January IC Movie Night

[westfallcorndog]

Friends and frenemies, it's January! That means the holidays have passed, most of us are getting settled back in, and it's going to be time for another movie night. For a date and time I'm thinking Sunday the 17th at 9:30 pm Eastern (6:30 Pacific, 7:30 Mountain, 8:30 Central.) If this time really doesn't work for you, please feel free to comment. I'll see what I can do, but it can be difficult to organize this many people across that many timezones. As an aside, this is the Sunday before MLK Day in the US, which means some of us might have that Monday off.

As for the movie choices, there's Blaze's old recommendation of Terminator, Verity's OOC suggestion of The Wizard of Oz and my follow-up with Wicked (a Wizard of Oz musical.) If you'd like something a little different, I could also stream Shaun of the Dead: Zombies, romance, British humor. If you have a suggestion of your own go ahead and pitch. If you're super passionate for or against any of these movies, let me know either in the thread or in a PM. I'd rather not show something someone has objections to. 

Check the comments for updates.

PS – We host this on Livestream, so if you'd like, go ahead and sign up with your character's name(s) or urls. If you want to attend as more than one character you'll just have to note it in your chat box posts, which shouldn't be an issue. When the day comes around I'll post a link to the stream here or in another OOC thread. If you know of any streaming programs that are better than Livestream I'd love to hear about them. 

Stuff and Happenings

[varnished_truths]

Things have been going on, people! So many things.

First: advertising.

• Got some ads up around DW, as was suggested; hopefully those work. (If you're here thanks to the ads, please let me know!)


• Working on advertising off DW. I'm looking at Hollow Art, directories, and Tumblr right now. Maybe Reddit. Suggestions?


• Any suggestions for gifs I can use for banners/buttons to advertise the comm? Or do we want to maintain our minimalist cool?


• When I have a selection made, I'll put up a post with buttons for forum signatures and things. Anyone who'd like to contribute some, please drop them in the comments.

Community Maintenance

• The profile for the main comm has been changed. I'll make it fancier later. The old one has been archived here.


• We still like the front page layout for the comms, right? Or should I look for new ones?


• Do we want a Valentine's event next month? If so, any ideas for it or volunteers to play Cupid?


• Would anyone be interested in optional contests? I could do, say, a monthly writing prompt, and whichever I like best gets a little badge or something.

Resources

• Would Nexus Locations be more useful with pictures, Wiki pages, menus? I for one love old menus and cookbooks, so it wouldn't be hard for me to get a collection of menus together to give people an idea of what might be on the menu at a medieval tavern vs a mid-century diner.


• Would anyone be interested in a group Pinterest board for sharing pictures/maps/what-have-you? It might be a good way to build up a communal mental image of what the Nexus and its inhabitants look like. I could start a couple different boards if people would prefer things are a little more organized.


• Are there other kinds of resources you'd like to see/find useful? Writing prompts, suggestions for where/how to find PBs, HTML tutorials?

Hello!

[caiwin]

 Hello I'm Caiwin! I'm new around here and have brought reedyserpents  along with me! It's been a super fun experience so far and I hope to bring along more muses into the mix at some point!

If people need to contact me you can find my plurk here or contact me via skype (caiwinator)! Direct messages work as well.

Writing Prompts: January

[varnished_truths]

David Mitchell, Black Swan Green
( Write it out! )

The most mysterious intro on Nexus!

[emboldsursicklyspirit]

Hihihi you might have seen me around before, both before my little sojourn with the forces of legality but I'm Geni. I do things with the Plain Doll who is from the Bloodbornes. She sneaks into your posts because she cannot into shenanigans of her own violation easily. Darn hard to play characters grumble grumble

Anywho, the Plain Doll is from Bloodborne, a Victorian Horror Action RPG that may or may not have some cosmic implications later in its story that may or may not also be applicable to the Doll. It is a mystery~

But yeah there'll be some info posts going up in the near future both about the setting, the doll and the wonders of what Blood can do for YOU!

If you need to contact me for any reason, direct messaging my journal is the best as I cannot into social media easily out in the boonies as I am. Hope ta have lotsa fun with you guys nwn