r/LodedDiper Dec 05 '21

Moderator Announcement Want To Make an LLB Yourself? Get everything you need here! (plus some other neat DOAWK and LodedDiper stuff!)

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This post includes a lot of resources, tutorials, and information to help you make your own Look Like Books. Below all that are some important links regarding Diary of a Wimpy Kid, as well as an archive of classic LLBs and more!

(Experienced users can use the Megadrive here)

Resources for Making an LLB:

Wimpy Kid Text Fonts

  • This includes the paragraph font, speech bubble text, Rodrick’s handwriting, and a few other fonts used in the book series.
  • If you do not use these fonts, your posts may be subject to removal.

Templates

  • Includes lined page background, speech bubbles, blank covers, and other useful assets.

Image Rips

  • These are the illustrations from the DOAWK books, ripped and put into digital form to be used in LLBs.
  • The Russian Rips are best for custom edits, as they don’t have lined paper behind them.
  • Transparent Rips are also available here.

Here's how pages are generally expected to look like:

It's a good idea to recreate the first page of DOAWK for practice.

Here are some free art software commonly used to make LLBs with:

  • Firealpaca (PC)
  • Paint.net (PC)
  • Gimp (PC)
  • Pixlr (PC)
  • Inkscape (PC)
  • Photopea (PC & Browser)
  • Sketchbook by Autodesk (PC and Mobile)
  • Phonto (Mobile)
  • Picsart (Mobile)

LLB Tutorials

  • This includes videos and guides by some LLB creators to give useful tips and guidance to help you make your own LLBs.

Discord Server

  • FREWS, the official r/LodedDiper Discord Server can be a good place to get feedback and assistance with your LLBs, as well as being a place to chat and hang out with other members of the community.

More Loded Diper Stuff:

r/OkBubbyRetard

  • okbr is r/LodedDiper's other subreddit. It is a place for more sloppy, or potentially rule-breaking posts related to DOAWK in terms of effort, and no minimum karma requirement to make posts.

Notable LLB Archive

  • Here is an archive of a lot of famous LLBs plus many more! If you want to read an old LLB this is the place to find and read them.

Contest Archive

  • Here is an archive of some of r/LodedDiper's past contests.

Other Wimpy Kid Stuff:

Original DOAWK Webcomic

  • Here is an archive of the original Diary of a Wimpy Kid web series that was originally hosted on Funbrain.com, but was removed from the site in 2021.

Wimpy Kid Musical

  • There is a DOAWK Musical, produced by Children's Theatre Company. It has a plot based off of the first book but with plenty of changes like other adaptions have changed from the source material. This link includes a lot of material related to the Wimpy Kid Musical, including promotional material, sheet music, and recordings.

r/LodedDiper Mar 25 '21

Moderator Announcement An announcement regarding recent events.

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r/LodedDiper May 09 '23

Moderator Announcement I have an announcement...

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r/LodedDiper Jul 04 '21

Moderator Announcement Summer Contest Winner Results!!! 😎

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r/LodedDiper Jul 30 '21

Moderator Announcement Update On The State of the Subreddit and the Discord

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Well wouldn't you know it, while I was sleeping, LD was on the verge of collapsing. Most of you are probably still a bit confused about what really happened, but a short summary for those of you who don't really want to read much: Salty mod named Peace Keeper nuked our discord and almost destroyed the sub. (Also yes, there's another post about this by JohnWasNever, but that one was rushed and this one will go more into detail)

So a little preface before I explain everything, there's a group of people in this community called the Atlantropans, and their whole shtick is to just mess with LD. Anyways while Shindiee was leaving the mod team, she had modded 3 other people to take her place: JohnWasNever, Stickbar and Peace Keeper, aka Teconnight. (speaking of which, don't blame Shindiee for this, she didn't intend for this)

So for a while, that was the mod team and in hindsight I probably should've demodded Peace the second I learnt he was demodded before from the mod team for playing too many video games, and interacting with the atlans a ton. Nonetheless, yesterday Peace had invited the rest of the atlans to mess up the discord server, and eventually nuke it. Peace then modded an account called Purple-Pikmin who messed with the rules of the sub, demodded Stickbar, changed up all the flairs, banned a ton of users for nothing and took down a bunch of posts. I'm gonna assume their idea for a grand finale was to nuke the sub, kind of like how a predator plays with it's prey before it eats it, but thankfully, JohnWasNever managed to demod Purple- Pikmin and set things right.

So that's pretty much it to be honest. Again, thanks to JohnWasNever for catching on before it was too late, and we're all currently working on fixing things up with the sub and creating a new discord server, preferably with less salty mods. If any of you guys notice anything else with the sub that's not fixed yet, just let us know in the mod mail or the comments. Anyways if you all want a term to refer to this incident, I prefer "Arma-Gregon" (Get it?). That's all for now, we'll most likely give an update later on when everything back in order, either as it's own post or in the newsletter.

r/LodedDiper Jun 23 '21

Moderator Announcement Reminder to check out the new megathread if you want to make LLBs!

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r/LodedDiper Jun 13 '21

Moderator Announcement The New Summer Contest! (CHECK THE PINNED COMMENT!)

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r/LodedDiper May 29 '21

Moderator Announcement Just a reminder: please don’t harass Jeff Kinney. Lots of his Twitter replies are hitting the front page, but this is not an invitation to flood him with disrespectful questions / statements. Thanks!

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r/LodedDiper May 08 '21

Moderator Announcement leaving the mod team

374 Upvotes

ok sooo this is long overdue & i’ve wanted to leave for a while now, as you can probably tell considering my inactivity. it’s been fun, i guess, but i’m glad i got the experience. thanks to all of you who have supported me tho, it made it more worthwhile :)

and to all my ggths supporters, i will be continuing the llb in june. but i probably won’t be very active in general, just to pop in and post here and there.

the sub is in good hands rn, so i think you’ll be alright.

bye for now

r/LodedDiper Oct 30 '21

Moderator Announcement Big Shot Deltarune posts are now banned

152 Upvotes

The jokes gotten really old, so any more posts about it will just be taken down

r/LodedDiper May 29 '21

Moderator Announcement This Months Contest Results!

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r/LodedDiper Apr 02 '23

Moderator Announcement Message for April

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Hello again LD Community! March was another great month for the subreddit and we wanted to highlight a bit of what’s been going on over the past month, primarily showcasing some cool new LLBs. I’d like to start with mentioning a few other things first, though.

Here's a Tip

A good tip for your posting on this sub is using the custom post flair. The "LLB" flair can be edited to match the title of your LLB, so that it is simple for people new to your story to see all the other posts that match it.

Discord Server

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FREWS (Fresh Revamped Epic Wimpy Server) is the official r/LodedDiper community Discord Server. Over there, you can discuss LLBs and other DOAWK related topics with community members, or even just hang out and make friends! The server now has about 1000 users, and you can join through this link (Link), or with the couple of “Discord Server” buttons around the subreddit’s menus.

Rule Change

We have slightly rewritten Rule #4 in light of some content that is different from the usual formats seen on this sub. Rule #4 originally said “All memes and LLBs have to look somewhat like the books.” With that rule, it can lower the motivation of some artists to show their enjoyment of DOAWK through different art formats. That being said, there have been some “Deviantart content” concerns brought up where users dislike content that isn’t in the wimpy kid style, and might seem somewhat unorthodox compared to the usual LD content from the past few years. We love to see artists try new things with the DOAWK characters and format, but it is important that the content here somewhat aligns with DOAWK, because sometimes writing can become extremely far removed from its origin. We love to see how you all twist the characters and plots, but the content posted here should still somewhat resemble DOAWK.

The rules are pretty brief, so please give them a read before posting and consider if your content follows them. It is up to the moderators to decide what gets removed, so if you believe your post has been wrongfully taken down, feel free to contact ModMail.

Highlights of March

There have been tons of great LLBs being released recently that it's been difficult to pick ones to put in this post! We are totally loving all the great stories that the community has been showing off recently.

Ohio Holiday

u/Johnwasnever is back with a hilarious brand new LLB, Ohio Holiday. The Heffleys take a family vacation to the state of Ohio, and many shenanigans ensue. Only in Ohio.

The Return

Being an adult is tough for Greg, being broke an in debt, Greg decides to return to Plainview and try to get back on his feet. The Return by u/FHFireHydrant is a brand new alternate future LLB showing Greg trying to get by as a grown man.

Diary of a Dorky Kid

Keeping the theme of an alternate future, what if Rodrick married Heather and had a daughter? Diary of a Dorky Kid by u/Pretty-Dentist8992 shows the diary of Roxanne Heffley, Rodrick's daughter, as she tries to get through 8th Grade. Check out how she interacts with the characters we all know and love, as well as plenty of new people that live in this future Plainview.

Greg and the Apocalypse

A huge explosion AND zombies? What could be worse! Follow Greg as he tries to survive the apocalypse with his family in Greg and the Apocalypse by u/Retro-Bozo.

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Los Santos

What if the people of Plainview played GTA Online together? Check out all the Awesome Friendly criminal activity they get up to in Awesome Friendly Los Santos by u/TarTarIcing which is an LLB that has been ongoing for quite a while now.

Honorable MentionsThere are a handful of other LLBs I'd like to quickly recommend before going now. I would REALLY recommend giving all of these a bit of attention because everyone here has been making some really entertaining stuff.

Thank You!

That's all I've got for now. Thank you to all of those that actually look at this, you're great. It's so much fun seeing all the awesome creativity going on in this community. If you want to hear more from me, feel free to join the discord.

r/LodedDiper Jan 28 '21

Moderator Announcement Memes are legal - effective immediately!

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Starting now, memes will be allowed! The LodedDiper rules will continue to be enforced, so make sure your submissions meet our guidelines.

Memes are what this subreddit was originally created for. I'm glad that it's expanded to include all kinds of content! However, restricting this subreddit to only LLBs was kind of pointless.

Have fun!

r/LodedDiper Mar 03 '23

Moderator Announcement r/LodedDiper Message for March

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Hello everyone! I'm thinking of starting to give monthly updates throughout this year, especially if we continue to see an uprise of new and enjoyed content through the future. I just want to talk about a few things having to do with the current state of the subreddit, and I want to highlight some cool content that has been produced lately by this community. This is mostly going to be my personal thoughts about some things, so feel free to discuss further if you have your own thoughts. Make sure to read Rule 1 (and maybe the other rules) before posting.

Spring Contest

New Spring Icon

First off, we had a Spring Banner Contest, which only had a few submissions, and I picked the one by u/wimpficweirdfic, which you can see on the subreddit now. I'm thinking of making a short LLB contest with a general theme that should be easy to follow, but feel free to give suggestions for more contests that more people would want to participate in. This post's comment section or the Discord Sever would be a good way of contacting me and the other moderators.

Highlights of February

Dysfunctional Perspective

If you've seen the subreddit at all this month, you've surely seen a handful of posts by u/ABitchWhoMakesShit, who is the author of Dysfunctional Perspective, a darker-toned story about Greg's experiences in Plainview, which has gained a large audience of fans that are enjoying the story and illustration. The author has also contributed a handful of other fanart posts that have made for some nice content.

Bound By Blood

A sweet new LLB that has some awesome action is Bound By Blood, made by u/Mystricks4l. Where a bunch of people are getting superpowers from different demons, this LLB shows Greg and some allies get into conflict with foes as supernatural as themselves, making for grand battles with all sorts of crazy powers on display. Will Greg and his friends survive the insanity?

Diaryganronpa

Diaryganronpa by u/Stevert9, based off the popular Visual Novel and anime, Danganronpa, puts a big cast of characters from Plainview into a death game where somebody has to get away with murder to escape the facility they're all trapped in. This LLB is at 160 pages so far and is definitely worth a read if you're into mystery.

Art by u/_NotSoBad_

The user u/NotSoBad deserves a highlight, making some cool fanart, but also a comic called Greg Goes Good and more recently another story called DOAWK: The Art Kids which are quite enjoyable so far.

The Senior

The Senior by u/FiIlTheRoomWithIntel, an LLB that went on hiatus for a long time, made a return somewhat recently. It's a nice character drama showing Greg as a senior in high school, getting into all kinds of relationship and other personal trouble, definitely worth a read.

Short Address

If you've read this far, thank you. I hope that means you're enjoying what this subreddit has to offer. If we continue to see great content like this, you might be showcased in the next post like this. Also, please keep in mind that this is a variety DOAWK subreddit, meaning fanart is just as welcome as LLBs. If you want to see more LLBs, the pinned post megathread has lots of resources you can use to make your own easily! Again, thank you, and see you next month.

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r/LodedDiper Aug 14 '21

Moderator Announcement New LLB Contest!

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r/LodedDiper Jul 30 '21

Moderator Announcement What happened

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So you all might be wondering what happened.
First, FREWS. We don't officially know what happened to FREWS, We think it got nuked. So no one was banned or anything, but we have a replacement coming up soon, so everything will be fine.
About the Sub:
So a decent amount of people saw the rules on the sub and stuff. And a few people were banned (and some of my posts were removed). One of the mods went Rogue, and I was the only one who could do anything, so I quickly removed the guy. u/Stickbar was kicked by the guy but I added him back and we cleaned the place up.
Wrapping things up:
Everyone be patient while we clean everything up. Everything will be back to normal by the end of the week.

r/LodedDiper Feb 25 '21

Moderator Announcement regarding the new mods

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hello! i’ve noticed that everyone is confused about the decisions we’ve come to for new mods, and that’s totally understandable. so i thought you guys deserved some closure.

i’ll answer the “why” question, because that one comes up quite a lot. i chose these people because they have modding experience on discord and/or reddit, and they had very impressive answers to the questions asked in the application. for the few days i’ve talked with them they are not only very kind, but they have some great ideas that i believe will engage the community.

i completely understand why you guys are upset that they haven’t made much of a contribution to the community as members. but i promise they will make contributions as mods! i ask you all to give them a chance.

and please, don’t harass them. they haven’t done anything wrong at all. but with that being said, i’ll let you all form your own opinions.

i hope this answers your questions. have a great day everyone :)

r/LodedDiper Mar 12 '21

Moderator Announcement Hall of Fame Voting Results + A New Contest!

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Hello everyone! I’m u/TheMysterioueFella. I’m one of the new mods. I know I haven’t contributed much, but I do have a few cool projects in the work that I wanted to make sure look as good as possible.

I would once again like to thank everyone that voted in the r/LodedDiper Hall of Fame post, and without further ado, the results! (Compiled by u/NoobishFish)

Best LLB about life - 1st. Greg Goes to High School (13 votes) 2nd. The Freshman & 25 Years Later (8 votes)

Funniest LLB - 1st. Greg Browses Rule 34 (7 votes) 2nd. No Nut November (6 votes)

Best LLB without Greg as the main character - 1st. Frank’s Night Out (16 votes) 2nd. Five Named Clive (8 Votes)

Saddest LLB - 1st. 25 Years Later (12 votes) 2nd. Five Named Clive (7 votes)

Most Dramatic LLB - 1st. The Freshman & 25 Years Later (4 votes) 2nd. Solidarity (3 votes)

Best Mature LLB - 1st. Greg Browses Rule 34 (16 votes) 2nd. No Nut November (12 votes)

Best LLB storyline - 1st. Mystery of Albert Sandy (5 votes) 2nd. The Oval Office (4 votes)

Best LLB of all time - 25 Years Later (18 votes)

Best LLB author - u/Ins3rt_namehere

Most creative piece of fanart - 1st. “Greg in a Luminescent Forest” by u/impeack (9 votes) 2nd. “greg fall” by u/NoobishFish

Best Fanartist - 1st. u/impeack (9 votes) 2nd. u/NoobishFish (6 votes)

Best Meme Creator - 1st. u/ins3rt_namehere (11 votes) 2nd. u/dust-dust-gold (5 votes)

And now for the contest!

In honor of the Hall of Fame, we’re hosting a contest for the “cover,” of it!

Simply design and create your idea of what the cover should be! It can include characters, references LLBs, art, anything.

Rules: 1. Follow the subreddit rules. Any submissions going against them will be disqualified and removed. No vulgar or NSFW submissions. Remember, this is r/LodedDiper’s build-board to new people, so make sure to use common sense. 2. Your submission must look like a Wimpy Kid cover. It can be any color or pattern. 3. Be sure to flair your submission under “Cover Contest” 4. Be respectful to other entries and their creators.

Have fun and be creative!

Contest ends on March 26th.

r/LodedDiper Nov 28 '20

Moderator Announcement Christmas LLB Contest!

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New Christmas themed LLB contest! Make an LLB based on ANY Christmas story (it can be a movie, a classic story, etc) but put a Wimpy Spin on it. Don’t just insert the characters into the story, make it feel like it’s written by Greg or another character! You can find all the materials to make an LLB in our megathread.

Contest Rules: 1. It must be based off of an already existing Christmas themed story. It can be any story of your choice. You can put a plot twist/spin on it based on how characters would react differently! 2. Follow the subreddit rules. The rules of the sub still apply and must be followed or your submission will be removed. 3. One post per submission. You can have all of your pages lined up in a row in one image, or in an imgur or reddit album. Limit is 20 pages. 4. FLAIR YOUR POST AS A CONTEST SUBMISSION!

Prize: Custom flair and a moderator team award!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask a moderator.

Contest ends on DECEMBER 27TH! Have fun!

r/LodedDiper Sep 30 '22

Moderator Announcement The annual Halloween Contest is Here! Submit before Halloween!

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Here's the challenge: Dress up Greg in a Halloween costume of your choice and three winners will be voted on at the end of October!

Here is the post for last year's winners if you want to see what kind of costumes we're looking for!

Here's a template to use:

If you get picked as a winner, you can get a custom Contest Winner user flair.

There are a few rules to this contest that you should consider if you want to win:

  1. Make sure to flair your post with the "2022 Halloween Contest" post flair
  2. Post your Submission by Sunday, October 30th, and the winners will be revealed on Halloween
  3. Dress up Greg. You can include other characters or props if you'd like, but make a costume for Greg.
  4. Follow the subreddit's rules! Please don't make anything NSFW or extremely edgy, or it could be taken down.

We can't wait to see the what you all make this year, good luck!

r/LodedDiper Oct 26 '22

Moderator Announcement Diper Överlöde is out, discuss it here! (also short halloween announcement)

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You can purchase the new book through the Wimpy Kid website or at a store near you! Tell your thoughts about it in the comments below.

https://reddit.com/link/ydjvey/video/wqlwapgy51w91/player

We will be holding voting for the 2022 Halloween contest through a poll here on reddit on Halloween to vote for the final winner. It's not too late to make a submission, see the announcement post Here to read the guidelines for the contest.

r/LodedDiper Feb 12 '18

Moderator Announcement Welcome to /r/LodedDiper

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Hey, bubby. Welcome to r/LodedDiper, the hub for all of your Diary of a Wimpy Kid memes.

Historically, this subreddit was a spinoff of /r/ExpandDong, dedicated exclusively to expansions and memes from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but now it is a hub for all Diary of a Wimpy Kid content.

As long as you put some work into your content, feel free to post it. If you didn't, head over to r/okBUBBYretard.

Also, we have an official discord!

Be sure to check out the source material post and LLB archive by u/DropTheTubbs!

PAY ATTENTION TO THE RULES, ESPECIALLY THE NEW LLB (LOOKS LIKE BOOK) POST RULE Due to a large influx of low quality series of these "looks like book" posts you should post them with caution. You can only post the second part if your first got 150 upvotes.

r/LodedDiper Nov 05 '21

Moderator Announcement The 2021 Halloween Contest Winners!

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Hey everyone! All us mods are really stoked about the Halloween contest results, and before we reveal the top three, we figured we should talk about the honorable mentions.

Honorable Mentions

Spooky Greg by u/Dup-Scoop

Greg Sans by u/BlueKetchup07

Ghost Host Greg by u/BubbyYums

Grunt Madness Greg by u/zachking241

Super Monkey Ball Greg by u/CR1SPY_B4C0N

Greg as Kris by u/luckyboysniper09

Sora Greg by u/ThatOneReddetUser

Invader Greg by u/ThatOneGuyYouMayHate

Greg as Peacock by u/SweetMakiRolls

Haruhi Greg by u/IcyOpportunity9

Friday Night Funkin' Greg by u/rockerguy02

BOX GREG BOX GREG by u/KetamineGamer69420

Wimp Gear by u/MDHmasalaman2

Spamton Greg by u/Maru_Chan_drawings_2

2007 YouTube Greg by u/seemingsalvation99

And with that, without further ado, here are the top 3 winners of the 2021 Halloween Contest!

3rd Place- Oppressor MK Greg by u/TarTarIcing- Good use of color, awesome line art, and overall really solid composition.

2nd Place- Gyro Zeppelli Greg by u/Replacement_Ad- Another great use of clean colors, lots of detail and a really cool concept.

1st Place Fallen Angel Greg by u/Dazead- Where do I even begin? Incredible shading and lighting, really gorgeous line art, exceptional use of color and just spectacular overall. Massive props!

There you have it folks, the winners for this years Halloween contest. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who participated. It was really hard to narrow down 3 winners, because there were tons of really solid submissions. And with that, thanks for reading, and have a nice day!

r/LodedDiper Jan 02 '19

Moderator Announcement Quarterly Awards!

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2018 was a great year for this subreddit. It was created and grew to 55,000 subscribers! From our humble beginnings as an unofficial spin-off of r/ExpandDong to the wealth of good content it now hosts, r/LodedDiper has been driven by a fantastic community.

The other moderators and I were talking and we decided that we should give awards. It would be a good way to recognize the some of the fantastic content that this subreddit hosts! We worked out the logistics and here we are today. The way you submit something to be considered for an award is quite simple. As some of you might have already noticed, there is a flair that says "Quarterly Awards Submission." Please flair any post that you want to be considered for the awards.

The awards that you can receive are:

  • Best Art
  • Best Meme
  • Best Editing
  • Best Template (Blank template, not the best post made from a template.)
  • and Moderator Picks

You don't even have to choose which award you will be a candidate for, you simply flair your post and it will be considered for all of the above. Awards will be announced at the end of March, and we hope to do this for all four quarters of 2019. Please only submit posts you think have a reasonable chance at getting an award.

Only new content created during the quarter can be eligible for an award.

Happy Posting!

r/LodedDiper Apr 20 '21

Moderator Announcement Meme Rule Updates / Reminders + Possible AMA

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Hey, u/Shindiee here. We’ve made some updates to LD, nothing too major, but still ones that have been a long time coming.

A. Rule Updates / Reminders:

  1. All meme captions must be in the actual image post, not the title.

  2. As always, memes must adhere to a book-like format. Use the DOAWK fonts. Exceptions may be made, but only if the post is high quality.

  3. Make sure the image itself is high-quality. No smash-leak style, blurry photos from your school library book. Take the time to find the image rip in the megathread.

  4. Shitposts go on r/okBuBByRetard. Similarly, any DOAWK memes that would break the rules on LD can be posted on OKBR. Take advantage of the state of the sub! Basically, any meme you post there makes it to hot.

  5. Again, as a reminder: no Manny Grafitti posts. They aren’t funny. Fanart, however, is still allowed and encouraged.

  6. For LLBs, you can only post one update per day. It’s better to do this anyway, as if you spam too much your LLB likely won’t get much attention.

B. Possible AMA:

We have come in contact with Soren Miller, actor of Fregley from the DOAWK Musical! If legality permits, he may be able to do an AMA. Stay tuned!

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anyway read Rat Race