Also known as the away thread. I got a heads up today that Zeph is suffering from computer failure. Bummer. I don't know if he'll be here or if he's planning on being here or what for next session. This does beg the follow up question; how do you guys want to handle people missing sessions? Go on without them and put the PCs in robo mode? Cancel the session if 1/2/3 people are missing? Some other unholy abomination that makes me shiver with terror?
We have five people. I think if we cut at 1, we're gonna be closing the game in two months. :)
I'd say cancel if 3 are missing. Otherwise sort of Robot Follow. Basically if 4 of the 6 of us show up, game is on.
At first glance, I thought the thread title meant that Dune was starting a country band, and I was afraid.
Yeah, I'd say definitely still run if one person isn't here. Dunno about two, definitely not if more than that are out.
We should keep running with only one or two missing as a general rule, and make common-sense decisions based on the game state whenever it comes up. If we're in the middle of a gripping conflict with someone's long-lost evil twin sister, then they ought to be there for it. >_>
Trying to pass a plot idea off on me, eh Rat?
Rat has lots of twin sisters. It's kind of scary really.
If Zeph can't make it and we play, would one of you be willing to run Robo-Zeph in the event of combat? I'd really rather not be saddled with running NPC-ed PCs.
Not real eager to do so, myself. When I'm not entirely sure how my own character talks yet, multitasking isn't likely to work out well.
I can control his actions, sure. Won't do any RPing for him, but can cast spells and whatnot easily enough.
Any sign of Zeph lately?
I 'may' not be here on the 6th. I should though.
I won't be at the session this week. Busy trying to graduate.
Ditto. Well, except for the graduation part.
Missing two peeps like this, I'm down with just skipping a week honestly.
On the one hand, Mari is my sidekick ingame and I'd hate to play without her.
On the other, I really don't have another game to distract me this week. I'll bow to majority, but I'd like to go ahead.
Drac? What's your opinion?
Quote from: Zephyrus on November 02, 2009, 02:19:47 PM
On the one hand, Mari is my sidekick ingame and I'd hate to play without her.
Got that backwards, dear boy.
Quote from: El Cideon on November 02, 2009, 06:34:44 PM
Quote from: Zephyrus on November 02, 2009, 02:19:47 PM
On the one hand, Mari is my sidekick ingame and I'd hate to play without her.
Got that backwards, dear boy.
Or does he? I think he might be right!
I guess I'm the voice of contention. I'd kind of prefer to go on. Yeah, it's part 'fun of playing', but actually zeph gives a powerful counterpoint: It's a good opportunity to focus on alternative interaction play. Nik has been separated from Adail/Kamvakua for several sessions now. We could easily do a small scouting quest in the plane of earth or something.
It's also 'setting' the entry for a new plane/city, which actually is usually the part that's most cluttered with lots of us. It may be useful even to do that with a smaller group.
But yeah, biased toward playing, so might just be arguing folks into it :P
Drac does have a point. If we wind up constantly splitting into two groups for the purposes of interaction then it kind of defeats the purpose of traveling as a party. I know I've been meaning to talk to Knight more and just not had much opportunity. Nik should talk to other people too! It's an opportunity for personal growth.
It's fine to split up if Ko can handle it...but we shouldn't be a party of Duos. :) It shouldn't matter what split up happens as we should rock the town with whoever we're traveling with and the best way to do that is to switch up regularly when we do split :)
Quote from: Dracos on November 02, 2009, 11:31:58 PM
...but we shouldn't be a party of Duos.
That's what I meant, yeah.
Belated on account of business, but we didn't game Tuesday. Gate needed the night off.
I'm probably going to be late for the session on 18/11 owing to my last exam taking place that morning.
Grr. IRC booted me for some reason last night and I have yet to be able to connect. Hopefully I can get back online before tomorrow night. >_<
EDIT: Back on IRC anyway. The entire rest of the internet works just FINE, even including AIM. It's *just* IRC that won't connect.
Does it give a reason why you won't connect? Any mention of a ban?
* Unable to connect to server (Connection attempt timed out)
is all that it says.
Tues the 17th is Jenna's birthday. I should probably still be around, as we did her big "go out to dinner" birthday thing last night with her family, but if she wants to go out again then I will not be here.
Like I said, I *should* be around, but may not. If we make dinner plans, I'll post in here again.
So, good news for my wallet- my contract got extended another week.
Bad news for Knight- my contract got extended another week.
Temp work, always wild and unpredictable? >_>
Don't worry, Robo-knight will continue to hiss steam through its ports and kill things with its pointy stick. =P
Work hard
How are the Christmas times falling for everyone? We don't hit any of the holidays - Chrismas and New Year's falls at the end of the week this year - but are we going to miss people due to family stuff?
I'm looking okay, 22nd and 29th are both unimportant for me.
Honestly, I won't know until closer to time. Sorry, but Jenna's family is like that. Nobody knows what the hell anyone has planned until the day before as a rule.
Right-o.
I should be here. 29th almost definitely, probably the 22nd as well. Depends on when my brother flies in for the latter, since we usually just trek down to the parents' place and stay there for the duration when he's in town, but three days early seems unlikely.
The likelihood of gaming is high. :) Forecast stony, with a chance of lightning spear.
I am atheist scum
As far as I know, I'm free. If something comes up, I'll be sure to notify you guys.
Okay, thanks guys. I don't forsee any missed sessions if things stay steady.
Randomness: I will probably really be more around as I like being a lazy arse on holidays. Totally up if more sessions happen.
Quote from: Dracos on December 09, 2009, 09:15:21 PM
Randomness: I will probably really be more around as I like being a lazy arse on holidays. Totally up if more sessions happen.
If you guys wanna get together with more sessions, let me know. This is a damned tricky thing in the holidays, but if this strikes your guys fancy go for it and we'll work something out.
I... don't know if I can make any other times that easily, unfortunately.
So Jenna's sister and her dad are coming up for dinner and such today. I should be alright to play still, but may very well be late showing up.
I r brainded. Chances of being coherent enough to play tonight are rapidly approaching 0, especially as I'm near burnt out on any kind of social interaction for awhile.
I may not be able to run next week, obligation's coming up. I'll know this weekend and post then, heads up.
I will be here this week. Game on.
I'm probably going to miss a session in the next 2-4 weeks, not sure which. Early heads up, I can fit it to a particular date if it lines up with other people needing to miss a session.
Quote from: Anastasia on January 18, 2010, 12:36:09 PM
I'm probably going to miss a session in the next 2-4 weeks, not sure which. Early heads up, I can fit it to a particular date if it lines up with other people needing to miss a session.
Dunno if it's too short notice, but this week would be a good one for me if you still need to miss a session. Kier got sick this weekend, and proceeded to give it to Jenna yesterday and now I'm feeling shitty.
Nah, it is too short notice. We'll see how people show up and in what shape tonight then.
This actually wouldn't be a bad night for me, either. I've got a slightly larger than average hw load this week and I've been scheduled to work fairly late, leaving me a small timeframe in which to do said hw. I'm actually headed off to work now, so I won't get to check this board till about an hour before game time. =/
Okay. If it's bad for two people we'll just call it off here and I'll work something out.
Sadness, but scheduling is scheduling.
Sorry guys, not up to it tonight. Still feeling way too sick to focus on RPing.
My internet is being lame and dropping in and out alot right now. So if I'm not in at gametime you know what happened. Hopefully teh connection will have stopped failing by then, but just in case, I'm posting this now while i have the chance.
Pretty sure I won't be around the 22nd (I'll be on Japanese time zone).
Possibly might not be the whole session on the 15th (I'll be on EST, but I have a plane the next morning at 6 am).
You mean in June, right?
Yes, in june. Our next session is the 25th, the last one in may. ^^;
So uh, no one's really stepped up to back Kam while he's away. Rat seems to suggest he'd be irritated playing him along Knight, and without his horse, I can kinda understand that. Nikki's inexperienced. And Cid and Gate haven't spoken up.
Then Kam'll be ran as an NPC bot. Kam see. Kam hit. Kam SMASH!
Kam smash again. Kam smash again. Kam smash again.
Kam will be sad if kam has become hulk in his absence. :P :)
You could do worse. Imagine if Mari and Knight decided to turn Kam into Magic Ribbon Girl Kam-chan, huh?!
We'd have our dvd omake episode for season 3.
*plays the black lagoon theme*
Drac, do you know how much you'll be here on the 15th yet? It's this coming session.
Much of it. Maybe all of it. I won';t be able to stay if it runs late though as I'll be getting up at 5 the next morning.
Due to last minute, unplanned but cannot-be-reschedualed freind invasion tonight, I will surely miss at least part of the game, if not all of it. MC is moving cross country tomorrow and is dropping by one last time before going.
Dentist tomorrow, I'll likely get home from it just in time for game start(or a bit after) and may or may not be coherent enough to play. We'll know more tomorrow, but thought I'd give a heads up.
You mentioned your dentist thing was on Tuesday so I figured this might happen. Thanks for the heads up anyway and good luck!
Just letting people know I will probably miss the bulk of the upcoming session this tuesday, if not all of it.
I'll try to post what's up when session time looms, but don't expect me to make all but an hour or so.
Gate and Rat, can you post how much time you'll miss from DLcon? It's getting pretty close so I figure you two can give me official, authoritative answers.
I will definately miss the 3rd and the 10th, and probably the 17th as well.
Ouch o_o. DLCon is 3 weeks long?
No, but Tai gets here on the 3rd, fairly late. Which is right smack in the middle of game time.
The 10th is a couple days before DLC, and I'll be stressed with prep and will have a guest who, well, no offense to you guys but hanging out with Tai in person during the short time he's here > playing DnD online.
And the 17th is the day after DLC, I may well be too damned tired to play.
EDIT: Also remember that I'm HOSTING the con this year, not just attending, so there is alot more work/stress/time investment on my(and QR's and Tai's) end then just about anyone else. And online gaming isn't stress relief for me, so much as it is stressful but fun enough to be worth it. But when I'm already in a @_@ state from other concerns, it becomes less of a good idea.
Sorry gate, that was rude. Have fun at DLCon.
Soo...repair guy supposed to meet me at the office 2-3 hours ago. Still not here. Grumble.
Now here. In theory I should arrive right before gametime.
No sweat, I figure since you don't hang with the DL you may not have heard that I'm the one hosting, hence the explanation.
I won't be here from the 11th-31st due to trip, but we knew that already, right?
As an aside, this means I miss next week's session. If we can do it earlier that would be aces? Dunno what people's work schedules are like, but doing it on your sundays or mondays would be swell.
Sunday possible but a longshot for me. Monday would be better. What say you, people?
I can manage it.
Additionally inquiring for the week after...Wednesday doable?
:)
Don't want to make a steady move, just there's a good reason to try and get to the city on tuesday.
I was going to quote that post with me saying I can be whenever, but I dunno where it is. So yeah, I have no life, any day I'm not already gaming works.
Either sunday or monday is fine with me. Simply let me know either way.
So this week is Monday.
Are folks able to do Monday or Wednesday the week afterwards?
MONDAY IT IS! THIS COMING SESSION WILL BE ON MONDAY!Quote from: Dracos on August 07, 2010, 07:35:25 PM
So this week is Monday.
Are folks able to do Monday or Wednesday the week afterwards?
Can work with either! That said(And I feel bad that I'm coming down on Drac when he asks about this when I've been generally accommodating so far), I'd like to try and reign us back to Tuesday after all this. Monday becomes a no-go for me starting in about a month so I'd like us to restabilize on Tuesday.
I am getting totally hammered at work, and I may be a little late.
Okay remember guys, Monday this week then we're back to Tuesdays again.
Wow, it is 6:30. I am running late. I will try and be home in time, but wild office day is wild.
I may need to cancel next week, I won't know until this weekend. Check back here Saturday and Sunday for official word.
Gate's not likely to be around next week no matter what happens.
No session this week.
Alright. See ya all next week then.
We are on this coming week right? :)
Yes, unless something abnormal happens. Like SPACE ALIENS.
Wouldn't space aliens just be an exotic possibly non-canon adventure?
No, they'd be the end of you. Trust me.
So some might have notice that my internet has recently resembled a ping pong ball with regards to uptime. I will be there at the relevant time to play. I am hoping my internet will be stable for me to do so.
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Nosepad on glasses broke. May not be able to play tomorrow, wearing them for long stretches of time Going down to the eyedoc today to get a new perscription(since I'm a couple years overdue for one anyway). Doubt I'll get new glasses by tomorrow though.
G'luck, Gate. Perhaps it can be patched up? I had my glasses break a few months back and they fixed 'em for free and in about 10 minutes.
Yeah, I've generally had really good luck with being able to get small breaks like that fixed for free in <15 minutes by driving by a generic eyeglass shop. Usually as long as the majority of the frame and the lenses are in good working order, they can be fixed free/cheap.
...I hate to break this news to you guys, especially on the eve of an awesome game. Something has come up that requires my attention; business related. I will be out of town for the remainder of the day. If I do make it back, I will be an hour late for gaming. Possibly two. If Gate is unable to play, perhaps we'll have to call this session a wash?
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case here. Could be because the places are in a mall, and everything in a mall is more expensive?
Jenna's going to see if she can pick up one of those cheap glasses repair kits on her way home from work(we need one with a replacement nosepad, since the pad didn't just come off, it's broken and can't be reattatched). If she can, I'll be able to play tonight. if not...I can try just wearing them without the pad, but it hurts to do such and if it gets too much I'll have to stop.
Gate, have you tried getting a bit of tape and placing that over the pointy-rubby bits of the exposed nosepiece? It's ghetto but it might help.
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We missed today's session due to a 1-2 punch of misfortune. This is an unfavorable time to be paused an extra week, since you're stuck in a bitch of a quandry waiting resolution. Is there any interest in a make up session tomorrow or Thursday? I figure this may be preferable to letting this fester another week, but I don't know if it's remotely realistic.
No shame if you can't, short notice reschedules are a bitch.
Yeah, current situation sucks. Would rather we start getting out of it. I'll be around if we do it.
I'm around tomorrow.
What about Thursday, Rat? I'd like to be clear here.
Tomorrow is Thursday what are you talking about crazy US person
But I'm also around on Friday.
Outstanding.
I'll see what I can do about getting a patchwork fix tomorrow(tape isn't really working). If I can, tomorrow is vastly my preferance. Last time I gamed two nights in a row(last week, Planar side thing then Persona) I had no brain left for Persona.
Ok, I'm not actually free tomorrow. graduation whee
Well that just went down in flames then.
Phoo. Well, I can be around tomorrow night if that turns out to be possible. Sounds unlikely, but still.
Thursday evening is an acceptable make-up time. Or whenever, really. Post a time and I'm there.
Up to Gate here. He's the one who has to DM Friday so I'm going to respect his wishes on it. I don't wanna try and force him into it at the expense of his game, so it's his call. Gate?
Yay, I get to be the badguy~ -_-;
Basically, if we could do this today I'd be good. But Persona's in the middle of a dungeon that's supposed to be High Octane Nightmare Fuel(for the characters at least, the players have all seen worse I'm sure) and I'm already going to be rushing back straight from the eye doc to run, so putting myself in a situation where I know I'd be less capable to run this isn't really fair to that game.
The deciding factor for me is that we haven't actually STARTED this adventure arc yet. We haven't left the lich's lair to deal with the plague, we haven't gotten rolling yet. I'm more comfortable with pausing this then I am risking screwing up the middle of a dungeon as important as the mental hospital is.
Cid...man, you're kind of getting screwed either way here, so I'm not sure what to say here. I hope Persona is fun enough on Friday to excuse the missed Planar session? Kinda shitty when games start impacting eachother like this.
Okay, fair enough and I don't blame you, Gate. I completely respect what you're doing and don't think you're being the bad guy at all. <_<
'sokay. If Zeph's gonna be around, Mari and Nik can have that conversation maybe? Since...that change in the deal might make a difference.
Sure thing, if you two get together feel free to chat.
So plan right now is I will be there tomorrow.
Reality says though that we got big shit going on and it's really not that unforeseeable that I will be seized and unable to game.
Just sayin' it really wouldn't be a big surprise if my plans to leave at a sane hour and game fell through.
There's a strong possibility I won't be able to make it tomorrow either. Need to see a guy about some work, not sure when/where/how long it'll take.
Okay, we'll see how it goes. If you know before hand post when you do.
In the event Cid continues to be MIA, does anyone want to run robo Mari?
I think I can if needed.
Use Pendant.
Tumble.
Backstab.
Take damage.
Repeat.
I can and will if nobody else wants to more. shapechange~