PPC Lounge

Also known as the PPC chatroom, the PPC Lounge is a hangout for agents and a great place for oldbies and newbies to meet up and discuss Sue-slaying. There is also a Lounge in HQ, usually called the HQ Lounge or just the Lounge to avoid confusion; it was recently set on fire by Unger.

The HQ Lounge
Often used as a setting in the chatroom, the exact details of the HQ Lounge are largely subject to the needs of whatever role-play or random silliness is taking place there. However, based on various agent journals and word-of-mouth, a few details seem generally consistent. For one, it contains a bar, which may or may not have someone behind it to run things; if not, it's self-serve, and its contents may be hazardous if reached into blindly. It stocks itself.

The Lounge also has a variety of comfortable couches, bean-bags, and other seating, and possibly a pillow-fort. The furniture is often subject to accidents, such as being set on fire, and has to be replaced frequently. (At one time it had a nice couch, but chances are someone has made off with it by now.)

It has high rafters, which serve as a refuge for the shy or just a handy perch for people who like high places, particularly those with avian or feline dispositions. It isn't quite clear exactly how high the rafters go up, or how people without wings get up there in the first place.

There may or may not be attached rooms for those who desire privacy, bathrooms, and/or a kitchen with a self-filling fridge. The doors seem to come and go.

It is also riddled with plotholes and destination-shifting Doors, capital D, to other dimensions, so just about anyone can turn up there, from agents to authors to canons.

Bravenet Chatroom
The Old PPC Lounge is mostly vacant these days, but it has been used in the past to celebrate PPC anniversaries, birthdays, and plain old bacchanalia.

The old PPC Lounge can be found here.

New Chatroom
There is, however, a new PPC chatroom which can be easily found through here, but if you know how to use IRC, the channel is #PPC on irc.blitzed.org.

Chat Rules
After some dispute and perceived problems, the chatroom now has finalized rules, which is stated in the entry message that is sent when you enter the channel.

'Thanks for entering the #PPC channel! Please pay attention to the Constitution. No swearing and no unlabeled NSFW links (Not Safe For Work), period. Use a link shortener like tiny.url for links with swearing in the URL. Multiple offenses will result in a kicking and after several kicks it will be a temporary ban, so please don't. We want the channel to be public area/minor/'family' safe.'

This can be translated into "Follow the Constitution, don't swear, and no surprise NSFW links."

Offenses
For first and second offenses, there will be warnings.

On the third offense, it will merit a kick.

On the first offense after the initial kicking, it will be a 'day' ban of twelve hours.

After the first ban, the second ban will be three days long.

The third banning will be a week long.

The final banning will be permanent.

Attempts to evade the ban will be greeted with more banning and a jump to the next level of banning.

Unless it is a permanent ban, a cooldown period of a month will be allowed, resetting to only warnings after a whole month of no offenses.

OP
OP, or that star/@ sign next to the names at the very top, means that that person is an Op, or Operator for the channel. That means they can give voice to others, as well as kick people if it is necessary (or if the Op feels like it and it is funny, such as banning names that begin with 'M' with non-adherents being subject to defenestration.)

List of Ops

 * Permission Givers
 * Maslab
 * Plat
 * July

Discussions
Shakespeare Somethingdays have been proposed as a weekly discussion thing to take place in the new chatroom for anyone who is interested.

Quotations
Especially humorous or just plain wacky chat quotes could go here if it pleases anyone. Consider it propaganda to urge you to join.