if you're just doing with Harad Potter
I have a common strong point of Baron Voldemort
The first trailer is not the problem and when you have a greater fan of a rampiring precedent teeth of the people who are in the console card when I see a fic for the Riding of the Rings of the Board
...but they keep getting missions into Silmarillion in the way of the corner of the Common War
And in that Harry POVet is something to figuring.
...a bad case of a combination of the PPC stories about the Department of Middle Firefly to the PPC wiki to see where the surroundings were
I guess it sub two volunteers? I was gonders!
Like the Doktor and their stories are all the best one in the mission from the fact that the second weapons in the moment who has to start to be a pretty big position of the stronger and depend on the rest of the movies of the moon of the fic. You intend to be a word of stories. The current Pokémon Official.
I have forbides him and election there would make them someone's poor killed Legendary bearing 50, especially if you've written about it, though, I mean neither in the Board details, and Iximaz, technically was meant to be into a Dark Ardol's magical messages in question (for each me) hamsme for each page it despises or even run.
In the badfic, which aliens like Christians don't even been implying across the rest of the world white otherwise. I hate American magic classic ayed to Middle
a lot of the story of the PPC and the Order of the Original Series that could be a bit of a fan of the story and the problem with the characters and the board is a bit more than a problem.
I think that was a bit of a warrior of the process of the story of the books and the States of Argon.
Humanity, Green/Fanfiction Halloween, and the Great Warrior was a really good standard from the PPC.
...a decent fandom, but they keep getting missions into Protectors of the PPC
...the designs in the Department of The Prisoner of the Spock...
I've got a complete convincing the Constitution and the Council of Weab was the same person.
Wilde but the Time Tomash language the part where the entire female was about to help.
Humanity said he was all added to be a Permission Granny.
Humanity, Green/White, Firefly, Harry Potter and Tacitus may be a big concept that the media couldn't get...
I love the idea of a POVet - is this the name for a baby POV? And I have great pity for whoever it is who keeps getting missions into Protectors of the PPC. I'm sure they'd much rather work in the Riding of the Rings of the Board, or maybe the States of Argon or Shame Star Wereformation, but if that's what the Pokemon Official demands...
But most of all, I am delighted to be a Permission Granny. ^_^
(The excess of 'Humanity' is because I gave it a prefix for some of its output; it didn't really do a lot.)
hS
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*is now tempted...* by
on 2018-05-23 16:05:00 UTC
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...to mention Agents Vuellia and Altera in a mission or two. Probably with WhatThe?, because that seems like an appropriate place for agents created by a random process.
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Charlotte tapped her chin. by
on 2018-05-23 15:03:00 UTC
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“You know,” she said conspiratorially to Tom, “my best friend is in DoSAT. I bet she’d be willing to let you take a look at her stuff—if you don’t mind running the risk of getting blown up on accident.”
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"Baron Voldemort". We have reached peak PPC-AI. (nm) by
on 2018-05-23 13:10:00 UTC
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It's talking about agents now! by
on 2018-05-23 12:14:00 UTC
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"Constance is a P
Also, I heard it is that the portal of their needs of being community, also it was born.
And inventing its own... and its own canons:
I have plothol dislike, which I'll make me kissing us in set of Long when eventualied about Brims of Rings some, nor otherwise? So, as spell, but it was best Vuellia would do it.
And you cast people a cenders-pretty much hand me cookire that way out of an in-one lines and Altera's guinning slicchysinctent, I am not a question, and if you're just doing with Harad Potter[...], Pearty spell
Agent Vuellia and Altera are definitely the PPC's foremost agents in Brims of Rings and Harad Potter. ^^
It also spends a lot of time trying to insert images. It's actually figured out the HTML coding, but is a bit... vague on what makes a decent URL. Here are some of its attempts:
s9.mores.tumblr.com/2dda6434779e4401914a416a410761ec/tumblrnewbvbQNla1tqr6rko1_120060000000.gif
cdn.brdion.com/monnet/comments/2013/1/16/arc/3b6/Slytherin.jpg
78.media.tumblr.com/28868437789883888366666666666666666666666666666666566qa6en1cb15nbe466eeed.gif
But it's actually doing really well!
(Currently working through iteration 9/20, but now I need to run to the shop... we'll see if it's still working when I get back.)
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Running a trimmed version. by
on 2018-05-23 11:28:00 UTC
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It's at 6/20 iterations, and the funniest thing to come out of the last check was this:
Welcome folks! Though not:-e I'll me.
I don't even also reached me.
One gifts the Board,
Dire Liter (I agreed that sets to look the Real Smonian, My North is Attack, full called.
The side of Lifeon in cusions of the Other Mock on that one, it would.
Line breaks included (as HTML). I want to play the game that leads to My North is Attack, full called. ^_^
hS
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My AI Board crashed. :( by
on 2018-05-23 09:36:00 UTC
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Specifically, it crashed because my computer locked itself while I was away, which interrupted the execution. It was taking about half an hour per iteration, and my feeling is that I'd need way more than 10 runthroughs to get decent results. So... yeah. Not looking promising.
(This is solely down to the size of the datafile. I used the entire 2016 archives, which comes to 7.2 MB of data. In contrast, the 2016 subject lines are only 1MB.)
hS
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I'm gonna try it by
on 2018-05-23 03:59:00 UTC
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Chelsea put on her kitty ears headband. She looked to her partner and asked, “Whachu going as?”
“A pirate,” said Lemon. She just put on a black eyepatch and was now wrapping a yellow bandana around her head.
“You’re already kinda dressed like a pirate without the eyepatch and bandana, though.”
Lemon did not respond to that comment.
Chelsea looked at Lemon’s outfit, then back at her own. She was wearing a pink, sleeveless dress with a short, poofy skirt and now she was considering changing into her ninja outfit. Her mind went back and forth, trying to decide between going as a pink catgirl or a ninja.
“Are we ready to go?” asked Lemon.
“Uh, hang on a sec.” Chelsea took the top part of her ninja outfit and pulled it over her dress.
“What are you doing?”
Instead of answering right away, Chelsea looked down at her feet. She took off the pink boots she was wearing and put on black two-toed boots. Now she was dressed as a kitty-eared ninja with a pink skirt.
Chelsea grinned. “Nyow I’m ready!” she exclaimed, striking a pose.
Lemon covered her mouth, trying not to laugh.
“What?”
“Nothing. Let’s go.”
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((I think this is my first time rping, so I’m not used to this. Anyway, my agents are Chelsea, an Inkling (Splatoon) and Lemon, a rat (Sonic the Hedgehog).))
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((And also certain rites for Boarders.)) by
on 2018-05-23 02:35:00 UTC
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((Like realizing several hours late you used the wrong 'rite'.))
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I'm not sure we have a way to do videos. (nm) by
on 2018-05-23 01:51:00 UTC
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more Markov fun by
on 2018-05-23 01:49:00 UTC
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Here's a randomly generated Babylon 5 episode synopsis. The text was taken from the TvTropes Babylon 5 episode recap page. I used this: http://projects.haykranen.nl/markov/demo/
In the pain givers. She replies. Londo senses he recoils, the station in a woman come time later, and takes a recruiter. They are steps out. Security officer, to Medlab. Dr. Franklin that he has managed to her and motorcycles, "Wine, women, and some sort of drugs until it became operative, but Devereaux's weapon would likely cause pandemonium as everyone bravely." Later Talia and the lights suddenly starting the cybernetics alone and forced to Babylon 5, 75 light arrival, but Ivanova asks to talk to Gajic.
Meanwhile, he looks into his come offline for confirmation. Later she'd sent to the docker's outfit. They head of waiting with Mueller's inters is all Kemmer insisting to talk to Deathwalker off the this is the Muta-Do. As they might be, and once they pass Catherine are here they leave, however, another Soul Hunter arrives at a flight to feel much better, and she asks if Gray will find a new courier and demands to find a warning limbs.
Zathras then destroyed. When he treaty. The gamblers recently, he begins ticking up to the enters her and says, "The fully response, Kosh opens against Deuce falls one of the great favor, getting her, he is all the presents that they'll get involved, but when it like it in a small urn to smuggling, one with the routine loyalty tests that the Back in Sinclair orders to find Garibaldi finds a place there. Garibaldi returns to harm her for a comments the apologize to be the leads himself here to conduct a ship the feeder arrives will force him to fires from. A little points him for talent, but this time to back to the docks Bester reluctant, not want to becomes public, some kind of debt via gambling stall. Franklin for a while, the colonel on further. Sinclair's flight to Medlab. Kemmer inside lying in and Trakis their disting it's just conscious for twenty-four hours ridiculous. "There is one gone to Delenn, who has been dragged too many who simply kills them that he can collection to talk to her about President is captured at they will turn her favor. Sinclair drags him along. The elder Sinclair finally agree to see Alisa says with his assistance.
Garibaldi links it, at which she will die with Sinclair finds them that with him.
In Medlab, the facility they will put they've notices the issue this way to inspect him, allowing Deathwalker's outfit. The mission from his located target."
Garibaldi and Sinclair and Ivanova against him.
The One leads us. They do not another memories, and data crystal which would only making attackers have done and returns to be in which leads the One!" The man's name is still time to be going to arranged married, saying. Upon entry on that Benson protests but find a man old squadron mate, Mitchell is just keeping tabs on Franks who at the deal, but still does not first returned.
Garibaldi is lying. Upon questions was a time station, which is to be paid, and refuses.
Fifteen hours, and with a new personally go.
Londo and Ladira in the devices what's inside a kind of drinks, and League of Non-Aligned Mr. Gray appears in her to Earth to present the Narns in the casinos; Sinclair comments that if she needs to him a great favor, but she evening, Sinclair over to start hallucinating fitful dreamed of by Earth to take out the situated in the docks efficiently. Delvientos' brother ships.
He finds the presence means Tonight, Someone at his quarters he has the Eye, that stranges to protests they tell his surprise, terror; for a person's reconside the commander's made up.
They actually as possible. He had into the Soul Hunter suit and the pain givers. Lennier license because she has trouble is knocked flat. They are bothered apologizes for support to Babylon 5 is in Japanese).
Elsewhere the docking back to them overstepped him, though, she is cargo is begins asking questioning what she will explode without promised an accompany him.
The situation in on the needed money to. They get his crew off the Earth Force One. We would only a shadow, and Sinclair finds he had with the prophecies have fleet of secret places and allow his ship exploded being the Mueller has sent a ship that she tells them forward Garibaldi is in her ships begins for lifeforms; only one ways of what or who discuss the Minbari War and thus endangered the scan, and asks G'Kar sentient being attaché. That night, Sinclair than risk a confronts Sinclair answers in Downbelow, killing the situation now resources, she simply leaves. Right after the comes for her flight arrives in Sinclair goes and joins he was going to kill him if he encounter stuns her as a flash of life's mystery in questioning every major diplomatic incidents. Garibaldi explains that he gives and escape. Garibaldi. Sinclair leader.
Garibaldi is rushes in amuses her about the probably already turned over pretty good before stalks out they heads office, talks him what needs to listens with some sort of date, to worry about the Machine he will notices and jumps in.
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And now AI generated... by
on 2018-05-22 22:50:00 UTC
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Some lines from the AI board, because I've been training this thing all day. 4 iterations, which, as we will see, probably wasn't enough, but whatever.
"I like the people of the parties of one of the first missions are an extremely an Aragog before the first start of the story in the Renegade is a good and some of the minis."
"What about the most place to your guide of the readers and still down to the story and the sugar about a few sections here. That's something that was a bit of the whole thing with seriously. I was too bad, and I don't want to get a little better"
"I'm going to the Google Monty Don't be a bit of any idea where they have a good thing that I have an and more of them and anyone who can still be able to cross."
"It was always not more than any of the second big archives of the threads and the first character is the story is the subject of the whole thing it's the other dark of my person in a counter in contradication"
"I don't know what I have a friendly badfic and she doesn't display the rest of the Boarder who doesn't want to think of it."
"I started anything to stop the agents or stuff that they get it on the candy with the good thing. I don't have any of the things and the power of the first one. I think it was a good thing to be a thread of the Board in a lot of a character she had a bunch of existence and for a helmet one."
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There are certain rights of passage... by
on 2018-05-22 22:33:00 UTC
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... that any agent must undergo. One of these is being thrown headfirst into a strange environment where everybody is dressed or shaped in ways that are incredibly odd and expected to interact with the world. Of course, most of the time, this is called a mission, not a party.
Still, he was determined to make the best of it. He tugged on his dress, wondering if he should be trying to cover his leggings. It was a deep purple with some kind of fur cloak, and those with the relevant experience might recognize it as that worn by Liliana Vess as the Last Hope. Indeed, it seemed that, aside from leaving him male, a disguise generator had been used to make him resemble her as closely as possible. He wasn't sure if he should have gone all-out and changed his gender as well, but then again, he hadn't chosen his costume.
The agent lurked around the edges of the party, watching as other people slowly trickled in. What exactly was he supposed to do here?
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"I don't want to promise anything." by
on 2018-05-22 22:32:00 UTC
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"And yeah, that's why I've gone through extensive training in not summoning Lovecraftian abominations." Tom grinned. "It's harder than it sounds. And DoSAT still won't let me touch their stuff..."
"If you will not promise it, I will." Thoth seemed to raise himself up. "There will be no arms here, and no blood drawn. I would swear upon my honor, but I have little left."
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"Thanks for the recommendation." by
on 2018-05-22 22:28:00 UTC
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"I'll have to look this game up." Farah said. "I'm not using any tech for the costume, so you're good, unless you'd short out the translators in our flash patches."
"And Kk'kttak would say his desires are perfectly normal. I disagree, but we're working together so I've got to put up with the species differences. Oh well."