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Er, well, it sort of depends on what you want the information for. It doesn't come up that often in missions except as passing mentions, and as far as writing things set there I'm pretty sure Neshomeh's claimed it as her preserve, so I think you'd want to take queries up with her.*

Other than that, you're probably good with what's already out there.

*If I'm wrong, anyone who knows so is free to thwap me with a herring and point it out.

You didn't really do anything bad. Let's just say we all went a little crazy during that crisis, and that your reaction was better than mine. I really hope that the aftereffects fade someday, and that we can just get back to normal.

Okay, back again with another question, and finding out just how much I have to learn about the ins and outs of the PPC.

FicPsych.
I've got all the information from the Wiki page--
http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FicPsych
And I've read the stuff linked from Fic Psych's page itself--
http://starshadowhall.tripod.com/ppc/ficpsych.html

Is there anything more related to FicPsych that I need to know, beyond those two places?

...but I'm glad your faith in the PPC has been restored, and that you're sorry you did it. The only thing that really matters is that you know now that you can trust everyone.

"I'd like to claim this one, but the problem is I'm on a couple of LJ communities which used to be frequented by this writer and I don't know if they're still there. I don't want to risk having them follow the link back to my journal and possibly find this."


Do it anyways. It's not that different from having a fanfiction.net account, having a link to your PPC and MST stuff on that, and being in the same fandom.

If anything going about it by asking someone else do it seems more duplicitous than otherwise. Unless you straight out wave it in their face going "NEENER NEENER NEENER HEY YOU SUCK" it's not being cruel or mean or otherwise.

It's always great to finish something, and though I didn't have time to read it slowly, I enjoyed it.

Your agents remind me of bickering five-year-olds, but they're charming, in their own way. The contrast between the bickering and the precision of the lab reports is also amusing, in a PPCish style.

(Also, your sulking consoles made me think - what if the sentient consoles talk to each other? What would a story be like from their point of view? Actually, one could make the same case for all equipment, like the CADs and the semi-sentient scanners - that was very funny, by the way. Hmmm...)

I only have a few criticisms. Ons is that you have numbers written as numerals instead of words, like here - “Right. So we need 9 categories.” Also, in the paragraph beginning, "When she had finished her initial observations", you start far too many sentences with the word "she"; try to vary it a little.

Last - Mr Mistoffelees! Ah, what a good song to sing. I like that song. Just had to mention it ;)

I haven't read a DoMSEaR (not necessarily the correct formatting—I just like how that method looks) story before. Yours is wonderful. Can I claim the male agent that Cocoa almost ran into? It might be a while until I write the scene in, but I enjoy interlinked stories.

I noticed a few things that you might want to change. As your agents are walking to the table, the word habit seems overused. In the same paragraph, I think the phrase ...falling into step out with her sister of habit... should be ...falling into step with her sister out of habit.... After Cocoa writes the first part of the report, 9 should be spelled out. In the third paragraph of Analysis and Conclusion of Results, you say that Suethors have little to know actual grasp of biology. That know should probably be a no. Finally, watch your spaces. They seemed to double (   instead of  ) a couple times.

If the strange table formatting is the content extending to the borders, change the cellpadding CSS variable (eg. <table cellpadding="2px">). You might want to work with the width variable as well, both in the main table tag and in at least one td tag per column. Also in the coding, yet otherwise unrelated to the table, your footnote links should be switched—they currently point to themselves.

Sorry about that. I occasionally get into a listing mood. I actually enjoyed your work a lot!

And that IS another way of phrasing it. Nonetheless, if you were painful to work with, I wouldn't do it.

I'm being a gigantic sap about this! (I'm a gigantic sap about everything, really.)

I did some sockpuppetry of my own when I was younger, and received a pretty vicious backlash which, though it happened a few years ago, hasn't completely died down yet (some people out there are still mad, methinks). So one, it was nice to see that people here were kind to a fellow repentant sockpuppetmaster.

Two, I was a Suethor too (albeit unpublished but I thought my Suefics were really hot stuff, back then). And though my Sue-ing days are just about behind me (I have some Original Fiction Sues I haven't completely given up on), putting myself back in those shoes...the response is pretty heartening in that people here were so willing to help and build up instead of mock and tear down. It's pretty empowering, actually. In your face, Boosette!

You've vindicated us. Or, more specifically, we unintentionally vindicated ourselves thanks to an opportunity you provided. What's to feel bad for? Yes, there was a small deception involved, but I, for one, can easily forgive that. :)

As a side not, when 'Nitset' first posted, I also wondered if maybe she was one of the people on the other side of the debate seeking to test our actual reactions. I'm not sure why - I don't know if there was anything in particular that made me think so, and it certainly didn't occur to me that Nitset might be anyone other than she said she was. Regardless, I was very proud of how we as a community reacted to 'her'.

So don't fret, Wide Eyed. As has been said, apology accepted - though I really don't think you had anything to really be sorry for in the first place.

That might not be the best way to get a feel for the PPC welcome, but I can't think of any other way you could have done it, short of recruiting an actual Suethor. That's getting a bit too involved. Anyway, I suggest saving the link to combat any future accusations of bullying. To anyone reading this from an archive: this was not staged!

If I don't need Permission for it, I would be happy to be a beta-reader. What's your email address?

The grammar rant proved exactly what I was hoping to prove, so... well... is it possible to forgive something you think is a good thing?

And thank you, so much. I'm glad you think something good came out of it, anyway.

And I do mean well. Literally. You used the word "well" correctly.

The funny thing is that I actually fell for it! Dang!

I'll forgive you, if you'll forgive me for that really long little grammar rant. *sigh*

On the positive side, it's nice to see that we were so welcoming to a repentant Suethor, and I don't think this should (or will) cloud our welcome to "any real Nitsets".

On the negative side, it's disappointing that Nitset wasn't real, cause it would be great if that happened more often.

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, all is forgiven.

Elcalion

Now that you mention it, considering the fact that your IPs match and that "Nitset" is "Testin'" backwards, it's pretty obvious. {= P

Anyway. I'll forgive you. I am disappointed that Nitset wasn't real, but like Dann said, nothing terrible happened, and I'm guessing that it was pretty good for all of us to see what we really are: a bunch of really nice people with a weird hobby. {= )

Just don't make a habit of sock-puppetry, okay? We've had people do that on the Board before with far less noble intentions, and it really sucks. {= P

~Neshomeh

The first section of my massive third-anniversary extravaganza mission is just about finished, and I'd like to have one or more people look it over with a critical eye, because the darn thing has taken me forever and I'm worried that all my constant revisions may have muddled it somewhat.

Would anyone be willing to beta for me?

It was when I Googled "Nitset" and found nothing--no LiveJournal entries, no Fanfiction.net accounts, etc. It seemed odd that "Nitset" wouldn't have used the same name she'd posted the fic under. And like Dann said, very convenient timing.

Apology accepted. Now, let's all go wear silly hats and dance the drama out of our system. *puts on top hat and spins around like someone who doesn't actually know how to dance*