Why Join the Community?
Members get some benefits anonymous users do not. They have permission to post new topics in the forum, new recipes the community cookbook, and pictures in the gallery. Members get to skip the "recaptcha" (the cryptic weirdly distorted words you have to type before you're allowed to add your comment). Aaannnd...Members get points!
What's up with these points thingies?
The points are to encourage participation and evangelism of the story; the more you participate in the site, and the more readers you bring in, the more points you get. And the more points you get, the higher ranking you get on the site and the more points you have to spend. We'll get to that. First--
Earning points
You must have an account to earn points! It's free and easy!
1 point for posting a comment
2 points for posting a recipe or a forum topic
5 points for fan art posted to the gallery
10 points for each successful referral
Reward levels
50 points
--Petitioner status and badge
100 points
--Devotee status and badge
200 points
--Postulant status and badge
400 points
--Supplicant status and badge
800 points
--Embodiment status and badge
--Access to Ask a Tremontine and the Horrible Drafts
I also may award extra points for folks who work in the wiki or otherwise provide great service to the story, at my discretion.
Note: I'm still revising the points rewards. This is how they stand 7/1/10. Kinda below Embodiment! I'm hoping to come up with more good stuff soon.
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An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom and Scryer's Gulch by Lynn Siprelle writing as MeiLin Miranda are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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Comments
Awesome new system!
This new point system is a great new aproach!! Love the 'status titles' and badge ideas!!! Not to mention the availability to have a CAMEO in the story!! So cool!!!!!!
Good work :)
This looks great (and the badges are awesome...I can't wait to get to Supplicant, that one's my favorite). Did you ever decide if we'll be able to keep our badges if we spend our points? Thanks!
I'm not sure what will happen
I can't program it to do that automatically--I know that much. And I know I can't keep up with it by hand. So we'll see what the system does. If it busts you back a badge, I'm sorry, but that's how it'll be. It's incentive to keep going.
By 'story question' do mean
By 'story question' do mean just a general question about the story that will be answered, or a bonus story request like what had been done before?
Story request
It works like a bonus story request. You ask a question (and lose some points), it goes into the points story proposals. If it passes that, you get your bonus story.
hrmpf...
I don't know if I want to move on to Postulant. I rather like the Devotee badge. Then again, the supplicant is kind of neat too.
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
No kidding :)
Although I have to say, I like them in the order they are up until Supplicant. I just don't like Embodiment as much as Supplicant. Maybe if it were a different color, like purple or something. It's almost the same color as the Petitioner badge. I'm not going to worry about it, though. I think 800 points is a long way away.
oooh, purple!
Maybe I'll recolor it. Thanks!
Oh Yeah.
lookin' GOOD! TheBoy likey.
I'll be getting there...soon? I hope?
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
oooo....
Pretty pretty. Now I'm torn. Do I like the Devotee or Embodiment...
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Wow.
That came out great! I like it a lot better, and now I'm much more motivated to become an Embodiment
the old requests
Will you be adding the unanswered bonus story questions from the old system to the voting menu? It's looking awfully empty now...
no
They will get a static page of their own once I get this kid out of my lap...
eh?
Not only do you shower with your computer...
Never mind.
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
yeah
It's pretty much attached to my hip. I've even been known to carry it into the kitchen, and I regularly watch TV with it in my lap.
Question
Do you mean "skip the voting process" or "skip the queue entirely?" (For the -200 point story-buys for us high rollers)
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
skip the voting process
It goes into the queue of guaranteed stories.
Perhaps a rephrase,
Perhaps a rephrase, then?
"Right to insert story question into the queue?" or somesuch?
I might pay -MOAR- points to line-jump.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
That's a good idea.
I think I probably would too. As it stands, we never know when our points stories will hit the press, but if we could be next, that would be neat. I don't know how that would work out for you artistically, though. I never figured out whether you were writing them in the order they were requested or if you had to wait until the mood struck.
symbols
Do each of the temples (gods) have their own symbol?
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
yes
and I haven't designed them yet.
I can't wait!
It's going to be super fun to be able to pick a temple. I think we're going to have a lot of Lover's Temple devotees. Actually, do you think we could have that be a poll sometime?
poll
I think a poll about which temple people would choose could give some interesting results (for example, Death gods/goddesses usually aren't that popular while people might find Harla more likeable now that she appears in the story more.)
Give Points?
I wanted to know what this "give points" button is at the bottom of each comment. Is it part of the new system? What does it do? Please excuse me if these questions are totally obvious
you can give another user some of your points
if you're so inclined.
message
Do you get some kind of message when it happens or do you have to figure out for yourself where the points suddenly came from?
Haha,
That almost makes it more fun! Now I kind of want to share my points with some random person to see if they can figure out where the came from. I won't yet (because I'm really close to leveling up), but maybe someday.
I don't know!
It'll be interesting to find out!
I think...
you just have to figure it out for yourself. Someone gave me points, and I didn't know who until they told me!
That's awesome!
Thanks for answering my question
Badges
So, I just obtained a new status (and I got my e-mail to indicate that I'm now a Postulant), but my badge hasn't updated. I don't mind, but I thought this was something that got updated automatically, not something you updated by hand. I was actually planning on testing the system by giving away 2 points or so to see if my badge would stay the same, but it didn't change when I leveled up. Any ideas?
huh.
I dunno! It should have upgraded automatically. I did it for you. I will look into this.
Thank you!
I appreciate it. This is fun! And the badges are so cool!
found out the problem
For some reason the badge for Postulant hadn't been defined. It is now.
Whiiiine
Is this where I would gripe about my shiny red Postulant badge? I used to have the nifty green Supplicant one and my points are still registering in the upper 4's
I don't think I ever got a Supplicant upgrade email, either, but I know I had the badge for a while.
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
back to normal
I think it's because I finally activated the postulant badge.
It was
...at least until I started posting again. Then I got in rapid succession a devotee, petitioner, and then postulant promotion in my email. Still never a supplicant, and now I'm red again. You're such a naughty woman, you even have kinks in your points system! (thanks so much for taking the time to work on it)
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
I'm in your boat, V.
I'm in your boat, V.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
For now, maybe
But in a few hundred points, I hope to be in Allis's boat
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
huh??
We're supposed to get emails?
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Yup, I got three
One each announcing my promotion to Devotee, Petitioner and Postulant status, respectively.
found the definitive problem
The problem was, when I gave both you and TheBoy Supplicant status by hand, I unchecked the others. The system promptly promoted you back into those categories and acted as if Postulant was the highest you'd achieved. So now I'm leaving well alone.
unlike a pet
I'll say "thank you" for fixing me.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
I did not think...
think this would work out as well as it did. It really has motivated me to comment more in both the forum and the story comments. Now I read things, and instead of just thinking things about them to myself, I actually contribute to/harass the forum. I don't know if it's worked out that way for anyone else, I just thought I'd share.
things certainly have picked up
I'm having a hard time keeping up with everything AND writing! Don't let that discourage you, though! i'll figger it out!
We have confidence
In sunshine, rain, and Mei's writing. Worry not.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Make A and TheBoy track the
Make A and TheBoy track the forums for you, so you can write more
Also, is there anyway for us to see the "Users By Points" thing again? I think it used to be a link on the sidebar, which you probably swapped out for all the other stuff you've added. Just wondering if there was another way to see it (I'm nosy and wondering how many of us have reached Supplicant status, Postulant status, etc).
Supreme Minister of All Livestock
"Use, do not abuse. Neither abstinence nor excess renders man happy." - Voltaire
I took it down
Only I can see it now. Someone expressed a worry that people would feel bad or something, so I should hide that list. I'll poll about putting it back.
And on forum monitoring: I may have to, but I want to know what you are all saying!
aaaand I got a complaint.
So now I've put a poll up. When I have 200 replies to it, I'll follow its suggestion.
We could...
just keep a top ten list running, or a top 10 under 800. I think only the people who are racing towards embodiment *cough*V*cough*TheBoy*cough*cough* really care that much how many points other people have, and I know I'm a little bit interested in following that race.
I'm at about 730 right now,
I'm at about 730 right now, if you care THAT much...V passed me for a bit a while ago, but I -think- I'm back atop now...he pre-ordered the book, and that really helped 'im out.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
But you...
post like a madman. It's a good point, though...you both get points for posting how many points you have.
It's an easier way to keep track than passing the same point back and forth.
Actually,
on a couple occasions, I've passed him more than one--I'm planning a stimulus package for him once I break 800.
Then, maybe, if you're a good girl, we'll see if we can't help you get there before Davik. 
ETA: Wow, he's been on a spree lately, too!
* User V earned 1 points Total now is 747 points.
* User TheBoy lost 1 points Total now is 729 points.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
And Davik...
is still at 356. Gudy and Katie are closer than that.
yeah, but nobody is racking
yeah, but nobody is racking the points up like Davik is. How long has he been here, a few weeks, maybe? I'm closing in on a year.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
I'm closing in on a year, too!
I was thinking about doing something special in a few weeks when I hit 52 weeks...I'm at 47 now. I think March 31st might be right around a year? Maybe I'll count the weeks back and figure out the exact date at some point.
It's true, too...no one gets points faster than Davik. He has a lot of crazy recipes.
Davik's rocking nearly 10
Davik's rocking nearly 10 points/day. I've been here more than 49 weeks, I think...if I were that hardcore, I could've made a couple of OTHER people embodiments alongside me right when they joined.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
I didn't really...
get involved in the forum until recently, though. This is actually the first forum I've participated in since I was 14 or so, but everyone here was just so nice and a lot of people brought up some really interesting topics of conversation. It kind of sucked me in. That, and these books are some of the best new books I've found in a while.
I think posting here has
I think posting here has picked up lately--more members, more action, more new topics, &c., &c. It used to be just the stories. Harder to rack up points back then...and some of my comments predate the "points" era, too.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Did we start...
at zero, though? I was pretty sure that we got retroactive points for our pre-point system posts, but now I'm not sure. The forum has really picked up, though, and I'm really excited about it. I feel like I've gotten to know people around here a lot better than I did six months ago. I think it helps that we get extra points for new forum topics. People seem to look to start them more now, and it leads to a lot of on topic conversations and a lot of off topic ones.
I'm not sure
I didn't think we got retroactive points, and I'm certainly not asking for them. I'm also pretty pleased that this place is taking off. I just hope we can keep the sense of camaraderie that we've got going on.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
I definitely agree.
And I'm not asking for them either, I just thought we had them for some reason. I'm really glad people have gotten so involved, whatever the reason.
sorry
I didn't give retroactive points.
and more's the pity! I
and more's the pity!
I just wanted to get across the embodiment "finish line" first, and that might could help.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Good luck
Don't ignore the $600 donation a while back from someone whose name escapes me...that's a supplicant and a half right there.
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
He asked that I consider it $50/mo
for a year, so I'm giving him 50 pts once a month when I add his $$ to the target.
What I want to know...
is what happens when I do this!
ETA: I guess, that's what happens. It works
congratulations!
congratulations!
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Thank you :)
I'm impressed at how fast you found it, lol. Now I want to test it, and see if it goes away if I lose the points. Hang on...
*snicker*
I'm going to cheat and make this the post that gets me to Suplicant.
If you don't like it, you can always spank me.
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
congrats on the supplicancy,
congrats on the supplicancy, and nice play.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Wow! :)
That badge is soooo cool! Congratulations!
No worries...
I was just confused.
Definitely
And the biggest tipping point was the change in the points system
While it initially gave people a reason to register and make comments now and then, it also scared people away from chit-chatting or posting things they thought might be off-topic. That inhibition is clearly gone >.>
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
It's the best!
I am firmly of the opinion that this world needs more people with fewer inhibitions.
ignore one thread...
I ignore one thread and everyone starts talking about me behind my back...
I feel like I've been slacking a little in the last couple of days as far as posting, and I'm going to be out of town for the biophysical society conference for the better part of a week, so you'll get a bit of a break. That said I may just have to go on a recipe spree tonight and see if I can't hit Supplicant before I go; can't have my record of 10/points a day sliding 
For the food geeks out there: http://thegeekfoodie.blogspot.com/ (under construction)
Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
Haha, see...
it's only behind your back if you're not looking when we're talking
evil laughter
And it turns out I have internet at my hotel, and with absolutely nothing to do at night you're not getting any reprieve
For the food geeks out there: http://thegeekfoodie.blogspot.com/ (under construction)
Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
I'm at 43 weeks...
... and I just made it to Supplicant, so I think it's a fair bet that Davik will reach Embodiment status way before me if he keeps up the recipe madness.
Recipes
Not only do I have a ridiculous number of recipes, but this is giving me an excuse to actually type them up, since I've been thinking for a few years that I should get all of mine into text file just so they'd be organized. So yeah, my general procedure has been post recipe, then copy and paste into a text file on my computer. I've probably doubled the number I have written up this way
For the food geeks out there: http://thegeekfoodie.blogspot.com/ (under construction)
Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
It's not....
a bad plan. I should probably do that at some point too, but I haven't committed to having digital recipes yet. I really like the little photo album I have, and the kitchen computer is a little slow and annoying to use. The photo album is less than optimal, though, if I'm cooking at someone else's house, so maybe I'll get on that.
well look at that
My shiny new Supplicant badge, and in less than a month and a half (5 weeks, 6 days).
For the food geeks out there: http://thegeekfoodie.blogspot.com/ (under construction)
Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
I was surprised...
to see that all of my "you joined a new role" e-mails were in the month of February. I thought that was kind of weird.
Congrats on yours! The Supplicant badges are so pretty!
Congrats...
...Davik! So you'll be Embodiment by Easter?
hmm
I guess we'll see
For the food geeks out there: http://thegeekfoodie.blogspot.com/ (under construction)
Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
Waitaminute
-We're- racing towards embodiment? You seem to have picked up some speed yourself
And yes, it's a fun trivial competition
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
Shhh!
You'll ruin my sneakyness!
Happy madison...
"Don't underestimate the sneakyness."
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
What...
is that from?
*I'm very sneaky sir*
Mr Deeds with Adam Sandler
Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. ~ H. Jackson Brown
Lately, I have been a little
Lately, I have been a little slack, but I -do- read pretty much everything that gets posted (besides recipes). Was gone for the weekend, so I'm catching up. I do miss the users by points thingy--but it was mostly 'cause I was chasing V.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
OK, it's back
No pouting, people!
Thank you.
(a) Thanks for returning it.
(b) I'm sort of embarrassed by the point accumulation, and by the enormous point-gap between (V and me) and (everybody else).
(c) Even so, I'm all caught up on the forums again, and should be posting as usual for the next while.
Looking forward to the Harsin/Ansella bits.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
It embarrasses me too
...but I try to take the long view. We've been signed up and contributing for a fair chunk of time. My ~1.9 points/day edges your ~1.6, but there's Postulants with averages almost 8. I'm just trying to stick to my pattern of posting when I think I have something to reasonably contribute, and writing the rest off to the fact that I probably spend too much time here >.>
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
I wonder...
if I'll still feel like the local "old man on the mountain" (alongside folks like you, and Gudy for his Wiki-power) when these 8 points/day postulants blow past us (no pun intended)...
also, I know that my activity tends to come in waves--there are days like today, where I rack up God knows how many points, and times like this weekend, where I fall off the pace.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
pshhh...
Don't be embarrassed...the rest of us will just have to take it as a challenge to catch up
for a while,
I took it as an incentive...now, I just want to be an embodiment.
with a cameo.
That's all I need.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
goals...
U gots 'em...
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Are you going to...
put your real name? Or is it just going to be all:
"Temmin stopped, and turned slowly. As their lips met, TheBoy sighed in quiet ecstasy. Their encounter was turning out to be more than he had bargained for."
Just curious.
no real names
I'll need a picture and a description. Then it's what you get. You don't get to pick what you're doing.
Speculation
I don't know what MeiLin had in mind or what other people were planning, but if I ever hit that mark I'd probably share my rl picture/description with MeiLin and then see if I could be introduced as a minor character (page, bartender, etc) without further comment. It would be obvious to me and possibly anyone who knew me, and I would be happy with that
ETA: Goldurnit, MeiLin ninja'd my post
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
Hehe...
I know...I just wanted to write a few phrases of Temmin/TheBoy romance
hell with Romance...
I want the Temmin/TheBoy hardcore smut!
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Did you just notice that...
just now? Or are you scrounging for points? hmmmm....
not scrounging--I'm a few
not scrounging--I'm a few past the point for the cameo request I emailed in. I just thought of that comeback now.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Nice :)
Congratulations! I can't wait to see your cameo
muck...
Well, Alvo can't come in as the prince's best friend and not have someone to direct to muck out a stall. Or maybe someone is needed to lick, I mean, clean, the blood and sweat from the training parlor mats...
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
haha...
that would be pretty funny. That could even be set up to be hardcore smut, which would satisfy TheBoy himself.
you'll never see me coming!
...um...that came out wrong...
Never is such a strong word :(
I mean, I had already relegated it to "only if I find myself traveling on the west coast at some sort of con, and meet you and Sir and we get along extraordinarily well and have a series of blunt discussions, etc" which means it was pretty darn unlikely, but...but...
Wow! Sarcasm! That's original!
V, my friend,
You are far more of a pessimist than I. I just imagined I'd have to sneak a webcam into their house somewheres...
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
I was just wondering...
which one of them I would have to seduce to get the upper hand
the problem with that
is that a webcam feed from my bedroom falls into the horror genre, not the erotica genre.
bwah!
Haha! We definitely need more bad innuendos around here. Like in the riddle thread..."A girl walks into a bar and asks the bartender for the double entendre, so he gives it to her!"
You're so nice to us
You're so nice to us
Supreme Minister of All Livestock
"Use, do not abuse. Neither abstinence nor excess renders man happy." - Voltaire
Free copy...
of the draft version ebook. Where do we get it? I didn't know if this had changed with recent updates, but I thought it would be interesting to see.
also interested
also interested
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
workin' on it, kids
Hope to have it up sooner than later.
Amm...
I was wondering, since I received an e-mail a while back about receiving the Petitioner Badge, how long till it shows up next to my posts like everyone else? am I missing something?
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it's there now
I have no idea what happened. Sorry!
Thanks MeiLin
Thanks for fixing it! I love this new system! xoxox
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FYI
# User kawaiikune lost 2 points Total now is 799 points.
# Embodiment badge removed from user.
So, you do lose your badge if you lose the points
FYI
# User kawaiikune lost 2 points Total now is 799 points.
# Embodiment badge removed from user.
So, you do lose your badge if you lose the points.
Pity that, then. I'm'a have
Pity that, then. I'm'a have to save for a lot longer to get to 1200 points.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Aw snapple...
really we lose the badge? But if I get 800 I don't wanna lose it! Damn it, if it's my only way to appear somewhere in ther story (doing something with Allis I hope
) then I gotta save 1600 so I can have my question skip the voting process and get into the story somehow...oh boy...
Cameo is separate. Pay 400,
Cameo is separate. Pay 400, and you wind up you appear somewhere--mine showed up in Marri's bonus story.
200 is to submit a generic question with no voting process.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
Yeah...
I miss counted, since I want to keep the final badge I need at least 1400, 800 for the badge, 400 to appear somewhere in the story, and 200 to have a question skip the voting process...yay....
points
You can always take my route and start posting recipes for every great meal you've ever created
Even if you only come up with one worthy meal every 3 days it adds up quickly 
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Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
alternates...
Or there's always the cash option. You get one point for each dollar you donate.
Or if you start a subscription, you get reoccuring points...
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
I spend too much money on
I spend too much money on stuff that I need in the real world over here, those sketchbooks wont buy themselves you know
Or I really could just start
Or I really could just start posting recipes that I find on the internet?
laws...
Probably not. They are likely copyrighted.
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
To borrow a phrase that I
To borrow a phrase that I recently have been brought to like...
“Pagg damn it!”
Actually, no
Recipes are uncopyrightable, probably because most of them are just variations on variations on variations. But I still think it would be a bit rude to just grab other people's recipes to post, not to mention that it's far more interesting if you share your own recipes!
Also, this is my 200th point! YAY!
Clare K. R. Miller, author of Chatoyant College
http://clarekrmiller.digitalnovelists.com
ingredients aren't copywritable
but the instructions/introductions ARE. So please don't.
I noticed something...
when I last leveled up. I think I skipped 800 points! It looked like it just went from 799 to 801. Can someone else verify that?
Also, getting to 1000 points officially doesn't break the system.
forum or recipie...
You got two points when you created the topic on Robin Hood.
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
No, I know...
but 800 was quite a while ago, at least a couple of weeks, and I know I hit 800 with a comment, not a new forum topic. I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed that, or if I was crazy.
Question
What exactly is the "voting process" for bonus stories? I mean, I get that we pay points to vote for them, but how does that translate into them being written? Do they need a certain number of points before the move into the queue, or is it the one with the most points at a given time, or what? Would voting for a story more than once get it onto the queue faster? I'm curious!
I'm working from the backlog right now
I hope to get more than one a week out soon.
Voting for points stories...
I had thought we might be able to spend more than one point to vote for the same story multiple times.
The system does not currently support that.
Is that as you had desired?
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
dunno
right now, that's what I intended. Thoughts?
idunno. I like the way I
idunno. I like the way I imagined it, but I think it might bias things towards folks with craploads of points and little imagination. I can't figure out who that might be...
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
on way or another
Well, one way or another someone with craploads of points can always just buy a question
Maybe allowing multiple point expenditures MeiLin can get some of us to blow a bunch of points in a bidding war over questions.
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Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
that was sort of my thought.
Otherwise, once I buy my cameo (less than 100 points...I don't want to give up my embodimenthood), I'm gonna be stuck just buying bonus stories every 200 points.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
yeah, see
If you want a story, just buy one.
points
This may be posted elsewhere, and I'm just too lazy (sleep deprived, stressed, etc.) to go find it, but I'm not altogether sure how the points questions work at this point. Do all of them just sit in a queue and the highest one at any given time gets written, or is this an issue of they can gain points for a set period of time, and the highest proposed question from that time period can be voted on? I honestly don't think I'll be asking one any time soon (and I may just wait until I have enough for a guaranteed story and auction it off again), but I'm kind of curious.
For the food geeks out there: http://thegeekfoodie.blogspot.com/ (under construction)
Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
you DO
you can afford to buy one--unless you don't want to sacrifice that pretty little supplicant badge of yours.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
you with the taunting!
yeah well
Been stressed out, not getting out of lab till 8 or 9 at night, and trying to figure out how to absorb almost 6 grand of expenses in a month; it's cut down on my posting
Not to mention my laptop dying... Rest assured, once I get some of this crap taken care of I'll go back to posting 10-20 recipes a night and I'll have more points than any of us knows what to do with 
Besides, I still have enough to ask an automatic question and keep my status 
For the food geeks out there: http://thegeekfoodie.blogspot.com/ (under construction)
Somewhere, in the back reaches of my mind, a single piece of straw turns a camel into a paraplegic...
man. My posting (I think) is
man.
My posting (I think) is gonna crash like a rock in a few months. The whole "bar" thing.
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
ok...
so we have to be at the top level in order to ask for a cameo huh? that serverly docks points then holy...but how many points must we have for a bouns story?
@ 100 points, you can pay 10
@ 100 points, you can pay 10 to post a question for voting.
@ 400 points, you can pay 200 points to ask a question and skip the voting process.
Whoever you are, if you have a REALLY GOOD question, and think I'd like it, you can PM me, and we'll see if we can't work something out--involving you sending me some points (nontrivial number, depending on your question quality, and how much I've got to burn).
It's supposed to be a challenge, that's why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be the way.
--Road Trip
"Funny. Terrible, but funny." (that's typically my aim)
-NorthwoodsMan
I notice all the points story
I notice all the points story and voting references have been taken out. Is that just while you're on hiatus, or a more semi-permanent thing?
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I honestly don't know yet
I'm thinking hard about what the bonuses should be. Right now, there's no way I can reliably write points stories so I don't want to promise them when I'm not sure I can deliver. I want the bonuses to be good.
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