<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">NEWSLETTER!!</div><div class="spoiler_body"> <br/><br/>This section here will sort of be like the front page for our RP. It's at the very top of the OOC board, and the OOC board is linked to every other page that we'll be using, so. figuring out what's going on in the game should be pretty easy. <br/><br/>eventuyally!! you will find things like IC board information, and what scene is going on on what board, further, there will be scooby gang news, council news, even local UCLA and Los Angeles news. Keep your shifter tuned to this station, because Photo's BTVS game has its headquarters RIIIIGHT here!<br/><br/>(http://images.scribblelive.com/2011/1/11/ac0265ac-3abc-4d65-88f7-43a3aea29510_500.jpg)<br/>It is Saturday, December 18th on a lovely Christmasy morning here in Los Angeles' greater metropolitan area. Ok, here in Los Angeles, we have clear skies for miles in every direction. Continuing the trend, it's been a balmy winter...We're pretty warm this year, nothing out of the ordinary, here. The idea of a white Christmas is tough for us on the west coast out. There is some precipitation set to fall this week, but it won't be snow. The temperature is just not allowing it. As you can see, the northern part of the state is getting significant rainfall as a low pressure system inches its way south. It will continue to come our direction as the week goes on, but it looks like its going to be boiling away by Wednesday, maybe even as early as Tuesday at around 4 o'clock. The father south this storm is coming, the less it feels like being a storm.<br/><br/>We're looking at lows in the high forties all week, and highs in the upper seventies. Look out for Monday folks, its gonna be a thick muggy heat. <br/><br/><br/>(http://www.watchgmctv.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/actor_image/images-promo/actors/jazsminlewis.jpg)<br/>Dec. 20, 2010<br/><br/>The women's track and field team adopted a homeless family from the Cesar Chavez Los Angeles Shelter for Christmas and delivered presents over the weekend.<br/><br/>The ladies all donated money towards Christmas presents, while Joy Easterbrooks made two blankets for the little girls, ages 3 and 5. Joy, along with Tiffany LaMar, Buffy Summers, Briana Barlow and men's athlete Cory Primm, delivered the gifts and attended a party on Saturday, December 18th.<br/><br/>The student-athletes played games with the children, sang carols and took care of the young babies so the moms could have a break. They also helped with handing out the gifts.<br/><br/>One little boy who was deaf went up to tell Santa what he wanted and Easterbrooks translated what he was saying in sign language, causing several of the adults to be in tears.<br/><br/>The event was put on by "A Chance For Children," run by Tai Collins and Gregg Bonann (creator of Baywatch).<br/><br/>(http://photos.exposay.com/Garcelle_Beauvais/garcelle_beauvais_N5MfR.jpg)<br/>Dec. 20, 2010<br/><br/>Photo Gallery<br/><br/>On Wednesday, December 15th, women's head track and field coach Winona Sheffield was inducted into the U.S. Track &amp; Field/Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in San Antonio, TX.<br/><br/>In all, six coaches wee inducted into this year's class - Sheffield, Cleve Abbott (Tuskegee), Chick Hislop (Weber State), Bert Lyle (Texas Woman's University), Jack Toms (Lynchburg), and Doug Watts (Edinboro).<br/><br/>With three NCAA and 10 Pac-10 Conference team titles in the bank, Winona Sheffield  has guided her alma mater - the UCLA women's track &amp; field program - to the top of the national stage. Having devoted 17 seasons at the helm of the Bruin team, Sheffield has guided over 50 of UCLA's sprinters, hurdlers, and relay runners to USTFCCCA All-America status, five of which have won individual national crowns.<br/><br/>With an NCAA Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championship team title in 2004, she was named the USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year. In that same year, Winona Sheffield 's squad won the Pac-10 Conference title for the 10th time under her guidance. The team's NCAA Indoor Track &amp; Field crowns in 2000 and 2001 were the firsts ever won by the women's program at UCLA. Sheffield's Bruins placed in the nation's top three at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ten times in a 12-year stretch from 1994 to 2005. Sheffield also has a 73-2 dual-meet coaching record and had a team that was the nation's best in dual meets for nine years.<br/><br/>Sheffield has coached some of the best female quarter-miler sprinters and hurdlers of the past decade, including Monique Henderson, Buffy Summers, Sheena Johnson, and Nicole Leach. Henderson, a member of the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic gold medalist 4x400-meter relay teams, was the 2005 NCAA 400-meter champion and a nine-time All-American. Johnson, now Sheena Tosta, won Olympic silver in the 400 hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Games and was the fourth-place finisher in the same event at the Athens Games in 2004. and, Summers, has set two records at UCLA trial times as a freshmen. She has the fastest 1000M in our schools history, and the second highest pole-vault. Johnson won NCAA titles in the 400 hurdles in 2003 and 2004 and was a nine-time Pac-10 Champ. Leach, the 2007 and 2009 400-meter NCAA Champion, reached the semifinals of the 2007 IAAF World Championships in the same event and was on the U.S. junior 4x400 team that won gold at the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships. Summers has never considered the sport before this year. She's expected to be a wonder, and future Olympic athlete.<br/><br/>Winona Sheffield , the 2008 U.S. Women's Olympic Team Coach, was twice an Olympian herself, becoming the first head coach in U.S. Olympic history to have won an Olympic medal as an athlete. At the 1984 Los Angeles games, she won gold as a member of the American 4x100-meter squad and was a fourth-place finisher in the 100 meters. At UCLA, she was a five-time All-American, and her 1986 run of 6.54 in the 60-yard dash still stands as the co-world record. In addition, Sheffield holds all-time collegiate bests indoors in the 50 yards and 50 meters.<br/><br/>Sheffield is executive director and coordinator of the Winona Sheffield Asthma and Allergy Track Clinic and a member of the Board of Directors for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation. <br/><br/>(http://data.whicdn.com/images/24523204/600full-emilie-de-ravin_thumb.jpg)(http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/InTheZone-Fame/albums/2331061/Emilie%20de%20Ravin%20-%20in%20Flaunt%20magazine%20April%202010%20issue%20%20%282%29.jpg)<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>IC- RP- OOC</strong><br/>alerts</div><br/><span class="bbc_u">IC board #1</span> - Katida Desu's dream sequence<br/><span class="bbc_u">IC board #2</span> - Kckolbe and Elias have Eric and Michael meet<br/><span class="bbc_u">IC board #3</span> - Vergil and Redeve have reservations here, but the sequence is undetermined.<br/><span class="bbc_u">IC board #4 </span>- Aribeth, and Katida will find themselves among trouble at a coffee house.<br/><br/>-Katida is scheduled to start he RP in board #1 with the slayer-like dream sequence<br/>-However! Kckolbe and Elias could also start the IC stuff if they are ready to go before Katida is, (they will still be using board #2 though)<br/>-Vergil and Redeve will likely have a lot of freedom given their characters<br/>-Aribeth, Buffy and Alyssa are just hanging out, eventually they go for coffee. we should wait for them to go for coffee, at least until Desu and I finish the dream sequence. Alyssa and Buff can spend some time together until then, of course.<br/> </div></div><br/><br/><br/><div align="center">(http://images.wikia.com/buffyfanfiction/images/6/6c/20100317234736!Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_title_card.jpg)<br/></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Opening Credits</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><br/>SEASON ONE<br/>Starring<br/>Emilie De Ravin<br/>(http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/0/10613/z10613560X,Emilie-de-Ravin.jpg) <br/>Edward Norton<br/>(http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/edward-norton-20040406-225.jpg)<br/>Kailee O'Sullivan<br/>(http://www.refashion.ru/img/arts/st_1195_23.jpg)<br/>Thandie Newton - Gabrielle Union<br/>(http://www.obzorkino.tv/wp-content/gallery/gridlockd/screenshot8.jpg)(http://www.mahoganycafe.com/gabrielleimages/gabrielle23.jpg)<br/>Rashida Jones - Freema Agyeman<br/>(http://content7.flixster.com/photo/13/88/33/13883313_gal.jpg)(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/05/07/freema460.jpg)<br/>Louise Bourgoin<br/>(http://static.actustar.com/img/photos/medium/13610-louise_bourgoin.jpg)<br/>Lyndsy Fanseca<br/>(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/Lyndsy_Fonseca_Actress_14521.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">And</span>Liam Neeson as Michael Kane<br/></span></span></span></div>(http://images.starpulse.com/news/bloggers/6/blog_images/liam-neeson-in-the-grey.jpg)<br/><br/>In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.<br/><br/></div></div><br/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">OOC BOARD</span></strong></div><br/>Yes, this is the place for character discussion, plot movement, RP concerns, GM questions, suggestions, and so on. All approved players for this RP are welcome to post in any way on this board, free of discretion and all other obscure limitations. Just be sure to respect one another, and keep it civil. This should be fun, more boards coming soon.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> POST INFORMATION</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>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/></div></div><br/><div align="center"> <br/><br/> IC Board #1  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146423.0)<br/> IC Board #2  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146424.0)<br/> IC Board #3  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146425.0)<br/> IC Board #4  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146426.0)<br/> The interest Thread  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144482.msg6508663#msg6508663)<br/> The Character Thread  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145568.0) </div>