[OOC] Ju-V

[Hound55]

Alright... well, I'm diving into this now.

Hopefully a Character Sheet comes through soon, @OldManMountain.

I won't hold everyone else up any longer though, so hopefully it comes whilst I'm still working on this post.

Slamming out a preliminary version of it now. Expect requests for those excerpts tomorrow, as I figure out how this is all going to look.

[Hound55]

Also, I said last week I'd be putting in legwork on roll call, figuring out who was still here and on-board for the new year.

At this point the full PC Roster is:

Myself - David "Ward" Fermi
@Skai - Haven "Swift" Barnes
@Tackytaff - Sunita "Fold" Chauhan
@Kuro - Natsumi "Chameleon" Collingwood (and the upcoming Quinn "Bumblebee" Tilles)
@Lawful Newtral - Zelda "Zero" DiAngelo
@Roman - Frederick (or Fritz, don't stab me bro) "Vorpal" Jackson (and the upcoming Poe "Wynd" Navidson)
@Wei Wuxian - Seobin "Seo" Langston
@mickilennial - Kaitlin "Photon" Langstraat
@Qia - Sophia "Sunny" Montgomery
@earthtogab - Sora "Spitfire" Moore
@AlteredTundra - Skylar "Kyle" Vass

And we will be introducing @Mintz as Kaiden "Moth Man" Newman!

Hopefully, we can add your name here as well, @OldManMountain.

* As yet, I've been unable to get in touch with @Zoldyck, if that changes, then its an easy enough add (likewise @psych0pomp). But this present list is the latest.

Treat all other characters as NPCs (but do try to do so respectfully).

[Skai]

Frederick (or Fritz, don't stab me bro) "Vorpal" Jackson

@Hound55

I love the nickname

[Carlyle]

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I love the nickname

@Skai

Fritz:

[Hound55]

Yeah... we're rollin'

[Hound55]

I have been in touch with Zoldyck. And there were medical issues...

But they're OVER and now I'm pretty sure that means bad things can never befall us again, and we're all immortal!

So try not to form any regular mortal attachments since they'll only make you sad when they leave their mortal coil, and let's all focus only on posting forever!

...or when its most convenient. *cough*

[Hound55]

Looks like Discord is suffering under the increased traffic of outages to Meta (Facebook/Insta, etc)

...and back up.

[Hound55]

Just gauging interest on who's still rolling with this.

Not looking to shutter things, but I want to see who's still looking to be involved.

I'm guessing @Skai, @Qia, @Venus, @Kuro, @Roman...

Might compartmentalise things a bit, section off "groups", if we have people who are dropping out, to up the focus on those still interested.

As I have said before, those on the NPC list ARE welcome to return (assuming it can be worked) down the line. I get inspiration can wax and wane, as can free time.

But I WOULD like to see if I can make the experience a bit better for the active folks looking for some pep in the game.

...even if it means having faster and slower paced segments of the game, where things reunite further down the line.

I will come up with some GM stuff that works the NPCs in as well, both GM-created and former PCs (if you don't much care for having your characters moved around on my dopey whims, there's an easy way to fix that...)

But yes, next few days if you can let me know your interest/engagement level, I'd like to try and hit as many people's wants as possible.

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In addition, @Zoldyck has been added to the NPC list with Sasha.

[Carlyle]

I'm still around, yes. I just need to actually post in this, with how little free time I've had in the last two months from working excessive overtime writing has somewhat felt like a chore at times and I end up going to go play games or something instead. Just need to force myself to sit down at my PC and write away (probably tonight if I can get it out with my other RPs).

[Hound55]

I'm still around, yes. I just need to actually post in this, with how little free time I've had in the last two months from working excessive overtime writing has somewhat felt like a chore at times and I end up going to go play games or something instead. Just need to force myself to sit down at my PC and write away (probably tonight if I can get it out with my other RPs).

@Kuro

That's fine, and yes, I suspected as much would be the case on your end.

[Skai]

I'm definitely still invested!

I'm looking forward to getting this back on track.

[Carlyle]

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That's fine, and yes, I suspected as much would be the case on your end.

@Hound55

Mhm. At least one good thing came out of all this overtime (aside from the ton of money I've made); I passed the exam to become a Team Lead, so I've got one foot in the door if I take the plunge and apply for them to interview me for it if there is ever a spot open for a new lead. If I do get the spot, however, I'll probably go poof for a bit if I have to go do the training. Still worth it though since I'd be making five more (so 19 this year, 20 with the state's wage raise next year) than what I make now lol

[Qia]

I'm definitely still invested!

I'm looking forward to getting this back on track.

@Skai

Sameee here :) But you already knew that.

[Hound55]

Anybody still interested... please drop a comment in the next 48 hours in either the Discord game thread or the OOC.

Gauging interest.

Anyone who does not do this in the next 48 hours will be partitioned into a "slower" section of the game, bundled with NPCs where interaction will be less frequent and the "expected pace of play" considerably slower.

[Hound55]

Alright... a little abrupt ending to that one, but our little lady of expositionary dialogue has laid out the worst kept secret moving forward.

We're going to group people together by level of activity, so that we can better tend to players' enjoyment going forward.

I'm going to be more vigilant going ahead with the post summaries, so that those working at a slower pace can still have a shortcut to keeping up with events in the game as a whole.

What I would like you, the player base to do, is take a good hard look at yourselves and assess your likely level of involvement, and the pace YOU can maintain going forward. This is for your own benefit, if you think you would struggle maintaining pace with a faster based group, that's fine and there's no shame in it, there will stil be things to do and engagement at each and every level. And interaction across the larger group as a whole will still occur day-to-day so collaborating outside of your own group will still be possible at times.

But for the viability of the game I would like to be able to bundle together groups who are likely to work at a similar pace of play.

Those of you still looking to be involved, please contact the GM crew and let us know what that level of engagement is likely to be - or if you're comfortable doing so, mentioning it in the OOC or Discord is fine.