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Let's see how long that combo lasts...

Akrinor is fairly quiet in the chat, but when he does comment, he shows that he's definitely been reading the whole conversation. Because of this, I trust Akrinor to maintain a balance between letting the chat self-regulate and enforcing the rules himself.

People getting the reference, you know that needs to happen.

And I'm sure other Doubles newbies will be too. And I think that would be more practical than direct watching. This one is nice too, but depends on being free at the same time as you. I'll think to ask you if any particular questioncomes to mind.

((Okay, that's settled, I'll go for a Fairy monotype.))

Out of the current mods, (most?) are on the west coast. Therefore, we would need someone in the European region to keep are friends in Europe in check while Mods are asleep.

And not just so I can make jokes about the chat having a psychic sandwich for a mod.

(Context: Early in the chat, someone decided that Larfen used a series of D&D spells to transfer his consciousness into a sandwich. This is why we get sandwich-shipping.)

I am... not sure. But here's my take on it:

Yes, Logicillin might make a Sue easier to defeat. It should definitely have funny side effects. However, within a Sue-warped canon, a sufficiently powerful Sue may be able to shake off the effects. It's hard to say, and I'd take it on a case-by-case basis on rule of funny (or rule of drama, if you're Iximaz. :-P)

I don't go for particular genres or artists in general. I can pretty much like any song, if there's something in the lyrics I find True, or if the beat is fast-paced enough to get stuck in my head at work and help me move faster.

There's no way I could give a reasonable list of all that I like, but here are some examples:
Old stuff.
New stuff.
Popular stuff.
Obscure stuff.
Stories.
Messages.
Mashups.
Medleys.
Songs whose lyrics I don't actually understand.

The few bands I semi-follow, rather than just knowing one or two of their songs, are:
Paramore.
Fall Out Boy. (NSFW lyrics, violence warning in video)
Gorillaz.
Eminem. (NSFW and homophobic lyrics)

I don't generally like instrumental stuff, except for video game soundtracks. I drive my coworkers nuts sometimes, because I love those thirty-minute-plus YouTube videos that loop a video game track over and over. My favorite game composer is probably Yoko Shimomura, because she uses so much piano. I also love how moody and atmospheric the soundtrack from Epic Mickey is.

—doctorlit♪

There would be three, but Alleb's scythe just took up too much of the page. That is an amazing sentence and I have no regrets.

You can probably tell that Mortarion is cribbed directly from an official picture. What can I say, I needed a dynamic shot.

To draw: Iximaz/Corax, 61516/Guilliman, Lorgar/Kaitlyn.

Sadly neglected Primarchs: Horus, Sanguinius, Curze, Angron.

Will no-one round out the set? :O

hS

Larfen's a great beta and an excellent writer; he's also skilled at giving concrit in a reasonable and kind manner. He'll make a great Permission Giver.

-Alleb, who really needs to post more often

Larf has an excellent sense of comedy to top it all off. Which is always useful.

I'm more than willing to go play some on Showdown with my main team (that I won't be using in the tourney, that's just unfair) and either let you spectate or I can grab the recorded links and shove them on a post on here if you want (or both). It'd let you see some of the more common combo's on the ladder as well as hopefully give you more of an idea of what moves to pick, 'mons to play. And if you want to ask anyway questions, I'm available on Discord or you can email me them if you want, my email is clickable.

This goes out to everyone, not just Hardric, I just thought I'd respond here first.

Novastorme

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.