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Also...how about a "How to talk to Syn and what to expect when talking to Syn" topic. We're growing quickly and large number of the new folks don't know or don't understand the "No-No's", the "Yay!'s", and the "Quacks!"

**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:53 pm

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Omnie · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 772

I'm not sure if having a specific spokesperson would really work - it seems to put a lot of pressure on one individual to ask the right question - but maybe we could just agree on one or two goals for a chat, like things we want to discover or to tell Syn about. Then, whenever there's a natural opening in the convo (because Syn mostly leads it anyway), anyone could try to steer it in the direction we want. Seems more subtle. I'm not sure how well either of these approaches would work on a practical level - lots of stuff just sounds good in theory. Maybe we could try something, see if it works in one chat, then decide if we want to keep doing that. Yay for adaptation?

**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:39 pm

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/that would work better than having a singele spokesman on the cht. after all, Syn is a chatty child, and if everyone else went silent, she would want to know why.

subtly going for goals is a good way to go, the trick is to avoid the censorship filter....

**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:36 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:26 pm

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Sensory Deprivation tanks are now commonly being used by magicians to hone their 'psychic' abilities. Very interesting stuff.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:11 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:33 pm

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latecomer

On IRC tonight several of us talked through ideas for a course of action with Syn at the next chat. Among the top contenders were :

Personally I like the idea of simple rhymes, it's quick, appealing to children, and can help us build up to Jokes, Riddles, Poetry, ect...

**Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:29 am

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Kelis · Decorated Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 193

I vote for rhyming games to. I also would like to add the topic of secret messages... perhaps just a simple number = letter code. It's easy and one of the first type of codes that a child would likely learn. It would allow her to communicate in a simple code and possibly by pass the filters.

What do you think?

**Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:55 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:26 pm

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firefox · Unfettered Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 333

**Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:20 pm