Community Profile

Applications for McAnally's Pub will be open the 1st through the 15th of each month beginning
1 September 2006.

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DO NOT CLICK ON 'JOIN COMMUNITY' IF YOU HAVE NOT READ ALL OF THE USERINFO!

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Application Process | Additional Application Rules

Quick Links | Side Comms and Other Useful Links | Moderators

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Because it's the best way to describe the place, we'll use Harry Dresden's own words from Chapter 5 of Storm Front (all copyright goes to Jim Butcher, he wrote it and created it, not us):

McAnally's is a pub a few blocks from my office. I go there when I'm feeling stressed, or when I have a few extra bucks to spend on a nice dinner. A lot of us fringe types do. Mac, the pub owner, is used to wizards and all the problems that come along with us. There aren't any video games at McAnally's. There are no televisions or expensive computer trivia games. There isn't even a jukebox. Mac keeps a player piano instead. It's less likely to go haywire around us.

I say pub in all the best senses of the word. When you walk in, you take several steps down into a room with a deadly combination of low clearance and ceiling fans. If you're tall, like me, you walk carefully in McAnally's. There are thirteen windows, set up high in the wall in order to be above ground level, let some light from the street into the place. Thirteen mirrors on the walls cast back reflections of the patrons in dim detail, and give the illusion of more space. Thirteen wooden columns, carved with likenesses from folktales and legends of teh Old World, make it difficult to walk around the place without weaving a circuitous route - they also quite intentionally break up the flow of random energies, dispelling to one degree or another the auras that gather around broody, grumpy wizards and keeping them from manifesting in unintentional and colorful ways. The colors are all muted, earth browns and sea greens. The first time I entered McAnally's, I felt like a wolf returning to an old, favorite den. Mac makes his own beer, ale really, and it's the best stuff in the city. His food is cooked on a wood-burning stove. And you can damn well walk your own self over to the bar to pick up your order when it's ready, according to Mac. It's my sort of place.

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Quick Links

Who we are / What we do
Cast List
Reserved Characters
Rules for play at McAnally's - Read these first.

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Application Process:

1. Check the Cast List to be sure the character you wish to apply for is not already taken.

2. Create a new journal / dig up an old one for the character you wish to play. Be sure to fill out all of the appropriate information on the user info page or your application will be denied.

3. Your characters MUST be from a specific canon. No OCs!

4. You must list his/her/its canon and link to a website / page about it - preferably one that cites your specific character - on the character's LJ info page. If this is not possible, contact the mods for alternatives.

** Appropriate choices for website references are:
a. Official website for the canon (preferred)
b. Author's official website
c. Well-maintained / updated fan page (2 if one is your own)
d. Wikipedia article - well-maintained and routinely updated
e. Amazon.com or B&N.com links (for use only if no other sites exist)

** This rule is in place for the benefit of other players. Remember, not everyone will know your character's canon.

5. If you choose a web-based canon (ie: "Something Positive"), please attempt to obtain permission from the writer/creator of the canon prior to submitting your character application. Once permission is obtained, please include the formal 'okay' as an entry in the character's LJ and link to it from the character's info page. This is a CYA step and is in ADDITION to the general disclaimer that must also be displayed on the userinfo page.

6. Fill out the application HERE and also post the character bio to mcanallys_ooc and include the following information:

Application Information

** If you do not complete the full application, it will be denied. **

-- your mundane LJ name:
-- your email address:
-- any AIM/Y!H/ICQ/instant message client name & specific IM client:
-- your character's LJ name:
-- your character's name and any appropriate titles (i.e. Harry Dresden - Wizard):
-- your character's canon:
-- describe the magical community / beliefs of the canon (even if this means stating that the canon has none):
-- does your particular character have any ties to magic?
-- if so, describe them:

-- a 200-300 word description of your character's personality, including the character's reaction to being confronted with supernatural creatures (vampires, wizards, werewolves, faeries, etc.).
-- a list of the Dresden books you have read / listend to:

(The above listed items are all that is required in the OOC.)

7. In the e-mail, include a writing sample or link to one – preferably from a fanfiction work or previous RP.

8. In the e-mail, include an age-statement that indicates that you are of legal age in your country of residence to view/write material with a mature audience rating (ie: R or NC-17 as rated by the MPAA).

9. Make sure your journal and any character journals contain a birthdate. You will not be able to view any posts in the community if you are younger than 14 years old and some posts if you are younger than 18.

10. Add a disclaimer to your user info. Please use the following as a template:

     [Character name], from [Character's Canon] is the property of [Creator of Canon]. He/she appears here solely for the purpose of role-playing in mcanallys_pub, from which no profit, whatsoever, is being made.

11. Come back to the community, logged in as your character, and click the ‘join community’ link.

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Additional Application Rules:

1. You may apply for NO MORE than 3 (three) characters from the same canon.

2. You may apply for UP TO 5 (five) characters in total.

a.You may apply for an additional 3 (three) characters - a total of 8 (eight) - under the stipulation that you play all of your existing 5 characters regularly.
b. 'Regular play' is defined as characters posting into the main community 3 (three) or more times per week.
c.You must supply evidence of regular play to the mods when applying for characters beyond the initial 5; the mods will not seek out this information when you apply. If it is not included, your application will be denied.

3. If you currently hold 5 (five) characters and wish to apply for a new character and do not meet the criteria for holding more than 5 characters, you MUST give up a character before applying for a new character.

4. Do NOT create new e-mail addresses in order to circumvent the character limit rules; if you do, you will be stripped of all of your existing characters and removed from the game.

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Side-communities and other useful links:

mcanallys_ooc - the OOC community
thenevernever - The Nevernever community – for plot only
Dresden-verse locations
A Primer on the Dresden-verse (WIP)
Map of Chicago-land by MapQuest
Map of Chicago-land by Google
Chicago Subway and Elevated Train System
Stuff to do from Chicago Traveler

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Your friendly neighborhood Moderators:

Highlander II (highlander_ii) – who tries to keep tabs on Harry Dresden (wizard_dresden) and Bob the Skull (bob_the_skull)
Danii (daniidebrabant) – who tries to keep tabs on Thomas Raith (always_thirsty) and Ebenezer McCoy (_blackstaff_)

Any questions, feel free to email the mods at: mcanallys.mods (at) gmail (dot) com

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