@Shoryu Magami

Well... I'm staying with the project. There's no doubt about that.

@Shoryu Magami

I'm really sorry to hear that mate. I hope you can get most, if not all of it recovered soon. Let me know if there is any way I can help!

Aye, I can't make any promises of interest after a huge delay (Because I'd be a giant cock if I said for sure I'd stay on and then I was wrong) but as of now it's not a problem. Focus on your issues man, even if it ends up taking as long as you said it might in the Discord.

@Shoryu Magami

I'm going to try and make up another PC tomorrow. I hope all goes well in the recovery.

@Shadow007@Heap241@Snagglepuss89@MayLien

Cheers for what support was offered.

I realistically can't tell you guys how much was lost, especially since I can't see properly from sleep deprivation, but basically all the work I've done on my main project since joining this site's fundamentally on the line. I basically need to rely on my memory to retrace my steps with pretty much everything I've done for the last few months, which pretty much means no one can really help with it at all.

Anything that's actually safe's compromised unless I recover the connected data, so it's all gonna be a very messy jigsaw puzzle to put together in my head. This is why if I lose 'some' of the data I've more or less lost 'all' of it. I can't afford to be juggling 16+ hours a day working on this role-play alongside PC sorting (that's pretty much what I've been doing, as a minimum) while I recover this, so the hiatus is unavoidable at this point.

As for the PC, MayLien, that's no problem, but just keep in mind the issues I mentioned that could come up from connected PCs.

I'm only on the site right now because I'll be using the PM system here as a sort of last resort for storing notes, because frankly nothing on my PC itself can be trusted anymore. I'm planning on sleeping shortly, simply because I'm not getting anywhere this tired, but I'll be going into full gear once I wake up.

@Aewin@Pudding@Melo@Ailyn Evensen@Snagglepuss89@tsukune@Shadow007@Eidolen@MayLien@Heap241
@banjoanjo@CrazyShadowy

Woke up recently, but I'm repeating part of what I said in the Discord channel.

I'll be going into damage control shortly, though I'm basically still waking up and trying to get my morale/bearings. Considering how much time and work I put into this role-play project (arguably more than a lot of people put into a paying job), I've been hit by more than just a slight depression about technology deciding to screw me over yet again, especially given the whole reason I initially joined RPGuild was to recover from the depression caused by the last time this happened.

As I implied in the Discord before I went to bed, I discovered (sort of moments before making the first OOC post) that my physical data on the desktop (unless it's been corrupted and I just can't tell) is safe, because the only files that got corrupted were something that's backed up. The stuff that is compromised could still be detrimental to my life's work though, so I need to focus on it. When I started this role-play it was a completely new project with no planning done apart from the couple of days before posting the interest check (and its connections to my main project), so I've basically been working on it every waking moment for a couple months now. I don't want to see that be for nothing, but I can't let my life's work get ruined either and I've frankly been sabotaging it for this project. I'm not planning to stop giving this my devotion, but I need time to make the situation more manageable so I don't have to destroy one to save the other.

My PC will also be virtually unusable outside of a few programs until I solve the issues, because for all intents and purposes there's a major virus on it now despite my protection programs. I'll try to solve it quickly. Ideally, I'd be moving over to a new PC as soon as possible, but depending on how bad the situation is that might not be an option at all.

With that said, I'm gonna try to maintain some level of communication with everyone apart from just them finding out my status through Ailyn. Main reason for this is to try and make sure the role-play doesn't end up dying, but it's basically impossible for me to work on it as extensively as I've been doing while I'm in this situation.

@Aewin@Pudding@Melo@Ailyn Evensen@Snagglepuss89@tsukune@Shadow007@Eidolen@MayLien@Heap241
@banjoanjo@CrazyShadowy

Since people don't always read back in the Discord channel, and frankly I don't trust it all that much in the first place, I'm sending you guys an update here.

Assuming that no more major PC breakdowns occur and I also manage to remember all the breadcrumbs in my memory that will allow me to recover the lost information (my work will never be recovered if I don't retain those breadcrumbs, so this is sort of one of those situations where if I don't recover it soon then it won't ever be recovered), I suspect it'll take roughly a week to get everything I lost a couple days ago back.

If things go according to that estimate, I still won't be able to change PC at that point, and I'll still have to do PC work in the background, but I should be able to manage this role-play more reliably once I don't need to invest all of my time in trying to remember everything that got lost.

Anyway, those thinking about second characters, or anyone who should be posting within the IC, should continue to work on/post those things up. If something important comes up that you're uncertain about, feel free to contact me. I'll still be on this site in the background in order to use the PM system to store things, and it's easy enough to get in contact with me through Ailyn. I won't be using the Discord channel much for now, because just having it up is straining a PC that's already having minor breakdowns from me trying to create a new folder on the desktop.

I'll have my CS posted here later after the final touches, meanwhile I'll finish my long 9 hour shift.

@Indra

Alright, that's good to hear. I sent you a response to the PM, just to give some context.

Getting ready to head to bed on my end, and I'll be waking up in roughly four hours to get back to work again.

@Aewin@Pudding@Melo@Ailyn Evensen@Snagglepuss89@tsukune@Shadow007@Eidolen@MayLien@Heap241
@banjoanjo@CrazyShadowy@Indra

(Added Indra/Masaki into the group notification due to him planning on having a character up soon.)

Status update:

• I'd like to get people's thoughts on something. I'm still working on recovering the PC work, but this thought came to mind again and I figured I should bring it up while I still remember. Alright, so I'm planning on leaving it up to you guys whether or not you use collaboration posts while waiting at the escort point to engage in interaction with each other. This obviously depends on whether or not your characters choose to speak to each other once Lucia isn't the only one there anymore.
  
  With this in mind though, I'd like people's opinions with regards to the escort phase itself. Essentially, once the escort picks you all up there'll be an opportunity for your character's to chat during the drive there. Would you guys prefer to do this as a bunch of posts from each of you or individual collaborations, or should we post it as a massive collaboration between everyone that I'll post? Everyone getting involved in the escort should give their opinion on this, but it's actually relevant to the entire role-play.

@Shoryu Magami

Maybe a massive collab would be the easiest way to do it as you were saying above.

I personally like the idea of individual posts. We've all got insanely sporadic schedules which make it hard to meet up. I work the night shift so when its not the weekend, I'm around in the afternoon (3pm pst-ish) until about 9pm when I start getting ready for work. After I get back, I'm pretty much dead to the world, so collab would have to happen in that 6 hour window.

I'm by no means opposed to the idea of a collab, I just worry that it might delay the RP significantly more.

@Ailyn Evensen

That's a good point! I think that would work out better as well now that you've made that point.

@Ailyn Evensen@Shadow007

Here's what I'm thinking:

Basically, we'd have a group collaboration pad created for everyone who's getting into the escort. From that point onward, people can check it out whenever they have time and if they have something they want their character to contribute (a thought, a bit of dialogue, et cetera) then they can tell everyone that on the C-box and the group can wait for them to put it up. Considering that the escort phase is likely gonna take a few weeks if we do it as a bunch of individual posts, I'm thinking the collaboration method would actually end up speeding it up in reality. It's not like we're planning to write it all up in one sitting, since we're essentially writing a couple weeks of posts into a single post just so everything flows together more realistically and people can interact with each other in real time.

If this method works, I'm planning on using it for other major events, such as the dinner that everyone will have with Bonaparte later on, and possibly the 'vote for the murderer' phases of the role-play. Basically, the escort phase will work as an experiment to see whether or not scenes involving a large number of characters can work more efficiently using this method.

@Ailyn Evensen@Shadow007

Here's what I'm thinking:

Basically, we'd have a group collaboration pad created for everyone who's getting into the escort. From that point onward, people can check it out whenever they have time and if they have something they want their character to contribute (a thought, a bit of dialogue, et cetera) then they can tell everyone that on the C-box and the group can wait for them to put it up. Considering that the escort phase is likely gonna take a few weeks if we do it as a bunch of individual posts, I'm thinking the collaboration method would actually end up speeding it up in reality. It's not like we're planning to write it all up in one sitting, since we're essentially writing a couple weeks of posts into a single post just so everything flows together more realistically and people can interact with each other in real time.

If this method works, I'm planning on using it for other major events, such as the dinner that everyone will have with Bonaparte later on, and possibly the 'vote for the murderer' phases of the role-play. Basically, the escort phase will work as an experiment to see whether or not scenes involving a large number of characters can work more efficiently using this method or not.

Okay, I'm willing to give it a shot! Ahhh... It'll have to be on a program my shitty old computer can use though...

If a community writing pad can work, then its worth a try. I honestly forgot about that method, and since I've never used it, I didn't think about it. So the collab done that way could work. Its worth a try I think.

@Ailyn Evensen@Shadow007

I'd naturally like to get everyone's opinions, but the idea in my head is that we'd probably use Google Docs. It seems to run easily enough on my shitbox of a computer, so I doubt it'll be an issue for anyone. I'm honestly extremely new to the idea of collaborations myself, but I think for such a big group of characters it's the most logical method of writing these kind of scenes.

Since this actually relates to later large scenes, those not involved in the escort point should be giving their thoughts too.

@Shoryu Magami

Okay, I can do Google Docs. But, yeah... I'll wait to see what everyone else has to say.

@Shadow007

My biggest concern is that I'm not sure if Google Docs has a text chat system or not, which is why I'm looking for more opinions.

@Shoryu Magami

I believe it does.