Confused Potential Needs Help

[Eri]

Hi. I'm brand new and have no clue what's going on. Um...I haven't actually watched every single Buffy episode and I haven't seen a single Angel episode (my friends won't let me see what they deem as bad & since I have to borrow their DVDs...). Needless to say I really need help to know what is going on around here.

[Just Willow]

Raaaaah! *leaps on Watcher opening*

hey Eri! i'm Just Willow (JW). i'd love to be your Watcher! PM me with any questions, and if you haven't watched all the shows, run from spoilers!

[Eri]

Yay!!! I've got a Watcher!!!!

[Just Willow]

so what's been confusing you?

[Eri]

how this site works. I'm not used the whole "not-an-RP-forum" thing so I'm not really sure what's going on

[Just Willow]

okay, well, this is a discussion forum. each board is a place of discussion. the name of the board will tell you what sort of topic people discuss there.

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is the name of the board that discusses Buffy (duh)

"The Bronze" is the board where people go to hang out, tell each other aobut their real lives, interact, etc., just like the Bronze in the show.

We do have an RP board, but instead of having a seperate board for every location, you just create the thread with the plotline of your RP and just RP everything having to do with that particular RP in that thread. you don't need ot create a new one for other locations, etc.

it's all in the names and descriptions of the boards! Our SlayChallenges board is the one where most of the activity here goes on. We have tons of contests and games that happen there, like these:

Bannerama- members make a banner according to the theme laid out by Wyndam. They submit it to Wyndam via PM, so no one knows who made what banner, and once the sumbission deadline comes, they are put up for voting, and everyone in teh forum can vote for their favorite and then the winner, well, wins.

Coverama- exactly the same as Bannerama, but instead of a banner, it's a book cover/comic cover/movie poster/whatever else Wyndam puts for the design and theme.

Layoutarama- Same as the other two -aramas but you design the huge banenr at the top of Slayalive. the winner's layout gets to stay up there for a week.

SlayAlive Scribes- set up the same as the others, except it's a fanfiction writing contest.

SlayAlive Challenges- these are a bit more complicated. They change every time, but everyone who signs up is always given a status (Scoobie, Vampire, and Wolf are the ones we're doing now. the last was Witches/Warlocks, Seers and Villiagers). And then there are day and night rounds, where people of your status can do stuff. if you are a vampire, you would kill the scobies, things like that.

Last Icon Maker Standing (LIMS) is our newest contest by Xaphania. each round Xaphania provides screencaps (this may change though, in future rounds) and you make an icon/avatar out of one of those screencaps. You submit it to Xaph (again, via PM so no one knows which is yours) and then they are all put up for voting. the people with the fewest number of votes are eliminated, and then the next round begins!

So those are basically the things that are always going on. The rest is discussion, hanging out, and playing forum games in the Slayer Stadium board!

any other questions?