Spotlight on Fandoms: The Pretender

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"Are you a doctor?"
"I am today."

There are Pretenders among us. Genuises with the ability to become anyone they want to be. In 1963, the Centre isolated a young Pretender named Jarod, in order to harness his genius for our research.

Until, one day, their Pretender ran away.... - prologue to Pretender

( Pretender, the series, backstory )

( Characters )

( Other stuff )

( In conclusion... )

[ooc: written by: dorkybroots, jarodpretends and mparkerceo. Mixed bunch of opinions from each of us.]

Spotlight on Fandoms: Roswell

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Roswell was a TV series that ran first on the WB and then on UPN from October 1999 to May of 2002. The series pilot was based on the young adult book series called Roswell High by Melinda Metz.

The story focused on three teenaged aliens hiding in plain sight in Roswell, NM and their adventures as they tried to find out the truth about what they are and what they're supposed to do. The three, Max, Isabel and Michael had been in incubation pods aboard the alien ship that crashed outside of Roswell in 1947. The pods were hidden in the desert by survivors of the crash until the three emerged from the pods over fifty years later.

( The Characters – Get your scorecard )

( Season One Plot – Here be spoilers )

( Season Two Plot – When writers start doing the crack )

( Season Three Plot - When the writers get into the really bad crack AKA sometimes it's really not worth getting what you asked for. )

( Despite all that, why you should watch the show... )

( Roswell Books & DVDs )

So that's it. Questions? Comments? Pie with Tabasco?

[OOC: Friending List Update, THEY BLEW UP THE SCHOOL OMFG]

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If you are NEW to the friending list, GO HERE and follow the instructions.

If you have already used the friending list, then here are short updates to remove dead/inactive ljs from your friend list and add new people easily.

Copy each list into the Admin Console, then press the "Execute" button.

Please note that there are characters moving from one filter to another in this update and to make sure this is done correctly, please use the defriending list before the friend list.

If there is a name on either list that should not be there, please let me know. Ditto for any name that should be on there, but isn't. Name additions and removals will be done on the next update.

And a note: You are by no means obligated to use this immediately. If you want to wait until next week, next month, or never use it at all, that's fine. This is just meant to be something that helps with the upkeep of a large flist.

( Defriending List )

( Friending List )

Workshop Expectations - Summer 2007

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Workshops are a part of the summer camp experience at Fandom High. The following workshop guidelines are intended to help workshops be run in a fashion that is fun for both teacher and student, and also to ensure that workshops don't take up all of a student's playing time.


Expectations for Teachers

Teachers are expected to post their workshop once a week. The workshop must be posted by 3pm EST (12pm PST). You can post your workshop the night before if necessary.

You are required to provide your students with one workshop every week that allows them to sign in and, if they choose, participate in an activity. All activity can be handwaved by the student if necessary, but the option should be there for those who want to play out the activity.

As summer camp is different from regular classes, homework should be minimal and for preparation for the next workshop only.

Teachers are required to continue their workshop for the entire term and should plan to have 7 workshop sessions.

Teachers are allowed to have 1 teacher aide, but it's not compulsory. Preference for teacher aide positions during the summer should be given to recently graduated seniors. After that, regular students are fine. A teacher aide is a student who assists with IC paperwork, can be approached by other students and can cover workshops on occasion if the teacher is unable to be present.

Teachers should keep an attendance roll. This is easily done by using a 'Sign In' thread at the top of each workshop post's comments. Teachers should inform the administration if someone has missed more than 3 workshops.

Teachers are allowed to give detention to students. Please arrange this OOCly with the student's player first if possible. Other punishments are available.

Teachers are expected to provide student-teacher interaction in their classes when possible.

Teachers should post an office hours post once a week to allow students to see the teachers out of the workshop environment. Due to the lack of actual offices, we'll let you know what arrangements will be made for this when they're made.

NOTES:
Workshops should not take a lot of time to prepare. We don't want workshops to suck up everyone's time. You don't need to spend time writing up a huge lecture. Linking to Wikipedia is fine. The key to workshops is setting up a scenario where the teacher and the students can interact and have fun. You are not expected to do a lot of work, so please don't expect your students to do a lot of work. It's a game and we're all here to have fun.



Expectations for Students

Students are expected to enroll in and attend at least 2 workshops but no more than 4 workshops per term.

Students are expected to at least sign in to each workshop. Participation beyond that is optional, but encouraged.

Students should inform their teachers if they are going to be absent. This applies to both OOC and IC (ie: if you know OOC that you're going away from the workshop but the character doesn't know yet, let the teacher's player know).

Students can get detention for doing something wrong, not attending a workshop regularly or not completing homework. If you - the player - are unable to participate in detention on Saturdays (US time), please let your teacher know OOCly so a different punishment can be arranged.

NOTES:
Workshops shouldn't take up all of your time. If you have to, just sign in and handwave any work, but please do try to keep up with your workshops as they are the bare minimum required to remain in the game. Your teachers go to the trouble of preparing them for you, so if you can participate, jump on in and have a bit of fun. You are not expected to do a lot of work. It's a game and we're all here to have fun.

Please see here for examples of previous summer workshops:
http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/2006/06/

Spotlight on Fandoms: Angel the Series

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I was once a badass vampire, but love and a pesky curse defanged me. Now I’m just a big, fluffy puppy with bad teeth.... helping those in need’s my job, - and working up a load of sexual tension, and prancing away like a magnificent poof...

( Angel: The Series )

***
( The Characters - Spoilers Ahoy! )

***
( Season by Season. Not as spoilery as above, but still spoilery. )

***
( Why you should watch/love our dead gay show )

***
( How to get your hands on all the yumminess )

[written by notstakedyet and wannabelawyer]

SUMMER SEMESTER WORKSHOP SIGN-UPS (TERM 1)

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1) You are required to sign up for at least 2 workshops, but can sign up for no more than 4 PER STUDENT CHARACTER.
2) This is not first come, first served as that is unfair due to time zones.
3) If there are too many people signing up for the one workshops then AFTER sign-ups close names will be drawn out of a hat to decide who gets in (so even if a class has hit 20, keep signing up as you have an equal chance of getting in as the first person!).
4) Those who do not get in will be allowed to pick a back-up if they want, but please be prepared to respond and choose your backup quickly.
5) If you have more than one character sign up for a workshop please state which character you would prefer to get in. If the workshop reaches its maximum number of students, you will have to pick one of your characters to put forward.
6) If it's OOC for your character to take a workshop but you really want to take it anyway, just sign them up and we'll pretend it was a paperwork mishap.
7) TAs - if you are a current student (not a new alumnus) and have pre-arranged to be a TA for a workshop, you must sign up for that workshop and yes, it counts towards your workshop total (4 maximum).
) TAs do not count towards the total number of people in the workshop (ie: full workshop will have 20+TAs)
9) By signing up, you agree to participate for the entire term (until the end of June)


INSTRUCTIONS:
Pick your workshop. Respond to the comment for the workshop you want to sign up for with your character's name. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Schedule

Workshop sign-ups close at midnight PST on Wednesday, May 9. No late sign-ups allowed without extenuating circumstances. (ie: sign up sooner rather than later or you're gonna forget and then you're just gonna look like a dweeb)

Please direct any problems or questions to administration@fandomhigh.net.


[Please wait for the smashing OCD, which I still think would make an awesome band name. If you ping in before the OCD is done, I will mock you mercilessly and steal your pants. OCD up! Have at it, munchkins. I've turned notifications off.]

Workshop sign-ups are now closed.

Advanced warning to avoid email spam

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Our lovely krycek_rat is going to be putting up the new friending list soon. Which means if you have your notifications set to email you when someone adds you as a friend, you might want to go and turn that off for the next week or so. You can do that through this management page.

Spotlight on Fandoms: Fandoms for May 13th

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Okay! Since the RNG picked Stargate SG-1 and Farscape last week, I only have to pick one new one for next week. And that one is The 4400!

justmisplaced, please let me know if you can post on Sunday.

If anybody wants to add their new characters to the list, feel free to add a comment on the original post (if there are any new players wondering what this is all about, that post explains everything).

Also, I will be posting a full list of links to all of the previous spotlights next week so that all of the new players can see what has come before.