Hi!

Hey, guys, I'm tranland. I'm an avid writer hoping to get some advanced RP experience over the summer. Nice to meet you all!

Welcome to FoG, tranland! You're definitely in the right place to get some advanced RP experience - we've got a great little community here of dedicated writers like yourself. I'm one of the global moderators, so if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the other staff members. My partner in crime will probably be along shortly with a lovely color-coded message pointing you to the rest of the staff

Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself? What kind of role-play genres do you prefer? Any hobbies? Favorite books/music/tv shows?

Hi, there! Welcome to FoG. As Silvan said, you're in the right place if more advanced role-playing is what you're looking for. :] Hope you enjoy your stay here!

SilvanArrow wrote:My partner in crime will probably be along shortly with a lovely color-coded message pointing you to the rest of the staff

That would be me! *makes grand entrance to the equivalent of whatever your imagination can dish out*

Welcome to FoG, tranland! Silvan and I are the global moderators here. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact the eerie-blue, bloody-vanilla, skinned-peach, or ectoplasm-green people (<--- that's a link; don't let the colors fool you).

Have a nice day! And if you hear of anything regarding candy conspiracies, please contact my private investigator firm immediately.

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I like RPs with elements of scifi, fantasy, supernatural, etc. Altered reality, nothing crazy, just different enough to be interesting. However, as far as style and plot goes, the more unique the better. And I like my plots character-driven. Not stirred.

Faulkner and Camus are cool because I like to pretend to be sophisticated. I'm tackling David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest this summer for the same reason. I hope to be crazy good like them someday. I like reciting and analyzing poetry (contemporary is my fave), but not writing it - I'm more of a prose kind of girl.

Anyhoo, there's a little literary snippet of my life. I'm excited to work and play with you guys!

I do have one problem: I'm trying to get a profile picture and siggy up, but my profile won't take any of the photobucket links. Help! Thanks.

In order to display a picture in your main profile or your signature block, you will need to use BBCode. That tags [img][/img] should be wrapped around the URL address of the image. Photobucket URLs should definitely work, but you might be copying the wrong code needed. Photobucket offers four different codes; and one of them is already built with the [img] tags needed for forum boards. Click on that code to instantly copy it to your clipboad and then paste it were you need it.

The profile pic field in your main profile will support BBC tags; and so will your signature. To display an avatar, simply upload the image you want, or copy the link to the image from another URL. The "Upload from off-site" field will transfer the image to FoG's hosting for a little more reliability; or, if the external host is faster, you can leave the image hosted over there by using the other field.

Any questions?

Welcome to FoG, Tranland!

I'm sure you'll find some RPs to suit your tastes when you browse the forums. If not, don't hesitate to start your own and watch as the members stumble all over themselves to join up.

Thanks! I got it to work, as you can see.