OOC @ Chicago NBC's Journal

chicago_mod @ 9:04pm: Hi, this is your OCD-mod here... you'll get used to my OCD tendencies after awhile. God, I hope you do, because I'm not so sure I can make it stop! But, with Nicky off on a secluded island all weekend, you're stuck with me!! Buahaha

OK, seriously though, I had a reason for making a post! Basically to tell you that I think you're all awesome! We're only 24 hours into the game and already everyone is posting, playing, getting to know one another and I think you all rock! Plus, I've been stalking the pimping sites, and I've been seeing you guys posting there, too! Stalk everyone you can! That's our motto!

Two things - anyone that gets a hold this weekend gets bonus time because Nicky won't be around to help with apps, so I'm holding all of them until she gets back. That being said, pimp like mad. Use the All Things Chicago link to help. We've got a lot of interest, we just need to get them to apply, LOL

The other thing is that I've created tags for each of the Communities. When you make your posts, please use them so we can keep track of activity and you can also use them when you're pimping to link to some of the stuff you've been doing with your characters. If you think of other tags we might need, just drop me a line and I can add them.

Other then that, everything seems to be running really great! Nicky and I have been talking about and planning this game for years, so to see it come alive and get some real interest in it is so cool for us! So, thanks for being so awesome! Drop a line if you have any questions or comments!

Mod!Lindsay

bcarlisle @ 12:58am: So, I'm a super dumb mod, and when we decided on the game-opening day, I had totally forgot that I'm going to be away this weekend. I might have access through my phone, but tbh I'm going to a little Scottish island where I usually have no phone signal to even text never mind get online! So, I'll be back Monday, and until then you can direct all your modly questions to Lindsay :)

Don't miss me too much!!
x Nicky

chicago_mod @ 1:24pm: Welcome to the countdown we've all been waiting for! We'd like to see some activity in the first few days of opening so we can continue to pimp the game and prove we're awesome - which we already know we all are, right?!

I've been updating the All Things Chicago list this morning and have added the real NBC Chicago website. I really think this will be a good resource for random social networking posts (I know that my Kate is likely to announce on Twitter how much the Kennedy Expressway sucks on a daily basis!), and of course for random plotting in the newsroom.

One of the things that I've noticed while pimping is that potential players are commenting that they don't know anything about the news. They don't have to know squat about the news, really! That's what the links are for. So, if you're pimping to places like pbads, try to use the All Things Chicago link to help.

I think that's it from me for right now. Have fun tomorrow and happy playing!

Mod!Lindsay

bcarlisle @ 9:29pm: Right! You've all put me to shame by making me the last to post my intro! ;)

I'm Nicky, the other modly one, and I'm here bringing an old favourite back to life! I've been RP-ing since... the chamber of secrets movie came out. (Yes, there was a connection!) Harry Potter, fandom, a few PB games... but found the lack of actual threading in most PB-games very disheartening - hence, creating our own! Just back after a year-long RP break, and raring to go with our new game! Wheeee!

So, this little bubble of energy is Brendan Carlisle, PM reporter. He's ADHD, super perky, super friendly... but often says highly inappropriate things at highly inappropriate times, and I think he's one of these guys people either love or hate. He can be quite annoying, granted, but it's what makes him a great reporter. He gets in people's faces and speaks his mind. I think he's gonna get punched one day.

Anyway! He's been hurt in the past, but he's just started dating our very own katestone, which should be interesting. I still need to put up an SL page for other lines, because I'm lazy. But I'll keep you all posted, I'm sure you're on the edge of your seats in anticipation ;)

Roll on Wednesday, and hopefully a couple more kids to play with, too!

draridley @ 2:50pm: Salutations!
Hi everyone! I'm Miki and excited to be playing here (even if IJ conspires against me)! I've been playing PSLs via forum, AIM, and E-mail for something like 6 years, but this game will be my first game on a journal-based platform playing with more than one person, so it will be a learning experience. This place just seemed too fun and I couldn't resist! In my spare time, I love reading, movies, and music of all kinds.

Character-wise I bring you Dr. Alan Ridley (draridley), the medical health consultant guy who is the illegitimate son of a cosmetic surgeon and a librarian. He's an odd little ball of cynicism that used to be a doctor until he figured that he was too tired of signing death certificates for children in a New York hospital. He moved to Chicago and started writing a health column until his boss introduced him to television, hoping to help him reach a wider audience. He's been at NBC Chicago for a little more than a year. Despite the fact that he's sort of morbid, he enjoys being around kids and he really, really likes cleaning. He also likes smoking, although he's always thinking of quitting. All that and more at his  bio. Also, the list of plots I have for him are right here, feel free to take a looksee. I'm also available most days on AIM as mik0migi.

Happy happy to meet you all!

lenamarks @ 3:00am: Hey everyone I'm Kelly. I've been rping since... well since my freshman year of college when facebook really was only for students. I started with good ol *sighs about feeling old* asterisk play and evolved to third person there. The first games I was in were town or city based. It wasn't till a fair bit later I started in some fandom games generally with Doctor Who roles. I've taken a fairly long hiatus from 2p (2 years removed from games) and 1 year removed from even PSL/email/aim private play. I'm happy to be back with some cool people (obviously you're one of those cool people if you're reading this) who are excited about developing their characters.

Lena here is fresh off the presses of my brain. She'll be approaching her 2 year anniversary at the station this August, however she says it doesn't count she she had maternity leave to have Noah. She really has been enjoying her time in Chicago and the respect she's gained there. Coming from working in Pittsburgh where the weather forecasting game is an 'old boys club' she was happy to be off weekends and out from behind a desk. Now she enjoys the regular evening shift allowing her to get up and spend the mornings with her kids as well as tuck them in at bedtime. Lena lived with her daughter Jenny who is 8, her son Noah who is 7 months and her mother Amelia who enjoys setting Lena up on blind dates with everyone from the grocery boy at the corner market to a hockey player she happens to bump into one day. Although Lena isn't against trying to find love she's been burned a few time and is currently 'not interested in seeing anyone while she still needs to be hooked to a milking machine (breast pump) for Noah.' As his first birthday approaches and he he will be able to have cows milk rather than breast or formula there will no doubt be a push for Lena to enter the field.

Over all Lena is a happy person who enjoys helping out with charity work around town as well as running a twitter the station set up for her. She generally tweets about the weather (obviously) and things people can do in the city in whatever kind of weather has rolled in. She happily answers most questions and recently achieved 'verification' for her 'celebrity' status which she finds to be a total laugh.

Feel free to reach me here, the drop box in Lena's journal or via aim KellyMcP. I would love to talk about SL's (a few ideas I have can be found in the journal) or something you think would be great! Wow this went long!

katestone @ 7:54pm: Hello! I am Lindsay, and I will go first with the intros. I am also one of the two mods for the game. A little about me, first. I've been RPing for almost 10 years, mostly HP stuff over the years and more recently in Marvel games. I've played in OC games before, and that's where the concept of this game came from. We were looking for a game where we could write and develop characters as we went along. We're hoping that this thrives!

This girl here is Kate Stone and I've been playing Kate in several forms for years. Today, she's an almost thirty-year-old journalist and Chicago native. She's the daughter of a lawyer and she lost her mother when she was very young. She went to college and studied literature and political science. After a particularly heart breaking split from her college boyfriend, she headed off the Philadelphia to study journalism as a grad student at Temple University. Upon finishing school and an internship, she returned to Chicago to write for NBC Chicago. Editors encouraged her to do a screen test and she became the the morning traffic reporter, gaining a following on TV as well as the internet through Facebook and Twitter. Kate's been at the NBC Chicago for a little over three years.

There are some storylines that I'm looking to expand on in her journal, so any ideas are welcome! You can reach me best on AIM at Biz4Bubbles and my other contact info is in the player contact info page. Can't wait to start playing!

chicago_mod @ 3:49pm: 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!

Mod!Lindsay