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queensthiefAnd I was wondering exactly how the situation here will conduct itself, when Official ACoK Time Cometh. Tiegirl and I briefly discussed it about a month ago, and we decided it would be a lot of Squeeing, Chaos, and Capslock.
Well, yes. But I've also been feeling a little concerned and borderline control freaky about it, so I was wondering:
(Sorry for lack of
How should we organize the discussion/chaos when ACoK Time Cometh? (Soooo sooooooon!)
a. We shouldn't organize anything. Whatever happens will happen.
b. We should definitely have some form of organization, such as
i. A post for each chapter. Those who have thoughts/questions about what happened in it will say it in the comments. (Sorta like the Readalong, just it's ALL in the comments, to be spoiler-proof.) I could set this up.
ii. Reviews and/or links to discussions on people's ljs, akin to what has already begun.
iii. Posts/comments written in a secret code that's unbreakable unless you've read ACoK, and that involves socks somehow.
iv. Some other excellen organizing idea. (These are welcome!)
So whaddaya think?
Only TWO MORE DAYS, PEOPLE! Yippee!!!!!
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Date: 3/21/10 11:04 pm (UTC)Which I guess is option b-i.
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Date: 3/21/10 11:09 pm (UTC)That's my thinking, too. And people read at different speeds, anyway.
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Date: 3/21/10 11:22 pm (UTC)I think waiting for the paperback makes me a masochist, though. A really big masochist.
Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/21/10 11:46 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/21/10 11:58 pm (UTC)A month sounds good, at a minimum.
I assume people will mostly post their own reviews or questions. I can't see people wanting to discuss the book chapter-by-chapter at this point--what does everyone else think?
Anything else? I'll put it on the profile page, and do a post bright and early Tuesday.
Gosh. TUESDAY.
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Date: 3/22/10 12:39 am (UTC)Oooh I see you're reading a Shannon Hale book. I really need to read those.
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Date: 3/22/10 02:19 am (UTC)You can say, too, that if anyone posts with spoilers on the main page, or forgets the LJ cut, the entry will be deleted. (If that happens I'll copy it to a Word doc first, to give the person a chance to recover it and post with a cut.) How does all that sound?
Here's another question for y'all. Negative reviews. Should they be friends-locked, or not?
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Date: 3/22/10 04:41 am (UTC)Just my almost-articulate two cents.
Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 04:45 am (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 06:22 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 06:27 pm (UTC)Also PR asks (there's a chat this weekend) what's the policy on spoilers in chatzy from tomorrow? I said saying No Spoilers in Chatzy would be Like Trying To Stop a Tidal Wave...
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Date: 3/22/10 06:40 pm (UTC)Why don't you put in the post that anyone who hasn't read the book yet might not want to set foot in chatzy for awhile?
Is this ok with everyone else?
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Date: 3/22/10 06:55 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 07:09 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 07:21 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 07:25 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 07:31 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 06:59 pm (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 12:46 am (UTC)Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 01:31 am (UTC)Now, what about the policy for icons and such with quotes? (I already have some I'm dying to use around here from the ARC ^^;)
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Date: 3/22/10 06:31 pm (UTC)*offers cookies*
Re: Spoilers Behind Cuts, Pleeeeeease
Date: 3/22/10 08:21 pm (UTC)*om nom nom*
You can go to my user pic page, too, and find those two I have up
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Date: 3/22/10 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 3/22/10 12:16 am (UTC)-Left-handed Creativity
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Date: 3/22/10 12:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 3/22/10 04:34 am (UTC)Its almost here people!
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Date: 3/23/10 01:49 am (UTC)ONEMOREDAYONEMOREDAYONEMOREDAY!!!
Combining chapter postings
Date: 3/23/10 04:12 pm (UTC)Re: Combining chapter postings
Date: 3/24/10 12:14 am (UTC):0
:)
:D
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Date: 3/22/10 04:51 am (UTC)Plus, we can avoid spoilers by naming the post by the chapter number instead of the topic discussion.
That is all. :D
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Date: 3/22/10 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 3/22/10 08:22 pm (UTC)That's a great idea!
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Date: 3/23/10 01:45 am (UTC)What do you think about having posts be 3 or 4 chapters, to avoid having 24 posts (23 chapters and prologue) floating around and monopolizing the recent entries page?
And I agree with what you said. :)
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Date: 3/23/10 02:00 am (UTC)Okay, one idea, don't post chapters posts automatically. If someone wants to discuss, let THEM post the topic with the chapter number as the title of the post. Except, yeah, there will probably be discussion on every single chapter. Blah. I don't know! What did they do last time?
I guess posting multiple chapters in one is the best way to do it!
Can't we all just meet at Village Inn and discuss the book in person?
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Date: 3/23/10 02:46 am (UTC)So, I'll see if anyone comes up with anything else or has Strong Opinions, and if nothing changes, I'll post them 3ch by 3ch tomorrow afternoon. And if people ignore that or forget about it, or it disappears quickly, at least there will be the lovely lj cuts happening.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE!
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Date: 3/22/10 06:44 pm (UTC)Whatcha think,
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Date: 3/23/10 01:44 am (UTC)I could put up the chapter posts all at once, tomorrow afternoon (PST). I like the idea of having both the chapter posts and other ones at once, -- FREEDOM ALL AROUND.
Yup.
So, I will lurk around and check this afew more times today, and unless someone says "NOOOOOO! NOOOO CHAPTER POSSSSTTTTTTSSSS!" between now and tomorrow, I'll do it.
Except I'll probably make it more than one chapter per post (instead of 24 in all!), because I Fear Being A Space Hog.
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Date: 3/23/10 01:51 am (UTC)Man, this is tricky! It would be easier if this was a message board (not that I'm complaining, mind).
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Date: 3/22/10 11:23 pm (UTC)Also, my nerdy-side is freaking out, as I realize that this would be difficult to do by hand, but that a simple computer program would be easy to write... and I should really stop there. But, yeah. Code. I like the code idea.
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Date: 3/23/10 01:39 am (UTC)Weeeelll, the code thing really was just put in there because I wanted to involve socks somehow, but hey, if you write one, I'm sure we'll all start using it. :)
*trying to unbury herself from the mountain of cabbages*
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Date: 3/23/10 01:46 am (UTC)