<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Read This or Die!</strong></span></span></div><br/>Ok, so some important GM stuff that I forgot to mention before my nap and that I only remembered after I was already all tucked in. First, here's the official code for the headers which I completely forgot about, props to Vel for being a champion. If you feel like something is relevant, for example the way that Aiden added what Clint was listening to, you can always add that at the very bottom of the header. Link your character's name to your post in the character thread, and for the car, try to link directly to the image of it (right click, open image, copy that URL). If you're too noob I'll show you how. Later tonight, I'm also going to make you all resized avatars for your characters and pictures of your cars, because you all seem to suck at resizing and I can't stand looking at blurry or pixelated images, lol. <3<br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img padding=5]###[/img][/floatleft]<br/>[hr]<br/>[url=#####][b]#####[/b][/url]<br/>[b]Car[/b]: [url=#####]#####[/url]<br/>[b]Appearance[/b]:  <br/>[b]Location[/b]:<br/>[b]Tag[/b]:  <br/>[hr]</code></pre><br/>Next I have more homework for you to fill in. Just a few stats to help differentiate and diversify everyone's driving style a bit. The stats will also play a small role in determining how you perform at races, but they'll only be one factor amongst several, so don't stress about it, it's mostly just for fun and to help you develop your character's own style when you make driving posts. We'll assume that nobody is absolutely fucking atrocious in any category, so a 2 will be average for amateur racers like us with little experience. A 1 would be a weakness that would need to be improved quickly if you want to have any hopes of succeeding, a 5 would be semi-pro level and a 7 would put you into the elite of street racers. A 10 probably means you're cheating. That scale applies for the first four stats (the driving stats), the last two have different ones which are explained below.<br/><br/>Your driving stats all start at 2, but you have the option of dropping a point from one of them and transferring it to another.<br/><br/>Your composure starts at 5 by default. You can trade 2 points here to buy an extra point in a driving stat (but you can't boost any driving stat above 3 at the start), or you can start at a composure of 7 at the expense of a point from a driving stat (but you can't drop any of them below 1).<br/><br/>Your daredevilry starts at whatever you want.<br/><br/>Obviously, you'll be gaining (and possibly losing) points over the course of the game that you can put into your driving or composure stats, so you'll be able to differentiate yourself much more as we progress. Your options being somewhat limited at the start is intentional.<br/><br/><strong>Awareness:</strong>How aware you are about the track, the other racers and any other outside factors that might affect your driving. Helps you plan and compensate for things in advance.<br/><br/><strong>Reflexes:</strong>How fast you are at reacting to unforeseen stuff, also helps with getting an edge off the starting line if starting from a dead stop and with executing difficult/precise maneuvers.<br/><br/><strong>Handling:</strong>How good you are at keeping your car on the road and out of a tree or a post in general. Also helps you stay on the ideal racing line, which is good.<br/><br/><strong>Drifting:</strong>This will come in handy when taking very sharp turns, like 90 degrees or less, so it will come into play more when driving in the city rather than the outskirts. There will also be the occasional drift battle competition. Oh, it's also good for showing off and getting the ladies. *This may not be factually accurate, I'm not sure, but fuck it, it's cool.<br/><br/><strong>Composure:</strong>How good you typically are at handling stress or pressure. Any IC notes about your composure being particularly good or bad before/during a race will be applied as a temporary modifier for that race only. You don't have to edit this every time for those temporary instances, Vel and I will take the modifier into account when rolling for you. We'll be estimating the bonuses or penalties based on your IC descriptions of how you're holding up, so be descriptive if you feel like you should get one or the other. A 5 would be average, a 0 would be a nervous wreck and a 10 would be a stone cold cyborg ninja assassin.<br/><br/><strong>Daredevilry:</strong>Sick word, right? This represents how risky and spectacular you want to get with your driving. Unlike the other categories, more is not necessarily better. A 5 would be average/neutral, a 0 would be your eighty year-old grandmother and a 10 would be Vin Diesel in a Fast and Furious movie (don't even think about it, lol). A higher rating increases your chances of either doing spectacularly or failing horribly, especially the latter if your other stats are still relatively low (and<em>especially</em>your composure), so think carefully. 7 should be the upper limit while you're still on starting stats, otherwise you're just begging to get fucked up. You can adjust this rating at any time during the game depending on where you feel your character's mindset or confidence is at, just make a note of it in the OOC for us whenever you do and try to keep it reasonable.<br/><br/><strong>Add this section in your CS right below the 'Eyes' category.</strong><br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[table]<br/>[tr]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td][b]Awareness:[/b][/td]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td]█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █[/td]<br/>[/tr]<br/>[tr]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td][b]Reflexes:[/b][/td]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td]█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █[/td]<br/>[/tr]<br/>[tr]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td][b]Handling:[/b][/td]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td]█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █[/td]<br/>[/tr]<br/>[tr]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td][b]Drifting:[/b][/td]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td]█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █[/td]<br/>[/tr]<br/>[tr]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td][b]Composure:[/b][/td]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td]█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █[/td]<br/>[/tr]<br/>[tr]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td][b]Daredevilry:[/b][/td]<br/><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>[td]█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █[/td]<br/>[/tr]<br/>[/table]</code></pre><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Example:</strong></span></span><br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Awareness:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Reflexes:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Handling:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Drifting:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Composure:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Daredevilry:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>You'll have to add the colors on your own, but if for some reason you don't know how, you can just tell me the numbers that you want and I'll do it for you. If you're like me and have nothing better to do, you can pimp it out a bit by replacing the rectangles with whatever other symbol you think is thematically appropriate for your character (just make sure to adjust the font size if it doesn't match up with the size of the letters). You can also choose whatever color you like as long as it's clear, so nothing too light or dark that would blend with the forum background or the dark grey of the empty squares/symbols.<br/><br/>If you have any questions or whatever, feel free, as usual. I'm not as good as Vel at explaining this kind of stuff, but I would have felt bad making him do everything since he's already helping me out a ton, so forgive me if I made it overly confusing!