Hello,
  I am a long time gamer and lover of all things Dresden.  About a year ago I tried to learn the system for DFRPG and found it hard.  Real life and college classes interfered with my ability to stick to it and so I gave up but would like to try and learn the system well enough to run a game. 
  To give background on me, I have been playing RPGs for nearly 20 years, mostly D&D in all its forms but also some WHFRPG, some Paladium, White Wolf, Paranoia, Rolemaster and some other even more obscure games.  I have been running games (D&D, WHFRPG and White Wolf - Mostly D&D though) for about 15 years. 
  I would really like to find someone who I could meet online (via IM or chat) to help me learn the system.  I am feeling like I have some misunderstandings of how the system works fundamentally so I would really like to just forget all I know and start again.
  I am hoping I can find someone to do this, as I am very excited to play and run this game. 

Thanks in advance.

Hello all,
  I am hoping to find someone who can help me.  I have purchased both the books and as a test group to learn the rules and such I have myself and two friends.  We are all very into Dresden Files and are excited however trying to read the books I am finding it to be very different from any other RPG I have ran, and I have ran many types.

  We are having problems with character creation and city creation.  We are finding it hard to come up with the parts needed to fill in.  I have to admit we mostly are all used to having a menu of options to choose from.  We are relishing in the idea of the emphasis on RP however also feel a little at a loss for how to get started. 

  In order to keep it more simple we wanted to start at a level of "Waist Deep" however both of my players wanted to start as "Apprentice Wizards".  It seemed like due to them not being full wizards that it should be ok to allow that but I wanted to know from others who have ran this over and over to know if it would work. 

  Also one of my players wants to run a character based on herself.  However she has problems with idealizing herself and coming up with Aspects.  In fact all of us have a hard time with the creation of aspects.  While the book spends a lot of time on them it still feels very much like being thrown into the deep end here.

  Basically as a new GM for this is there any suggestions people have or resources I can use to help get a grasp on the fundamentals of the game.  I know that the city of Baltimore was detailed out but I didn't see anything that could be considered a "sample adventure" or anything which would let me jump in.  I learn best by doing.