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[Brother Shatterstone]

Sent you a reply with my other e-mail account. Silly mods and their e-mailing powers.

replied back and welcome to the game. (or at least you have my blessing.)

Hmm?

From your profile:
Join Date: 02-21-05
Total Posts: 1,725 (31.93 posts per day)

That's scary active... Not even the great Crothian can boast he averages 30 posts a day.

 

[Rystil Arden]

replied back and welcome to the game. (or at least you have my blessing.)



From your profile:
Join Date: 02-21-05
Total Posts: 1,725 (31.93 posts per day)

That's scary active... Not even the great Crothian can boast he averages 30 posts a day.

Heh, I'm more proud of the first 1,000, which we're all constructive and on topic and took a month and a half than the other 750 that included Off Topic took less than 10 days

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Heh, I'm more proud of the first 1,000, which we're all constructive and on topic and took a month and a half than the other 750 that included Off Topic took less than 10 days

Yeah I saw you where hivemind scum...

 

[Rystil Arden]

Yeah I saw you where hivemind scum...

I'm not just any Hiveminder. Just recently, I accidentally hijacked the whole Hivemind and made it do my bidding (helping me find PbP games)!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I'm not just any Hiveminder. Just recently, I accidentally hijacked the whole Hivemind and made it do my bidding (helping me find PbP games)!

Awesome.

I thought maybe PbP recruiting was slowing down but I guess that sort of confirms it... :\

 

[Rystil Arden]

Awesome.

I thought maybe PbP recruiting was slowing down but I guess that sort of confirms it... :\

What confirms it? My statement or the amount of time its taking to find replacements? If its the latter, my guess is that most people might not have wanted to read all the stuff so far.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

What confirms it?

The fact that someone must manipulate the all-powerful hivemind just to find a seat at a PbP game… I don't think nearly as many games are forming as use to be.

If its the latter, my guess is that most people might not have wanted to read all the stuff so far.

That and its Saturday (or that it was Saturday) which is typically the slowest day in PbP games. (Though I think I posted twice in all my ENworld PbP games today. Woot! )

 

[Rystil Arden]

The fact that someone must manipulate the all-powerful hivemind just to find a seat at a PbP game… I don't think nearly as many games are forming as use to be.




That and its Saturday (or that it was Saturday) which is typically the slowest day in PbP games. (Though I think I posted twice in all my ENworld PbP games today. Woot! )

Oh, well I was manipulating the Hivemind mostly for to gain influence in the LEW sphere, which resulted in two character proposals today.

As for PbP games, it could be that there are more people out there who want to play than there are who are willing to DM. I know that I only decided to give PbP games a try because I specifically can't find a game anywhere to play (I've DM over 99% of all my groups' face-to-face games because none of my friends will do it [once or twice they've started to DM a module, gotten bored, and walked over to the other side of the DM screen and asked me to finish it for them ]...DMing is great, but over the past decade or so I've grown desirous of playing). And I have so many face-to-face campaigns running that I don't want to take time to DM a PbP. Does that make me selfish? I hope not, but maybe...If there are more people like me out there on the boards than there are willing DMs, then I guess that creates a problem with not enough games.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Does that make me selfish? I hope not, but maybe...

Highly doubtful as we all come to PbP for are own reasons… Some people seem only to want to try a concept, others like the idea of writing a more involved story, and the list goes on and on…

All in all its been since 1996 that I DM, or even played at the table, and for the 6 years before that I did most of the “DMing” but in retrospect I doubt I would call it DMing we were all far to young to have deep well thought out stories …

 

[Rystil Arden]

Highly doubtful as we all come to PbP for are own reasons… Some people seem only to want to try a concept, others like the idea of writing a more involved story, and the list goes on and on…

All in all its been since 1996 that I DM, or even played at the table, and for the 6 years before that I did most of the “DMing” but in retrospect I doubt I would call it DMing we were all far to young to have deep well thought out stories …

Wow, PbP must have really been up your alley if it has replaced all your face-to-face gaming!

As you saw from my post-rate, I like to respond quickly, and so I haven't been trying PbP because I've been afraid I'd get fidgety over waiting for someone to post (so far, this has been the case. My only PbP character has 5 pages of backstory stuff that I posted, and after over a week of waiting the best I've gotten is an assurance that I had been captured and thrown into a cell, and that maybe the others would find me eventually). I hope that my incessant posting doesn't make me a bad candidate for PbP games, as it seems like that is not the norm in PbP...Whether or not it does, I'm announcing it now, and if its a problem, feel free to not invite me in...

I doubt I would call it DMing we were all far to young to have deep well thought out stories

Ah, but youngsters can have well-thought out stories sometimes . Heck, compared to most people on ENWorld, being early 20s would make me still a youngster. Then again, maybe my stories aren't actually as good as my players think they are? My players have told me that I have picked up an unnecessary age-based inferiority complex as a DM, and that I'm better than I think I am, but I think they're just trying to flatter me to convince me that I have to be the one to DM :/