S@squ@tch's Against the Giants - Team Black OOC

[s@squ@tch]

Patherfinderq1: You're up. Need to know you are planning to do, as you are the only one who can see this guy.

@ everyone else: I see that Hero4Hire has been logging in to the boards here lately, have you seen him active in any other game?

[pathfinderq1]

Ipshivi's next action was already posted (post 180 on the IC list). She move out of the webs, and target the "spy" with another eldritch blast.

Maybe we'll have to have somebody keep a Glitterdust casting memorized- Ipshivi isn't exactly optimized for damage-dealing...

[Rhun]

Originally Posted by s@squ@tch

@ everyone else: I see that Hero4Hire has been logging in to the boards here lately, have you seen him active in any other game?

He had posted something a while back about not updating games until the subscription service was fixed. I wasn't sure if it applied to games he was playing, or just the ones he was DMing.

[s@squ@tch]

Originally Posted by Rhun

He had posted something a while back about not updating games until the subscription service was fixed. I wasn't sure if it applied to games he was playing, or just the ones he was DMing.

Well, I had hoped it only applied to games he was DM'ing (like the RHoD -- I really want that one to start back up. But now that Ethandrew has gone missing, it looks more and more like a pipe-dream).

He hasn't posted in this game either, which makes me nervous.

[Rhun]

Originally Posted by s@squ@tch

Well, I had hoped it only applied to games he was DM'ing (like the RHoD -- I really want that one to start back up. But now that Ethandrew has gone missing, it looks more and more like a pipe-dream).

He hasn't posted in this game either, which makes me nervous.

Good point. It makes me nervous too; I was really enjoying RHoD. Maybe I'll have to go buy it an DM it, just so I can finish it! LOL.

[Redclaw]

Originally Posted by Rhun

Good point. It makes me nervous too; I was really enjoying RHoD. Maybe I'll have to go buy it an DM it, just so I can finish it! LOL.

It's a beast of a mod. I just finished it with my RL group, and the only one to get to the end without a character death was the wizard.

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Oh now Redclaw, give the guys some hope. At least a well-protected and sequestered familiar might survive!

[DEFCON 1]

Originally Posted by s@squ@tch

@ everyone else: I see that Hero4Hire has been logging in to the boards here lately, have you seen him active in any other game?

Haven't seen him playing any games. But as far as I know, you get registered as appearing on the forums even if you just go to the main pages of the ENWorld site. So he may very well be coming onto ENWorld to look at news, but not coming into the game forums to look at or play any of his games.

The one question I have though is why he doesn't want to play as long as the subscription isn't working? I mean it only takes all of like two minutes to come onto the main page of the Playing The Game forum... then just scan down the list of threads to see which ones are bolded and have new posts. Is that really too much of a hardship for some people to do? I don't understand it, personally.

[drothgery]

Originally Posted by DEFCON 1

The one question I have though is why he doesn't want to play as long as the subscription isn't working? I mean it only takes all of like two minutes to come onto the main page of the Playing The Game forum... then just scan down the list of threads to see which ones are bolded and have new posts. Is that really too much of a hardship for some people to do? I don't understand it, personally.

If a game goes more than half a day without an update, it usually drops off the front page, especially now that you can't use the 50-threads/posts-per-page setting anymore. And if you read the newest post once and come back to post laster, scrolling down three or four pages is a bit of a hassle.

[DEFCON 1]

Originally Posted by drothgery

If a game goes more than half a day without an update, it usually drops off the front page, especially now that you can't use the 50-threads/posts-per-page setting anymore. And if you read the newest post once and come back to post laster, scrolling down three or four pages is a bit of a hassle.

And those extra 30 seconds it takes to hit the '2' button to go to the next page is enough to drive some people away screaming from the boards? Heh. That's funny. They're happy to spend 10 to 30 minutes writing a post, so long as they don't have to spend the minute and a half to scan down the first three pages of the forum.

No wonder these games die so quickly so often if this is the attention span of our average PbPer. :\

[drothgery]

Originally Posted by DEFCON 1

And those extra 30 seconds it takes to hit the '2' button to go to the next page is enough to drive some people away screaming from the boards?

Err... yes. It's something those of us who do web design or web programming (and I'm the latter) very much have to deal with -- every additional click you require is one that a certain percentage of people won't follow. You don't make things harder for the end user without a very, very good reason.

And the nonfunctional subscription page adds a lot of inconvenience to following -- and running -- PBP games.

[Redclaw]

Speaking for myself, rather than for Hero, it's just frustrating that something I've gotten used to is suddenly not functioning, and that the powers that be don't seem inclined to fix it. It makes it harder to stay up to date with all of the different games I'm involved with, which makes the whole process a little less fun. Obviously I've gotten around that frustration, but I'm sure I've missed some threads that I should be posting in as a result. I haven't chosen the response Hero did, but I can't fully fault him for doing so.

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

For some reason, I never did get around to subscribing to any of my games, not even when I was running a dozen at once (yes, I was insane). I'm online at least twice a day, and I kept ENWorld up and running at all times. I also had all my games in my sig post, so I'd just flip through the deck of links to see if I'm missed any updates and go from there. With as many games as I had running, a subscription alert every single time would have filled up my inbox so fast...

And now I don't even bother. I just flip through the pages, look to see what's updated, and meander on from there. Then again, I don't know if hero4hire has limited internet time or something like that. If your internet time is strictly controlled, I can see why he'd want the alerts.

[s@squ@tch]

I've never used the subscribed threads ability, myself. So, the change hasn't affected me.

I just have the games I'm playing in, or DM'ing in my sig thread, and use that to navigate, if they aren't on the first couple of pages.......

Its sad that people don't have the attention span to look for threads, but it is also sad that EN2 is taking so long to get running.

[s@squ@tch]

For spotting and chasing off the invisible man:

150 xp (187 xp for Voadam)

[Rhun]

Originally Posted by s@squ@tch

For spotting and chasing off the invisible man:

150 xp (187 xp for Voadam)

Sweet.

[s@squ@tch]

@Redclaw -- is your axe shock or keen? Also, do you have a piece of artwork for your token?

[Redclaw]

@ S@squ@tch-- I switched it from Shock to Keen, as without a better strength bonus, Keen doesn't make as much of a difference.

I will search for artwork for you after work today.

[s@squ@tch]

OK, just remember to update your character sheet and remove the shock property (you have it correctly listed as keen in your equipment section, but not in the melee/ranged section.)

[Redclaw]

Wow, I'm tired today.
I reversed that. I meant to say I switched it from keen to shock (see the explanation above.) I swear, this time it's final and I'll make the switch in the RG.
Sorry, I'm not usually this braindead, I swear.