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<blockquote data-quote="Bird Of Play" data-source="post: 8394454" data-attributes="member: 7032193"><p>I want to thank you all a lot for the sound advice!! I really appreciated. Y'all rock!</p><p></p><p>Yeah, it's the only time he canceled last minute so far, so I guess there's a fair chance I'm being exaggerated in my reaction. It's just that my schedule is so regular I have a hard time imagining someone <em>suddenly</em> canceling for work reasons, and, as someone here pointed out, "for work reasons" can sound a lot like a generic excuse.</p><p></p><p>As for playing with a missing player: generally that wouldn't be a problem, but the reason this little group is so special to me is because they do an excellent job working inside the story and enjoying it, the downside of that being that one of the protagonists suddenly missing mid-plot is not as easy to deal with as it normally is.</p><p></p><p>So far, I've decided to wait next week and see what happens. I'm thinking to add a fourth player to the game, although I need to find someone who fits (I'm so used to unfortunately ending up with players who prefer a more hack'n'slash experience or who roleplay anime-ish characters....). But this is not the moment, it'll feel like I am wanting to exclude him if I immediately pick up his statement that we might find a fourth guy.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, I went all socially awkward by messaging mr A with something on the lines of "aha, I hope you didn't think I'm pouty bro..... I'm just so pissed that you put your actual job over DnD! XP "...... but my sarcasm got lost as he didn't reply to the joke.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bird Of Play, post: 8394454, member: 7032193"] I want to thank you all a lot for the sound advice!! I really appreciated. Y'all rock! Yeah, it's the only time he canceled last minute so far, so I guess there's a fair chance I'm being exaggerated in my reaction. It's just that my schedule is so regular I have a hard time imagining someone [I]suddenly[/I] canceling for work reasons, and, as someone here pointed out, "for work reasons" can sound a lot like a generic excuse. As for playing with a missing player: generally that wouldn't be a problem, but the reason this little group is so special to me is because they do an excellent job working inside the story and enjoying it, the downside of that being that one of the protagonists suddenly missing mid-plot is not as easy to deal with as it normally is. So far, I've decided to wait next week and see what happens. I'm thinking to add a fourth player to the game, although I need to find someone who fits (I'm so used to unfortunately ending up with players who prefer a more hack'n'slash experience or who roleplay anime-ish characters....). But this is not the moment, it'll feel like I am wanting to exclude him if I immediately pick up his statement that we might find a fourth guy. Meanwhile, I went all socially awkward by messaging mr A with something on the lines of "aha, I hope you didn't think I'm pouty bro..... I'm just so pissed that you put your actual job over DnD! XP "...... but my sarcasm got lost as he didn't reply to the joke. [/QUOTE]
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