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I bet lots of members are wondering how you can best help out in the Blogs, right? It's a lot harder than helping out in the forums, so I've assembled this guide to get you started. Please note that the first and third sections are simply suggestions you can follow, whereas the second addresses the blog rules. I. How can I make my Blog easier to moderate? 1. By looking at your own blog for double posts or multiple comments of the same message and avoiding posting stuff that isn't allowed, you will help the staff a ton. 2. It helps if you use the "Last Entries" and "Last Comments" content blocks. This allows the staff to be sure they have gone through all the new content in your blog (except content blocks which will have to be rechecked) by simply looking at these. II. What should I post/not post as an entry? 1. Remember BZPower's Advertising, language usage, and politics/religion rules. We don't want to see flame in the blogs, and we dont' want to see content that would be rated above PG. 2. Spam is fine in the blogs (though still incredibly annoying). However, posting two comments in a row, or posting the same basic comment multiple times is not (that's not really something you can do in an entry though, just as a commenter). 3. Helpful entries are encouraged to be posted. 4. If you're not sure about whether you should post somthing, don't post it. This applies in the forums as well so you should be used to this. III. What is the best way to report? The report button for the blogs doesn't work, so PM a report to the following member: BlogAlert Use this form: Blog Name: [Link would be appreciated] Member Name: [NOT the name of the blog Author of the Blog, but the comment. A link to exact comment will be helpful] Rule broken: [simply post what it does]
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As you can see, I've temporarily removed the music block, since no one seems to be interested in it. Oh well... Better luck next time, if there's going to be a next time...
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Vote for LZ! Because he entered. And he's my best buddy. Oh yeah, and his MoC is pretty cool too. And 'cuz he'll owe me a favor after this.
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Okay, editted out. I made pretty graphix for my blog. =D I had something else to say but I had to get rid o' it...
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... ... Wark! ... ... I think I'll begin work on my new space MOC tonight. I think I'll make a ship with the name Kusari Tanto. It'll be a rival of the Rheinland Knife. I think it'll be a cool ship, since I got some new parts. I got them from one of the Exo-Force sets. Yup, it'll be (partialy) red. Maybe with some blue. xD ----- The Listen To My Heart maxi single by BoA is on its way and it should arrive this week. It is believed that it's already in my town, since the doorbell rang yesterday. My mother went downstairs to check, but there was no one there. I saw a van from the postal service drive off... ...Made in Twenty (20) will be released in ten days. I'll receive it about a week later. There are previews of the new songs available for download, but I'll wait for the album to arrive. Me wants to be surprised. ----- Valenti will return in a couple of days. ----- ... Darnit. Seems a lot of my posts and entries should be deleted, since discussion of banned members isn't allowed. <.< Good luck guys. xD Nah, I'd relly appreciate it if all my posts and entries wouldn't be deleted. - Sunny or stormy skies, my love will never die...
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I just noticed that I just gots my 1 year PMship from way back when I finalized BBC 38. At least, I'm assuming its from that. So huzzah! =D Dang, the last entries were from last SUMMER. oO It's a new year now! Got no time and not much to talk about for now... Holy COW I still remember the URL of that image. oO
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Number forty Number five, I swear, I will have at thee this time!
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It's IKD, and none too soon -- it's almost 2007. In other news, I just hit the 800/1000 PM mark, and promptly deleted one so that I wouldn't feel like I only had one-fifth of my inbox space left.
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Discuss how great my ideas was, what I can do to improve it, or any other comments you have about them. Remember, request over here. Thanks for the cooperation, Nukora.
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He's saying that if you kick Hahli Husky, the dog-staff, youe'll definately loose proto.
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Source What are the other "Banned Member Discussion Rules?" I thought just "don't discuss banned members" was good enough. This topic says nothing of these newfangled "Rules." Ah well, I'm behind the times, what can I say. I don't want an answer badly enough to waste a staff member's time, plus I think I know what it would be anyway.
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The BZPower Expiramental Laboratory has now announced that they have successfully disected the BBC Entry Format. Let me explain. Entry Name: Next to that you should put(thanks KA) the name of your entry as you'd like it to appear in the polls and entry list. Entry Pic URL: I've seen what the contest staff have to do and I believe they would appreciate it greatly if you followed the entry format and put the URL of your entry pic after that, rather than a link. Putting a link makes the contest staff click one more time, and with the multitude of entries, it can be enough to drive you insane. Gallery URL (if applicable): See above paragraph. Topic URL (if applicable): See above two paragraphs. The only thing to note here is that if you'd like your gallery and/or topic linked to in the entry list you should fill these out. A small thing to remember is Gallery then Topic in that order. Now that we have deconstructed the basic entry list format I should note that the contest staff have to put 183+ entries in an entry list and it would help if ya'll put the following code beneath the usual entry format (in code tags): [url=Entry pic URL here]Entry name here[/url] >>> [url=gallery URL here if applicable]Gallery[/url] >>> [url=topic URL here if applicable]Topic[/url] Just be sure that you remove appropriate parts of the code if you do not have a Gallery or Topic. Then, after that do something like this in code tags(I used my BBC39 entry pic as an example): [url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Nukora/MOCs/BBC39/entry2_copy.jpg][img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Nukora/MOCs/BBC39/thumb/entry2_copy.jpg_thumb.jpg][/url]A way to get the thumbs if they are hosted on B-shelf is this: put "thumb/" after the gallery name and add "_thumb.jpg" onto the end of the entry pic URL.
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If you have ever or are planning on referring to a chapter of any sort as a "chappie," please, for the sake of keeping BZP sensible, do not. A "chappie" is what a British fellow might refer to a friend (chap) as, if they were inclined to add an "ie" to the title, but it is not what you call a chapter of a story. You can support the campaign by putting something in your sig. Now go forth and pollinate.
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Hey, I am going to go see Eragon today. ...One problem... WAS I SUPPOSED TO MEET KIE AND TOMIKU TODAY OR TOMMOROW?? *Freaks out* The two said on the 17th, but the also said a Saterday? Saterday is on the 16th... Eek.
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So, here's my first little blog entry specifically for BZP. As many of you have probably realized by now, I like words and forming stories out of words. I actually find essay writing very enjoyable when I'm not strained by deadlines. However, my passion in writing is fiction. I find short stories, novellas, drama, novels, and even history books fasinating. Writing such works is incredibly difficult. There are so many thigns to consider (from plot line to character arcs to symbolism to perspective to control of the audience to voice to tone to simple diction). Now, I was looking over some of my epics materials for my current project (a BZP Epic called An Insidious Demise) and I thought, "wouldn't it be interesting to give a little insight as to how I persoanlly tackle things?" Maybe somebody will get a kick out of it. Anyway, when I first started formulating this idea in my head, I was thinking setting. What would BZP be to me if it were actual reality? What if I actually lived in a place called BZP and ran daily life as a participant there? How would forums, posts, members, etc. transform into places, things, people, etc.? How could I possibly make this realistic? This is when I began to consider the Bionicle World as that link. I have this other storyline to play off of and use to make something rather obscure seem real. This is how the post counts and post ranks translated into access to specific Bionicle tools (such as Kanohi) and powers (and control of those powers). To create a whole society, I couldn't have people only posting. They had to grow food, sustain an economy, and do all of that other good civilization stuff. So, why not borrow most of this from the Bionicle world? Add a layer onto of a human society to make it a unique blend of Bionicle and people (BZPower). I think it ended up working pretty well. The details of all of this thinking can best be seen in their final version: my extensive introduction to the epic. So, what next? Next came the background information. I took the current staff (July 2006) and split it up into rough sections and "houses." My initial idea was to take a real-time (2006/2007) view of things. I wouldn't use myself as the main character, no... but one of the other staff members. This is how the society and the "Great War" storyline were forged. However, as I started thinking a bit darker and... well, maybe even controversial, I decidced that I needed to detach myself from this time period. This set up my "fifty or so years in the future" idea. One and a half generations later, there are still the same basics, and even some of the same people (Kex, Smeagol, Tufi), but most everybody is dead and gone. Now, everything is open (except for making Kex a girl, apparently). This is where stuff started to really role. I mapped out a character arc for my main man, whose working name was Leon Trotsky (this eventually stuck because I just sort of like it). It would start out with a basic intro of BZP and his daily routine as an FA. Then, something would happen... something odd. He'd end up going to BZ-Koro, meeting with some higher-ups, and then into the north to confront this mysterious foe. Then things would blow over as he realized that he had been blind to the real plot all along. During all of this, he'd be struggling with some character triats, such as trust, honor, and self-reliance. But this character arc/plot line is nowhere near what I have now. I can't forsee where my imagination will take me as I begin to write. The major differences between the original outline and the current story are that I have multiple perspectives, many more characters, and a much shorter timespan for everything to take place. Plus, the reader sees a lot more things (partly from the shifting point of view) than in the original. The story is much more global, and I think I'm actually pushing across an overall message (which of course, won't be completely clear until the end). Leon isn't the only guy with problems. Spud's Vahki has problems. Lyle has problems. Ducks has problems. Kex has problems. In fact, most of the characters have some sort of personality issue. Not everyone will change, but everyone, with their varying personalities and opinions, will help push across this message (which should become pretty obvious around Chapter XIII). I have only hit three of the original nine points of insidence that I had in my original outline. Four will never be hit, and the other two will be very different than originally intended. But that's the beauty of writing an epic. I let the words flow out of me and find the most logical path based on the characters and how they would react. I still can't foresee exactly how this will end up. I could even end up killing off a character whom I was going to leave a victor (for all I know). So, there's a little insight (okay, it's quite a bit, but I'm long-winded). I hope you enjoyed it.
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Seriously guys. I'm so disappointed.
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The other day I realized that my blog the the third most commented in. Plus, it has the tenth most entries, and is the tenth most viewed. But did I mention I rank #3 in comments? People like this blog too much... I must be doing something wrong....
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Now I just gotta find that special topic to give my 2222 to. BTW, how d'ya like my new avatar?
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Added new gifs to the right.
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...but it looks like he won't win the BBC contest after all. Don't cry, Festi... Anyway, if you haven't voted yet, vote for Festi in poll C and vote for my brother's reindeer in poll G. Festi would have wanted it that way...
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Someone with a lot of free time over the next few weeks is needed for a certain job (I'm sure most of you can guess what it is). I'm just spreading the word, but if you can do it, PM me and I'll pass it on to the right people.
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Deep Freeze's signature contained a quote so funny that I just had to feature it: "Follow ducks, for they are strong in both spirit and mind." -A Fortune Cookie Enjoy the weekend, everyone!
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Once again the dreaded real life has reared it's ugly head, and rendered me unable to enter a BBC. Number five, I shall find you one day! Oh despair!
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What the heck was I doing last night? Was I druck or something. O.o Why did I go all emo on everyone and scare you to death?? I dunno...But I hate getting deppressed and getting all worked over nothing. *Sighs and shakes head* Firstly I am NOT leaving, dear lord I would be crazy, though I might take a week or two off from BZP to get a better time managment plan and catch up with school. *Decides to quote all these great members that helped me out when I was being down and stupid.* I admit, I pressure a lot on me to get done, but like my dad I love to keep busy, and like my dad--I get to busy. My mom says the same thing to me, and she and you are right. You're right, and I dunno why I started ranting that topic so hard. Who cares about being popular?...Well it is a very tempting thing, but still.... That is the best advise...Why is the best thing to do the last thing you think about? How very true, I know that is the truth, but sometimes I forget about that. You read my mind, sometimes it helps to see that other people understand. Not true JMJ, you are a pretty fimilar member. *Smiles* Happy? Yeah, but it feels that my poster didn't look as good as everyone was expecting...But let us not go into that arguement agian. Really? O_o Thank you so much HH! I wouldn't say best... :blush: Once again, thank you for that advise, I should had did that instead of rant on BZP like that. Thanks Beliwa. ACK! LEAVE CROSSROADS?? NEVER! Ugh...I now am thinking about all the things I would miss if I left. Are you serious? Jealous of me? I was jealous of you! I felt that I would always be under your shadow Nikira, and I always compared my art to yours. Wishing I could do as good as you. You are right, that has happened to many of my once fans. But still, we will always have those loyal fans who will always love our artwork--even if they don't always give big reviews. Thats right...You can't get rid of southerner that fast! Don't worry. I wont.
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You heard me. I entered BBC 39 just now with an awesome entry pic and a basketful of pictures, including an animation and cool weapon. Banners:
