What do you want to see on the blog, at Musery Loves Company, or anywhere else in the GAPAs’ domain? Here’s where to make your wishes known.
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What do you want to see on the blog, at Musery Loves Company, or anywhere else in the GAPAs’ domain? Here’s where to make your wishes known.
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We’ll need a new BiP and R&R soon…
Silly Sudo, not looking in the Recent Posts bar. We just got a new R&R, (Thanks, GAPAs!) but we do need a BiP.
What does “BiP” stand for?
Me thinks it’s Books in Progress: https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=2718
Ah. That makes sense. Thanks!
Good News thread, to counteract the Rants and Complaints one?
Sounds cool!
Seconded!!!
Thirded!
Granted!
I mentioned this before, but on a West Wing fansite, I saw bumper stickers that said “Don’t Blame Me- I Voted For Bartlet”, Bartlet being the president in The West Wing.
Could we do something similar, but with “Kokopelli” instead of “Bartlet”?
What would we do on that thread? Talk about what would happen if Koko was president?
GAPAs, I have a great idea for thread. It’s called the dilemmas thread, and on it we come up with dilemmas and see what people choose.
What about a new likes/dislikes thread? It’s been like three years or something.
Good idea. Granted!
A Prussiania RPG?
Oh, that sounds cool! Seconded! But what would we do?
Hmm…
ANd it’s not like we’ve got any shortage of RPG’s around this place.
A secret society of armadillos with a plot to overthrow the government?
I’ve been hoping for one of those for a while.
Although we should really ask Robert. I’m not sure I’d want to see swarms of people I only knew on the internet, even if they were nice enough, invading one of my private worlds and running about in it as they saw fit. Robert may have a different view of things, but if he doesn’t want to let us in, we shouldn’t press him.
True…
I don’t mind. Prussiania has been underutilized for a long time. I’d love to open it up for fresh adventures.
So can we? Please? *makes puppy-dog eyes*
With MuNoWriMo and a freshly launched RRR now in fully swing, I think we’d better wait until March to bring Prussiania back to imaginative life.
It’s almost Maa-arch!
If anyone has a plot idea, it’s welcome- Prussiania is still a rather broad horizon.
Umm…some noble-person seriously messes up and the brave heroes have to fix it before the world collapses? Or is that not original enough?
3.1- Not a thread, a bumper sticker.
Ohhhh, gotcha.
Thirded.
I fourth the Prussania RPG.
Are there any white “FEAR ME” shirts for women at Musery Loves Company? I didn’t see any.
There are women’s long sleeve t-shirts for both the bold and scrawly type FEAR ME designs. For short sleeve there are the “Women’s Cap Sleeve T-Shirt” ones in both. But the only “normal” women’s short sleeve t-shirts do seem to be in dark colors, and only in the scrawly print.
How about a “Fail” thread, where we post epic fails that we commit? ( SudoRandom, that one’s for you. I forgot what the fail was though. )
Yes, we need that. I have a horribly prolonged fail on an old thread somewhere. I’ll have to find it.
I think it might have been the last Suggestion box, actually. It was funny.
It was hilarious.
I second the fail thread.
Fail = telling Pseudo she should play a percussion instrument. To which she replied, “I do. It’s called the piano.”
FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL
The piano is a percussion instrument. Hammers hit taut strings, creating sound.
Jinx!!
I know, that’s why I said that.
Pianos are percussion instruments, though.
No, it was P_M’s fail, not mine.
I think we need a new Demigod RPG. It’s over 400 posts.
Seconded!
I agree! Thirded!
As I explained on the thread itself, I don’t think so. It’s only over four hundred in replies, and replies are only rarely very long at all.
It’s also much more convenient to have everything on fewer pages, since you don’t have to sift through so much to find the post you want.
Anyway, I think the current thread has a fair amount of space left in it, and a new thread is unnecessary.
I take back my thirded and agree with you – I wasn’t thinking about the replies but you’re indeed correct, the current thread is probably fine for now.
How about a Sherlock Homes-era-and-style detective/general mystery RPG?
Mystery RPG sounds good. As for Sherlock Holmes, I prefer Agatha Christie.
Ooh, yes, me too. With Holmes, you can never solve the mysteries yourself, because only the great Sherlock Holmes himself knows all the clues, but with Poirot and Mrs. Marple, you get all the information you need.
And all the little hints you need. Have you read Three Act Tragedy yet?
Want to try and write a mystery collaboratively by email after the kokon?
Ooh! Yes! Seconded!
Third the mystery RPG! That sounds awesome!
Fourthed! I love mystery!
While you can count my vote, I am already involved in the Demigod RPG and the technically-active-but-not-really Romantic Musical Comedy RPG, so getting myself into another one might be a little much, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to resist this. Still, I might be better off watching but…oh just count it!
I third the fail thread!
Fourthed!
Fifthed!Sixthed!Fail thread sounds good.
Also, it seems like a lot of people want a new Triangular Sentences thread?
*chants* Fail Thread! Fail Thread!
I want a fail thread!
YAY!
How about a new Books in Progress? It’s getting kind of full.
I don’t know if this fits under the random thread, but maybe a thread that you can post what you’re doing at the moment (if it’s interesting enough to have the desire to post it.). A couple of times I felt like it wouldn’t fit under the random thread, but I wanted to post about something that I was doing… Maybe I’m just weird.
Fail thread sounds good…
What about a thread where we can post stream-of-conscienceness/whatever pops into our heads? I’m sure there’s something like that already, though.
A random thoughts thread? That would be cool. It would be PoPo haven.
Oooooohhhhh……..Me likey.
Good dea! I wouldn’t post everything that pops into my mind though, because that would be too creepy.
21- I write down all my random thoughts on a graph paper notebook sometimes. I get some strange stuff.
GAPAs, could we have a shirt with the bunny song on it in Muserly Loves Company?
Which bunny song?
wearebunniesandwearecutepeopleloveuswithoursnootswegow00tw00twithoursnootswearesuperdupercutesolivewithusandwewon’tsingthisanymore
I thought maybe it could go in front of a bunny…
That would be cool on a shirt.
Could we have another one of those writing prompt threads where someone posts an image (like someone kicking fall leaves) and then people write their interpretations of it?
So seconded.
Good idea. Your request is granted.
I like the idea of a random thoughts thread.
I fifth or sixth or whatever number it really is, the Random thoughts thread.
I (insert number here) the Random thoughts thread.
(21, 25, 26, 27) We have something that is actually called a random thread. Two or three new ones a month, in fact.
Well, the Random threads still sort of have conversations on them. Like the Garlic war, and sunglasses. I doubt people would like it if other Musers posted every time a random thought popped into their head. I should probably stop debating with The Almighty. *bows, and goes back to the Garlic War*
There’s a difference between “random” and pointless posts. The former is always welcome on the Random Thread, that’s what it’s there for.
*infests Random Thread with random thoughts*
How about a “Awesome Commercials” thread?
Or a television thread. Shows, commercials, etc.
Search “Geeky TV shows”.
Like the Slowskys? I love those commercials! And, for some reason, car commercials!!!!!!!
*It seems many wish for a new Triangular Sentences thread.
*A thread on which to discuss invented languages?
*A thread to post creepy pictures of hot pink bunnies?
There is a thread called “*recoils in horror*” where many people have posted creepy pictures of hot pink bunnies.
Um, new Books in Progress? Anyone? It’s getting full. Long posts and all that.
Second that.
Can I put in a request for a new RRR? Open to everyone (the Ensembles seem to have died, although I understand an attempt has been made to revive Noir, and City is still plodding along). Since a lot of the oldbies/paleophytes seem to have returned, this might help them feel a bit more at home in “MB 2.0.” Also, I’m getting nostalgic, and re-reading old RRRs doesn’t help anymore.
I don’t think we should have any genre or plot set in stone at the beginning. Given the group, it’ll likely turn out fantasy, but who knows?
Elsewhere there has been some clamor for a Prussiania RPG. Maybe we could turn that into an RRR. Or are you thinking about something less constrained and potentially more serious?
I was thinking of something less constrained and potentially more serious, but there’s no reason we couldn’t do both. Is there?
Oh, RRR, my love, my loss… wherefore diest thou? Wherefore? I strew rose petals on thy dusty tomb, thy final resting place in the fond remembrances of the past… But soft! Is there a breath of life yet? Does some footstep sound in the long-neglected paths? Does some voice disturb the quiet of the peaceful grave? O life! O love! Is it so? Does some miracle, some necromancy–evil or divine, it matters not–pour life into thy still memory? Let it be so! Let the genius and the folly of the past return, let it be revived by the old, and carried on by the young, tended and nurtured until it shall return to its former splendor!
Be of good cheer, lass. Thy thread awaits.
I still think we need a new Books in Progress.
Good idea.
We should get a new Jokes & Riddles thread for 2010…the one for 2009 has 340 comments on it..
I second that!
Could we maybe have a new Kokonventions thread? The old one’s getting a little full…. *wants Massachusetts Kokon*
I know you’ve said no to a Doctor Who thread, but how about a Doctor Who/Torchwood thread? That’s a bit more broad. There was a thread about soccer and cryptids …
Adding Torchwood to the mix doesn’t change anything. And a separate space probably wouldn’t make Doctor Who any less of a thread traveler. He pops up everywhere. Besides, there’s plenty of room on the underutilized Geeky TV Shows thread.
A BBC thread?
Two thread suggestions:
1) A Wonderland RPG. We don’t have anything quite so random yet on MB, and we desperately need some new randomness.
2) A General Trivia thread – like the Harry Potter Trivia-Off, only much more general.
What’s “Wonderland”? As in “Alice in Wonderland”? Or something else?
As in “Alice in Wonderland”. Basically the same, except without Alice herself (or any of the characters from Alice’s Earth).
Cool! Seconded! Only, could we have some of the characters from AiW? Like, the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar, and the Queen of Hearts?
Yeah, I was thinking we would have those. In fact, what I meant by “Alice’s Earth” was the normal world, so we wouldn’t have Alice, her sister, the cats, etc.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Thirded!I just saw the movie.
I like the name!
Eek! There’s no random thread! I trust that the GAPAs will have one up soon enough and that I just came on at a bad time…Heh, maybe I’ll even get first post!
Hey, is there going to be a Happy Birthday, George Harrison! thread? Because if there isn’t, I would like to suggest it. February 25!
I don’t recall there being one for John Lennon ( October 8 ) but then I can’t remember if I was on then. Ringo and Paul are both in summer.
Hmmm, I’ve just checked, there was one for Sir Paul, but none for John.
In fact, Paul appears to be the only Beatle to have a birthday thread.
We could have a writing thread where someone posts the beginning and end of a story, and others fill it in-or maybe we already have that. I’m a little delusional from the flu.
Could be a feature which takes you to a random thread, like the “Random Article” button on Wikipedia? That way, it would be easier to find random, old threads.
That would be awesome, but I don’t know if it would be possible.
A random link? I think it is possible. Click here.
Awesome! Thank you!
Okay, I had this random thread idea…
Sort of like the Writing Theme With Variations thread, only different.
So basically you post the list of criteria people have to use in writing a short piece of creative writing. For example, the happiest story you can, using at least once all of the words bloodshed, violence, anger, war, death, and despair.
Or I’m sure people could come up with other good criteria. Maybe a story centering around a random word, or another involving the topic of a thread pulled up by the random generator. Whatever people can think of. Limited only by imagination.
Good idea?
I know that this was discussed a year or two ago, but maybe an “anti-chatroom” thread? 100 word minimum (or something like that) for each post, no nested comments, no set topic but no rapid changes of topic once we have a topic. Focus should be on quality of posts not quantity (not that it shouldn’t always be…). I know that when it was first discussed, people said that it was too similar to the morphing chameleon threads, but we don’t have those anymore.
Paleostuff?
Hmm…that’s an interesting idea.
I like Robert’s idea of putting it under the Paleostuff area. That might work well.
However 100 word minimum seems kind of small, maybe a little bit bigger than that? Or are we trying to limit them to very small posts each?
Oops! I just realized that it’s 100 word MINIMUM not maximum. Silly me.
100 words isn’t too bad. And they’re welcome to write more if they wish.
100 word minimum, and need I add, no pointless filler.
The Muse Academy Student Lounge thread follows the non-nested format now and is supposed to be for longer, less chatty posts, though it doesn’t have a minimum length.
My first reaction to the idea is that an anti-chatroom with a 100-word minimum wouldn’t stay active very long. I could be wrong, of course.
The H&H is available to serve the same purpose as well. In fact, that was the idea behind creating it in the first place.
Oh, and could we have a thread for noting discussing Who’s Posted How Much? I keep wanting to make comments about it, interesting post numbers, (Fishy now has 1,234 posts!) or whatever.
The Random thread should be able to handle that.
Okay. That’s fine.
Could we maybe have a thread for finding out and discussing who you “blog sibling” is?
Yes! Please!
That would be sooo kool!
*ahem* Normally I would reprimand you for possible usage of chatspeak, but I am far too happy to even care! *tralala*
Oops!! Sorry about that.
Cool! Seconded!
That seems like a good idea, considering.
I like that idea. I think it would also help bloggers get to know more about each other… When I first came on (and still now, occasionally) I felt so left out with everyone knowing not only my “name,” but everyone else’s; also, everyone had inside jokes and other things that made me feel left out… What was I talking about? Anyway, yeah, let’s do it.
Yes, I agree. Please, GAPAs?
I’m not sure exactly what it will be like, but I’ve created the thread.
Keiffer is grateful for the new thread. Keiffer thanks GAPA Robert Coontz for creating the thread.
Could the dark bunny shirts have white eyes and mouths?
SFTDP
I don’t suppose there will be a Valentine’s Day thread, hm? Not that I really care. It just occurred to me. I don’t even know what would go on there. Maybe I shouldn’t have even posted this.
*stops*
*remembers something*
*continues*
I don’t know if somebody else mentioned this, or if I already have, but is it possible to show which MBers are logged on?
I think one of the GAPAs mentioned something about a “map,” which lets you know who’s one and where they are, but it was far to complex.
As far as I could tell, the map just showed the locations of MBers (technically, that of their IP adresses).
Piggy would like to suggest a psychology thread. He thinks it would be interesting.
Bookgirl_me is also interested, especially if we could go off into Museblogology, for fear of classifying us all as insane.
LBK is also interested, although she thinks she won’t be very good at it.
Beedle agrees.I agree.
Enceladus agrees. Enceladus likes psychology.
Enceladus would certainly be interested in a psychology thread.
On Musery loves Company, could there be more colors for the messenger bags? Surprisingly, I don’t think everyone wants a bright yellow bag to take to school. Perhaps white, green, or black?
Unfortunately, that’s the only available color.
Oh. That stinks.
I had this idea for the Muse-ry Loves Co. when I was helping to plan our trip to NYC: You know those “I [heart] NY” shirts? What about one that looks almost exactly like it, but instead says, “I [heart] MB” ? Just a thought…
Or “I ♥
” would work too.
I will repeat my suggestion, to
be annoyingensure it is considered: a psychology thread. Thankee kindly.That sounds like a good idea, but what would we do? Analyze each other? Analyze famous figures?
Discuss psychology.
Without necessarily applying it? I see.
Cake, I forgot to say that I second the idea. SFTDP.
I’ll (well, half of us will) second that.
Hmm…sounds interesting. But beyond discussing psychology (Obviously) can you give us other specific things we would discuss?
We could discuss our own psyches or interesting aspects of psychology or basic human psychology or group psychology.
Could be interesting. I secound it.
That sounds interesting. *[insert appropriate numeral]ths* Although I must admit I know almost nothing about psychology….
So, GAPAs, I’d like to point out that the R&R thread is over 300 comments and a bit unwieldy. Hot topics is smaller, but also really long, so could we get new threads at your earliest conveniance, pretty please?
Done!
You know how there’s that arrow at the bottom of threads, that takes you to the top? Would it be possible to put one at the top that took you to the bottom?
Oh, I was actually just thinking about that. I don’t think there is, otherwise they probably would have put one there already, but if there is a WP feature that let you it would be helpful.
I agree. That would be better than scrolling all the way downnnn. Or maybe I’m just being lazy…
You don’t have to scroll. If you’re on Windows, you can use Ctrl+End, and I’m sure Mac’s have the equivalent.
Yup. Command (apple)+down arrow. Or just grab the blue scrolly bar with your mouse and drag it down to the bottom in a fraction of a second….
Okay, thanks!
I posted this on “Best of the Blog”, but I think it’ll get more attention here, so:
Weetabix! That is something we MUST put on the blog! Sorry, I know I’m not making any sense, so let me tell you a short story:
Once, my family was sitting around the dinner table, bored out of our skulls. (My dad maintains that we were actually in LAX waiting for our flight to Fiji to arrive, but I know he’s wrong .) Anyway, wherever we were, we were extremely bored, and somehow Weetabix came up in conversation. My dad sat up and said, “I’m thinking of a movie where somebody hides under a box.†It turned out being The Wrong Trousers (Wallace and Gromit) and that he said that because the box that Gromit hides under says Weetabix on it. And so it began. Now, whenever we’re bored, we start up a Weetabix puzzle. Somebody says, “I’m thinking of a movie where…†and we have to ask yes-or-no questions about the movie to determine what it is. (But no “cheater†questions that are about the movie itself, not the scene in the movie, like “is it animated.â€)
After that not-so-short story, I think that we should bring these puzzles to the blog. Maybe we can create an initial thread with one that the GAPAs make up, and we can all take turns guessing it. What do you think, GAPAs?
Could the Paleophytes have a “Private: Paleo Ensemble RPG Organizing Thread”? Like the one for RRRs, only for RPGs? If the paleophytes agree, of course. I just think it would be cool to have private RPGs.
It’s not a bad idea, but I really think that the private RRRs make more sense. RPGs are a fairly recent import into MB, while RRRs have been around for a lot more time.
While an Ensemble RPG sounds like a very cool idea, I don’t think it should be exclusively Paleos.
I agree there. RRRs are on old revered tradition. RPGs (at least in the density at which we have them) are new upstartish little creatures… *expresses general disgust at RPGs*
I agree with Errata. The Ensemble approach would help to maintain a pace and tone that all of the RPGers are satisfied with, but restricting it to the paleophyte threads might cut off some of the more dedicated players.
RPGs on the Paleo threads would make them exactly the same as the regular threads.
-blames RPGs for all that is wrong with the world-
Sorry…I just need a scapegoat.
No… That’s fine. I, myself, sometimes get frustrated with the recent RPGs, and especially right now when it seems like most of MB is concentrating on Demigod RPG, and forsaking my beloved BA. It seems like RPGs are quietly drifting away from any relevance whatsoever with MuseBlog, and moving into realms where everybody has magical powers of some sort. I don’t know.
Sometimes it seems like I miss a MuseBlog that I was never a part of. I would have loved to be a part of all sorts of RRRs while they were being first written, and the Empowered RPW, and all sorts of things. I miss MuseBloggers that wouldn’t recognize me, if they were to come.
Sometime I need to go read the rest of the RRRs. I read Etheterre, (Speaking of which, Kiwimuncher and I could use some help rewriting….*hint hint*) but I still want to read Searoc and all the others.
Yes, RPGs do have their weak points, and are much less social than RRRs.
We seemed to have a considerable amount of support for a psychology thread. OEADS?
I’ve been hesitant. Remember how the philosophy thread turned out?
I may be completely wrong and/or the way I perceive this applies only to me, but psychology seems much less abstract and much easier to understand quickly than philosophy. With philosophy, I find it harder to imagine a situation where one would apply the philosophy that one was speaking of, whereas with psychology it’s easier to apply and even relate to. The observable way that people act is more familiar than an idea on a pedestal that one has never even heard of. With philosophy, people’s morals can get dragged in and there’s the possibility of contention (not that argument is always a bad thing) whereas psychology can be taken from a disinterested view and may be less personal. Psychology, to me, is less intimidating and more quickly learned than philosophy. In short, I like psychology and want a thread for it, and now I shall hit the comment button.
I don’t know….I think that to discuss philosophy it might be good to have at least some background knowledge about it, but philosophy you don’t…..
Although since we have this thread I guess this is kind of a pointless post.
Perhaps a thread for thinking in general? I always find it fun to self-analyze.
How about a thread for discussing our favorite issues/articles/comics of Muse?
How about a “detailed description of fantastic places” thread, to help us with our writing, where we imagine a setting and then describe it in detail, not as part of a larger story. (although it can inspire one that we would then write about on the more conventional writing threads)
KaiYves: Would that be like Writers’ Notebook, or are you thinking about something fundamentally different?
The writer’s notebook is for all prompts, this is just for settings and places.
Could we actually just make an “Imaginary worlds” thread, where we talk about worlds or places we’ve invented? I have a feeling we already have one though, because of all the talk of Prussenia. (sp?)
Cool! ______-ed!
So a world-building thread? Sounds cool.
Yes yes yes yes yes. It’s like you’re reading my mind. I was planning next month, instead of trying to write a novel in a month, I wanted to build a world in a month.
MuWoBuMo!
That sounds a bit like the Judoon in Dr. Who…
Mu! Wo! Bu! Mo! Ho! Ho! So! Klo! *scans Sudo*
Classification: MuseBlogger.
Will you work with me on the world?
Sure! Top down style, or bottom up? I prefer top down.
If you don’t know, Top down is where you define what sort of world it is, and continents, and then work on smaller and smaller details.
Bottom up is where you start with the tiny details, and then make them bigger and bigger ideas.
Let’s do top down!
You can work on your own world if you want, I just thought it would be fun to do a collaborative project.
Can I help, too? I had to do something like this in 4th grade. Oh, and I like the top down style the best. *makes puppy dog eyes*
Let’s all work together on the new(!) thread.
Cool! Maybe I’ll try to do that too!
That would be awesome. We tried to do a collaborative one, with Muse Legendarium, but that died.
GAPAs, I’m back to request a “Happy Birthday, George Harrison!” thread. I notice there are no “Happy birthday!” threads on the 25th. Please please me! I beg you not to be long, or I may be asleep. I wonder if there is going to be a thread, but stick around and it may show, I don’t know. My guitar gently weeps for George if there is no thread. In the case of this event, for you blue George, for you blue. He will sit at the computer and shout “Bad machine!” at it. He will call us “A thingie! A fiendish thingie!” and call our RPGs, “Bah. Soft games.” Please, GAPAs, a thread for George!
We all love George, but I don’t know if he would want a birthday thread.
“The nicest thing is to open up the newspapers and not find yourself in them.”
*sends a Donald Duck to Ringo instead*
ThankyouGAPAsthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou! *loves*
I was only half joking about a MB: The Next Generation thread. *looks around hopefully* Any takers?
If you don’t know, check the current R&R.
I second it!
Great! But does anybody else like the idea? A lot of people posted about it on the R&R…but probably not enough to keep a thread going…oh well. But still! Anyone else?
I like the idea! We could all post things that we want our children to see! Thirded!
Fourth.
Pseudo: Fifths.
What would we talk about?
Well, like I suggested, things we want our kids to know, most likely.
Well, there was a whole series of conversations we had on the R&R – things that we would say to our children/things that if our parents used to go onto MB they would say to us. Then, of course, things we would want our children to see, or things we would never want them to know.
And just talk about the next generation of MBers to come, how you think it will have changed by them, what will be different and just generally make ourselves feel old. 
That sounds cool.
So, I was searching for my posts with my name in them, and there weren’t that many. Which is when I had a flamablamablous idea: a We Love SudoRandom thread! *is pied*
))
Fine, fine… *grumbles*
But I did have another idea: what about a We Love _____ thread, where if a MuseBlogger was feeling down, they could post about it on that thread, and other MuseBloggers could post all the things that they like about that person there. I don’t know, I just thought it could be nice sometimes, if you ever needed a boost. Of course, there could be some overlap with other threads, but you never know. People like?
((Oh, and I’m secretly hoping for votes for that first thread I mentioned, you know.
I really like that idea! Seconded!
OMG! That’s a GREAT idea! (A We Love Starr Thread – ingenious! Glad you like it too! *is also pied*) Kidding…maybe.
But anyway, to your second idea and your second idea only…
that’s great! I definitely vote for it! And, although it may not work so well, we could always also just go there even when en isn’t feeling down just to boot someone’s general self confidence when they’ve done something particularly amazing *points to self* , you know?
But anyway – count me in!
Like the ideas. Seconded. Both of them.
I dunno, if I was feeling depressed, I think a “We Love Enceladus” thread would feel sorta fake, like the stuff you get in a guidance counselor’s office.
I had to read your post five times before I got what you were saying. Now that I do get it though, I agree with you. Maybe just the second idea, Sudo, and I know you were so happy about it.
Well, no, it wouldn’t be like that…besides, I think that would be sort of embarrassing actually in truth. But a general We Love _____ Thread! seems pretty good to me or a Comfort thread like Giminator suggested.
Gimanator, if you please.
Sorry! *choklit*
Don’t worry about it. Common mistake.
I semi-second that idea, but I don’t think a new thread is necessary each time someone feels down. However, I fully support a ‘comfort thread’ where MBers can go if they’re feeling a little under the weather, and need simply mention it, where other Mbers will swoop down to help them. Like a giant family.
Seconded!
Isn’t the whole blog one big comfort room? You can rant on “Rants and Plaints” or bemoan your romantic problems on R&R, or just order hot chocolate with extra marshmallows at the H&H. As far as I can tell, MBers are always ready to rush to one another’s support.
Do we have a Nostalgia Thread by any chance? Specifically for conversations like the one that came up on the Random Thread? Or would that be too depressing? (Or too exciting, either one…) I mean, I guess it could get depressing, but every once in awhile you just feel like you need to think about it, right?
If you don’t think the thread would fill up enough or if the Random Thread is well enough equipped for those types of conversations, I’m fine with that. Just wondering though. Thanks as always.
That sounds good, but I’m also not sure if it will fill up or not.
I think that the paleo threads are sort of supposed to do that. Wouldn’t mind one of those, though.
Good point. But the Paleo thread has sort of become another Random Thread….I suppose it’s better suited for handling unexpected bursts of nostalgia though, too.
The Paleo Thread didn’t “become” another Random Thread, that was what it was from the beginning, a slower, smaller Random Thread.
I dunno. *is allergic to nostalgia*
Random idea for the Musery Loves Company: playing cards.
Like “Do you have any Feathers?” “Nope, go… (I don’t know, ‘Go Bo!’)
Hmm. That also sounds good, but I was thinking more just a muse design on the backs of normal playing cards.
Oh, yeah. Muse designs on the back would be less confusing.
Paker cards!
Do we really want to unleash Paker upon an unsuspecting world?
Hm… It would certainly be good for promoting the Kokonspiracy, but the casualties… It would be very interesting.
YES! WE DO!
*cackles gleefully*
But, if we do, we could be arrested for selling potentially lethal objects.
However, it would be fun.
Very fun.
I’m not sure how well Paker would work in physical form.
(62 etc.) Something like the Kiss-and-Cry Room at spelling bees?
The comfort room? That sounds kind of nice. Provided we have dictionaries and lots of good brownies. (I remember that they had really good brownies in the comfort room.)
I think the Comfort Room is a little bit too general though. A We Love ____ seems better to me, but that’s just my opinion. *shrug*
(62 &c.) Sounds like a cup of tea — or whatever else you prefer — at the H&H could serve the same purpose.
MORE PAKER!!!
A new Muse How-Tos thread?
Your avatar…the swirls…are they HPBs!?
Wow that was random. Anyways, for my post below, I think I suggested it before, but then the Demigod RPG had just started. Now that it’s dying… *pleads for followers*
GAPAs, after browsing Wikipedia on chess variants, I found a very interesting version of chess. Alice Chess!
The rules are the same as normal chess, except there are 2 boards. At the start, one board is empty, and the other is normal layout. Any move made by a piece flips to the other board, “through the looking glass”.
Would you be able to create that in the chess program, and would someone like to play a (friendly) game to see how it works out?
I also came up with my own variation on chess. I like to call it onion chess. The set up and pieces are the same, but whenever a piece is captured, instead of just vanishing, it moves down a type of piece. If a queen is captured, it becomes a rook. If a rook is captured, it becomes a bishop. If a bishop is captured, it becomes a pawn. If a pawn is captured, then it just is gone.
I will! Both types!
Actually, I was more asking if the GAPAs could manipulate the chess program.
We can set the board up in any starting position (that’s how we created Turbo Chess), but we can’t extend the game to additional boards or invent new pieces. (The extra pieces in Capablanca chess are part of the original program.)
I like the idea of Onion Chess, but I don’t see exactly how it would work. Where would a transformed piece go? The capturing piece would be occupying its square.
Yeah, AM pointed that out. I think it would go back to the starting position for that piece. When something’s turned into a pawn, it goes kingside. If something is occupying that square, then it gets shifted forward/right/left/back.
In Onion Chess, it would be possible (though very unlikely) to be checkmated on your own turn.
Since the Demigod RPG is dying, if not dead, a Dragon or Fantasy Creature RPG? (I’ve been a bit obsessed with dragons lately…probably because of How to Train Your Dragon.)
That wasn't aimed at you, LBK, or anyone in particular. I'm just feeling kinda cynical today (I tried to post on a fan forum for a tv show I like, and spent a half an hour trying to find the "post comment" part. Yep, I'm a genius. EPIC fail.)
Sorry…it’s just, I suggested a Fantasy RPG awhile ago, but people said something like “We just got the Demigod RPG, why not wait a bit?” and I did. So, now that less people are posting, I was just thinking…
Isn’t there already a Magic RPG?
Yeah, but I was thinking centered more around creatures. AND THE Magic RPG is slowly dying.
SFTDP I didn’t mean to shout, that was my crappy computer.
That’s okay (the shouting, I mean). It’s slowly dieing? So is every other RPG. It’s the whole cycle that makes me want to throw up-we just pick up some idea, kid around with it, and then it dies after a few threads, despite various revival efforts. And then the whole cycle starts again, the only things changing are some names and the titles. I just wish… yes, I know that we’re just playing around and all, but why can’t we create worlds that work? Every time, you kid yourself into thinking that this one will be better. This time, there is something more. Your character will develop, the storyline will workout, the n00b drawing the wrath of the RPers and future editors will show up omnescient and you won’t need to fight your way through ens grammar, captitalisation and inability to comprehend how it infuriates you* and, theoretically, it will go on and on through generations of MBers, as constant as matter itself in classical science. That last reason is why we don’t make a real plotline, because we’re afraid of it dying. That just makes it drag on and on. Then, in a few months or years, the little crowd that stays after the first excitement fades and dwindles until one or two mourn it alone. Nothing’s sadder than a dead dream, especially if you’re the only one left. People think that that’s the way RPGs are. I disagree. Yes, that’s the way they are. But RPGs are our worlds and our games. Why can’t we create ones that work? We control them, why can’t we set their destiny once and for all. Yes, they’re just games. But the way they just fade and die, forgotten, is wrong. What about the jokes and the catchphrases and all that which will just disappear in cyberspace, lost forevermore? I consider myself a bit of a writer, and I’ve noticed that it’s hardest to end a story. So? We’re MBers. If anyone can fix this sort of thing, it’s us, and…
Sorry, that ended up very off-topic, but… I really wanted to say that. Maybe I should just leave RPGs. However, I don’t want too. Not yet. What we have-written, dreamed, created- is worth gighting for and worth fixing.
*I was guilty, guilty and guilty once. Everyone is.
Yes, it is hard to end a story. I’m (trying) to write one, and I can’t seem to end it quite right. First it was too short, now it seems to be getting to long, and… *sigh* Gighting? What’s that?
An embarrasing typo meant to be fighting *yawns*
It’s what gictures do if you mistreat them.
Agreed. I have many beloved RPGs dying and dead. BA:TNG is especially sad. There were months when BA:TNG was almost the only thread I followed. That and a few other RPGs. And now all of them are chiefly dead.
I want to keep posting on BA:TNG, but my character is in the Control Group, and I have nothing to do. Yes, that is my pathetic excuse.
How about a Screnzy preparation thread? I’m not sure how many musers are going to participate, but I know there have been a few in the past, and with April coming in a few short weeks, I would welcom a place to brainstorm/prepare.
Yes, please.
Marfwarrior- Agreed.
In a funny coincidence with Pi Day, today is Einstein’s birthday!
Maybe a new Polling Place thread? The current one is kind of full.
I also have 2 variations of chess: Atheist Chess and Toroidal Chess.
Atheist Chess is chess without Bishops – they’re starting position is empty. Toroidal Chess is when the side columns and top and bottom columns are connected.
How about filling in knights instead of the bishops?
If playing on a torus, I suspect you’d need a larger board and a row of pawns on each side of the pieces, so you could move in both directions.
Could we have a new incarnation of the Museblog Book Club?
I like that idea. Like Silver Lining said, it would be hard to agree on one book though. Still, I’d be willing to participate!
Totally seconded!
Thirded!
I like TMFA’s idea, though I should think that it would be dfficult to all agree on one book.
Could we have a new Quotations thread? The other one has nearly 600 comments.
Can we have a Screnzy brainstorming thread?
How about a Funny Lists thread? “How To Annoy People In An Elevator”, “What Not To Do At Hogwarts”, “How You Know You’re A Muser”, etc.
Yes! And then we could have lists of lists!
“List of lists”
“List of lists that won’t help anybody here”
“List of lists that contain themselves”
“List of lists that do not contain themselves”I’ll stop there.
I prefer Rainbow*Star to Silverstorm.
*detects possible Logicomix influence*
Go thou and make lists to thy heart’s content.
Not just Logicomix. We need to do a Biography project in English Class, and I’m doing Bertrand Russell.
I have Logicomix as a source, and then 2 approx. 600 page books, and then another book that is approx 300 pages.
But thanks for the thread!
Still in the same territory. I just reread “Logicomix” myself the other night.
I know this is quite a lot to ask, but it would be amazing if the MB had an iPhone app. That would make it so much easier for me to post stuff on here from my iPod Touch. I do understand, however, that this would make the MB a little more public. Still, that would be awesome. Would the GAPAs be up to it?
Perhaps the GAPAs could look into one of these WordPress plugins:
http: //wordpress. org/extend/plugins/wptouch/
http: //wordpress. org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-edition/
Hey, GAPAs, is there any way to modify the paleoaccounts so that we can see all of the comments that we have recently made (as well as, possibly, replies that have been made to them or other comments that have been added to those threads)? I would love a simpler way to keep track of where I’m talking without having to stalk the Recent Comments bar all night.
GAPAs…could we please have a new Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories thread? 341 comments.
Not a bad idea. I’ll conjure one into being.
The Alter Ego Thread could be renewed. I don’t know why I ask for renewals of threads that I don’t even go on…
Could we have a thread for Screnzy? Please?
And while I’m at it, I started feeling guilty with all these requests we’re making, and I wanted to thank you all for doing so much for us and
sacrificingspending all this time creating this simply amazing place for us to be while we’re online, and working so hard to comply with so many of our requests.Thanks. *thank-you pies*
Seconded! P*ese?
Requests granted.
I was looking through some older threads, and although I hate to add yet another request onto your already overfilled plates, would you consider making another Homeschooling Thread? I mean, I know I’m not homeschooled, but I can think of several on the ‘blog who are, and I think it would be nice to have another thread for it.
If not, I think the last one is still open, so maybe I’ll just try and go and revive it.
I think that MB should hold a virtual Yuri’s Night party… in April of NEXT year. I say this because:
1) We’d never organize in time for April 12th of this year.
2) Seeing how much resistance there was to a Moon Landing Day party in the summer, I realize a late March-early April party is never going to be approved unless it’s a one-time thing that never happens again. Thus, as next year is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight, I feel it should be the one time this party takes place.
On the blog or in real life? Preferably on the blog.
Fanfiction thread?
87.1- On the blog. I did some brainstorming which is saved on my other computer, but I’ll post it once I get home. The basic idea would be that it’s a 60s-retro-futuristic theme, with everything reinforcing the illusion that the ballroom is on a space station.
Okay, here’s what I throught up, all ideas subject to suggestion, change, and evolution…
Who: Any MuseBloggers who wish to attend. If you wish to assume the persona of a technician, astronaut, or spy or just create some sort of backstory for yourself, you’re welcome, but it’s not mandatory.
When: March 20th to April 17th, 2011.
Where: On the Yuri’s Night thread. Within the classic Muse Academy ballroom, decorated to resemble a room aboard Space Station Odyssey in all ways possible.
Food:
Décor: 2001: A Space Odyssey is the general reference. 2011 as seen by 1961. A large ballroom entered through sliding doors in the Star Trek fashion. Models and framed photographs showing the highlights of spaceflight and SF in the past 50 years decorate the room. (Yes, lots of gorgeous Hubble shots) “In-storyâ€, we are aboard a rotating space station, and large “windows†(Perhaps floor-to-ceiling) will show the rest of the station, the Earth below, the moon and stars, and every now and then, shuttles and cargo ships flying up to dock with the station. (The windows being just TV screens and all of this being stock footage or CGI.) Perhaps announcements over a PA periodically to announce the “dockingsâ€.
Music: A live band, playing a mix of 60s classics, New Age electronica, and any other favorites requested. Any MBer who wishes to drop in and play with the band may.
Dress: Futuristic formal. Black suits and ties, glow-in-the-dark dresses, neatly pressed jumpsuits, shirtsleeves with pocket protectors and skinny ties, Starfleet dress uniform, and the like. Go for a 60s feel, but nothing too hippie.
The goings-on: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering spaceflight, and the completion of Space Station Odyssey, various distinguished employees from the space agencies of the world have been invited to enjoy a civilized evening of dancing, music, intelligent conversation, and Earthwatching. (Binoculars provided at windows by wungs.) But keep on your toes, as befits the anniversary of such a prominent Cold War event, espionage and intrigue are in the air…
I love the idea! I would totally go to this…a year is so long to wait D:
Well, it has to be in a year or it wouldn’t be on Yuri’s Night.
May Day Ball planning thread, please?
I’d forgotten about the Ball. Yes, we need to begin planning soon.
Last year’s planning thread didn’t go up until April 20. Do you need more time this year?
I think it did seem a bit rushed last year. But whatever your GAPArian wisdom decrees should be done.
Last year’s planning thread actually went up on April 10, since we were on Muse Academy at the time . . . which means that it’s been slightly over a year since I started posting.
Yikes. You’re right! There’s no time to lose. I’ll create a planning thread right away.
Whoawhoawhoa. The May Day Ball already? It was just yesterday!
Years pass more quickly as you get older, you’ll find.
*sigh* So true. So very, depressingly true.
Woah. It’s been over a year since I’ve started posting. I started April 4th, 2009. I thought you’d been on for ages!
That just reminded me that my blogiversary is sometime next week. Yikes. *goes and reads last year’s May Day Ball*
Whoa. I was a complete idiot last year.
Don’t worry. I just looked at some of my early posts from ’07, and I was just as idiotic.
I do feel it would be a good time for the May Day Ball Planning Thread.
We did wait a bit last year, but we also had some additional planning on the emergency Muse Academy blog.
Thou hast it.
AlpacaLips would like to request a pun thread.
Actually, Alpaca, why don’t you just post requesting it yourself?
Alpaca: Because it’s no fun that way.
Anyway…. I think a pun thread would be rather fun, myself…
Seconded.
I ‘relish’ your ‘salty’ comments.
/bad pun
I am going to tell Alpaca that.
Don’t worry, you will get credit! He’ll love that…
Thirded, because AplacaLips maw not rest until it happens.
I’d like to put in a request for a General Discussion thread. Back in 2007, the Newcomer’s Thread was more of a mish-mash of discussions, where the neophytes could really have in-depth discussions. Then there was the Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread (heehee), but as I recall, I felt too intimidated by all the veterans that I didn’t stray from the NC thread until January 08. I dunno, it just seems like a General, all-purpose thread would be good. Like the random thread, but designed for newcomers with tons of questions – the new rules of the Neophyte thread make it so it’s more like “Hi neo.” “Oh, hi.” “Well, meetcha on the Random thread.” “Wait, what? Hello? You still – dang it!”
SFTDP – Ouch. Grammar check, sorry about that. I’m ‘alf aslee – *yawn*
I’m not sure what you mean about the whole “new rules” thing. The rules about only welcoming neophytes are mainly to stop paleos from rambling on and clogging up the threads.
The “Welcome, Neophytes” threads are for greeting newcomers and answering their questions. I think “greeting” can extend to introducing yourselves and letting them say a few things about themselves. As for general discussions, that’s exactly what the random threads are for.
True. I think I wrote that last night, in sort of a sleepy stupor, which would likely explain why I tried to make points out of things that weren’t sharp (oh, the pun gods are sobbing) in the first place. Apologies!
Nice pun.
I suggest a fail thread. T’would be quite amusing. Plus, we could comfort each other on our epic fails. ( Which happen quite often here. )
Oh, and I think we need a new alter ego thread…
Oh, h-e double hockeysticks YES. It’ll be our own personal version of the FAILBlog – seconded.
Thirded the Fail Thread. Once I got up from the dinner table, and wouldn’t ya know it, I forgot what I got up to do.
Face, meet palm.
I once heard a comedian say that that’s what it’s like to be a dog, all the time.
I must live a dog’s life, then.
Me, too.
That is an elementary fail, young grasshopper! Have you ever dropped a Wiffle bat over a fence, then trying to get it back, dropped a rake, and then in turn dropped a snowball maker?
What about a fanfiction thread, on which to discuss and post fanfiction?
(I know, I already posted this but no one noticed..)
We already have one. Search “fanfiction” in the little yellow rectangle at top right.
Are you sure? I searched “fanfiction” before posting that, and just now I searched both “fanfiction” and “fan fiction,” but I didn’t get a general fanfiction thread in the results.
No one noticed because we’ve had one for a long time.
I have an idea for a serious thread that I’d really love to see.
Today during second hour, all of the students in my school were called down to the auditorium. All of the lights were off and everyone on the stage was wearing dark colors and looked solemn. After everyone was seated, a presentation came on the screen that we had set up onstage.
They showed a slideshow of dozens of horrible, rude, degrading comments posted on Formspring, Facebook, Myspace and other messaging sites. They were made to hurt the people who received them, saying things like” you’re a fat whore”, “nobody likes you”, and “why don’t you just die”, and those are just the dumbed-down versions. At the end, the presenters revealed that all of these pictures of comments were screenshots, taken from the Formsprings, Facebooks, etc. of girls from our school. I had had an idea that that was what they were, but I never thought they’d show up.
After that, we had an open-mike session, in which time I heard about twenty stories from girls who go to my school. There was some really tough stuff, some terrible experiences with other peers making fun on them, putting them down and driving them even to the brink of suicide. There were some girls who had been bullied for their entire lives. I just felt really bad because I knew that I had been mean to people before, and was so afraid that I could have had this effect on those people and never realized it…I know that bullying is bad and happens all the time, but the assembly effected the majority of our student body in a detrimental way.
I’d love to have a thread to discuss (if we don’t already have one) bullying, whether online and in person, where people can share their stories, get comfort, and so that we can discuss ways to try and eliminate backstabbing and hurtful behavior, if not only within our own circles of friends.
I think this is a good idea — hard to talk about, but worthwhile.
I think we need a new Dissing Mr. Joe thread, 484 comments…
A new Suggestions Thread? 346 comments…also, is it possible to make an edit tool? So use lowly Musers can edit our own grammatical and spelling errors?