That new-comm smell

[singularitymods]

Welcome to the first official post on Dreamwidth, Singularity! This is your OOC settling-in post where you can ask questions and just generally throw your stuff all over the place and start making it home.

First of all, please comment to the shiny new Taken page so that your DW accounts can be added. Also, if you haven't made your app available somewhere on DW yet, please do so.

Second, the new Reserves page is open for business. There are a couple of days left in the reserve round, and you can reserve here or on LJ. Both pages will be kept up-to-date, and use of the LJ one will be discontinued next round. (All the information pages are being started new on DW, because constantly logging into the LJ-side mod account with OpenID to maintain the old ones would be rather defeating the purpose.)

Third, we've decided to deviate from the timeline a little and allow posting in the crack comm starting...now. We know some people can't even load LJ or are getting headaches just from looking at it, and it's been long enough without them being able to participate. The mod CR with Me meme will still go up on the 9th as scheduled, and IC posting starts on the 13th.

Fourth, here are some resources with DW-specific information:

• LJ to DW transition FAQ, including a guide to DW-specific tags.
  
• Importing LJ layouts to DW.
  
• Turning off custom comment pages: go here and uncheck "Show my journal's entry pages in my chosen style instead of the site skin."
  
• Making DW comment pages look like LJ's old default layout.
  
• CSS tables on DW.
  
• Profile coding on DW.

If there's something we should add, please link to it in comments!

And finally, we've set up a few threads in comments already, but you don't have to stick to those if you've got something that doesn't fit any of them.

Hell, might as well copy the timeline over here:

January 8: Extended December reserve round ends. January app round begins. All apps should be submitted on the DW app post. Accepted characters from this round should join the DW comms and not the LJ ones.

January 9: CR with Me in DW crack community. This will run for a few days before game posting opens up and will be open to new characters who've apped this round on DW.

January 13: End of IC posting on LJ, beginning of IC posting on DW. The LJ comms will be set to moderated submissions at this point.

January 22: End of January app round, beginning of January reserve round.

February 1: End of January reserve round. Beginning of February app round.

February 15: End of February app round. Beginning of February reserve round.

February 29: Leap Day! Assuming comment importing for communities with large comment counts is live, this will be the end of backtagging on LJ. You can keep commenting to the old comms if you want, but we don't guarantee your comments after this point will be imported to DW.

March 1: One last round of comment importing from LJ begins. Singularity runs solely on DW at this point. The LJ accounts will remain, but be unused.

April 1: Activity Check. Only DW activity will count.

Comments

WHO WAS THAT MASKED FREELANCER

[singularitymods]

Better late than never.

If you've changed account names coming over to DW, introduce them here. For ease of reading and finding people, please put your old username and the character's name in the subject line.

diamondandice -- Emma Frost

[myownbestfriend]

This is the one I wanted on LJ but was taken by a personal account that hadn't updated since 2007. o9

I should transfer my icons.

traceurmonitor -- Anon

[recompiling]

I liked the other one, but this is easier to parse and is still perfect because he spends half the game doing this.

wouldhavewords -- Thor Odinson

[thundering]

And pass up a perfectly good thunder related username? Absolutely not.

memorymodus -- Jade Harley

[astrometry]

is now astrometry: " the branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies."

So basically, she's gone from her Act 3 username to one that's a little more relevant to where I (hopefully) will have her canon updated to -- End of Act 5.

spacebased -- Alex (the AI one)

[413x]

Also the one I wanted on LJ, taken by an abandoned personal account.

People made those accounts in 2003 to spite me, let me tell you internets.

fusrodah - Dovahkiin

[dovahkriid]

FusRoDah was taken. I SHED TINY TEARS.

But Dovahkriid means "dragonslayer" in Bullshit In-game Dragon Language which is still pretty appropriate I guess 8Ia

ironhowdoesit - tony stark

[ex_ironhearted402]

because I thought it was a great riff off of lionhearted... and starktech was actually free when I made accounts but not free the day after, woe :C

manipul8trix - Vriska Serket

[fairygodtroll]

The old username didn't really fit seeing as Sing!Vriska isn't allowed to manipul8 people any more (or Davesprite will woobie her face off). FAIRYGODTROLL IT IS~

moeclaws - Nepeta Leijon

[shipper]

I couldn't pass this up. I'd be the worst Nepeta-mun ever if I had.

nocheckboxes -- The Counselor

[someresponsibility]

Sup.

labrattmann - Doug Rattmann

[vilified]

suckersluck was taken and I was listening to Exile Vilify when I made accounts. Oops.

dx1118c - Alex Mercer

[curbstomping]

and this is the new journal name. :') one i wanted to switch to on eljay, but it was taken.

evaskullface - Emile-A239

[spaceracist]

Because it fits him better, really.

machine_god

[machinegoddess]

back in the day i really fucking loved underscores
nowadays not so much

:\

saidnah -- Goggles

[soddingmonkeys]

Because he is BRITISH and HATES MONKEYS, haha I am so hilarious

robodidactic -- Kim Ross

[autodidacticrobogirl]

This is the one I always wanted but never could fit into 15 characters

rustigedraak -- Ladon Ceto

[justamobster]

DOUBLE THE CONFUSION because he's got a real person PB in his icons.

Don't worry I kept some of the goofy animu ones. But yes, this is Ladon's new account and his new face.

spinjump - Classic Sonic

[spindash]

I'll be using this as my main account for Classic Sonic, but may be using spinjump as an extra icon account.

knight4darkness - Nemvoy

[knightofdarkness]

P. EASY CHANGE

roll is the same

stillhissister -- Dana Mercer

[hesstillmybrother]

FIFTY MILLION MISFIRES AND CONFUSION LATER...

Same basic concept, but closer to the actual line of dialogue.

feedislive - Georgia Mason

[truthwontrest]

ALL MY OTHERS ARE THE SAME, but this is the one I wanted for George since forever. 8D

reconsensus -- Semley

[euthanati]

I'm pissing off some World of Darkness players, I can tell you that much.

ecto_biologist -> John Egbert

[friendleading]

ecto_biologist and ectobiologist (as well as other variations) were already taken, and this was a superior choice.

hawkwards - clint barton

[arches]

aww yeah classy one-word usernames