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Hey Fern/Adam!
You are carrying around a lot of stuff for nothing, my friend. I'm not sure what happened with Cipher, but it seems to me that a game this great just kind of collapsed under its own gravity. The pressure of keeping up the amazing quality was just too much. I always personally wondered if I killed the game with Gemmell's antagonism. I was definitely not easy on the other players or the GMs. So while we are exorcising demons, I'd like to apologize to anyone for whom I made their experience less fun. We owe you our thanks, not ire, for trying to keep it going and you did a great job! I'm sorry that your life got to be too much and that it mixed up with other doubts to give you grief. I left for no other reason than I had been abandoning other aspects of my life in favor of pbp and I needed some balance. Hope you're well now and that one day we may game together again. UF |
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Fern/Adam,
I 100% agree with Ungainly. Do not carry this around with you. I felt terrible for stepping away from this game for the few months that I did, and I was so happy to see that it was still going when I returned. I was not expecting anything of the sort, and that was entirely your doing. The last few posting cycles were a small miracle and I definitely cherished the entirety of this game. I've taken a stab at GMing, so I know the pressure that comes with it. You did a phenomenal job and stepped in when the game would have come to an abrupt halt without someone like you. Even as a player, this game was both immensely fun and incredibly stressful to take part in. The quality of everyone's posting was in a league of its own compared to the rest of the site, and it was always a daunting task to try and match the quality. I submitted no less than 3 posts from this game for consideration in the PotM contest, at least one from you Fern (would have been at least two but you can only submit 1 per month), and would have gladly nominated the game for hall of fame status had it lasted long enough (minimum 1 year). While this game is unlikely to pick up again... I have been feeling the D&D itch a bit recently. I wouldn't be opposed to starting up something new or picking up where we left off; Reza has SOO much backstory that needs exploring! - Giot/Josh |
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Fern, Giot and UF (and anyone else lurking about reading),
As a new player to both RPGX and DnD, not to mention being brought in as a second wave of PCs, I found this game immensely fun and enjoyable to take part in, even if it was for a few short months. The quality of everyone's writing was/is exceptionally high. I appreciated that everyone took the time to think over the DM's post and write a thoughtful and very well structured reply that anyone else to reply to and incorporate into their own response. I was quite intimidate when I was first invited to join the game as I wasn't sure I would be able to live up to everyone else's writing. But I found a very welcoming environment from all of you here in the OCC thread. I think the downfall of this game came down to the quality of writing we were all trying to maintain. This should fall on no one's shoulders. The depth of backstory all of our PCs had, the detail in the world Cipher and Fern were trying to build was amazing and I don't many games on here could rival it. I know we all wanted the game to continue but between everyone RL and the time we were all committing to this game I think led to the game going silent more than anything else. To Cipher and Fern, Thank you so much for bringing this game to life and giving us an all an avenue to express ourselves. Do not blaim yourselves for this game being unable to continue. No one thing/event/post or character was the ultimate cause. I too have picked up the DMing bug and have started a published campaign. I finding it both a joy to lead the party through the plot, but also feel the pressure to maintain a good level of writing. It is harder than I thought but I am glad I am starting small before try to do too much more. I would absolutely play another game with any or all of you again without hesitation. Thank you and Happy Holidays, Silver/Kelly
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I'm watching you... #observant
I don't really have much to say about activity (partly because I was having a rough patch of it myself), and I realize I'm being a bit terse here, but I will say this: my flux was not because of anyone here either. Change is hard for me, and it takes time for me to reconcile it. January 2018 kind of set the tone for the year of "Things Happening" in terms of personal life (I didn't land an internship I was hoping for), so it all kind of came in one go and I had a hard time coping over the year to the point of falling further and further behind. That said, I was going to mess with Gemmell's head some more in different ways. There is also something I have here about spoiling a certain dog with braided fur. I can even tell you what a future legend lore casting would have looked like too... and the song that inspired it. The other thing I will say, is I still have notes just sitting here about other things that would be nifty to use here (but will probably transmute into other writing projects). A part of me is still definitely interested in things continuing (and means I have catching up to do, but I'll cross that bridge if I get to it), but regardless of the future, I greatly enjoyed how things went. I may or may not have been on the verge of trying to hide behind Brother Casimir half the time as well. He was on The Plan(tm) (for character interaction) by the time the cabin events and birds occurred. Regards, -A/I Last edited by Avayar; Dec 3rd, 2018 at 08:36 PM. |
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All,
I'm glad that nobody is blaming anyone for this petering out. I too would blame nobody, and it appears to me that rather than a consequence of the game's own quality, this was a consequence of a convergence of unfavorable times for all involved. As for my own disappearance, I don't remember if I mentioned it to you guys or not,m but essentially, the day after I graduated with my bachelor's, I had to leave for 2 months. I was under the impression that the first 2 weeks would be sporadic internet, and then the last 6 weeks would be busy, but with internet access. The first two weeks was me doing field work to continue some research, and I ended up with hotel wifi every 3-4 days. Not too bad, but I was too exhausted from returning to do anything. The last 6 weeks was field camp, where I believed I would have internet. On arrival, I was informed that the internet was not only abysmal, but was limited to 2 gb of data a month between something like 40 people. Once I returned it seemed like things had come to a stall, and I admittedly didn't have the heart to start prodding people. Additionally, all the other games I was in happened to stall out or die in that time, and I was absolutely crushed by losing all 4 of the games I was in. I really have enjoyed this with all of you. So many great characters and great moments, and I truly second Fernstepper's assessment. We were indeed roommates and even when moving into the apartment I feel we probably neglected to help his brother (who was the pour beautiful soul who cleaned everything for us while we huddled around the computer screen refreshing for updates and news). There were many great times, and I don't think I've ever been as excited for any work of fiction I've ever encountered. While I am biased because I view Linus as the ultimate and most living character that I've ever created for anything, I also view many of your characters in the same light. So many real, visceral, and absurdly lifelike interactions went into making this such an amazing experience and I simply cannot thank you all enough for that. I'm not sure if or how it would work, but I would certainly be interested in trying to rekindle this beautiful experiment of ours if there is a way, though that is a decision that would need to be made by all of us. ------------------------------
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I AM: Idreese Gunnata (Rogue Trader: Voided Warranty) | Pirahna Follows-Rat (PF2e Tabletop) Last edited by Crocartes; Dec 17th, 2018 at 02:24 PM. |
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Well, I wasn't lying when I said I had gotten the D&D itch again! I've decided to make another go at DMing. This time in my homebrew world with a dungeon concept I have been working on for well over a year. I plan on posting this officially the day after Christmas, but I'll open it up to you guys first. Any and all of you have more than proven your capabilities as phenomenal writers, storytellers, and world-builders, so I would be honored to accept any of you into the game. I would still want to see an application, of course, but just to begin the process of fleshing out your characters.
My hope for this game is to continue well past the dungeon crawl phase and evolve into a world exploration and some degree of world-building if that is what the players are interested in. I have a lot of outlined material for the world, so I'm more concerned with getting through even a fraction of it given the play-by-post format than I am of running out of material. Merry Christmas, Happy (belated) Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays to everyone!
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Status: Working from home for the foreseeable future, welcome to the End Times! Player: Kregan | Vera DM: Xera Last edited by Giot; Dec 19th, 2018 at 09:04 PM. |
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The advertisement has gone live! Ungainly will be joining up, but there is plenty of room for the rest of you if you are also interested . Otherwise, I hope you all had/are having a great holiday time.
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There is still time if anyone else wants to join. We actually have a few pretty high caliber applicants, including our own UngainlyFool, but if anyone else is interested let me know! I have set the deadline as Monday so I would need to know before then.
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Status: Working from home for the foreseeable future, welcome to the End Times! Player: Kregan | Vera DM: Xera Last edited by Giot; Jan 10th, 2019 at 12:55 PM. |
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