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fhplotterywheel2009-07-09 04:05 pm
withoutverona) wrote in fhplotterywheel2009-07-09 04:05 pm
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Random Event - Typos Come True!
Hello Fandom! The day after your prized possessions go back to being normal ... well, it's still going to be pretty darn weird, because next Monday (July 13) is Typos Come True Day.
It's like this: We all sometimes ping the wrong character into a scene (occasionally causing great trauma), type the wrong name entirely, randomly change character genders through misuse of pronouns, or use horrifically wrong icons. And sometimes we aren't all there and type something like "he poured ketchup onto his face" or "she was literally throwing shit at the walls," to quote two examples.
Thanks to random Fandom weirdness (I like to think the island is trying to tell us to type better), that's all going to happen for real. For example, in this thread, Jack *would* have randomly been there when I typed Jack's name, and would have stayed that way until we found an IC way to fix it -- typing Tyler's name properly would work. And if I made the typo I'm always terrified I might make someday and said "he touched her waste," well, he'd have a hand full of you-know-what. And if I accidentally use an animal icon ... guess what? My character is an animal for a couple of pings. And so on.
None of these typo-caused changes would last past the end of the scene or thread.
Real typos are usually funnier than the forced ones, but forced ones might make for good crack too.
OOC communication is love on this, especially if you're going to make something really weird happen.
Questions? Comments? Pie?
It's like this: We all sometimes ping the wrong character into a scene (occasionally causing great trauma), type the wrong name entirely, randomly change character genders through misuse of pronouns, or use horrifically wrong icons. And sometimes we aren't all there and type something like "he poured ketchup onto his face" or "she was literally throwing shit at the walls," to quote two examples.
Thanks to random Fandom weirdness (I like to think the island is trying to tell us to type better), that's all going to happen for real. For example, in this thread, Jack *would* have randomly been there when I typed Jack's name, and would have stayed that way until we found an IC way to fix it -- typing Tyler's name properly would work. And if I made the typo I'm always terrified I might make someday and said "he touched her waste," well, he'd have a hand full of you-know-what. And if I accidentally use an animal icon ... guess what? My character is an animal for a couple of pings. And so on.
None of these typo-caused changes would last past the end of the scene or thread.
Real typos are usually funnier than the forced ones, but forced ones might make for good crack too.
OOC communication is love on this, especially if you're going to make something really weird happen.
Questions? Comments? Pie?
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Which is too bad. I'd love to ping myself onto the island for a bit.
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I figured it would probably be something like that.
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