Welcome to the OnGoing Story forum. I will be your host, Masamune. Luigi of the Pipes is also somewhere, probably behind you or something. Don't turn around and he won't harm you.

So, all your friends are saying to you, "Hey yournamehere! How come you never post in the OG Forum?"

You think about it for a second. This forum is a big, intimidating place. You struggle to answer and reply meekly with, "Well. Those posts are so long! I don't think I could muster the energy to post something that long!"

But oh your humiliation as your friends all laugh at your expense. "Dear yournamehere, whatever gave you that idea? Your posts can be any length. Pages long or a few a paragraphs. It's all good, unless they are one-liners, thus inviting Masamune's wrath!"

You seem to consider this new information as you think helplessly of another excuse. "Yeah, well doesn't my plot or character have to be approved... or something?"

I'm afraid to say the laughing only becomes worse. Your good friend puts his arm around your shoulders and says to you, "That's silly! You post anything you like! As long as it fits with the story, is coherent, and doesn't contradict anything, it's fine!"

Your defenses crumbling all around, you venemously strike back with, "Well! I joined this one OG and they started controlling my character! How about that!?"

The shame and disgrace on you only worsens, but fortunately your good friend silences them and replies, "That's the name of the game. But Uncle Mune has decreed that characters must stay in character. And if you have problems controlling a character someone else introduced, feel free to talk with them to get ideas on how to write. It's really simple!"

You begin to wonder why you have no posted on an OG now as you desperately think of more excuses. "Well, you know, I'm not... a very good writer, you know?"

What a great friend you have, for you receive a pat on the back as he explains to you, "Ah, but yournamehere, OGs come in all sorts! If you don't want to write in the complicated stories, there is simpler ones to post in. There is different styles for everyone. As long as your posts don't brutalize the English language, it's all good!"

Catching on this, you slyly reply to him, "I failed second grade English and always type 'R' instead of saying 'are'. How about that?"

Your friend gives you a stern look and simply says to you, "Well dude, then you suck. You shouldn't be on any forums then, so like, go study or something. Yeesh."

So you've decided to take a crack at these OG things anyway, and keep a dictionary near by to make sure you're spelling r... err, are, right. When all of a sudden, you come upon THIS.

Post in Progress.

and/or

Dibs.

and/or

Any variation of the preceding.

What do you do? Seeing your great friend at school the next day, you ask him. He stares off into the distance with a menacing expression. You start to get worried, and slowly back away, but he grabs your arm and says, "I think you should ignore it. Ever since that idiot Luigi started using them, dibs on posts have been a general hinderance on OGing in general. If you have a clear, "I can post it tonight or early tomorrow I KNOW it" idea in your mind, first attempt to inform your fellow OGing brethren via Instant Messenger. Dibs should be used as a last resort only, and in fact not at all. And that post had BETTER be up tonight or early tomorrow, or else skipping is inevitable."

Your friend then lets go of your arm, and you spend a few minutes trying to rub out the bruises he left.