Yay!!!

And don't worry, usually it's not about being good or bad, it's about participating. There are rare occasions where users are asked to vote for what they like best, but the majority of games (i.e. cases) are about whether you've participated (which you get points for), and not about how good the quality may or may not be.

I know some LJ landcomms require that you've had an LJ account that's been active for at least x weeks, but maybe this one doesn't. If they reject you because of that, let me know and I'll talk to the mods to tell them you're not a spammer and would really like to join.

If you need pointers at how it all works, let me know. It can be confusing at first if you've never done a land comm. I know I struggled a little bit with my first, because sometimes the mods forget that not everyone knows all the lingo or how certain things work that old LJers are familiar with but new members might not know yet.

Really happy you joined! What's your username on LJ?
 

Well, mostly what you should do is described in the case posts, so I would recommend to read those carefully. For most cases, there are comments that the mods add to the posts that you're supposed to reply to when you complete a case. So if you get sorted into Team 221B, you need to reply to the 221B comment thread to get points for you and the team.

If you have questions about the language, just PM me (here or on LJ). The one thing I can think of right now is "sig tag", which is a 300x150 pixel graphic that you put below your comments when you respond to a case. It's not mandatory to have one, but you get extra points if you do it. It should be a Sherlock or Elementary graphic that has your name and team on it. You can either make one (or more) yourself, but we also have a team thread where you can request a sig tag and someone else will (hopefully) make one for you.

Oh, also there are actually three different comms that you'll get invitations for when you're accepted. One is the landomm itself (land_deduction), where all the cases and official things are posted. There's also a team comm (20021b for Team 221B) where only team members of your team have access. Some of the team challenges take place there. Last but not least there's the social comm (consultandplay) where anyone can post, and there's no restriction about what to post. Basically it's a place where all the members can talk to each other about different things.

Liberty wrote:

as I haven't seen Elementary

Same here, but even if they put you in Elementary, you can still only use BBC Sherlock for your responses. The teams are more or less just a formality, but of course it's nicer to be in the team you feel most comfortable with.