This will be the place where we, moderators, will inform you of what's new or what has changed on the 'POT stands for Pointless but Original Talking' forum.

In here, we will let you know when we create topics, change topics name or delete old topics. We can also start contests (though I still have no idea what Casie means by that), ask you to revive some threads.

Please, do visit this thread every time it has been updated.

However, it'd be nice if you didn't reply to our posts, except if it's a concrete request. For instance, if you want to ask for a new topic, here's the place.

Did I make myself clear?

Ok. So, first thing first:

1)We've changed the name of the thread you once knew as " Join me in this new game ", in which you have to create five title and five summaries. (Although originally, it was for)

The new name is 4-Truple Game

2) The "Weird Pairings" thread is being erased

3) We're discussing a whole new set of topics which I'm sure you should like.

That's it for now.Feb 27th 2008, 6:10pm #1

(Must have read Megane Rangers to answer)

If Sanada = emperor penguin, then what about the others?

Yagyuu?

Niou?

Kite?

Oshitari?

Tezuka?

Yamato?

Yukimura?

xD

Please. Reply it and ask a new question, for the greater good of the forum. Thank you.Feb 28th 2008, 5:54am #3

EDIT: Oh wow, it has been more than a week. XDD Ok, I'm late then~Mar 07th 2008, 10:40am . Edited Mar 09th 2008, 5:31pm #4

But now, we can begin with our Operation OTPs.

The rules will only be found here (below), that way we won't have to type them over and over again.

For March and April, we have our Top 5 of the OTPs:

1 Thrill (Fuji/Ryoma)

2 Royal (Atobe/Ryoma)

3 Sweet (Bunta/Jirou)

4 ToFu (Atobe/Fuji)

5 Smiling (Yukimura/Fuji)

We, moderators, shall create five new threads bearing the pairings' names. For the two following months, we ask your cooperation to make those threads lively- it's for the love of our OTPs.

The rules are quite simple:

1) You have to write a drabble or a oneshot for every pairing. If the amount of words exceed 230, you have to post your fic elsewhere and link us to it. n___n

2) Once you've written in a category, you have to write in every other category if you want to write in it again. For instance, if you wrote a Thrill drabble, you'll have to write some AtoRyo, then a bit of Sweet, then write ToFu and finally Smiling before writing some Thrill again! =D

... Was that clear? xD

What I meant to say is that we have to do a circle so every thread has something in it.

3) If you wish, you can share your favorite fics in the correct pairing thread. Link us to more great stories of our OTPs. <3

4) The threads will be running until April (because we've lost a week of March.)

5) In the last week of April, a new poll will be created where you will have to choose the pairings you want for the following month(s?). The winners of the previous post won't be there (but the requested pairings that have been forgotten the first time will be).

6) When the two months will be up, the threads will be locked.

I'm still not sure if all of this was clear... x___x

Feel free to ask any questions.

We'll try to create the threads soon. Enjoy yourself! =D

(I really feel like I'm forgetting something...)Mar 07th 2008, 5:51pm #5

I warn you all, somebody -better- be reading this after all the effort I'm putting into posting up -rules-. XD

Sooo. About the OTP thread thing.

We'll be making a thread (Dudly, Chibi, one of you better do it 'cause I don't want to go make another thread) for our first set of pairings, which has been deemed the Royal Flush. The five pairings are the ace, FujiRyo, the king, AtoRyo, the queen, MaruJi, the jack, ToFu, and the ten, Yuki...Fu. XD (Fuyuki?)

You will have to post one full Royal Flush in one post before posting up a new post for another Royal Flush, meaning you'll have to go through all five pairings -first-. And you can just like, edit your post whenever you want to put up a new story.

(Dudly edit (because awin-chan ain't typing anything more): So the thing is, you post a drabble of one of the five pairings and you edit your post until you have all the five pairings (a royal flush). After you have one "complete" post(meaning, five drabbles), you can start another post and do the same thing: edit until you have five. That way, each post you will have will indicate the number of "circle" you did. By circle, I really do mean Royal Flush/Top Five/Five Categories.)

Also, we have a wild card: the Joker. Everyone gets one Joker only for each round, meaning you can only use it once. n___n You can use the Joker to replace any of the cards, meaning you can write any pairing you want in replace of one other pairing for one hand. But you can only do this -once-. (I think I'm getting more incoherent with each word *sighs*) For example, you might not feel up to writing Smiling Pair for one of your hands, and might choose to write... Pillar Pair instead, meaning your Royal Flush would consist of a King, Queen, Jack, Ace, and a Joker. ...Does that make sense?

(Dudly edit : We would like it better if you tried writing for all pairings instead of choosing the easy way out. And please, be considerate. It would be sad if everyone chose to do a joker for the same pairing. Like, if all of you replaced their Smiling Pair drabble by a Pillar Pair or whatever. xDD )

And the next round of pairings will be a straight flush, one down from the Royal Flush.

(Dudly edit : ROYAL flush sounds lovely. -sigh-)

I hope that was half-coherent 'cause I'm not retyping anything~.

(Dudly edit : Hope my editing was half-coherent... Because if I have an half and Casie has another, then we have a whole, complete coherent post!

Questions are accepted, of course.)

Oh, I'll repeat myself: can someone revive the Silly Answers thread? It'd be pretty appreciated.Mar 07th 2008, 9:18pm #7

Just share what you know, as long as it's facts- meaning, only verified things.

Flooding will only be tolerated if used to comment a fact and adding something to it. Something that would learn everyone a bit more.

Go to school on the forum. xDDDMar 13th 2008, 6:26pm #8

I'm cleaning the Pairing Names... thread as well, not that it matters since it's deadish. XDMar 13th 2008, 6:54pm . Edited Mar 13th 2008, 8:58pm #9

A new flooding thread has been added, and it will be locked 'til FBI is filled up.

April Poll is up, and same rules apply~ =D

Pairings That Are Officially In the April Thread Perfect (Tezuka/Fuji) = 4 votes Imperial (Atobe/Tezuka) = 3 votes Platinum/D1 (Niou/Yagyuu) = 3 votes Pairings That Are Tied With 2 Votes Each Uke (Yukimura/Kirihara) Neko (Eiji/Ryoma) Pillar (Tezuka/Ryoma) Ryocest (Ryoga/Ryoma) Solitaire (Niou/Shishido) OT3 (Atobe/Fuji/Ryoma)

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Some of you may have noticed that with those results, we can't pick more than 3 pairings without being unfair (trust me, I'd like to just say OT3 made it into the top 5. xD)

I'll kindly ask those who haven't voted to vote on "Shoot the Pairings" thread. And I will ask you to post -here- to answer which pairing you like better out of Uke, Pillar, Neko, Ryocest, Solitaire or OT3.

If you don't reply to this post, we'll assume that you don't care and we, mods, will deliberate what will be the 2 last pairings. n___n

Solitaire. Hands down XD

Wait, can I vote if I'm a mod? XD

-wonders if I could post- I like Uke pair~~~ :D

I vote for OT3 (AtobeFujiRyoma) because otherwise nobody will write that. xD

I vote for Ryocest~ x3

I vote for Uke, please.

Um, do I still vote?

Pillar, onegai. Arigatou.

If my vote is still counted... ^^"

Solitaire and Pillar?

Solitaire and OT3 would be a real kick to write. =) They've got my vote.

Wait, how many could we vote for?

If only one, I choose Pillar.

If I could choose two, Pillar and OT3. :3

Hold on everyone. ^^;; It seems that there are 19 votes on the poll now (there were about 16 votes yesterday). So that means there is a new set of tied-pairings as of now. Please hold off any voting on PoT Minutes, but please continue voting on the actual poll if you have not done so already (poll ends today). Sorry for the inconveniences~ Thank you~

eta: The poll is officially closed. The mods will decide what to do with the very close outcome later on~ Thank you to everyone who voted. ^^

A new thread has been added named 'elsewhere'. A flooding topic. We seem to go through those. XD

The topic, "Create our own story here!" by Forte Blues has been deleted because it is dead, and the mods don't like the script-like format. We already have the interactive thread, if anyone cares to continue it? I'm sorry, I completely forgot about talking to the others about the plot, so you guys who want to plan can meet on the feedback thread and plan the plot there instead. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Good luck~

Simply a little warning; I've un-pinned several topics, namely "POT fics REALLY worth reading", "How to write a good fic (and you know you want to)", "Feedback", and I think that's pretty much it.

"Royal Flush Share the OTP Love" changed its name for "OTP Challenge". That way, we can compile all the drabbles into this one specific thread instead of creating a new one every two months. The new "edition" should start in a couple of days. n__n

A new "Homework Help" thread has been created. For all those who need homework help, direct your posts there. No flooding.

Sniff Here! is the newest flooding thread coined by Daisy. Any and all flooding welcome!

(Sorry Dudly for hijacking your forum.)

♥

Only Moderators can create new threads from now on. ;) As discussed by Casie and me.

As to not spam, please refrain from posting on this thread unless you would like to request for a new topic or such. If you have questions, direct them to the flooding thread or PM one of the mods. I'm sure the others and I would love to help you. Also, please read through the "Everything you know about the forum" thread first before asking anything in case your question(s) has been answered.

Shourin, I've deleted your post since it had nothing to do with updates, but to clear things up:

OTP = One True Pair. Basically means the pair or pairings that you ship. So if someone were to ask "What is your OTP?" MY answer would be "Thrill Pair" (for PoT anyway...).

Reminder: Only flood in the forum flooding thread please! And no double posting (use edit option... unless it's on a really old thread that you want people to check out), though I'm sure the others might have warned you already. Jya~ =D

I realized that the "Everything you need to know about the forum" thread was outdated, so I went and updated some of the things. It's nothing new to the forumers who have been here for a while, so it's not required for you to go there and recheck unless you are new.

If I missed anything, please tell me via PM or through the flooding thread. Thank you~!

e: Sort of old news, but the "Meet the POT family" thread has been created.

I just created a new threads, "Surveys", in which you get to fill wonderful surveys we mods thought up for you! OH. Please, only the original, no-answer survey should be bolded. What's with it being easier to find, since we might have more than one set of strange, quirky questions.

e: what's with the KAT-KUN thread?

*looks around*

Woah, this thread is dusty. From the lack of posting in it. And I do know I'm not on a lot lately (or at all for that matter) but you see... I've got that review reply a couple of days ago:

Wow, thank you so much for that amazing review. You have no idea how much it means to me. That was probably one of the best reviews that I've ever gotten. Thank you, so so much.

I was in a reviewing mood.

I checked my authors stats. I have submitted 530 signed reviews since February 6th, 2007.

Now, I don't know how big a reviewer the rest of you are, but I suggest that before 2009 comes by, we reach a certain amount of review, or give a certain amount. I'd say 1000, but that's overdoing it, ain't it? xD

Post a big "Ayyy, ayy, captain" if you're with me. xP (You better be)

Details, discussed later.

"Ayy, ayy, captain!"

In this thread? *puzzled* Reply in this thread? (Delete if appropriate, but I'll support you, Dudly!) I think I only have 300 reviews though.

E: I phail, I only have 275. DD:

EE: And I shall attempt to make it 350 before the end of 2008?

Ummmm can we do 2010 instead? I don't have enough time to do that many in such a short period DX

Reviews planned: 100

Current reviews: Not enough. *is too lazy to check all accounts*

Aye, aye, captain!Dudly-sama!

In this thread...? -confused- GO DUDLY-SENPAI-SAMA!

(I might not reach a thousand, but I'll try. Dx)

E: 264 reviews. Um... I could make it go up to 300~ -shot-

EE: I made it up to 300... Exactly 300. xD

So let's say, give out 100 to 200 reviews before the end of the year, and reach 1000 before the end of 2010? xD Holiday spirit~ (some people have started decorating for Christmas around! Like, red ribbons on the front of their house and such? I was like, WOAH. *can't wait for Christmas to come- that means reopening the Christmas Spirit thread*)

YES, in this thread! xD We have erased the "Reviews" thread for it was inactive for the longest amount of time. Besides, this thread doesn't get flood, so there is no trouble finding who entered.

Can you all edit your posts, say how much review you currently have, how much review you plan to give? And in January 2009, say how much you did manage to give? (Is that clear enough? What I really mean is, it'd be nice to have details, but only one post by people who agree to participate, so to not flood).

That said, prepare yourself to make authors happy. ^__^ Or simply give help. Flaming might be a bit harsh, though, and not the real point. xPP

Any more questions?

edit: I have posted 537 reviews. I shall try to reach 666 (y'know, the number of the beast?) xD

Secret Santa Holiday Fic Exchange thread is up. Prepare for our forum holiday event, ne? n_n

Please check it out.

Okaaaay, because I am delete happy, people who had less than ten posts on the forum were removed from the first page of the Reminders thread, because I assumed they were not going to come back n_n If they do, well, they can post there again, yes?

And yeah, that's all I had to say n_n

Okay, new updates:

I have created a 'rules' thread for everyone. Newcomers must read it!

I have done some 'early spring cleaning' and deleted some posts along with 'Taggy Waggy Fics' and 'Shoot the Pairings'. XD I think that's it for now, but more things might be deleted later on (or created), depending on how things works out. Dudly, Casie and I are working on reviving some old threads (Surveys) and being delete happy. n_n

Hey~ This is for the people in QSS who have not voted in the banner contest yet:

http://community.livejournal.com/qssgakuen/742.html

Please vote. You don't need to enter the contest to do so-- as long as you are part of the RP, you can vote.

*hijacks in* Hi, Kura here! :DD See the brand-new account? No, it's not mine! It's ours! XD

And here's the happy thing~

HAPPY FORUM ANNIVERSARY. 8DD In honour of this special day, Slacky and Kyokawhohasdisappeared have organised this event thingy, and they have roped me in to do ... everything else. x_x

So, basically, here's what happened~:

On , Slacky pulled me into a convo with Kyoka, informing me about the basic outlines of our event. We went ahead to discuss who to rope in, and who to do what, etc. :D

We got the forumers to reply us through a mass-network of PMs and stuff about whether they wanted to participate, and if they did, they had to submit their top two mod choice (and the optional beta). :DD From there, we sorted them into groups based on mod choice and... boom. :D

Of course I won't ramble on about this (you'll all brick me for being longwinded and stuff) XD . Anyways, we managed to pull through loads of messes and @_@'ing and stuff and WE HOPE YOU MODS LIKE IT. :DD

For Dudly-chama

For Casie-nee-chan

For Rea-chan-senpai

For Chibiko-chan-senpai

Yes, that's it~ have a good time reading! XD We forumers once again thank you for keeping our forum spick and span and whatnot (and Kura shall stop rambling as she is becoming incohorent ♥)

I updated the Everything you need to know about the forum thread. If you feel that I am missing something (or something needs to ne added/deleted/edited), please feel free to tell me. I might be doing some cleaning and deleting some old/dead threads.

Any requests for new threads and etc are welcomed!

Here to say that "Hey, look, Mama! I can follow instructions!" has been changed to "Yes, honey, I understand."

Just in case some people were lazy and decided to just scroll up to look at previous posts on the Intro thread instead. Not that I think anyone is actually doing that, but I just want to see how things go. XD

Sheena & Kura here to ask for permission for a prompt challenge!

The prompt is : Hanakotoba (language of the flowers)

You are required to use at least one flower and its meaning in writing a fic! :D The inspiration has to come from a flower. In Sheena-words :

can be flower colour, meaning, whatever

as long as the flower is mentioned once.

...Yeah.

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mods, okay this? XD" Perhaps banners will be made for participants, whee!

Kura-tan, do you have more details about this prompt thing? And please don't reply here - Rain, when you see this post ... I don't know. Could we have like some crazy LJ comment spree? XD Because I'm not sure quite what you want to do - time limit and other details and such. =D

And Tea-chan, your post has been deleted because this thread is strictly for discussion of things that have already happened~. The two posts here (mine and Kura-tan's) will also be deleted afterwards when a decision is made about the prompt challenge n___n

But next time, please don't talk about this here =DDD Since it really is a news thread~~.

Well, this thread is also used to propose new threads as well. The way I do things though is usually through PMs.

(Or at least, with the forum issues I've dealt with, the forumers always took the initiative to PM me their ideas and such, and we go on from there).

If the forumers decide to use this thread, then the best way would be to propose the idea here, and whichever mod is available can reply here (or just PM the forumer) asking the forumer to PM them with more details or whatever they need. Once approved, do whatever. XD Just go on from there.

Makes sense?

Since I figure it should be mentioned - hanakotoba challenge was started, and is pinned up =D Please go check it out if you haven't already.

As well, Be the Mary Sue of the Day has been unpinned, since it doesn't serve such a great purpose that the pinning is really necessary - after all, most all introductions end up in Formal Introductions nowadays.

And, (please please please read this) rage-chan has suggested that we do some sort of card-sending thing, wherein one person sends a card and it gets passed about anad returns to the first person with lovely messages from everyone it was sent to. Click http://pointlessbutoriginal.weebly.com/1/post/2009/10/you-shall-not.html for more info and ... I don't know. Contact rage-chan if you're interested? =DDD Or ... well make a comment on our dreadfully abandoned website xD

http://pointlessbutoriginal.weebly.com/1/post/2009/10/send-along.html

rage-chan's made a post for people who'd like to participate in a send-along card, so please comment on the forum webby if you'd like to participate? =D

edit: as well, the Reminders thread has been purged - people who had very few posts (say, three =|) had their Reminders thread post deleted =D

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