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Work just got way too busy yesterday.

Anyway, thank you for the clarification.

Hmm, yes I understand and I may have made a mistake (for some reason I'm not too sure of) when I last posted in thinking that the block and ban were somehow different. But what I was more meaning in my last paragraph was that I believed an IP block was necessary regardless of whether Myth was/is Bram. I was saying that I have doubts over whether Myth really is Bram or not and, separately, I understand that if they the same person then they do need to be immediately blocked and banned, however even if they aren't the same person I still think it would be better for Myth to be at least blocked/banned alongside Bram.

I'd definitely be willing to do it, should the whole thing get accepted, go through, et al and so on, or however it goes. Seems fun enough, ay? I probably ought to have time to do it, too, uni nonwithstanding.

I mean, I really dunno. Do people trust me here? I dunno!

Larfen has been around for a few years now. He's written several rather funny pieces of work set in the PPC universe, including the Flaming Broomsticks cycle, which significantly expanded the Janitorial Division.

He seems to have a good sense of the universe and is around reasonably often. I'd trust him with the keys to the universe, and therefore I nominate him as a Permission Giver.

- Tomash

Per discussion down below we could use more moderators on the Discord. In addition, I'd noticed that we haven't voted on whether to hand out some of those very shiny Permission Giver hats in about three years. Therefore, I propose killing two birds with one stone and running a combined election for both positions.

Election structure and proposed voting method:

In keeping with what I'm told is how this tended to work before, this thread is not for voting. The purpose of this thread is people to submit nominations for the positions of Discord moderator and/or Permission Giver. Other things this thread should be used for include discussing the nominations and quibbling about electoral procedure.

The reason I'm structuring the threads this way is that it allows people who just want to cast a vote to do so with only one post once the candidate list has been hashed out, instead of having to hunt around within the nominaitons.

Election for both positions (Discord moderator and Permission Giver) is by consensus. To keep things straightforward, nominations that appear controversial will not be getting on the ballot.

There's no fixed number of winners; we can elect as many or as few people as we like. We could (and in the event there turn out to be no good candidates, should) pick no new mods and PGs at all.

Vote-like things (such an nominations) from the nomination thread will count as votes (unless the voter changes their mind).

Both the nominations and voting will remain open until the thread settles down (about a day or two of no activity) or for one week, whichever is longer. A new thread will be created if an active election-related thread falls off the front page.

To formalize the process a bit, I propose the following: In the vote, you need to have a score of at least +10 points to get elected. Votes in favor give you +1 point, votes against give -4 points (to penalize controversial candidates), and not having an opinion/abstentions is worth 0 points. (This roughly matches the structure of how Delta and Maslab were elected last year.)

If anyone has objections to any of the above of proposals for different ways to do it, please reply with them.

How to nominate someone:

Simply reply to this thread saying who you're nominating and for what. It would be a good idea to explain a bit why you're making that nomination, but that isn't strictly required.

If you're nominated, you need to affirmatively accept the nomination. Otherwise, I'll assume you don't want the job.

You can't nominate yourself.

Qualifications:

Discord mods should be reasonably active on the Discord and have been around for a decent amount of time. They should also be someone who would be trusted to enforce the rules fairly and keep the chatroom safe.

Permission Givers should have, per the wiki, "a reasonable level of activity for a decent amount of time (currently six months, although longer is better), and a dedication to the PPC in general".

- Tomash

PPC2
I enjoyed reading this, despite not being a Warcraft fan. I liked your agents' personalities: smart and positive, but still capable of descending into sarcasm.

I liked the set-up going into the mission. A fic-in-a-notebook is a new idea, but I like that you portrayed the console as being able to pinpoint the fic's "position" in "space" despite the story not being online. The weaving of the pencil sketches into the physical action is unique and fun, too. And the out-of-order pages affecting the flow of time was hilarious. The Lich king's dramatic return at the end was also cool.

PPC3
Also fun! I like how you use real!Sylendre's presence as a different, more emotional perspective on Azeroth's corruption, in comparison to Mei's more technical fan-based annoyance. (I take it Sylendre is your actual gameplay name/avatar?) I especially liked the quiet moment of dialogue between Sylendre and Erron, where he shares his view on being "fictional." It's a nice, calm moment in the middle of all the hectic madness elsewhere.

I feel really stupid for not figuring out the cause of the rain earlier than I did. At the point when the journal first got wet, I even remember thinking that it was going to come back and affect the story in some way. But you introduced the rain elements so subtly and slowly, I didn't make the connection until the same point when the agents did. And you really put the sogginess to good use as a way to make things difficult for the agents. I especially like that this gave Sylendre, the only one with the capability to solve that problem, to have a moment to shine and fix her home world mostly on her own.

All in all, I think you've got a good grasp on constructing a mission in a funny, entertaining and demonstrative-of-canon way. Well done! I look forward to reading more.

—doctorlit, glad to have another quality spin-off under our roof

The PPC wiki defines logicillin as:

A medication that helps to cure Sue-related infections and ward off Sueish traits. It is taken by ex-Sue agents, rescued children of Sues, and recruited OCs with Sueish tendencies.

Could this be used to temporarily reduce the power of a Sue in order to make it easier to assassinate?

I call the more recent history of the PPC the Rina and Zeb era.

(Yeah, I was writing some... stuff.)

Hi, I'm Twistey. I'm a derp with too many fandoms and a lot of original worlds. Minecraft being one of the fandoms, I plan to make mods and maps sometime. Hey, I take it you too are proof that not every Minecraft fan who's active enough to state their fandom is an immature kid/bad endergirl OC factory, so high five.

Do you have any agent ideas? What do you plan to do with your time here? I'd like to know?

As for your newbie gift, here's a flask of purple liquid. Drink it if you need a brief period of invincibility against being Sued in certain ways, but don't depend on it too much, because it might mistake some perfectly fine characters for Sues because they have a few shared traits.

Welcome to the PPC! Have a great time here!

-Twistey

If so... oh sh*whap*mmmf. (That was me censoring myself by slapping myself on the mouth.)

-Twistey

You can always hit me up. I totally get the goofy meta stuff. Also, my kid would love to meet you! No chimichangas, sorry, but I have tea. C-14, two doors down (up?) from Mirrad.

~Jenni

Not keen on you cutting me off, though. Let me just head back up there and... let's see, how does this work?

:-/

Or up for that? What's the difference between those two, anyway?

So yeah, book me in. I'll duck into this HQ of yours through that scene with Mirrad, should be good for a laugh.

;)

I play rhythm games (which is difficult, given that I'm hard of hearing), so I've recently developed in interest in Japanese artists.

Have the PPC survival kit, invented by me: a half-kilo of lembas and a laspistol.

This is just perfect. What else is there to say? :D

Well of course I love chocolate, who doesn't?

But if you don't want any chocolate I guess I'll have to eat it all myself...

And anyway this is only o e of my many handles...

Apparently you've been shipped

- Tomash

(( Inspired by what's going on many threads above this ))

A man in a red suit with way too many guns and swords on him was sitting in a rather featureless white void.

"Hey. You." he said, turning to the man that was somehow there. "Birdie."

"Eh?" Huinesoron asked, turning his head.

"Your name means 'eagle shadow' in Quenya," Deadpool clarified. "which is just way too pretentious if you ask me. So, birdie."

"Deadpool?" Huinesoron asked, very confused. "The heck is going on here?"

"You should know, you're the idiot who's —" Deadpool paused. "Actually, no, you're not writing this."

"Why are you in my house?" Huinesoron said.

Deadpool had fully materialized near Huinesoron at this point. "Well, you've been having such a good time writing me, and I started looking around. There's some sort of Shipfest going on around here, and I thought we could have some ... other sort of fun."

"I'm married." Huinesoron objected.

Deadpool pulled out a phone and started reading through the Board. "Says here you've been sleeping with just about everyone."

"Huh. Good point." Huinesoron said, glancing down at the floor.

"So, whatddya say to the best lovin' you've ever had, courtesy of me, birdie?"

Huinesoron scratched his head for a moment. "Sure. Sounds like a fun way to spend an evening."

"That's the spirit!" exclaimed Deadpool. "Your bedroom, or do you want me to bug the author for something more exotic?"

"Let's just stay in my apartment." Huinesoron replied. "I don't want to break the fourth wall any more than it has been already."

The pair of soon-to-be-lovers headed to Huinesoron's room and closed the door, which had the convenient side effect of keeping the narrator from seeing any of the details of whatever they were up to. A minute or so after they'd gone in, Deadpool's voice came from within the room: "Those are some sexy sexy abs, birdie."

"Can you stop calling me birdie?" Huinesoron said, irritated. "That's Thoth's nickname."

"Ugh. Fine. How about I go with feathers?"

"That's OK, I guess."

"So, what do you think of inviting this Thoth guy to this?"

"Maybe later." Huinesoron said. "Let's get back to that massage though. It's been great."

"Obviously. I'm the one giving it."

"Obviously." Huinesoron and Deadpool could be heard kissing, and then the scene faded to black.

(( - Tomash ))