29 December 2009 @ 10:08 am
Yes, it's that time of year again! It's time to claim your office for your incoming or returning teacher! So, take a look at the document of vacant offices here and the layout of the floor here.

If you're a new teacher, ping into the appropriate OCD thread with the office you'd like! If you're a returning teacher and would like to change your office, ping into the appropriate thread and let me know!

If someone has commented with the number you want before you got to it and you really want it, talk to them about it then let us know what the two of you decide.

Requests for room additions to incorporate hot tubs, mini-theatres with Dolby surroundsound, or indoor golf courses will, however, be fed to the giant squid in the duck pond.
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27 December 2009 @ 01:30 pm
Okay, we haven't done this one since February and I'm bored (so, so, so, so bored) so Tracy said I should do a meme.

Tag your character into a comment. Other characters reply with how they feel about your character. It can be good feelings, bad feelings, or both - anything you want to get off your chest but it must be the truth and it must be IC. The honesty must be on a character to character basis not as a player to character as with our anon love memes. Note that the characters don't need to know each other (people can prejudge others by what they hear!) and it can also be characters that aren't on the island.

For the purpose of this meme, characters may have total knowledge of IG events, but, as with any meme, it has no IG consequences.

If you tag your character into the meme, try to comment to other characters with your honest impressions of them and keep checking back during the day (if you can, of course) to see if new people have tagged in!
 
 
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25 December 2009 @ 09:23 pm
You might not have noticed the general squeeish feelings coming from the Flist, but it's nearing the start of a new semester and, as such, time to sign up for 2010 Spring Semester classes! These sign-ups are for both returning and new students!

Please read the following before you start singing up:

Teacher and Student Class Expectations! The all important guideline for what is expected of the players in Fandom High. Please give it a once-over even if you've seen it in some form or other before - we'll wait right here while you click!

Japanese characters, please sign up in the Western style - given name then family name - to make our alphabetical OCDing easier.

The important and interesting part:

1) Students must sign up for at least 2 classes and may sign up for as many as 4. Additionally, no player may sign up for more than 8 classes in total (so if you have 4 students, they can have 2 classes each. 3 or 2 students, any combination of up to 8 overall, with no more than 4 per character).

2) For any classes that exceed their maximum numbers:

a. If you have two characters signed up for one class, one will be ousted (so make a note of which you'd prefer get in should this happen, if you have a preference).

b. Student characters played by the teacher of the class will also get ousted.

c. Students who have already taken the same class from the same teacher will also be eliminated, so please note in your ping if you're attempting to repeat the course.

d. If the class still has too many, it will be RNG'd; if you have been RNG'd out, we will let you know as soon as possible, so you can choose a second alternative.


3) If you're a TA for a class, you need to sign up for that class, and it will count towards your maximum of 4/minimum of 2, but the TA is not counted when determining if the class is full (full class = 20+TA). Also, your student character cannot be the TA for your teacher character. That's just silly.

4) If it's OOC for your character to take the workshop but you really want to take it anyway, just sign them up and we'll pretend it was an IG paperwork mishap.

5) If you sign up, you need to show up. Class attendance is how we keep track of your character's activity. If you repeatedly fail to at least sign in to classes, we'll have to contact you about it, and you could be asked to leave the game.

6) Class descriptions are subject to change at the teacher's discretion. Teacher's sex is subject to change according to Fandom weirdness. These are just facts of life.

7) Sign-ups are not first-come, first-serve, to be fair to people in all time-zones, fake or real. Excess numbers in classes will be whittled down with the handy-dandy Random Number Generator (RNG).

And now we get to the Awesome part!
Your Spring 2010 Class Schedule

Class sign-ups close at MIDNIGHT EST on January 3, 2009 (that's 9:00PM on January 2nd for PST people and 5:00AM on January 3rd for GMT/UTC). No late sign-ups are allowed without extenuating circumstances or proper arrangements (so sign up early in case something comes up). If you don't sign up on time, you'll have to wait for the next semester to play, and that's a long wait.

General FYI: It's totally fine to make changes to your class choices so long as you do it before the deadline. I use the final pings in each thread to make the class lists, not the email notifs.

Questions or difficulties, please email us - administration(@)fandomhigh.net - or drop a question in the Questions thread down below. All questions about things not related to class will, however, incur a cookie, pie, or nudity fee for answering.

Like last time, post recopied and edited from the lovely [info]thatsamilkshake. Sparkles courtesy of that wench I stole them from, and again people, I'm a teacher, you're lucky this wasn't xeroxed and sent home to your parents for a signature.

YOU WILL WAIT FOR THE OCD OR THERE WILL BE NO NEKKID ICONS FOR YOU! GO FOR IT!
 
 
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24 December 2009 @ 10:28 am
It's Christmas Eve and with most of us having days off, it seems like a good day to show off some icons! So, it's an icon meme! Everyone can do this (even the new characters) because there can never be too many pretty icons in a post!

Coding is included in the box below so just fill in the URL's with the appropriate icon and let's ogle the pretty!

 
 
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23 December 2009 @ 12:41 pm
Had enough of partying? Not even possible! This New Year's Eve, all of Fandom (alumni, expats, townies, teachers, & students) is invited to ring in the New Year in style - at the Muse Hotel in New York City!

Join us in the [info]fh_trips community for three days of New York City, Fandom-style.

Itinerary
Dec. 30 - Check into the hotel and explore on your own
Dec. 31 - Daytime explorations continue
Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve Blowout Party
Jan. 01 - Brunch at the hotel followed by check out

Note: Rather than RNGing roommates, please feel free to find you own IC partner, find a completely random partner for lulls, or handwave a single room at your discretion.

As with other trips, we request that any NWS threads take place in personal journals. Characters are also free to use personal journals for explorations as preferred, though there will be space for explorations in the [info]fh_trips posts.

For the sake of our NPC Muse Staffers, we would appreciate those interested ping in below so we can provide a basic head-count. There is no deadline to decide, as there are no assigned rooms, simply show and enjoy your stay!
 
 
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23 December 2009 @ 12:12 pm
Just letting you guys know that Big/Little Sibling and Teaching Buddy e-mails have all gone out. If you signed up to be a sibling/buddy and didn't get an e-mail that means you have fallen victim to the eeevil RNG and didn't get a person to torture this time around.

And if I screwed up somehow, feel free to shoot me an e-mail at fh.geek@gmail.com
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23 December 2009 @ 01:20 am
Hi hi!

I have exactly 30 minutes left on my computer's battery, so this has to be quick and dirty.

Post your secret santa's gifties here! And then give one another mucho love for doing so!

Thank you all for participating in this again. I would say more but I want to get this posted before I have to borrow my boyfriend's computer.
 
 
22 December 2009 @ 11:54 pm
If you are NEW to the Friending List GO HERE FIRST and follow the lovely directions as developed by [info]krycek_rat!

If you have already used the friending list, here are the updates to remove inactive ljs from you friends list and add our newbies!

Copy each list into the Admin Console and press the "Execute" button. Please note there are characters moving from one filter to another in this update and defriending/friending should be done in the order presented to facilitate the changes.

If there is a name on either list that should or should not be there, please let us know!

De-Friending List )

Friending List )

Naked icons? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Please let us know if there is anyone who should or should not be on this list!
 
 
22 December 2009 @ 07:26 pm
Because we know you all have been waiting for this - NEW CHARACTERS!! Let's make them all feel right at home, Fandom-style.

SOPHOMORES
Bruce Wayne | Batman: The Animated Series
Claudia Donovan | Warehouse 13
Dan Humphrey | Gossip Girl
Emmett Honeycutt | Queer As Folk
Fa Mulan | Mulan
Jacob Black | Twilight
Makita | The Red Star
Menolly | Dragonriders of Pern
Noah Puckerman | Glee
Nobody Owens | The Graveyard Book
Warren Worthington III | X-Men: The Last Stand

JUNIORS
Charles Gunn | Angel
Dru Anderson | Strange Angels
Kurt Wagner | X-Men: Evolution
Leia Organa | Star Wars
Proto | The Red Star
Roy Harper | Green Arrow

SENIORS
Marco Conrad | Animorphs

TEACHERS
Paige Matthews | Charmed
Cinderella | Fables

LIBRARIAN
Henry DeTamble | The Time Traveler's Wife
 
 
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22 December 2009 @ 06:36 am
And your last stellar Fandom Advent Events are...

Tuesday: Aggressive fruitcake. Fruitcakes are appearing across the island, and they want you to eat them. Now. Now. The lengths they will go to to get you to do so... are at your discretion.
Wednesday: Tiny gifts show up in unexpected places, like lighters and keyrings.
Thursday/Friday: For the last days of advent, Christmas gave to you: all food tastes like candy canes, snow keeps falling everywhere, and large, ridable reindeer with christmas lights in their antlers wander onto the island, looking mildly discombobulated. We're looking at you, FarmVille. Have fun!
 
 
21 December 2009 @ 12:25 pm
As I'm sure all of you know, applications for the spring semester have now closed! We thank everyone that submitted and look forward to an exciting next semester.

Now, I'm on vacay, it's Monday, so let's see your naked icons. SHOW THEM TO ME, GAME I LOVE.
 
 
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19 December 2009 @ 08:24 pm
It's that time of year again! The snow is falling, school is out and what could make this better?

A fire drill you say? Well then, you're in luck!

In the wee hours of Sunday Night/Monday Morning, the dorms' fire alarm will go off and an evacuation out into the tinsel snow will spell a very happy holiday for all, we're sure.

Questions, comments, naked icons/cookies?
 
 
19 December 2009 @ 09:39 am
Good morning!

This is just your friendly reminder of a few important deadlines that are fast approaching! So, wake up, stop playing in the snow, and turn your eyes this way. Everyone looking? Okay!

  • Applications will be closing on Sunday, December 20 at 12:00 AM PST. So, if you've got a last minute application in the works, be sure to finish it up and get it in quick!
  • Class proposals for current teachers are also due on Sunday, December 20 at 12:00 AM PST. If you're a current teacher and haven't submitted a class for next semester, please remember to do before the deadline or email us to let us know your plans for your teacher!
  • If you're looking for a change of locale, currently live in a single and want a roommate or something else, please check out the roommate post and see if any of those situations apply to you! Deadline for signing up for a residential switch is Sunday, December 20 at 12:00 AM PST!
  • Today is Mistletoe Day in our advent week! There should be lotsa kissing today!


I think that's all we have for you today. In other news, it's not snowing here but it is raining ice which is almost as fun. I went and bought essentials earlier (Diet Coke, cat food, Raisinets, and a calzone). I am totes healthy, right? Right.
 
 
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17 December 2009 @ 09:23 am
Come on, everyone loves this one and we haven't done it since July so I think we're all due for some pre-holiday truth telling. It's only right!

How it works: Your character has just ingested a large quantity of veritaserum, or "truth potion." Any questions asked of them they have to answer truthfully, whether they want to or not! There's absolutely no way around it.


Tag in your character, and others will ask them ANY AND ALL questions. It's fun for the whole family! Please remember to keep checking back throughout the day for more people pinging in and if you do ping in, please try and ask at least one question to someone else to keep the meme going!

Keep me entertained at work today. I DEMAND IT.
 
 
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16 December 2009 @ 08:15 am
Good morning!

This is just your friendly reminder that applications will be closing on December 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM PST. That's not much time left so get those apps in while you still can! Submit, submit, submit.

In other news, I'm still awesome, my timezone is still the only REAL timezone, and Diet Coke is the superior soft drink. It's also cold here, my coat is warm and I don't want to work.

ETA: And that never said 2008. If you think it did, YOU ARE WRONG.

Son of an ETA: Teachers! Please remember to submit your class proposals for next semester as soon as you can! Those are also due by December 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM PST!
 
 
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15 December 2009 @ 06:48 am
And we're back for another dose of holiday glory! This week, you can be expecting...

Tuesday: FELIZ NAVIDAD. And you thought Carol of the Bells was bad; now this piece of holiday flavour will be following you around.
Wednesday: Snow paints you! It will snow in different Christmassy colours, and wherever it touches the skin, it dyes you that shade.
Thursday: Lamps everywhere are replaced with Christmas lights. Festive.
Friday: Invasion of weetiny snowangels! They get in everywhere, and leave tracks of snow behind.
Saturday: Every room that has more than one person in it will suffer spontaneous appearances of mistletoe. Oh noes!
Sunday: All gather! The Fandom Flamingoes put on a weetiny icedancing show on the suddenly-frozen pond!
Monday: What's that coming down from the sky? Tinsel! Mod your showers of glittery goods.
 
 
12 December 2009 @ 08:20 pm
Who would like to join Robin in caroling tomorrow or Tuesday?
 
 
11 December 2009 @ 12:20 pm
Well with the SOWness and love spellness I figure now would be a good time to do this meme. You know the one. The battle for sluttiest slut to have ever graced Fandom. We haven't done it since June. So much sex has happened since then, ya whores.

Basically you write down who your character has gotten it on with during their time in Fandom. Like so:

Lois Lane

Kissed: Chuck Bass, Hannibal King, Prince Edward, Priestly, Adora, Rikku, Mat Cauthon
Slept With: Chuck Bass, Hannibal King, Katchoo

It's like kiss and tell in list form.

Possessed/AU/Fandom-weirdness totally counts!
 
 
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Current Music: Lady Gaga - Teeth
 
 
10 December 2009 @ 07:31 pm
Big Sibling Program

New students need old volunteers to help them get settled in, right? Right. We need IC student volunteers to pair up with incoming students and help them adjust to Fandom's little quirks. (And by "little quirks" we clearly mean "giant and terrifying ideas like the island moving around all summer omg and so forth.") The idea behind this pairing is for the new student to have at least one person they can go to if they're not settling in too well and to ask questions. OOCly-speaking, the big sibling's player should be available to help out the little sibling's player. Sometimes minimal help is needed as the little sibling will be a current player (or someone who takes to the game like I do to a totes cute new internet phrase omg whatevs) but if the player is new, you will act as their liaison and mentor while they get settled into the game. You need to be available to answer their questions, guide them in the right direction while they get used to the game and hold their hand so they're not overwhelmed. Not literally. Unless you have really long arms.

If you think you're up to the job and you think your student character will be helpful to their student character, use the OCD threads below to sign up. If we have more volunteers than new people, we'll pick as many as we need out of the volunteers using our handy RNG.

Buddy System

Hush, we like the name. This is the teacher version of the big sibling program. The idea is that you currently play a teacher or administrator, and your character is willing to show a new teacher/faculty member the ropes of living and teaching in Fandom. ICly your character will be there to answer any questions and take the poor teacher drinking after their first week (knowing these classes, they'll probably need it just due to culture shock.) OOCly, if the player is new (or new to teaching) then you'll be on hand to answer any and all questions, help them out and guide them while they get used to the game.

What we need from you

Please volunteer if you fit the following:

- Your character won't be antagonistic about helping out someone (ICly, your character can be signed up against their will, or something, if you would really like to do this. But, please don't sign up if they're not going to be helpful to a new student or teacher.)

- You have the time to field questions from a newbie, and will be around consistently for the first few weeks of the summer semester. For the record, newbies arrive Saturday, January 2nd.

- You're genuinely willing to help. This game is big. It can be intimidating at first. Having someone who's a friendly face in the crowd helps new players out a heck of a lot, but being assigned to someone who disappears or isn't willing to help takes a lot of the fun out of starting up.

If you have any questions, please contact the admins via administration@fandomhigh.net

Please sign up in the appropriate thread of this post by midnight PST Friday, December 18th if you're interested!

[Wait for OCD or I'll send car accident wolves after you OCD up!]
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08 December 2009 @ 09:45 am
It's tiiiiiime once again for our sort of regularly schedule state of the characters post! I think most of you know what this means but, in case you don't: basically, what this post is for is to give the game at large an update or a summary of what's going on with each of your characters. Here's our last one!

Come on, we all love to talk about our characters so here's your chance! Talk them up, talk about their development, things that are going on, reactions to the latest strangeness, things that you're hoping for in the future, holiday plans, next semester plans, plots that are upcoming, difficulties they're having, anything and everything!

For example: Umbridge: Sometimes, it's hard for me to play her because she's so intensive and tiring. But, she's having fun hexing students and pissing off teachers. I'm enjoying her games of give and take with Anakin and Wade, particularly. I'd love to see her thread more with Roy. She'll be leaving soon but not before a big explosive ending.


It doesn't have to be exactly like that but that's basically the gist. Feel free to reply to each other if you have thread or even plot ideas. So, go forth and share!
 
 
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