The Chat Thread

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

2 minutes ago, ZincAboutIt said:

I subsist off the hopes and dreams of others. 
Mmm mmmm good

ZINC! what the alleys is that! (btw would "what the alleys" be a nice curseword for the AV?)

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Just now, HippoPhileus said:

Thaidakar can still offer cookies, I'm just informing the readers. Care to join the CIA and help inform people new to the forums?

So actually, if people are offering cookies in the intro threads, we would like to know as we don’t actually encourage people to do this anymore. It annoys the mods and we don’t want to bother new people. Please do let us know if there are people trying to recruit to the AV this way because it’s not allowed or encouraged by the established RP community here.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, ZincAboutIt said:

So actually, if people are offering cookies in the intro threads, we would like to know as we don’t actually encourage people to do this anymore. It annoys the mods and we don’t want to bother new people. Please do let us know if there are people trying to recruit to the AV this way because it’s not allowed or encouraged by the established RP community here.

wait, that's not supposed to happen? 

I usually say, "welcome to the shard! want a cookie?" I usually ask and don't give them the link. so not really recruiting, sooooooo.

[18th Shard he/him]

On 5/22/2019 at 11:51 PM, Voidus said:

Hi everyone,

I've posted this in the PM as well but just so that I can make sure everyone's seen this and ideally get confirmation from people when they have (Just a quick reply is fine) thought I should post this here as well.

There's been an increase of activity in the introduction threads recently, likely due to a number of new recruits to the Alleyverse and returning active members in recent months. This has caused a bit of an issue where people's introduction threads can be taken over by us, which can be a jarring first experience to the Shard.

So in the interests of making sure everyone has a positive experience with the Shards I'd like to lay down some guidelines.

• Don't recruit for guilds in intro threads unless someone has asked about them.
• If you want to invite someone to the RP, try to do it in a general way like you would if you were suggesting they visit any part of the site.
  eg. 'We have a really cool roleplay section if you enjoy that kind of thing link' rather than 'TUBA is awful, they can't even bake cookies properly, you should join the DA so you can help us rule the Alleyverse!' (Not that I think anyone actually talks like that but hopefully you get my point)
• If someone has already recommended the RP don't post just to echo the invitation or provide support for the RP unless the original poster expresses interest or asks any questions about it. If they weren't interested the first time someone recommended it then spamming their topic is unlikely to change their mind.
• We have introductory and new player threads in our subforum, wait for people to post interest here before getting into any kind of in-depth discussions.
• Try to avoid back-and-forth debates between other members of the RP that aren't the poster of the intro thread, nothing worse than having your own thread taken over by something you might not want to hear about.

In short: Try to keep Alleyverse discussions and recruitment to the Alleyverse, let people know it exists if they might be interested but don't derail the thread and if someone seems like they might be interested, let them know where the subforum is rather than discussing it at length in an unrelated forums.

I'll keep an eye on intro threads for now and just remind people if they seem to be stepping too far or may not have read this, but hopefully that won't be necessary

On 6/11/2019 at 2:04 AM, Chaos said:

To back up Voidus here, continued infractions of blatant RP recruitment will be hidden and can lead to mod queuing of future posts, post restrictions, and other punishments. 

Generic giving out of cookies will likely also be discouraged. You should engage with the new member and not focus on memes first.

Here's the policy on posts like this from the mods. 

Ah, ninja'd by Zinc.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

Yeah, we got chastised a while ago, so we no longer engage in sales.

Edit: double ninja'd 

Edited March 24, 2022 by Fatebreaker

[HippoPhileus he/him]

Good to know!

[Lego Mistborn he/him]

2 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

wait, that's not supposed to happen? 

I usually say, "welcome to the shard! want a cookie?" I usually ask and don't give them the link. so not really recruiting, sooooooo.

I'm not an alleyverser, but I think thats okay, especially since the CIA will be notifying anyone about the dangers of cookies, as long as you don't actually recruit the it's fine. Maybe in fine print say you are not actually recruiting.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

1 minute ago, 18th Shard said:

Here's the policy on posts like this from the mods. 

Ah, ninja'd by Zinc.

ah. see I had not seen the second thing. so there goes my cool gig. BUUUUUT in my defense I learned it from someone, I don't remember who it was (though I am suspicious that TFA may have introduced me to doing it), but when I started doing it did not do the alley verse one bit.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

We find that the best way to recruit is to build a compelling world and characters to RP with. That’s what drew me in anyway!

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, ZincAboutIt said:

We find that the best way to recruit is to build a compelling world and characters to RP with. That’s what drew me in anyway!

[Fatebreaker he/him]

We find it best to let people discover this corner of the Shard on their own. All the previously mentioned reasons aside, Chaos wields the almighty BANHAMMER, so it's wise to play it safe, lest wrath is incurred.

[HippoPhileus he/him]

2 hours ago, Fatebreaker said:

We find it best to let people discover this corner of the Shard on their own. All the previously mentioned reasons aside, Chaos wields the almighty BANHAMMER, so it's wise to play it safe, lest wrath is incurred.

Facts.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

1 minute ago, Fatebreaker said:

We find it best to let people discover this corner of the Shard on their own. All the previously mentioned reasons aside, Chaos wields the almighty BANHAMMER, so it's wise to play it safe, lest wrath is incurred.

yeah. well, originally before I really discovered the alley verse and knew it existed really, I only distributed cookies because it sounded fun heh. 

[Voidus]

Just now, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

yeah. well, originally before I really discovered the alley verse and knew it existed really, I only distributed cookies because it sounded fun heh. 

This falls under Chaos' post that we prefer people to post genuine welcomes and focus on the newcomer rather than memes.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

3 minutes ago, Fatebreaker said:

Chaos wields the almighty BANHAMMER, so it's wise to play it safe, lest wrath is incurred.

Amen

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, Voidus said:

This falls under Chaos' post that we prefer people to post genuine welcomes and focus on the newcomer rather than memes.

yes, I understand. I won't do it again. *sadness* it was fun while it lasted, *puts cookie wand away* 

Me before this:

[HippoPhileus he/him]

2 hours ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

yes, I understand. I won't do it again. *sadness* it was fun while it lasted, *puts cookie wand away* 

Me before this:

You have my respect. You were VERY dedicated to handing out cookies.

[Ashbringer he/him]

So TL;DR, The 17th Shard is full of more than just a vaguely bloodthirsty baking association, and should thus not come across as such to newcomers?

Looks at very Sanderson Elimination focused Sig

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, HippoPhileus said:

You have my respect. You were VERY dedicated to handing out cookies.

lol. yes, yes I was.

Just now, Ashbringer said:

So TL;DR, The 17th Shard is full of more than just a vaguely bloodthirsty baking association, and should thus not come across as such to newcomers?

Looks at very Sanderson Elimination focused Sig

yeah, *looks at a half buried backer gnawing a cookie* is that an UBEAC? (an Underground Baker Eating A Cookie.)

[MacThorstenson he/him]

Just now, Ashbringer said:

So TL;DR, The 17th Shard is full of more than just a vaguely bloodthirsty baking association, and should thus not come across as such to newcomers?

Looks at very Sanderson Elimination focused Sig

Yes. The DA did it for years, but then it became an issue as the AV picked up speed with intro threads becoming about cookies and not new members. 

We were firmly told to stop by the admins in no uncertain terms.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, MacThorstenson said:

Yes. The DA did it for years, but then it became an issue as the AV picked up speed with intro threads becoming about cookies and not new members. 

We were firmly told to stop by the admins in no uncertain terms.

that sucks. but it's also good because recruitment on confused new members is probably bad. urm (auto correct says RUM!!! RUM FOR EVERYONE!!!) okay.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

15 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

RUM!!! RUM FOR EVERYONE!!!

Hmm now this is an offer I can get behind.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, ZincAboutIt said:

Hmm now this is an offer I can get behind.

auto correct suggested it, not me.

[Ashbringer he/him]

So... does anyone know what a Department of PR for the Dark Alley would even do? Is it much more different than any PR department for any slightly shady company?

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

13 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

So... does anyone know what a Department of PR for the Dark Alley would even do? Is it much more different than any PR department for any slightly shady company?

You know I actually don’t know. It depends on the public image that the DA wants to project next Era. If it’s more secrecy focused like this era, you’d probably work closely with the Intelligence and Acquisitions departments to keep our activities hidden and plant fake leads for various disappearances and other odd phenomena. If it’s another goal then you’d work to do that.