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Premise and rules.

Chatham Island is a fictional Island found in Puget Sound in Washington State. Known for its small town feel and summer tourism, Chatham is a rarity in this day and age. The town boasts a local population of over 1,000 residents, and hosts almost 4,000 tourists in the summer--all who come to enjoy the beautiful resorts on the island, the stunning ocean tours, and the history and culture of the beautiful Northwest. The residents are a mix of Chatham natives who have lived and worked on or around the island their entire lives, and those who want the big city job but don't mind a commute for discounted rents and the safe, small town life. Because the island is only a 30 minute ferry ride to cities like Seattle, the best of both worlds is available for the residents of Chatham island--so long as they don't mind the draw backs of a small town. For all its charm, sometimes the residents of Chatham seem to know a little too much about one another. There's rumors, gossip, and scandal--some of it true, some just created out of boredom. After all, what town would be complete without a little drama amongst neighbors? Here at chathammod you will play a resident of Chatham Island. Your character is welcome to work at one of the local businesses, or commute into the city, so all professions are welcome. The characters in the game communicate through an inter-island network that the city set up to help promote a sense of community amongst the towns people. Only townies can access the network. This is a game for adults, and adult situations and plots are welcome and encouraged. Drama doesn't need to be present all the time, but it is certainly welcome, as are the occasional dark storyline. Throughout the game there will be mod introduced plots to help provide opportunities for interaction, but on the whole this is a character/player driven game where we strive for a fun and interesting writing environment. Organic character interaction is encouraged, and we strongly believe that the players make the game. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to comment in the drop box. Otherwise, you can find the rules below, and you're welcome to place a hold. Welcome to Chatham Island. We look forward to playing with you.

basics. The golden rules of RP apply: no god-modding, do not cross the ooc/ic line, ask before introducing any major plot, no mary/gary-sueing and be respectful of your fellow players. If you can't follow these rules you may be removed from the game. activity. We ask that you introduce your character within 5 days of acceptance, and start at least one thread or journal entry every three weeks. Threads must be 3+ comments per person to be counted toward activity. If this requirement has not been met, you will receive a nudge at the beginning of week three and you will be removed once you hit 4 weeks of inactivity. If we notice people just doing the minimum to stay in game they will be contacted accordingly. This is a place to play, interact and have fun, and we ask that if you've lost a muse, please just let us know. We understand, and it happens. Holding a PB is not fair to those who would like to actively use them. what goes where. chathamisland is for threads, logs, and introductions. Lyrics, graphics, IC e-mails and all other random posts can go in your character's journal and will be counted toward activity. For SL requests and OOC chat please use chathamooc character limits. There is no character limit at the moment, but we ask that you play no more than 4 females at any given time. Also, please know your limits. If we notice activity is becoming an issue, we reserve the right to deny any incoming characters until all current characters are active without needing nudges. Also, please feel free to pick up and drop characters. So many times, we find muses and then lose them when they're actually put into play. We want a dynamic, active group here at ~chathamisland, so we encourage you to try out new characters. If they're not working, we understand, simply comment in the drop box and they will be removed accordingly. Although there is no character limit, we do currently have a character age limit. Currently we are only accepting characters 14+, and any character under that age will be NPCed by their parent/guardian's player. pbs. The following are not allowed as PBs here at ~chathamisland: Suicide girls, MySpace celebrities, and all non-celebrities. filtering. This group values writing and character development above all else. We encourage you to develop SLs organically and to interact with as many characters as possible. As such, one line responses will not be allowed in threads, and while characters are welcome to filter posts IC, we ask you to make all character interactions available to the group OOC. This means posting logs of any threads done on AIM, by e-mail or in GoogleDocs, and not filtering posts ooc.