[ SECRET POST #339 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #339 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

1. General note: Don't use 10pix.com.
2. People have been submitting secrets to the Suggestions post instead of the Submissions post. Like four or five of them. Make sure to double-check you're posting in the right place!

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 200 secrets from Secret Submission Post #049.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 ] broken links, [ 1 2 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 ] repeat.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 11th, 2007.
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Comments

[degrees.livejournal.com]

42. I've never heard anything but bad things about Poly. I'm so glad I never joined.

[(Anonymous)]

Not the OP. But what bad things?

[infringe.livejournal.com]

1. There is no plot.
2. Everyone does their own thing, in their own cliques, without bothering to interact with anyone outside their clique.
3. Newbies are almost always unwelcomed, especially if they're from an obscure fandom.
4. They let OOC people in. (Dear god, what kind of moron would make Grimmjow fall in love with MOMOKO?)
5. The mods never call them on the OOCness. Even when people complain.
6. The mods take FOREVER to reply to ANYTHING. (Three weeks, lmao.)

[(Anonymous)]

I thought newbies could get into poly and the basic flow of things if they talked to the other muns outside the RP more. They didn't really have to be in the cliques, they just had to have the guts to speak to strangers and actively suggest plots.

Of course, I understand how difficult this can be.

[infringe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but when they do suggest plots, they often get overshadowed by the more infamous members &their plots. Also, considering the size of the game, it can be a little intimidating to someone who's new &doesn't know anyone. D:

[snapple.livejournal.com]

1) N/A
2) Agreed
3) I think it depends on the character
4) N/A
5) AMEN!
6) N/A

>_>

[(Anonymous)]

1. Is this new? There is some plot /now/ unlike the times when the old mods. Nothing ever happened then. There was one big plotline in April-May to be specific and there will be another very soon.
2. There are subplots people can join willingly, unlike the old mods times when everyone did their thing in their personal cliques. There are far less cliques.
3. Never had this experience.
4. OOCness happens in every game I've played in. The Grimmjow's case, I agree, was very odd (Ran too), but both were resetted/dropped.
5. http://berryfloss.livejournal.com/6542.html
6. They always answer everything I ask almost asap.

[case]

"THERE WAS A PLOT EIGHT MONTHS AGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo"

sorry I lol'd again

6. You must be their friend or something, 'cause that never happened to anyone else I know.

[infringe.livejournal.com]

1. Oh yes. Eight months ago is a clear sign that there is plot!
2. Cliques are everywhere in that comm. Just look at the posts with the most comments. You'll see what I mean.

[(Anonymous)]

Rangiku took forever before dropping.

[gaulish.livejournal.com]

1. There is a plot, it revolves around the end of the world, whatever characters do to make it. You, the player, can create plots.
2. This is true in it's own way, considering characters from obscure fandoms are overlooked and sometimes the more popular characters get interaction. That's the only thing that ever bugs me.
3. Not really :/. If newbies don't take the iniatve, then they'll be ignored. It's a big game, and it's hard to keep track of new people unless they jump right in.
4. I think they cracked down on this back in MARCH, and that Grimmjow has been long since LONG GONE.
5. They have suspended and pulled people aside from it. Just because they don't make public posts about it doesn't mean they DON'T. And I respect that, it keeps drama from boiling over.
6. Well, you KNOW, believe it or not, mods have LIVES. And the longest I've seen them take IS three weeks, because they've asked for numerous re-writes of applications, not full out rejection. The longest it usually takes a week and a half.

[case]

"6. Well, you KNOW, believe it or not, mods have LIVES."

That's that "SO MUCH WORK!!!" complaint again.

Refer here: http://community.livejournal.com/fandomsecrets/107199.html?thread=24601023#t24601023

[ashira.livejournal.com]

Nicely said. ♥

[(Anonymous)]

I couldn't agree with you more. I TRIED joining a while back and experienced 2 & 3 personally. (Despite the fact that more than a few people said they recognized my obscure fandom!)

The sad thing is, I keep being tempted to reapply there. Because there are some really awesome players I'd love to interact with that seem to shun any other game but Poly. (I even saw one person from there leave another game because of the mods were bad LOL)

[haleysings.livejournal.com]

I completely disagree with #3. I play a minor character (only shows up for about 5 or six episodes) from an obscure fandom (Princess Tutu), and he regularly gets 100+ comments on his entries. I don't play more popular characters (I played Maya Fey for, oh, a month or so a while back, but I sucked at her so I dropped), so it can't be "Oh, well, it's because you're well known for playing so-and-so"

I DO have a friend who plays a popular character (Vash) who constantly gets a huge, massive amount of comments to his posts, but...this is not only because he's a popular character, but since he's an outgoing character he ALSO comments on a ton of other people's entries AND the mun herself is really friendly and gets along well with others in the RP.

I think any character can succeed in Poly as long as you (1) post often enough that people notice your character, (2) are IC enough that people aren't too annoyed with you to play with you, (3) make a point of commenting on other character's entries [PARTICULARLY if your character is supposed to be outgoing!] and (4)you don't cause OOC wank.

Honestly, I've seen far, far, FAR worse RPs than Poly, and while I do wish they had a bit of a more all-encompassing plot at Poly, it's one of my few complaints. Maybe I'm just "blind" to it's flaws, I don't know.

[degrees.livejournal.com]

The secret outlined a lot of what I've heard, and how the mods kind of suck about taking care of problems, how they let OOC run rampant, how nothing really happens because people sit around and wait for curses, how it's nothing but crack (that might be good for some people, but it's not my thing). Stuff like that.

[(Anonymous)]

Addendum:

All the good players are too scared to interact with people outside of their friend circles because of the suck. And there are those players with characters that HAPPEN TO BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE.

Abused and overdone, thy name is Polychromatic.

[(Anonymous)]

Around the Nexus, Polychromatic is known as, "Where RP goes to die."

[(Anonymous)]

LOL

[(Anonymous)]

AMEN

[socksy-back.livejournal.com]

If your attitude sucks this bad all the time, I'm glad you didn't join too. By all means, stay the hell away.

[degrees.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was just telling the truth. But if you want to be mean about it, then have a nice day! ♥

[socksy-back.livejournal.com]

You're wanking all over the place about a game you haven't even joined and I'm mean fo saying it's best you didn't join?

Sure. Whatever.

[metronome.livejournal.com]

It went downhill really fucking fast around November 2006. I really wish it'd just closed then.

[(Anonymous)]

if it closed, then we'd lose all this amazing drama :(