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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5674396" data-attributes="member: 22779">Kzach, just a question.  When you say *POOF*, does that mean you take the thirty seconds to text the GM to say you won't be back next week or do you just vanish into the dark?Because if it's the latter, I hate that with the strength of a thousand suns.  When I first started playing online, I used to see this sort of thing all the time and it drives me absolutely batty.  I just want to stab that person in the eye through the monitor.  It's so freaking inconsiderate.  Hrm, spend the time making the character, showing the player the ropes and he/she plays a session.Doesn't like it.  Fair enough.  No skin off my nose.  But, FFS TELL ME that you're not coming back instead of letting us sit around for twenty minutes or half an hour waiting the next week.And then Captain Wingnut shows up two weeks later, expecting to keep gaming, despite not answering a single email or posting to the message boards that my online groups always have.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" /><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" /><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" />Sorry, had to get that off my chest.You are having issues and are late to the session?  Fair enough.  Then again, how hard is it to pull out your cell phone and take those ten seconds to text, "Hey, gotta problem, gonna be 30 mins late, Sry"?  I mean, instead of expecting everyone else to sit around waiting for you, why not be a bit pro-active and let people know?Eight years I've been gaming online.  I've missed one session without giving prior notice.  Every other time, I've taken the common courtesy route and dropped a line to someone to let them know what's going on.It's not exactly difficult.</blockquote>

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