This is the handy dandy thread for saying when you won't be around! It's also coupled with a query after this, too! Anyway, before I get to that, post here if you know you aren't going to be here on any given day. Makes my life easier to know in advance.
Question: In the event a player misses several days in a row, would you rather we wait for them or that I consider NPCing them for an event if need be?
Personally, I don't mind NPCing myself. I know I've been on the miss for a few days right now, and I'd rather have the story flow keeping itself steady in that case, since I'd rather not end up burdening the other PCs, and I don't mind logreading to keep it up.
Quote from: "Jo'ou Ranbu"Personally, I don't mind NPCing myself. I know I've been on the miss for a few days right now, and I'd rather have the story flow keeping itself steady in that case, since I'd rather not end up burdening the other PCs, and I don't mind logreading to keep it up.
I admit you were the one in mind when I typed this. <_<
Aside from that, I don't like NPCing everyone, but sitting everyone on the hotseat for several days sucks a lot, too.
NPCing is fine if just one person isn't around and it's the sort of thing that wouldn't really be that character's specialty for the session, I guess.
Also, related tangent that I forgot to put in the original post: If one is NPCed, would you rather have a PC handle it or the GM?
If like Eb said it's not the char's specialty, I don't really care who rolls the attacks/checks ac/whatever. Just as long as my char is npc'd in very generic and passive term! In other words, I don't want the npc me to go on lengthy, motivational speeches on do inspirational combat/tumbling descriptions. ^^
Okay, I think I get the message here, pending Hotaru having something to say. I'll NPC if it's a serious time issue in a non essential situation, though I'd still rather avoid it.
I'm going to take a moment to remind people to post to this thread if you won't be here on a day or will be late.
Starting this week, Saturday gaming will most likely be scarce for me for a while (at least for a month). I'll be in an afternoon course that goes from 2PM-6PM (my time), and I'll usually be home by 7PM.
I won't be around tomorrow, wednesday the 7th. Paper writing ho.
I have a few errands to run tomorrow, so I may come to Monday's game a bit late.
My mother just asked me to do errands (paying bills and doing groceries). Going to come about an hour (maybe an hour and a half) late to the game.
Quote from: "Jo'ou Ranbu"My mother just asked me to do errands (paying bills and doing groceries). Going to come about an hour (maybe an hour and a half) late to the game.
Okay, thanks for the headsup. Let's just aim for Thursday/Friday then.
Not around today, fate being an ice bitch. No time or temperament to be around a group.
Quote from: "Asrana"Not around today, fate being an ice bitch. No time or temperament to be around a group.
Okay. Let's try/hope for Friday then.
Post to defeat stupid forum glitch.
Despite something stupid happening and me missing Merc's game, I should be alive for gaming today.
I'm posting for tentative life tomorrow. The medicine I've gotten is helping a lot, so let's keep our fingers crossed. Cor, I'll hit you first since I've managed to miss you two days in a row now.
I had a lot of personal shit go bad today, so I'm going to need a recharge day tomorrow. I should be riprarin' to go Wendesday. If I feel particularly good tomorrow, we -might- do a few odds and ends, but don't hold your breath.
I won't be around from the 5th for a couple of weeks, my trip got pushed forward and all that fun stuff. Should return around the 20th.
I'll be here today without interruption. Tomorrow I'll be away for about a half hour to an hour right after Merc's game.
I may be a half-hour late or so today. Going to run a few errands.
Okay, thanks.
I may be late/away this coming Saturday. I won't know until tomorrow or Friday how much so and if I will. Sunday's also a bit hazy with Easter.
Got hit by a last-minute doctor's office appointment today. Coming a bit late (can't predict exactly how much).
Okay.
Going to be about 90% away after Merc's game Friday. This doesn't matter much for us since Snow's away, but I'm just saying.
As you know, I've been having compute overheating problems lately. I haven't been able to pin down the exact cause yet, but I should be good for tomorrow and Sunday.
I may be somewhat away for about an hour tomorrow due to unexpected matressing. Don't ask.
Burnt left hand bad. May be out a bit depending on how the blister and pain do.
Okay.
I may not be here this coming Friday. I'll know more Thursday, but preemptive heads up. However, I have from this Saturday, June 2nd to Saturday, June 9th off. Week vacation ahoy, so I'll be around more. That Wednesday in the middle is also my birthday, so I might not be around that day.
Tomorrow I may be late. Buying train tickets.
I may be a little late tomorrow, pending on how Eb's game's run. If it runs early, yeah, I'll be late. If it runs long, I probably won't be. Fair warning and heads up. This shouldn't be critical in any event.
Odds are that I will be late tomorrow, by an hour at the latest but hopefully I'll be here sooner.
I've got a presentation Thursday and my group's stressing out about it despite the fact that we'll get the best score if we put -any- effort into it. Sooooo yeah.
I may be late tomorrow. I have a blockage or some shit in my ear so I need to run up to the doctor's. If/how late I am depends on how early I can get up and on how busy they are.
...family just decided that for all intents and purposes Father's Day is tomorrow. So I won't be around. Sorry, guys.
In a proof that shit comes in storms, I'm also having renewed computer problems. Yeah, I may just not show up much tomorrow at this rate.
My condition has downgraded from sick to sick as fuck overnight. I may be alive come gametime, but I may not.
Posting this quickly, internet's going SNAFUBAR at home. Unless it fixes itself soon, won't be on today.
And on that exciting note, I graciously accepted theater tickets for a Saturday night along with a promise of grave bodily harm should I dodge the show from a violent girl, so....
Okay! So Saturday's out for Cor and today was a miss for Tai.
Tai, if you get online before tomorrow but it's obvious you wont' be able to show, post here to lemme know? If we miss tomorrow we'll just wait until Sunday.
I might be a little late tomorrow due to having run to work. This isn't anything serious, just some retarded HR paperwork and testing that's due.
July 2nd, Monday, I have a 50% chance of being late. This will only delay us till 2:00 PM my time at the latest (an hour later than our usual start time.)
July 4th, Wednesday, is completely out due to my dad and I going down to see family.
July 5th, Thursday, I may have to assist my grandma with errands: if I do, it'll assuredly be at the time we usually play, so I may end up being MIA Thursday.
All other signs are normal.
I may be a bit late today, issues with my Dad finding out he needs surgery on his ankle again. Fuck.
I'm feeling a bit under the weather, and by "bit under the weather" I mean my stomach is currently acting about as unsettled as a Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey circus. Unless there's divine intervention between now and then, I think I'll be too distracted to continue harassing shocker lizards.
Before I forget, I may be late Wednesday due to work bullshit.
Not going to GM tomorrow. Long story short, I need a day off.
Short story long, I had a really draining day at work and a lot of RL stuff went down, so I'm overstressed and wiped. I need a day of doing nothing in particular to recharge my batteries. Normal gaming should resume Thursday barring something completely beyond the pale.
I may not be here tomorrow due to family stuff. I won't know for sure until the morning, but... Yep, the long shot happened. Argh.
It's actually not a bad thing, I'm just obligated to go the movies with my Dad around noon or so. I probably won't get home until 3 in that event, which kills gaming.
I might be late tomorrow. I'll post more tomorrow from work.
On that note, I may be gone Monday, too. Have to buy a new keyboard; I can put it off a day or two if we're going to game tomorrow and do it if not.
May be late/not here tomorrow due to personal reasons.
Upside: I finally woke up and I feel good again. Coherency is awesome. It's a heckuva story involving the best Cherry Coke I've ever had, thunderous flatulence and one very bored break time.
Downside: I might be late tomorrow or have to leave for a bit around 3-4 PM EST. I have to go to the bank and also pick up a book I promised someone that I'd buy in lieu of paying back some money I owed them.
Variance: Pixies.
Vanished today due to a power outage. Putting this here so I don't have to repeat myself a few times tomorrow.
Okay.
Just to demonstrate how much time I've really got left:
I'm going to be at least an hour late both Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th; two lunch dates, one with my grandmother and one with two people I went to high school with that are now engaged.
It's possible Friday may be a complete no-show for me. Tomorrow I will show up early, so if you want to do a bit before I go we can probably crack out an hour, hour-half before that and some after.
Sunday the 12th may be completely out, may not. I really have no clue there.
Sunday the 19th and Wednesday the 22nd I will not even be on.
Tuesday the 21st depends on the 19th; if everything goes swimmingly I'll be present and ready to wrap my stuff up, otherwise it needs to get finished on the 20th.
These are all the absences I know of; there's the possibility of another one or two occurring next week, but I'll have at least a day's warning.
In conclusion: Arghpanicpanicpanic~
Argh. Hate to do this, but...
There's been a death (my great-aunt, my dad's aunt), and my dad's going to be helping handle part of it. I can pretty much assure that tomorrow's out, and Wednesday may be; I'll need to wait and see, but it's seeming likely.
Dune, I'll try and get on as often as I can; it'll be irritating to do this in fragments and yet it'll also likely be the fastest way. I'll have internet access where I'm going for the funeral, but it won't be really consistent (enough to jump on, do stuff for thirty minutes max, jet). So.
Quote from: "Taishyr"Argh. Hate to do this, but...
There's been a death (my great-aunt, my dad's aunt), and my dad's going to be helping handle part of it. I can pretty much assure that tomorrow's out, and Wednesday may be; I'll need to wait and see, but it's seeming likely.
Dune, I'll try and get on as often as I can; it'll be irritating to do this in fragments and yet it'll also likely be the fastest way. I'll have internet access where I'm going for the funeral, but it won't be really consistent (enough to jump on, do stuff for thirty minutes max, jet). So.
In that case I think I may be away tomorrow. If Tai's going to miss I don't want to move things too much more; it's the perfect day for me to do other things if so. I'll probably keep an eye on the computer if so, however.
I may be late an hour tomorrow. This doesn't matter much with S/S, but just throwing it out there.
Next week, our usual times Friday/Saturday, I'll be ready to get rolling again.
In the meantime, I'll finish updating my sheet, Dune.
This of course presumes everyone else is willing/ready. >_>;
My anger knows no bounds.
Windows decided it wouldn't even load today, no matter what I did to it.
I'm going to request we meet Saturday still, but I can't see being ready for today (Friday)'s meet.
My sincere apologies, but Windows has gone too far.
*prepares the exorcism CD*
Heh! Run setup and then choose to repair your Win installation? Shouldn't take more than 40 minutes before it's working again. Or on fire. But the fire rarely happens!
Okay, good look either way.
You see, I'd have no problems doing that if I hadn't done it once already in the past week and a half, Cor. As is, I'm just pissed as all fuck right now. Screw Microsoft at this point.
I'll be on IRC permanently as soon as I can, and with my sheet done as soon as possible (it's my first priority, in all honesty, since I've kept it waiting so long.)
Also: I have a week-long vacation October 1st-7th. During that time, I can probably attend a few extra games, so.
I could be a little late tomorrow. I may have to go out first thing and do something, but it won't take long at worst.
Quote from: Anastasia on October 06, 2007, 03:45:32 AM
I could be a little late tomorrow. I may have to go out first thing and do something, but it won't take long at worst.
Repeat time. Eb, if I get up early and it looks to be time consuming, I'll try to post so you can see before you leave work. Ideally this shouldn't matter.
I likely won't be here tomorrow(But not 100%) since I feel like shit, I'm tired, I'm kinda distracted and I just feel like I could use a day away. I'd rather miss tomorrow and be here Tuesday since that's my day off. Of course, I could very well rebound tomorrow morning and be here.
I do doubt it, but just sayin'. Anyway.
Okay, something really bloody bizarre is going on. I can't seem to log in to the school client, but I can access everything else.
If I can manage to get the school internet re-working, I'll jump on. If not? I really don't wanna get harassed by anyone here for somehow bypassing the restrictions (fuck, all I did was disable Javascript and Java. What the hell?), so, uh... yeah. I don't want to abuse this since I wouldn't be surprised if it could be tracked, so.
Fair warning's all I can give. Fuck. Why the goddamn bloody hell. Damnitdamnitdamnit, China. I'm tired of this.
50/50 odds of me being gone tomorrow. I'll toss another post in here or in the #elysium topic when I know.
Quote from: Anastasia on December 04, 2007, 01:08:51 AM
50/50 odds of me being gone tomorrow. I'll toss another post in here or in the #elysium topic when I know.
100% odds of me being away today. See you guys tomorrow.
I might be a bit late tomorrow/today/Thursday. Fuck the date line and late night posts.
On another note, Tuesday the 18 is flat out for me. I don't know if this will matter in the least.
From the departing of screaming obviousness:
No game this week unless I make a rapid and swift upturn. This isn't likely.
I will soon be done with classes! But I have tests coming up, too.
So my schedule will primarily depend on how my Wed/Thurs/Fri classes go. I may be around for a Monday/Tuesday game, though, if Dune feels better. I'll tell more when I know more.
No gaming tomorrow. I feel rather burned out after that long desert trip and this is my first weekend off in a month. Combine the two and it seems to be ripe for taking some away from computer time. Tai, are you good for Monday and/or Tuesday?
Both work, sure, though Tuesday I'll request we quit at 4 on the dot, since I will need sleep for the day ahead.
Tomorrow will be a short session. I want to do some things away from the computer and there's also a hint of the 'I NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THIS FUCKING SCREEN' malaise kicking in.
Going to likely be late Friday. Power is stated by the dorms to be off from 12:00 midnight to 2:00 AM on Friday, which means the earliest I'll be on is likely 2:00 PM Dune's time, if not later due to them taking a long time to get anything done. So.
I may not be here tomorrow. There's nothing really to say about it, I might have to go deal with some mundane business.
I'm cancelling tomorrow. There's a good RL story behind this, but I don't feel like going into it in here.
Okay.
I'm a bit burned out due to real life being an incessant bitch for the past week and change. While I want to game, I find that my GMing capacity is at rock bottom. I lack the patience to GM, as my nerves are frayed from RL. When I'm that stressed, I also lack the creativity and drive to manage things, making the prospect of GMing unattractive. I'm gonna try and do some stuff over the next two days as my mood strikes it, but I'll also be away some too. This doesn't have anything to do with any of you; you've all been great.
Expect a return to form Friday, since there's no way things can keep on sucking that long in a row. Right? Right? Right? Anyway, apologies for this unplanned unreliability over the past week. I don't really like to be particularly flaky like this. If things in RL stay bad for awhile longer, I may just take a week off at worse. I don't foresee needing this, as at that point I'd probably be taking a nice vacation in Mr. White Room with Mr. Valium.
PS: Eb, check your PM box. I have a question I need to ask you.
Unexplained dorm internet outage means I may not be capable of being here tonight. Don't do anything Deme wouldn't do, people.
And it turns out that last night was the night I really didn't show up due to sleeping through three different alarms. Goddamnit. Sorry, Cor.
I'm not going to be around much Tuesday. I'm not happy about it and I argued it, but I'm stuck with it anyway.
Friday-Saturday-Sunday (May 9/10/11) I won't be around. Dad's in town, so.
Presence from July 13th to July 24th or so is questionable to unlikely. Presence from 24th to 27th isn't happening. From there, I'm pretty much home free. I'll post if anything more comes up, but this should be it.
I may not be here this Friday. There's fair odds I'll need to run out several hours before work to deal with something. Saturday's thankfully clear.
It's really stupid RL stuff.
I won't be here today. Sorry for the late notice, but I found out when I got woken up early. Family stuff came up.
Quote from: Anastasia on July 02, 2008, 12:52:59 PM
I won't be here today. Sorry for the late notice, but I found out when I got woken up early. Family stuff came up.
There's about an 75% chance of a repeat of this tomorrow. I'll let you guys know ASAP in the morning.
I will be here tomorrow.
However, I may be a tad late, relatively. This shouldn't matter, as Cor said he was going to be late and Eb's usually late on Fridays. Heads up anyway in case you end up around early and I'm not or if for whatever reason I get hung up longer than anticipated.
Not going to be here Monday and maybe Tuesday. Odds are that I'll be dissembling this computer while we paint and recarpet and do way more stuff than I want to.
Got a pile of shit dumped on me at the last minute today, so we're switching to Saturday. Sorry about the late notice, people think it's okay to give me like zero warning about stuff. >_<
Unlikely to be here tuesday/thursday due to multiple exams and essays cropping up.
Also running away from the dorms for the weekend, so I will likely not be available sat/sun.
I might not be here for a chunk of tomorrow.
I'll be around tomorrow.
As a reminder I'm not going to be running anything tomorrow due to the dentist and other obligations. Further, I'm not going to run anything today since I woke up feeling burned out and I need a do nothing day. Nothing on you guys, it just happens sometimes. We'll resume Wednesday, or maybe Tuesday if the dentist goes marvelously well.
I won't be around on Friday (the 7th) if it matters.
I might not be around much this Friday as well, I have to go to work to do some paperwork and get a flu shot.
I may not be here this Thursday due to mundane real life shit that's not worth going into.
It's 9 AM! I've gotten maybe two hours of sleep and I'm jazzed up and alternating between being jazzed up and crashing into a near catatonic state of not-sleep that isn't doing me any good at all. I have no idea if I'll be up or awake for DMing today, it'll be a gametime decision.
I won't be here tomorrow, in case I didn't mention it to any of you in PM.
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE:
December 24th: I may be here a bit, but the day won't be that good for me in any event.
December 25th: Merry Christmas! Not here!
December 26th: Not here for the morning, I may be here for the afternoon.
Merry Christmas!
First, see Dune's christmas schedule.
Second, a change of plans; I've got to get stuff done tomorrow, so I'll sync up with you Wednesday, Dune.
I won't be around much on Friday since I've got a work Christmas dinner.
Wasn't here today due to being sick, dunno if I'll be coherent tomorrow. I sort of feel halfway functional now, but I also feel like one good cramp could send me back to hell.
I feel great today! I'll be alive now that the stomach monster is slain.
As of 3 AM I feel pretty crappy. I may run tomorrow, I may not. It'll be a gametime decision. Heads up in case I cancel.
1. While football season is over, the next two Sundays are out for me. Family stuff.
2. Game resumes Friday or Saturday depending on unrelated shit.
Going to be late today, had something come up this morning. I don't know how late.
Quote from: Anastasia on February 20, 2009, 10:04:20 AM
Going to be late today, had something come up this morning. I don't know how late.
Repeat!
I might not be here tomorrow, I'll post in the morning with details.
Tai and I might both be a bit late for unrelated reasons. Synergy!
Probably going to take tomorrow off, too.
I might be late tomorrow, got personal crap to deal with. Ditto Saturday. I should be here both days for at least a few hours at worst.
Because I've been a laggard about posting here:
Not gonna be around actively till this coming Friday. Essays/writing/exams/STRESS AUGH.
I don't know when I'll be around tomorrow. We're getting and installing a new AC as well as a lot of housework. It's anyone's guess to how this will shake out.
Not going to be here Saturday unless plans change. Family day.
Oh wow, so lame. Don't know if I'll be around today, like at all.
No game tomorrow.
(Long version: Running a dungeon is hard work and I burned out a bit. Happens, I want a day off.)
Edit: Deme's telling me he needs a day too, so yeah.
Might be late. Tai, going to be here?
If mood is as epic tomorrow as it is right now I make no promises as to my presence. Apologies, I know shit's waiting on me. I just don't exactly think angstDeme is wise.
I may be late tomorrow. It shouldn't be more than an hour if so, and ideally I won't be late at all.
I'm going to be late Thursday. I'm guessing in the ballpark of an hour to an hour and a half. However, I'm off Thursday instead of Friday this week.
Dunno when I'll return today.
A heroic effort is being made to return home on time~
Due to flooding apparently cutting off the roads and railways, I don't quite know when I'll get home tonight. If at all.
Right.
Tomorrow's out, just FYI for everyone.
I may be late tomorrow, I'm having fits sleeping.
Laptop is failing massively, no promises on being on this week at all. will endeavor to, but cannot promise.
UPDATE: Further work has revealed the HD of Tai's laptop is dying. I doubt he's gonna be 'round tomorrow, though he's going to try some chkdsking and hope.
Yeah. Laptop is perma-dead, replacement will be a bit, so my presence is highly unlikely for a bit.
No idea if I'll be alive tomorrow. I'm getting miserably, unrelated to the stomach bug sick this evening and can't sleep. Sore throat/puffy nose/headache/soreness/hating life.
Today is horrible.
Good luck, man.
May I return while it's still today~
Expecting to be gone November 18th-26th
Yeah, taking tomorrow off.
Eb: I may be around later today, I may not. I will be gone when you first get here, I know that much.
For this coming week, I may have a lot of BRBs and general unplanned awayness. It can't be helped, but I'll try to minimize the carnage.
I'm going to be a bit late today, maybe.
I think I'm getting worse, so here's to hoping the weekend cures me and I'm around come friday. Sorry.
I'm probably going to be away either Thursday or Friday, not sure which yet.
Dunno if it would've been relevant, but seems like I'll be home like when it's nighttime.
I may be late tomorrow.
Very real chance of being late today, possibly even past your worktime.
Good luck then!
I'll be back an hour to ninety minutes from now, I estimate.
I'm probably going to be late tomorrow.
I may be late tomorrow!
Also, this coming week sucks. It's the week where we're all out of sync an hour because of DST, so short sessions will abound. This fixes come Saturday/Sunday, but shit can be done about it until then.
In unrelated news, this Monday(Week from now) no gaming since I have an afternoon dentist appointment. Joyous.
Reminder, no game this Monday due to dentist. I may also miss some of tomorrow or Sunday depending on family things, won't know until it happens.
Seems like it's my destiny to be late today.
Okay, thanks. Good luck!
I may or may not be a bit late tomorrow.
There's likely no game tomorrow, I don't feel very well and I'm run down by work.
There may be repeat tomorrow.
Okay, I'm taking at least tomorrow off. I've been struggling and straggling along since the hellish week last week and I'm running out of gas fast. I think last week's hell week at work, trying to prep a new game and run two games was just too much on me. Burnout ahead! Time to rest.
Going to take tomorrow off too. This honestly isn't game related burnout so much as life burnout. But I need a break from the routine to recharge and that includes DMing for a few days.
I may or may not be a little late tomorrow. I volunteered to do the shopping for my Dad since he's really poor this week. I'm going to try and get it done before Cor gets home but no guarantees.
Food poisoning, may or may not be alive tomorrow.
Don't know about a session tomorr-er, today, since it's 4 AM and I just finally got home from the ER. Grandmother had a fall, blah blah blah blah blah.
Gaming is looking 50/50 at best tomorrow due to family stuff. We'll see how it goes.
Probably no game tomorrow, I still have some DM work and I'm at the 'enough for now' phase. I may be able to get it done tonight but don't hold your breath.
I have no idea when I'll be home today. Possibly two hours later than I was around yesterday, could be 3.
I may not be up to much anyway, I got a whopping 5 hours of sleep. Today may end up being little to nothing due to all this.
Stay strong!
This Wendesday I have an eye exam. I'll probably miss the normal start of gaming, but I'm off this coming week so it's not a huge deal. At worst if it runs late that'll just be my day off for the week.
Oh yeah! Sunday's my birthday, no idea about how much I'll be around.
Might be a bit late today, sleep continues to be screwed up on vacation. Weird timing.
No session tomorrow, got an afternoon eye doc appointment. The one doctor referred me over to the other, sooo. Joy.
Belated notice since I slept in, but I'll be late today.
I may take tomorrow off as a down day/do DM work and stats day.
I might take Tuesday off as well. If I do, we'll resume Wednesday for sure. I'll let you guys know when I've decided. (Cor, if it's before I go to bed I'll MSN you.)
I'm taking the rest of the week off to rest. In the interim I'm going to try and post a few essays that I'm working on in my spare time.
I see that rather than being fashionably late I'm camping here.
My deepest condolences.
Whoops, misaimed.
May be a little late tomorrow.
Quote from: Anastasia on July 16, 2010, 03:28:59 AM
May be a little late tomorrow.
I have to run out and I have no idea what time I'll be able to get up, so.
I don't know if I'll be around today.
Status today, suddenly uncertain. Yeeeeah.
I may be late tomorrow. I don't know for sure or for how long.
Miserably sick, may or may not run anything today.
Going to be about an hour late tomorrow, but I'm off so we can just run later to compensate.
Going to be late Thursday.
That said I may need a few days off soon. I have some crummy personal crap happening and it's eroding my patience something fierce. We'll see how I hold up the next day or two.
Edit: You know what's a trip? Going back and rereading this topic. It brings up all sorts of crazy memories of distracting things.
I don't know how much this is going to matter, but I'm going to be late Tuesday. I need a haircut.
Hurricane Earl is coming much too close to this area for my comfort. If we get a partial/full hit I may be away for awhile. We're right on the edge so it could go a lot of different ways.
In case we need Sunday, it's out. Service call for the cable company.