D&D: Kazadar Empire (OOC)

[ecla]

Well fellas, since Jan 1 there have been 20 IC DM posts .. that's 20 in 168 days.

My fun in a PBP game comes from being able to get inside a character's head and live their life, something I'm finding impossible with this character due to the pacing. I don't even remember half of anything he's about, nor do I find I really care.

This isn't a condemnation of the DM as I realise this is just a hobby and whatever the DM can manage is the reality of it. Instead, this has simply just become a bad matchup for me and what I hope to get out from the hobby. It's my free time too, and as it is limited, I like to invest where I can get returns.

I really enjoyed all aspects of this game other than the one listed above.

All the best to everyone.

-Dolfuur

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

I take full responsibility for the pacing of this game. As DM, I had the duty to keep the game moving and keep the interest level up.

Honestly, my level of interest in this game has faded with time. Since the very beginning when this game was being run on an Ezboard, we've lost players. The core of the group remained (Dolfuur, Fae, Trent and Gilbie) but at least half a dozen others and maybe more were lost as time went along. I believe the group started with about six or eight players and within a couple of months half of those players had disappeared. I replaced them as we went along and all those replacements disappeared as well. This constant shuffle of players is one reason that my interest has faded.

Again, I take responsibility for the game moving extremely slowly, particularly of late. I probably should have ended this game a long time ago but because it had been going so long (more than two years back to the Ezboard days) I felt like I should try to keep it going.

I guess its time to shut this one down. Sorry it had to end this way.

Take care everyone.

Toric

 

[Faehlle Cennaire]

I sensed that some time ago, but I still find that an odd excuse. Four dedicated players is plenty, and in my experience, about as much as a DM can ask for (especially from a PBeM). But if you have to end it, then I guess that's that.

Dolfuur, I sympathize with you and I had wished for a faster paced game as well, but oh well. These things happen. Thank you all for a fun time. I would be delighted if our paths cross again, but given that PBeM's in general seem to always turn into a waste of my time, that isn't likely.

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

What really amazes me here is that both of you (Dolfuur and Faehlle) have posted notes that outwardly seem friendly but contain little parting shots at me.

I answered Dolfuur's post as honestly as I could. I stated that my interest level had dropped significantly in this game. I stated *ONE* reason why this was the case. Believe me, it was not the only reason. I took responsibility for the pacing of the game and I apologized for that. I'm not sure what else is expected of me.

Frankly there were times where *I* had to wait several days or longer for all four players to reply to a new turn so the pacing problems were not entirely my fault. Mostly yes, but not entirely. A lag in my posting as DM might have caused a lag in player posting which might have further caused me to lag more in posting new turns. At any rate, I claim the majority of the responsibility for the slow pace but not all of it.

I'm sorry that you think that four dedicated players should be enough and that the attrition of the other players in the game shouldn't have mattered to me but it did. It gets old having to modify campaign plans because a character you expected to be there is suddenly gone. Again, this is not the only reason my interest level has faded but just one reason.

Sorry that you feel you wasted your time the last two years, Faehlle. And Dolfuur, sorry that you lost sight of what your character was all about and found yourself no longer caring. Despite what you may think, over the 2+ years that the game was going on, I put a lot of time and effort into not only the campaign but the game world. I've been involved, sometimes deeply and other times not so deeply, with this campaign for two years and it is tough for me to set it aside which is why I hadn't up until now. You all aren't the only ones irritated with me that the game is over. I am somewhat irritated with myself because I think I created something fairly interesting and I'm sorry that we won't be seeing it through.

Toric