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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shapermc" data-source="post: 702807" data-attributes="member: 9007">/me is blushing behind his monitor.  I am one of the persons for TFO's group.  I am the one that set up the website (TFO, it really was not that big of a deal).  Well anyways I will put my $0.02 in about commitment.  TFO is right, the *expected* commitment should be stated at recruitment.  There are 2 games that I am in where I am the only person that posts one time a day.  This is not a problem, they can go slow as long as I know about it.  There are times where I wonder about a few of my games if they are going to survive or not, and then they pick up out of no where and I cannot keep up with them.  I like to occasionally make some spurring posts.  By this I mean that i will assume responsibilty for the full group and relocate us or make a descision for every one.  This is usually not important or plot changing, just doing what I think is the natural course for things.  I have not gotten a complaint about doing this yet, and it usually inspires everyone to start posting again and real quick like.  Then there are other games where if I don't check them ever 3 hours or less I get left in the dust (I'm looking at you TFO <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />).  That is alot of fun as well.  But all in all if someone drops out of a game there is nothing you can do.  If your email is open to them, usually theirs is open to you.  YOu can always shoot them an email and question things or just get closure.  These PbP games are extreamly taxing for a DM and I am almost inclined to think that even more of a commitment is needed of a PbP GM than a Face-2-Face GM.  I am in 4 PbP games right now I I think I am set untill one finishes.  I am having alot of fun being more in character than I ever can be IRL.  It is also a time killer at work <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.  But I am one of those good PbP players, I told every GM that untill my PC is fixed that I can only post at work.  So your rant does not apply to me, I'm Immune!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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