tengaku squared

(Bain, as the round mod remember it's your duty to keep with the round. Just a reminder! Oh, good job so far, by the way!)

Well, I just went and took a peek, and yeah, the message is there. So is your edit, which wasn't really a very smart move. First, the edit note: "Could not edit Template:Links had to put this very important link under Adding content". A very "important link", huh? I've seen plenty of those. They tend to be spam. Not a very good way to put down your edit. Secondly, the edit itself. It looks like you're trying to leech traffic away from the wikia, even if that wasn't the intention. With those two in mind, I'm not completely shocked by their reaction, though it was a bit over the top. What does interest me is the message. They clearly did see it as an attempt at promotion, judging by the wording of their message. They also noted something about "referencial terms", which I have no idea what that means; "referencial" isn't even a word to begin with. I really don't think that message was necessary. I wonder if someone can send a ping over them about that message. EDIT: Whoops, this is a introduce yourself thread. Welcome to DCW!

Two things: "Protagonist" sounds like it should be above "Detective", and "Black Organization" sounds like a cool title to have. Instead, how about having the banned title be the "Criminal" with that shadow silhouette? Otherwise, these look really cool! Thanks a lot for the work! Hey cool, I'm a "Secret Agent" \o/

That is a problem. Again, not much I can do there. If there really is no difference between the two names at all (no different accentation or what not) then I guess Shukichi would work better.

I personally think that the option we go with in the end should be the one that follows standard Japanese romanization, or whatever it's called. Unfortunately, I don't know any of that stuff. If that isn't an option, we should go with the standard name format that's been used on the wiki. With that in mind, I think Shuukichi Haneda is fine as is.

Gravatar is currently the only way I've been able to get it as well. It applies to all image formats this forum takes, as well (tried all sorts of jpgs and pngs and stuff), from my experience.

Another special round will be coming up soon and it will take place during the summer. Details sparse. Stay in touch!

List of the next moderators for DCW IRL: 14) mian cai 15) ????? 16) ????? DCW IRL is currently undergoing a few changes. While I work a few things out, please PM all moderator requests to me, not IdentityUnknown. They will not process if you do; IdentityUnknown will not be active enough to forward them to me.

Some unfortunate news came to my attention during the start of this month, and I figure it's a good time to make it public, with the forums back up. IdentityUnknown will be officially stepping down from DCW IRL moderation. She was one of the original DCW IRL RPers and the person that pretty much started this entire thing, and I'm sad to see her leave. She has entrusted me with the entire DCW IRL operation, and I'll try to manage it the best I can, even with my hectic schedule. Any PMs regarding DCW IRL should now be directed to me, as IdentityUnknown will no longer be online as frequent as before. All moderator requests for future rounds, naturally, should also come to me. I'll figure out something regarding the Moderator Signup Thread and Discussion Thread, as IU holds both opening posts and I can't edit those. IdentityUnknown will remain affiliated with the DCW IRL project as a more advisor-type role, and should she ever wish to rejoin I will gladly welcome her. Until she confirms this, however, I will remove her from the official list of moderators. I would also like to take this moment to ask the community a serious question: is DCW IRL headed the correct direction? I've seen a steady decline of activity since the beginning of DCW IRL and its earlier rounds, and I want to make DCW IRL a success. Please reply with any comments and suggestions you may have through this topic and PM. Thanks so much! Mohorovicic

Apparently, Disco-niichan is a nickname for me. I'll just put this out there that I don't approve of the nickname. Plus, I'm a little bit immature to be called a niichan, thank you.

There is absolutely nothing original about this game. The sprites are ripped. The concept is ripped. I don't understand its popularity. It's a terrible, terrible game. However, I look forward to the creator's new games.

The third one, which uses a comma to link two independent clauses, is a comma splice, and is a grammar no-no. Though most native English speakers won't notice, when reading a part with a comma splice it often looks a bit "choppy", I guess. On the subject of ellipsis, I'm of the opinion that ellipsis weaken writing and makes it sound less sure. I really can't think of many places where I would use an ellipsis over the vastly superior semi-colon and the more specialized but still effective colon. However, I note that ellipsis can add a natural flow to a sentence that colons tend to break up, but not significantly; the only place where I would use this to my advantage is undoubtedly in character dialogue. Even then, the added flow that an ellipsis brings can also make the writing start to blob together and lack a coherent structure, which is a negative trait in its own right. The link MadelineLime put up earlier puts it extremely well. In essence, the main use of ellipsis in formal writing is to denote that a quotation has changed. But please don't use ellipsis to cut out portions of a quote that are unfavorable to your point. That can be seen as warping the facts and that is a really bad thing. As previously mentioned, I take a very conservative approach to using ellipsis, and especially in formal writing. I would advise not using ellipsis outside of quotes when possible.

I'm sure you guys may have seen this coming, but I'm going to bring this round to a close. Sorry, but this round has gone on way too long and most of the people have gone inactive.

I was going to post that the errors have subsided but I just got one. It's been much better, so I'll leave it up to all you guys whether to continue.

In short, copyright issues. See this topic for more information.

Happy hiatus guys! I'm going to be putting this round on hold for a little bit due to issues with the site. Thanks!

Way too confusing, and too contradictory. I will retcon this post out of existence. Thank you.

I've always got math problems ready, so if you want me to post one I'll gladly.

"Aw, that makes me feel angry. Human swine like you have no right to look down on me like that!" Aero's mechanical arm began to twist upward, then what appeared to be a fist clenched. When she clenched her fist, a yellow energy wave emitted throughout the Rift, and you found as the energy wave touched your weapons, they shattered into unusable pieces. "Tear my organs? Huh?!" In a nearly untraceable move, Aero suddenly appeared right in front of Hesh and used her mechanical arm and slammed into him, sending him flying. Then she drove her mechanical arm into the ground, causing metal spires to come up from the ground. Some of you managed to dodge the spires, but others got impaled by the incoming spires. All the spires then suddenly vanished into nothing, leaving only wounds behind, and Aero pulled her mechanical arm out of the ground. "Is that all you got?! Just because you beat Moto doesn't mean s**t! I am nothing like Moto! I'm no cheap rabbit-hat magician! I'm the embodiment of chaos itself!" She pointed at Joshua with her regular arm. "Look at him! Always hiding behind weak humans and taking all the glory of their labor! Don't you realize what's going on?! The angels are all corrupt, all high and mighty. Why bother helping him, he's leaving you to die!" While you were stunned by the magnitude of her words, Aero jumped up in the sky. Her mechanical arm pointing straight downward, she laid a devastating blow on Joshua. When she landed and her fist returned to her side, Joshua disappeared. "Psych. I'm not like SAISEI. I can't manipulate people as easy as he does. But that wasn't so hard, was it?"