Outracing the Flames Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Farael · 05-07-2006, 05:50 PM

Ok, I'll give time for Tevildo to get a post up (or at least a save) then if it's ok with you all I'll get us to our (late) lunch break. I think that Arry wanted us moving along and I don't want to draw it any longer than it has to be. We can have some conversation going on as we have lunch, that's why I'm posting this now.... as we are all rather busy, I would suggest we plan ahead and think of who will our characters talk to and about what... then we can get the conversation written first (whether it is on PMs or on this thread) and then we can put up our more elaborated posts in our own time.

Again, this is just a suggestion, I'm not the game owner or a mod. Yet I think it's rather reasonable, given that we have all been having some time constraints. If you disagree, I'll just shut up

Also, I'd like to borrow someone's character to tell Osmod that they should stop for lunch... he's the kind that will push himself to the limit before stopping but it's not the smartest thing to do. Any characters I can borrow? if not, I guess I'll have Fion do it and pray that Maeggaladiel does not mind when/if she comes back to the game.

Nogrod · 05-07-2006, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Farael

Ok, I'll give time for Tevildo to get a post up (or at least a save) then if it's ok with you all I'll get us to our (late) lunch break. I think that Arry wanted us moving along and I don't want to draw it any longer than it has to be.
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Also, I'd like to borrow someone's character to tell Osmod that they should stop for lunch... he's the kind that will push himself to the limit before stopping but it's not the smartest thing to do.

If we are in a hurry, maybe we don't stop to have lunch? The forwards people would just have something to bite during their ride, and the rest of the team would do as well - maybe after Sythric falls from his horse... as he seems to do... (that's not required, but could be done - and is ok. by me)
So thence we would just need a night-camp for the "scouting team" to find...

All this assuming, we're under a stress and would have to make it very soon (I kind of remember Arry saying, he would get us three days forwards in a post quite soon).

Farael · 05-07-2006, 06:32 PM

Nogrod, I hope this sounds as civil as I mean it to sound... but I really think that if we are hurrying along the horses (and riders) will need some rest, so an hour for lunch would be logical. Remember that the characters are not war veterans, they are just farm boys (And girls) and they will not be used to riding so much and in such haste without stopping.

We are in two groups now and both groups need some writing... let us scouts decide what we will do by ourselves.

Just to give you an idea on how to do things and still move fast, the lunch camp can be dealt with in three short posts if nothing else and then the fourth post after that can easily be the setting of a night camp if Arry wants to hurry us along. Then we can just say that the same routine repeated itself for three days and in five posts (from the scouting group) we'll skip ahead three days. I think that's rather fast. But Arry will decide when and how for us to move forward (or not). Part of the "fun" of a RPG is to let the story develop as it may and unless everyone wants out right now, we can still take a couple of days to enjoy ourselves and our writing.

Nogrod · 05-07-2006, 06:38 PM

I totally agree with you Farael!

And I have been quite sad to see the haste by which we are going to end this story...

I do not want to make this game end in a couple of days. I could go on for the next five months (RL) - that would make this a real story...

But I think Arry's message was clear enough: just a post or two by everyone, and then it's the end...

So sad.

Farael · 05-07-2006, 07:29 PM

Is that it Arry? let me know so that I can figure out what to do best. I didn't think we had a cap on the number of posts, just that the game is winding down.

Arry · 05-08-2006, 02:41 AM

We are now in week 14 of a 12 week game. I suppose we will just go along until it ends now.

So, carry on . . .

I will be away from May 14th to the 20th or later. At that point I'll have Pio close the game until I return.

piosenniel · 05-08-2006, 02:54 AM

Farael and all other active players

SHIRE RULES:The Red Book of Westmarch Thread is quite clear about players who go missing from a game without letting their fellow gamers know that they will be gone:

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5. You must tell your fellow players if you will be unavailable for a while. Any character that goes missing for a two week period of time can be "killed off" or "lost" and will be out of the game. If you have posted that you will be gone, the game owner can then decide if someone else can take over your character if need be until you get back

Valier has not posted since 4/21; Maeggaladiel has not posted since 4/13 - they have now forfeited their characters.

"Fion" and "Vaenosa" are now NPC's (Non Player Characters) who can be used in posts by other players (keeping of course the character's Character Description in mind).

Nogrod · 05-09-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Arry

We are now in week 14 of a 12 week game. I suppose we will just go along until it ends now.

So, carry on . . .

I will be away from May 14th to the 20th or later. At that point I'll have Pio close the game until I return.

What should we have to read into this actually?

I understand, that we are on overtime already - and I also remember you saying some week ago, that we should make our funeral posts, and then you would move us three days forwards, or something, to just get us to Edoras and that would be it.

But now we will continue the game after you come back - and thence "post as usual" also now - the period you are away notwithstanding ?

I don't know. Regarding, how the number of active players has waned considerably, the original idea of just ending the game might not be a bad idea either. If we continue with a normal style, this will take time indeed, for various reasons.

As I have supposed that we are going to end this very soon, I have let Sythric fall into such a situation as to just be a deadload for you others - and thence considerably making it harder for you to make the goal (I thought, you could just be convinced by Sythric to leave him behind, and then I could have made an end-post, where I could tell, what happened to him).

Secondly: with so many fewer writers, getting anything to happen will take even more time than up to now.

But what do you Arry / others think?

How about we write us to the nightcamp in just today-tomorrow (RL) and let our characters have some discussion there about the future of the company - before Arry leaves (RL)? If Arry has an outline of the last days of riding, he could give them to us, and those wishing to make their characters interact some more, could do that while Arry is away. Then Arry could just post us to the city.

Or something.

Of course I can keep sending you different nightmares of Sythric every once in a while as we first have a considerable break in the game - and then end this in August...

EDIT: Btw. I will have one coming in tonight... (SAVE made)

05-07-2006, 05:50 PM	#1
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Ok, I'll give time for Tevildo to get a post up (or at least a save) then if it's ok with you all I'll get us to our (late) lunch break. I think that Arry wanted us moving along and I don't want to draw it any longer than it has to be. We can have some conversation going on as we have lunch, that's why I'm posting this now.... as we are all rather busy, I would suggest we plan ahead and think of who will our characters talk to and about what... then we can get the conversation written first (whether it is on PMs or on this thread) and then we can put up our more elaborated posts in our own time. Again, this is just a suggestion, I'm not the game owner or a mod. Yet I think it's rather reasonable, given that we have all been having some time constraints. If you disagree, I'll just shut up Also, I'd like to borrow someone's character to tell Osmod that they should stop for lunch... he's the kind that will push himself to the limit before stopping but it's not the smartest thing to do. Any characters I can borrow? if not, I guess I'll have Fion do it and pray that Maeggaladiel does not mind when/if she comes back to the game. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

05-07-2006, 06:32 PM	#3
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Nogrod, I hope this sounds as civil as I mean it to sound... but I really think that if we are hurrying along the horses (and riders) will need some rest, so an hour for lunch would be logical. Remember that the characters are not war veterans, they are just farm boys (And girls) and they will not be used to riding so much and in such haste without stopping. We are in two groups now and both groups need some writing... let us scouts decide what we will do by ourselves. Just to give you an idea on how to do things and still move fast, the lunch camp can be dealt with in three short posts if nothing else and then the fourth post after that can easily be the setting of a night camp if Arry wants to hurry us along. Then we can just say that the same routine repeated itself for three days and in five posts (from the scouting group) we'll skip ahead three days. I think that's rather fast. But Arry will decide when and how for us to move forward (or not). Part of the "fun" of a RPG is to let the story develop as it may and unless everyone wants out right now, we can still take a couple of days to enjoy ourselves and our writing. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

05-07-2006, 06:38 PM	#4
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	I totally agree with you Farael! And I have been quite sad to see the haste by which we are going to end this story... I do not want to make this game end in a couple of days. I could go on for the next five months (RL) - that would make this a real story... But I think Arry's message was clear enough: just a post or two by everyone, and then it's the end... So sad. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

05-07-2006, 07:29 PM	#5
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Is that it Arry? let me know so that I can figure out what to do best. I didn't think we had a cap on the number of posts, just that the game is winding down. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

05-08-2006, 02:41 AM	#6
Arry Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 704	We are now in week 14 of a 12 week game. I suppose we will just go along until it ends now. So, carry on . . . I will be away from May 14th to the 20th or later. At that point I'll have Pio close the game until I return.