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Plot Beta Volunteers

YOU! You have creativity, you have insight, you have a critical eye ~~Gomez, take that out of his mouth~~ and you want to share it! YOU, yes, YOU can be a plot beta.

Basically plot betas are folks who don't mind lending a hand to their fellow players when said fellow players are trying to put together a... what's the word... oh yeah, plot.

Plots can be big or weetiny, in need of mod approval or merely in need of some tweaking. If it needs some outside input, it can be betaed!

Things that a plot beta could do:

1) Point out possible problems, both OOC or IC
2) Suggest improvements
3) Suggest ways to include fandoms the plot runner might not be familiar with
4) Give me pie

The list is endless! And all this at NO COST TO YOU! I, of course, am willing to accept both tips and bribes. You can't. Not unless you give me a cut of it. Sorry, but that's the way of the world.

If you are interested in signing up to be a plot beta sign up in the handy-dandy OCD thread. Folks can then use the information there to contact you if they'd like some betaing help.

Note: plot betas have no l33t mod connection. Just because a plot beta thinks your story is made of awesome does not necessarily mean the mods will approve it. Likewise just b/c they hate it does not necessarily mean the mods will too. Using a plot beta is not a requirement of running a plot, it's just available if you should want one. See your doctor if you feel dizzy, or have sudden bursts of song. Offer void where prohibited.

[~~wait for OCD plz~~ OCD is up. Note: this is not the post for those who want to volunteer to help run plots. That post is here. This is beta help only.]

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If you want to lend your skills to being a plot beta, sign up here! Fill out as much as you can about the following:

1) Your plotting strengths
2) Your plotting weaknesses
3) Fandoms you are familiar with
4) The best way to contact you
5) Anything else a plot runner should know
6) What kind of pie you will be providing me. Cakes are also acceptable.

1) Long-term overarching, character-driven trauma. And short-term crack.
2) More than, say, five characters involved and you've kind of lost me.
3) I'm not familiar with anime, but it's been on the WB/CW/Fox/Sci-Fi/network television, I've probably seen it. I'm good with Jossverse, Sorkinland, VMars, Gilmore Girls, Farscape, Supernatural, BSG, Dark Angel, X-Files, Pirates, and Star Wars. I spend a *lot* of time watching movies, too, so ping me and I might know the reference, too.
4) Email is best: emopadawan@gmail
5) I enjoy pie, too.
6) Will Banana Rum Cream Pie be acceptable?

1. I think I've come up with some strong ideas for plots on my own and have contributed to other people's plots as well. I've also helped push through some big damn plots that were pulled off semi-successfully.
2. I tend to go back and forth regarding the amount of detail a plot needs in Fandom and what needs to occur.
3. Charmed, BTVS, Firefly, Marvel and DC comic continuity for the most part, Twin Peaks, Star Wars (Movies Only), Gilmore Girls.
4. E-mail. It's on my contact sheet.
5. A good plot isn't always about you. It's about the people who help you get to the conclusion. Don't forget to looks for ways that a particular character outside your fandom can help you reach your goals.
6. Carrot Cake. Pecan Pie.

Provided I am not eaten alive I would love to help out!

1. Brainstorming, generally knowing what works well for large groups.
2. At times kind of 'out there' with ideas
3. Nearly any anime fandom (if I don't know it, I've at least generally heard of it.), Star Wars, Mercedes Lackey books, BTVS, Harry Potter, Disney, Many many rpg video games and probably other things that I'm not thinking of.
4. Email: Apocolypse _ Iris @ yahoo . com or aim: Yondaime ninja
5. I'm always willing to help with things, probably just wanna make sure I'm doing okay. IE: Health gunk.
6. I will make you mini cheesecake! Which whatever filling you wish! Ask Kry, they're delicious~

1) Logical conclusions, thinking in steps, seeing possible future implications and character repercussions
2) Haven't really run many big plots
3) Oy. Um, Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Farscape, Harry Dresden, BSG, The Pretender, Profiler, Charmed, Angel, Buffy, Firefly/Serenity, The West Wing, Gilmore Girls, Supernatural, Dark Angel, X-Files, Alias, many movies and other tv shows I've forgotten; No Power Rangers, Final Fantasy, or Anime knowledge, and am weak on comics, but if you tell me what you're looking for, I might be able to help/suggest something/someone.
4) E-mail. charlotteb1973 (at) gmail (dot) com
5) I will eventually have to go back to work and won't be as available.
6) Key Lime (http://www.keylimeshop.com/html/key_lime_pie.html)

1) Your plotting strengths: Getting things from point a to point b, figuring out the why/how, spotting holes, and brain storming ideas.
2) Your plotting weaknesses: Anything to do with romance, seriously. Also, about 3/4 of the stuff I do come up with can get tossed fairly quickly due to being too cracky or too full of holes.
3) Alphabetically: Angel, Animorphs, Buffy, Charmed, Dead Like Me, Doctor Who, Emelan series, Firefly, Good Omens, Harry Potter, Heroes, Medium, Pretender, Taken, Torchwood, Tortall series, Star Wars (If it has magic or sci fi in, you can bet I've at least heard of it. No anime or comic knowledge, but I have seen tons of random movies with a tendency towards older ones or ones where "stuff goes boom")
4) AIM: VioletLightFaith is the fastest, e-mail: LanaKonte @ hotmail.com if I'm not on, but I only check that account ever two days. I'm trying to get better.
5) My availability is usually fairly high, unless it's midterm/final time.
6) Cheesecake. It's a pie, Alton Brown said so!

1) Organizing large groups, brainstorming repercussions, bringing the emo/crack
2) My plots are usually very small therefore no experience with running the really big ones
3) Wow, um: Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Jossverse, Supernatural, Dark Angel, more anime than I care to admit, Discworld, Dune, Star Trek, Star Wars (Movies, that weird cartoon, comics), variety of cartoons, anything written by Neil Gaiman, Xena/Hercules... I feel like such a dork now.
4) E-mail: bestshedevil@gmail.com or on AIM: bestshedevil
5) I'm a dork?
6) Will Chocolate Heart of Darkness Lava cake be acceptable?

1) Long-term stuff. Also, breaking-down plots into steps; noting where there are plot holes/stuff unaccounted for; trying to get more characters in.
2) Sometimes get overcomplicated, yeah.
3) *takes breath*
Alias, BSG, Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Farscape, VR.5, Forever Knight, Highlander, Pretender, Stargate SG-1 & SG-A, X-Men (movies, and some comic canon), X-Files, West Wing, Veronica Mars, Dresden Files, SPN, 24, Charmed, Pirates, Harry Potter. No Power Rangers, Final Fantasy, or Anime knowledge.
4) email! On the info page.
5) Availability is good, unless it's Finals time. I'll be jobhunting through the summer.
6) Chocolate pie! And strawberry pie. And possibly pumpkin, if you like that.

*mutters, facepalms and adds: *

Heroes, Doctor Who, Torchwood

1) Fiddly things -- little details, possible emotional/developmental character hooks. Picking up on potential for interesting character interactions, general brainstorming, and helping flesh out vague ideas into something a little more concrete.
2) Big and complex, multi-character, long-running stuff is a bit much for my easily distracted -- oo, shiny -- brain to hash out.
3) Battlestar Galactica, Jossverse, first-season Charmed, any Power Rangers series except Wild Force, Super Sentai from Dekaranger through Boukenger, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek (except DS9, OMG, don't kill me, and Enterprise), Dead Like Me, some Six Feet Under, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Heralds of Valdemar, Young Wizards, about the first half of the Tortall series and the Trickster books, liiiiiiiiiiittle bit of Marvel Comics, Xena/Hercules, Strangers in Paradise, the Chrestomanci books, Forgotten Realms (*is embarrassed*), Heroes, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Bend It Like Beckham, RENT, Chronicles of Narnia . . . I'm sure I'm missing a ton. I am a fannish butterfly. Will add more later when I notice they're missing.

Sci-fi/fantasy in general, really, both books and TV, and some movies.
4) Email's probably the best way: rpg . shanie @ gmail . com. Also pingable on AIM at FutureBucsStar, or GTalk at the above address; I'm usually on all day at work from both.
5) My weekday availability is all over the charts; I could have more time on my hands than I know what to do with, or I could be completely unavailable during the day. Weeknights and weekends, I'm more or less good almost all the time. I will very likely be relocating out of state in early to mid-May, though, so may be very limited on availability around that time.
6) Cupcakes. With sprinkles. SHOCKING, I KNOW.

1) Motivations/rationalisations for actions, finding solutions to linkage problems, brainstorming long-term character repercussions, breaking down plot ideas into step-by-step outlines.
2) Never really run one before, I suck at coming up with original ideas, and I am not good with the crack.
3) Doctor Who, Torchwood, Valdemar, leetle bit of Marvelverse (mainly older X-men), some DC Vertigo (Sandman, Preacher, Books of Magic, Dreaming, most Sandman off-shoots), Bone, Discworld, anything by Neil Gaiman, Jossverse, Sorkinverse, Dresden files (book and TV), Honor Harrington, Miles Vorkosigan, Anita Blake (shut up!), most BBC comedies, Life on Mars, Star Trek (DS9 & Voyager), Tamora Pierce, Tanya Huff, Windling's Borderlands series, Jasper Fforde's books, DeLint's Newford, Tom Holt's books, Simon R Green (Blue Moonverse and Nightside) but I read SF&F voraciously and watch a *lot* of TV, so even if I'm not hugely conversant with it, I've probably at least read/seen it. I know not of Anime, Power Rangers, Star Wars, other Treks or comics, and I'm just learning Stargate and Farscape.
4) time(dot)agent(at)gmail.com
5) Aussie time zone and I have serious OCD issues, as in 'Yay let's plan EVERYTHING', but I can be reigned in.
6) You're getting Pavlova (http://www.joyofbaking.com/Pavlova.html), which is sort of like pie, only awesomer!

[shh, it was always here]

1) I'm good with short term things, especially when they're meant to be fun or cracky.
2) I'm not good at running and organizing things, especially when they get big or really dark.
3) The otaku in me reads tons of manga and watches a lot of anime, especially shoujo series, but not seinen ones. I'm familiar with a lot of books & literature, Disney stuff, musicals, BDs, cartoon shows, and most of the popular movies represented IG. I don't watch a lot of TV, and I've never been all that interested in American comics, so those are fandoms I'd need to learn more about.
4) Through my game email or IM. Both are listed on my profile page.
5) I'm not usually around during the daytime EST, although I can and do stay up until crazy o'clock at night.
6) Both a traditional apple pie, and a delicious lemon meringue, with optional ice cream or whipped cream on the side.

1) Your plotting strengths: Long term character arcs, Large plots with a lot of characters, figuring out how to include more people, major angst/emo/drama
2) Your plotting weaknesses: I can sometimes overplan things.
3) Fandoms you are familiar with: Charmed, Buffy/Angel, Firefly, X-Men (movies), Gilmore Girls, House, Veronica Mars, Psych, Heroes, Supernatural, 24, Stargate SG1, Smallville, various Broadway shows, various book/movie fandoms.
4) The best way to contact you: Email - roleplayingjen(at)gmail(dot)com or AIM - veronicamarsFH
5) Anything else a plot runner should know: I'm usually around via email to chat, but I go to bed around 10p EST.
6) What kind of pie you will be providing me. Cakes are also acceptable.: What kind of pie do you want? :)

1) Your plotting strengths -- I used to run plots for live action roleplaying games, and I've got 10+ years of experience with brain-squishing, angsty, long-arcing plots. Making PCs cry was my speciality. Emo? Drama? Yeah, I got that.

2) Your plotting weaknesses -- I sometimes get trapped into wanting to make the PCs work for the solution too much (I love puzzles and want to make people solve them).

3) Fandoms you are familiar with -- Charmed, Nip/Tuck, Profiler, Buffy, Angel, BSG (old and new), Heroes, Supernatural, Veronica Mars, Forever Knight, Xena, V, Star Wars, Star Trek (TOS mostly, TNG some), Firefly, Farscape, PotC, Dr Who (including old school), some comics knowledge (DC Vertigo, Legion of Superheroes, Teen Titans, X-Men), and too many books and movies to list. No anime.

4) The best way to contact you -- kajivar (at) kajivar (dot) com.

5) Anything else a plot runner should know -- A half dozen pixie stix washed down with Mountain Dew is the breakfast of champions when running at LARP.

6) What kind of pie you will be providing me. Cakes are also acceptable. -- Chocolate creme!

A half dozen pixie stix washed down with Mountain Dew is the breakfast of champions when running at LARP.

...Yes, yes it is. And anyone who says otherwise is on the bad type of crack.

I went for three days/nights with like 2 hours of sleep and very little food. The Pixie Stix/Dew combo kept me aliiiiiiiiiive.

Until I got stuck in the snake costume.

1) Long-term, short term, crack or drama. Especially if it's character-driven.
2) I have a limit to what my brain can handle in plot size. Namely in that if it's a lot of activity with a lot of people involved. over a period of more than a month, I'm probably not your girl.
3) Farscape (of course), Star Wars, Buffy, Firefly, Supernatural, Veronica Mars, enough of Gilmore Girls to get by, Hopeless Savages, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, The Tick, X-Men, enough of the Marvel verse to have a clue what you're talking about, Runaways, Heroes, Discworld, Stargate SG1, and even if I don't know the fandom, I'm good at catching stuff and pointing things out from a newbie perspective.
4) E-mail works best (can_be_more@livejournal.com), or I can be reached by IM (chickwithemo)
5) Have a goal in mind and we'll get along fine. =)
6) Lemon merangue.

Hi, I hit enter early!

1) Cracky stuff, huge amounts of angst and emo, ways to encourage teamwork, ways to simplify plots for ease of gaming

2) Soooo bad at fight scenes.

3) Buffy, Angel, Heroes, Veronica Mars, The Office (US & UK), House, Deadwood, The Riches, Big Love, Rescue Me, Blackadder, West Wing, Queer as Folk (US), Sandman, Discworld, Anne Rice books (God help me), Jeeves & Wooster, Firefly - things of that nature. Things I'm not good at would be anime, scifi shows, and comic books. (General familiarity with that last one, but by no means an expert.)

4) Email at thebratq at gmail dot com

5) My coherence and availability are intermittent things, and are often parts of a Venn diagram that has very little overlap. So if you need someone to spend a lot of time helping you out with your plot I may or may not be able to do it. Feel free to ask, but I might need to say no. OTOH a quick "Does this make sense? Do you have any suggestions?" is nearly always going to be okay.

6) None. Instead I shall feed myself Ben & Jerry's which is sitting right next to me. Karamel Sutra, mmmmmmm.

Have questions about being a plot beta? Using a plot beta? Why plot beta starts to look weird when you type it over and over? It goes here.

Why does plot beta start to look weird when you type it over and over?

Because it implants signals in your mind. Little known fact that "plot beta" is one of the few sentient phrases in the English language.

OOOOOOO, see, now, I didn't know that.

*tugs at your sleeve*

What does the plot beta want me to do?

Give me cake.

Also GO TO BED!

*gives you iPod cake (http://www.ilounge.com/images/uploads/ipod-cake-2.jpg)*

AND NOW I SLEEP.

YAY CAKE!

*goes sleeps with you*

Hey hey hey! I finally put Angel and BtVS in my Netflix queue! Do I get pie?

Yay! Roomie love! *gives pie and hugs*

Wait- you mean I'm not the last person on the planet to watch them?!?!

Nope! We can form a club!

*giggles*

I finally got through Buffy S7 last month. I still have 2 seasons of Angel to work through though. But I started sometime last spring.

Did I forget something? Highly likely. If so, it goes here.

*gives you pie*

Because I will not be responsible for the end of the world by not putting a bottom on the post.

So um...how many fandoms do you want us to list? Becuase my list just keeps growing and growing and growing...

Good question! *gives cookie*

Basically the idea behind the fandom list is twofold: it lets plot runners know who's familiar with their fandom, and it lets them know who's familiar with fandoms they don't know.

So if I needed somebody who was familiar with, say, Heroes, I could look for someone who listed that. OTOH if I was hoping to include input from fandoms I'm not familiar with, I'd look for people who listed those.

So basically any fandom you'd feel comfortable contributing info on for a beta.

I'd say limit it to those who are in Fandom already but lord knows who's around the corner. ;)

Maybe say those who are in fandom already and those who are likely to come in? Like ... I doubt we'd be getting anyone from Law and Order, for example. (If we are, that's awesome, but still, kinda unlikely)

Hey, we had Briscoe and Logan for a while! WHICH WAS AWESOME!

Hell yeah! *would love it so much if they returned, yo*

Nekkid Monday fwee~~

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