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call_me_chas (call_me_chas) wrote in mm_plots,
@ 2009-04-23 20:31:00

Now GJ is gone for good ...
I was considering posting some of the old threads I have archived to Gdocs and publishing them so we can link to them. We used to do that a lot with annual events like the Ouroubos board meetings, especially as there used to be annual plot involved.

Then it occurred to me that some of you may have threads or story arcs that you'd particularly like to see accessible again.

Any suggestions? Ang/Alec and their hideously long and painful courtship? Joe/Lilith? Adam/Icene? Or, for those of you who remember back that far, Elspeth/Will?

Editted to add - I've had a request for more spooky goings on. What do you think? Is it worth wasting a spooky event at a time when people are too busy with actual plot for crack-thread, or is it worth putting off plot to have a bit of gratuitous fun? Alternatively, would you like to post a request for one when it's convenient and if enough other people want one as well accept whatever our minds can come up with?

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essayel
2009-04-23 04:19 pm UTC (link)

You copy/paste the thread into notepad to get rid of the icons and buttons then use find/replace to get rid of all the unnecessary text. Like so:

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sam_mm
2009-04-23 08:14 pm UTC (link) Select
Not in the kitchen, not the bathroom, that really only left the bedroom, and Icene paused in the doorway to just watch for a few moments. Then of course she had to breathe, and a waft of cold air headed his way as she leaned in the doorway and grinned, "Are you ever off duty Major?"
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pups_dt
2009-04-23 08:18 pm UTC (link) Select
His head snapped up and he spun around in his swiveling desk chair. "Hey! Look who it is! You're home early, aren't you?"
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Becomes this:

Not in the kitchen, not the bathroom, that really only left the bedroom, and Icene paused in the doorway to just watch for a few moments. Then of course she had to breathe, and a waft of cold air headed his way as she leaned in the doorway and grinned, "Are you ever off duty Major?"

Adam's head snapped up and he spun around in his swiveling desk chair. "Hey! Look who it is! You're home early, aren't you?"

You have to tweak it a bit to make it readable because people often rely on the icons to give the speaker identity, but it can be done fairly easily. If you're really enthusiastic you can edit it and add bits.

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	sam_mm 2009-04-24 03:54 am UTC (link)
	I'll get to work on those.... of course, I have the whimpers entire archive for anything and everything that Ang or Emma or any of my pups posted back then.... sorting that lot out into readable threads could take me a looooooong time!!! Requests will be taken if anyone wants to read anything in particular again! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

essayel
2009-04-24 09:41 am UTC (link)

I've done 2005, and 2006 but only the plotted story arcs. I thought that the relationships could take care of themselves. Once you get into the swing of it, it doesn't take that long and it's a grand thing to do to while away the time when there's nobody to play with.

I'm going to make a start on 2008 because we can't archive comments on IJ and it would be a pity to lose it.

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sam_mm
2009-04-24 10:15 am UTC (link)

OUCH!!! No back ups for a year plus??? I mean sure yeah we could just back up the posts, but to lose all the comments? Not good news. (Not that I'm either a pessimist or a cynic, but hey, GJ wasn't gonna die either remember?)

I can start transcribing old threads within the next few days, just let me know if you need any help doing it Sal, I might be slower and less dedicated to doing it, but I am more than capable of doing a thread or two a night if it helps?

I appear to have the full comms of GJ archived complete with comments (no idea how that happened, but hey, it did!) uh huh, ALL the old comms, from Dec 2004 right up to Jan 2008, so if you want me to do anything with those - just say so!

And if you want some help with the IJ stuff, let me know that too huh?

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