Attached: Guide to Retrospec and Related Issues

[matchbreaker]

Hello everyone. If you know or don't know me my name is Elda Marker (as you can see from the username) and I've been on this app since May. It's been increasingly frustrating to me to have to disseminate large amounts of information to people who weren't here for August or just explaining the basics of the basics to new people who are added to the app every other month.

And so I've taken upon myself to make a guide for Retrospec and the related information that we've amassed.

[ Guide ]
[ ICly this guide would be linked to in a Google Doc or something and have a download link for a pdf ]

Obviously though, I don't know everything. If you have information that I don't, if some of the information is confusing to you, or if some of my information is incorrect, please feel free to step forward with that information. For the time being I'm going to keep editing it personally just so that the information remains controlled in one spot (so as to not make conflicting narratives) but I highly recommend that you download this guide so that if I am removed from the app you can continue to edit it after I don't remember making it.

I hope that this guide will be helpful for those of you who are currently confused or for better informing new people added to the app in future. Obviously, this can't be just a link and forget type thing, as there is a *lot* of information, but the hope would be it could a resource.

Thank you for your time.

[ OOC: So I'll keep updating this guide over time, feel free to submit IC corrections/additions here and if there's a want for it I'll make a (real) Google Doc version too? Feel free to contact me OOC if you have any concerns you'd like to work out that way. The guide was amassed based on stuff Elda knows from various IC avenues like network discussions and her own experiences ]

Comments

[maidofmistakes]

Whoa... This must've been a lot of work. Thanks. I have a question?

[matchbreaker]

It ended up taking most of December, yeah.

But sure, shoot!

[maidofmistakes]

Does anyone else... remember their world getting destroyed? Or are we just relying on Retrospec there?

[buncho]

most of that is confusing and theres too many words but ive got deets on the employees you dont have yet!

ive talked w maurice and hes a little older than me maybe and he says er a lot
ronnies the conductor down in the subway! hes alive and says maurice is alive too. his strawberry cakes are delish
nigel eats a lot of microwave meals from the convenience store

[ are these useful at all though ]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Well, okay then. ]

Does that mean you've met Ronnie and/or Maurice personally? Or Nigel, for that matter.

Obviously some of the latter sections are confusing the hope would be the earlier ones follow easily enough.

[windeity]

you actually did it.
this looks great. there's some stuff in there i didn't even know so this is actually pretty helpful. nice job.

[matchbreaker]

I said I was going to and so I did

[mincingminuet]

Nice!
Thank you for this, Ms. Marker.
It will make the first of the month much easier.

[matchbreaker]

That'd be the hope, anyway! Glad you agree.

[destiny_key]

this is really cool elda!!!
itll probably make it a lot easier to help people when they get the app

thanks for working so hard on it!!!

[matchbreaker]

That was the goal! Making it easier on new people and consolidating gains for the rest of us.

[livingdeadgirl]

wow this is fantastic!
thanks for taking the time to put it all together mrs marker

[and after she's begun reading it-]

holy crap they have a CYBORG?

[matchbreaker]

[ Mrs. ... If only.

... But no, don't focus on it! ]

They do! I met the man, he was *enormous* let me tell you. Closer to seven feet than not, I'd say.

[vitis]

all right, so i'm not reading this until i get home, but
looks like you did a nice job, ms. marker

[matchbreaker]

Can that really be said before you read it?

[megabond]

I have to say, you made this guide more informative for the new users to read, Elda. Marvelous job!

[matchbreaker]

Well I hope I did, I wrote it with that in mind.

[drizzle]

I'm sure you've received a lot of the same, exact message like this one, but as someone new to this whole Twilight Zone-esque situation, you really are deserving of my gratitude: thank you so much for making this and allowing it to be public knowledge too!

You definitely get a free favor coupon on me!

[matchbreaker]

You don't need to give me a favor coupon, just report to me if you find some more stuff personally. I'll be editing this periodically in time for any new people.

[courageofheart]

Oh wow! this is really well done!!

[She's not the most eloquent at texting or writing, so...]

[matchbreaker]

Good, I'm glad you'll have a use for it! That's the whole idea, after all.

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[dulynoted]

[ Oh he's going to read this ASAP. ]

I take it this is what you were referencing the other day?

[matchbreaker]

It was, yes!

If you've got any questions or additional insights I'lld take them.

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[heritrix]

Wow. I wish this had been around a month ago. This is really thorough.

[Rin's a little bit late getting to this, reading through the guide idly. Sick enough to stay in bed she was forced to take a sick day, it's something worthwhile.]

Thanks for writing it up.

[matchbreaker]

I think every new person will think that, but hopefully this'll make it easier on them going forward. The basics are confusing enough as is, even without any additional things.