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<blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 5606831" data-attributes="member: 40413"><p>These bad feelings seem to have carried over from the scene where you, Perrin, felt Firvin was undercut in front of the sheriff by Satin’s character. The problem is, as I see it, that Halal previously mentioned that someone else could be using the farm without Geb’s knowledge. Firvin skipped over that in favor of a more dastardly interpretation (backed up by Gregori’s previous comments). When Marshan interrupted with an explanation the sheriff would be more likely to accept, you took offense. I’m sorry if this offends you, but showing our group can be level-headed and reasonable is more important than saving face for one character. To put it even more bluntly, I don’t think Satin owes you an apology for that situation. True, he could have put it more diplomatically but, c’mon, forthrightness is part of Marshan’s character just as much as it’s a part of Borric’s.</p><p></p><p>Tone is a difficult thing to judge on forums. Heaven knows I’ve gotten riled enough times at something I’ve read online; it’s easy to do and sometimes hard to let go of those feelings. Here’s the thing, though: when reading all the posts involved yours feel more antagonistic and demanding to me.</p><p></p><p>True, I didn’t respond to your private message. I’m sorry your feelings are hurt but I feel you are blowing all this way out of proportion and that these situations are mostly of your own making. I didn’t think saying so would help improve your feelings any so I said nothing and let Mowgli be the calming voice. Just because I didn’t respond doesn’t mean that I ignored it; please don’t ascribe motives to my actions when it is impossible for you to discern them.</p><p></p><p>As for this current situation with the initiative and delaying, your request came across as a demand. Maybe that’s not what you intended but that’s the way it read to me. The IC definitely influenced the OOC discussion. The big problem with group initiative run in this fashion is that it favors those active at the time of the DM over those who post at different times. In this case, because Perrin is so far away he ends up frequently going last. This causes a problem when he feels he has something that needs to go off before others close. Posting that we delay, waiting for Firvin’s action, then posting our actions slows down combat so that we might as well be using regular initiative. A possible solution to use with group initiative is to post more than one round of actions in a post if you end up being the last person to post in a round. That way you may have to postpone your preferred action but you’ll still be able to get it off at the beginning of the next round. It’s not ideal as it doesn’t work for the first round of combat. If circumstances change the person should get the opportunity to alter the stated action.</p><p></p><p>I hope that I haven’t offended anyone with my comments. Some of it probably should have been said a while back; maybe that would have helped lessen hurt feelings, maybe not. I really hope we can work this out and continue playing the game together because, overall (minus the arguments), I’ve enjoyed it and think we could have a really good time with the rest of it. On the other hand, if we can’t let go of bad feelings now we might as well end it; I’ve been in games that have continued on with built up resentment still lingering and neither ended pleasantly. I don’t care to repeat the experience.</p><p></p><p>--GE</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GlassEye, post: 5606831, member: 40413"] These bad feelings seem to have carried over from the scene where you, Perrin, felt Firvin was undercut in front of the sheriff by Satin’s character. The problem is, as I see it, that Halal previously mentioned that someone else could be using the farm without Geb’s knowledge. Firvin skipped over that in favor of a more dastardly interpretation (backed up by Gregori’s previous comments). When Marshan interrupted with an explanation the sheriff would be more likely to accept, you took offense. I’m sorry if this offends you, but showing our group can be level-headed and reasonable is more important than saving face for one character. To put it even more bluntly, I don’t think Satin owes you an apology for that situation. True, he could have put it more diplomatically but, c’mon, forthrightness is part of Marshan’s character just as much as it’s a part of Borric’s. Tone is a difficult thing to judge on forums. Heaven knows I’ve gotten riled enough times at something I’ve read online; it’s easy to do and sometimes hard to let go of those feelings. Here’s the thing, though: when reading all the posts involved yours feel more antagonistic and demanding to me. True, I didn’t respond to your private message. I’m sorry your feelings are hurt but I feel you are blowing all this way out of proportion and that these situations are mostly of your own making. I didn’t think saying so would help improve your feelings any so I said nothing and let Mowgli be the calming voice. Just because I didn’t respond doesn’t mean that I ignored it; please don’t ascribe motives to my actions when it is impossible for you to discern them. As for this current situation with the initiative and delaying, your request came across as a demand. Maybe that’s not what you intended but that’s the way it read to me. The IC definitely influenced the OOC discussion. The big problem with group initiative run in this fashion is that it favors those active at the time of the DM over those who post at different times. In this case, because Perrin is so far away he ends up frequently going last. This causes a problem when he feels he has something that needs to go off before others close. Posting that we delay, waiting for Firvin’s action, then posting our actions slows down combat so that we might as well be using regular initiative. A possible solution to use with group initiative is to post more than one round of actions in a post if you end up being the last person to post in a round. That way you may have to postpone your preferred action but you’ll still be able to get it off at the beginning of the next round. It’s not ideal as it doesn’t work for the first round of combat. If circumstances change the person should get the opportunity to alter the stated action. I hope that I haven’t offended anyone with my comments. Some of it probably should have been said a while back; maybe that would have helped lessen hurt feelings, maybe not. I really hope we can work this out and continue playing the game together because, overall (minus the arguments), I’ve enjoyed it and think we could have a really good time with the rest of it. On the other hand, if we can’t let go of bad feelings now we might as well end it; I’ve been in games that have continued on with built up resentment still lingering and neither ended pleasantly. I don’t care to repeat the experience. --GE [/QUOTE]
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