Welcome to the OOC thread for Scarlett the Vampire Slayer.<br/><br/>Looking forward to playing with all of you!<br/><br/>Just a couple of guidelines/points to keep in mind.<br/><br/><strong>1)</strong>Communication<br/><br/>This is the key to a great game. If you have an idea mention it... be it to me, to other writing partners or in this OOC thread. If something is frustrating you let the rest of us know. There's no such thing as a bad question to ask or a bad idea to raise.<br/><br/><strong>2)</strong>God-modding<br/><br/>I should note that there are two areas where I may (and hopefully it will be rare) do a little god-modding (i.e make characters do something). The first is when I need something to happen for the plot. In almost all cases I'll discuss this with anyone effected directly before I do anything but there may be times where I need to do something. I'll keep these actions as minimal as possible and they'll generally occur in fight-scenes or the like. Touch-wood they'll be incredibly uncommon.<br/><br/>The second is where for reasons beyond a player's control they're unable to post and the whole game grinds to a halt because of it. In such cases I'll (briefly) treat the character as an NPC and do just enough with them to keep the plot moving. In such situations I'll do what I can to make sure the character does nothing OOC and my posts will be simply the character doing something as opposed to thinking or feeling something.<br/><br/>Outside of that the regular good conduct rules apply; don't god-mod unless you absolutely have to.<br/><br/><strong>3)</strong>The Oath of Drake (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=54576.0) has some nice general tips for being in a group game; certainly worth a read.<br/><br/><strong>4)</strong>I'm imagining a posting rate of at least once every couple of days (and possibly more often if possible). Linked to the first point, if real life means that's going to be a struggle let everyone know and we can arrange a way to work around it.<br/><br/><strong>5)</strong>As things stand I'm intending this to be a one-thread (or at least one-thread per arc) game; generally I find these easier to follow then games where there are different threads for different locations. That said, there will be times when the group is split up. Most locations can be derived from context but it would be appreciated if you could “tag” posts with a location at the start of the post (or at least when a group splits and its necessary to keep track of everyone) For example:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><span class="bbc_u">Location – Graveyards</span><br/><br/>Azorin stood alone, his lean frame silhouetted...</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><span class="bbc_u">Location – Campus Dorms</span><br/><br/>Sam lounged in his bed, a headache racking his form, a painful reminder of the night before...</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>As always comments, thoughts and opinions welcome.