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Boomtown Mods!

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Cast List ~ Application ~ FAQ
Reserve a PB or Ability ~ Celebrity Status ~ Why They're Famous
Friends Adder ~ World Info ~ Wanted/Requested PB's and Characters
Contact List [FO] ~ IC Contact Info [FO] ~ Personal Ads [FO]

PREMISE

boom·town: \ˈbüm-ˌtau̇n\ - Origin 1896

1. noun: a town enjoying a business and population boom.
2. slang: the proverbial location for sexual intercourse.
3. proper noun: the place to find your favorite heroes.

Three men walk out of a bar. Into a cavalcade of photographers, reporters, and fans waiting with autograph pads, screaming and reaching for a piece of their clothing. The bartender is already giving a full report of exactly what they drank, who had one too many, and exactly what ladies got placed on the attention list. This is just like any other Hollywood scene, except for one important difference: these celebs don't get hustled into a limo to escape, and this isn't LA. This is Boomtown, and the limo is one 'up, up, and away' from the open night sky. Granted, flying while tipsy isn't advised, but it's better than beating the paparazzi in the face with a camera. Some things you just can't blame on super villain brainwashing.

Yes, Boomtown. Where the spandex-clad (or not so very) go to hang their hats. From the outside, it might look like any other bustling metropolitan area. But the districts of Boomtown are laden with heroes, whether they know it yet or not. Each school, hospital, movie theater and county fair is destined to push out more suspiciously heroic activity than the annual Fireman's Kitten-Rescue Relay. Of course, where the heroes gather, so follow the press. The people so well known for saving the collective tushie of the world are hot and marketable, and often quite photogenic. While some heroes manage to slip past unnoticed, there are always the media hounds who keep the city hopping.

Where go the heroes, of course, go the villains. There can be no rest for the wicked, after all, and they need a place to keep their spare dental extraction equipment, too. (At rent controlled prices, if possible.) To help keep the balance, Boomtown scientists have created hubs, so that they can travel to and from any major city to address these evildoers at a moment's notice. It's also really handy if they've forgotten that pesky anniversary present. No one's memory is perfect! (Except for The Amazing Elephant, but that's another story.)

Come, learn how the better half live. No one can truly resist the urge to know what color underwear their favorite saviors sport underneath that skin-tight spandex, after all. The newshounds are here for a reason - they know a great story when they see one. But don't let them fool you, it takes more than the super-famous to keep a city running. Everyone has to pay their bills, take out their garbage, and get their groceries, no matter how many world leaders they've rescued from intergalactic kidnappers. Every cog in the massive machine that is Boomtown has its place, from the working stiffs to the elegant A-listers. The stories are generally a whole lot more interesting than what the paparazzi is reporting, too. A camera lens, however sneaky, can only see so much. And when you're dealing with heroes and villains, there's always more than what meets the eye.

R U L E S

[01.] If you don't want to apply right away and you want to reserve a pb or super power, please go here and reply to the post. You will have a week to apply before your hold is released. Apply here. If you are applying for a second character, you must wait one week after your first joins the game, and so forth for each additional character.
[02.] This is a very laid back community in terms of how powerful your character's ability may be, how much trouble villains create for the heroes and game play in general. This means that when we read the apps we're looking for maturity; if you are accepted and suddenly your character runs off to save the entire world by himself or destroy it the same.. well. Depending on how absolutely insane your post is, you may either be reprimanded or asked to leave.
[03.] When you become a member of the community, don't be shy! Please interact with others, that's what will keep this game going. Make threads, comment on threads, and contact each other on AIM.
[04.] Be nice or at least tolerant of each other. Easy as that.
[05.] Out of character drama. This is not appreciated in Boom Town; we like to keep the place as drama-free as possible. If you have grievances you would like to bring up, please contact a mod, and we'll see what we can do for you, so that both sides of an argument will come to some sort of a diplomatic agreement.
[06.] NC-17 rated logs and threads are allowed in the game! However, each entry that is NC-17 (or has comments with that rating) must be marked as such.
***Note: This game IS slash-friendly, and (of course) the NC-17 rule applies to that, as well.
[07.] AIM logs/scenes are allowed but they must be under an lj-cut.
[08.] Power-playing will not be tolerated. You must have the co-writer's consent to do anything to their character and if we find out you're a constant problem with powerplay then you may be asked to leave the game.
[09.] Plot stuff! If you want your baddie to do something horrible and scary to a major (or not so major) metropolitan area, just let the mods know beforehand.
[10.] You must be eighteen years of age or older to join this game.
[11.] You are allowed to take specific abilities from comic book characters, but please don't make an exact replica of a canon character.
[12.] Please be sure to post for each character at least once every two weeks. AIM logs, open threads, and journal posts all count. Additionally, we do require that you post for a character within the first week after being accepted.
[13.] There is a character cap of 8 characters per player. If you drop a character, you must wait one week to app a new one. The next time you drop a character, this increases to a two week wait, and the next time, a three week wait, so on and so forth. If you feel the need to take a hiatus, it cannot be longer than a month, and you must notify the moderators via AIM in addition to any other OOC notifications.
[14.] Sorry guys, if your character is under the age of eighteen then no NC-17 threads for you. If we find out you're doing this, you will be asked to leave. This is for the safety of the game in relation to all the crap that happened on another journal site last year.
[15.] For the same reasons, all threads rated R or NC-17 must be FRIENDS LOCKED.
[16.] Have fun!

C O M M U N I T I E S

boom_town : The in character community. All threads and AIM scenes go here.

boom_talk : The communication board. All phonecalls, emails, aim conversations, etc. go here.

boom_ooc : The out of character community. Self-explanatory, wouldn't you say? ;D

A F F I L I A T E S

coded_comm: You never really escape.

If you would like to affiliate with

boom_town, please contact us through the mod e-mail at boom[dot]mods[at]gmail[dot]com.

M O D C O N T A C T

Please contact us through the mod e-mail at boom[dot]mods[at]gmail[dot]com.

D I S C L A I M E R

We are not the celebrities used in the graphics for this community. These people are original characters, though some of them are taking their superhuman abilities from comics that are copyrighted to Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Wildstorm and so on. There are also references to several copyrighted works but we don't own those either. We just like them so much we wanted to find a way to add them into the game.

We also don't own any of the pictures used to make the graphics on this game; they're copyrighted to their respective owners.

The point of the disclaimer is: we're just doing this for fun, no profit, we're not stealing anyone else's stuff so please no lawyers and for the love of Pete, don't close us down!

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Friends:

	54:	aceswild, alwaysupforit, blackout_, blindmansbluff, carefulsir, carestoomuch, cyflym, detroitjack, dora_mcallister, dr_natural, echoecho, eldridkeats, geneticmedley, givesgoodtongue, happydaz, helping_hands, idhavetokillyou, iwantyouto, killitwithfire, kissmekillme, manandhisdyna, miraclegrow, myhairhatesyou, noise_rock, notaballad, notabird, notabloke, ohdearlord, ordinaryboy, ordinarylady, phantasms, phase_, privateyes, protectorofmen, psychonaut, reversepolarity, ringaround, risk_taker, rocket_boy, russianroulette, shetalkstowalls, shufflincrew, staticcling, sugarandice, technorock, the_polygraph, theforecast, thesonicscream, totalrecall, ultrasam, undeveloped, unknownvariable, willothewisp, zoomzoom
	5:	baby_boom, boom_box, boom_ooc, boom_talk, boom_town

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54: _ether, aceswild, alwaysupforit, astralvisions, blackout_, blindmansbluff, careabit, carefulsir, cyflym, detroitjack, dottydotdot, dr_natural, echoecho, geneticmedley, ghostwriting, givesgoodtongue, happydaz, helping_hands, hisworsehalf, hypnellis, iwantyouto, jackc, killitwithfire, kissmekillme, likeahurricane, lucky_man, manandhisdyna, miraclegrow, noise_rock, notaballad, notabloke, ordinaryboy, ordinarylady, phase_, privateyes, protectorofmen, ringaround, risk_taker, rocket_boy, russianroulette, shetalkstowalls, shufflincrew, staticcling, sugarandice, technorock, the_polygraph, theartful, theforecast, thesonicscream, thespecter, tintedhourglass, totalrecall, ultra_girl, zoomzoom

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