Game post formatting;
When posting in the game thread I prefer the posts to be in third-person (e.g. the man walked in, she laughed, etc) past tense. There are good arguments for both first-person (I knew the place, it struck me, etc) and for present tense (especially since if you were playing a tabletop RPG you would often declare your character's actions in present tense), but I like to think of how the forum will look for posterity's sake. Imagine digital archaeologists discovering our game four hundred years from now and being dazzled by the wit, the imagination and the sheer chutzpa of your posts; third-person past tense reads better for them. :-)
Formatting is as follows;
"Spoken dialogue has double quotes at the beginning and end, and is in bold,"
Your character's thoughts are in italics.
Both dialogue and thoughts should start on a new line.
OOC:
If you need to add something which is not in character, such as clarification of what spell you are using or what kind of action you are taking it goes in an OOC tag. These should be kept to a minimum to avoid breaking up the flow of the story in the game thread. If you have anything which will take more than a line or so, or which needs a response, post it in the OOC thread.
Each of these formats can be chosen by highlighting the appropriate bit of text and pressing the button in the ribbon above the text box. Feel free to practise in the OOC thread if you want.
