informational OOC memey post thinger.
1. Re: concrit and OOC concerns: I generall comment to the concrit comm once every two weeks, although I might do it late. By which I mean like Sunday afternoon, halfway down page 2. But if there is something pressing, please, for the love of all that is holy, EMAIL ME. Yeah, I know, it does not provide perfect anonymity, but. Own your crit, people. That's how the real world works. I won't comment to you anonly, you don't comment to me anonly, we can talk to each other like people. It's cool.
2. Contact methods: Simon-mun has my phone number for absolute emergencies (yes, she's an Aussie and I'm in the States, but we're speshul like this). Otherwise, email me. alioth at gmail. I am theoretically on IRC sometimes, but I tend to start ignoring it because I can't keep up with the chan and I have no sound pings because little beepy noises twig me out. You can also AIM me at alioth91r113, which is always connected, but I'm not always there.
3. Time and other scheduling issues: I am on EST (GMT -5). I work, and sometimes I rp from work, but mostly I do OOC posts because work means I do have to work. Other than that, I kinda play at my own whim, and I do get distracted by things like WoW and Dr Who and my boyfriend, who I do live with and occasionally likes it when I speak to him.
4. Cliques, thread dropping, etc: I'm a chronic thread dropper. I know this to be true. I start playing and get called away, or bored with RPing in general, or I have too many threads and then I get frustrated and yeah. I'm horrrrible about dropping threads. Ask Simon. I bet she wants to shoot me. This is NOT because you aren't interesting or because I don't love you. It's because I'm playing WoW or watching a movie or doing something else, or I had to go to bed or something. My attention span for RP isn't what it used to be. River is not an easy character for me to be chatty with, and a lot of times it's hard for Kaylee to actually have interesting things to say. If you WANT to play with me, please email me.
As for clique...eh. People play with their canon cast because that's what's easy and natural. River's comfort zone at camp is quite small, and I don't feel bad about that. It takes a lot of effort to establish relationships with her, and the motivations are usually pretty screwed up. Neither of my characters are particularly likely to just jump into conversations with random strangers, but if you want to talk to them, let me know and we'll set something up.
5. Comfort levels: If it bothers you, tell me, or it's unlikely to stop. Reading your mind is River's skill, not mine. If you drop threads with me a lot, I'll probably stop poking you for new ones. It doesn't hurt my feelings, I figure it's just easier for both of us. If you hate me and the way I play my characters, well, comment in the concrit or email me.
6. Apps: I...suck at funny. What I think is funny is not funny to other people. My humor tends to be more subtle and wry and less CFUDY. Thus, I am probably a bad beta. If I know your canon (Firefly, FMA, Bleach...I made a list somewhere, I thought) I will read for voice and niggly shit that bothers me. My crit on apps tends toward thorough and blunt rather than nice (I did poetry workshops in college with people who actually know the industry. People really did cry.), so if you don't want to hear crit, please don't send stuff to me.