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(Edited Mar 28 2024, adding bullet about OTC and amending layout a little)
Edited by Mrph1 on Mar 29th 2024 at 10:55:20 AM
Big Congrats!
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State of Mind
Congrats!
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Redmess
Congratulations!
Optimism is a duty.
(she/her)
Congrats! Actually surprised it didn’t happen sooner
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Musician/Composer
Congratulations!
He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
Congrats to Crazysamaritan!
Hi
And to think, the only thing we had to sacrifice this time was [REDACTED]...not nearly as much mess but finding that much Corinthian leather for the bindings was a pain.
Edited by Willbyr on Jan 21st 2021 at 3:05:39 AM
Lost in Space
Your chanting was divine, though, Willbyr. Or maybe not divine. The other thing.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Huh, that's why I heard screaming this morning...
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Siiiiiiiiiiiip
That said, could I have my previous question directly answered by a Moderator? If there's other details, I can be PM'd too for any questions.
I appreciate the link to the pinned topic, but I was aware of that when I asked for the clarification. 
Edited by Irene on Jan 21st 2021 at 5:34:27 AM
...It's weird having so many websites and no way to properly display now, lol.
Congratulations, Crazysamaritan!
*Cue NGE ending*
Lost in Space
Irene, we have not come to an absolute conclusion on that. To avoid problems like we've had, we would prefer if RPs were conducted all in one place, whether that be Discord, TV Tropes, RP Nation, or whatever. That doesn't mean you can't share documents, resources, that kind of thing, obviously.
The primary reason is that we can't be responsible for moderating conduct off TV Tropes. If/when drama gets imported, we can only take people's word for what happened elsewhere, and that puts us in an impossible position.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Congrats, cs!!!
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On a similar note, I'm not sure if this post of mine recieved a definite answer on whether this would be allowed or not. (Perhaps it did and I misunderstood an official answer as being unofficial, in which case my bad)
Edited by TropesForever on Jan 21st 2021 at 10:36:29 PM
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
- Congratulations!
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?: And here I thought [REDACTED] was getting sacrificed for something, given the issues I knew of it. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Edited by Malady on Jan 21st 2021 at 4:42:35 AM
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
Lost in Space
Oh, that. Yeah, I'd suppose they can still participate.
Edited by Fighteer on Jan 21st 2021 at 7:44:39 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Siiiiiiiiiiiip
Thank you for the clear answer, Fighteer.
I'll wait till it's determined before using it(or not using it if the case becomes that).
...It's weird having so many websites and no way to properly display now, lol.
Thank you, Fighteer.
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A new mod grats. Cost indeed. Did they get a receipt this time?
Who watches the watchmen?
Powered Armor feet go 'clomp clomp'
Congrats, samaritan! I'm clapping for you here. 
Hello? Hello, hello?
Late, but congrats Samaritan!
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Congrats crazysamaritan!
"It's just a show; I should really just relax"
Congrats.
...It's weird having so many websites and no way to properly display now, lol.