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Mod Post: Characters in play
Here's how it works:

New/potential players:

1. Check down the list of characters to see who is already in play. If the character you wish to play is not claimed, join the community with your character journal.

2. If the character you wish to play has been claimed, but three consecutive months have passed without the month being claimed, then you may join the community with your own character journal and start playing.

Existing players:

1. Comment below with your character journal. In the comment-subject, please put your character's name. In the comment-body, please put your character name again and which fandom, (with your personal email and/or IM too if you don't mind being contacted). Do this separately for each character you play.

2. At the start of each month, please comment in a thread to your original comment, with the month/year, to say you're still in play. See below for the 'Sephiroth' example.

3. No pre-emptive or retro-active month-claiming, please. For example, you can't claim December until it's actually December 1st, though you can claim it right up until December 31st.

4. If three consecutive months pass without you claiming the month, then you forfeit the character and someone else can take them on.

5. If at any point you wish to drop a character, simply delete your comments.

6. James Potter and Regulus Black are claimed for all eternity. ;)

This system does lend itself to some abuse, yes. Hopefully, everyone will play fair and not stockpile characters, claiming months and never posting. If, however, you notice someone doing this and it's affecting your own gameplay, have a quiet word with one of the mods and we'll do something.