Name and About Me: Hello! My name is Monica, and I'm a 25 year old Library Science/Information Policy grad student. This accounts for both my interest in fetching references from posts (librarian!) and my fits-and-spurts type involvement with the game (procrastinating grad student!).
How I Got Here:pegkerr, basically. I followed nocturne_alley and loved nraged, so when Peg said that a new game and fan community were opening in similar style I hopped on board. I started following NA part way through, so I'm delighted to be in on the ground floor with Alternity.
The Game: I really haven't the foggiest how to engineer greater publicity for the game, since it always seems to be Internet serendipity that brings these things to my attention. I have a relatively small flist and many of the people on it are RL folks in addition to the population of fannish friends (although there's some delightful overlap). I think the best thing we can do as fen is to be active and enthusiastic in our discussions, which includes being as welcoming as possible - commenting back to newcomers, et cetera. Maybe doing these introduction posts periodically? I'm assuming that this game will run for years (I hope so!) so a chance to meet new fellow fen once a year might be a good opportunity for helping new followers feel more connected.
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Date: 2008-11-15 07:57 pm (UTC)How I Got Here:
The Game: I really haven't the foggiest how to engineer greater publicity for the game, since it always seems to be Internet serendipity that brings these things to my attention. I have a relatively small flist and many of the people on it are RL folks in addition to the population of fannish friends (although there's some delightful overlap). I think the best thing we can do as fen is to be active and enthusiastic in our discussions, which includes being as welcoming as possible - commenting back to newcomers, et cetera. Maybe doing these introduction posts periodically? I'm assuming that this game will run for years (I hope so!) so a chance to meet new fellow fen once a year might be a good opportunity for helping new followers feel more connected.