Jig

Let's Gush!

I'll start the ball rolling.

I joined a game a year and a half ago (ish) and then it died, and then I later restarted it with pretty much the same cast and then I can't really keep up with the GMing right now but I get to drop by from time to time and everybody's still there and wishes me nothing but the best.

It reminds me that, behind the character sheets and the posting and stuff, I've spent a huge amount of time working on something that's largely unimportant with people I don't know for no reason other than because I'm involved in a hobby I like with people whose company I enjoy. In that time I got to know people and their foibles and they lived my best and worst days with me too.

I've tried to explain to Jig's Still-Excellent Partner what RPing is once or twice, but won't let them read the stuff I do here, because, unless they're prepared to trawl through every single OoC post, they're not getting the context that makes it what it is.

Wink Murder

I won't, so it doesn't. :P

Unused parts of a Character

An app that has more than five questions is a shitty app

@Vilageidiotx

Disagree. A lot of the info might be completely sundry, but GM's who want to vet players' apps to make sure they fit the world and make sense need more than a name and a bio. Even stuff that doesn't manifest in the IC is still in the minds of everybody that read the app - it's useful material because it contributes to a canon of knowledge on which the game is based.

One thing that I almost never see on Apps, but which is absolutely the most important part, is Motivation/Objective. It's literally the reason the character is there.

Wink Murder

No. That's not okay.

Because all I want for Christmas is me back, and we can't both have me.

Wink Murder

At this stage I really don't think it's a secret any more.

Wink Murder

^{#afamiliarfacereturns #yuletidegreetings
#notevenhigh #winkschmurder}

Am still alive, but I'm afraid there's still no movement my end. I still don't really have the headspace to GM an RP, so this is basically me saying Merry Christmas and hi.

i am so tired of waiting around

@ReaptheMusic

I get that it's frustrating. I don't think anybody is more frustrated than me. It took me ages to get this off the ground and try to earn everybody's trust. As Flavs says, don't think of this as 'waiting around'. Go do something else in the meantime, and, when I get enough spare brain cells to return, I'd be delighted to see you still here but, if you've moved on, I'll understand. This goes for everybody, of course.

I did want to wrap up this post with a humorous explanation of where I've been at but actually it's not humorous and I'd basically rather not. So here is an artist's impression instead.

Hider

Okay, it's not been quite that bad.

Wolf Manor

I've taken on a few other games to occupy my time over winter break

@corneredbliss

On the off-chance anybody else is being kept up at night, being plagued by guilt about taking on other stuff while either WM is hibernating, yeah, don't sweat it. While there's a 0% chance that I can sustain any GMing right now, I am myself contemplating using the Christmas break to see how I get on in another actual game again.

Wolf Manor

I love how Bliss started this over a year ago and even though we're all in different parts of the world having different experiences, we've lost one member of that group, gained two, and even though I've literally not been on the forum since October (I don't think), this thread is still at the absolute least a hangout for people who get on. Apart from all the murder and shit, Woll/Wolf Manor has been a really lovely experience.

Honestly, I'm mostly on here to wish you all a Merry Christmas/Other Festive Season/Nice Day (if you really don't like the holidays) for when the time comes. I'm afraid that I still need the headspace that I was formerly spending here, but I did want to drop in and say hi, even if I won't be here for long. Theoretically, I could probably kick the game along a little bit, but by the time we'd built up any momentum, I'd probably have to bail again.

As for GM-stuff, I think if anybody received the baton, they would really struggle. The plot behind the scenes of Wolf is quite messy and I'd need to plough through all of my notes and have to explain them - unless anybody has a great idea of what could be going based purely on the things in the IC and could basically use this intro as a springboard for something else completely (in which case, PM me), in which case I'd be happy to GMify you as soon as you liked.

^{#seasonsgreetings #blastfromthepast #justjigthings2016
#weneedafuckingmoonstone #merryjigmas}

Wink Murder

#JigReturns2015 #WhatHappensNext?

So, uh, this thing.

I'm really really really pleased to see that the last post was from only 23 hours ago. I feel like I've been away a lifetime, but, even though I can't guarantee anything soon, maybe this is somehow still a thing?

Ding me if so.

Wolf Manor

You utter motherfuckers.

So, this thing, and I come back on here expecting wailing and gnashing of teeth from decades ago and the last thing I see is that, actually, people are still active. ^{I love you guys.}

If you guys are on-board, this is still a thing.

I can't promise anything soon, but when did anything happen 'soon' in this? You may or may not want to do this, but I have alternative contact means for Aunt Flavia and awkwardly for Bliss, but since I really would like to finish this and generally stay in touch with the people that started and joined this weird-ass thing, I'm gonna suggest there be some alternative-contact arrangements. I'm happy for anybody that wants it in this game to ask Flavia for my email address.

As I say, it's likely that when Wolf Manor gets back on the road, I might ask for an alternative driver, at least for a bit. I'm not sure how this would work, given all the secrets, but if y'all are still there, give some thought as to whether you could maybe step up and take a load off me?