Post by The Wonderful Wachter on May 1, 2012 2:27:50 GMT -5
Three in a row, baby!! The Wonderful Wachter makes this board efficient!
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So before we get to the copy and pasting (and changes to claim process) there's a few things to announce.
Dropped Titles
First off, the 4 titles moved to Dropped Titles last month are now officially dropped. Their writers have lost them. It's sad to see them go but they've had more than enough time show their faces or say something that could have let us keep their titles open a fraction longer. (Remember kids, be open with the Admins and active around the site and we'll let you get away with murder). Sucks but it happens.
What this means is that Titans and Pilgrim are gone for good and their claims will be open season. They never reached that magical six issues. GL and WILDCats are slightly more complicated. Since they're in continuity, the claims are frozen until a potential writer claims along and takes them or such a time has passed and we've put them up on the draft or something. (Probably along with the likes of Ligur and Enchantress). If the characters are tied in some way to another, we might let said writer get first crack at them without needing a claim.
Ex: Deathwing. Since I have Nightwing and Deathwing is canonically a future evil version of him, I can see him getting moved to my claims or I say he is put on the draft instead.
You guys will get to plead your case with that.
Anyone looking forward to claiming GL is in for a rare treat of basically having no claims other than what is needed to fit continuity and the new rules for group claims. And even then, you're not going to have room enough for everything to start let alone new claims. Fun stuff, right? You're also going to have to deal with the fact Jross gave out rings or promised them to other people.
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All Them Announcements and other Topics
For the most part, you guys are grown men according to your profiles. You shouldn't have to be told twice. Fill out the Wallpaper Index and please do something with your timelines for you in-continuity folks. I can't do everything. And if you were quick enough to notice back in April, I had Miller take down an issue of Flash because he used a character he forgot that he had replaced. That could happen to you if you think someone is wallpaper and they're not. The very least you can do is just post in the topic and say "No Wallpapers" but I don't see that happening short of just SHADE and Checkmate.
Also, on the timelines, we may not have JL looming over our heads anymore but that doesn't make continuity any less important. This is not an individual fanfic site. We overlap with each other and so far, only MRP has posted his... For a title that literally just hit its six issue mark. I shouldn't have to be the only one making the effort to give the board connectivity.
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Reviews and Claims
So new rule. While you still get three claims per month, you can't make a claim until you review someone else's work. That means if you've done two reviews/comments and posted your issue for the month, you have two claims to use on that title. We shouldn't run into a problem considering how behind some of you are. Just look at Star. He's barely been back and he's been reading and reviewing like crazy.
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May Claims
Here is where we will claim titles and characters. Remember to check the rules (or New Year Changes since we haven't updated the rules lately) before you make claims. I'd much rather not have to say no, if I can avoid it.
Please use the Character Request format if you seek to claim new characters. Really makes things easier on me.*
[glow=red,2,300]Title Request[/glow]
Title:
Subtitle:
Hero(es):
Villains:
Support:
Wallpaper:
[glow=red,2,300]Character Request[/glow]
Character:
Title:
Hero/Villain/Support:
Additional Wallpaper: (This is for any new wallpapers brought in with your claims or if you intend to use a new wallpaper character that you haven't used before.)
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Point 1: Remember that Miller has started the Wallpaper Character Index and I've started the Free Character Draft. Don't forget to check out those topics and fill them in as need be.
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*Point #2: Cause certain people don't get it, use the form or SOME similar form or the claims will not count. And be sure to do it individually unless it is something like Double Dare, Mas y Menos, The Terrible Trio, etc...
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So before we get to the copy and pasting (and changes to claim process) there's a few things to announce.
Dropped Titles
First off, the 4 titles moved to Dropped Titles last month are now officially dropped. Their writers have lost them. It's sad to see them go but they've had more than enough time show their faces or say something that could have let us keep their titles open a fraction longer. (Remember kids, be open with the Admins and active around the site and we'll let you get away with murder). Sucks but it happens.
What this means is that Titans and Pilgrim are gone for good and their claims will be open season. They never reached that magical six issues. GL and WILDCats are slightly more complicated. Since they're in continuity, the claims are frozen until a potential writer claims along and takes them or such a time has passed and we've put them up on the draft or something. (Probably along with the likes of Ligur and Enchantress). If the characters are tied in some way to another, we might let said writer get first crack at them without needing a claim.
Ex: Deathwing. Since I have Nightwing and Deathwing is canonically a future evil version of him, I can see him getting moved to my claims or I say he is put on the draft instead.
You guys will get to plead your case with that.
Anyone looking forward to claiming GL is in for a rare treat of basically having no claims other than what is needed to fit continuity and the new rules for group claims. And even then, you're not going to have room enough for everything to start let alone new claims. Fun stuff, right? You're also going to have to deal with the fact Jross gave out rings or promised them to other people.
---
All Them Announcements and other Topics
For the most part, you guys are grown men according to your profiles. You shouldn't have to be told twice. Fill out the Wallpaper Index and please do something with your timelines for you in-continuity folks. I can't do everything. And if you were quick enough to notice back in April, I had Miller take down an issue of Flash because he used a character he forgot that he had replaced. That could happen to you if you think someone is wallpaper and they're not. The very least you can do is just post in the topic and say "No Wallpapers" but I don't see that happening short of just SHADE and Checkmate.
Also, on the timelines, we may not have JL looming over our heads anymore but that doesn't make continuity any less important. This is not an individual fanfic site. We overlap with each other and so far, only MRP has posted his... For a title that literally just hit its six issue mark. I shouldn't have to be the only one making the effort to give the board connectivity.
---
Reviews and Claims
So new rule. While you still get three claims per month, you can't make a claim until you review someone else's work. That means if you've done two reviews/comments and posted your issue for the month, you have two claims to use on that title. We shouldn't run into a problem considering how behind some of you are. Just look at Star. He's barely been back and he's been reading and reviewing like crazy.
---
May Claims
Here is where we will claim titles and characters. Remember to check the rules (or New Year Changes since we haven't updated the rules lately) before you make claims. I'd much rather not have to say no, if I can avoid it.
Please use the Character Request format if you seek to claim new characters. Really makes things easier on me.*
[glow=red,2,300]Title Request[/glow]
Title:
Subtitle:
Hero(es):
Villains:
Support:
Wallpaper:
[glow=red,2,300]Character Request[/glow]
Character:
Title:
Hero/Villain/Support:
Additional Wallpaper: (This is for any new wallpapers brought in with your claims or if you intend to use a new wallpaper character that you haven't used before.)
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Point 1: Remember that Miller has started the Wallpaper Character Index and I've started the Free Character Draft. Don't forget to check out those topics and fill them in as need be.
*
*Point #2: Cause certain people don't get it, use the form or SOME similar form or the claims will not count. And be sure to do it individually unless it is something like Double Dare, Mas y Menos, The Terrible Trio, etc...