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New Congrats Game (taking 11 sign-ups)
This is the sign-up round of my new congrats game. There will be a maximum of 11 sign-ups, not including my own (after that you can only sign-up as "in case someone drops out"). I'm planning on having a more interactive congrats than usual, so there will be some questions I need you to answer every round.Rules for the sign-ups:
  • Use the name banks provided
  • No spelling changes, but nicknames are fine
  • You can combine your couples any way you want, you can have same sex couple, your can start out with a single person, you can have unmarried couples, you can change everything later in the game if you like
  • Write a bit (at least a couple of sentences) about how your couple met or about the circumstances your single person is in, and about what they do for a living
  • Enjoy!Sign-up form:
    Username:
    LN:
    DH/DW/SO/name: (age, occupation)
    DH/DW/SO: (age, occupation)
    Question for next round:
  • Pick a number between 1 and 4, and one between 5-8
  • Pick 1 name for each gender, for each of these 4 categories:
    - Nature:
    - Japanese:
    - 3+ syllables:
    - not listed on this site (user-submitted names are okay):And please don't forget the writing!Name banks for this round
    LNs:
    Guinness, Kerry, Tierney, Wilkinson, Rasmussen, Sorensen, Daniels, Romanov, Novak, Mori, Kato, Roux, Tremblay, Raines, Townsend, Jackson, Wisdom, Rafferty, WestFemale:
    Aurelia, Avalon, Bellona, Bree, Caron, Ceres, Delilah, Doris, Eira, Elsa, Fallon, Georgia, Hero, Indira, Iris, Jasmine, Josephine, Kerensa, Leocadia, Lilias, Maxine, Mica, Nova, Odessa, Quinn, Philippa, Phoebe, Shelby, Suzume, Tamsin, Tova, Usha, Vera, Victoire, Winter, Xanthe, Yarona, ZenobiaMale:
    Aramis, Bas, Carson, Connor, Duncan, Ezra, Faris, Gabriel, Horacio, Inigo, Jesse, Kester, Koen, Leonas, Lincoln, Mannix, Mordecai, Ninian, Nunzio, Octavian, Oberon, Paxton, Porfirio, Roman, Ruslan, Solomon, Solon, Thiago, Troy, Urban, Victor, Willoughby, Xerxes, Yannick, Zacharie

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    In case someone drops outSign-up form:
    Username: Wintertale
    LN: Tierney
    Name: Josephine Bellona (23, English teacher)3 and 7 - Nature: Lily and Storm
    - Japanese: Aimi and Jiro
    - 3+ syllables: Helena and Benjamin
    - not listed on this site: Florencia and Benicio Jo works at a local school teaching English to first and second grade students. She really loves her job and wants to have several children, but she can't seem to find the right man. She lives in a small flat with her best friend Leah, who is a photographer. On the weekends she goes to her parent's house to have lunch with them and her younger sister, who just got married and is expecting twins.

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    In case someone drops outs...Username: Sarah Kate
    LN: Tierney
    SO: Avalon Nova (19, student)Avalon is a freshman in college. She was engaged to her long-time boyfriend, Nicholas Daniels "Nick". Nick was a 21 years old. The couple had dated for three years. Their parents were close friends and they just seemed to be a match made in heaven. Nick's family was a military man. His two older brother, Josh and Ryan are in the military as well. Josh is in the air force, Ryan in the army. Naturally, Nick was in the navy. Four months ago Nick was lost at sea. They discovered his body, two days after he went missing. Avalon went into a deep depression. She is trying to move on, but think that she wants to remain alone.Questions
    -3
    -7
    -Nature: River and Rosemary
    -Japanese: Haru and Aina
    -3 syllables: Joshua and Alexandria
    -Not on site: Morrison(b) and Salem(g)
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    Username: AmandaJane
    LN: Tierney
    DH: Carson Gabriel (25, Dentist)
    DW: Iris Josephine (23, kindergarten teacher)Carson and Iris met three years ago when she moved to Charleston, South Carolina, his hometown. While they didn't his it off [romantically] immediately, their friendship slowly grew into love. The two were married on October 5, 2007. # Pick a number between 1 and 4, and one between 5-8
    --1,5
    # Pick 1 name for each gender, for each of these 4 categories:
    - Nature: River & Lily
    - Japanese: Shin & Ren
    - 3+ syllables: Alexander and Juliana
    - not listed on this site (user-submitted names are okay): Jax and Olivianna

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    Taking only one more sign-up
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    Sign-up form:
    Username: Diamante04
    LN: Townsend
    DH: Connor Roman (23, broadcast journalist)
    DW: Jasmine Aurelia (21, actress)
    Question for next round: Pick a number between 1 and 4, and one between 5-8 4, 8Pick 1 name for each gender, for each of these 4 categories:
    - Nature: Jasmine / River
    - Japanese: Emi / Kaede
    - 3+ syllables: Olivia / Benjamin
    - not listed on this site (user-submitted names are okay): Lacie / BrightonConnor and Jasmine met while attending college. He was a 20-year-old broadcasting major, and she an 18-year-old theatre major. But, since theatre was a general education requirement, Connor had enrolled in the course, and they hit it off from day 1. The two dated for two years and were engaged for another before marrying in May. They have decided to live in Los Angeles, where Connor is working as a reporter at a local news station, and Jasmine as an actress on well-known daytime soap.

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    Knocking Rebecca off the computer so I can sign up . . . .Username: Sekhmet
    LN: Wisdom, Raines
    SO: Mordecai Lincoln Raines "Cai" [21, college junior - secondary education (English)]
    SO: Connor Aramis Wisdom "Connor" [19, college freshman - English](I'll edit in the writing in a moment, I need to fix lunch!)Numbers: 1, 7
    Nature Names: Shannon (a river in Ireland) and Saffron
    Japanese Names: Masaru and Sayuri
    3+ Syllables: Osiris and Amaterasu
    Unlisted Names: Abraxas and Achtan
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    How odd...I posted this around 12:35, and I was signed in. Now it says I wasn't and only just posted? -is confused-Anyway, the writing: Mordecai Raines was raised in the outskirts of Pittsburg. He attended a prestigious all-boys high school, where he was the head of the English Club, and overall lived the life of a model upper-middleclass American boy. He attended Pitt his freshman year of college, but then decided he wanted to go to a lesser-known school and transferred to a small college in central Pennsylvania. He's working toward a dual major in secondary education and English while working registers in a coffee shop near his apartment. Cai isn't an all-around perfect son, however. He has a penchant for inviting women (and men) he meets in college over to his apartment late at night, and spends most of his Friday nights getting drunk at parties. He tries to be discrete, but it often doesn't work out too well for him.Connor Wisdom was raised in a small town in central Pennsylvania. He took an interest in writing in high school, and chose to make English his major in college. He lives in the same apartment building as Mordecai Raines, and he quickly began to notice the other young man's habits. Never having been interested in men, he was alarmed to realize he was quickly developing a crush on Mordecai. This crush was magnified when one night after a party, he found himself too drunk to get himself home. Cai offered to take him to his apartment, and Connor agreed for reasons he still cannot recall. One thing lead to another, and Connor found himself completely swept off his feet by the charming upperclassman. The two often meet at diners under the pretense of studying and are quite amused by their secretive rendezvous.
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    Username: Anthony
    LN: West
    DH: Gabriel Connor (22, Local Sheriffs Recruit)
    DW: Shelby Quinn nee Rafferty(20, Adminstrative Trainee with Law Firm)Gabe and Shelby are High School sweethearts. Gabriel was best friends with Shelby's brother Jesse since he was five. As time went on Gabe started to take notices of Jesse's "annoying little sister" and by the time he was 17 and she 15 they offically started seeing one another. After Shelby finished high school the couple eloped to Vegas for a quickie wedding and haven't looked back.Gabe took a job in the local sheriff's department recently after a 4 year hitch in the US Army, where he was a clerk. Shelby got her job thru her families connections as her father Jesse Snr. is a well-connected member of the local Republican party.# Pick a number between 1 and 4, 3 and one between 5-8 8
    # Pick 1 name for each gender, for each of these 4 categories:
    - Nature: Fox
    - Japanese: Yuki
    - 3+ syllables: Vittore
    - not listed on this site (user-submitted names are okay): Hildersley
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    Username: Array
    LN: Tremblay-Raines
    DW: Phoebe Josephine (24, florist)
    DW: Victoire Zenobia Leocadia Bree (23, fifth grade math teacher)Phoebe and Victoire were married on August 5, 2008, after two years of going out with each other. It was a beautiful, if bittersweet, day for them; while it meant that their relationship had taken an exciting new step, Phoebe's family did not attend the celebrations. The Raines could not accept that Phoebe was marrying a woman.Phoebe grew up on a cattle ranch in Colorado, the third oldest of a family of eleven children. (Her family, in order, is: Michael Abraham, 30; Abigail Sarah, 26; Phoebe Josephine, 24; Hannah Madeline, 22; Jacob Andrew, 19; Nathaniel James and Esther Rachel, 17; Leah Juliet, 15; Christopher Moses, 13; Rebekah Naomi, 11; and Zipporah Ruth, 8.) She and her siblings are immediately recognizable as being related--they all have straight brown hair and bright brown eyes. While Phoebe loves her family, when she revealed to her mother and father that she thought girls were pretty, she found herself told that it was a sin to think so.

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    Sign-up form:
    Username: Atheistia
    LN: Rafferty
    name: Aurelia Ceres (25, student)Question for next round:
    3,6
    # Pick 1 name for each gender, for each of these 4 categories:
    - Nature: River, Dahlia
    - Japanese: Akira, Aiko
    - 3+ syllables: Dorian, Katrina
    - not listed on this site (user-submitted names are okay): Wagner, AtheleisiaAurelia is a 25-year-old university student. Her long-time boyfriend left her couple months ago, and Aurelia became very depressed. A month ago she attempted suicide, and is currently hospitalized. She is slowly getting better, and hopes that she can continue her studies soon.
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    Sign-up form:
    Username: Becca
    LN: Kerry
    SO: Paxton Troy (18, college freshman)
    SO: Fallon Hero (16, high school junior)Paxton and Fallon met in hih school. Fallon was a freshman and got lost on her way to class and paxton found her and helped her get to her class. She thought he was realy cute and they ended up dating later that year.3, 7Nature: River, Willow
    Japanese: Gorou, Hanako
    Long: Maximilian, Aurelia
    Unlisted: Morolt, Aedon

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    Username: Nikki
    LN: Jackson
    DH: Gabriel Solon Jackson (28, designer)
    DW: Eira Victoire Jackson (22, interior decorater)Numbers: 3 and 7
    Nature: River (boy) / Skye (girl)
    Japanese: Masaru / Midori
    3+ syllables: Alexandrios / Evangelina
    Not on BtN: Tirian / MirielGabriel and Eira met in Italy. Gabriel had some work to do in Italy and Eira lived there. They had very fun together and soon realized that their occupations were connected too. Gabriel were a designer, and Eira a interior decorater. However, Gabriel had to go home after two weeks. But he couldn't let go of Eira, even if they talked over the phone every other day. One day he asked Eira to come and live with him for a week and she said yes. After that week both of them knew that they wanted to be together for the rest of their lives, but neihter of them wanted to move. Gabriel persuaded Eira to move. However they will probably move to Italy and live there for a couple of years.

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    Could you write something about the couple please?There will be some writing about how the family is doing every round.And do you want Eira's Ln to be included in the coming rounds? If you want it to be included then please pick a name from the name bank, if you want to drop it then DiLeon is fine.
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    Just updatedI' probably just stupid, but I didn't really catch that last part about Eira's surname. Could I keep DiLeon as her maiden name (her surname will be Jackson) or did you wanted me to change DiLeon?
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    If you want to her to have maiden name throughout the whole game it has to come from the namebank. If you only use the name for this round, then it's okay that it's not from the name bank.So if you want this next round, it has to come from the name bank:
    LN: Jackson
    DH: Gabriel Solon Jackson (28, designer)
    DW: Eira Victoire Jackson-DiLeon (or DiLeon-Jackson or Jackson (DiLeon) if you prefer)(22, interior decorater)But if you want this next round, it's okay that it's not from the name bank:
    Username: Nikki
    LN: Jackson
    DH: Gabriel Solon Jackson (28, designer)
    DW: Eira Victoire Jackson (22, interior decorater)
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    Ok, I'll just go with Jackson then. I've changed my post.
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    Username: X Mar
    LN: Tremblay
    name: Carson Mordecai "Cars" (22, bartender)Carson is a 22 year old bartender. He's lived on his own for about 2 years now. His original plan was to go to college, but after highschool his mother couldn't afford it, and neither could he (his father has been out of the picture for a long time). He's trying to save up for college, but he's having a hard time with it. He spends most of what he earns, because he's not so good with money. He's decided to take on double shifts now and see how that'll work out for him.
    Question for next round: Numbers: 2 and 8
    - Nature: Ocean and Luna
    - Japanese: Kenji and Noa
    - 3+ syllables: Cadogan and Serafina
    - not listed on this site: Jace and Robine
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    Username: swimmer
    LN: Roux
    DH/DW/SO/name: Roman Solomon, 31, Cardiac Surgeon
    DH/DW/SO: Delilah Georgia, 27, High School Teacher 3 & 7
    - Nature: Lily and River
    - Japanese: Sakura and Hiro
    - 3+ syllables: Isabella and Alexander
    - not listed on this site (user-submitted names are okay): Karinne and Pyer
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    Could you write something about the couple please?There will be some writing every round about how the family is doing.Also: could you pick if you want them to be SO/SO or DH/DW, thanks.
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    Username: Eden Electra
    LN: West
    DH: Gabriel Solomon "Gabe" (28, journalist)
    DW: Iris Aurelia (27, artist)Gabriel is a journalist, and currently works for a national newspaper. The couple met when Gabriel was interviewing Iris for an article on mouth and foot painting artists. Iris paints with her mouth, and her artwork has been well sought-after in recent years.Pick a number between 1 and 4, and one between 5-8: 4, 8Pick 1 name for each gender, for each of these 4 categories:
    - Nature: Violet / Phoenix
    - Japanese: Aiko / Kaito
    - 3+ syllables: Savannah / Sebastian
    - not listed on this site: Lyla / Callan
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    Sign-up form:
    Username: Rachel Dianne
    LN: West
    DH: Carson Troy (26, writer)
    DW: Jasmine Iris (24, writer)\
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    Boys: Brooks, Ichiro, Jonathan, Cayson
    Girls:Lily ,Akiko ,Gabrielle ,RaelieCarson and Jasmine met each other when Carson was a junior in college and Jasmine was a freshmen. They automatically hit it off and started dating about a month after they met. The two got married about a year ago. Although young both have published books although their books are not the most popular.

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    Could you write something about the couple please?There will be some writing about how the family is doing every round.
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