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TITLE: OOC Seminar - Powerposing & Other Stuff
WHO: Tengu with Pixie and Dryad, lots of cool players who showed up
WHEN: June 12, 2002 (RL)
WHERE: OOC - Meeting Room
SUMMARY: Learn what powerposing is and how to avoid it, how to
gracefully join
and leave roleplay, commentary and purple prose, avoiding
topics both
ICly and OOCly that might upset other players, and other
stuff
CHRONOLOGY: N/A
WATCH FOR: The pop quiz next month. ;)
LOGGER: Tengu


You say "First up! Powerposing! Powerposing is posing something that
forces an
action on someone else, or on someone else's things. It can be as
blatant
as hitting someone, or as apparently benign as hugging someone. It
can be
as subtle as making up what's written on a piece of paper they
own."

You say "You can get around it by asking them first via page, but
it's much
better to just pose an attempt. Anyone want to give me an example
of a pose
for hitting someone?"

Darren raises a hand.
Whelan raises hand.

You say "Darren wins. Go for it."

Jamal draws his fist back, eyeballing Tengu. Then he remembers he's
supposed
to raise his hand. Darnit. See, folks...this is what *not* to do.
Jamal
grumbles.

Darren glares at the person sitting across the table from him and
pulls his
fist back to swing at him.

You say "Okay, who wants to do one for a hug? :)"

Ruby raises her hand.
Harry raises his hand.

You say "Ruby wins."

Ruby turns as she sees Harry approaching her way. "Harry!" she says
delightedly, taking a step his way and reaching out to give him a
hug.

Harry raises his hand again.

You say "Harry, you want to pose a response to that that involves
avoiding the
hug?"

Ruby says "Now, I didn't actually say the hug occured? So he could
possibly
say he avoids me?"

Ruby says "More like I was reaching. But in looking at that, that's
probably
an iffy pose."

Harry steps sideways away from Ruby, eyeing her
skeptically. "Er...hi, Ruby."

Tengu likes that. ;) Did you have something else you wanted to say
Harry?

Harry nods. I was going to point out that if I had not previously
posed
walking towards Ruby, her pose in and of itself would be a
powerpose.

Peacock raises both hands.

You say "True enough."

Ruby says "Very true, true."

You say "Let me cover one more hting, then I'll take
questions/comments."

You say "Spells. You shouldn't ever say your spell hit someone unless
you've
worked out it via page beforehand. Though in most cases, the other
party
will probably not be able to dodge.. if they've got their wand
out, they
might be able to do something."

Jamal raises his hand.

You say "Okay. Questions on any of that? Suggestions for other
powerposing
situations? Anything? Jamal, you're up first."

Jamal says "Is there a combatsys here? Or a +roller? Or is it all
honor
system?"

Peacock raises a hand, again.

Jamal says "For spells and such..."

You say "Consent-based. You work it out with the other player(s)."

Jamal nods.

Jamal says "I pass the floor."

You say "Peacock?"

Peacock says "Well, I've noticed that people tend to pose entrances
without
the other person's OK. In some cases, it doesn't bother me, but
for the
most part, it does. For example, say Harry walks into the room,
and I pose
waving to him. Normal enough. But what if he'd just gotten into a
huge
fight with Ruby, here, and was all bloodied up and dirty and
limping? My
waving is pretty ridiculas then, because I'd probably rush toward
him all
worried. It's something people don't think about when they're
doing it, but
it's very annoying..."

You say "Peacock, that's the next topic."

Peacock sweatdrops. Sorry.

Lark patpats ^__^

Angelina grins.

Ruby hands Harry the linament and bandages.

You say "I mentioned hitting someone (physical and spell) and hugs.
Other
situations? Anyone want to give an example of powerposing an item
that
'belongs' to someone else?"

Harry riases his hand.

Peacock raises her hand

Harry says "And can't type tonight."

You say "Harry."

Peacock can't, either, Harry.

Sabine raises her hand.

Becca raises her hand.

Harry says "Well, say for example I pose coming in with a group of
NPC's.
(This is common, as it's an IC rule at school that nobody leaves
the castle
alone.) If someone else then poses those NPC's doing something,
would that
count?"

Lark says "That's a good question"

Jamal thinks that's iffy.

You say "Yes, that would count. Unless you gave them permission to
take them
over or share them with you."

Becca would agree. "I always account someone's NPCs as their property.

Harry nods.

Ruby says "If only for the reason that it can get
confusing/contradictory if
more than one person @emits a particular set of NPCs."

You say "Even with a shared npc, such as a Quidditch team member,
there's
usually only one person responsible for them in that scene."

Pixie says "As an addendum to that, if the NPCs happen to be FCs
which person
A has permission to pose as from the admins, Person A can't
transfer that
permission to other people."

You say "Peacock or Sabine or Becca. Did you have something to add?"

Sabine raises her hand and nods. "Just an example."

Becca does but will wait.:)

Sabine says "Someone posing that they've received a
letter/Valentine/book/etc.
from you without it having been pre-arranged beforehand, as an
example of
an item being used."

Peacock doesn't have anything to add. ^_^

You say "Interesting one. :) Someone want to tell me how you'd ICly
react to a
pose like that?"

Harry raises a hand again.
Angelina raises her hand.
Jamal raises his hand.

You say "I'll go for Angelina this time. :)"

Angelina whees. "I would tell them that perhaps it had been sent by
someone
else. Perhaps it was a prank that they were pulling."

Jamal says "That's what I was gonna say. :)"

Angelina says "If it was a letter or Valentine.. If book, I'd say I
must have
dropped it or something like that."

Angelina grins at Jamal.

You say "Is that the only way you can react to the situation? (either
ICly or
OOCly)"

Sabine raises her hand.

You say "Yes Sabine?"

Sabine says "Yes, but, wouldn't the other person be presuming that
you lost
the book, when in fact you might not be the kind of person to lose
books?
(I won't mention Hermione *G*)"

Angelina ouus.

Tengu nods. What Angelina suggested amounts to working with the
powerposing.
It's better to get them to /stop/. Preferably by paging them and
telling
them why they shouldn't do it.

You say "Although I'm more apt to react ICly and look at you like
you're an
idiot. :)"

Angelina laughs.

Sabine chuckles and nods.

Peacock sniffles as Tengu looks at her like an idiot.

Pixie says "Even if you do go along with it ICly, it's best to page
them and
explain you'll go along with it /but/..."

Angelina nods.

Whelan raises his hand.

You say "Yes Whelan?"

Whelan says "So really, everyone messes up sometime and powerposes by
mistake.
the key is to keep thinking about it?"

You say "Yea. Think 'is this forcing an action or assuming something
about
another character?' Or 'is this affecting the other character
unfairly'?"

Ruby raises a hand.

You say "Yes Ruby?"

Ruby says "A key to preventative non-posing is to kind of know your
own
faults. If someone has ever corrected you about powerposing in a
certain
way, you shouldn't get upset about it, but should kind of file
that in your
mind and be on the lookout for whether you're starting to do that
same
thing again in the future."

Ruby has been corrected before on a few things, and so I try to
police myself
so as not to do those again.

Tengu nods. Definitely don't take it harshly. Everyone makes mistakes.

You say "Pixie corrects me fairly often. ;)"

Angelina chuckles.

You say "Okay, one more thing about powerposing. Sometimes ICA=ICC
comes into
play. (In character actions lead to in character consequences.)"

Darren grins.

You say "If you're in Snape's class, you're likely to lose points..
he might
even decide to blow up your cauldron or something. Because it's
Snape and
your action 'going to class and doing something to draw his
attention' is
going to lead to consequences. Though even Snape should never do
anything
to your character without consent. Just his/her belongings."

Sabine snickers.
Jamal raises his hand.
Angelina laughs softly.
Harry . o O (White mice come to mind...)

You say "Also, if you're stupid enough to leave /any/ item of yours
unattended
around a Slytherin, expect something to happen to it. :)"

Angelina wishes she could read Harry's thoughts. ;)

You say "Pets at least have a possibility of escape, but your poor
quill
doesn't stand a chance. :)"

Sabine tries not to, but snickers again anyway.

You say "Okay. Jamal?"

Ruby coughs. "If you leave any of your housemates unattended around a
Slytherin..."

Angelina laughs.

Jamal says "How 'strict' are we on ICC=ICA? For example, say someone
in the
hall tries to curse me. I would naturally try to countercurse. Or
if
someone tried to hit me, I'd hit them back. Of course, those are
kind of
extreme examples, but you get my point..."

Darren giggles at Ruby.

Ruby raises a hand.

Pixie says "Basically: the system here is consent based. Everyone
should agree
on things. If you're going into an intense scene, it's best to
decide on
the results beforehand. But there is a limit -- if you try to
curse a
teacher, you won't be able to weasel out of being expelled, even
if you
don't want to be."

Darren sits quietly, having already been a victim of ICA=ICC. :)

Lark shiftily eyes the side >.>

Angelina grins at Lark.

You say "If you're cursing people in the hall, you're almost certain
to getin
trouble."

Lark winks at Angie

Whelan scoots away from Lark just to be safe.

You say "IF a prefect or a teacher isn't immediately on hand, a
student may
report you. If you're doing it somewhere /very/ public, the Admins
will
assume an NPC student reported you. You'll get points off and
detention."

Whelan raises hand.

You say "Darren, you want to explain your ICA=ICC situation for the
new
players?"

Darren says "Awww....do I have to? :)"

Harry hees.

Sabine shifts her attention to Darren with a raised eyebrow.

Angelina grins.

You say "Well, I think it's a good example. But I can do it for
you. ;)"

Darren says "Nah...I'm good. :)"

Jamal has disconnected.

Darren says "Basically, my character was in Three Broomsticks on a
Hogsmeade
weekend and engage in some rather un-Slytherin like activity.
Since Three
B's is a public place, and there were some teachers from school
present,
one of them reported it back to Snape and as such Darren spent the
remainder of his 6th year as the Slytherin house laughing stock."

Angelina ois.

Sabine purses her lips.

You say "The activity was singing Muggle songs and looking like he
enjoyed it.
:)"

Angelina laughs!

Sabine bursts out laughing.

Christopher chorts

Darren says "Correction. Not looking like....he was. But don't tell
Snape. :)"

Becca says "Sounds like a double dog dare to me. :D"

Rhys says "Tell them about the bear."

Darren hides.

Becca laughs!

Ashley says "The little child in him was enjoying it."

Sabine looks on with a kind of horror/fascination at Darren.

Angelina wonders what all would be songs for witches and wizards..

Whelan says "Can we report ourself if no one narks us out?"

You say "You can always say an NPC reported you, yes. :)"

You say "Was that your raised hand question from a moment ago,
Whelan?"

Angelina grins at Ashley.

Denman has arrived.

Whelan says "Yeah"

Rhys says "You could, but I think a student would try to hide an
infraction."

Darren eyes Rhys. "You leave the bear out of this. Pooh didn't do
anything to
you." : )

You say "ICly hide it, maybe. But if you the player want to get
caught, just
say an NPC ratted you out."

Whelan nods.

Ruby has her hand raised, and is nodding to this.

Rhys looks for Anharad to tell about the bear.

Denman says "Sorry I was late"

You say "Okay. Anything else on powerposing?"

Elizabeth raises a hand.

You say "Yes Elizabeth?"

Becca holds her hand up.

You say "Pixie pointed out this stuff wasn't in the 'news' anywhere,
so I'll
be writing something up."

Elizabeth says "You mentioned not leaving one's things out where
Slytherins
could hex them, or otherwise do something nasty to them. If we're
the
person doing the hexing, though, do we need consent to do it?"

You say "If they posed leaving it about, no. But you should at least
tell them
what you did to it. :)"

You say "And it's not just Slytherins, of course. They're just easy
to pick
on."

Sabine grins.

Christopher smirks.

You say "Becca?"

Becca says "Posing what someone looks like without them posing what
they look
like first (expression/fatigue). The thing belonging to someone
would be
their description."

You say "Unless they've posed that they look a certain way /or/ have
altered
their description to reflect it, yes. You're right. :)"

Peacock has her own hand raised again.

Lark snickers ^^

You say "But you have to be careful about assuming their @description
is up to
date and accurate. If you're unsure they're wearing the clothes
they're
wearing for instance, page and ask."

You say "Yes Peacock?"

Peacock says "This is similar to the other power posing comments and
questions, but as many of you know, there was an IC fight in a
highly used
area of Hogwarts approxamitely two weeks ago. Something that
shouldn't be
done is to powerpose the effects of someone else's spell going
awry. My alt
was involved, and the person in question posed a spell ment to
disarm as
lifting them off the ground...""

Harry raises his hand.

You say "Ah. I see. I had to read that a couple times. So one person
poses a
spell and the other person poses that that spell didn't work
exactly right?
You shouldn't do that. But I don't know the details of the example
you jsut
gave. Some spells have more than one effect."

You say "There are a few cases in the books of a spell knocking people
backwards. Snape in book 3 for instance."

You say "Yes Harry?"

Peacock says "Well, for example, a levitation spell aimed at
someone's wand.
The person in question posed being lifted off the ground by the
spell, and
then posed disarming the caster, and then did /not/ pose falling."

Harry says "We know from canon that Expelliarmus can, if used
forcefully
enough, send someone flying. *points to Tengu's example*."

Peacock nods to Harry. "But it was a levitation spell, not
Expellirarmus."

Becca says "I thought all three of the students were trying it on
Snape at
once?"

Harry says "True."

Harry says "But it's an example."

You say "Levitating someone's wand while they're holding it would be
nigh on
impossible."

Harry ahs, different animal. See, more details help.

You say "If they had a tight enough grip, it might lift them up as
well."

Angelina grins.

You say "But if you have an argument about particular results, then
you need
to work it out amongst yourselves. And resort to the Admins if you
can't
resolve it."

Whelan raises hand

You say "Yes Whelan?"

Peacock says "The players involved had to bring in staff, because
they were
letting the third player, the powerposer, decide results..."

Tengu would like to wrap up the powerposing part so we can get to the
other
stuff.

Pixie says "Peacock, your example sounds like someone was confused
and/or
reluctant to let the consequences of what they'd done actually
take place.
At that point, you should definitely stop the scene and talk about
it."

Peacock zips it.

Whelan says "At what point does it become pety and you should just go
with it
and have fun. I know many of us take our characters personal."

You say "Only you can decide if you're being petty or if it's really
important
to you."

You say "If you find yourself getting worked up about it, it might be
better

to leave the scene and take a break from the computer."
Pixie says "If something bothers you, let the other person know that
you're
not sure about what they're posing."

Whelan says "Maybe what I mean is, if it is so well planned out it
loses a bit
of the fun of being surprised by what others do."

You say "That's why you pose attempts and /every/ player keeps
powerposing in
mind. If you're experienced enough and with experienced people,
there
needn't be any OOC coordination."

Pixie says "Well, there's a difference between being handed a script,
and
saying 'Ok, at the end of this, no one should be dead'. :)"

Angelina has dropped her jaw a few times. :)

Whelan giggles.

Darren grins at Angelina.

Angelina grins.

You say "For the end of year plot, for instance, we worked it out and
did up
an outline, but it wasn't scripted per se."

You say "Of course, that was 'Ok, at the end of this, Collingwood
should be
dead.' ;)"

Harry says "And the parts that weren't scripted dropped into place
like
clockwork, including people we hadn't expected to be there. :)"

You say "Alright, let me go on to joining/leaving rp."

You say "When you're entering a room with rp going on, if you haven't
been
+watching, please wait for several poses to see what's going on.
Someone in
the room should be nice and give you a setup pose so you can
easily see
what's up and where people are. Conversely, don't pose to someone
who's
just walked into a room. Wait for them to pose entering first."

You say "Now if you just intend to walk through on your way to
somewhere else
(this will happen in streets, hallways, and common rooms most
often), don't
stop to pose. It's a waste of your time and the people there. If
you don't
intend to play there, just keep going. Otherwise you might wander
through
and pose 'Mary whistles happily on her way out through the
portrait hole.'
and meanwhile the common room is on fire."

Ruby giggles.
Sabine snickers.
Darren snickers.
Angelina giggles.

Peacock glowers at Lark. Setting the common room on fire?

You say "Now for leaving roleplay graciously. You should come up with
a pose
where you actually leave the room. And /please/ do not pose going
to bed
unless it's been established that it's bedtime or later. And once
you've
posed, please leave the room. Don't go 'home' in a room where
there's
people."

Angelina laughs!

Angelina raises a hand.

Lark groans, and thwaps Peacock.

You say "Also don't just disconnect in a public room. Go 'home'
first."

You say "Okay. Any questions/comments?"

Angelina nods.

You say "Oh. Angelina. :)"

Angelina says "But say.. If your mother is on a rampage and
threatening you
with being grounded and you have to leave quickly, can you let
someone say
that your character stays and goes where theirs goes, or if it was
in..
Say, Diagon Alley, could you just appologize and let someone you
trust in
the room to say something like 'Oh, where'd she go? Guess she just
faded
into the crowd or skipped away'?"

You say "/Better/ to leave the room, but if you don't think you can
reasonably
ICly do so (even for the loo), then you can give permission to
someone else
to emit you, yes."

Angelina nods. "Okay."

Lark grins at Angelina

Angelina grins and teehees at Larkie.

You say "Or you can drop a quick pose that says 'Mary sits quietly
for the
rest of class.'"

Sabine adds that connection problems can also be substituted for a
mother's
rampage, for those of us who happen to be the mother. *grins
widely*

You say "Connection problems you don't get warning for,
unfortunately. :)"

Sabine nods and taps her nose. ;)

Angelina giggles.

You say "Anyone else?"

Whelan raises hand

You say "Yes Whelan?"

Harry raises a hand.

Whelan says "If you hear a thunder and often have connection problems
you can
mp/h and tell the room"

You say "Well, yes. :)"

You say "If you're just going to idle for 10 minutes to get a cup of
coffee,
/please/ don't mp/h. Most of us are patient and don't need to be
told every
time you leave the keyboard. :)"

You say "Yes Harry?"

Dryad has arrived.

Harry says "My braincell, Whelan, but can we talk about when to and
when not
to use mp/h? Most people who I RP with regularly know that my
computer is
temperamental and locks up without warning or apparent reason, but
does
everyone need to know that?"

You say "I think if one person in the scene knows it, then no. If you
disappear for awhile, that person can tell the others what likely
happened."

You say "If you're mp/h'ing more than you're posing, it's too much.
IF you're
mp/hing a 'snicker' or a 'giggle', then it's too much."

You say "If you walk into a public room, please don't mp/h any of the
following. 'Can I join the rp?' 'waves.' 'Is there any rp going
on?' 'Is
this a closed scene?'. If it's public, you can join. Sit there for
10
minutes and see if anything's going on. If nothing happens in 10
minutes,
leave and find rp elsewhere, or maybe drop a pose to try to wake
people up."

Denman raises a hand.

You say "Any other comments on mp/h usage?"

You say "yes Denman?"

Denman says "Public rooms would be the rooms that are +watch able,
right?"

You say "No. Public rooms are /any/ room that's not an office or a
person's
flat/bedroom pretty much."

Denman says "All right, thanks for clearing that up."

You say "If the Builder owns it, it's probably public."

You say "Now if your character wouldn't ICly be there, that's a
different
matter. Such as firsties in Hogsmeade on a Hogsmeade weekend, or
Gryffindors in the Slytherin common room, or girls in the boy's
dorms."

Pixie says "But you must still consider whether you should be there
or not. If
there's a gaggle of girls in the bathroom, Denman the char is
probably out
of luck."

You say "What Pixie said. :)"

Harry says "If a scene needs to be closed, you can just @dig a room
and set it
floating, too."

Harry has done -one- scene in his time here that needed to stay
closed.
They're rare.

You say "And a note on the dorm rooms. They are people's 'homes' so
will 90%
of the time be used for sitting and idling. Please don't roleplay
in them
without asking everyone in the room if it's okay or not."

Sabine raises her hand.

You say "Yes Sabine?"

Peacock raises her hand, as well.

Sabine says "I know that being new to the scene may be intimidating
at first,
so just HOW annoying is it to ask other players for RP, if ever
they feel
too timid to first step out into the Big Scary World, so to speak?"

Becca would like to say something about that.

Sabine says "That is, arrenge to RP with someone before they venture
on their
own."

You say "If you're privately paging them, it's probably annoying. You
should
ask on a channel or just find where people are in the +where and
go there.
Or find a nice interesting public room and place yourself there
and see if
you get joined by someone."

Sabine nods. "Okay. S'what I wanted to know. Thanks."

You say "Yes Becca? And I see you, Peacock. :)"

Becca is coming from a different style of MU ethics to here. "Many
places
consider going into a scene, even in public, _without_ asking to
be worse
then powerposing. Folks who 'lemming' would be called something
worse then
a twink. For me, I would ask to be considerate and out of habit."

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Tengu nods. But here, people can come up with reasonable reasons to
be in that
location. Especially if it's Hogwarts. There's not too many 'out
of the
way' places where you showing up makes little sense.

Harry acks and chases ths cat off. Sorry.

Tengu greets Harry's cat? :)

Pixie snickers.

Dryad says "Hi, kitty!"

Sabine chuckles.

Whelan says "Is it right to ask people not to go to Diagon Alley
because you
are there?"

Darren grabs the spray bottle.

Pixie says "If /anyone/ tries to chase you out of a public room
OOCly, you
should tell us. They aren't supposed to do that. ICly is of course
another
matter."

You say "If anyone ever asks you to leave a place, /please/ tell us.
If it's
public, you have every right to be there. OOCly at least. (See the
IC
reasons for not being in the other House's common room, etc,
above)"

Tengu tickles Pixie.

Angelina giggles at that.

Whelan wews.

Becca says "Its just how I was taught in RP. Nothing wrong with how
anything
is done here."

Harry grins.

Peacock continues to keep her hand up. ;>

Dryad just shakes her head. This pair share a brain cell. They have
for years.
;)

You say "The Admins come from a mainly Pern background, rather than
WoD or any
of those others."

You say "And yes Peacock? :)"

Peacock says "My question is this. If you have, for example,
roommates in your
dorm, and two of you want to RP, yet the third is idling horribly,
what
should you do? Should you @dig a dorm area, or just RP there
without regard
for the other person?"

You say "Tell them you're about to roleplay (or are roleplaying) And
they can
leave, idle, or logoff as they see fit. Majority wins."

Pixie says "There are obviously other styles, as Becca has pointed
out. And I
know on other games it is rather a big deal to know where people
are."

Peacock nods and poofs off for awhile.

Pixie says "We just want to make sure people know it's not a big deal
here, in
general, if you see a lot of people gathered and go to join the
fun."

Sabine beams.

Sabine whispers something about 'my kind of place' and smiles.

Whelan nods to Sabine.

You say "Oh, about leaving.. a prefect or teacher can /Icly/ tell you
to
leave. And if you don't, then you get IC consequences. But that's
different
from someone OOCly telling you to."

Ruby raises her hand.
Whelan raises hand.

You say "Yes Ruby?"

Ruby says "I was just going to note, however, that if I am doing an
intensely
private scene with my friend Helena in the main crossroads of
Hogsmeade (or
the main drag of Diagon Alley), for example, I have to understand
that
there may be quite a few people who will wander through that area.
Frequently. And so if I /really/ want privacy, perhaps *I* should
consider
moving myself to a less-trafficked area."

Ruby says "Maybe the scene starts in the crossroads, but I may choose
to
continue it in one of the shops. Or a less-frequented sidestreet."

You say "Yes. If you want absolute privacy, @dig a room. As Harry, I
believe,
said. :)"

You say "You can always pretend that room is wherever you want it to
be."

Harry nods to Tengu.

Harry says "Very, very seldom do I have to do that."

You say "But I wouldn't do this too often. Or you might as well not
be on this
MUSH. :)"

You say "Yes.. Whelan?"

Angelina chuckles.

Whelan says "What if you walk into a common place and get docked
house points
and didn't even get a chance to get yourself in trouble? :)"

You say "Don't walk into a room where Snape is. :)"

Whelan laughs.

Pixie says "That's why you don't pose your entrance until you find
out what's
going on. :)"

Sabine was about to point that out with a snicker.

Tengu nods to Pixie.

Harry snickers. Some of us can breathe and get docked points. It's a
talent. :)

Lark snickers

Darren agrees with Harry.

Whelan patpats Lary.

Whelan says "Erp"

Ashley pets Lark.

Angelina raises a hand.

Lark feels like a puppy >.>

You say "Okay. I've been asked to talk about commentary in poses, so
I'll
cover it briefly. Don't do it. :) Some /small/ amount is okay. But
we don't
know what your character did yesterday, or what she's thinking,
unless she
actually /says/ it. And if you're going to @emit, please put your
name in
the first line.. as close to the beginning of the pose as
possible, and
please make sure your name occurs before any others in the pose."

You say "And they're not 'orbs' or 'optics' or 'oculi',
they're 'eyes'. Plain
writing is usually best. I'm a big fan of Orson Scott Card and he
doesn't
use fancy words or long descriptions. He just.. says it."

Sabine chuckles.

Pixie says "oculi.."

Angelina grins.

Darren hides the thesaurus.

You say "I /swear/ someone had oculi in their @desc!"

Angelina giggles. "I'd be wondering what those were." ^^

Lark says "I think I've read that too somewhere"

You say "Yes Angelina?"

Sabine takes a quick peak at her desc, then breathes.

Angelina says "Just out of curiosity, where would the rooms be dug
and would
you have to ask to dig one each time? o.O"

You say "Hermione in the movie says 'oculus reparo', so.. unless she
was
fixing Harry's eyes so he could actually see without the
glasses.. :)"

You say "You @dig <room name>, set it FLOATING, and @tel to it."

Angelina nods.

Pixie says "You don't need to ask for permission to do it. It's why
we give
you quota. ;)"

You say "You can keep it around, but it's one of your quota."

Angelina chuckles and baps herself. "Kay."

You say "Some players don't speak English as their native language,
or have
reading problems, so please keep that in mind before you dig into
your
thesaurus and come up with a word most people have never heard of."

You say "Any other comments or questions on this topic? Or any other
topic
they'd like discussed?"

Ashley raises a hand.

You say "Yes Ashley?"

Lark eyes Ashley warily as she asks a question ;)

Harry raises a hand.

Angelina aughs at Lark!!!!!

Angelina ahems.

Ashley says "Okay, this may have been covered earlier (probably under
powerposing), but what of someone @emitting a PC who's offline? I'm
assuming that's bad, unless they have permission from said player?"

Lark looks sinnocent >.>

You say "An OC will only be emitted by someone else if they asked
someone to
do it for them /or/ it's a Quidditch match. See 'news quidditch'."

Ashley nods. "Okay, was just asking. It only happened once or twice
that I
saw."

You say "An FC may be emitted by the Admins if it's important they be
there,
but this won't happen often. I think mostly it's just been Hooch.
Which
was, again, Quidditch. :)"

Ruby raises a hand.

You say "If someone leaves abruptly, you can kind of assume they
wandered off
or something if they're not back in 10 minutes and you need to
keep the
scene going. But.. try not to do it. I always feel squidgy when I
have to
do it."

You say "If at all possible, just assume they're still there quietly
and let
them.. fade into the background."

Whelan writes down squidgy for later use.

Ashley nods and eyes Larkie. ;)

Lark grins

You say "And Ashley, if you want to page the Admins and say when you
saw it
happen, we'd appreciate it."

You say "Ruby was next I believe?"

Ruby was going to note that there have been times I've known I'm
going to be
late to, say, an IC class for OOC reasons and I've asked someone
who I RP
with frequently who knows me to @emit that I come into the class
with them.
So that when I do OOCly arrive, I'm on record as having been
there. And
I've had a friend ask if I could @emit them cheering at a
quidditch game
while they make a run to Subway to get dinner. But hopefully the
@emitting
should be something fairly minor.

Ruby wouldn't want to log on and find out that while she was away, I
was
@emitted as jumping on a table and saying improper things to
Snape, you
know.

Darren falls over laughing.

Sabine snickers.

Whelan can see Ruby doing that oddly.

You say "Right. Give permission to people you trust."

You say "Like this upcoming Sorting. If you're a first year and you
can't make
it, you can ask someone to emit you if you want. You can even give
them
poses to pose for you or directions as to how your char would
react."

You say "Even in Quidditch, we won't seriously injure a player or
make them do
something unrelated to the Quidditch game. It'll be poses about
you doing
your job as a Chaser/Beater/etc, though you may get hit by a
bludger or
three. :)"

Darren shivers. :)

You say "If this makes you uncomfortable, don't try out for
Quidditch, or make
darned sure you show up for the games. :)"

Sabine grins.

You say "Anything else about well.. anything else? :)"

Dryad raises her hand.

You say "Utoh."

Dryad says "Can I have a popsicle? I saw one in the freezer. It was
orange."

You say "Nope. It's mine."

Darren giggles at Dryad.

Dryad says "We can share!"

Dryad wiggles her eyebrows at Tengu.

You say "I get the bigger half."

Ashley says "Not unless you have enough for the entire class?"

Sabine snorts.

Dryad says "Of course, Tengu!"

Whelan says "I want blue flavor."

You say "There are other seminars up on the logs website if you want
to see
other topics that have been covered. There's even a code one."

Wilhelmina says "Blue isn't a flavour. It just...is. ;D"

You say "Questions/Comments?"

Harry is actually hoping to see a Quidditch seminar sometime over the
IC
summer. There's more to it than standing out on the pitch and
making
yourself look like an idiot. :)

You say "Well, yea. There's like.. flying. ;)"

Darren says "precision flying no less. :)"

Sabine says "And dodging dubious things that cackle."

Sabine says "And I'm not talking about Slytherins."

Darren cackles, dubiously.

Sabine grins.

You say "Okay. I've gotten a request. If you're discussing something
in a very
public place that might make people OOCly uncomfortable.. well,
don't. This
can include touchy subjects like abortion or.. disgusting topics
like
decapitation."

You say "Conversely, if someone is discussing something that bothers
you. You
can 1) Leave the room, 2) Ask them to tone it down, or 3) Ask an
Admin to
step in."

Ashley shrinks from site.

Pixie says "And remember please, that while the rating on the game is
PG-13
and that leaves us a lot of leeway, we are not here to take the
place of
parents, and we have a very wide age range of players. So think
before you
start a discussion about certain things."

You say "Please remember we have players of all ages, genders, races,
and
backgrounds. What might not seem bad to you, may make them
squeamish or
upset."

Pixie wins that time!

Angelina laughs.

Tengu hangs his head.

Sabine grins.

Dryad /told/ you guys.

Sabine says "It's quite fascinating to watch."

Darren waves a little Pixie flag. :)

Whelan says "Pixie.. Tengu.. That is just freaky."

Dryad waves a popsicle.

Tengu adds a note upon request that this is both ICly and OOCly.

Ashley says "Should I hang my head in shame now? Or is it too
late? :)"

Whelan says "Too late. ;)"

Darren says "way too late"

You say "Annnything else? You can page me if you don't want to say it
out
loud."

Dryad says "Crumpet?"

Sabine hitches an eyebrow.

Lark laughs and patpats Ashley

You say "Going once..."

You say "Going twice.."

You say "Alright. If that's it then, we're done and y'all can go
rp. :)"

Whelan cheers!

Sabine stretches her legs and says: "Thank you very much, Tengu."

Sabine found the seminar really enlightening.

Harry waves and thanks. me? RP? Hah.
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