In reverse order....<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148593.msg6745763#msg6745763">Quote from: mayovagn on 11-08-2012, 23:03:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientist-discovers-plate-237303.aspx (http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientist-discovers-plate-237303.aspx)<br/><br/>May be relevant to our interests...<br/><br/>Oh, and very happy to be posting. *Dances and offers hugs to all*<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Did someone say earthquake? *whistles innocently*<br/><br/>Oh if Julie fancies T-rex, I'll keep him available and find a pic for him, but we do have player characters with no partner yet...<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148593.msg6745709#msg6745709">Quote from: Blinkin on 11-08-2012, 22:54:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">*Picks up a cookie and offers a pitcher of cold milk*<br/><br/>Thank you."<br/><br/>Actually, having heard the original recording in it's entirity and other programs from the same time, it's not hard to believe that so many fell for the misperception. There was only one announcement before the play began to say, "This is a play" to let people know about it, and then only when it was done did anyone realize that mass hysteria had happened. <br/><br/>Orsen Wells was a genius for his time, and relatively unknown at the time, with the format of continuing "News Updates" as the bulk of the story, and the fact that it had never been done before could easily allow the masses to believe it was real.<br/><br/>We must remember that while people of the 1930's, while far from unintelligent, were also generally less exposed to a wider world outside of radio, which was the main news source at the time and very trusted. It would be akin to turning on the news today and seeing Briant Williams somberly announcing that Topeka Kansas just had a terrorist attack. Why would you doubt him for that moment that it might take to confirm it someplace else... would you even confirm it?<br/><br/>The times were already rocky with fears over what was going on in Europe, China and the economic woes of the country. It was the time of the real birth of Science Fiction and without the tell-tell funky background music, it actually sounds very creditable for a news broadcast.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin)<br/><br/>Try that.... Caused a similar sort of reaction....<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148593.msg6745678#msg6745678">Quote from: Diingo on 11-08-2012, 22:49:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I say, I can't express how happy I am for the game to finally be on! (Even after some BBCode problems, thanks for pointing it out, Chrystal!)<br/><br/>On a further note, still looking for a "buddy" for my chef and a seducer for sweet, innocent Marcus :)<br/><br/>*looks both ways before taking a cookie*<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>If no one steps up to the plate, I will create a NPC or two for you... but I'd rather not. Have you tried asking?<br/><br/><hr/><br/>NPCs will generally be played by myself, but if other players need to god-mode them or create them on the fly, that's cool.<br/><br/>I may just put a post or even a thread up to keep track of them.