Posting:

When posting new story entries or Logs to the Sim group, please adhere to the following rules:

If the message is "in character" and intended to be part of the Sim, put the following in the Subject Line of the Email.

"Episode Name: title"
eg. Liberation Day: Deep Sleep

"Liberation Day" would be the name of the Episode, "Deep Sleep" would be the author's title for the post.

For messages to other crew members "out of character" to discuss possible storylines, or congratulate them on an exceptional posting to the sim, please start the subject line as follows:

NRPG: "Subject"
eg. NRPG: I'm Back!

"NRPG" indicates that it is "NOT ROLE PLAY GAME" and "I'm back" is the author's subject of the email. When an email is about the sim but not an in character post this should be used, whether in private, or on the listserver. This will make it easier to sort out the NRPG - (Non Role Playing Game) messages from those intended to be included in the Sim storyline.

Note that the episode name is always the same, throughout the entire mission. The CO will always announce the Episode Name in his first post. It should always be in all posts sent to the listserver, so that when we look back on the past posts, we can see to what episode a particular post is referring.

The last E-mail Sim "mechanic" is that each player is expected to make a minimum of one Sim entry per week. You may post more frequently than this, but I would like everyone to at least post this frequently. If you are unable to post to the game because of vacations, or final exams, etc. Just let the GM/CO know, (and the rest of the Sim group) with a NRPG message ahead of time. A gap in posting of more than 2 weeks, without prior notification can constitute dismissal from the sim.

There is no order, or "round-robin" rotation for each of the story posts to the Sim. You do not have to "wait your turn" to post into the game as is the case on some role playing games. Of course there are exceptions to this, which will be discussed below, but usually, you do not have to wait for all of the other players to post a new message before you post another one, just post whenever you have something to say!

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