Heh. I've definitely been there. 5-page papers aren't too bad...
Do you need any help (editing/revising, not writing)?
Nope! It's actually got some confidential info in it because it's about an interview I did, so I can't really let other people read it, anyway. I appreciate the offer, though. :)
No worries. If you ever need it, feel free to let me know. I've done... a lot of editing. :P
The way you PM me after every grammar, word choice or spelling error, I am not even remotely surprised! :P
*whistles innocently*
If Ysme doesn't post by lunch, I'll be NPCing her.
Sorry, I got hit with a Field Trip today that I had completely spaced I was Parent Helping on.
Checking Gameplay thread now.
edit: For future reference, Friday afternoon/evening/night(s) are likely to be a time when I have less computer activity for a while, so if we get into a rapid flow session & I haven't posted during that time, feel free to 'bot' me DM Feral.
I'm working literally all day today and most of tomorrow so feel free to NPC Ensu if need be. Between work and sleep, I won't likely have much time for looking at the computer.
Thanks for the heads up.
Whee, live gaming tonight after not having any for two weeks!
Meow! Happy for you!
It was fun. I'd talk about what we did, but it's RotRL, so that would be improper. ;)
I'll NPC Doran if he hasn't posted by lunch.
Work and school have been absolutely annihilating me as of late. It may be a couple weeks before I can post with any kind of consistency again, so feel free to NPC Doran as much as you need to.
Agh! I just read the Gameplay posts & realized I never informed DM Feral he doesn't have to bot me any more. I can take over again DM, thank you!
Yay, welcome back!
There's something bothering me that I've been meaning to bring up with you guys. In short, are you enjoying the game?
I ask because I'm getting mixed signals - some of which are hurting the experience for me at times. On one hand you guys have been putting out some great RP and excellent posts (the spirit totem posts were especially awesome) but on the other hand, I never really feel like most of you are really engaged with the story. Most of the time I feel like I have to railroad/force things to move from scene to scene and beyond a few exceptions, nobody seems very motivated to advance the plot on their own.
I'm going throw a few ideas out there, let me know which ones might apply to you.
*You enjoy things as they've been. You prefer to play passively/reactively and aren't really interested in moving the story along yourself.
*You're playing reactively because you don't understand the story thus far (in character or out of character) so you're just reacting to what you can.
*Things move too quickly at times so all you can do is react.
*You don't want to move things along for fear of omitting others.
I'm enjoying the game greatly, and should be able to react much quicker, at least during the week, to things in a week or two once I get the issue of moving to a new apartment settled and only have to deal with the routine of balancing two jobs.
I'm having a blast, and I really enjoy playing Doran. It's just that my workload is an absolute monster at the moment, and I'm having trouble trying to breathe, let alone get super involved with PbP right now.
In a month or so, it should clear up quite a bit, but for now, I'm struggling to stay caught up in the things that are important to my future.
I'm having a blast, and I really enjoy playing Doran. It's just that my workload is an absolute monster at the moment, and I'm having trouble trying to breathe, let alone get super involved with PbP right now.
In a month or so, it should clear up quite a bit, but for now, I'm struggling to stay caught up in the things that are important to my future.
Same here. As much as I enjoy PBP's, real life is being very demanding right now; my hope is that by dealing with these particular issues now, I'll have a lot more freedom of action, and a lot less headache, in that arena going forward.
I would not object to a somewhat slower pace. For the most part I too am enjoying the game as it progresses, particularly the interactions; I just am dealing with the incidental residues of certain decisions I have made recently regarding some of my friends & family and how much of my available time has consequently been devoted to that. It didn't help that over the past weekend I had a major transportation issue crop up.
In terms of the four descriptions, the third comes closest to my present situation.
I'd say that the third is likely closest to my situation, as well. Most of everyone else's activity seems to happen when I'm in the middle of homework, class or at work, so I end up trying to catch up all the time.
I get a mix of three and four from time to time. I think if was adjust our pacing out a little bit, everyone can be more engaged.
Ysme?
Just so everybody (and the DM) knows, I've got a much-needed vacation coming up, and am unlikely to post from sometime this Friday afternoon until Tuesday the 23rd (or possibly Wednesday the 24th). DM, feel free to NPC Pirknok as necessary during that time, and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Everybody else: don't let my absence halt our progress. Forward!
Have fun, man! Bring us souvenirs~
I'll try and post something tonight, bossman, but I've got work and then a meeting with some classmates, and another two papers to write (though they're luckily not due today) as well.
I just listened to a song called "The Trout". Heehee.
Unfortunately, my monthly visit from Family is starting a few days early this month, so I expect I will be posting even less frequently than usual for the rest of this week.
Since I'm not really thrilled about the idea of RPing with myself, feel free to speak up and we'll assume that Ysme throws in some supporting words. In the end I'll roll using Ysme's modifier.
here for this. writing the post now.
Oh good. I was worried that he'd go off dorfy's attempt and we'd all be dead. :P
/does the trout
Aha, so you haven't disappeared on us.
This is just a reminder that I'm about to leave for vacation and will be back sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week (the 22nd or 24th).
Sorry guys, just touching base to say that I'm not going to be able to post at all until at least this Friday. So much to get done and not enough hours in the day.
I'm back. :)
Now to go catch up on the game that has 478 new posts in the gameplay thread...
I've kept silent for much of the pacing discussion, due to not having much of anything helpful to say on the topic. I've felt much of the time that I'm pushing things along or even ending up "nagging" people to do things, which is not a feeling I enjoy... but the alternative (as I see it) of just letting the game stagnate and die is one I prefer less. It doesn't seem like the "slow the pace" idea has worked at all.
We have a great group here, and I'm trying to figure out what went wrong. Have I been too pushy? Has the DM not been pushy enough? Are people (as suggested by Feral) just not really interested? Are there misunderstandings going on about who should post when?
I understand being busy/drained/burned out/etc. I feel like there's more going on than that, and I'm hoping you guys are willing to discuss it. Anyone?
After next week, I'll be able to post more often. I had known going into this month it was going to hurt, and it didn't disappoint, but I did a lot of stuff that put me in a stronger position overall, and look forward to returning to the regularly scheduled minor chaos that is my normal life after I get moved next week. Speaking of which, I will likely be out of contact starting Tuesday and and getting back on hopefully sometime Friday, but it might be later in the weekend before I finally get everything together enough to get back on. Feel free to DMPC Ensu as needed in that time frame.
I've been lucky to be able to breathe during the last three or four weeks. PbPs are literally the least important thing for me, right now.
I am now aware that I had taken on way too many during a lull period, and once I got busy it just became far too much to handle. It's not that I am not enjoying myself or that I don't want to play (I quite enjoy this game, and if I restricted myself to four PbP games, this would certainly be one of those four) but I just have no ability to stay up-to-date at the moment.
I don't want to make it sound like I don't care, but at this exact moment, I really can't afford to.
Good evening/night/medianoche
Ohai. Long time no see, Trout.
I am moving this week, and will likely be out of touch until this weekend. Please DMPC as needed to keep the story moving.
It's almost one in the morning for me now & I will have to get my son up for school tomorrow. In the event that you need to to move things along DM Feral, go ahead & bot me. As I said, will be smiting for non-lethal. Currently using the Flail two-handed so 1d8 + 3 damage before Smite. Yes I realize nowhere near the damage output for Pirknok or even 'Ventus...
G'night guys! See you in the morning!
Sleep well, Ysme!
I did, thanks!
Is it just me, or do Pirknok & Ysme really suck at Perception checks?..
The dice hate us both.
Except when we are being 'botted' by the DM, then they seem to love us...
No, see, they just love him...
I second that recommendation!