From: sl859@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: LNH: How to join the LNH by someone who knows!
Date: 16 Dec 92 19:23:09 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

> 	How does one join the LNH? I don't remember that question being
> answered in the FAQ (either that, or finals have shot my mind).
> 	Thanks muchly
> 	Joe

I'll take this one guys!  (since the rest of you are locked in mortal combat
with P.R.O.C.R.A.S.T.I.N.A.T.I.O.N., The Professors, the FINAL conflict or 
some other menace as to which I must guess...)

Perhaps these comments can be added to the FAQ if they are deemed worthy.

Joe,
	To join the LNH one simply has to come up with one character that they
feel epidomizes their life, drab, simple, fun or what not, that usually entails
something to do with the net or with comics.  For example, If people accused 
me of having a drab and boring personality that was limp and not very exciting
I might become Limp-Asparagus Lad!  (Yes, the Lad with the powers and
personality of LIMP ASPARAGUS! )  Generally those funner and more unusual in
character type are the kind that make the best characters.  
	Many people think to join the LNH you must have something to do with 
comics.  This is not necessarily the case.  Many readers, at least on my
campus, who I have been trying to get join, don't read comics, and at times,
this can be a pain, because they don't get the jokes, but for the most part,
they have lots of fun as well.  The LNH is steeped in comics.  It was born in
the now defunct newsgroup rec.arts.comics and still is crosspost to
rec.arts.comics.misc (all messages in that group MUST have the prefix LNH: )
and therefore characters such as Lost Cause Boy, Kid Kirby and Marvel Zombie
Lad are some of the most popular characters in the LNH.
	Likewise, since the net is the home of the LNH, the net and net based
characters have become a mainstay!  Characters that are associated with
computer types in general are great fun.  Multi-Tasking Man, Lurking Girl,
NetLurker and Captain CoreDump are all names that come to mind that follow a
more netbased type of story.  If you are on a machine that spazzes occasionally
and locks the CAPS on you become CAPTAIN CAPITALIZE in an instant!
	Other characters that don't follow this mold also work.  The LNH is a
chance to become a whacky hero that perhaps seems stupid but is a part of you,
and that others will relate with.

	LNH CHARACTER CREED:

	 	"The secret to acceptance in LNH is getting your
	character used!!!"  

   If your characer is used, that means people like it.  If your character
isn't used it doesn't mean that you are a loser.  It just means that there 
are too many characters to choose from and your character didn't strike the
author in question as being the one to use in his story. 

	OTHER THINGS THAT KEEP A WRITER FROM USING YOUR CHARACTER:

	1)  If you refuse to let them use your character or tie he or she into
a really complex plot that no one dares mess up.  (Rebel Yell and Lurking Girl
are currently in Lurk of Faith, and are untouchable.  If you try to write them
into a story SCAV will bite your head off, then spit it out, stomp on it and
then shoot it with a bazooka!)
	2)  Make your character OMNIPOTENT!  Yes!  That's right!  We realize
that many want to play Munchkin roleplaying with their characters, but the LNH
is NOT a place for such shenanigans.  We are not a roleplaying forum there are
already too many of those on the net, and this just isn't the perfect place for
it.  There are too many seemingly-omnipotent beings in the LNH already and they
are a pain to write.
	3)  Get upset when something bad happens to your character.  If your
character gets trounced for a plot point, the best way to turn others to your
character is to make a big fuss about how it was incredibly out of character
and that there is now way their character could be put in this situation. 
Usually when someone kills or mangles your character, they intend a rematch
with your character and the same set up where your character wins! 
	4)  Do something tasteless!  The LNH has a simple moral base under
which few things are really tasteless, however we do have our limits.  Although
it is now only LNH legend mention is made to the Integrity Questors and the 
"Woody Scandal!"  One of the few times the LNH has come together to say,
"Whoa!!"  
	5)  There are plenty of ways to make people mad and make them not want
to have anything to do with them.  Usually the polite thing to do is to send
the character's person an email message about what the writer intends to do.  
	
	
	Well now that you know the DON'Ts let me focus on a couple of DOs and
then let you decide how you wish to be the part of it all.

	Firstly, Fill out an application and send it back to me...

Hero Name:
WC or NWC (Writer Character or non):
If WC what is your Email address or net.persona?:
Powers:

Background, Additional notes, and purpose:

Status:
Group Affiliation:
Enemies:


	In filling out this application, do not be affraid to ask what
something means.  A WC is a character that you are associated with.  It doesn't
necessarily mean you Write a lot for that character, it just means that you are
associated with it.
	
	Secondly,
	 	Write sometype of Introduction to your character to the LNH. 
If you have chosen to be a villain, write some plot that will help you to be 
introduced in that way.  Either way, you need to be introduced to the group so
that others can start writing your character into their stories, as well.

	Thirdly,
		Get involved and tell your friends and associates!  One thing
that is frequently done is to put a little sentence in your .sig saying that
you are soandso of the LNH!  That will spark others into getting involved.  If
you can convince them to use your character in the stories, then you have more
than one person writing your story!  

	Fourthly,
		Well likewise, any type of publicity to the LNH is greatly
apreciated.  We want this to be a fun place for people to come and enjoy
themselves.  To have a chance to vent their frustrations about school, comics
or the net!  That is why the LNH has elected a group called the Elders.  They
are those who try to get anyone interested in LNH stuff to stick it out and try
their hands at this form of communication!  So have fun with it!


	The LNH is exactly what it stands for:  the Long Necked Horses!  Errr!
No I mean :  Legion of Net.Heroes!  We stand for justice, freedom across the
net and the freedom to marketability!  In a word...  Fun!  So just jump in and
get involved, and we will be there to help catch you!  Try it and you will see!

						wReam...
					Ultimate Ninja of LNH!  

P.S.  I think I have in some way violated all the suggestions I make in the "Do
NOT do section!"  So I speak with experience in this subject!  It also is a
witness of the immense amount of forgiveness that these guys have in their
hearts!  If I can make it in the LNH anyone can!!  :)  So get involved!