<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">-  GM UPDATE!!!  -</span></strong></span></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">     Okay. So I am beginning to notice a trend with the character bios being sent to me. Also getting a few questions about what parts of a character's history should or shouldn't be there. Obviously I'm not going to be able to micromanage every character as to what they need to keep or toss in every specific event and circumstance. So I'm going to give you all a better picture of what I'm looking for. Basically this plot would be classified almost as an Alternate-Reality type of story. As placing it at a specific time in any ONE character's history will completely conflict with another character's history. <br/><br/>     So to make it simple, just think of our current day and age - but use whatever placement point in your character's history is convenient. Take the movie Iron Man, for example. In the comics, Tony actually built his armor to escape captivity during the Vietnam war, not the OEF war in Afghanistan - but the directors and writers chose to alter WHEN it happened to make it more relative to their viewing audience. <br/><br/>     You all need to think of your characters the same way. Some of our players aren't MARVEL guru's and many of these characters are completely foreign to them (myself included!). So keep your character's bio brief with primarily an origin story. If you're going to include past events where you interacted with another character that is being played in this story, make sure you PM that character's player and make sure they want to include it as well. We all need to be on the same page here - even if it's a blank page where the characters are meeting for the first time, or have never even heard of each other before. That's why I say this really fits under an "Alternate Reality". Since it covers such a broad scope of characters, stories, etc... it just has to be - for the sake of preventing a million conflicts of backstory.<br/><br/>     Communication is key. Confer with each other to make sure both parties are aware of any past interactions you'll be referring to prior to bios (and definitely prior to IC posts). Also do not be alarmed or feel slighted if I have to slightly nerf/buff your character to create some form of combat balance. Obviously some characters are more powerful than others, and creative teamwork will be required to even the odds - which is the goal of the resistance when it comes to fighting Apocalypse and his four horsemen (since they are a great deal more powerful than the resistance members - at least on an individual level). <br/><br/>     Try to think critically about the character you are playing and how they best fit this plot and this current cast of players. Think about what role they will take on and mold them to fit that natural role - even if you have to ignore certain events in their past or make up new ones to justify it. Even though they are canon, in this particular game these are YOUR characters.<br/><br/>     I hope this eases the character bio process. You don't need to spend hours typing out your character's history step by step. Just give the origin and what events really shape the personality they will possess for THIS game. Be mindful of their powers and abilities and keep them in proportion with what will be required of them when fighting as a team against Apocalypse soldiers, as well as against himself and his horsemen. <br/><br/>     Also, don't forget to utilize the last section "Current Relationships and Activity" to really infuse your character into the current plot and create some interactions between yourself and other players. If you've been searching for another character (like Magneto or Ironman - two widely known superhuman leaders), been in hiding with another player's character, or been skirmishing against Apocalypse forces or one of the horsemen in specific. Whatever it takes to place you in the story somewhere and get a nice flow right out of the gate.<br/><br/>     Whew... that ended up being longer than I thought. Everyone sees what I'm getting at here though right? Completely altered version of the Earth, and to get all our characters to properly align will take a little bit of tweaking, from EVERYONE (myself included). Don't think of it as an extension of your character's already massive history.<br/><br/>     Thanks!<br/>     -Vel</div>