This is where any and all out of game chatting shall occur.

Got a former Texas Ranger Criminal Investigation Division support shaman here. Name is Dwight, but his former partner, a Comanche, gave him the nickname Tonto since Dwight was his "Faithful Anglo Companion."

Dwight's totem is the Lone Ranger (the Wise Warrior).

Character Generation Guidelines are up.  Go ahead and build.

Some time over the weekend I will be posting a bit of a lead in to the game and giving those of you whose characters are complete something to do.

If you know of a few good players that may be interested pass the word along.  However let it be known that magic-wise I think we're good.  ;-)  At least when it comes to actual spellslingers.
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:45, Fri 04 Feb 2011.

Yep.....and I am looking forward to playing. Just got an issue. I don't have any of the companion books so I am stuck with core rules at the moment.

I'm definitely looking forward to the game. :)

Anyone know if there's a good portrait for a fomori Troll in Victorian dress? I haven't seen one :(

That's fine.  I can help suggest tweaks and abilities from other books. I haven't built quite to a thousand characters yet. ;-)

Reposting this.

Got a former Texas Ranger, Criminal Investigation Division support shaman here. Name is Dwight, but his former partner, a Comanche, gave him the nickname Tonto since Dwight was his "Faithful Anglo Companion."

Dwight's totem is the Lone Ranger (the Wise Warrior).

Oooooo.....the Lone Ranger.....sweet. Too much of the oldies, huh? *smiles*

Can't beat the classics.

Damn strait! I loved that show. Especially the movie. Dad took us to the drive in to watch it. I believe it was the drive in. Been so long I can't fully remember. lol

You mean "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" from 1981? That was one of the worst travesties ever.

The Lone Ranger was, and always will be, Clayton Moore. Tonto will always be Jay Silverheels. Both of them talked the talk and walked the walk on screen and off.

Yeah...but in 81, I was a kid. I was around 7 yrs old then....so as a kid....I loved the movie.

I was 5 when that movie came out. It wasn't until later in life when I learned how the studio treated Clayton Moore (just running rough shod over him as opposed to trying to get him on board) that I came to the conclusion that movie was not that great.

I'm highly biased though.

I suddenly feel very old.

How are the characters coming for those still working on them?

*grin* And now everyone has PMs.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:25, Wed 09 Feb 2011.

I am good. AS I said in PM....I am gonna be concentrating on securing my apartment and getting moved in first....but I am slowly working on my character though.

Hey all....just heads up.....I found out just 1 hr ago as of this post that one of my good friends passed away Wensday. She will be greatly missed so if I seem a bit out of it.....you know why.

I'll be here too. This game's worth the wait :)

BTW, anyone know if there's a troll pic in the portraits? I know there's not a Fomori in Victorian dress, but I'll take something close. :)

Just fyi.....changing internet providers so will be off the net for a few days till the transition is finnished. Thanks for your patience. Will return. Laters.

Can I get a role-call to see who is still here please.

Posts will likely be a tad slow for a few days as I need to get my brain back wrapped around and into the game but yes I am back finally and getting back into the GM robes.

Your former Texas Ranger cop shaman is still here.

Your Victorian-dressed Fomori Sneak is still here. :)

I think I do need to go over my Character stats though to make sure I had everything....

That I do remember Mr. Wilde.  Hopefully planning to do that tonight but unfortunately it is rest time at the moment...body and mind still a ways from recovery and I don't intend to overdo it this time and hit another wall.

But there should be posts near daily at least though a number will be to get my head wrapped back into the game and all.

Deathstrider is still here. Just busy on my end as well. But will get my character sheet posted sooner or later.

Gonna toss out a rather important question for my fellow players.

How moral are your characters?

Dwight is a shaman that follows the Wise Warrior totem in the form of the Lone Ranger. He does his best to live by the Lone Ranger's Creed and takes it seriously. He's also a former Texas Ranger (Criminal Investigation Division) so this will affect who he runs with. He will not make a habit of most things your "average runner" will do...unless Aztechnology/Aztlan is involved. Then he gets almost into the "average runner" mentality.

Wilde is a pretty moral person. His original intent was to use his abilities to just unobtrusively study people and places. However, when his parents informed him his sister was missing in Seattle, he made the journey. He's normally a very friendly and amiable person, but figured that didn't fit the runner persona so he created Mr. Wilde.

He's picky about the jobs he takes, but if it means progress in finding his sister he'll do about anything. To him, family and friends are the number 1 priority. The latest word he has is that his sister is working in one of the Strip clubs in the Barrens. He's hasn't had an opportunity to check out the rumor yet, but it's just a matter of time.

I think he and Dwight would will work well together. :)

Sorry guys but you gonna have to find out what makes Deathstrider tick in game. I am very picky on such matters as I have been victumised by metagamers before. Nothing against you all personally, just being carefull.

Okay..detailed notes will be finalized later tonight after my live game ends tonight.  If you think you need to tweak or finalize things yet now is the time.  :D

Otherwise, go ahead and sandbox a bit...give a reason for why you are out in this weather in downtown Seattle.

Dwight has a pretty good reason. No permanent address yet.

Sounds like a very good reason indeed. I will have my charcter completed and up laters.

Good news....character is almost done....just need to equip him and post him for the GM and I will be done.

*one of the devil rats explode in a mist of red goo. Dwight looks up to see Dethstrider holding a silenced Aries Predator and a smirk upon his face.* I hate rats. Anyways....the only explanation of Shaman's absence is that his health has landed him back in the hospital. I hope that is not the case though. I would prefer that he was just busy with real life for a while over health issues.

Okay, so I am not sleeping when I really should be...but that's the way the body bounces.

So I have a question for those of you still with me.  Do you prefer the cast of characters to be kept fairly short or do you prefer major and minor NPCs to have their own entry?  Or somewhere in between?

Doesn't matter to me. That's more your preference since you're the one running them.

Only cast of characters I would like to see are the ones that we deal with directly. Primarily our contacts and such. Other than that, I aggree with Dwight, your prefrence.

I'm hoping we keep it at least semi-steady from here.  I will be taking a hard look later today at Mr. Wilde though I am hoping he posts soon for his intro.

Not sure if Click is coming back but I'm waiting to hear from him.

I may have another who is interested in coming onboard though.

That said, I'm going to clear out some messages that are not needed and are just taking up space.

Also, just for everyone's own knowledge, my post sizes can range from quite large to a couple of lines depending on what I consider is needed to keep things moving at the time.

On the GM Wanted is a double digit thread that started when someone asked for an SR4 game. If you want more players, that would be the place to go.

Yeah...what Dwight said...and as for posting...I am the same way. My posts can be long or short, depending on what is waranted for posting. Some posts don't need several paragraphs while others actually require it. So yeah....I am with ya, boss.

Usually, my OOC posts with my dice rolls will be longer than the IC part of the post.

SOrry, I missed the fact that Wilde had a reply. :(

I would have posted sooner, but tuesdays through thursday are my rough days...

I saw those though they should be taken care of by the two new sandbox games that have started.

If this fellow comes in he'll be new to Rpol and this style of gaming.

I will likely open it up in a month or two once things are steady.

Dwight, my friend, the die roller hates you.  Cripes!  Are you sure you didn't buy the quality Bad Luck?  ;-)

No, I didn't, but a couple of GMs would just let me have the points for whatever Bad Luck trait for whatever game we were playing because they know I have it.

Welcome back Mr. Wilde.

Looks like this game is dead?

Not at all. It just goes dormant because Real Life(tm) likes to ream the GM a lot.

Yeah....just have patience. shaman's health is keeping him at bay for the moment.

Dwight, you and I have been in a lot of SR games that have died over the last year or so...

The game is still going...it will be slow in places for a time but I have no intention of seeing it die unless I do.

If the lulls are too much as I put things back in order in my life with health, work and a few other things then I will understand anyone desiring to move on but if you are willing to wait these out...you will have your game and it will eventually be steady again.

Though I need stats from at least two people before I insert you.  ;-)

See.....what I say?

greetings all. well i would give info on my character but that may cause his death. :-P. living around town always on the move. looking for work and have very little cred on hand. gotta pay your debts. also this is my first time playing on line so may be a little slow at first.

So Click are you still in?

Welcome aboard Cougar.  Thanks for the stats.

Been talking to our illustrious GM, and he's been having technical difficulties with RPOL. He can's stay logged into the site for more than 30 seconds or so.

He's tried different machines and managed to get a message to the site admins. Still having problems though.

Okay....cool. For a moment there I thought something seriouse has happened to his health. No worries....still around. Not goin anywhere.

Actually, his health is all good. That's an excellent bit of news from him. His only problem now is issues logging on RPOL that defy explanation.

I had that issue in the past. Just can't remmeber how to fix it.

His problem as he explained it to me is that he logs on then gets kicked after 30 seconds or so.

Yeah...something to do with the exe file for loggin in. It may not even be his puter's issue. More than likely it is rpol issue.

Was a provider issue, the site was flagged for blockage.  That has been cleared up as of today.

Pretty ticked about it but I've had plenty of time to flesh out the game.

Cute. Give 'em Hell over it.

Glad to have you back.

I did.  They gave me three months free and let's just say certain things are under review.

Nice.

Awsome....welcome back.

New Character joining the group [thanks Shaman].

Radar, Elf, Technomancer / Face, *may* be taking the place of 'the sister'.  In game, will probably not admit to being Technomancer, till know people a bit more.
Still building the character, but looks pretty close once some details are verified with GM.

GM.  If can 'backup time' a bit, I'll use it to compile and register a sprite or 2.  Not that actual in game time has advanced very far yet.  A couple of hours maybe.

Welcome Radar.

Welcome to the party.

I would say we have likely lost Mr. Wilde from his lack of logging in.  I can't really blame him given my own absences.  That's too bad, he was an interesting character.

Also Click seems to have decided to just lurk as none of my PMs have been answered.

I have put out a call for additional players so we will see what we get.

Cool.

OK. Deathstrider is using PMs to post.

I think it might be time for separate threads for us now.

Shortly...

Will post more tomorrow unless I cannot sleep.
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:26, Sun 14 Aug 2011.

Just a quick heads up, I have family visiting so things are going to be a bit slow as you may have noticed by me not gettting back here yesterday to post but I will respond when I can.

Some of you have left PMs which require a bit of time to respond to.  I've seen them and will get to a response when I have the time available to properly address them.

The other SR game I was in on here just had the GM announce he can't do it anymore. I doubt there will be a replacement GM, so I figure the game is over.

It's sad, but I expect little else here on RPOL anymore.

Shaman, you might want to define slow for us here. We've kept up with this through some long periods of dormancy, and I was in the game for a year before you really got it started.

Slow as in posting every couple of days for the moment.

As I have said in the past, I am sticking with this game to its end whether I have a dozen players or just one.  Even if medically I end up disappearing unless I am dead and there are now locals in this game that can post for me in that respect I will return.

My WoT game players already know that I will come back and keep things going even if there is an unexpected pause even of great length.  If I give my word about a game, it is because I believe in that game.

This is one of those games.

As far as SR in general and in particularly the aforementioned other game... for whatever reason SR GMs tend to go oh this would be cool but never look at the time needed to invest in what they envision...they overstep their own capabilities.

I have in the past done this as well and seen it in far too many SR Games.  I know exactly what I plan in this game and what it will require.  I am also ready for the players to diverge off that path and come around from another angle.

Yep...and I am a stubborn arse so I don't leave a game till it is deleted out from under me.

Oh, you're playing Talan in the other SR4 game that's now on life support.

In reply to Deathstrider (msg #94):

I'd respond IG, but am not officially sister or friend yet.

Take your time, Radar. We still need Shaman's input on that matter.

And yes, Dwight. I am playin Talan. Well, was at least.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:23, Fri 19 Aug 2011.

Maybe we are still playing.

I'm the Jedi in that game.

This message was deleted by the player at 04:38, Sat 20 Aug 2011.

Cool.

Hey Shaman, are you doin okay?

Shaman is probably getting ready to GM multiple sessions at Mythacon this weekend http://warhorn.net/mythacon2/
This message was last edited by the player at 06:21, Thu 01 Sept 2011.

Aaaahhhh yeah....okies. Was gettin worried about him, thats all.

I talked to Shaman [in person] today.  He caught a cold a couple weeks ago, and is just now getting back to thinking about 'other' things.

No worries. So long as he is alright. That is what is important.

I've shot him a couple messages on Facebook, but he hasn't responded.

Sorry all.. I've been physically and/or mentally MIA for most of the month and for the last bit resolving a family emergency.  I've either been mindlessly losing myself when I can to destress or trying not to become swamped since I spoke to Radar.

Hmmm think I may have missed something Dwight though I did catch your link yesterday.  I don't have any of those signs. ;-)

I'll be semi-MIA for a few more days but I hope to get online tonight (roughly 18 hours from now) when I get home and do updates.

Take your time, boss. As I said before, I won't leave. The game has to be deleted out from under me first.

The zombie wakes!!! [or is at least starting to wake]

Heh so my estimate was a couple hours off.

Big replies (glances at Radar) are going to have to wait until I get a bit more sleep.  ;-)  Or that is the hope.

However, we'll get things moving again right now.  :)

All three starting arcs have their own thread now.  Though whether we still have Mr. Wilde remains to be seen.

If not one of our other newbs will take on that arc.

I will be recruiting a small number of players shortly with the intent of bringing at least six more players aboard but we will see to that once the base arcs are going.

Sweet.

So what pacing is everyone looking for with respect to posting rates?

If I'm involved in something with no other players, I post as often as I can. Multiple times per day if possible.

If I'm involved with other players in a thread, I try to let things get ahead of everyone else.

Same here. But I would like to keep pace with the other players. I have a feeling that sooner or later we will all meet up. I can post once a night.

Sometimes, being a shaman of a noble totem like the Lone Ranger (Wise Warrior) makes life complicated in the Sixth World.

*chuckle*

I was wondering about that, Dwight. How would you run the shadows if your totem is a lawman of ancient times?

Simple. I choose my jobs VERY carefully.
The Lone Ranger was viewed as an outlaw up until near the end of most episodes ("Don't be alarmed. This mask is on the side of Law and Order.").

Just to give everyone a heads up and that includes those whose characters I am still reviewing, this is something I do in Play-by-post SR games  -

If you have enough to buy the minimum required successes for most tests, I'll just use that to keep things moving.  However, this may mean that you lose out occasionally on a better result based on Margin of Success.

If I think that will mean the character will lose out on something important I will call for a roll.

However, each player may be looking for more from a given action so would you rather I have your roll each time or go with the above?

I recommend giving the option to roll but noting that it could just be glossed over.

Maybe give a 24 or 48 hour window for the player to reply, and if the player is unable, you could just go with the auto success and move things along.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:08, Sat 08 Oct 2011.

I like the Auto successes to move the story along so long as it is not important and it won't get the character killed. But if it is an important roll, then yes, by all means, have us roll. I am more on the story than I am on the rolls. But I like systems like this so when all hell breaks loose, we have the dice to roll. Also helps to keep honest players honest.

I was already planning to ask about buying hits, especially in non-time critical and extended tests [like data searches].  Cuts down on the possible glitches :)  Where it makes sense to 'randomize' the outcomes a bit, ask for rolls.  Where the hits are needed from a player / character initiated action, player can request buying hits.  Where it is from GM / NPC actions, your choice.

I don't supposed you would 'buy' hits for opposed sprite compiling tests :)  For a level/rating 4 sprite, that would make the services 'reduction' always 1, and the fading always 2, which could be bought on the fading resistance test.  Actually, buying hits would be the same for a level 7 sprite, since buying hits from 7 dice would be 1 success ^:)_:) ^... Not a chance.

Where there is a chance for misinformation (data searches) or something truly bad (DM's discretion - Feral AI anyone?) then rolls will still be required.

But where it will speed things along without significant impact of a screw-up well then.. :P

Buying hits it is. And Radar, got any input on our little history in the PM's?

Radar just had a few pages or responses sent to him but with any luck, Radar should be ready shortly and I will be putting Radar into one of the threads shortly even if we're still tweaking.

Cougar has a few things to finish but then will likely start his own thread.

I believe we have lost Click and Mr. Wilde for good.  Not that I can truly blame them with the way I've been.

Once all three threads are going solidly, we'll bring people in.

IF You know people looking for an SR game on here that you would recommend, you can send them this way and just have them let me know you sent them.

As some of you know, when I am good I can post like crazy...almost averages out with the absences. ;-)  However for those new to this or to my games on average my posting drops during the weekends as I run events here and I am usually a tad too worn to think about continuing to be creative or I am using the time to prep for the next day of events.

I would like those that are truly interested to commit to a minimum of four posts during the week.  So roughly a post every two days.  I'd prefer quicker if we can do it but I know real life comes first.

I expect it will be at least a year before we are solidly filled out as players will come and go based upon life and whether the pacing of the game works for them.

But once we are solid, I expect this game to set records for SR on Rpol. :P

Happy Thanksgiving to any Canadians out there in the group.  :P

I know an entire SR4 game full of players. First GM said he couldn't cut it, so he left. Second GM took over, and then hasn't been online for a while now.

So how many players do you want? Any time you announce an SR game on RPOL, players are not hard to find at all.

Can you send me a link to the game so I can take a look at it please.

Presuming we've lost those two mentioned above we have four players.  No more than another eight and if you know they are reliable and willing to post at the rates above at least then we're golden.

I've never had an issue with finding players, my issue before my health blew up was getting a ton of players, doing the work for character gen if we got that far and then never seeing them again or only getting a post once every two weeks.

Before health went poof, I was the type that fed off what my players put in.  I'd start out strong but if they didn't put in the effort then my own would drop off.  Though I'm also stubborn about keeping a game going if the concept has grabbed me and I have at least a small group of players that are worth that effort.

SR4 - Shadows of the Sprawl. GM is Beard.
link to another game

Thanks.  I'll check it out but all other responses are going to have to wait.  I want some sleep before my BT event for tomorrow.  LOL!

Ouch...sandbox... ouch!  Who are you over there Dwight?
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:43, Sun 09 Oct 2011.

I am Talan over there. But the new players must also know of your health too. That there may be times when you will drop off because of your health. But you also come back too. *grins* Why I don't go. I am a stubborn ass.

I'm Sol Ven Jon, the Jedi Mystic Adept.

Been focusing on the GM questions and answers.  Much of that history is not going to apply to Radar, since GM decision to keep your sister as an NPC.  Radar adjusted to be the friend.  I think the build is almost complete.  Only a couple of details left for knowledge skills, and whether / how much to put in contacts for being Alisha's friend.

If it works with what Shaman wants with/from the NPC sister, it can still be used.  I had no plans for extending that history further, unless it is needed to help fit with Radar as the friend.  Subject to change of course, depending on where the GM takes us :)

Did you want to expand that further?  The skill set I was basing it is/was for Radar.  You / Shaman might want something a bit different for Alisha.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:46, Mon 10 Oct 2011.

Just being her friend is all that is required. You will know about Deathstrider's past. DS will know of you but never got to meet you yet. We can discuss that further in privates though if you want. So build the character the way you wish.

Okay, other then a couple of required tweaks, Cougar is about done and will be taking over Mr. Wilde's angle.

In reply to Shaman (msg #136):

tweeks done and character updated. lets get the party started. now if i can only live through the next month. lol

Radar is now complete except for a few final tweaks.  Radar you have your own thread for the moment.

Dwight or Deathstrider go ahead and let the other group know there are openings here for more players.  You may want to mention that I do disappear at times for a length but I always come back.  This game and one other I am committed to finishing.

Thanks Dwight.  Now we'll see whether or not anyone from over there accepts.  Laugh, though the warning may scare them off.

In reply to Shaman (msg #138):

First post sent.  Now it is time for me to really get some sleep.

The night is still early.  LOL.  We don't even have the pre-dawn yet. ;-)

Yeah. DS's first run in 6 months since his near death experience and well....lets just say it ain't no ride in the park *grins*.

Well then one might say I have managed to capture your attention.  ;-)

Well we have a nice posting rate going on, over 100 posts in less than ten days.

hmmm, getting paid to sleep??

Sleep perchance to dream... muwahaha

Oh jeese. We in trouble now.

Heh.. stops flipping through the module Dreamchipper.  :P

I should mention for those not already in the know, I have my regular private face-to-face game Wednesday nights and so updates of any seriousness likely won't happen these nights.

Currently waiting for the pain meds to kick in so I can try that silly little thing called sleep which is why I am here possibly considering some posts depending on the detail required.

That said we returned to our Shadowrun campaign after about a six month hiatus, my Aztec tradition mage died horribly in the opening moments of the game...we'd called a "to be continued" right at the beginning of a conflict when we took the hiatus.

LoL. I went from fully unhurt to -12 physical damage overflow so I decided to go out in a blaze of glory and used the Dead-Man's Trigger casting a Force 10 Manaball, no attempt to resist the drain...

If any of you have seen "The Fury" or "Scanners", my body did a good impression of the exploding body scenes from those movies.  LoL.  For those in Sunday's live game, all I have to say is Eugen is finding his stride, you have been warned.  ;-)

Just a FYI the date is September 12th for everyone, time currently varying.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:21, Sun 16 Oct 2011.

2072?

Yes

Will respond later tonight after our live game and maybe a nap to the rest of it.

Cool.

That nap turned into the Crash 3.0 laugh.  Apparently after not sleeping for nearly three days I needed a bit more then a nap.  :P

I bet.

Just finishing up looking over two new recruits to the game.  They're looking pretty good for the most part and I should have them ready to be brought into a team within the next day or so.

Cool. Now where is my team? IE My sissy and Radar? huh? Huh? Huh? *pouts*


lol

Hmmm really busy and busy.  You'll get your team soon enough.  ;-)

Besides you should be enjoying all the questions as the drek hits the lightning storm.  :P
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:01, Wed 19 Oct 2011.

Oh yeah....having loads of fun. Now to find the johnson that hired me and kick him in the gonads *lol*.

*grin* Well hopefully all the waiting was and is worth it for everyone.

So I have a query of those that have joined.  Do you think the game should be taken to a mature rating and for all intents and purposes dealing with what that would entail for declarations?

In reply to Shaman (msg #160):

is ok with me

Considering that things like organ-legging, drug and BTL abuse, and prostitution can come up...

Yeah....better if we up the anti and make it adult material. Mainly cause of those things Dwight had mention.

Mature covers everything I mentioned. Adult here on RPOL seems to make folks want to write graphic sex scenes in my experience.

Good Point there.

Mature rating covers sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, foul language, and any other adult themes not mentioned.

Plus, I think Shadowrun should be mature because in the books, you read about things like organ-legging, drug and BTL chip abuse, prostitution, all sorts of violence, and then there's quite a bit of foul language.

That change in policy I still dislike, dropping the language of SR to incorporate real foul language which likely would have changed anyway by this point.

It destroyed a part of the game for me as a player and a GM.  Though most new players were not exposed to the original language of SR. Not that they kept the language consistant either in SR4.

Personally I hear enough foul language in reality that I don't need it in my games but if the players want the language it is your call.

My Preference: Use the 'known' in game language / terms.  If you don't know those, keep it clean.  I'm with Shaman on that.  Foul language for 'its own sake' adds nothing.  If the character 'needs' it, use the in game language to do it.

Foul language hasn't changed that much in the last few hundred years to be honest. When I play younger runners, they use the SR profanity. Really old types, don't.

Right now though, I'm playing one of those characters that won't use much foul language at all. He tends to stick to his "Hells and damns" on the rare occasion when he does get profane.

Something fun I bought recently was a lot of SR pdfs. One of them had several notable members of Jackpoint. One of them included Bull, the best ork decker you never met. He still referred to himself as a decker as opposed to a hacker (and keeps his commlink in his old cyberdeck case apparently). He also uses SR profanity and slang more than some of the other posters.

*grumble* Apparently RPol has a new timeout policy and to make matters more annoying I passed it by a second or so and just lost a huge reply.

I'm going to go take a break now and go kill something.  Not sure I care for the revamp.

Might want to start doing replies in Notepad then.

Doesn't help.  Seems to be a bug within the new coding.  I go to hit Post message in an in-game thread and the entire screen blanks and stalls.

Odd it is only the one thread.  Funny in that it needs to be wrapped for the next bit.

It is not a timeout issue.  Not sure what it is but it certainly is connected to the recent upgrade.  If it is not corrected by tomorrow I will start a fresh thread.

I did not notice the stall or timeout or .. issue with the new version yet.  What I did notice was that editing an existing posting [private message in that case], clicking "preview", then trying to re-edit failed.  Told me I was not the creator of the message.  But click goback then post worked, and could edit again.  Was just the re-edit that broke.
Preview and re-edit works here, or maybe just for new messages.

Radar try posting just a regular message in your IC thread for me please.

Am I the only one that wasn't too lazy to actually post a description that can be seen on The Cast page?

I'm betting since most of the players are semi-new to Rpol or plain new, they are not aware of that feature.  :P

Oh. I thought Deathstrider wasn't a newbie to RPOL at least.

I saw the description option in character details.  Just have not figured out what to put there yet.
New post added to the 'spoof the rain' thread.  No problems.  I assume that is where you meant be "IC".

Yes Radar unfortunately that did not reset the issue so I will be starting a new thread for you and closing out that one.  Hopefully the same problem will not show up again.

Descriptions? Who needs 'em? <grin>

I know of it. Just have not come up with what I want to put in it yet.

Radar, are you putting any odd codes into your posts as it is doing it again in the new thread.

I don't know about 'odd'.  I did use the new list code that showed up with the update.  I have edited that out now.  If that does not fix it.  I'll edit that last post down to bare minimum, just to see if that helps.

The most unusual 'characters' I saw in that post, where from the quote I got from you.  It had the curly quote characters instead of the normal straight quotes.

My last 2 posts [the only ones after your last successful post] in the original thread did not have anything special in them.

What web browser are you using?  I have been using FireFox 7 and Windows XP, but have several others available I can test with.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:01, Tue 25 Oct 2011.

Depending on the system IE9 and Vista or IE8 and XP.  But it only does it in those threads.

Yay!!! and there was much rejoicing...

Jase has not yet found the problem to fix it permanently but a work-around has been mentioned by another user that works.

If it goes blank, press tab and then enter.  The tab will bring up the original post again and the enter will bring up the preview options.  From there you can post normally.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:11, Wed 26 Oct 2011.

Cool. Now to see what trouble DS is in now.

Apparently I need more sleep.

Revel please see your PMs.

Sorry for the short posts in some places but it is now officially time to be one with the bed.

If you have not already done so, please fill out your character descriptions under the character details link.

Dwight and Radar, I've modified the last posts in your threads.

I hate being sick. Coughing hurts like hell and when I cough, not only does it hurt but it makes me dizzy and light headed to point of nearly blacking out.

That sucks dude.  Have you been to see a doctor?

It being late and with your GM needing his sleep, I will not be replying to any posts until this evening most likely but just wanted to let you know I am around.

Thursday is one of my live game nights so posting can be hit or miss.

No, I have not gone to doctor. Gonna call the VA Monday. Anyways....I go no where.

And apparently so has the weekend but both events that I ran went well this weekend so its all good and I won an award for one of them.

Nice.

congrats :)

Congrats! :)

Grats

Thank you.

"Most Dastardly DM 2011"

Laugh. Not really sure the reputation is deserved. ;-)

Definitely something that will have the players coming out.  *chuckle* Though they do every year and donate food and other stuff for the food bank while doing it.

I have something of a streak going.  I am hoping to be displaced next year.

Those that know you will not be surprised by that title.  At least that have heard the 'evil laugh', and seen the consequences :) :))

I will be posting later on today, sorry for the delay!

Eh...you should see my thread right now.

I finally got all my running around and phone calls made. Now I just need to have some time passed so I can meet this hacker I need to hire.

Flo's ? :)

Yep.

That thread will be set up shortly.

So you know, here's where Flo's Yellow Rose came from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHLwdBDebgE

A character Dwight will mention sometimes, his "Uncle" Eugene, is the grandson of Florence Jean Castleberry. The original Flo's Yellow Rose is on the Fort Worth side of the DFW metroplex on the site of the original.

Cool.  Thanks.

How many players need a run down on the various districts security profiles and what weapon allowances there are and how quickly law enforcement responds in each zone?

Dwight left his shotgun back at the hotel. Heaviest thing he carries otherwise is a Manhunter.

Radar is probably alright for now.  A reference for later would be useful though.

Shock Frills plus Predator in hidden gun arm slide.

A short overview would be nice.

Okay, I'll post one tomorrow.  Now that I think of it I don't recall seeing the security zone ratings having made the transfer to 2072.  I shall extrapolate accordingly then. *egrin*

Flo's Yellow Rose does have AR themes and whatnot. The one here is more Old West and Texas. The one in Fort Worth also has Truck Driver themes since it's just off I-20.

There are some nights where AR and VR are completely shut down though. On those nights, you get the more "Old Fashioned" experience. If the owner had his way, every night would be an "Old Fashioned" night, but he isn't stupid and does want to make money, so he allows AR and themes and overlays.

The waitstaff and bartenders do wear physical nametags as well as AR tags.

As for your sarsaparilla, it will taste exactly like root beer since that's exactly what it is. Barq's is the usual brand of root beer Flo's serves, but they have A&W. If you want variety, you have to go with real beer or liquor.

Now to see if DS is going to either get angry and retaliate or what...*dives IC*.

*chuckle* But why would that happen?

Oh, I don't know....prolly cause the run was compromised. Seemed there was another team after the same prize and DS is not happy that he had failed and missed the case. Which in turn, kinda bums me out as well. All that effort for a simple short run and I end up with nothing. So, if DS don't like the explanation from the Johnson, then the Johnson will soon find out that DS is not to be trifled with.

Provides investment.  ;-)

Now if said site wouldn't time out and crash when I go to post tonight I'd be a much happier camper.

Sorry for the delay all, real life decided to give me a case of the busy.  Going to be a bit before I can respond to the posts and likely a day or two now before I can get the security ratings up.

No worries. If you have not guessed by now, I am a stubborn arse and am not leaving till this game is deleted out from under me. *sage nods*

Life happens to us all...

Quick heads up, stuff that has not yet been resolved will be later tonight presuming I have the energy and brainpower after running part of an SR event in 11 hours presuming everyone remembers the time change.

Posts are up.  We will have two characters joining once I finish going over them.

sweet.

All private messages should have been responded to and all public threads as well.  If I missed something let me know.  :)

Was there something coming about the security zones?

Yes there was.  Thanks for the reminder.  :)

I plan to start various threads as well for general information about various places as characters travel to them.

Shades of IRL shadowrun style monitoring and 'profiling'

Lawful Access, Its Potentials, and Its Lack of Necessity
http://www.christopher-parsons...s-lack-of-necessity/

Just a quick heads up, they put me on some new meds to deal with one of my conditions.  For the first time in a long time, they've thrown me for a good loop so there will be no posts until tomorrow when my head hopefully clears.

No worries. So long as you stay as healthy as you can, bro.

Feeling definitely better and the stuff works which is definitely a bonus.  I may or may not get posts out tonight though, still having a focus issue.

Then you need to find your adjustment knob so you can get back in focus.

*chuckle* That's it... I'm suffering from the old school of Fading.  lol.

That should be fixable. Just need a new monitor. *grins*

Perhaps... laugh.

Updates to come later today as well as a major push to finish up several characters to join up in play.  I got home and pretty much crashed.

No worries. I feel same way too. Just keep healthy. All I am askin, bro.

Hi All.

Welcome aboard.

Welcome [to the asylum]

Ran by the most insane one of us of all time.....Shaman. *grins*

Thank you for acknowledging my brilliance within insanity.  ;-) *grin*

Well, there is a method to your madness.

Usually.  :P

For those that have not done so please add a description under your character details or eventually I will add one for you.

Don't you mean there's a madness to his method?

No, I would have said that if that was what I meant.

I am just wondering how many are going offline for the upcoming Thanksgiving long weekend in the States?

Not me. Gonna have to drop the bad news to my friend that I won't make it to his place. Damn buses. Anyways.....near time to go to work.

I'm always home for holidays. Holidays mean days off which means I'm online more.

Since I'm not in the States I'll be here ;)

There's a holiday?

just another day around here.

I should have sporadic access.  I'll be busy, though.

I am here. My friend decided to bring our meal to my place since the puplic transit wants to be cheap.

The last few days have been busier then I expected.  I know a few of you have been waiting on replies for me.  They will be going out later tonight now that certain responsibilities are dealt with.

For those celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend, be safe and enjoy.

It was good. Just working now.

That's as far as I go tonight.  :P  Time for a bit of sleep before the event tomorrow.

Have fun bro.

Thanks.  It was fun for the most part.  I went and ran the event only to have Hurricane Force One Winds break out.  I must say it was a very interesting drive home with the downtown core locked down, no one let in or out.

Probably no posts tonight though as it took almost two hours to drive what normally takes 35 minutes and I am a bit brain fried.  If that clears I will then be back to post most likely...never can be totally sure on night's like tonight.

Have to say some of the pictures are certainly interesting and the drive home was quite unique in its imagery.

For anyone interested in the gory details the following link shows some of the Calgary weather information for a 2 day window.  The recorded wind speeds at a 'home' weather station should be visible for about the next 22 hours.

http://wx.ca/

This was on the hill to the west of the city, not downtown, but should give a good indication.  From the gaps, It looks like winds were 'off the chart' several times.  I heard quotes of 100 km/h plus winds.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:46, Mon 28 Nov 2011.

Damn. According to those numbers for temp, you had a nice warm front that got bitch slapped by a cold front big time.

If we had that scenario around here, we'd be waiting for the inevitable tornadoes.


As far as nasty straight-line winds, back in 2003 down in Memphis, they had "Hurricane Elvis."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...Summer_Storm_of_2003

This was not a tornado, but straight winds blowing that would qualify as a Category 2 Hurricane.

I am from Oklahoma originally and yeah....warm front got majorly bitch slapped by the cold front. Could easily create f3's or higher tornados.

Updates will be coming including character reviews later tonight.  Probably late tonight the way things seem to go.

Sorry for the quickie responses but I'm wiped and need some rest.  But responses are at least out.

No worries. I been busy as of late too.

It has been a bit nuts the last couple of days.  Provided we do not lose power over here again, there will be posts in a couple of hours after I've had something to eat.

FOR THOSE IN THE CALGARY SR CGL EVENTS - THE GAME TOMORROW IS BEING CANCELLED DUE TO THE ROADS AND WEATHER.  SO HOPEFULLY THIS CATCHES YOU ALL SO YOU DON'T WASTE A TRIP.  IT JUST ISN'T WORTH THE RISK GETTING STUCK OR IN AN ACCIDENT.

While searching for something else, I encountered
http://unicode.org/charts/
at the end of the first section is:
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
and
UCAS Extended

IRL UCAS :)

Nice.

Cute.

Just to give everyone a quick heads up, I will be posting tonight likely after midnight my time but after that due to some work project deadlines there will likely be very little posting on my part until after the weekend.

I don't have the time now as I will be leaving shortly for an event.

No worries. I will still be around.

Most threads have been updated and posted for.  A couple require private query answers before they can be posted for and I will get to those after I have had some sleep.

Thank you all for your patience.  It has been a long and very busy few days.

IRL imitating SR4?

Compare this to a Lone Star iBall [SR4A 350]

Video Eye Ball
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39196/
This message was last edited by the player at 07:44, Wed 14 Dec 2011.

Neet.

It has been a busy few days and likely it will be erratic until around the end of the year with Christmas and all the rest coming.  I was hoping to get to updates tonight but I won't be doing so.  I will be doing so tomorrow after I get home.

So it took a day longer, heh, it is that time of year after all where busy gets busier.

Character reviews will hopefully go out yet tonight and add several more to the troops.  :P

Some of you are waiting on other players to post, I thank you for being patient as this time of year always sees a drop off in posting rates.

As a short notice: I won't have internet access from Dec 25. to Jan 2. (or at least only one or two opportunities to check in here)

No worries.

Hey all,

You've all been waiting patiently and I thank you for that.  It being the season and all I've been preoccupied with a few things and haven't managed to keep up with all of my games as well as I would like but I am devoting a chunk of time later today to this game specifically as it requires several long posts and answers.

However, on to something far more pleasant.

This has been inspired by another game I am in. Though oddly I was thinking of doing something similar for our Battletech League locally.  Since all of you are rabid posters anyway, which I thank you for...everyone gets 2 karma as a Christmas present.

Cool!  How soon can we spend it?  :D

*chuckle* Not in mid-scene but soon.

Safe journey Skye.  Hopefully this trip is for a good time and not an emergency of some nature.

Thanks :)
Just visiting family, and really looking forward to it.

Oh, Christmas-Karma, nice!

And just to be clear, this Christmas-karma is on top of any some of you may have earned in recent posts.

And the Karma will be applied to characters in the process of being built/finalized as well so Merry Christmas to all.  And to all a good night!  :P

Cool beans. Happy Hollidays all.

Happy Whatever, all.

Same here, Happy Holidays all!

I despise these holiday colors on RPOL. I wish they would let you opt out of it.

One GM I have on here has difficulty seeing with these odd color schemes.

I wish we could opt out of then too. Most of the holiday schemes are just hideous.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Changing the time setting on the computer could work, so it believes that it's not Christmas, yet, or that it's already over. At least it worked last year ;)

Nifty.  Thanks for the karma gifting.

Still here folks.

I've been wrapped up with visiting family, it will probably be a few more days before I can respond appropriately.

Then the holidays will be done and we can return to our regular schedules.  LoL.

Pretty much.

Finally back home!

Happy New Year everyone!

Just wanted to give everyone a quick heads up that the relatives are gone and the car is fixed so after I have a very much needed nap I will be posting.  If you haven't posted by the time I get back, there will be a forced move committed for you.

I'm hoping that I won't have to.

Happy New Year!

*hands over a pillow*

Hmmm... a cuddle bunny.  Takes Skye off to bed as a human snuggle comforter.  :P LoL!

Uhm... I... need to be elsewhere *darts off*

OK ... Where's the magic ??

Just in front of you on the Growler.

I know the game slowed down a little, but you gotta work on your memory.

Star Wars: The Old Republic. My newest addiction.

<--- Grin, can create more terror then the return of the Horrors.  *laugh*

Thanks for the chuckle.  :)

I'm hording it all for myself.  :P

OMG!  Too fragging funny!  ROFLMAO!

You kill me.

What? Radar asks where the magic's at while riding passenger with a shaman on a motorcycle. *shrug*

I know but it was still frigging Awesome!  :P

But I have a strange sense of humor especially after actually managing sleep.

I am just easy to scare ;)

Muwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

I have been wrapped up with some work the past couple of days.  I'm devoting tomorrow to posting on Rpol.  Well at this point later today.

Guys and gals, my apologies. I had a family emergency that kept me wrapped up most of today and I just don't have the energy to deal with posting right now.  Unfortunately, I am wrapped up tomorrow during the day but I will try to make it up to you tomorrow night when I am done.

No worries boss. I has patience.

Hi,

Sorry for the disappearance.  After the family emergency, I briefly ended up in the hospital after having a reaction to something that could have become quite dangerous for my health if I had left it unchecked.

I won't unfortunately be able to seriously post before the weekend though.  I need to get caught up on a few real life priorities.

Regards.

Get well soon :)
And don't worry about that short disappearance.

Sorry to hear that, man.
I thought you were having trouble logging into RPOL again.

Take care, man.

I was several days ago.  Then my feet and legs swelled to about three times their size.  There was concern that they might split open under the pressure which could have lead to amputation.

The combination of drugs that followed made life decidedly interesting for a few days.

I bet. Hope the quacks get you leveled out.

Thanks, so do I.  Though some of the meds I could do without.  Bedrest and not being on my feet for more than three hours in a day while monitoring.

The calves are back to normal, still a mixed go with the feet.

get well soon bro. I no go nowhere.

Everyone still here?

I'm still here.

I'm here

yep

My apologies for the delays, I've been wrapped up in a few things real life wise on all fronts.  It's going to be a day or two before I get back to my GMing duties.

I hope to have updates out on thursday.

My appologies as well. I was busy setting up my new laptop and helping a friend get settled into my apartment till she and her daughter can get back on their feet while she works out her issues with her husband. They seperated. Anyways, I am here still.

In reply to Deathstrider (msg #324):

am here

In reply to Cougar (msg #325):

I'm on vacation, but I'm still here.

Hello all. Still here myself.

I'm here.

Still here!

Me too

Just waiting for Shaman to feel better and/or get un busy with real life.

Sorry for the disappearance, I ended up quite ill for a bit and earlier this week one of my best friend's 19 year old son died.  I took off to be with the family and help them through this time.

I plan to refocus on all things Rpol on Monday and Tuesday depending on how long it takes to get caught up on everything.

No worries boss. Very understandable. As you can see by now, I am going no where. *sage nods* Take all the time you need.

My apologies all, things have been really nuts.  We've had some serious complications with the health of a few of my family members so I've been busy with that while trying to deal with my own stuff.

The days just disappeared on me unfortunately.  It's going to be at least a few more days before I can get back to looking at this.  As it is, I will be tendering my resignation in a number of games as a player as it is only fair not to hold them up and it is not fair to you to devote what time I do have to them.

I thank you all for your loyalty and patience and in the immortal words of Arnie, "I'll be back."

lol. No problems, boss. Take your time. I have nothing but patience. It just takes me forever and a day to get characters created if I join other games.

I got an update from Fearless Leader. He's lost 20 pounds thanks to either food poisoning or some bug. The doctors aren't sure which.

He should be on the next day or two.

Cool. Glad he is doing well.

Yeah, hope he starts doing better.

Too bad that 20 lbs does not mean 'floating on air'

Losing 20 lbs to some sort of food poisoning or a bug is not the kind of diet I'd want. I doubt Shaman was too thrilled with it.

I doubt it too, but honestly, if it was actually 20 lbs that's a bug I'd like to try out.

My brother lost 60 lbs when his appendix bursted. It was bursted for 3 weeks. I am damn lucky he is still alive.

Ugh... that is not a bug I'd want to try. :)

Thanks Dwight for the update.

Sorry I didn't get back as soon as I figured I would but I took a bit of time away after that message to him and it seems to have helped significantly mentally, emotionally and physically.

There were a few other things going on as well over the last few weeks besides the food poisoning and I will likely be gone again shortly for a few days for another funeral.  Oddly whatever that bug was it completely removed my swelling issues in the legs which has the doc baffled and running various tests.

I'm not quite ready to return yet to active posting as in part I need to wrap my head around where all the threads were when I dropped out but I will be doing so over the next week.

But I wanted to provide one small update to bring everyone into the loop where things stand.  I thank you all for your patience and sticking with this game.  There will be bonuses for those of you still here.  :)

Though on that note it would help me to have a role call.

I'm still here.

I'm here.

present

Still kicking.

Still here

Still here and present.

I think I'm going to have to pass. I have too many games right now to re-add this one in to the mix. Sorry.

It took a month to get everything in order but as of tonight I am now putting my notes in order.  There will be posts in the next 48 hours as everything is now dealt with and my health and mindset are good.

Thank you all for your patience.

I am sorry to see you go Revel but I understand.  My most sincere apologies that this game was not up to what you were looking for.

Due to that I will be reworking some of the combinations to fit those that remain.

Just glad you are okay, boss. And


FYI folks.....pulling 10-12 strait days of 10 hr shifts. Still here but slow.

In reply to Deathstrider (msg #353):

yep still here.

Still here as well.

Glad that you're okay, Shaman

Now here is a question to all of you currently playing.  Given the stop and go that I have been doing with the game.  Would you prefer a fresh start while working in what has already happened into the background or would you prefer to just carry on?

My notes are in order so I can do either but I thought I would provide the option.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:10, Thu 10 May 2012.

Since I haven't started yet, either option is fine with me.

I'd prefer not to restart myself. No sense in wasting all the progress made.

I can go either way too boss. This is a good opportunity for Radar and Myself to fine tune our history and such as well.

Well, I like how things went so far... so I prefer not to restart.

I barely started, so restarting seems like a bit of a waste.  I say run with what we've got.

I say continue if practical.

Continue we shall then.  :)

New players will have their characters rechecked and notes posted in the next twenty four hours.  I woke to a rush job this morning for work so Rpol time before my event tonight disappeared.

Posts will go out when I get home though they may initially be brief as some threads will still need a change due to players stepping away.

No worries.

Waiting on a response from two players but everyone who is currently active now has posts.

Sabine, I will post you in after supper here as it just came to the door.

If you have not received a post from me either in the threads here, via PM or rMail please let me know so I don't leave you hanging but I believe I have posted for everyone.

I was a bit longer then expected but we are off and sprinting up to speed. :)

Thank you all for your patience.

No worries. Thank you for your patience with me. Work has been leaving me drained of creativity lately so my posts have been slow and sporatic. But I am still here.

I can relate DS.

To give you all a heads up, my laptop died last week with all my Rpol information and notes for the games on it.  We are in the process of recovering it but it may be a bit yet.

I will move ahead with the threads that I can in a bit.  I have regular access again though the handshaking between this ancient machine and various sites may be shaky due to having only a meg of memory on it.

One MEG of memory? *shudder*

I remember when the 857 Mb SCSI hard-drive on my first PC was SOTA.

I strongly recommend you get an external HD to put all your info on. I suggest a Seagate Free Agent GoFlex 1.5 Tb. I also have a 3 Tb drive to back up my laptop and the external HD.

Hell, get an iPad if you can. You can post here from those pretty easy.

I was planning to do a back up the night it went.  Which is about the way my luck or lack thereof runs.

Been there, done that.

Posts will likely be up late tonight, 12+ hours from now.  I don't have the time right at the moment as I am heading out the door in about 15 minutes but I must say I like the flow and I am very happy that most of you have stuck with the game.  There will be bonuses for your faith and willingness to do so.

*grin* Not that SR games on RPol dying by the droves may not help encourage sticking out one that has been a tad shaky. ;-)

Either way, much thanks for sticking with the ride.

GMs up an disappearing with no warning in so many games are why I don't even look for anymore games here on RPOL anymore. I'm only in two active games, and the other one is run by a GM that used to run for me live and direct.

Every time someone brings up making RPOL a pay site, I almost get ready to start a huge rant. There are a couple GMs and players I would like to block, and the site admins deleted a post when I named a GM that had abandoned three fucking games I played under like I was doing something other than stating a fact about a GM with a poor track record. It's like the site admins have this delusion that gamers don't ever have any problems with one another.

As I think I'm the oldest player in the game (I joined the game a year after the game was founded and a year before Shaman actually got it started), I intend on being here until this game officially ends.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:39, Sun 03 June 2012.

And it is most appreciated.  I did confirm earlier today that another player was bowing out though it had more to do with some personal things going on then my own chaos at running.

It does close down one team track for the time being until I reinitialize as both players that quit were from that track but I already have some thoughts on how to spin it in with some of our newer players.

Threads will be posted to shortly.  Other responses for new character approvals will be looked at tomorrow when my head is a little less gel and more cognitively coherent.

I can't remember when I joined this game. I was in Shaman's Wheel of Time game and still am so...don't know. But, I am still here.

I was forced to come into this game late simply because I didn't know it existed. I am here now though and I will be here, barring any RL curveballs, until my body or my computer gives out.

In reply to Sabine Beam (msg #378):

I'm a late comer as well. Still getting set up.

With any luck I will have my laptop back after the weekend which will help.  This week has gone to pot due to work and a few other things.  This weekend is also going to be filled so I wanted to drop a quick note to let you all know what is going on and that posting shall resume at the latest on Monday.

If I have some time tonight or on Sunday evening I will try to post then but I am not holding my breath.

Hey boss, I know the feeling. I am still here, though. Work has kept me busy, drained, and has placed a dampner upon my creativity so my postings will be sporatic for a spell till I get my schedule back in order. Overtime sucks ass. Anyways, wanted to insure you all are aware of this. I should have posted this sooner but was not sure if my sporatic behavior will continue or not. Appearently it is.

Sorry folks.  It is going to be a few more days.  A friend passed away on Monday and I am hosting her family until after the funeral.

Sorry to hear about that, Shaman.
Take your time.

I just chatted with Shaman. Real Life(tm) is still running him over. He wanted me to pass that along to the rest of you so you knew he's still around.

Thanks bro. Real life is running everyone down it seems.

Yeah. I got word that one of my gaming buddies, James Bailey aka Peonygirl here on RPOL, passed away due to health complications this past Saturday. I wasn't informed of it until Monday.

That sucks. You have my condolences. Lady Drama is surely making her mark this summer. For I too just found out something about my kids. Not as dire as you did, Dwight, but extremely dire for me.

I just recently found out that my ex is under CPS's microscope concerning my kids. I got a letter in the mail from them concerning a referal but when I called them, 1 referal turned into 5 referals. This has been going on since Januarry of this year. So I been a bit distracted with that for it seems that the referals are due to possible abuse on my kids.

Hello All,

Thanks Dwight.

I'm not quite ready to come back to this but things are improving.  I had a number of things happen in short order that took life south in a very bad way and one of them required serious drugs and physio-therapy so I've been away for awhile.

The drugs have been keeping me out of it to counteract the pain levels so life has been something of an unmotivated fog.  But they've started reducing the dosage as I start to be able to walk again.

Given that I have started thinking creatively again rather then just being overwhelmed by everything is a very good sign.

I've got a few more days of physio ahead of me and as long as there are no set backs I am aiming to get back to this on the weekend.

I'm currently posting this to the two games I GM but if you are aware that I play in another game please pass this along.  I'll be posting this to those games tomorrow to bring them up to speed.  Sleep seems to be coming so I need to take it while I can.

Hey now! You talk like "going south" is a bad thing or something.

You do remember I'm from the CAS, right?

And what is south of the CAS?  :P