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Okay, so I've noticed a trend of RPGs (that's Role-Playing Games, not Rocket-Propelled Grenades or whatever else it could stand for) down in Completely Off Topic lately. Now I have nothing against them, but there certainly are a lot of them. Too much product without limitation often causes lethargy. Yes, you have choices, but where should you begin? If you don't figure out what you want to do, you stop moving. So to keep some order and prevent flooding of them in the forum, I'll be limiting approval. No, this doesn't mean I'm going to automatically be saying no to your RPG: it just means I won't be approving everyone of them right as they arrive. At most, I'll probably only approve a few each week to allow for these games to get their feet off and running. If you want your game to succeed, you have allow for some breathing room. I won't give a definitive number because things can happen, causing the number to change. Rest assured, if you have submitted an RPG idea, and I have not gotten back to you, it doesn't mean I've denied your game. It means I may not have read it yet; in which case, I'm not ready to approve any games just yet. Or it could mean I'm looking it over, seeing if something can be improved before its "released." I'm also planning something right now and have other things to take care of, so be patient until I get around to you. If you're too impatient, then the answer will most likely be no because patience is often necessary if you wish to be a leader. In essence, if you are a game's starter, you are its leader. Besides, being pushy only pushes away. ©1984-2007 Toaraga EAM
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Dear Reader, If you have paid attention to the world around you over the course of your life, you are probably well aware that certain unpleasant characteristics are to be found on the faces of many people, just as they are to be found on many people's left ankles. The Baudelaire orphans were exempt from many of these conditions, having inherited their mother's pleasant facial features, but sadly, there are many who do suffer from such unfortunate facial features. Shiny eyes, for instance, are typical of all sorts of people, including former presidents of large businesses, or certain well-renowned actresses. A frightening voice can be heard in most of Al Funcoot's plays, or at performances by people who take up yodeling in deserts as a hobby. Brilliant smiles have been seen on actors in toothpaste commercials, and on the city's sixth most important financial advisor, back when smiling was in. However, the three aforementioned features, when together, will usually describe only villainous people, such as Count Olaf or one of the six Piraka, as the case is here. You are probably better off avoiding my latest story, Smile!, which contains such unpleasantries as poor working conditions, the Mask of Life, the mass slaughter of mining supervisors, comfortable lodging in the home of a notorious villain, a song by The Gothic Archies, and protodites. One can only hope that you will have the good judgement not to read this story, lest you add a perennial, a word which here means "eternal," frown to your personal guise. With all due respect, Aanchir: Rachira of Time
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... Coming this weekend to the Twilight Realm. And one other surprise. Both of which you'll have to wait for. Kohaku
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Welcome, I've decided to start a treasure hunt of sorts, if you are the winner you'll get a customized image and the ability to post an entry in my blog. Keep in mind- I won't make this easy on you. Rules- You will be allowed to share clues you find with others if you so choose. There will be no begging and or bribing(others or myself) for clues or hints, this will result in disqualification. There will always be a logical path too the next clue, in other words you needn't randomly scan my posts/entrys. Have fun. Places the clues will not be found- other member's blog entrys other member's content blocks other member's posts sites that aren't permitted to be discussed/linked any posts I may make in NMQ&A PMs This begins...now! First clue: WIP
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I may have fooled a couple of you into thinking that my favourite colour is blue. Or navy, to be precise. But it isn't. It's actually silver. So I'll be posting in that from now on. I'm also contemplating a name change, so so don't hesitate to tell me if you have any good ideas. I've done it. -Seran
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Well peoples, in case you missed the news article, BZPower Member Kaiapu has been promoted to rank of Forum Administrator! *confetti* You can congratulate him officially here! <I>Kobra<I>
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Being a staff member is a big responsibility that few people get to experience, but if you think about it, a blog is like a personal forum where you are the staff. It's not a full-blown forum: it's more like a mini forum, where you get to have some creative control over the layout and decide what to talk about. (Yes, there are certain restrictions to both.) And the only people with the same powers or more are the actual designated BZP staff. So if you want some of the experience of being a moderator, go Premier and get a blog. Granted, the powers aren't the exact same, but you will get a little feel of what it's like to be a staff member. ©1984-2007 Toaraga EAM
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It has come to my attention that a certain forum here on BZPower has been slowly dying. You might be wondering which one (otherwise you wouldn't be reading this), and I'm going to tell you. Every time I visit the Short Story Forum, I see (at most and if lucky) about 4 members other than me there. Not many people take the time to read Short Stories anymore, and I find that sad. For example, I wrote a Short Story entitled "Skullduggery" which was the tale of Kopaka's journey to Makuta (when all six Toa went their separate ways and fought the Shadow Toa). It was very long (in my opinion) and I thought that it was worth reading. Apparently not. I had about 50 views (give or take), but no reviews. In most forums, there are about 5-6 pages of topics that have been posted in within the past 30 days. The Short Story Forum has only 2. So, if you're not bored and haven't left, then you'll now hear my point (or rather, read my point). I know that there are many talented writers out there with many ideas to bring to us, so I encourage anybody with some words spinning around in their head to type it out for us to read! Save the Short Stories forum! <I>Kobra<I>
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So it's a little bit late, but Jo is now in the Temperance Final Poll for BBC 40! As always, any and all votes for her are appreciated... And while you're at it, if you haven't voted yet, vote for Xirgath in the Fortitude Final Poll! Xirgath is a great embodiement of Fortitude, and I maintain that Toro ought to win his category. As Toro said at the beginning of the contest, it's Clash of the Titans all over again – Seran, Shadrahk, and I all in the same poll... Yeesh... ~ToM
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So I got a PM from Shine, telling me that someone else took my word of "EDITSIES" and used it whenever they edited their post. Well in reply to that PM, I remembered seeing at least two or three different members also using that term. Now, when I went into the news discussion.. I saw a 4th! (or 5th, depending...) Man... now I wonder how many different members actually do use "EDITSIES". I mean I just created the term and always like saying it aloud... and apparently others do too It's now the best thing since sliced bread! ~U
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Well everybody, they're finally here. The BBC Contest #40 Finals are here! There is one poll for each category left, and soon there will be the Grand Finale. Go vote, but remember these words of wisdom: What will thou vote? The name and fame of the MoCist, or the quality of the MoC? -Natha <I>Kobra<I>
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New Staff Members! (RK's, in other words) ~U P.S. - Post in there if you haven't already, I'm closing this entry
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Who thinks I should use this as my avatar for a few days or so? I mean, you can even see it now... --- Utopia Fluidic Master Nuva Member Group: Premier Outstanding BZP Citizens Joined: 12-February 06 --- ~U
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I can't believe what said...Forum Keeper. Forum Assistant + Reference Keeper = Forum Keeper. Funny thing is that it's a much more appropriate title for a Forum Leader than it is a FA/RK combination.
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So I finally entered BBC 40 a few days ago, almost right before the entry period ended, with an MOC I'm quite fond of: Jo! The Jo in question being Senjo, formerly (and irreversably) known as Jo_Shmo, the Puller of the Plugs and General of the Bananas of the BGC. In this instance she and her plug are representing the Platonic virtue of Temperance, or moderation and self-control. You can find her in Temperance Poll B... Currently she's coming in third in the poll, so I'd appreciate any and all votes for her! Also on the note of contests, Epics Contest 6 has begun over in Epics. This time it's the classic theme – all you have to do is to have written an epic. See the topic for more details, and do enter! It's also been snowing off and on for the past two days here – I'd guess we have between two and three inches now. And all still on top of the ice, as it's been consistently below freezing since the freezing rain on Monday. It's great! Everything is shining and glittering during the day... Now it finally feels like winter... I'll have a picture of Jo up in the Most Recent MOC block soon... But for the mean time, do vote for her, won't you? ~ToM
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Hi everybody! I completely forgot that I was writing an epic. I decided just now to post up Chapter 4 and realized 'Hey! I should put this in my blog that nobody notices!' Yeah, so Here is the story, and the review topic link is in it about five times. <I>Kobra<I>
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Heh, didn't want to just go the boring route and state what post marker I had passed Anyways, tonight, I made my 2,000th post! I was very happy with this one, as it was a Facts List Update post (not to mention a legal double post, talk about irony). Now usually I don't care about posts, but when I came on today with 1,965 posts, and after making µµ's 10,000th post topic, I just felt the urge to reach 2,000 by tonight. And yes, I was able to do it. A long haul -- 35 posts, but I was able to do it. I set my mind to doing so, and reached it! Also, this little adventure of mine has expanded my horizons! Sure I'm still an S&T guy mainly, but if I ever feel bored, I am now also a Bionicle Incarnations man (now I usually stick to this group of forums, but S&T more specifically). So all in all, it was a good day. Top poster of the day, broke 2,000 (yes, not really that big for other folks, but heck, I didn't really care too much about post count, and didn't care about posts until mid-06), expanded my horizons to new forums. So it's all good really. Here's a virtual toast to... you, the posters! ~U *chugs*
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Ever wonder why I log in invisible? It's a pretty interesting story. I don't have time tonight to explain it, so first I'd just like to see who wondered XD ~U
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So it has. A new year (yes, I'm a little late) deserves a new layout. And thus a layout I have made. The little comments for each block thingy should help you find you way around the Rift. Hopefully we won't have quite so many people falling in as we did last year... -Seran
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I got PBZPed! (This is the second time, but the first I didn't see until it was too late [sorry Vakon]) You can view the topic (and my awesomeness ) HERE! <I>Kobra<I>
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Hey BZPers. Just here to say that I think you should check out this topic . Very sincere, a very nice topic.
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Thank you, BZPower, staff and members alike, for three great years of BIONICLE knowlage. Thanks. StF
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For some reason, people feel compelled to be the starter of something big: something they can put their name on (not just here but in real life). In Completely Off Topic, I guess this big thing would fall on games and official topics because they need to be approved. Maybe people want to have their name on things like that, but the truth is: People aren't going to think about who started an official topic: that's not why those topics exist. Those topics exist to talk about certain (usually very popular) subjects; it doesn't matter who started a topic: the important thing is a topic exist. In the official topics I visit, I don't care who started them: I just care they exist for one centralized location of discussion for the various aspects of a subject. What am I saying? I'm saying if you think there should be a topic about something that can actually be discussed, and there is no living topic about it, make one for it. Topics don't have to be official to be discussed; if a Forum Leader feels a subject deserves it, s/he can officialize a topic. Maybe somewhere down the line if a subject is constantly brought up or discussion lasts long enough or dupes are often made, then a Forum Leader might be more open to the possibility of agreeing to let an official topic be made. Just because something is currently popular doesn't necessarily mean it will get an official topic: popular things can die down. (If you don't believe me, think about what was popular ten or twenty years ago... some of you may have to ask a parent about the latter one.) I am aware that official topics are immune to the revival rule, but just as easily as they were officialized, the topics can be closed and discussion indefinitely silenced (no names please). Or if a topic hasn't been touched in a very long time or is no longer valid, it can be de-officialized. (The second is more likely in Storyline & Theories, but it can apply to any forum.) Besides, if we only had official topics in each of the forums, there wouldn't be much room for things that don't fall into an official category. Remember, COT does not stand for "Completely Official Topics." ©1984-2007 Toaraga EAM
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***Checketh out thy below entry if confusion hath taken over you*** The reason for this actually goes back to my very newb days. When I first signed in, actually... Now realize how I was at the time. I'm the kind of person to click "remember me", and at the time, I was not the poster at all. In fact, I hadn't posted for a while even though I had the chance to. Combine these two things, and from that will come my reason... Now first off, I noticed that there were things that notified that people were online, and people were offline. I, being the newb that I was, thought that being logged in meant being online. To log out would mean being offline. Later did I learn that if you don't do anything for 20 minutes you're considered offline, even if you're still logged in. Logging out always means/meant you're offline XD. Thus, I didn't want to appear online 24/7, so I clicked to sign in invisible. Also, as I wasn't a poster, I didn't see a reason to specifically let people know I was online. I just wanted to creep along the shadows and use BZP as a reference for me. Little did I know that this is where I would end up... So in part of a misconception, and in part to the fact that I signed up on BZP just to browse, not post... I logged in as invisible. Also, realize that my computer is my computer. I didn't log out once until I did so after becoming an OBZPC, just so I could log back in to see the nice bold orange . Now, I log in and out several times, as I'm a Fact Team member... so I have to, to get into the FT account. But it's just tradition for me now. I could log in as being seen by everyone... but I'm just a stick-to-this sort of guy in this case ~U P.S. - No... I don't log in as invisible just so I can sneak up on unsuspecting topics that have theories I'll disprove/questions I'll answer/topics I'll just make posts in What gave you that idea?
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After a recent turn of events in COT (not naming any names, and neither will you), I think it is finally time for this blog entry. So a member makes a spam topic. What should I, as a BZPower citizen, do? How can I help? 1. Report the topic. 2. PM or IM an online staff member that can handle the situation. 3. Reflect upon your good deed. It is very important to also note that you should never post in a spam topic. Ever. Ever. That will do nothing but encourage others to post, and will only draw more attention to the topic and produce even more spam. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
