If there's a recurring nuisance that users seem to be doing against the board guidelines and don't seem to be aware of it, we'll be using this thread to remind you. As with all announcements, make sure you read all new posts.

At the moment, people don't seem to be aware of the concept of events that happened in the past, remain in the past. This is cross-posted from the Library as it seems some of you may not have read it:

I've seen many posts which go against this, people arriving on the scene and knowing that someone is a demon because they 'came out' a few posts earlier, but YOU arrive when your first post appears, and should have no previous knowledge. I'm even iffy about the past-tense posting. Avoid that if you can, but do not reply to someone's question if they've left the room. I've seen conversations where one party has LEFT the thread, and the other continues talking to them, THEN says bye, THEN watches them leave. They left yesterday! You see how doing this makes no sense?

Ah... I feel better now...

Comments welcome.

Bump. I will add this, and I will say this only once more before I start Warning people who do not know how to time their posts correctly.

If somebody has posted something, then it has happened. You cannot react to it as if they're still doing it while your character is posting. Take this example.

Easy enough to respond to, huh? Well apparently not! Here is the wrong answer which a good many members would be happy to post;

Acceptable? Hardly. One thing I have been so enforcing-y about is the TIMING RULE. Heard of it? Good! Since at the end of Piper's post, she had ALREADY walked away, Phoebe's entire post is a load of shit. Here is what would be a correct reponse:

Okay. Take a look at the two. See how they differ? See which one makes more sense in the ACW format? Learn how to do this.

Comments welcome.

Well, this also would be more convinenant (or hwoever you spell it) if people are on at the same time right? That's make it easier for people to talk. I mean if peopel do leave the thread others can't really do jack about it. I mean I have done that in the past and might still be doing it now. But I'll watch for it as I post.

The thing is that if a player sees another player online, most people would be likely to want to start a conversation other then end it unless their character or something requires leaving the thread. Doesn't timezone plays a role into this? It's just more... easier that say for people that are online together to continue a chat. I've... seen some people that arn't patient enough to wait. After they posted and then for a few hours, they edited it, leaving the thread not to another destination, to elsewhere and then they disappear for an hour or two then come back in another location.

It's just that some peopeel are impatient to wait for other posters if they don't happen to be online at the same time. And if you're online, then you can react more, "quickly" to a person.

But it all comes down to action and how people should threat posts in 'realtime'. Time might not flow parallel in ACW as in our World, but the posts are certainly in real time. If an action is done. It is done and so on and so forth.

But as I said I'll look out for my own posts from now on.

If this doesn't make any sense. Please ignore thank you...

Shinji:

I understand about what you mean about the time zone thing. I live in California, and many of my posting partners live on the East Coast, which means their time is 3 hrs earlier then mine. Being in Assie land, you're at max 13 hours ahead of me. (I had a guy firend that used to call me at 9pm California time and it was 4pm the next day, his time.)

I've seen you online a few times. It's rare for me to go to bed before 4 am my time.

Btw, in game is it day or night out? and is there a way to let us know when it is day and night?

Use P3 as a guide. If it's closed then that generally means it's day and if it's open, then it's night.

I've never seen it closed . . . I guess the timezones are opposite for me and P3 or something.

The time this is definately something that has confused me and made me wonder. It could be today for my character, but it could already be tomorrow or the next day for someone else.

Um... there's always a post at the front door of P3 indicating whether it's open or closed at the time, and generally all you have to do is look in the bar thread. If people are posting, it's open. If the latest post there (or one of the most recent) says "everybody leaves" then it's pretty obvious. P3 is closed now, you can see for yourself. I make it around 11am/12pm in the ACW universe right now. ACW doesn't operate within our timezones, it has its own. Where it may be 5pm for me, 12pm for you, and 3am for Shinji and whatnot, it's still the same time in ACW for everybody. Else it'd just be ridiculous. Understand?

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks!

Then it looks like we're on the same timezone. It's 12:15 PM here right now.

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It's 5:40 where Ands is.

What part of the 5pm for me, 12pm for you part was unclear?

... this is spam, back on topic for myself and the unwashed masses! So posting, eh?

Bump. I can count at least three people who should have a glance at this thread. B)