& AS WE WALK DOWN THIS ROAD OF MEMORIES...

[cowboy-mod.livejournal.com]

A few things have come up that need to be discussed, and discuss them we shall. We've mentioned this before, but we understand that some people can miss announcements due to going on hiatus, or new members have never seen them, so it never hurts to revisit old rules.

[ Time Zones ]

Now I know a lot of you older players are used to Poly running on PST [ GMT -8:00 ], but please don't forget that we changed the Poly timezone to EST [ GMT -5:00 ] awhile back. I've seen people going by PST still, and even if only a couple people start this, other older players might see it and get confused and go along with it, and of course newer players are learning by following your lead...and then it's just confusing all around.

So when the clock hits midnight on the United State's east coast? That means the curse is over, folks, unless one of the moderators makes an announcement stating otherwise. This also means that a curse will not start until midnight on the east coast. Please don't cheat just because you're in a different time zone and claim to be confused as to what time it is on the East Coast. It's very easy to simply look it up on Google.

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[ Back Dating ]

To follow that up, we understand that not everyone will be able to participate in a curse day, but that doesn't mean it's okay to add in an entry late and simply add in an OOC note asking people to pretend that it's earlier. It disrupts the flow, all right?

If you are late to a curse, you can feel free to actually backdate the character's entry. LJ gives you the option at the top of the 'Post An Entry' page. Granted, this means that some people might miss it because they aren't willing to scroll back that far on their F-List, but...them's the breaks.

Also, if you do backdate your entry, say so in an OOC note somewhere, or people might get confused as to why an entry's showing up where there was nothing before.

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[ Friend Add/Remove List ]

We've received some complaints from players who use the polychromatic F-List to read character entries, saying that some character journals haven't shown up, or that they miss certain announcements because of that. Our answer?

DO NOT RELY ON THE polychromatic FRIEND'S LIST.

Once upon a time, polychromatic was everyone's OOC community, meaning people had all of their character journals Friend it. But then that community became the Mod Playground, and poly_extra was created for you folks. When that happened, lots of players realized there wasn't much point to having their characters join the polychromatic, and so oftentimes, people will neglect to have their extra characters join the community, because...guess what? It's not really necessary to have all of their characters watch it.

So do NOT depend on Poly's F-List to keep you updated on everything. We have a perfectly good Friend Add/Remove List, and we work hard to keep it constantly updated so that everyone can use it easily. We would appreciate it if everyone would use it. To those who complain that it's too much work or too complicated? A few easy reminders:

• ALWAYS comment there when you gain or drop a character, so that we can keep it properly updated.


• Do not request an Add or Remove for anyone else's character. This has caused complications in the past.


• If you have multiple characters, you really only need to keep one of their F-Lists updated. Simply focusing on one character's F-List will be much easier.


• Because of the Friend Add limit that LiveJournal put into effect, you do need to wait 24 hours sometimes to add more, but in a period of 3 days you should have everyone in the Alphabetical sections added. You should only have to do this once during your stay at Poly.


• Once that's done, all you need to do is update from the weekly Add List on the bottom. To make sure that you don't miss anyone, always check the Add List by midnight of each Sunday before the new application period starts, in case there were any last minute add requests.


• Also be sure to copy and paste from the Remove List regularly.


• The Remove List will always be erased and refreshed the 1st of each month.


• The Weekly Add List will always be erased and refreshed the Monday of each new application period.


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If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to spam.

Comments

[theotokos.livejournal.com]

Word on the backdating, a notice saying that they couldn't get to a curse would be nice.

[cowboy-mod.livejournal.com]

Agreed and editing now.

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

Toast -

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

- uke icon -

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

- chuu for the hawtness of this post.

[innate.livejournal.com]

Three in one?

I want to keep the uke.

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

Fine. I sadly have plenty.

[innate.livejournal.com]

I'll take what I can get.

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

....LET RECORDS SHOW THAT JESSE KNEW ABOUT THIS ICON, KNEW, KNEW, KNEW.



PERVERT.

[innate.livejournal.com]

EVERYONE ALREADY KNEW, RUXI.

[innate.livejournal.com]

About me being a pervert, that is.

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

SEE, I THINK THAT MERITS ITS OWN POLY_EXTRA NOTE.

[innate.livejournal.com]

Me being a pervert? You want to be my uke that bad, cuddlebear?

I'd like to see it.

[queen-qing.livejournal.com]

>3!

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

[queen-qing.livejournal.com]

Bebe, we need a new plan to deal with perverts. ._.!

[pixelatedmemory.livejournal.com]

Not a question or a suggestion, but an unf from a little catchild. Nicely done. ♥

[cowboy-mod.livejournal.com]

Ritsuka is probably the only catboy I'd ever willingly boink hug. ♥ Especially with that seiyuu? The unf is a pleasant thought.

[pixelatedmemory.livejournal.com]

Aww, but Natsuo and Youji are pretty cool, too~ ♥ Isn't it, though? Minagawa makes for such a good little boy. XD

[cowboy-mod.livejournal.com]

This is true, but I'm happier with them boinking hugging each other.

[pixelatedmemory.livejournal.com]

Agreed. They should definitely be boinking hugging each other. XD

[gunofdis.livejournal.com]

Alright, I'll admit I'm lazy. Well, very lazy. But a lot of other players are too (about the friend list stuff) but what makes it a little tough is that there is almost no downtime for a reliable friend add because the week of reservations were removed and apps are approved at what is seemingly random during the no app week.

So hows about this simple solution as a compromise.

friend add polychromatic

There's a post on polychromatic like what....once every 2 weeks? And on top of that, it's usually just one big LJ cut. It's not a big deal to have every journal friend it.

Just my 2 cents. You can have the other 98 later. :3

[ex-janvalent852.livejournal.com]

Probably should be put onto the first friend listing (before the A's) due to LJ's Friend-Add limit and 'P' near the back end of the alphabet.

[innate.livejournal.com]

That lazy attitude is part of the problem here, to be honest, and there is a reason that your solution is not really a solution at all.

Having them add polychromatic to their f-list will not make all the character journals show up on poly's f-list. That option will make it easier for people to see polychromatic's announcements, but it won't add all the journals to poly's f-list, which is the main problem I was addressing.

And in regards to how the applications period has changed... In truth, you only HAVE to check the Add List once every two weeks. It really isn't very difficult for you to check the Add List by midnight of the Sunday prior to Application Week, now is it?

[gunofdis.livejournal.com]

Maybe my understanding of the friend system isn't quite correct here. When you add poly as a friend, it doesn't autofriend you back? Because if it does, then adding it as a friend would make everyone's journals appear on the friend list.

But when to check it? I understand that the mods are using something new so an established time period for when mods are done being approved hasn't appeared yet. During the week when apps aren't being accepted, they are still being approved so "friend add" requests are still trickling in up until the add list is deleted and a new one is started.

You could say the solution is "add them Sunday afternoon". Which would be a solution if I didn't (and probably some others too, beats me) work 10 Sundays out of 16 on second shift.

I know you can't please everyone. If I'm the only one speaking up about it, feel free to dismiss it. I'm just trying to raise a voice for those who don't wish to speak up.

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

Nope --- the only way to get people to be "seen" on the poly flist is by joining it, not friending it. If you friend it, you can see it, but you don't appear on it.

[gunofdis.livejournal.com]

I see. I'm assuming it does that because it's a community and not a "journal". If I got anything else to say, it'll have to come in the morning. I looked at my last post and I barely got my point across in it ~_~. Sleep does not forgive.

[cowboy-mod.livejournal.com]

No... Journals don't automatically add you back if you friend them, either, unless there's some new fancy LJ option that I have yet to hear about.

[contractorly.livejournal.com]

There's always the "polychromatic add user" option, but that'd drive the mods crazy. e_e;

[german-beefcake.livejournal.com]

omg. Thank you. The flist problem drives me absolutely crazy. I keep mine updated and am a bit obsessive about it. X3;; Especially when people forget to comment there with add/remove stuff.

But I had this blah feeling that people are still gonna be lazy. Is it honestly that much trouble to update atleast ONE character journal's list?.. Or maybe it's because I have no life. =D;

[eccentric-ox.livejournal.com]

THEN I MUST HAVE NO LIFE EITHER because I am the same way. X)

[german-beefcake.livejournal.com]

Yey for us! XD

[eccentric-ox.livejournal.com]

\o/!

[stormcoming.livejournal.com]

Good stuff, good stuff, Jesse.

Lord only knows I keep one character journal up to date! Guess which?

[number1gal.livejournal.com]

Thank you~ ♥

[quackingly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm one of the lazy people that uses the community friendslist. XD;; My problem is I *always* forget to go to the addlist until it's too late, and I have my e-mails turned off for friends notifications because sometimes I get behind on e-mails and come back to an inbox with hundreds of messages in it. XD; I'll try to keep at least Ahiru's friendlist updated from now on, though. (And I'll fix Autor's woefully behind friendslist over fall break, since I'm on his account all the time.)

One question--is there a place where we can see the dates of the application weeks? I know it used to be noted on the calendar, but when I checked I didn't see it? And it's not on the application post either, I think...

[innate.livejournal.com]

We'll begin posting it on the Applications thread when applications are open and closed.

[quackingly.livejournal.com]

That'll be a big help. <3 Thank you!

[a-partofyou.livejournal.com]

If it's too much trouble to update more than one account, just stick with one. You said you use Autor's a lot, so just worry about his and do the friend remove thing for all the other character's lists. =3 I only keep DS and Jeager's updated (because I have no life and I get sick of looking at one layout sometimes.)

[quackingly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. Since I just applied as Ahiru, it's easy for me to keep her friendslist updated so I'll make her the main one with Autor as a back-up. (I just have to purge his friendslist, and don't really want to fiddle with it currently. Fall break's coming up in a few weeks, I'll do it then.)