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

[rob]

Hey all, we've just gotten internets in our residence here in North Carolina, so I will be able to post again. It'll take me a minute to catch up, and get my IC post for the first round done, since I have to email the friends and fam tonight.

rob

[Vegas]

Hehe.. I'm home now... not on the road or "at Starbucks grabbing coffee" so WR1 if you see this and want to get down to business discussing whatever you need on the wiki.. I'm available, even if I'm not logged into DSF.

[Meriss]

[adamu]

Winter

Grack casting Detect Enemies, Extended.

Magic + Spellcasting + Mentor Bonus = 4 dice
3 2 3 2 = This time I am really concentrating hard and it is definitely working.

Drain = 3
Charisma + Willpower = 6 dice
2 6 6 5 5 3 = And concentrating hard is getting easier and easier, especially while scarfing down soyshi!

[rob]

WR

Whew! Back in the game. What effect from the gas grenade did I notice? Did it burst anywhere near enough to them that they may get hit in the plume or the gas will obstruct some visibility? (since it's pepper punch, I'm not really counting on that.).

And in the SR4 rulebook as written, any cover negates suppressive fire. Though I personally think this is a lame rule, does it apply to our situation? What is your interpretation of that?

[rob]

Sorry, double post

[WinterRat1]

I will be flying out to California for a wedding immediately after work, and will not return until Sunday, so I probably won’t be able to reply/catch up/weigh in until Monday or Tuesday. Sorry if I can’t get to replies today (although I certainly would like to, if possible!), I have to make sure everything is in order at work before I take off, and I’m leaving early today, so time is at a bit of a premium. I’ll reply to everyone as soon as I can when I get back.

All of Konsaki’s Players please make sure you post the previously requested information regarding your character’s status, story, location, playing experience to date in DITG, etc. so I can catch up with you all as soon as possible. Since I won’t be able to reply to people until about Monday or Tuesday, now is the perfect time to do so. Thanks!

[Abbandon]

Sorry for not replying sooner. I confess to being lazy and not very alert while checking the DITG game.

Fool:

[ Spoiler ]

1. Your current in-game location
SW of the intersection at NE 124th AVE. and 132nd St.

2. A summary of everything that has happened to your character since game start and the situation your character currently finds him/herself in.
Found SSR HQ firebombed, got equipment, was heading for hammerpack turf(for false reasons i guess), picked up/contacted by child and have finally linked up. We were beginning to discuss what to do next.

3. Your current condition monitor status in the following format: 0/9P 0/9M

4. Last IC post....Jun 26 2007 (page 2 of IC if you view 50 at a time)

[rob]

WinterRat

Ok, resolution phase thingy: If I think I can shoot from cover without exposing myself to too much enemy fire, then I'll shoot from cover. If not, then I'll look back down the street, from the direction Nevada and Badmarsh came from, and see if there are any entrances to the buildings. Basically, I'm exploring the option of kicking in a door, moving through the building and flanking the Raiders.

rob

[Konsaki]

@Everyone

First off, I'd like to appologise for my absence and subsiquent resigning of post as secondary Player GM and Combat GM.
I had fun building the world of DitG with you people and do hope it the best, but as WR1 has explained, something in my life had to give and Real Life > Games. This one was suffering greatly due to my negligence of not having enough time due to the shifts in my job, lifestyle and position in the world.

The reason I was silent for so long before the 'out of the blue' resignation was that I wanted to see if it would pass over and things would go back to normal, but I can forsee it not going that way. It would have been a great disservice to you players if I didn't accept the fact that I wouldnt be able to GM at a quality deserving of you fine players, so it comes down to my resignation.

I wish the best to you as you struggle through the streets of Kingsgate and again, I'm sorry about this.

PS: Just to waylay any question of my physical health, I'm perfectly fine as far as I know.

[Meriss]

@Konsaki:
Good to know you are okay. Thanks for the update. I hope you get some free time now and then to catch a RL Game or two once in a while. Even if you can't get a PbP game in. Keep it real ese! *Fist in the air*

[WinterRat1]

Everyone - Quick update, I'm back and I just caught up with all my LITS OOC stuff. DITG OOC stuff is next, followed by LITS IC and DITG IC.

PM replies will be spaced out among all that as well.

[WinterRat1]

General Announcement

For the sake of full disclosure, so everyone knows where I stand, I just started a new job about three weeks ago, am currently in the process of buying a condo with my fiance (hopefully to be concluded by the end of August), planning my wedding which is happening in September, teaching Sunday School at my church every week, and am mentoring six high school guys, also every week.

Oh yeah, and on top of all that and various other not so regular/major RL activities, running LITS at a speed that's pretty much full speed ahead again (as a player and GM) as well as trying to pick up the pieces from the recent GM departures at DITG and singlehandedly keep the game alive until I can get things settled down and running smoothly, hopefully with some extra GMs on staff to facilitate said smoothness.

In short, I'm pretty freaking swamped right now.

Don't worry, this isn't a prelude to me going anywhere. :)

Nor is this a 'I'm so much busier than all of you, no one understands!' rant. I just want you all to know that if I say I will get to you and it takes me a little longer than I initially projected, or if updates are a bit slow in coming over the next two months, one or more of the above reasons is probably why.

LITS will keep rolling along like we've been doing the last 3 years, and I will hold DITG together, because it's just too promising to let die (at least, assuming everyone doesn't quit on me first :P). I simply wanted to let you all know that I'm not ignoring anyone or slacking around, and that I will keep things moving along to the best of my ability.

DSF is now more or less the only thing I do with my leisure time, so when other stuff cuts into said leisure time, DSF is the first thing to suffer because, well...there isn't anything else I can cut. ;)

Anyway, there's nothing in particular that prompted this, except that I don't want anyone feeling like I'm neglecting them or the game(s). Things will eventually settle down and allow for a bit more predictability from me, but for now I'm emphasizing continuity and just flat getting things done and keeping the games moving as best I can.

I think so far I've managed to keep things rolling along pretty well, but the recent need to run DITG by myself and reorganize things has thrown me a bit of a curve that'll probably take me a week or so to fully work through and drag everything back on track. So if it seems like I'm ignoring DITG, I'm not, I'm simply balancing my time between DITG and LITS, and since LITS is running smoother right now, it's easier to see actual progress, whereas in DITG, there's a lot of behind the scenes stuff I need to do first.

As always, if anyone has any comments, questions, thoughts, or concerns, feel free to let me know. Otherwise, this has been a general public service announcement for the respective populaces of LITS and DITG to keep you informed of your friendly neighborhood GM's various nefarious undertakings. :D

(Note: Another major catch-up day tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 1.

My DITG goal is to at least start the wheels moving for DITG again via a policy update/explanation for how I plan to get Konsaki's players back in the game and keep my players moving along.

My LITS goal is to respond to everything that's come up since my last mega-update last night.

If I don't get to one or the other of those....well, I just gave you a nice explanation why above. :))

[adamu]

Dude, as far as I'm concerned you are doing an amazing job with an incredibly ambitious project.
I DO know what it's like to be that busy. I'll keep helping where I can, and I'll be happy to wait as long as it takes as a player (although it seems to me that for my group there's really not that much need to wait...you did ask us to take some initiative and be self-directed for a bit...).

[WinterRat1]

General Announcement – Reorganizing to keep the ball rolling

OK, I just re-read the posting guidelines on the wiki, and fortunately, getting reorganized and jump started again looks like it’ll be easier than I thought it would be.

If you’ve read the guidelines (and you should have), you’ll recall a section under the ‘Posting Guidelines’ titled ‘Individual Posting’. In essence, we are now switching over to the ‘Individual Posting’ system as originally planned, and away from the direct GM-to-player interaction we’ve been running since the game started. The reason for that should be fairly obvious, although if needs to be restated, it’s because there’s one of me and about 20 of you. :)

Therefore, what I need you all to do is head over to the wiki, under the ‘Character Tracker’ (CT) page, and fill out the chart accordingly. Meriss has already filled his in and Voorhees’s has been filled in by me as examples.

Note: This chart ONLY applies whenever you need my involvement or guidance beyond what you already possess.

For example, Sushi Shack Showdown people (Legion, Doc, Thumper, Grack) have already been cleared to start interacting and continue moving south into LoCoS turf as they originally planned.

The In Hot Pursuit people (Bockscar, Nevada, and Badmarsh) are in combat, so they know what they need from me (namely, a response to their questions regarding the Resolution Phase. See, I haven’t forgotten you!) and where they currently stand.

Everyone else should be posting something in the Character Tracker page so I can start directing you all and keeping your characters moving along.

As you post your character information in the CT, I will post a response with the information you need in that same page. It would be helpful to me if you would also post OOC informing me you’ve updated the chart, and I will do the same for you.

Finally, note that we will only ever be using the one chart. When you need something new from me, simply overwrite your previous entry. That is what the ‘sign in’ column is for, so I know when you last filled in the chart and when your last IC post was. That’s why my responses are signed too, so you know when I last replied to you.

This is also why it’s important to notify one another in the OOC thread, because once this chart starts filling up it’ll be easy for us to miss updated sign ins. That’s why we’re not only filling in the RL sign in date on the CT, but the last IC post date (in RL) as well, so I can say ‘hey wait, so and so hasn’t had an IC post since June, I better check up on them’ or you can say ‘doh, he posted for me two weeks ago and I missed it, no wonder he hasn’t posted anything for me lately’.

I know this is brief, but I think that should about cover it, if anyone has any questions, as always feel free to ask. As you start filling in the chart, I will begin responding, and that should get us rolling again.

[WinterRat1]

General Announcement – Event 2: Among the Ashes

My previous post addressed trying to get your individual PCs back on track. In the larger scheme of things, the Event Registry for Event 2 is up. No one should fill it in just yet because no one is close to the IC deadline that I am aware of, but be aware the event will be happening at 02:30:00.

Currently the RL deadline is Aug. 31, because I wanted to give everyone plenty of time to get their characters back on track and approximately up to speed again before pushing the Event on them, but if everyone gets on track sooner, we may move the Event up. Regardless, I just wanted you all to know that the overall storyline is still moving forward, and give you a general sense of when to expect it, both in RL and in the game.

I will remind everyone of the impending RL and IC deadlines as we get closer to the event.

[Meriss]

@Winter: Duly noted, I'm going away on Saturday and Sunday. So feel free to push Inks IC back.

[HeySparky]

Howdy folks, sorry for the abrupt and unannounced disappearance. I'm going to be withdrawing from most of my online commitments.

Work has been intense and will become moreso as the months pass (until some time in 08). I should have done this a month ago. I've PMed WinterRat and given him carte blanche to do what he wishes with Badmarsh. Poor, poor Badmarsh. But hey - IC leadership vaccuum! And OOC Adept spot open! Wooo!

Wikitron authority is passed in full to She of the Fearsome Fang and Withered, Vestigial Arms - Vegas, The Wikitsaurus Rex. Bow before her terrible wiki-twiddling might. BOW!

Good luck surviving Kingsgate. You'll need it. And good on ya, WR, persevering through the GM drought.




...I'm not leaving DS, just laying really REALLY low. 'What's-that-lump-in-the-carpet' low.

[Mister Juan]

@Vegas
If you need my help wiki wise, say so. I'll do my best ;)

[WinterRat1]

@ All

You know what I could really use? People filling out their Character Tracker charts so I can get moving on bringing everyone back up to speed.

And for those who already have what they need from me, feel free to go right on posting.

I'm just saying, is all. :D

[Unarmed]

@ WR1

Should we fill out the character tracker sheets for pretty much anything we need from you, or only major/semi-major stuff? Right now I'm basically just waiting to find out if Doc finds a lighter in the Elf's pocket, but I was wondering for small stuff like that which does technically affect the character materially but only very slightly, should I wait for you, or just decide that I find one. Additionally, if the answer is that I should wait for you, should I fill out the character tracker or just post in here?

I just want to see if we can streamline things as much as possible while still retaining the GM oversight of material improvements.

[adamu]

WR1

Same as Unarmed - my impression was that Sushi Shack people were greenlighted to continue playing, and that we therefore did NOT need to use the tracker at this time.

Do let me know if I'm wrong, though, and I'll get right on it.

[rob]

WinterRat

Should In Hot Pursuit characters pipe in?

rob

[WinterRat1]

Catchup time for DITG. Assorted comments first, then on to In Hot Pursuit.

Reminder: I use violet when I refer to the players. Players use cyan when they refer to me. Please stick with the color system as it makes it much easier to track your comments to me.

Unarmed -

[Lindt]

WinterRat

Back from my time away from the world.

Child

[ Spoiler ]

1. Your current in-game location
SW of the intersection at NE 124th AVE. and 132nd St.

2. A summary of everything that has happened to your character since game start and the situation your character currently finds him/herself in.
Left Mouse's house. Drove to corner of 124 and 132. Linked up with Fool. Am currently hiding in ally trying to figure out what to do next.

3. Your current condition monitor status in the following format: 0/9P 0/10M

4. Last IC post....Jul 7 2007 (page 4 of IC )