[b]Premise:[/b]
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[*]An airliner traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle goes down somewhere in Western Oregon.
[*]There are 150 survivors (passengers and crew).
[*]There are absolutely no signs of human habitation within sight of the crash site, as if human kind has never been here.
[*]Ultimately, it will be discovered that the plane has traveled back in time to ~10,000 B.C.E. 
[*]The survivors must learn to live and work together if they want to survive, let alone thrive.
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[b]Story versus roleplay:[/b]
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[*]This is more storytelling than roleplaying, and the RP will move quickly.
[*]Ultimately, the RP calendar will match the real world calendar.
[*]This means that you need to say all you want to say for a particular roleplay time period in very few replies.
[*]You are telling the story of your character(s) as opposed to roleplaying them interactively.
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[b]Characters and the interactions between them:[/b]
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[*]Writers are encouraged to write more than 1 character.
[*]Characters don't have to be "super" types: SEALs, ninjas, supermodels, spies.
[*]They can be regular ol' simple, boring, ugly, lazy, criminal types.
[*]If you use an image, use a photograph (not animation) that does not include any copyright information.
[*]Writers do not necessarily have interact with other writers:
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[*]Do you want to write but not roleplay per se?
[*]Write loner characters or multiple characters in the same reply.
[*]Or, if you want something in between, the Host will team up with you.
[*]The important part is to involve your character in the larger story somehow.
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[b]Replies: length, frequency, proofreading, and more:[/b]
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[*]There is no minimum reply length. 
[*]Just move your character's storyline forward.
[*]At the same time, [b][i]do not post more than 3 replies a day[/i][/b] (unless given permission by the Host).
[*]Do not write a novel either. 
[*]Readers have a tendency of skipping Bible-length replies.
[*]Put characters names at the top of replies to make finding them later easier.
[*]Proofread! No one reads or roleplays with a lazy writer (or, at the least, I don't.)
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[b]Time management of the roleplay:[/b]
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[*]I will give 1-2 weeks for writers to establish their characters (Day 1).
[*]After that, I will advance the story as seems appropriate.
[*]My goal is to move the story at real life pace:
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[*]Each role play day will equal 2-3 real world days.
[*]At least once a month, we will perform a Time Jump to keep the roleplay calendar near the real world one.
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[b]Writers who do not post consistently:[/b]
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[*]This role play is not designed for a writer who only posts 1 or 2 times a week.
[*]However, if your character is not vital to other interactive situations, you can get away with a low number of replies.
[*]If you don't post for a specific roleplay day, it will be assumed that your character simply didn't do anything of note.
[*]If your character's actions are vital and you do not post, the Host will likely post for your character.
[*]And if this becomes an issue, the Host will either take over your character permanently or feed it to a saber tooth tiger.
[*]If you don't like this, the solution is to post a reply. ;)
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[b]How to join and play:[/b]
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[*]Writers will use the Character Profile Sheet I will soon post.
[*]"Flawed" characters are invited, even encouraged.
[*]Please be reasonable regarding the length of your replies and the number of them. 
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[b]Updates to this introduction:[/b]
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[*]I'm sure I will add more to this introduction in the future.
[*]When I do, I will add [color=red]NEW[/color] to the front of it for a few days.
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