<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 36pt;">Homicide</span></span></div><br/><div align="center">(http://media.graytvinc.com/images/crime+scene+tape+body1.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Welcome to the city of Ubiquitous Police Department, Homicide Division, weekly briefing. You all know me, I'm the city's chief of police. But you can call me Chief. As I'm sure you all know, this city has a very low crime rate. In fact, it's been so quiet lately that the mayor has been putting pressure on me to cut the size of the department. Well, I was very quick to point out that it's down to your efforts, ladies and gents, that the city has such a low crime rate.<br/><br/>Anyway. It looks like it's going to be another quiet week, which will give you all some time to catch up on your expenses claims and sort out the filing system. And in the immortal words of  Sergeant Phil Esterhaus from Hill Street Blues: Hey, let's be careful out there!</span><br/><br/><hr/><br/>This is the OOC thread for "Homicide, A smut free Murder Mystery" Please use this thread for OOC discussion of whatever you like, but obviously please give priority to game related discussions.<br/><br/>Discussion of the case is allowed in this thread, but please try not to "metagame". If your character hasn't been given a particular piece of information, please do not have them act upon it.<br/><br/>Of course, this is set present day when everyone has a cellphone so the dissemination of info is much easier and quicker.<br/><br/><strong>Threads</strong><br/><br/>Recruitment Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=249319.0) - To encourage new players to join.<br/>OOC Thread - This thread<br/>Player Character Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250434.0) - UPD Homicide Personnel files<br/>Case File Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250437.0) - Records evidence from the case so far<br/>IC Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250439.0) - The Streets of Ubiquitous, where the action takes place<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">A note regarding the object of the game</span></div><br/>Obviously, the object of the game is to solve the crime and catch the killer. Now, I can see that there is a slight disincentive to actually do so, because if you are enjoying the game you will want it to continue. And of course once the killer is safely locked away behind bars, that's the end of the game, isn't it?<br/><br/>Well, that depends on you guys.<br/><br/><em>IF</em>you catch the killer quickly, and if you want to, I will pause the game for as long as it takes me to come up with another murder case for you to solve. Of course if you don't catch the killer, then I may just have The Chief bow to pressure from the Mayor's office and sack the lot of you! *grins*<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>A note regarding the editing of posts</strong></span></div><br/>In a game of this nature you may feel that one course of action is correct, and then suddenly realise you have made a colossal blunder. And under those circumstances, you might think "Oh I know, I'll edit my post, no-one will know".<br/><br/>I am asking you, very nicely, not to do so, unless no-one has so far replied to your post!<br/><br/>This game is being run in the spirit of a face-to-face roleplay, where you don't get to go back and retcon what you just said or did. Now, obviously if you are reading through your post and you spot half a donez yptos or possibly half a dozen typos, you can of course edit them - UNLESS... correcting the typo would significantly alter the meaning of what you wrote - like for example you forgot to type the word "not".<br/><br/>If no one has posted after you yet, then you may make whatever changes you like. But be warned, if you get that warning saying "While you were editing someone else has posted" (or whatever it says, you know the one I mean), then please do not save your edits unless they are only correcting spelling mistakes.<br/><br/>Thanks. Lets have fun.