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Post by emeralddragon on Aug 19, 2017 18:18:41 GMT 10
I want to make this clear right out the gate.
The game isn't dead! I have had fun and have spent to much time building this universe to give it up.
However, the fact remains I am experiencing a burnout. This makes sense as between Winter Court, finishing the writing for this game, and then playing this game, most of my free time has been dedicated to L5R or when it wasn't felt like it should have been. Add the flair up of depression and this game has began to feel like work.It has been something that I have delayed posting in, and at times I have actually stayed up late promising myself I will post updates after the next chapter of whatever I was reading or what have you, leading to long nights without sleep.
None of this is healthy.
SO, here is what is going to happen. I am putting the game on Hiatus till November, to give me time to remember why I love L5R, to take a break from getting home and feeling like I need to get to posting again immediately, to stop this from becoming too much. In November I will come back and start posting again.
I have also aquired a co-gm to help make things a little less....intense.
I hope you are willing to wait for me, but if you aren't I completely understand and apologize. I want to note however I have enjoyed the character interactions I have read and the parties feel amazingly real.
However if you want to come back after my hiatus I do need something from you.
I need a way to contact you all come November, to let you know the game is starting up again. Thus I request the following.
Please either PM me your email address or your facebook address. When November comes around I will contact you all and we can get this all moving again.
Thank you all, and may your Samurai stay true to their paths.
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Post by Hida Tetsuko on Aug 19, 2017 18:25:41 GMT 10
Take the time you need Vincent, you know how to contact us. This game is really cool and I know GMing needs to be fun for the GM.
What we could also do is close certain areas of the board apart from the OOC section. That way there's no shenanigans until then.
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Post by M'thack-kir on Aug 19, 2017 21:51:08 GMT 10
Sounds like a good idea, Tetsuko.
And don't even consider closing the OOC forum lol. It's the only place to shit post L5R rn for me xD
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Post by Mirumoto Nanashi on Aug 19, 2017 22:29:15 GMT 10
Agree with all above.
And you can play the new L5R card game on Table top Simulator. (Right now) and I would be more then happy to play/teach anyone here.
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Post by Hida Tetsuko on Aug 19, 2017 23:18:36 GMT 10
That sounds cool, we do have plans to do that nice we have some more cash. Maybe you and Steve can Crane it up and the game will explode with prettiness
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Post by SteveHost on Aug 19, 2017 23:33:38 GMT 10
threads locked.
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Post by emeralddragon on Oct 28, 2017 20:17:20 GMT 10
Okay, as our lovely Nezumi was kind enough to explain briefly to you all, I have been working 60+ hour weeks. Its been intense.
Its almost like the company I work for decided to have two major software changes and introduce two new types of equipment, all at the same time, and not properly bug test everything, or testing compatibility, before going live, just before the busiest time of the year.
But that would be stupid, given that they had just left the longest slow period of the year, AND would have another slow down in January. Surely no company is stupid enough to do something like that at the literal worst time of year to do it
*twitch, twitch*
With the explanation/rant out of the way, here is the issue at hand. Due to my workplace's blatant poor planning, I cannot tell you when these 60 hour weeks will end. I CAN tell you when they have to end, and that would be January at the very latest, but I am fairly confident that they should end before that. If I had known they were going to do something this foolish, at this time of year, I would not have said "November Start date"
However I will admit I am concerned about waiting till January to start the game back up again. Thats a 4-5 month Hiatus. Especially with "Shadows of Naishou" starting up (or already began), I would not be surprised if some of you committed your time to that instead. While its possible that I will have more time earlier, I would be foolish to commit to it.
However, I can promise you that Space Rokugan will return. Between Shinwa, Tetsuko and M'thack-kir, when Janurary roles around, I will have plenty of people who feel comfortable reminding me. However given such a timespan, AND the potential shedding of players, I would not be surprised if we do a complete restart.
However I will leave that decision in the players hands, once I know who will all come back.. For all I know you will all be patient with me and ready to jump back in where we left off.
Finally, I will not spend my time idle, and plan to spend some of my very limited free time, helping our lovely co-gm learn a little more about the setting, samurai and races, and see what input he has, thus when January roles around we will be ready to start relatively quickly.
Thank you once again for your patience, and I am so, VERY sorry that this happened. It was never my intention, and had I known this was coming I would have determined the best way to deal with this sooner.
You may see this post in other places, as I use every method I was given to talk to people to pass this message on. I apologize for the spam as well, but it is needed to make sure most people get the message.
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Post by emeralddragon on Jan 17, 2018 16:18:52 GMT 10
Ok, lets talk progress.
So the good news is that the game will be starting up again. However some things will have to change about how we run this, due to good developments in my life.
The long and short of it is I got a fulltime job. The hours of this job are specifically 10x4, so I find myself with less free time on a day by day basis and more free time on specific days. And the person who was going to be my co-GM got into a Master's degree, something they should be very proud of.
So Cheering for our lovely co-GM.
Anyway, with this in mind I CANNOT run 3 groups with a 1-2 post a day format. I don't have the time, my co-GM doesn't have the time, and frankly I was pushing my luck when I started this. And so I, with the help of our Crab, our Ronin and our Nezumi sat down and discussed how the hell I was going to deal. And we came up with what I would like to think is a rather Elegant solution that hopefully won't blow up in my face.
Depending on who is still here and who is not (and other choices I may have to make) the plan is to run each group in rotation. So say group 2 (since they are in combat right now) gets the first month, then next month they stop and group 3 starts up and then group 1.
Given that means you get 1 month of playing for 2 months of break, it is LIKELY that this will lead me to reducing the groups to two. This sucks, and I apologizes for my over ambition when it came to making this game. Should I choose to go down that path, I will not deny my biases will effect which groups I choose to keep and which one stops and I will do everything in my power to find a way around this, if at all possible.
But I must choose to do what is best for the majority of the players and I ask that you take my decisions with understanding and grace.
Thank you.
Now with that out of the way, lets see who is still here.
ROLL CALL:
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Post by M'thack-kir on Jan 17, 2018 16:26:10 GMT 10
Still here And thanks for the congrats. I'm both looking forward to AND dreading this degree whilst working full-time myself, so it probably means I'm in the right head space for it.
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Post by The Wake Angels on Jan 17, 2018 16:29:44 GMT 10
Present x 3! And let me know if there's anything I can do to help, I may not be in the right time zone to help with GMing, (or realistically have the time,) but I can offer advice and logistics support as someone who's got experience with this particular brand of nonsense.
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Post by Hida Tetsuko on Jan 17, 2018 16:33:10 GMT 10
Present! I can also say that Steve will not be returning
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Post by Mirumoto Nanashi on Jan 17, 2018 21:26:01 GMT 10
Present.
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Post by Asako Kokishin on Jan 18, 2018 0:04:31 GMT 10
I'm still truckin'.
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Post by Kasuga Naosuko on Jan 18, 2018 2:38:31 GMT 10
That's my truck you're truckin' with!
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Post by Shinwa on Jan 18, 2018 8:06:31 GMT 10
I'm here! Wherever here is.
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