Down in the Gutter: OOC, The Nuts and Bolts of Staying Alive Options

[Bearclaw]

OK, I think we're good.
Pragma did most of the work, I just added a couple bits. Please don't let us hold you guys up anymore.

[adamu]

Please don't let us hold you guys up anymore.

Dude, you were not holding us up, you were doing cool stuff - doing what we are here to do.

I personally thought it was one of the better scenes so far in the entire game.

And if I can just throw my humble opinion in - the beauty of forum gaming is that no matter how much you post, it really does not stop other people from posting all they want as well.

Rock on, dude.

[Dantic]

I will be making a catch up IC post for Twiggs. I have been a little busy the past couple of weeks, i've been moving, just bought a house and it's a pain taking care of all the little stuff. Glad to see the story moving along though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Bearclaw]

Hey Adamu, Rico's an Orc also (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[adamu]

Hey Adamu, Rico's an Orc also (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Oh yeah - I know that. Sorry if my post came across wrong - Grack's twisted musings are often misinterpreted!

When he is thankful that one of the newcomers is not weak, he is talking about you, as Thumper is no newcomer, and already has Grack's respect.

So when I say that the one non-weakling is an ork, I meant you as opposed to all the other new members.

[Dantic]

Oh yeah - I know that. Sorry if my post came across wrong - Grack's twisted musings are often misinterpreted!

When he is thankful that one of the newcomers is not weak, he is talking about you, as Thumper is no newcomer, and already has Grack's respect.

So when I say that the one non-weakling is an ork, I meant you as opposed to all the other new members.

I actually understood what you meant, I must be sick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotate.gif)

[Bearclaw]

I could be posting every day and keep this story moving, but I keep waiting for the guys who've been put in leadership positions to lead.

[adamu]

Dude - if you wait long enough, I am sure they will post, but what's the fun in that? Anyway, you can keep totally busy yourself without imposing on anyone else or appearing to usurp any sort of leadership.

Personally, I say if you've got the time and inclination - POST.

Goodness knows I do.

[grendel]

I guess that means me.

Anyway, I'm on vacation from 09 Jun 08 to 13 Jun 08, so the earliest you'll see another post from me is probably 14 Jun.

[Bearclaw]

Thanks Grendle.
Rico just got in a fight for having initiative. He needed a word from Legion or Thumper to solidify his place. He'll patrol, he'll start cleaning up the shop, and tomorrow, with or without help, he's gonna either start dealing chips or head downtown and steal a bike or car to chop. If he had more money, he'd be a much more dangerous soldier, as would a lot of other guys in this gang.

[WinterRat1]

Bearclaw -

Couple things:

1. Please remember to format your posts appropriately, it's a big help for reading through them. Bold for proper nouns, Italics for inner monologue or emphasis, and yellow for electronic communication.

2. If you rode into the heart of Raider Nation, even without colors, that's going to take a dumb luck roll to see you through it safely. It's not that easy to waltz around Kingsgate going where you want to go, even without flashing colors.

Pick 4 numbers between 1 and 10, these are BAD numbers you don't want me to roll.

All - Please remember to use proper time/date stamps, which include the year. Current slow pace of the game notwithstanding, I do hope (emphasis on hope) to make it to the next calendar year at some point, in which case it's nice to have the correct year labeled. Remember, the time should also be in the HH:MM:SS format, not just HH:MM, because Shadowrun is a game in which seconds matter very much, so please be sure to include them.

I know people are just copying and pasting previous time/date stamps when making their own posts, but this just contributes to a string of incorrect time/date stamps, so please make it a point to make sure yours are correct. Thanks.

[Vegas]

One other "minor" request for timestamping... Can players be sure to have their timestamps indicate the END time of their post, not the beginning? I believe this was the agreed upon (I believe across the board) way of keeping track of time/timing so we don't have to "guess" how long it takes a player to complete the actions on top of estimating how long it takes ourselves to do it too? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Also, is everyone basically bedding down for the night/keeping overwatch till morning? Just curious if some kind of "time jump" may be possible since a number of players are either healing, passed out, eating/sleeping etc. etc. till morning. Plus with Grendel on vacation for nearly a week it would slow down any additional "orders" coming from him overnight.

Not sure if WR1 has anything planned or if others have plans for the overnight hours (which is why I'm asking instead of putting up a time-jumping post of my own)... just wondering if getting the ENTIRE group back together in a reasonable fashion might restart the posting rate on here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Not that I have any vested interest in seeing time jump forward a number of hours.. no, not at all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Dantic]

Twiggs is definitely out for the night, I agree, we seem to be in a good place to have everyone sleep till morning-ish (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotate.gif) Hopefully with orders given, and ready to carry out, we can move posting along, Twiggs has yet to meet Vada' or Baby, ICly, which could be quite interesting. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[rob]

Bockscar's been keeping watch, and idly scanning all the radio traffic he can in order to find something to shoot.

Rob, on the other hand, is beginning to move back home, and so will (yet again) be unlikely to have reliable internet, electricity, or showers for the next couple weeks. I will let you know when I can post again, but don't expect much till July.

Peace!

[Vegas]

Good luck with the move Rob! Thanks for the heads up.

[Slipshade]

Not that I have any vested interest in seeing time jump forward a number of hours.. no, not at all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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[Bearclaw]

Rico is going to sleep as soon as he's done with his patrol.

WinterRat, Rico's numbers are 1,2,3,4.

[WinterRat1]

Bearclaw - You're good, nothing happens during your trip, so your IC post stands as originally written.

All - I haven't heard any objections to a time bump, and for a number of reasons I think it makes sense. I'll figure out how far to bump things forward and then put up a post to advance the time.

[adamu]

Also, is everyone basically bedding down for the night/keeping overwatch till morning? Just curious if some kind of "time jump" may be possible since a number of players are either healing, passed out, eating/sleeping etc. etc. till morning. Plus with Grendel on vacation for nearly a week it would slow down any additional "orders" coming from him overnight.

Grack started lurking in the corner in Astral Perception at around midnight, and unless something happens or someone manages to communicate Legion's recent orders to him, he will just keep racking up Assensing training hours until he maxes out at 4 am.

If the bump is longer than that, he will have checked out the park a bit from 4 until daybreak, at which point he will retreat into the sewers, away from the thrice-accursed sun.

I will be happy to IC any and all of that once I know the extent of the bump.

[pragma]

Thumper's planning to play around with the pistol (I really hope it's smart) for five hours, then sleep until the end of the bump.

[Meriss]

No objection from my corner. Ink will prolly do a line or two so I can shove my Addiction roll away for a few IC days. Then depending on how stoned he gets haul out his knife and get a couple of hour MA training in, pass out and sleep till whenever various people start yelling at him.

Or vice versa if anyone objects to me training while stoned. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Acctually, good question for you Winter, considering the heavy level of mind altering substances in the Gate, does training time spent stoned count towards advancement?

[Fresno Bob]

Aziz is just going to bed down for the night until its time to roll out the hookers, maybe pass the time with some sword exercises, shooting the shit, or what have you.

[grendel]

Back online.

[WinterRat1]

Hey Everyone -

OK, rather than me continuing to rack my brain trying to come up with a good 'bump' post that will essentially say very little, here's what we are going to do.

Everyone is cleared to post as of 14:00:00, Sunday, November 2, 2070.

During this 'downtime', you each have 12 hours of time to rest and/or train, in whatever combination you wish.

If you choose to use any part of the 12 hours to train, you MUST post IC depicting your training time. If you do not, you will not get credit for it. It doesn't have to be a super long post, but it should be a reasonable 'training montage' that at least shows some effort on your PC's part to improve themselves. You should also track your training time on the appropriate section of your character's wiki as well. Note that your training post should be part of your post that shows what you are up to as of 14:00:00, not a separate post. In other words, if you choose to train, it should look like this:

Example
02:00:00 - 06:00:00, Sunday, November 2, 2070 October Ravens HQ
Shade

<Insert Training Post Here>

14:00:00 Sunday, November 2, 2070 October Ravens HQ
Shade

<Insert Post Picking up as of 14:00:00 here>

If you are resting and have any wounds to heal, make the appropriate notes on your character's healing tracker as well.

In either situation, leave a note for me in the OOC thread as well.

To answer an earlier question, yes training time does still count if your character is drunk/high/somewhat less than fully functioning. However, be aware this may lead to some not so good consequences (e.g. Training in Demolitions while drunk most likely will not end well for you). I figure there's enough restrictions on you guys already, and if you are role-playing your character's substance addictions/abuse appropriately, I'm not going to discourage that by penalizing you for training during that time.

If anyone has any other questions please ask, otherwise everyone is free to go ahead and starting posting from 14:00:00.

Mister Juan - The whole point of this bump is to try and sync everyone up, so you are included in this bump as well, because I'm not going to hang back to GM for Felix 14 hours earlier than where everyone else is at. Assume Felix escapes from the ghoul for whatever reason...for now. You may resume posting at 14:00:00 along with everyone else back at Gang HQ if you wish (assuming Felix headed back to the new October Ravens HQ) or somewhere else of your choice.

[Mister Juan]

WR1
Thats all good with me! I somehow have my own doubts that Felix will run into his share of ghouls in the times to come (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
Anyways, since he was mainly going back to the old Crash turf to pick up his personal stuff, and his bike, should I assumed that he did that?
If you'd rather he didn't make it to the Crash turf, there are 100 ways we could expect the 14 hours laps.
He could have been hiding from the ghouls, could have hidden out and fallen asleep, passed out from casting a spell, etc...