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FORKNI-L Digest - 27 Jun 2001 to 28 Jun 2001 (#2001-201)

Thu, 28 Jun 2001

There are 12 messages totalling 471 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. WAR: Rules for Character Usage and Switches (4)
  2. WAR: Rules for War XI
  3. WAR: several questions
  4. War: ADMIN: is there a website yet?
  5. Looking for story (4)
  6. Fwd: Query

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Date:    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:00:24 EDT
From:    Gwyneth Meirionfa <FKWarmistress@a.......>
Subject: WAR: Rules for Character Usage and Switches

Following are the War XI rules for using characters and arranging character
switches:

Switches will involve Nick, LaCroix, Natalie, Schanke, Janette, Vachon,
Screed, and Tracy. Characters switch in pairs, only with each other. For
example, Natalie becomes Screed and Screed becomes Natalie.

Secondary characters may be used in stories by announcing to FORKNI-L that a
character is being used in a post. Secondary characters/inanimate objects may
only be switched with characters under special circumstances and by
permission of the Warmistress. Players may not switch with characters.

One pair of character switches (Screed and LaCroix) will be set in motion in
the opening post by the WM and the involved factions.

Factions who schedule characters only control the body of the character
during the war. For example, the Knighties schedule Nick's physical body and
whatever personality is within Nick at the time. Factions may not withhold
agreement to switches unless there is a time conflict, and then should
re-schedule as soon as possible.

Switches may take place gradually, where two characters start displaying each
other's characteristics, but retain at least some self-awareness, or
instantaneously, where two characters totally switch identities, and
immediately become each other. In all cases, gradual switches will eventually
lead to total identity switches.

A character's memory transfers with a character's 'personality', while a
character's physical characteristics and needs remain with the body. For
example, all LC's vampiric powers and vampiric needs remain with his body,
regardless of who is inhabiting it.

Events leading to switches and actual switches have no defined time limit.
However, when planning switches, please take into consideration requests from
other factions.

Control of a character's 'personality' transfers with each switch. For
example, Nick and LC have switched personalities. The Knighties thus control
Nick's body and LC's personality, while the Cousins control LC's body and
Nick's personality. A writer needs to borrow Nick's body or LC's personality.
(and by default borrows LC's personality). She would contact the Knightie
leaders to get permission. Later, the writer needs to use Nick's personality
or LC's body. She would contact the Cousinly Leaders for permission.

Time passes, and Nick and LC revert to normal. At the end of a switch,
characters return to themselves until the next switch they are involved in.
The Knighties would then still control Nick's body, but now they control his
personality again. The Cousins still control LC's body, but now they have
control over his personality, too. Characters who come back to themselves may
remain in their own bodies for a maximum of 24 hours, although there is no
minimum.

Factions writing switches should work together on the resulting storyline,
and cooperate in writing each other's characters.

For informational and scheduling purposes, please inform the WM of all
switches. The WM will keep track of switches. Anyone unsure of who to contact
about using a particular personality or body should ask the WM for
information.

The WM reserves the right to terminate switches for plotline or other
reasons.

The WM may occasionally make posts affecting and directing character
switches. In all cases, she will notify the involved factions prior to doing
so.

General war rules will follow in another post.

Happy warring!

Gwyneth Meirionfa
War XI Warmistress

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Date:    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:33:35 EDT
From:    Gwyneth Meirionfa <FKWarmistress@a.......>
Subject: WAR: Rules for War XI

These are the ground rules for war 11. This is not the war premise. The
premise and rules for character usage have been posted separately. These
rules will be posted again on FORKNI-L and FKFIC-L before the war starts on
July 5. They are also available on the War XI website, from your faction
leader, and from the Warmistress (WM) at FKWarmistress@a........

GENERAL: The war will be played in a friendly, courteous matter. The WM has
final authority in all decisions on plot, characters, postings, etc. WM
decisions may not be appealed to the Listowner and/or Listgardener. The
Listowner, Listgardener and/or WM reserve the right to terminate the war
after a warning if there seems to be a problem with keeping the friendly
atmosphere.

FKFIC RULES:  All the regular Fkfic-l rules apply to the war.  NO talking on
list. Coordination is done offlist. Discussion on the war should be posted to
FORKNI-L with a WAR heading. The Fkfic-l rules are posted each Monday.

PERMISSION SLIPS: All participants must have a permission slip on record with
their faction leader. The deadline for permission slips has passed.

POSTING FORMAT: All war story posts must be posted to FKFIC-L. Posts must
have the following header:

WAR: Faction: Story Title  (Example  WAR: Urchins: Urs Gets Out)

The colon is VERY IMPORTANT.  If your mailer changes colons to something
else, send the story to another list member to post for you.

STORY HEADERS: Please put a date and approximate time at the top of the
story. If the post follows on, is concurrent with, or is set before another
post, please also mention. This is incredibly helpful in archiving the war.

POSTING LIMITS: Posts are limited to three per 24 hours by each individual
player. Factions may drop as many posts as they like, provided the three per
person limit is adhered to. Posts should be 300 lines maximum. If it's
longer, split it in two. Administrative and WM posts are not counted in this
rule.

ATTACKS:  In order to return to the spontaneity of the first few wars, sneak
attacks on factions or individuals will be allowed. By filing a permission
slip, you've agreed to be attacked. No further permission is needed. (This
applies to attacks only; players must get permission to use individuals for
other purposes in a story)

Rules for attacks not agreed on in advance:

Individuals must be notified in general terms about the time of an attack, to
ensure no conflicts in the time line. A short note with at least 24 hours
notice to the person stating what time you will be using him/her in an attack
is all that is necessary.  If a time line conflict arises, the attacked party
may require the attacker to change the time, but has no say over content.

Attacks not agreed in advance must be wrapped up in one post. Retaliation
must then be accepted without further development unless the attacked faction
or person agrees to continue.

Attacks may not be ignored. During the course of the war, each faction may
dismiss one attack only as a dream.

Any faction or individual who has been attacked more than four times in the
war has a right to refuse further attacks for a period agreed upon between
that faction's leaders and the WM. No one faction/individual may be subjected
to more than one severe attack in any 48 hour period, unless that
faction/individual is willing. When a faction/individual has been
over-attacked, the WM will post to FORKNI-L putting a moratorium on attacks
on that faction/individual until further notice.

OPENING POSTS: Opening/call to arms/getting to Toronto posts are limited to
one per faction, up to three parts. Individual getting to Toronto stories
should be incorporated into faction posts, and should not be posted
individually by faction members.

POST DATED STORIES: Because the war is played in real time, dropping post
dated stories is strongly discouraged. Post dated attacks that do not have
permission are not permitted. If an attack has been agreed on beforehand but
is then post dated, the attacked party has the right to ask the WM to
disallow the attack.

REPLYING TO REQUESTS: Please try to reply to e-mail requests to write you in
a story or asking for information in as timely a manner as possible.

BORROWING CHARACTERS:  If you want to use an FK character, permission must be
obtained from the leader(s) of the character's primary faction, who are
responsible for keeping the character's schedule. For this war, primary
factions are as follows: Nick - Knighties; LC - Cousins; Schanke - FoDs;
Natalie - NatPack; Janette - Ravenettes; Screed - RatPack; Vachon - Vaqueros;
Tracy - Dark Perks. Leaders must grant permission unless the time is already
given to someone else. Leaders do not have the right to vet or control
content of posts with borrowed characters. Please see the related rules on
character usage for war XI premise.

SPYING: Joining other faction's lists for spying purposes is not permitted
and is grounds for dismissal from war XI.

NO PERMANENT CHANGES: No killing, maiming or bringing across of players is
permitted.

CROSSOVER CHARACTERS: No crossover characters from other shows are permitted.

Happy warring!

Gwyneth Meirionfa
War XI Warmistress

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Date:    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:39:03 -0400
From:    Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: WAR: Rules for Character Usage and Switches

At 06:00 PM 6/27/2001 -0400, the War Mistress wrote:

>Time passes, and Nick and LC revert to normal. At the end of a switch,
>characters return to themselves until the next switch they are involved in.

So in other words, there will not be any serial switches (i.e., LC in
Nick's body cannot switch with Janette in Vachon's body so Nick's body ends
up containing Janette and Vachon's body ends up containing LC)?


Brenda F. Bell   webwarren@e.......   /nick TMana     IM: n2kye
Arctophile, computer addict, TREKker, stealth photographer...
         UA, PoCBS, FKPagan; Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos:  http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://home.earthlink.net/~webwarren/glow/

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Date:    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:26:24 EDT
From:    BrandyKitt@a.......
Subject: Re: WAR: Rules for Character Usage and Switches

In a message dated 06/27/2001 8:43:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
webwarren@e....... writes:


<< So in other words, there will not be any serial switches (i.e., LC in
Nick's body cannot switch with Janette in Vachon's body so Nick's body ends
up containing Janette and Vachon's body ends up containing LC)? >>


Oh, I would love to see Ben Bass playing Lacroix and Nigel playing
Vachon!

Evelyn Duncan
brandykitt@a.......
I think not, Baby Puppy.  It is you who is in trouble.

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Date:    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:37:20 EDT
From:    Julia Kocich <JKocich@a.......>
Subject: WAR: several questions

I'm starting to panic (for a change) about War Correspondents. Can
someone tell me if WCs (such a charming abbreviation ...) can ONLY
be signed on War participants? Or can WCs be folks who aren't
participating as characters in the War, but who do want to participate
by reading and sending out short digests of War posts for the benefit
of War participants too overwhelmed to keep up with other factions'
War posts?

Are there any factions that would like to join together into a, as it
were, non-denominational Correspondents' Loop?

Perry the vamp dog has tagged along to TO with UF Warriors in
past Wars. If the WM allows it, we would like to have that happen
again in War XI. We will be glad to share Perry with others when
asked.

If any of these questions should have been asked on the leaders'
loop, I apologize.

Best,
Julia
UF list cobra
jkocich@a.......

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Date:    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:08:23 -0000
From:    StormBorn <smolly4@q.......>
Subject: WAR: Rules for Character Usage and Switches

Brenda wrote:
>>So in other words, there will not be any serial switches (i.e., LC in
Nick's body cannot switch with Janette in Vachon's body so Nick's body ends
up containing Janette and Vachon's body ends up containing LC)?<<

Ye gods, Brenda, I hope not...I got a headache just *reading* that sentence!
<g>

Molly/StormBorn
Cousin, Ravenette, Seducer, Dark Trinity, FKPagan
Abnormally fond of dead guys
smolly4@q....... or stormborn@l.......
http://stormborn.tripod.com/

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Date:    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:22:53 -0400
From:    Don Fasig <phase3@g.......>
Subject: War: ADMIN: is there a website yet?

On 27 Jun 2001,  Sunny LaCountess wrote:
> I wanted to ask if there was a War XI website created yet, and if yes,
> whether it had the links to all other faction sites.

There are two:

        http://www.geocities.com/athens/7139/fkwar11factions.htm

and

        http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7139/war11participants.htm

The first has the list of participating factions with links to the faction pages
and contact information for the faction leaders.  The second has the list of
participants including contact information.

Both pages have the rules and premise and some other useful links.

Have fun!

Don    ---,-<@
phase3@g.......

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Date:    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:05:20 -0400
From:    Dianne Bugg <ladylc@s.......>
Subject: Looking for story

I've recently been looking for a story that I read some time ago and I would
appreciate some help.  The premise is that Nick and all the vamps are gone
leaving Nat in Toronto.  Nat winds up looking for Nick in the desert, only to
find that LaCroix has taken him there because he's nearly insane from Divia's
attack.  Nat does a complete blood transfusion to rid him of the poison in his
system.  She also exchanges Vachon's blood with the Inca's.  Anyone recognize
it?

Thanks in advance,
Dianne

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Date:    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:14:02 EDT
From:    Meliss9900@a.......
Subject: Re: Looking for story

In a message dated 6/28/01 8:05:33 AM Central Daylight Time,
ladylc@s....... writes:

<<  Nat winds up looking for Nick in the desert, only to find that LaCroix
has taken him there because he's nearly insane from Divia's attack.  Nat does
a complete blood transfusion to rid him of the poison in his system.  She
also exchanges Vachon's blood with the Inca's.  Anyone recognize it? >>


Yep. Its at the Mel's site. . titled "the Phoenix"  As I recall there are 2
stories there with that name. This one is it written by Nancy. . (sorry but I
can't remember her last name)
Melissa

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Date:    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 06:30:27 -0700
From:    Lisa McDavid <cecily1349@y.......>
Subject: Fwd: Query

> Cousin Cherri called me this evening, seems she got an anonymous gift this
> afternoon at her new house  (the package was addressed to her old CA
> address) with no return address or note.  As some of the more veteran
> listmembers may recall, Cherri had a cow problem, but liked lobsters
> more... So she asked me to post a question to the list, and see if anyone
> here mailed her the lobster??
>
> She is tickled pink and would appreciate having someone to thank.  Her addy
> is cdmunoz@e.......
>
> Thanks.
> Sherri
> sherric@e.......
>

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Date:    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:44:14 -0400
From:    Dianne Bugg <ladylc@s.......>
Subject: Re: Looking for story

Thank you very much.  That is the one.  By Nancy Bonilla.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Meliss9900@a....... [SMTP:Meliss9900@a.......]
Sent:   Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:14 AM
To:     FORKNI-L@l.......
Subject:        Re: Looking for story

In a message dated 6/28/01 8:05:33 AM Central Daylight Time,
ladylc@s....... writes:

<<  Nat winds up looking for Nick in the desert, only to find that LaCroix
has taken him there because he's nearly insane from Divia's attack.  Nat does
a complete blood transfusion to rid him of the poison in his system.  She
also exchanges Vachon's blood with the Inca's.  Anyone recognize it? >>


Yep. Its at the Mel's site. . titled "the Phoenix"  As I recall there are 2
stories there with that name. This one is it written by Nancy. . (sorry but I
can't remember her last name)
Melissa

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Date:    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:59:32 -0700
From:    fkforever <fkforever@y.......>
Subject: Re: Looking for story

<<ladylc@s....... writes:  Nat winds up looking for Nick in the
desert, only to find that LaCroix has taken him there because he's nearly
insane from Divia's attack.  >>

<<Yep. Its at the Mel's site. . titled "the Phoenix"  As I recall there
are 2 stories there with that name.  Melissa>>

The stories are by Nancy Bonilla...  1 The Phoenix...  2. THE CHANGELING
at  http://www.fkfanfic.com/fanfic/ab.htm



=====
Desiree

www.knighties.50megs.com
UFfer, UA, UT, NNpacker

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