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I would have to say probably. XDD

That's what I meant. Thanks, Trojie!!!
I'll probably post later...

If so, you need to post saying so (in this thread is fine) and include descriptions of your Agent characters and a link to a sample of your writing so the PGs have a good idea of what your writing is like

-Trojie, NOT a Permission Giver, just feeling helpful.

1: Yes. People do this.
2. You can adopt them if you're sure they haven't been adopted by someone else. Going to the people who do the 'adoption centers' can ensure you're not accidentally snagging a mini that's already been claimed.
3. No, you can ask for a beta. No permission is needed.

OK, my questions are as follows:
1. As a newbie am I allowed to give gifts
2. As a newbie can I adopt mini's where I spot them?
3. Do I need permission to post some non-PPC stuff up for Beta reading?

It's just that I, being overcautious about offending people (and admittedly not having an excellent memory for who has done what), would find it very hard to do what July did, and say what needed to be said. Thus, I admire the fact that she did it, and wanted to say so. It was meant as a careful compliment.

Everything else I might say in response here has already been said - thanks, July. Le Jai, I really appreciate you sticking up for us.

And cga? Just to make a personal note, I don't think you were being insolent (not that I'm even close to being a senior member); you were being honest. Inaccurate, in my opinion, but honest. Not rude. Sharp, perhaps, but not rude, and sharp isn't necessarily a bad thing. In any case, I'm glad you said what you think instead of keeping quiet.

For one, I'm definitely not an oldbie. XD

And yeah, definitely.

Newbie status just means you're new, stretching back a couple months.

Most people give gifts to newbies and for birthdays, something they picked out as their thing. Like for instance, Sara does the egg whisk thing. I do a link to the wiki if I don't get beat to it by a million other people. It used to be pokes, but people went outwards from the letter P, like Tawaki's plovers, and then from there even further.

Minis are misspellings of canon names and locations in a fanfic or such. You can't just grab one if you see one and say it's your's, because people tend to adopt them and so that doesn't work. Occasionally there'll be a post by Tawaki showing the latest minis he has found, and Cassie does the Mini-Balrogs now.

You need permission to write official spinoffs, mainly because the PPC is a group written canon, and you don't really want someone to wreck it at random. Missions and interludes usually require permission, but occasionally, using Pads for an example, they'll cowrite with someone who already has permission and go around through that loophole, which no one especially minds from what I've seen.

When it comes to PPC RPs, which have popped up time to time, you don't need permission, but you do need Agents to do those, for obvious reasons.

Also, as to spelling issues, I suggest looking your posts over before replying, or use a internet browser that provides a spellcheck feature or install one yourself. I use Firefox and it comes with one.

And yes I am open to questions.

That should have been Incidentally not inciddentaly

Oh, incidenddentally, can I ask a couple of questions about newbie status, what we require permission for and the etiquette of both gifts and minis. (sorry to use you as resident oldbie but you happen to be the only person who replies to my comments on a regular basis)

Taking swipes at me in RL is bad enough, but online....? *smites*

I don't actually know fichunter and no I handn't seen any of his links to /b/ stuff.

In response to "Considering, most especially, that there are members that aren't even fifteen yet" Yes, I am well aware that there are members that aren't even fifteen yet- I'm not even fifteen....well not untill August (but I'm still taller than Fynn)

Everyone's pretty much dumped everything on you already. I'm feeling kinda affectionate today, so *glomp* unless you're male. In that case, a hale and hearty handshake will suffice. xD Except that's for losers, so yeah! Hi! I gift you with a gigantic stack of Mentos, any flavor you want. If you don't like Mentos, they can transform into M&Ms, although they tend to taste a little weird.

*dances off, feeling hyper, having eaten Mentos before posting*

Thanks, hopefully by posting (and making a tit of myself) I've let you all get to know me- argumentative, short-sighted, quick to jump to conclusions..........but, you haven't seen any of my writing, which may be my saving grace. *prays for writing talent*

Is the spelling of Glod intentional?

If not can one have mini-jesuses as the Bible is technically a cannon?

And if so can I adopt Glod (being only a newbie I'm not sure on how the etiquette of adoption works)?

If the spelling of Glod is a PPC thing or just something I haven't come across please ignore this post (it won't be the first time I've made a tit of myself on the message board today.)

You're very lucky you've never seen anything from /b/. It's nothing that anyone should see when they don't expect it, a lot of it is truly disgusting.

Also, cga, you haven't done anything that'd cause anyone to say no.

It's not the act of not posting that would get a person called a troll, it's the act of posting a link to a very NSFW/NSFB site where kids can see it that'd get a person called a troll. Not posting just means no one really knows you and everyone would rather know the people who're asking for Permission so they would know what they'd do with it.

In explanation, I hadn't infact seen any of the /b/ sites.

But I did take take a personal interest on this occasion simply because soon I will probably be asking for permission and I wouldn't be that happy if all I got for my troubles were half a dozen people telling me bluntly exactly why I would never get into the PPC.

I mean, I'm going on Holiday, does the amount of time spent not commenting mean that I will be branded a Troll and refused permission?

Ah, just sorta interrupting here, but... I've seen some of the shock /b/ material July is talking about. It's not really PPC fare. At all. Considering, most especially, that there are members that aren't even fifteen yet. People shouldn't have to look at that if they don't want to, especially if it's something like /b/-stuff. And I'm a lurker/Noob myself, so, just saying and all. And if you're here, you should know that an Agent has to be good to get into the PPC; you can't just throw a Stu together and expect to get in. It's just not the way things work. I'm almost positive my possible-agent-idea isn't going to be good enough, and I am always thinking of how to make it better. You can't simply just assume yours is good enough.

Also, out of curiosity, do you know Fichunter at all? Have you seen his posts, etc? Because if you haven't, I think it's kind of rude for you to be jumping down Sedri and July's throats for telling him the truth about his likelihood of getting in. If they think he's not got a good chance, he's probably not got a good chance.

And I really probably oughtn't be sticking my nose in, but as someone who respects July, Sedri and the other Mid- and Old-bies.

So, apologies for jumping in where my opinion likely isn't wanted, but I felt I had to say something.

And while my response isn't nearly as well thought out or as definitive as July's, I still feel the need to put it out there.

And now, I return to my lurking, and enjoying everyone else's interesting-ness on the board.

Being 'kind' was not the first concern when I wrote that post. It wasn't even a main concern. I'm not going to be kind when stating my opinion, and the truth is, that's my opinion. I typed all of that because I believe that's the case. I even said that at the very first. "I'm not a Permission Giver, but I'd just like to put out my opinion here. "

And I said nothing, nothing at all about Fichunter's writing style. What I said regarding his posts here is that he posts rarely, and whenever he posts something that other people call him out for, he ignores it for a few days and then maybe replies. One of the things that is asked that a person do before they ask for Permission is to be active on the board. A half dozen posts a month that are mostly one-liners is hardly active.

As to Fichunter himself, I don't think saying that it seems like someone is showboating themselves, making people uncomfortable due to posting a link (on two different occasions) to a website full of things like bestiality, bad porn, and grotesque death images, or sticking to posting in threads where 'prominent' people have posted is being insulting. When you're only posting in a thread because people like that have posted in it, that's more of an insult. All I was doing was stating what the situation looked like.

And when the point of the PPC is to be a fun thing that kills Stus and Sues and other badfic things, having an Agent that is a Stu is against the point. When at one point your Agent is described as reading "...the entirety of Celebrian out loud without bleep-products or showing any disgust, (perhaps the sadistic grin was enough) and won the use of their bleepsinthe for 'whenever'" "In an act of true insanity, and a bet between him and the bad slashers" alongside "He also enjoys sadisticly [sic] "enlightening" the newbies about the many kinds of sex fetishes that suethors love to thinkup [sic] and why glue is not lube." this is less an Agent and more a Stu that's copying the characters of other Agents. He only changed all of that after several people read his article for Janus and commented on the talk page thinking he was a troll.

Also, I'm not sure where I'm insulting 'insulting... everything they stand for' but if I managed that, I'm definitely impressed with myself. I never even managed to do that when I was a flamer and was trying to do that!

And everyone is entitled to an opinion, cga. Even if it's wrong, crass, insolent, rude, stupid, over egotistical, silly, or insulting to someone else. After all, I'm not sure about you, but I don't live under a totalitarian dictatorship where having an opinion is wrong. Plus, there's nothing wrong with what you said, you're definitely not being insolent. Maybe cheeky.

And no, you can't get kicked from the board for being rude, and definitely not for being rude to me. Besides, you weren't even rude here. If you thought you were being rude, you need to stop being so nice. Fynn could probably do something about it though, I imagine.

Also, long post is long. o.o;

My favourites are probably Merry and Pippin, Aragorn, Eowyn and Arwen (from the film, not the book).

So that's how you put in links! Hahaha...I'm more accustomed to the Fiction Alley style, which was
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Thanks again!

Otherwise, I'd volunteer. The idea is good, though.

He is black with bright green ears, after finishing him I found the other sock he was once the twin of!

I would but I don't have agents or permission to write them :(