State of the Megan / Player meme
As I found out that I can finish my thesis without camping in the library and frantically typing into the morning hours, I've tentatively started throwing out my characters out again this week and it seems to work, yaaay. Also I noticed that my "who's that player"-meme is still on Wes' account, so I drag it over here with some updates.
Timezone troubles
I'm from and living in Germany, meaning on a timezone that's plus seven hours to CST. At the moment my playing time can be as late as 7 p. m.CST and I can pick up threads at around this time in the morning between 2 and 4 a.m. CST before buggering off to the library. I'd rather keep out of planned events, though, because the chance that something intervenes is very high and I don't want to let people down.
English is my second language. I don't want to pull the non-native pity joker here, by no means. I wouldn't have joined the game if I hadn't been trusting my English skills enough. But mistakes do happen, although I really try to avoid them, especially when it is already very late over here. Comment edit function = my best friend. If I don't notice please tell me, I know how awkward grammar mistakes in RPG can be. Also be prepared to be asked vocabularly or meaning questions now and then. When I'm not by 100% sure what your chara just said to me, I will always ask. Again, if you think I have misunderstood you, tell me please.
Thread-dropping
I thread-drop a lot these days, because the timeslots I can play in are rare. You guys have been awesome about this and I'm really grateful for this. I don't mind finishing threads over days, it's the only way I can wrap up.
Ways to contact me.
Messengers: When I'm online, I'm always logged into Trillian. All relevant user IDs are listed on my player journal's userinfo, chili_das_schaf. You're of course always free to add this one to your friendslist, too.
Email: M paid account emails (ljnameATlivejournal.com) and my comment notifications go to the same email adress which I check each time I'm online. Just for CFUD I also have a gmail account, crusher.wesleyATgmail.com.
IRC: When I'm playing on CFUD I'm also usually in IRC as Megan, sometimes as Jean-François. I have to emphazise that I completely fail at being in IRC. I log in, say hi and don't pay attention until I get pinged. If you PM me and I'm not answering, I'm never ignoring you. I just turned out the sound, fell asleep, are in the kitchen for a sandwich, play with the cat or do whatever distracted me for the moment. I will get back at you as soon as I see you poked me.
Whenever you think you have something to discuss with me, tell me, ask me, please use those ways, I'll be happy to answer.
Crit
If anything at all is bothering you, please crit away. Either by the ways just listed or by a comment in my crit posts on my player accounts. I always try to comment on cfud_concrit but usually fail, forget it or am too late. That doesn't mean I don't want to have crit. Just that I'm a lazy bastard.
Fourth-wall breaking
My problem with Megan is that she's actually a completely ordinary but very geeky girl from 2004. She doesn't read manga and doesn't watch anime which already takes a huge load off my chest. But she watches TV, goes to the movies, is online a lot and plays videogames. So the chance is very, very high that she will recognize your chara. I'm incredibly nervous about this and always try to be on the safe side by talking to players. Usually she is rather careful because by now she's used to run into fictional people all the time. But if you feel that Megan has mentioned something she shouldn't have or walking the borderline to it, tell me immediately.
Timezone troubles
I'm from and living in Germany, meaning on a timezone that's plus seven hours to CST. At the moment my playing time can be as late as 7 p. m.CST and I can pick up threads at around this time in the morning between 2 and 4 a.m. CST before buggering off to the library. I'd rather keep out of planned events, though, because the chance that something intervenes is very high and I don't want to let people down.
English is my second language. I don't want to pull the non-native pity joker here, by no means. I wouldn't have joined the game if I hadn't been trusting my English skills enough. But mistakes do happen, although I really try to avoid them, especially when it is already very late over here. Comment edit function = my best friend. If I don't notice please tell me, I know how awkward grammar mistakes in RPG can be. Also be prepared to be asked vocabularly or meaning questions now and then. When I'm not by 100% sure what your chara just said to me, I will always ask. Again, if you think I have misunderstood you, tell me please.
Thread-dropping
I thread-drop a lot these days, because the timeslots I can play in are rare. You guys have been awesome about this and I'm really grateful for this. I don't mind finishing threads over days, it's the only way I can wrap up.
Ways to contact me.
Messengers: When I'm online, I'm always logged into Trillian. All relevant user IDs are listed on my player journal's userinfo, chili_das_schaf. You're of course always free to add this one to your friendslist, too.
Email: M paid account emails (ljnameATlivejournal.com) and my comment notifications go to the same email adress which I check each time I'm online. Just for CFUD I also have a gmail account, crusher.wesleyATgmail.com.
IRC: When I'm playing on CFUD I'm also usually in IRC as Megan, sometimes as Jean-François. I have to emphazise that I completely fail at being in IRC. I log in, say hi and don't pay attention until I get pinged. If you PM me and I'm not answering, I'm never ignoring you. I just turned out the sound, fell asleep, are in the kitchen for a sandwich, play with the cat or do whatever distracted me for the moment. I will get back at you as soon as I see you poked me.
Whenever you think you have something to discuss with me, tell me, ask me, please use those ways, I'll be happy to answer.
Crit
If anything at all is bothering you, please crit away. Either by the ways just listed or by a comment in my crit posts on my player accounts. I always try to comment on cfud_concrit but usually fail, forget it or am too late. That doesn't mean I don't want to have crit. Just that I'm a lazy bastard.
Fourth-wall breaking
My problem with Megan is that she's actually a completely ordinary but very geeky girl from 2004. She doesn't read manga and doesn't watch anime which already takes a huge load off my chest. But she watches TV, goes to the movies, is online a lot and plays videogames. So the chance is very, very high that she will recognize your chara. I'm incredibly nervous about this and always try to be on the safe side by talking to players. Usually she is rather careful because by now she's used to run into fictional people all the time. But if you feel that Megan has mentioned something she shouldn't have or walking the borderline to it, tell me immediately.