As we're getting ready to get underway with the game, here are just a few notes about how the game is going to run:
You do not have to 'friend' every player's journal. The personal journals will be used for bios, drop-boxes and storyline pages. Because of the format of social_chicago, we've eliminated the need for posting in the personal journals for the game. If your character has a blog that they write in, post it in social_chicago for the other players to read.
social_chicago is basically how the players are going to keep in contact with one another. It's a concept the mods came up with to cut down on all the chaos of having to 'friend' all the journals! If your character leaves someone a voice mail, sends a text, sends an e-mail, updates their Facebook status or Tweets, this is where you want it to go! Let your creativity flow - use text or HTML to post what's going on. Please put large photos or HTML behind and lj-cut, thanks! Please refer to the Social Networking contact page for information on how to contact another character. The information listed on this page is entirely up to each player (except for the staff e-mail, everyone gets one of those!)
nbc_chicago is where you're you're going to post your in-character threads and logs. This is the comm that you need to post in at least every month. Mods will be checking up on you if we don't see activity in the social_chicago every-so-often, too.
As we get started, the mods will be setting up tags in the comms, too. We'll keep you informed on them as we go!
Most of all, we're just looking to have some fun! This is a community for writers looking to write. Whether you're developing a new character or looking to bring a favorite original character to life, we hope you've found a good home here! Please don't hesitate to contact a mod if you have any questions or concerns!