Star Wars Iconic Characters: Off-stage.

[Arani Korden]

The boards are back! Hopefully this will be the last outage for a while.

 

[Vor'en Kurn]

Goodbye, Kaz! I'll miss you.

Pbartender, as you may or may not have noticed, the summer months are coming up. That means vacations, which means large amounts of time away from computers. There's going to be a 5-week period of time when I'm not going to be able to post, beginning in late June.

Obviously, I'd like to come along for this adventure, but if that's not possible it seems like it would be fairly easy for Vor'en to step out (stay with Deel, maybe?) for just this one and come back for the next.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

Yea for me it will be 2 maybe 3 weeks in July when we make a anual trip out of the country to see the in-laws... in the Philippines! Yes they have computers there BUT it all dial-up and it is SOOOO frustrating to sit around waiting for things to load. I might post ones or twice in that time... BUT if it would be better Sen can sit this one out (he is not overly keen about going hunting anyway... and to him a dance is fine, but as something to work diplomacy on; not to drance at or flirt!

 

[Pbartender]

Is it Elite: Frontier?

Yes it is! Someone get the woookiee a cigar!

There's going to be a 5-week period of time when I'm not going to be able to post, beginning in late June.

Yea for me it will be 2 maybe 3 weeks in July when we make a anual trip out of the country to see the in-laws... in the Philippines!

Yes, I know summer vacations are coming. One or two weeks absence can be rather easily handled in-game (PbPs move slowly enough that it shouldn't be a problem), provided I know well enough in advance. 3 weeks or more will disrupt a game, however.

Like I said earlier, if you do not wish to participate in the game, simply make your excuses, and do not board the ship. Deel can take you to Procopia for other work with Lady Agatha, and you will be able to join up at the next adventure. I assure you there will be no hard feelings whatsoever.

I've got a lot of Iconics to work with here... There's nothing that says that everyone MUST be in every adventure. That's why I'm giving everyone the option. Suit yourselves, I'm easy.

I just don't want characters popping in and out like whack-a-moles.

And Sen... Don't you dare complain about dial-up connections. That's all I've got at home and it serves me just fine.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

No, no I am enjoying the game and alway have. I know I am a slow poster and that I don't post huge thoughts. Part of it is the character. I just can't see Sen as a party animal or a big talker exp for diplomacy etc he just is not built that way

 

[Sia-Lan Wezz]

Well if we're all talking about vacations and what not...

I will be gone for two weeks starting June 7th - the first week is a business trip to DC so definitely no time for posting for that week. The second week is vacation so I might be able to post intermittantly then.

EDIT: super sad that Kaz-Lo had to go ;( will miss him terribly!

 

[Pbartender]

Like I said earlier, if you do not wish to participate in the game, simply make your excuses, and do not board the ship.

No, no I am enjoying the game and alway have. I know I am a slow poster and that I don't post huge thoughts.

I think I misspoke, and you misunderstood...

I should have said "...if you do not wish to participate in this adventure..."

I really have no problem with someone not playing in an adventure, but hanging onto the character to join into the next adventure. But if you do that, you may have to wait until the next adventure to join back in.

I don't want characters mysteriously fading into the backround, or popping up out of nowhere in the middle of a scene.

I don't want you completely giving up your character because you can't join in on one adventure. For example, Kaz is having a busy time right now. But unless he emails me that he is completely relinuishing his character, I will not look for a new cast member. He still has the option of joining up again in a new adventure.

Does that make more sense?

 

[Set Harth]

Speaking

Speaking of vacation, in two weeks beginning on June 6th I'll be gone till the 20 on vacation, and unlikeliy to have access to a computer or the internet. If you think it best Set can hang back and not join the next adventure.

 

[Vor'en Kurn]

Alright! Decision time. Obviously, fading out of scenes is bad. But I'd like to play, obviously. Since the vacation is some time in advance, do you think it would be possible to participate in the flight to the next planet; and then, if there is time, the party; etcand so on? I see valid points for Vor'en to "step out" at; if you don't, then I think Deel should proboably ask him to stay now (since Vor'en's current "orders" are to tag along, Deel'll need to countermand those.)

So yeah. I know you said it was my call, but I'd rather it be yours.

 

[Pbartender]

With so many vacations scattered throughout the summer, the other option is to delay the actual adventure until the end of July. There's lots of ways to do it... from simply taking a break for a month or two to drawing out the hyperspace trip through roleplaying. (This option would be completely fine by me. I'm rather busy myself right now. We're planning a bathroom renovation, I'm running this game, and I'm putting together a new campaign for a tabletop D&D game later this summer, not to mention the usual family day to day stuff. I can always use a little extra free time.)

I'm really not certain how the timing will work out, really. The segue between adventures that I thought would take a week or two, has taken months (not that I'm complaining about the excellent roleplaying). We might not actually get to the feat or the hunt until later this summer!

Everybody let me know what you think. It's your game as much as mine. I hate to needlessly exclude players, but I've had too many problems with intermittent PbP players in the past to put up with it now. Let's find something that works, eh?