#rule change

[the-institute-rpg]

STARTER RULE CHANGE:

Happy Friday, Islanders! We've been watching and listening to feedback, and have decided to tweak our starter rule again. These rules have been updated as of June 16, 2023.

One starter every 24 hours is permitted.

Stagger your starters for multiple muses. Keep them at one per hour.

Updated: Starters will still use the tag ( #theinstitutestarter ) but due to its unreliability, all open starters must be reblogged to the starter blog within a few minutes of being posted.

Closed starters do not need to be reblogged to the starter blog.

Updated: You must reply to at least three recent open starters before posting a new open of your own. Recent is defined as within the last two months. If a recent starter has no replies (not notes, replies), it must be one of the three you reply to.

Updated: Event starters are included in recent starters, but if an event has ended, please check ooc with the player before replying. If an event starter has no replies even after the event has ended, it still counts as an empty starter and must still be replied to before a new starter is posted.

Updated: When reblogging to the starter blog, you must also tag your starter with ( #startersanswered chara1 chara2 chara3) to denote which starters you answered before posting your open.

If copying and pasting a starter to a new thread for tracking, you must comment on the starter that you replied. This is necessary so others know a starter has received replies.

New characters can post an introduction starter before replying to other open starters. This is the only exception to the rule.

Updated: On acceptance, you will be given a link to join our starter blog. Please post the starter on your own blog first, then reblog to the starter blog. You do not need to tag the starter blog when posting, and must reblog it yourself--the admins will not reblog it for you. Once you’ve finished reading the rule updates, send a message to the main and tell us your favorite ice cream flavor so we know you’ve read everything. When replying to an open, make sure to reblog from the source, not the starter blog.

#theinstituteadmin #admin note #rule change #starter rule #please read

[bunnies-and-sunshine]

Sore loser.

River is considering a rule change for the 'get low, get kisses' game.   She attempted to claim a 3-way tie, but it's hard to deny that Mr. Giraffe has clearly won this round, though Scoots McGee is a close second.

#bunny #sore loser #rule change #get low get kisses game #river the bunny #mr giraffe #scoots mcgee

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

ISU rule change on PCS

Let's call this an extensive personal comment...

I am too lazy to list exactly what has changed, but as you might have seen the PCS components being 5 before are reduced to 3. Namely IN (interpretation) and TR (transitions) are now gone.

This is what is left now:

I think changing something in PCS is right, because the PCS are a huge joke how they are scored and used. I just think that again the descriptions are too vague and leave so much room for interpretation that in the end the rules won't be followed. But were they ever followed anyway?

And because rules weren't followed with 5 categories anyway I am not optimistic they will follow 3 categories, but I am also not as upset about it as some others, because if rules aren't followed why being upset they have changed? 🙃 Imo they could just put the skaters in real categories because no matter what some do, how I see it a skater is always judged within their corridor based on reputation, federation politics and passport. Some get high PCS for granted, some can work their ass off hard and still not receive any reward. So will it matter if there are 3 or 5? I don't think it will.

In theory it should have been possible to give skaters with mediocre skating skills a 10 in performance, but it never happened to have for example a 5 and a 10 in individual categories. So as long as you will get a 9 in all categories if you get a 9 in one category, what harm is done by reducing them to 3? That PCS are even less understandable valued? I don't think that's possible. It wasn't understandable before. I mean now at least they don't have to pretend to understand what transitions are used when it's muzzled together, so eventually it becomes easier to accept when some things aren't specified anymore 🙃

Some say now they cannot hold judges accountable for not following the rules within those PCS categories that were somewhat objectively countable like how many transitions, 1 foot skating etc. And it's true that now that these kind of "technical" stuff is now all muzzled into skating skills and not exclusively named it can become less of a thing for skaters to include into their programs, but let's be real on this: Skaters like some Russians (I don't do names today) did do many many transitions, but where they good or did most of them make sense for their programs? A spiral held for 1 second surely fits the criteria, but does it fit the program? Nah...and holding judges accountable? I can only laugh...as if judges ever were held accountable for not doing the PCS correctly. It's a dream, not a reality. Telling on SNS that judge A, B, C etc didn't do their job properly is hardly holding someone accountable. The effect is 0 I fear.

I think in the end it does not matter if there are 3 or 5 categories. As long as judges do however they like and give superb PCS to skaters not because of their skills but because of politics and/or high TES and reputation. A rule change is the least of the problems.

As long as judges are not better trained and really held accountable for their judging - not by fans, but by the ISU - any rule change will only be a new way for judges with an old habit attached.

I hope the new rule change at least make some judges read again what is actually in the rules. For the rest...well judging is what it is and it was never meant to be fair no matter what the rules say. Sad but true.

Last shout-out to the ppl claiming #figureskatingisdead...figure skating is never dead as long as ppl watch it. And rule changes within a sport are normal. And lastly just because a sport is not the way you want it, it doesn't make it dead. Surely there will he be fans who leave this sport, but there will be others who will start watching now and will find the old ways bad or less enjoyable. (Look I find most of the 80s and 90s comps quite boring and the rules there not slightly understandable, but it wasn't the time I started watching. I know ppl who would prefer the way 80s and 90s skating was. I don't. Same will happen now.)

#figure skating #maybe i am just not as mad bc i have long accepted that pcs are crap and only corridors anyway #It's decided beforehand if a skater will get 8s or 9s - the differences are within 1-2 points usually from comp to comp #You could actually give skaters PCS numbers beforehand and just add a point for a good day and deduct a point for a bad day... #Joking in the tags...or maybe not 🙃 #isu congress #rule change #pcs

[ahhvernin]

Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell Just saying....If they ever make another season for YURI!!! On Ice, I would LOVE to see them either show these two ladies do a routine on ice.

#Yuri on ice #gabriella papadakis #madison hubbell #figure skating #ice #skating #ice skating #same gender teams #international skating union #rule change #team #any two skaters #nonbinary #same gender #Youtube

[realtimefanduboutofcontext]

HEADS UP, SOME CHANGES TO THE RULES!

Essentially, I will have to refuse anything longer than 40 seconds of video (with very rare case-by-case exceptions), to avoid having to subtitle "that whoooole thing" (for the record, I do this on my phone lol). I'm doing this in response to Subspace Dubbed Over since it may bring in people who want longer clips. I'm also doing this to keep the "out of context" element in tact. After all, this isn't just a clip side-blog - it's one where the clips are bizarre if you don't know the source material.

That and another clarification for recurring requesters - if you've requested a clip before with your username credited, the next time you send a request, I will keep that preference unless you say otherwise.

My ask box is always open, so if you want to see anything here, fire away!

#not dubposting #i've come to make an announcement #rule change

[comment-exchange]

To celebrate our 2nd anniversary, you can submit works without commenting on another work first for the rest of May.

You can submit your work here and find our rules here.

#Comment Exchange #rule change #mod info #fandom #writeblr #fanfiction #fanworks #fan creation

[bisclavaret]

a day late to my 6 years on t anniversary ✨🏳️‍⚧️ a short comic about looking back

#trans pride #transmasc #comics #autobio comics #transgender #this reads a little more melancholy than I meant it to! #I think I forget how far I’ve come #like oh yeah this rules actually my body’s changed so much #also I grew my hair out and I’m less blond now #anyway I love being on testosterone :) #life saving magic potion that makes you hot and happy #my art #Magnus post art at a reasonable hour challenge (impossible)

[ionomycin]

ligament

#artists on tumblr #gonna be real i want to draw more raw things #but with the ever changing rules everywhere i have no idea what's allowed where #i want to draw b l o o d and bare bodies but where do i not get nuked for that #maybe i need to make a little separate side account somewhere #where i can be as unhinged as i want

[knowlesian]

“why do i believe this” and “who benefits from me believing it” are the first steps to decolonization and we should all be doing this more

#seriously how many weird rules do we all uphold #SO MANY #and they are all so jesus flavored and weird a lot of the time #like: okay where does the idea that someone is an unredeemable sinner come from #or that people cannot change #where does the carceral state spring from #why do we believe punishing sinners makes them good people #why do we think we have to set the table a certain way #why do we think violence belongs to power and dutiful service to those without power

[cowardlykrow]

A conversation between my mother and sister

#I don’t make the rules #sorry I can’t draw you Duke #agent curt mega #SAF #Spies are forever #hatchetfield #me clearly refusing to draw a frontward facing anything #nightmare time #starkid #team starkid #Tincanbros #Duke Keane #Prezy Wez is serving Cu-rt #black friday starkid #hope no one’s getting whip lash from the vague style changes as I relearn to draw #digital art #digital drawing #art #drawing #fanart #starkid fanart #hatchetfield fanart #Spies are forever fanart #my baby girl

[the-institute-rpg]

STARTER RULE CHANGE:

Happy Monday, Islanders! We’ve got another rule change for you. This time our starter rules have changed. Please read the following updates thoroughly.

One starter every 24 hours is permitted.

Stagger your starters for multiple muses. Keep them at one per hour. 

Updated: You may still use the tag ( theinstitutestarter ) but due to its unreliability, all open starters must be reblogged to the starter blog. 

Updated: Closed starters do not need to be reblogged to the starter blog.

Updated: Do not post an open starter over any starter with less than three replies. Please remember to expand and check the notes to ensure a starter has been replied to at least three times before posting your own. Do not assume three notes means three replies.

Updated: If copying and pasting a starter to a new thread for tracking, you must comment on the starter that you replied. This is necessary both so others know a starter has received replies, and so we know it wasn’t posted over.

New characters can post an introduction starter even if there is a blank starter. This is the only exception to the rule.

Updated: On acceptance, you will be given a link to join our starter blog. Please post the starter on your own blog first, then reblog to the starter blog. You do not need to tag the starter blog when posting, and must reblog it yourself--the admins will not reblog it for you. Once you’ve finished reading the rule updates, send a message to the main and tell us your favorite animal so we know you’ve read everything. When replying to an open, make sure to reblog from the source, not the starter blog.

As always, please message us if you have any questions!

-- The Admins

#theinstituteadmin #rule change #starter rules

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 1: Dread on Arrival

(Part 2)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #jiang fengmian #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #Yungmeng Jiang Training Arc AU #MDZS AU #The AU name for this idea is something I am 100% willing to change if someone has a better one. #There will be at least 2-3 more comics so *please*. Ideas and feedback welcome. #The core idea behind this AU is that LWJ goes to study with the Yunmeng Jiang sect instead of JC and WWX going to Cloud Recess #But why? Well I imagine Lan Xichen set it up to give LWJ a challenge (more social than skill based) and LWJ rose to it (begrudgingly) #Sort of a 'You've mastered so many Lan techniques but Other Sects have styles that are worth learning.' set up. #Lan Qiren agrees mostly on the basis that...well it's LWJ. Yunmeng Jiang is unruly but LWJ is beyond that riff-raff. He'll rise above it. #This is the story of a boy who thrives on routine and rules spending time in a place that is his apparent antithesis. #Also it is so warm there. He is used to it being cold and what do you MEAN just take off some of my layers? #I just want to see him struggle and flail in many situations. And get him in Jiang Purple. Is that so wrong of me? #(Soaking wet JC is part of my 'JC was born to swim; forced to hold a sword' agenda. Do not remove him from the water) #((Politeness notes: JFM would *not* call LWJ 'lan wangji' nor would LWJ be vocally impolite to a sect leader.))

[betweendyingstars]

Artist Regulus painting his lovers

This is a DTIYS I’m hosting on instagram to celebrate 1k, so if you’d like to join go find me on there!

#the jegulily agenda got to me and I’m not complaining #if you’d like to join in my insta handle is the same as here and I’d love to see what you come up with!! #there is no deadline and the rules are basically just follow the theme #you can change the pose and painting subject etc so just have fun with it!! #marauders #the marauders #regulus black #lily evans #james potter #jegulily #jegulus #regulily #jily #regulus black fanart #james potter fanart #lily evans fanart #jegulily fanart #trans regulus black #artist regulus black #marauders fanart #marauders era #marauders era fanart #fanart #dtiys #betweendyingstars1k #my art

[dinoserious]

ornithocheirid girl. her feathers are black and white but she dyes them various colors

#pterosaur #ornothocheirid #anthro #furry #under the eyes #<i used my ute design rules for this #i dont have any actual use for her but whoooo knows may change in the future. just a design i was thinking of #eyestrain #probably idk #just realized i said feathers. r we making a reasonable distinction between feathers n pycnofibres and if so can you just ignore that for m

[superhell]

house md is wild because house tells wilson that he’ll sacrifice many things but never himself and then he sacrifices himself for wilson. and then he sacrifices himself for wilson. and then he sacrifices himself for wilson. and then he

#also like. this is the guy who said that 'people dont change' for the majority of his life and then when wilson is dying hes like 'i can cha #nge' its that he doesn't talk about his feelings and he cannot bear to show weakness until it seems that he is losing wilson and then #he will literally say anything to keep him its that he is shown repeatedly to be a vicodin addict and that hes destroyed relationships over #his pain and his need for vicodin but he'll give wilson his own pills and go without to make sure wilson has enough meds its that he is #old and cynical and his beliefs about humanity have been written in stone and his walls are topped with turrets and barbed wire but the gate #s fucking open for wilson time and again and wilson is the exception to the rules time and again its. so fucked up #wilson is quite literally his anchor in humanity wilson is his achilles heel wilson is his entire support system the foundations of gregory #house's life have been built around one james evan wilson from the moment he saw that twink throw a bottle into a mirror. am i making sense #here. do these words mean anything #house #wilson #hilson #house md #hatecrimes md #house is a very very carefully constructed facade and wilson is a fucking sledgehammer.

[fcb-mv33]

#the only child to piss so many old people off they changed the rules xx #max verstappen #rambles #f1 #formula 1 #red bull racing