Before we start losing interest from people, I think we sort of need to establish our own cut-off date. Say by Friday if Jabbers hasn't popped back up, will we just make our own OOC?

There's also establishing the gms of the roleplay, along with whether or not to take some components from the rp and make their own original rp of sorts, or go the way this rp was "expected" to go.

Along with that, the new people will have to work together on a plot, world, and all that jazz which may delay ic time even further depending on how busy they are or how willing they are. Plus there's an off chance that he could return and the possibility that we could butcher what he was trying to work on. Basically lots of misc stuff to deal with.

@Savo
We'll have to see. If Jabbers doesn't return, I fear we'll have no choice because I and I assume the rest of you, don't want to see this flounder! We have a bit of time so a discussion on it wouldn't hurt so if everyone could add their two cents on what should be done, that could help!

4/5 days without a peep is a bit disheartening, and there might be some issues on the GM's end going on, but I also agree with that there is no sense in letting this group flounder and fall because people are losing interest. I say we wait until Saturday- maybe weekends are better for the GM and he's just been having a busy week?

In lieu of the GM, we may have to appoint a temporary/auxiliary/what-have-you GM in his place: I nominate @NarcissisticPotato to be our Interim GM, as they have shown capacity in both leadership and conflict resolution.

I saw a post from the GM a few pages back saying that you could create your own class advancement, so I scrapped my mage idea and went with this guy instead.

We should not elect anyone as “GM”. We should not make an OOC for Aether Online. Not only is that against basic unspoken rules of courtesy and respect, it’s nearly insurrection and distinctly disrespectful as it has been for many years on this site. Designing a competing RP is one thing when you don’t like the GM’s activity schedule, but the precedent it sets with some of these suggestions are not “fonz cool”.

I was suggesting that if the GM didn't return- once it hits the weekend is about when I'd start getting worried.

@Gowi I admit that such an action would be disrespectful and was something I hadn't taken into account last night. It was a bit of a panic move and has less rational thought to it than I'd like to admit.

Perhaps it's just the general activeness of the thread that has me worried, but I'd hate to see this idea flounder for lack of leadership.

Perhaps it's just the general activeness of the thread that has me worried, but I'd hate to see this idea flounder for lack of leadership.

I guarantee you some members very much want to play their characters to the point they are designing “in case of _____, break class” RPs. But it is best to not announce any plans before @Jabber has returned and established his intentions or activity schedule.

@vietmyke
Thanks but I wouldn't really want to take it. Not very good at those things.

Anyways

@Gowi
I or anyone that broached the idea were talking about what we would do if Jabbers failed to show. We all want them to be the GM because they're the one with ideas but equally, we don't want this to fail which it will do if Jabbers doesn't return. Also I've seen it happen a great deal of times and one of the more successful RPs I was in formed from the GM disappearing and everyone else taking over. It isn't unheard of, it's just something I'd prefer didn't happen.

As myke said, it's disrespectful but time is interest on the Guild. Give it time, I agree, but if we let it stall and don't have anything planned in case Jabbers doesn't ultimately return, people lose interest and the RP dies.

But Jabbers does have our trust and there is the potential something bad could have happened so give it another while before we do anything rash.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and believe that he is a little more active on weekends from what I've seen from his posting history, but that's just a mere hypothesis from what I've noted. We will see on Friday to Sunday.

Also, once he does get back, if he does, I believe it would be wise for him to elect some gms if that is his schedule. That's my suggestion in this situation.

Waiting sounds fine to me. I'm just happy to be here.

Anyway, I've been working on my CS on and off. My experience in MMORPGs is pretty negligible and I think it shows. But here's what I got so far for @Jabber the originator.


All right some things.

1 - I'm trying to tackle the tinker class in a way acknowledging that they aren't "standard" if that makes sense. Unfortunately what came up was the concept of an early quest with a special item as a reward. These accessories aren't meant to be the only way to become a tinker. All tinkers don't even have to function this way. Suggestions?

2 - If the quest item idea works out, I'm willing to center the writing sample around it or something.

I'm hoping this is still a thing, 'cause I'm pretty interested in this as well...

So, who hasn't lost hope yet?

All my hope has gone down the drain.

I'm interested ^^

I'm still holding out hope (even though I don't have anything resembling a sheet up yet ^^').

EDIT: oops i lied

Noticed that we didn't have a bard yet. Time to fix that up right quick with my tank/bard hybrid.

(pls help i have forgotten how to folder D=)

Username: Tiferet.
IRL Name: Ally Shandon.
Age: 19.
Sex: Female.
Appearance: To be added (mostly because I can't find a good picture =/).
Theme: Quo Vadis - M2U.

Background: May add one eventually.
Writing Sample:

Class: Novice
Level: 9

Stats:
*HP - Calculated after acceptance.
*MP - Calculated after acceptance.

Skills/Spells:
*Ineffabilis (Passive) - Any enemy affected by one of Tiferet's songs will find their defenses not quite cutting it anymore, while any ally will discover that their weapons are just that little bit more effective. In gameplay terms, an enemy affected by her song gets a minor debuff to defense, while affected allies get a minor boost to attack.
*Grafiore (Active) - This slower song increases Tiferet's defense by a fairly large amount, but also takes a rather long time (comparatively) to play.
*A Bella! (Active) - By playing a song very loudly, Tiferet attracts the attention of all nearby enemies to her, forcing them to attack her and ignore her allies.

Inventory:
*Violin
*Short Sword
*Traveler’s Tunic
*Health Potion [10]

Storage:
*150 gemstones

im probably gonna unsubscribe from this thread

if anything comes up again, pls pm me or ping me

Welp, its been a week now

Welp, its been a week now

Yeah... It looks like someone is going to have to take the wheel. I'm not a fan of someone taking anothers idea, but I really if you change some names maybe have to change that Char sheet. This is just another VRMMO, although Jabber's ideas were the reason I was interested...

There's been a massive amount of interest in this and right now, that's being drained. Jabbers has been offline for 5 days without a word and although something could of happened, it's unfair to let this die while we wait.

I don't really want to do it because I'll let you shit lords down but there's people with a lot of experience here so we should sort something out. If you guys wish to change dynamics, then let's do that but I don't want to see this wallowing around gathering dust.