The following will be added to the OP in a spoiler titled "post information". Obviously, this post willl be a set of guidelines to help the game move with a singular narrative.<br/><br/>We are working with the events of a movie. However, the form of the RP is designed like a television show, with episodes installed at a weekly rate. Of course. We won't be posting that quickly, but the episode format is one I would like to hold on to. This may<em>slow</em>down posting to some degree, but not if we communicate together and work together to create the story. The problem I'm presuming to be most significant will be waiting for other players to finish "scenes" so that new scenes can begin. The chronology will matter to some degree, but I will be very active in avoiding this problem.<br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">GENERAL RULES</span></span></em><br/>-Be careful when you post. Be respectful when you post, and be considerate when you post. = No god-modding.<br/>-3rd person, past tense, omniscient POV. suspect to change, depending upon player concepts<br/>-Two to Seven paragraph limits. This is abstract and vague, so I ask that everyone use discretion when judging post length and frequency. Conversations are considerably more aesthetic and fair when the posts are<em>2-4 Paragraphs</em>. Action sequences, and sex sequences are entirely up to the players writing them<br/>-contribution is necessary. Act, and react, and allow. NOT OR<br/><br/><br/><strong> headers/tags</strong><br/>-all "scenes" will have distinct openings and distinct endings. This will be accomplished by a post from "the setting" Players will have PC's, access to NPC's, and<em>some</em>varying control over the setting. Most posts from "the setting" will be done by the GM (me), but given the proper communication, other players will be given the freedom to either open or close a sequence.<br/>-every time a character enters or exits, they will post their character tag. Easily understood, when you write the first post of a sequence, let the audience know what's going on, what time is it? what is h/er name? where are they entering from? Tags within the meat of the scenes won't be important, as long as everyone is reading each others work, the narrative will stay true. A format for character tags will be posted at the end of this section. Know that there are no limitations or rules considering the pictures within the tag, only that you use the respective actor/actress that you designated for yourself. (Vergil has no rules). Of course, a player can insert a tag for any reason really, like if their character switches clothing, or suddenly turns evil. There are a number of reasons to post up tags, but to help the with the aesthetics of the board, I request that everyone try to use them sparingly.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">GM ending? player ending?</span><br/>Well, every scene is going to need to be closed. These are the following scenarios that I can foresee. This confusing bit of letters is designed to help everyone understand the possibilities of our scene closures.<br/><br/>Characters A, B, or C = Buffy, Lily, or Alyssa, or anyone else (completely unspecific)<br/><br/>"The Exeunt"<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"> (all exit before closure)- A exits - B exits - C exits - GM Closes the with a  post from the setting</span><br/>"The Thinker"<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">(all but one exit before closure)- A exits - B exits - C stays - Player for C closes with a post from the setting (or GM does the trick)  </span><br/>"The Standing Duo"<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"> (all but two exit before closure) -A exits - B stays - C stays - Player for C closes with a  post from the setting (or GM does the trick)</span><br/>"the White-hats"<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">(all but three exit/no one exits before closure) A stays - B stays - C stays - Player for C closes with a post from the setting (or GM does the trick)</span><br/><br/>ETC.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Tag Format</span></span><br/><br/><strong>Characters</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://resimoyla.net/w/26913/1920x1200/26913-1920x1200-Emilie-de-Ravin.jpg)</div><br/><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_u">ENTER</span><br/><strong>name</strong>: Buffy Summers<br/><strong>time</strong>: 11:15 A.M.<br/><strong>Tags</strong>: Mr. Michael Kane, Eric Caulfield, and Louise de Moriève<br/><hr/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>please use picture height of 150-250, no lower or higher. "Enter" can be replaced with "Exit"<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]<br/>[img height=170][/img][/floatleft]<br/><br/><br/>[hr]<br/>[u]ENTER[/u]<br/>[b]name[/b]: <br/>[b]time[/b]:<br/>[b]Tags[/b]: <br/>[hr]<br/></code></pre><br/><br/><strong>Setting</strong><br/><br/><div align="center">(http://sunnydale-la.webs.com/buffy/arquivo/buffys_bedroom.JPG)<br/><strong>Location</strong>: Buffy's Bedroom<br/><strong>Date</strong>: December 20th, 2010<br/><strong>Description</strong>: Morning, Wednesday. The bed is made, and the closet door is open. </div><br/>pretty basic. not many rules here.<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"><br/>[center][img][/img]<br/>[b]Location[/b]: <br/>[b]Date[/b]:<br/>[b]Description[/b]:<br/><br/>[/center]<br/><br/></code></pre><br/>The most distinct difference between a character post and a setting post is the location of the picture and the writing. A character tag will float left (please don't float right, no reason to). and all setting tags will be centered. With any luck ,we'll get a great uniformed look to every sequence.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">IN CHARACTER BOARD THEORY</span></span><br/><br/>Alright! so, none of our IC boards will have distinct names. There will be four of them, each titled with a number (1-4). We will cycle through these boards as they are required. This will hopefully keep all of our scenes from interrupting each other, and it will greatly increase the importance of our setting tags. Most RP's build their setting tags into their IC boards. This game will not.<br/><br/>As relevant as this issue is, it'll also help everyone understand this better.<br/><br/>Board #1 (at game start) will be used by Katida Desu and the GM<br/>Board #2 (at game start) will be used by Kckolbe, Elias and the GM<br/>Board #3 (at game start) will be used by Vergil1989, Redeve and the GM<br/>Board #4 (at game start) will be used by Aribeth, Katida Desu, and the GM<br/><br/>chronology is in place of the board structure, not the posting time. This way we can post in and out of sequence without stepping on each others toes and what not.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">OTHER STUFF</span></span><br/><br/><strong>updates and archiving</strong><br/><br/>As sequences finish, I will post them somewhere in a collected Narrative, and store them so that when we're finished with anything, it can be read in sequence with everything else (story). This is mostly a small perk for anyone who particularly likes to read over their old work, just to see if they still like it for what ever reason. It probably won't concern anyone to intensely.<br/><br/><strong>condsidering NPC's</strong><br/><br/>The character board has an NPC section that I still haven't filled out. I will have that done very soon. Expect there to be at least five of them including Buffy's father.<br/><br/><strong>Apologies</strong><br/><br/>Sorry for the brick wall rules post. It should be known that none of this is set in stone, I would love nothing more than considerations, suggestions, ulterior ideas, etc. You six are the players of the game, and what you want is going to be very important. your feedback would do wonders for the RP, so if you have anthing you want to say, let me know now.<br/><br/><br/><br/>